Best Beast Machines Podcasts (2025)

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European Vacation: The Beasts of France - Part One 29:47

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THE DEVIL WITHIN Mini-Series: The Beasts of France Description: France is a country of cathedrals, castles… and cryptids. In this chilling six-part series from The Devil Within, we journey into the haunted forests, fog-laced vineyards, war-ravaged trenches, and bone-lined tunnels of France to uncover a dark and forgotten legacy: the loup-garou. Par…

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The Van Meter Nightmare: Iowa’s Winged Monster of 1903 12:06

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In Episode 145 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson unearths the terrifying legend of the Van Meter Visitor — a massive, bat-like humanoid with glowing horns and a noxious stench that stalked Van Meter, Iowa, in 1903. Eyewitnesses described a creature unlike anything they’d seen, and the townspeople’s attempts to drive it away only deepened th…

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GLASTONBURIED (Sage Against The Machine) with Simon Brodkin 45:21

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An interesting episode as music becomes politics with Kneecap and Bob Vylan making headlines from the festival. Simon Brodkin joins me to discuss where criticism of Israel stops and anti-semitism beings (and also how hot the kneecap lads must've been in the balaclava). We also chat about Starmer's worst seven day period since becoming PM. We also a…

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Bloodlines from the Stars: The RH-Negative Enigma | The Shadow Frequency 11:33

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n Episode 144 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson unravels the chilling mystery behind RH-negative blood — a trait found in just 15% of humanity. From theories of alien hybridization and ancient gods to whispers of Atlantis and a separate human subspecies, this enigma has fueled paranormal speculation for decades. Could RH-negative blood be p…

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The Night Siege of Cisco Grove: A UFO & Robot Standoff 11:42

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In Episode 143 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson unravels the chilling tale of the 1964 Cisco Grove Encounter, where hunter Donald Shrum survived a night-long siege against glowing-eyed robots and strange humanoid figures in California’s wilderness. With a disc-shaped UFO overhead, knockout gas in the air, and an unrelenting robotic being o…

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Echoes from the Mirror Void: Parallel Universes & Mirror Realities Explored 10:40

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Step beyond the veil with The Shadow Frequency, as host Matt Wilson investigates the chilling mysteries of parallel universes and mirror realities. In Episode 142, “Echoes from the Mirror Void,” discover whether vivid dreams, déjà vu, or strange coincidences might be glimpses into neighboring dimensions. Dive into eerie accounts of dimensional blee…

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Macho Grande 320 Metal Podcast: Download Festival 2025 special with Green Day, Korn, Sleep Token, Fit For An Autopsy, Vower, Venus Grrrls, Spiritbox 1:21:49

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Our Download Festival 2025 special. Interviews with Fit For An Autopsy, Vower & Venus Grrrls. Reviews of the entire weekend including: Green Day, Korn, Sleeptoken, Northlane, Jimmy Eat World, Svalbard, Vola, Poppy, Polaris, Bleed From Within, The Ghost Inside, Spiritbox, Sikth. Our new merch is now available at https://www.dethkult.co/collections/m…

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Si Spurrier Talks Sweaty Crimes, Strange Worlds, and The Voice Said Kill 1:01:41

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Writer Si Spurrier joins Let’s Talk Comics to talk about his new Image series The Voice Said Kill, a gritty, surreal crime story set deep in the Louisiana bayou. We get into the challenges of switching back and forth from work-for-hire to creator-owned, what it takes to build a story that sticks with readers, and how the right artist can completely…

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Sex, Ducks and the Founding Feud 25:08

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Jilted lovers and disrupted duck hunts provide a very odd look into the soul of the US Constitution. What does a betrayed lover’s revenge have to do with an international chemical weapons treaty? More than you’d think. From poison and duck hunts to our feuding fathers, we step into a very odd tug of war between local and federal law. When Carol Ann…

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European Vacation: The Werewolves of London - Part Two 18:54

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London is a city of layers. Roman roads. Saxon graves. Plague pits and forgotten tunnels. But beneath the cobblestones and catacombs… something howls. In this six-part limited series from The Devil Within, we journey through centuries of urban legends, cryptid sightings, and historical anomalies to ask: What really stalks the streets and shadows of…

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The Collins Elite: Demonic UFOs and the Shadow War for Souls 11:36

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Are UFOs not aliens, but demons? In Episode 141 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson explores the disturbing theories of the Collins Elite, a secretive U.S. government group that allegedly believed extraterrestrial phenomena were a spiritual deception orchestrated by malevolent entities. From Jack Parsons’ Babalon Working ritual to Cold War UF…

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Echoes Over Los Angeles: The Night the Sky Watched Back 11:43

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In Episode 140 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson investigates the chilling mystery of the Battle of Los Angeles—a real-life wartime panic that lit up the skies of California on the night of February 24–25, 1942. As anti-aircraft guns roared and sirens blared, residents witnessed something strange above the city… but what was it? Wartime ner…

