DOTU Halloween Reads 2025: The Masque of the Red Death

We Don't Talk Politics Ep. 40 - Cowboys and Giant Bat Like Creatures (The Van Meter Monster/Visitor)

In the last episode I said I'd upload the episode on the Van Meter Monster, and here is that episode. Enjoy as we talk about this Iowa legend! In this episode the guys bring you a somewhat local legend. A visitor that came to Iowa for one week only. Was it a creature brought to us to confirm the hollow earth theory, or just a really big bat? Either way listen in to hear about this creature that came from the depths of Van Meter coal mines to visit small town Iowa. Bonus you'll get to hear about a very young Sean-Patrick washing dishes at a strip club. So much fine content all coming to you from the best podcast you'll ever listen to during the time you're listening to this podcast. Originally aired March 19, 2022. Click this link to check out all our socials. https://linktr.ee/dotupodcast If you'd like to support this podcast financially, you can become a monthly donor at patreon.com/dotupodcast. If you enjoy the podcast please tell your friends, subscribe and follow me on YouTube and all the social media platforms, and give me a rating wherever possible, but especially on Apple Podcasts. It'll really help the podcast grow. Thanks so much for listening!

Episode 27 - That Ain't No Cornish Game Hen! (West Texas / Cornish Owlman)

In this episode we travel to the state in the US where everything is bigger, including their owls, or at least human avian hybrids. We'll talk about the West Texas Owlman and then we'll hop across the Pacific and check out the UK's own Cornish Owlman of Mawnan. Hope you enjoy getting to learn all about the Owlman and it's origins. Click this link to check out all our socials. https://linktr.ee/dotupodcast If you'd like to support this podcast financially, you can become a monthly donor at patreon.com/dotupodcast If you enjoy the podcast please tell your friends, subscribe and follow me on YouTube and all the social media platforms, and give me a rating wherever possible, but especially on Apple Podcasts. It'll really help the podcast grow. Thanks so much for listening! Intro Music By :Gustavo Plaza :https://www.fiverr.com/gustavoplaza?source=gig_page&gigs=slug%3Aproduce-your-synth-pop-song%2Cpckg_id%3A1 Check out their band Telefonema :https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dqwjastOiSbSk9W7OAzAL?si=wq8DkMLxQtu84RqOGHWtvA If you want to learn more about the Owlman these are some of the resources I used. https://texashillcountry.com/west-texas-owlman-giant/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owlmanhttps://cornishbirdblog.com/the-owlman-of-mawnan-smith/ https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Owlman https://thehorrorcollection.com/who-or-what-is-the-owlman-of-mawnan-church/

WDTP Epidsode 2 : The Tall Skinny Man In The National Forest (Slenderman)

With the Slenderman stabbing being in the news in November of 2025, Aaron felt it would be a good time to reshare this episode from We Don't Talk Politics about Slenderman. Thanks for checking it out and be sure to check out all the original Doors of the Universe podcast episodes! Click this link to check out all our socials. https://linktr.ee/dotupodcast If you'd like to support this podcast financially, you can become a monthly donor at patreon.com/dotupodcast. If you enjoy the podcast please tell your friends, subscribe and follow me on YouTube and all the social media platforms, and give me a rating wherever possible, but especially on Apple Podcasts. It'll really help the podcast grow. Thanks so much for listening! Intro Music By : Gustavo Plaza : https://www.fiverr.com/gustavoplaza?source=gig_page&gigs=slug%3Aproduce-your-synth-pop-song%2Cpckg_id%3A1 Check out their band Telefonema : https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dqwjastOiSbSk9W7OAzAL?si=wq8DkMLxQtu84RqOGHWtvA

DOTU Halloween Reads 2025: The Masque of the Red Death

In this special series of episodes that comes out once a year Aaron brings you some of his favorite stories of all things eerie by the master of horror, Edgar Allan Poe. This year Aaron does a reading of The Masque of the Red Death. Sit back, grab a mug of hot apple cider and listen in to this scary tale of where we learn how fortified walls can only provide so much protection. Click this link to check out all our socials. https://linktr.ee/dotupodcast If you like to support this podcast financially you can become a monthly donor at patreon.com/dotupodcast. If you enjoy the podcast please tell your friends, subscribe and follow me on YouTube and all the social media platforms, and give me a rating wherever possible, but especially on Apple Podcasts. It'll really help the podcast grow. Thanks so much for listening! Intro Music By : Gustavo Plaza Gustavo Plaza on Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/gustavoplaza?source=gig_page&gigs=slug%3Aproduce-your-synth-pop-song%2Cpckg_id%3A1 Check out their band Telefonema :https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dqwjastOiSbSk9W7OAzAL?si=wq8DkMLxQtu84RqOGHWtvA References for this episode: The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

WDTP Episode 5: Like A Mothman To The Flame Of A Really Big Candle (Mothman)

In this episode Aaron brings an episode out from the We Don't Talk Politics archives and shares an episode around easily one of the top five most well known cryptids, Mothman. Aaron and Sean-Patrick dive into a subject brought up by a listener request. They take you on a journey through the strange world of the Mothman. A popular subject of West Virginian folklore the Mothman made his way in to pop culture back in 2002 with the release of The Mothman Prophecies. Listen to hear about his humble beginnings in Point Pleasant, West Virginia back in 1966. Moth? Man? Dimension Jumper? Alien? Undercover Government Project? Listen in and find out! Click this link to check out all our socials. https://linktr.ee/dotupodcast If you like to support this podcast financially you can become a monthly donor at patreon.com/dotupodcast. If you enjoy the podcast please tell your friends, subscribe and follow me on YouTube and all the social media platforms, and give me a rating wherever possible, but especially on Apple Podcasts. It'll really help the podcast grow. Thanks so much for listening! Intro Music By : Gustavo Plaza on Fiverr : https://www.fiverr.com/gustavoplaza?source=gig_page&gigs=slug%3Aproduce-your-synth-pop-song%2Cpckg_id%3A1 Check out their band Telefonema : https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dqwjastOiSbSk9W7OAzAL?si=wq8DkMLxQtu84RqOGHWtvA References for this episode: The Man Called Cold: The Woodrow Derenberger Interview https://youtu.be/5HxY4suVjSo