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Professor Gruntsplatter's Spookatorium
by Prof. Gruntsplatter
An imaginary roadside curiosity museum full of dark and strange music, folklore, high strangeness, Fortean anomalies, and weird fiction. Formatted more like a radio show than what podcasts have become, The Spookatorium is a place for folks with an appreciation of the unusual to pull off the highway and stretch their legs for a bit.The show originally ran from 2006-2008, resurfaced for a bit in 2011, and now has returned once again in 2022.
Episodes
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Spookatorium 085
This episode looks briefly at our dystopian sinkhole and features music from Wood & Wire, The Undone, Lebanon Hanover, Arrowounds, Just Mustard, Bird & Beast, Blankenberge, Cloverleaf, EERIÆRMOR, Urschaum and Desolation Colony.
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Spookatorium 084
Episode 84 of the Spookatorium I talk about the hiatus and a little bit about a conversation between Heather Cox Richardson and Gil Duran regarding the Dark Enlightenment and while it is current news, it is as strange as anything I would normally include in the show. Please seek out their…
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Spookatorium 083
Episode 83 features just music, due to a chair malfunction. Enjoy the sounds of Allegory Chapel Ltd, Bestial Mouths, The Residents, Blackmouth, Rasputina, The Devil & The Universe, Nymph Faithest, Petit Mal, Antaeus, Goetic Equivalent, Vukari and Def.Master.
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Spookatorium 082
Episode 82 is a post election come down with music from Form Null, Cardinal Noire, Le Syndicat, 6th Circle, Cazzodio, Theologian, State Vector Collapse, Nazca, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Shellac and Snog.
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Spookatorium 081 - Halloween Ep
Episode 81 of the Spookatorium – The Halloween episode, includes some George Lathrop and Edgar Allan Poe as well as tunes from Kip Tyler, Lee Ross, L'Enfant De La Forêt, Post Scriptvm, VHS Glitch, Part 1, Siouxsie & The Banshees, Tom Waits, Aderlating, Mombi Yuleman, Ah Cama-Sotz, Mercyful Fate,...
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Spookatorium 080
Episode 80 of The Spookatorium sinks in to the autumnal and lingers in October Country. With music from Pazuzu, Fields Of Mildew, First Human Ferro, William Ryan Fritch, Sonne Hagal, Nightmare Lodge, Karnnos, Strength Through Joy, I Love You But I Have Chosen Darkness, Positive Centre, La Breiche...
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Spookatorium 079
This episode is primarily music and some creative updates. Enjoy the sounds of Contagious Orgasm, Dachise, Unholy, Lvcifyre, Helel, Violent Grief, Umbrarum Tenebrae, Epignose, DA, Temple of Angels, Esses, Crimson Scarlet, and Cody Drasser.
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Spookatorium 078
Episode 78 of the Spookatorium features a reading of HP Lovecraft's The Cats of Ulthar and music dark electronics from Xenonics-K30, Carbon 14, Envenomist, Teatro Satanico, Mass Ejection, Spiritual Voices/Dreadmaul, The Conjured, ÐØRSÆL, Hydra's Nidus, Temple Destroyer, Harvestman. And Tunnels of...
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Spookatorium 077
Episode 77 Of the Spookatorium features some vignettes from Franz Kafka that went unpublished during his life and the soothing tones of Bleak, Stone 588, Nuovo Testamento, Artery, Splintered, Subarachnoid Space, Gravitar, Wire, Deception Bay, God, Primitive Knot, and Moon Mourning Earth.
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Spookatorium 076
On Episode 76 of the Spookatorium we take a look at the Census of Hallucination, or rather try to, and there is music from Black Messiah, Fall Of The Bastards, F.ormal L.ogic D.ecay, Brooddark, No.Ba, Doubting Thomas, Numb, Noise Unit, Robert Rich, Semiomime, Tvlpa, and Greymachine.
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Spookatorium 075
Episode 75 of the Spookatorium takes a look at the curious work of Charles Fort and his dedication to curious things. In addition to that there's music from Radiodrama, Black Mare, Skeptics, Rotting Yellow, Factrix, Suicide, DAF, GodheadSilo, Today Is The Day, Black Elk, Distorted Pony, & Stratvm...