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Philip K. Dick: Veg 35:49

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Dr. Henry Harris has been called to the outpost for asteroid Y-3, humanity's first line of defense against a vast, strange galaxy, because there's a strange infection growing among the soldiers of the outpost: they think they're turning into plants. Adapted from "Piper in the Woods" by Philip K. Dick: (Warning, link NSFW as it contains a drawing of…

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European Vacation: The Werewolves of London - Part One 21:38

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London is a city of layers. Roman roads. Saxon graves. Plague pits and forgotten tunnels. But beneath the cobblestones and catacombs… something howls. In this six-part limited series from The Devil Within, we journey through centuries of urban legends, cryptid sightings, and historical anomalies to ask: What really stalks the streets and shadows of…

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The Watseka Wonder: A Spirit’s Return 10:50

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In 1870s Illinois, a young girl named Lurancy Vennum fell into strange trances—only to emerge claiming she was someone else: Mary Roff, a teenager who had died 12 years prior. In this episode of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson investigates one of America’s most haunting and well-documented cases of spiritual possession. Was it grief, mental …

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IRAN OR I-RAN? 39:44

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Had a late guest drop out, which gave me the chance to get stuck into some fairly big news stories which have broke since last week. From Trump bombing Iran's nuclear facilities to Starmer seemingly not having a view either way. From bad economic news to Farage robbing the rich to feed the poor. I also discuss the BBC News presenter bold enough to …

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Premium: Where Have All The Cowboys Gone 12:14

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss our alleged mass epidemic of missing, or at least absent, men, and the women who love them (except: do they, though?) Also: settling, compromise, and a debate over how to properly dispense with a contaminated toaster. LINKS: Men, Where Have…

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Premium: The Quiet Part Loud 9:16

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss the new film Materialists and marrying rich, the O.G. (and long-lived) Jewish sitcom The Goldbergs, the difference between Dakota Fanning and Dakota Johnson, whether “nepo baby” is a slur, and the eggshells upon which artists may or may not…

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How US Defense Could Fight at Machine Speed/Matt Bigge - DefenseTech, X-Bow, F.I.R.E. ~ Spark of Ages Ep 40 1:08:16

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Matt Bigge, partner at Crosslink Capital and former 10th Mountain Division infantry officer, shares his unique perspective as a venture capitalist, military veteran, and deep tech investor on the revolution happening in defense technology & how modern defense technologies are evolving to meet today's security challenges. His MIR framework—modular, …

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Baby Shark 28:12

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This is episode five of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Today, the strange, squirmy magic behind how sharks make more sharks. Drills. Drama. Death. Even a coliseum of baby sharks duking it out inside mom’s womb. And a man on a small island in the Mediterranean trying, against all odds, to give baby sharks a chance in a little plas…

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BREAKING NEWS #44 - The Fat Police One 36:19

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Bit of a smorgasbord this week as I pick up some political loose ends, including 'Big Ange' looking good at PMQS and problems with the Tory 'talent' pool. I also suggest the changes in reproductive rights might be a surprise to most people. Then I get into correspondence from actual policeman on why coppers ain't what they were. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR…

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I Love New York: Part Two 30:04

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The city speaks in static. And sometimes… it answers back. This week on The Devil Within, we bring you two terrifying tales from beneath the surface of Manhattan—where signals hum through old copper wires and ancient tunnels echo with hunger. 🟡 Part One: The Whisper Grid In the 1970s, a forgotten switching station beneath Tribeca became the stuff o…

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Mystery Bay 21:01

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This is episode four of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Alison Kock was working at a car wash in Cape Town when she made a discovery that completely changed the course of her life. Inside a customer’s trunk, she found photographs of white sharks flying so high above the water they looked like airplanes. She followed those photogra…

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Hijacked: The Max Headroom Broadcast Intrusion 12:24

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On November 22, 1987, something bizarre interrupted Chicago’s television airwaves. A masked figure—mimicking the digital persona Max Headroom—commandeered two separate TV broadcasts with cryptic, unsettling footage. Who was behind the intrusion? How did they pull off such a technically advanced stunt? And why has no one ever been caught? In this ch…

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The Shark Inside You 28:53

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This is episode three of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Today, we take a trip across the world, from the south coast of Australia to … Wisconsin. Here, scientists are scouring shark blood to find one of nature’s hidden keys, a molecular superhero that might unlock our ability to cure cancer: shark antibodies. They’re small. They’…

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I Love New York: Part One 30:38

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Beneath Manhattan, the past never stays buried. In this two-part descent into New York’s forgotten corners, we explore two of the city’s most enduring and unsettling legends. 🟠 Part One: The Subway Serpent of South Ferry A century-old secret coils beneath the South Ferry subway station. Workers whisper about claw marks in tunnel walls, lost men dra…

