Lately I’ve been receiving a lot of requests for interviews on new paranormal talk shows. I’m dumbfounded at how many of these programs I hadn’t heard of before. I knew there were many out there, but I had no idea just how many until this morning. I ran an experiment to see how many I could find online within a five minute Web search. Below is a list in no particular order. Most of these programs can only be heard on the Internet, and most of them make their shows available for download/podcast after. This is by no means an all-inclusive list (sorry if I forgot your show, no offense intended)… Spooky South Coast Coast to Coast AM Speaking of Strange Ghost Chronicles The ‘X’ Zone Darkness Radio Paranormal Radio with Captain Jack Voices Carry Radio PIR Binnall of America KAPS Paranormal Black Cat Lounge Lights Out Radio Spooks R Us Reflections / Rick Hayes KOZ Brothers Haunted Down Under Beyond Ghosts The Ghost Mafia Shadow Talk Radio Ghost Chatter AsylumCam Radio Paranormal Power Hour The Sacred Division The Ghost Divas Paralore Podcast Whispers in Darkness Stirring the Cauldron Positively Psychic Man Talks to Angels Conversations / Dead Soulseekers Radio ParaVision Radio The Paranormal View Intl Paranormal Radio The Other Side Ghostology Shadows in the Dark Strange Frequencies Ghostly Talk Paranormal Radio Southern Ohio Paranormal Radio The League Of Extraordinary Paranormal Women Radio Crossroads Paranormal Radio Dark Matter The Unexplained World Ghostman & Demon Hunter Show The Ryan Lindsay Show SNEP Live Radio Dead Science Podcast Mass Paranormal Talk Paranormally Challenged Radio Night Watch The Ryan Lindsay Show The Paranormal Zone Shadow Talk Radio Peace, Luv & Lipgloss Hour Hauntings Radio The Cari Stone Show Ghost Divas Live! Shadows Of Doubt Paranormal Talk Crossroads Paranormal Radio Psytalk Darker Side Of The Moon Parawomen Radio The Ryan Lindsay Show Haunted Voices Radio Supernatural News Beyond Reality After Hours Asylum Altered States Audio Martini Beyond Reality Dead Famous Commentaries Demonology Today A Glimpse Through the Veil Haunting Existence Hauntings Radio A Link to Heaven New Age Today Parahub Radio Paranormal Cafe Paranormal Reality Paranormal News Paranormal Soup Spirit Talk TAPS Family Radio TrueForm Within Next, I went to BlogTalkRadio and selected their “Paranormal†category and saw that they have 184 different paranormal shows. I listed 86 shows above, and I’m sure there are a few duplicates with BlogTalk Radio, but no matter, we’re still looking at over 250 ghostly radio programs! Some of these programs run five days per week for four hours per day, some run one hour, once per week. There are only 168 hours in a week (assuming you don’t sleep, work, or shower for even one minute), which means even if you wanted to, it’s impossible for you to listen to all of these programs. Don’t get me wrong, some of these programs are excellent. I’ve been on quite a few of them, but my concern is that many people are starting a new paranormal audio show because they’re trying to keep up with the other groups and not because they are passionate about producing great audio content with a purpose. The easiest way to figure out if the show is serious is to ask a few quick questions: Do they take what they do seriously enough to own their own Web site and domain name for their show? If they produce a weekly show, can you scan through their archives and see that in fact they have put out a show every single week for a while? Or do they go weeks (or months) before getting around to doing another show? I think it’s wonderful that the subject is so popular that there are over 250 shows now, I can’t help but wonder if there are enough guests and listeners around to support that much audio content? To quote Charles Osgood, “I’ll see you on the radio.â€