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Spookatorium 074
Episode 74 of the Spookatorium we poke our heads into Magonia for a more metaphysical take on the UFO phenomenon and there is music from Hordes Of Satan, The Mind Parasites, Hedon, Negru Voda, MSBR/Blazen Y Sharp, RL Huber, Vhril, Blood Box, Bloodletter, Denuit, Börn, and Chris Connelly.
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Spookatorium Basement Show 073.5
This is a bonus episode I'm calling The Spookatorium Basement Show. It's only on the audio feed, I didn't make a video for it. It's isn't a typical show. If you like punk you will probably find something you like here... Music from Aus-Rotten Whorehouse of Representatives, Crucifix, Christ On...
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Spookatorium 073
On This episode I ramble a bit about movies again, (Stop Motion and Dr. Caligari) and there are tunes from Parzival, Elektrode, Glacial Mass, Rot Coven, Discordless, Survive, Cyberian, Aeoga, Bonini Bulga, Deadwood, & Decline of The I.
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Spookatorium 072
On Episode 72 of the Spookatorium we look at the life of Victorian Painter Richard Dadd who created his most enduring works while incarcerated in an asylum and there is music from Those Poor Bastards, Dry Wedding, DiNT, Einleitungszeit, Bloodflowers, Current 909, Dagda Mor, Daniel Menche, Click...
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Spookatorium 071
Episode 71 of the Spookatorium has some rambling about movies and includes music from Ave Teth, Azoikum, S-Core, Kenotaph. Sectarian Bloom, Girls In Synthesis, New Skeletal Faces, Demonologists, Alapastel, Modir, Tommy Creep, Electric Dragon, Triptidon, and Fetish 69.
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Spookatorium 070
On this episode of the Spookatorium we pay tribute to musician, engineer and good human, Steve Albini by digging into his music, soundtrack work, and some great records he worked on beyond the high profile releases. It features music from Shellac, Whitehouse, Head of David, Bodychoke,...
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Spookatorium 069
On this episode of the Spookatorium we look at the folklore of the Bullebak and there is music from, Usurper, Hedorah, Philistine, Brainbombs, Terminal Cheesecake, Shrike Totem, Crawl Unit, Bonemoss, Killus, High Marks, Nadragea, Blacklist, and Flower.
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Spookatorium 068
On episode 68 of the Spookatorium we look at the Resurrection Men of the Victorian Era and there is music from Techno Menses, Love Power Experiment, Matriarchy Roots, Simvlacrvm, SPK, Sshe Retina Stimulants, Exsanguinate, Sonic Violence, Oozepus, Zeni Geva and Public Image Ltd.
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Spookatorium 067
Just music on this episode from the likes of Grails, Orghanon, Maculatum, Lament Configuration, Forma4, The Great Tyrant, Product KF, Lila Ehjä, Sanr, Impact Test, Ornament, and Sol Invictus.
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Spookatorium 066
This episode features a ghostly tale by J.S. LaFanu and includes music from Cruelty Campaign, Scratch Acid, Yellow Bulb, Chalk, Enola Gay, Svasti-ayanam, Sleeping With The Earth, Niellerade Fallibilisthorstar, Steel Hook Prostheses, Azar Swan, and Civic Center
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Spookatorium 065
On episode 65 Of The Spookatorium we look at the life of Cyrus Reed Teed and how he turned his Hollow Earth ideas into a utopian cult. In addition there is music from Body Clock, Desolation Swarm, Conversations About The Light, Yanai, Blessed Sacrifist, Locust Revival, Noir For Rachel, Glaring,...
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Spookatorium 064
On This episode of the Spookatorium we look at the work of Norwegian Artists Odd Nerdrum and hear some music from the likes of Elysian, Cataphiles, Empathy Cell, Noiztatic, Orphx, Ruhr Hunter & Chaos As Shelter, The Phonometrician, Cloverleaf, The Vomit Arsonist, Wäldchengarten, Vitriol and...
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Spookatorium 063
On this episode we look at the demonology compendium, Dictionnaire Infernal and have music from Insekt, Headbutt, Infaust, Sanctum, Dernière Volonté, Alder & Ash, Ancestral Voices, Silence In The Snow, Hante., Boreal Massif, and Chaos Echoes.
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Spookatorium 062
On This episode we look at the myth of Beira the Scottish Queen of Winter and revel in the sounds of Sigillum S, Hexsystem, Gavella Glan, Dense Vision Shrine, Skepticism, Slow Riot, Gyrate, Lasael, Moloch, Starfounder, and The Soft Moon.
