Jeff Belanger

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More Paranormal Radio

I’ve blogged this before, but man-oh-man there’s a lot of paranormal radio out there. The good news is that the content is popular, and a lot of people feel they have something to say on the topic. The technology is such that anyone can start a new Internet radio show on ghosts with no money or experience necessary. The downside is that the field can get watered down with inferior content. I still believe that cream will rise to the top, and that the quality shows will find their audience. I’ve been involved with the Spooky Southcoast radio show for some time now. Roughly once per month I join them in the studio as a guest co-host. It’s a great experience for me to ask the questions instead of being the interview subject. Spooky Southcoast is a show that broadcasts from a real, terrestrial radio station (WBSM), streams online live, and then offers their show for podcast download after. It’s the trifecta that frequent radio guests seek because you know there’s an audience out there listening. My hat is off to Tim, Matt, and Matt for working hard at what they do, bringing great guests on their show, and hanging in there for years doing their thing. See you on the radio!

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Episode 7 – 30 Odd Minutes – UFOs and National Security

(Aired August 6, 2009) In Episode Seven, we explore the crafts and creatures that might be visiting us from distant galaxies. Author and historian, Richard M. Dolan joins us to discuss his new book, UFOs and the National Security State: The Cover-Up Exposed, 1973-1991. Dolan brings along some very compelling UFO photos and discusses the implication of these visitations on our national security. You’ll also hear about host, Jeff Belanger’s sighting from 1987. Adam Julius from the Midwest/Minnesota Paranormal Society also pops in to show us a ghostly photo his group captured in Colfax Cemetery for our “Paranormal Clip of the Week.” Is that a flying saucer caught on tape during the filming of this episode? Watch to find out! If the truth is out there… 30 Odd Minutes will only find it by sheer accident.

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Episode 6 – Paranormal Comedy

I’m having more fun with this each week. I feel like this was our best show yet. Our next challege is to make a few more technical adjustments and then start incorporating the new skits and ideas we have for future shows. Keep watching! In Episode Six, we explore lighter side of the unexplained with paranormal comedian, Mike Brody from his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jeff Belanger and his guest quip about ghosts, UFOs, cryptozoology, and learn that it’s okay to laugh at the paranormal. Don’t miss our “One Question Interview” with a Ouija Board, and we hear from Jeffrey Gonzalez of the Sanger Paranormal Society who shows us a possible Bigfoot photograph in our “Paranormal Clip of the Week.” Should you be worried about the artifacts in 30 Odd Minutes crewmember Matt Moniz’s yard? Watch to find out! If the truth is out there… 30 Odd Minutes will only find it by sheer accident.

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Episode 5 – Developing Your Psychic Ability

I think we’re getting better every time. One bummer with this episode is that a couple of emails were sent around suggesting I was disrespectful to the subject matter and/or the guest. To be clear, I’m always willing to make fun of myself. And I’m always willing to poke light at each of the subjects we cover (it’s all “odd,” and if we can’t laugh at it, we’ll never come close to understanding it), but not at the expense of the guest. The point is to have fun with the paranormal, folks. But I also understand we can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. The show just isn’t for everybody. But I definitely have nothing but respect for our guests. In Episode five, we talk about developing your psychic ability with author and psychic, Tiffany Johnson based out of Minnesota. While Jeff Belanger makes a fool of himself and his lack of psychic ability, Tiffany discusses her new book, Picture Yourself Developing Your Psychic Ability, and the many ways we can tune in to the psychic parts of ourselves. Don’t miss our “One Question Interview” with Jason Hawes from Ghost Hunters, and our paranormal clip of the week from a haunted battlefield in Virginia. Does Jeff receive the “sign” he’s seeking? Watch to find out! If the truth is out there… 30 Odd Minutes will only find it by sheer accident.

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Episode 4 – Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP)

Man… we were so close but couldn’t get Skype to cooperate for our guest. Definitely making improvements each time and looking forward to doing the next one in two weeks.  In Episode four, we talk about Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) with Mark and Debby Constantino, EVP specialists based out of Nevada. They share some of their amazing audio recordings and talk about their work. Don’t miss our “One Question Interview” with demonologist John Zaffis, and our paranormal clip of the week featuring an EVP captured on video camera. Do we make contact in our live EVP session in the studio? Does Mark and Debby make contact at the grave of a famous American businessman? Watch to find out! If the truth is out there… 30 Odd Minutes will only find it by sheer accident.

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Episode 3 – Ohio Grassman

In our third episode I think we’re getting closer to where we want to be. It’s been a lot of fun putting these together and I look forward to correcting a few more of our technical glitches and finding whole new ways to mess up. In Episode three we meet the crew of 30 Odd Minutes, get to the bottom of TruTV’s Haunting Evidence star Patrick Burns with our “One Question Interview,” we explore the Ohio Grassman and Bigfoot with Don Keating of the Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Center and hear some amazing audio clips, then wrap with our paranormal clip of the week. Is that a full-bodied apparition in Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky? Tune in to find out. If the truth is out there… 30 Odd Minutes will only find it by sheer accident.

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Episode 2 – Vampires

In this episode we fixed a few glitches, but introduced a few more. Ha! But we had fun if nothing else. I interviewed occult author Konstantinos about vampires. We discuss vampires of folklore and legend as well as psychic vampires. Does Konstantinos begin shape-shifting during the interview or is it the Skype connection messing with us? Tune in to find out! Also, a “One Question Interview” with Grant Wilson from Ghost Hunters, and a UFO video and witness from Virginia for our Clip of the Week.

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Episode 1 – Your Worst Nightmare

This was our first episode. We had plenty of technical glitches and errors, but you have to start somewhere. In this episode I speak with Andrew Barnes and Paul Taitt of Soulsmack. They discuss their new documentary, Your Worst Nightmare: Supernatural Assault. Topics include nightmares, sleep paralysis, and Old Hag. Don’t miss the “One Question Interview” with Loren Coleman.

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My Readers Are Smart…

…in fact, they’re geniuses! Last week, an alert reader sent my dad a recent copy of the Mensa Bulletin (because Lord knows I would never be eligible for that mailing list), which featured a mention of one of my books. Many thanks to Tom Elliot, Mensa’s Book Review Editor, for his nice mention of Weird Massachusetts. My book was the first discussed in Tom’s column in the January 2009 (Number 521) edition.  It’s good to know that even Mensa scholars can appreciate the weird side of life. Thanks, Tom! For those of you who are readers of my work and not Mensa scholars (like me, for example), isn’t it nice to know that really smart people read some of the same things you do?

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Holy Paranormal Radio, Batman!

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.”

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