11 MAY 2024 · Robert Bitto from Unexplained Mexico rejoins us and we discuss the Maya. Often heralded as North America's Egypt, we discuss the truth. Was there human sacrifice? Did they emerge from the Olmec? Who were their gods? What's the story about 2012 and why didn't the world end? What led to their mysterious end as an empire? Along the way, we meet dragons, twins, and other familiar characters. 

8 MAY 2024 · This bonus episode comes from unPopularReview Entertainment (YouTube etc) where Garden of the Superior airs live the last Saturday of every month at 11:30 am EST, featuring Cee the Superior and yours truly. This debut is about the Norse-Germanic Goddess, Freyja. Basically the goddess of blood, sex, sugar and magick. 

4 MAY 2024 · This episode, we meet another author who's genre can only be described as Garden of Doomsy. Horror and suspense author Meg Hafdahl is the creator of numerous stories and books. Her fiction has appeared in anthologies such as Eve’s Requiem: Tales of Women, Mystery and Horror and Eclectically Criminal. Her work has been produced for audio by The Wicked Library and The Lift, and she is the author of two popular short story collections including Twisted Reveries: Thirteen Tales of the Macabre. Meg is also the author of the two novels; Daughters of Darkness and Her Dark Inheritance called “an intricate tale of betrayal, murder, and small town intrigue” by Horror Addicts and “every bit as page turning as any King novel” by RW Magazine. Meg, also the co-host of the podcast Horror Rewind and co-author of The Science of Monsters, The Science of Women in Horror, The Science of Stephen King and upcoming The Science of Serial Killers, lives in the snowy bluffs of Minnesota. Link to author page on amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Meg- Hafdahl/e/B01B0W4PHA/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

1 MAY 2024 · Mike Hammond is a retired homicide detective serving in the Chicago Police Department. He's worked hundreds of homicides. We discuss his path, the structure of that department, his experiences. We compare facts to fiction such as The Wire, Homicide and Chicago PD. What were interactions with other law enforcement agencies like? Are there really jurisdictional turf wars?  What are some of the notable ways people ended up dead? How do cold cases vary from more recent cases? What's the case that sticks with him? All this and more, Check out his podcast: Detective Stories with Mike Hammond.

27 APR 2024 · The Shaws are married and share lifetimes of experiences with extraterrestrials. These occurred both before and after they met. One is a retired health care professional, while the other is a journalist. We discuss their shared and separate experiences. Moreover, it seems there might be an ancestral tie to the alien's focus on Mr. Shaw. We explore crafts, physical descriptions, and communication methods. There are also certain frightening theories. The word "harvesting" arose.

20 APR 2024 · Sean BW Parker has been and around the arts his entire life. After spending 10 years in Turkey, he returned to England and opened a concert venue with a bed & breakfast planned. This was on the Southern coast of England. This venture lasted only a number of months. There was dissension within the investors. They faced regulatory, legal and neighbor problems. Did I mention the ghosts? Turns out, the place was haunted. Sean and others experienced sounds, slamming, thrown glasses, propelled wall clocks, and coordinated shutters and outdoor doors slamming on repeat. Parker is a self described skeptic and is the author of 9 books. The paranormal is not his jam. But it was his life.

16 APR 2024 · Don't fear my first words, this is Garden Views. My guest is Edo Van Belkhom has been a working writer. He's been compared to Stephen King. He won the Bram Stoker award once and was nominated another time. He's won the Canadian Aurora Award. There are others. he wrote erotica and stories for truckers supported by the trucking industry (yes, 2 different gigs). Some of his works were adapted for a television series starring Sarah Michelle Geller. He's almost been a household name more than once. Maybe he still will be. His compedium of short stories is being re-published to celebrate its 25 year anniversary. I started down the Doom road as I expected to focus on the horrors of his imagination. We touched on those of course. But the real tale was his. A writer, working and toiling, and having success in a variety of places, while just missing the big score.

13 APR 2024 · Jamie Chambers is a British actor who's featured in a lot of current films in the horror and sci-fi genres. He's been a heavy gun stormtrooper in Star Wars 7 and lots of other funs things you've seen and will (House of the Dragon). We talk about everything. From the business aspects, to SAG and the UK equivalent, to the employment status per project. But we also talk about comics, movies and pretty much everything. No, we never spoke or met before. Yes, we might be best friends now. Apologies to all, somehow the cyber gods did not allow us to use any version of the promised outro. 

9 APR 2024 · Jake and Jeff Lippman are back on your airwaves, reviewing the week in the UFL. We are much improved! A combined 7-1 prediction count this week. Who's up? Who's down? What's hot? What's not? Are the extra point option rules backfiring? Should certain teams make a trade? Can losing your starting QB be a good thing? And a full break down and recap of all the games.

6 APR 2024 · If you took "True Blood", some of "American Gods", and tossed in some "Eternals", and shook them up in a snowglobe you purchased at Giza, you might get this book as the result. Yvonne Garcia Zaher wrote "The Annubis Chronicles" and Book One Origins is the first installment. There are gods, demigods, vampires, demons, werewolves (lots of werewolves), witches, shape shifters, elves, dark elves, star travellers, dragons, politics, criminals, cops, children of light, and crows. They all play parts in a story that starts with broken, dead bodies in the desert, but leads to prophecies that could end all supernaturals on Earth. Probably all magic. Maybe end humanity. Maybe end the gods themselves. It's a lot to unpack. Hear from the author.