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Spookatorium 061
On this episode we look at the beneficial possession case dubbed the Watseka Wonder and there is lots of great music from the likes of Shrouds, Fausten, Disposal Unit, Deafcult, Suicide Party, Sean Hølt, Corrado Maria De Santis, Exotoendo, Stereo Taxic Device, Lesa Listvy, Mazakon Tactics, and...
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Spookatorium 060
This episode we return to the tradition of Midwinter ghost stories with a tale from Algernon Blackwood, and feature music from Doc Watson, Cindytalk, Siglo XX, Quitter/Canady, Prophän, Unfeeling, Alio Die, Her Menacing Pet, Amazing Grace, Cryobiosis, and Carpathian Forest
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Spookatorium 059
Call this the eulogy episode. We honor the passing of Shane MacGowan, Mark Samuels, and Geordie Walker, three people of significant creativity and influence that have passed since the last episode. There's music from The Pogues, Have Demons, Archaic Ruins, Rites Of Fall, The Legendary Pink Dots,...
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Spookatorium 058
Episode 58 of the Spookatorium starts with some excellent modern post punk and takes a little trip back in time once it gets going. Lots of old experimental and Industrial from the late 80's to the mid 90's. I got carried away with that, so it's just tunes this time out, but they are good ones…
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Spookatorium 057
On This episode we look at a few creatures from South American folklore and feature music from Hålbå, Megaptera, Silent Scream, Rotting Yellow, 2w, In Death It Ends, The Circular Ruins & Mystified, PBK, Oake, Endvra and Exit Electronics
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Spookatorium 056
It's another Halloween episode of the Spookatorium. This time we look at some ideas around death and the afterlife and check in with Lord Byron. in addition to music from Kay Starr, Thrill Kill Kult, Stilz, Terrortron, Nocturnal Emissions, Passed, Screening, Pessary, Daughters of Grief, Shinjuku...
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Spookatorium 055
This episode looks at the "Grand Traverse Stonehenge" in Lake Michigan and features music from Lemna, Nostalgia, Olhon, The Protagonist, The Black Monolith, Grabesmond, Blood Of The Black Owl, Ghostships, Golem Mechanique, and VRNA.
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Spookatorium 054
This episode of the Spookatorium we look at the recent film Moon Garden, and there is lots of music from Bestia Centauri, Aliquis, Overlook, Solypsis, Skullflower, Conflict Burning, Vengeance Space Quartet, Verge, Flowers For Bodysnatchers, Hive Mind, and Aelter.
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Spookatorium 053
On episode 53 of the Spookatorium we look at the concept of the Dweller On The Threshold and the book, Zanoni, that inspired it. In addition there is music from Scorn, Fragile Body, Lithivm, Marax, Dweller On The Threshold, Voidthrone, Merrimack, Black Magnet, Shadow Structure, Depressor, and…
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Spookatorium 052
This episode is mostly music from the likes of: ATT Corp, Blackwood, Dome Runner, Mental Destruction, Colossloth, Brooddark, Locust Reign, Sonic Oscillations, Daemonyx, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Divided Visions of Souls, and Jonathan Canady.
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Spookatorium 051
Episode 51 of the Spookatorium looks at the work of Theosophist Alfred Percy Sinnett and his book Esoteric Buddhism. In addition there are tunes from TOT, Sky Burial, Heldentod, Distortion Six, Yoke, 20.SV, Sa Bruxa, G.xist, Dead Man's Hill, Catal Huyuk, Mortifero, and Ogre.
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Spookatorium 050
This is episode 50, and we do a little state of the podcast check in and talk about perspective and truth in the paranormal. In addition there are tunes from Øne19, Paracusia, The Folks Below, Seelenlicht, The Spectral Light & Moonshine Snakeoil Firefly Jamboree, Carst, Cementation Anxiety,...
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Spookatorium 049
This episode looks at the idea of doppelgangers, and to keep the theme lively all the tunes are cover songs from the like of Pankow, Satori, Angel Hair, Death Method, Ataraxia, Beyond Dawn, Unto Ashes, The Ancients Rebirth, Shadow Of The Torturer, Red Harvest, Otyg, and Snog.
