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When did "work ethic" get distorted from working hard to benefit your community to working hard to benefit the 1%?

Today is the day! Join me and other presenters celebrating Iowa's favorite cryptid. Presentations, vendors, food, and fun!

Curious how being a "father" or "husband" somehow magically makes men more valuable in American society. 🤔

Join me at this year's Van Meter Visitor Festival in Van Meter, IA where I will be speaking about cases of the strange and bizarre from our Back Roads Lore series. Come and celebrate Iowa's favorite cryptid!

Terence Stamp. R.I.P. 😥

At the 125th annual Hobo Days Festival in Britt, IA. Each year hobos from across the nation gather to celebrate their unique community & traditions & coronate the new Hobo King/Queen. A photographer made a tintype photo of my partner Rebekah and me. All he asked in return was to hear our stories.

My colleague @chadlewis.bsky.social has a brand new book out about the supernatural legends and lore of Lake Superior. If you're interested in the mysteries of the "Graveyard of the Great Lakes", this book is a must.

The sitting president of the United States is now officially implicated in the biggest child sex trafficking ring in US history. Let that sink in.

Russian casualties just passed 1 million.

Resist!

Join me for the 3rd annual Big Muddy Monster Festival in Murphysboro, IL on Sat June 21st. There will be guest speakers, films, vendors, and food.

As many of you know, I consider myself a tiki bar aficionado. I'm at The Hello Hi tiki bar in Sioux Falls, SD. A wonderful blend of classic tiki with a modern twist. They have a number of delicious original creations (see menu pic). Plus they are playing Plan 9 From Outer Space. Amazing.

In celebration of World Goth Day, here's a few from the past.

If you know a young person who is interested in folklore, cryptids, and monsters you may want to check out D.A. Wysong's newest book in her Monster Hunters of America series -- Hunting for Champy. She was kind enough to ask me to write the Foreword to the book. Available now.

Had a great time at the Hodag Heritage Festival in Rhinelander, WI.

I'll be selling books at the Hodag Heritage Festival in Rhinelander, WI this weekend. Come celebrate the most fierce folkloric critter of the North Woods!

Looking for an interesting doc about all things flying crprtid? Check out Terror in the Skies (2019). Some of our friends make an appearance including @troytaylor.bsky.social, @chadlewis.bsky.social, @kevinleenelson.bsky.social, @singulartobias.bsky.social. #opeaggost #podcast #paranormal #mothman

Just finished this amazing book by Leila Taylor @leilataylor.bsky.social. I highly recommend it for anyone interested in architecture of the strange & macabre. I wish this had been out before I wrote my article, "Haunted Houses & the Architecture of Fear" for Back Roads Lore Vol #4. Great resource.

Have a splendid Walpurgisnacht!

Way to go Canada!!! 🇨🇦

Did I cause the Until Dawn movie to Flop? Why would the creators of the newly released Until Dawn movie completely remove the Wendigo from the movie? I think they read the Wendigo Lore book that @kevinleenelson.bsky.social and I did and got too spooked--and subsequently the movie has flopped. 😁

We've done this mass tarrifs thing 3 times in American history now: 1828, 1930, and 2025. The first two caused a depression, but somehow Trump thinks it will make us rich this time. In reality it's a smash and grab by billionaires. The wealth of the Middle class gets siphoned off to the 1%.

Great job, Wisconsin!

In Rochester, NY researching the designs and remaining buildings of occult architect Claude Bragdon (1866-1946). Sadly, his masterpiece, the New York Central Railroad Station was razed in 1965.

Will you read Sutter Cane?

Why can't all states have markers for local Legends and Lore?

At the site of the famous Fox sister's cabin. The sisters started the Spiritualist movement in the mid 19th century.