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The Hexham Heads: Cursed Stones, Poltergeists, and the Beast of Northumberland 11:43

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In this eerie episode of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson investigates the chilling tale of the Hexham Heads—two small stone figures unearthed in a 1970s English garden that unleashed a wave of paranormal chaos. From poltergeist activity and phantom creatures to academic intrigue and ancient curses, listener Kevin from Indiana submits this te…

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The Cage 18:22

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This is episode two of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Jaws spawned a thousand imitators: sharks in tornados, sharks in avalanches, sharks that battle giant octopuses. Hollywood has officially turned sharks into monsters of every shape and size. And yet, somehow, there will always be more. But drop below the surface, into the cold…

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WHAT THE F**K ARE WE LIVING THROUGH? - with Mark Steel 52:54

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A cracking episode this week with Mark Steel. We discuss grooming gangs and Starmer swivelling in a constant state of U-turns. Plus we examine why this week's G7 could be the most depressing ever given global events. We also chat about the rising stock of Father's Day and why men still die younger. CATCH ME ON MY TOUR ‘Basic Bloke 2: There’s No Blo…

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The Cellar’s Cry: A Haunting Whisper from 1980 Indiana 11:57

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In Episode 136 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson shares a chilling listener story from Kevin in Indiana. During the blistering summer of 1980, a simple basement shower turned into a terrifying brush with the supernatural. A ghostly child’s whisper—“Mommy”—echoed through the dim cellar of an 1800s manor, revealing the tragic past of a four-y…

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Making a Monster 26:38

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Episode one of Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks. Rodney Fox went into the ocean one summer day in 1963. He came out barely alive, his body torn apart by a great white shark. At the time, it was one of the worst shark attacks ever survived. After he recovered, he was pulled back into the shadowy world he feared most. Again and again …

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EPISODE 112: Historical Daddy Issues 1:43:00

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“The thought of him now and always has been a sense of comfort. I could breathe, I could sleep, when he had me in his arms. My father—he got me breath, he got me lungs, strength—life… The best I ever knew. He combined strength and courage with gentleness, tenderness and great unselfishness.” Theodore Roosevelt about his father. Since my daughter wa…

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Vatican Secrets & The Machine: A Cloaked Priest, a Flickering Crucifixion, and Forbidden Tech 12:29

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Step inside a hidden chamber beneath the Vatican, where a cloaked priest activates a mysterious, archaic machine glowing with eerie light. What does the flickering image on the monitor reveal—an ancient Roman forum or something far more divine… and dangerous? In this surreal, cinematic episode blending vintage sci-fi with theological conspiracy, we…

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The Phantom’s Leap: Unraveling the Black Flash of Provincetown 11:10

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In Episode 134 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson investigates the chilling legend of the Black Flash — a towering, supernatural figure said to have haunted the fog-shrouded streets of Provincetown, Massachusetts, from 1939 to 1945. With glowing blue eyes, metallic ears, and an ability to leap impossibly high, the Black Flash terrified local…

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Whispers from the Void: Unlocking the Voynich Manuscript’s Paranormal Secrets 10:02

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In Episode 133 of The Shadow Frequency, host Matt Wilson ventures into the spectral pages of the Voynich Manuscript—a 15th-century codex shrouded in mystery. Written in an unbreakable cipher and filled with surreal botanical drawings, cosmic diagrams, and eerie humanoid figures, this manuscript has puzzled linguists, mystics, and conspiracy theoris…

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Swimming with Shadows: A Radiolab Week of Sharks 2:23

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In the summer of 1975, Jaws scared an entire generation out of the water. The film burned an idea into our cultural memory: they are mindless, man-eating monsters. We set out to tell a different story about sharks. Five stories over five days. We tear down deep-seated myths about sharks, plunge into the water with them, and find sharks that explode…

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Double-Blasted 20:54

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We first aired this episode in 2012, but at the show we’ve been thinking a lot about resilience and repair so we wanted to play it for you again today. It’s about a man who experienced maybe one of the most chilling traumas… twice. But then, it leads us to a story of generational repair. On the morning of August 6th, 1945, Tsutomu Yamaguchi was in …

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The Unholy Crusade: Part Two 22:34

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As World War II spiraled toward its violent end, the Nazi obsession with relics, ritual, and redemption reached terrifying new heights. In the final three episodes of our Grail War series, we go deeper into the rituals of Wewelsburg Castle, where SS leaders performed bloodline ceremonies and solstice rites in the shadow of the Black Sun. Beneath th…

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Premium: Tantric Sex Squirrels 9:55

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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit femchaospod.substack.com Kat and Phoebe discuss intimacy coordinators, rodent men, and the mechanism whereby certain left-wing things begat a certain orange man. LINKS: The Real Reason Actresses Are Rejecting Intimacy Coordinators The mechanism Are Liberals to Blame for the New McCarthyi…