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Spookatorium 048
On Episode 48 of the Spookatorium we explore the dark Expressionism of artist Hyman Bloom and hear the delightful sounds of Black Rain, Diasiva, Pact Infernal, Pterygium, Claustrum, Hybryds, GhostShips, Mandible Chatter, Kirchenkampf, Bad Sector, Noform, and Quelaag.
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Spookatorium 047
On this episode we look at the Nalusa Falaya and Bohpoli from Choctaw folklore and notice a few parallels with modern paranormal experiences. You will also hear the sounds of TenHornedBeast, Divinus Baal & Runa, Sciama, Dreadcore, MDS51, Nigh/T\mare, Noctilucant, Shinkiro, Noised, Aberva, Kletis,...
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Spookatorium 046
I was pressed for time this episode, so there’s no stories this go, but still plenty of music from the likes of Reduction Plan, The Dead Mantra, Depther, In Search Of Shores, Narbenerde, Yen Pox, Sun Devoured Earth, Buried Alive, Garden of Myxini, Sator Absentia, Xiphoid Dementia and Pangaion.
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Spookatorium 045
This time out we look at the folklore around The Devil’s Causeway, and Frog Well in England, and feature tunes from The Monochrome Set, Princess Tinymeat, Azfarat, Blac Kolor, Sleeprunner, Infinity’s Astrum, Last Life, Law, Nightmares, Urusai, Pyrophilus & Witch Bottle
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Spookatorium 044
In this episode we look at the life of Arthur Crew Inman and float on the sonic waves of Ex.Hale, The Doomed Bird of Providence, The Pessimist Chamber, Froe Char, Melanchoholics, Nastika, Theologian, Vile Temper, Death Librarian, Hitting Birth, Test Dept., and Controlled Opposition.
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Spookatorium 043
Back after a little hiatus. This episode includes a personal spooky tale, ghost? time slip? who knows... and music from Ah Cama-Sotz, Xoma, Terra Tenebrosa, Infinexhuma, Silence In The Snow, SNTS, Evitceles, Selofan, Hum Of The Druid, Inslavement, Cemento, and Deaf Machine.
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Spookatorium 042
This episode we take a look at the Maryhill Stonehenge, a scale replica of the original Stonehenge in Washington state, and the superstitious origins of Horse Brass Medallions. In addition there is music from Polevaulter, Plague Agent, Spectral Aeons, Tho-So-Aa, Akinsa, Anchient, Snowbeasts…
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Spookatorium 041
In this episode of the Spookatorium we look at the weird fiction of lesser known writer Edward Lucas White and present his story “The Voices.” There is music from Olekranon, STCLVR, Torn, Violent Grief, Bract, Cranes, Isotropia, In Slaughter Natives, Still Und Dunkle, Grim Heka and High Strange.
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Spookatorium 040
Episode 40 of Professor Gruntsplatter's Spookatorium looks at instances of phantom music across phenomena and through a modern scientific lens. In addition, there is music from She Spread Sorrow, Shimmer Crush, Skrol, Theta, Foreseer, Forndom, Them Teeth, Sonologyst, Blakk Harbor, Clay Rendering...
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Spookatorium 039
This episode of professor Gruntsplatter's Spookatorium includes information on the Piasa, a giant bird(?) once believed to inhabit the Mississippi Valley, and a look at some of the more esoteric interests of Sabine Baring-Gould the priest behind the hymn "Onward Christian Soldiers." And of…
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Spookatorium 038
This episode looks at a type of Fae called Night Elves, among other names, as possibly having a role in the Sleep Paralysis phenomenon. Beyond that, there is music from Masses, NoMeansNo, Hypsiphrone, Lot 49, Infestation Ritual, Delta Kane, Recant, Oureboros, Pain Emission, Swamp Terrorists,...
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Spookatorium 037
This episode, we dip our toes into the Victorian tradition of holiday ghost stories with a reading of M.R. James "A School Story." Beyond that, there is lots of music from the likes of Badrich, Naxal Protocol, Never Worse, Murderous Vision, Hoducoma, Blackmole, Skinny Puppy, Khost, Luasa Raelon,...
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An imaginary roadside curiosity museum full of dark and strange music, folklore, high strangeness, Fortean anomalies, and weird fiction. Formatted more like a radio show than what podcasts have become, The Spookatorium is a place for folks with an appreciation of the unusual to pull off the highway and stretch their legs for a bit.The show originally ran from 2006-2008, resurfaced for a bit in 2011, and now has returned once again in 2022.
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