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Allen Brill

I explore the odd, eerie, and just plain strange. Warning:It gets dark in here.

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26:40

The Strange Journey of Gerardo Vidal

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2025/09/13

This week on brillyant I've got a fatal feline, a most tedious tapping, a young mother who tells me about a series of dream visitations and I'll look at a strange case of teleportation from Buenos Ares. So kick back and relax while Uncle Allen tells you all about this week's bizarre offerings.

14:08

Attack of the Flying Kung Fu Jelly Bags

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2025/09/06

On December 20, 1958, two men claim they were nearly abducted by flying globular beings from a flying saucer.

64:11

A conversation with New England legend Jeff Belanger

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2025/08/30

I was fortunate enough to have the amazing opportunity to have a conversation with Jeff Belanger! He has a new book out, Wicked Strange, available on September 2!

14:52

El Muerto Rides!

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2025/08/23

El Muerto, the headless horseman of Texas, rode the plains of Texas on a black mustang, his head dangling from the saddle. He was impervious to bullets and arrows, and its all true. Yet it wasn't supernatural, no the truth is stranger than that and for a story this weird I welcome Author and Historian John LeMay to the show. You can find his books on Amazon or wherever you purchase your books. Saddle up partner, this one is weird!

43:23

The Big Muddy Monster

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2025/08/16

On this week's romp through the bizarre tangles of my mind I present the long awaited, much anticipated 2nd installment of the Monsters of the Midwest with Murphysboros, Illinois' own: Big Muddy Monster.I talk to John Sellars, Executive Director Emeritus of the History Museum on the Square in Springfield, Missouri about the Great Cobra Scare of 1953.I give you a new edition of Brillyant After Dark! Perhaps the most romantic one yet.These curiosities and more await you.

10:50

The Legend of Spear Finger

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2025/08/09

She once roamed the Great Smoky Mountains between North Carolina and Tennessee with skin of stone, a long obsidian blade for a finger...and a taste for children's livers! By special request, I bring you the legend of Spear Finger!

26:28

Death Fog!

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2025/08/02

Fog. It has a way of capturing our imagination. It is mysterious and romantic. It also has a history of being deadly. This week I look at the Donora Death Fog.I'll look at a phone booth in the desolate Mojave Desert, and how it has been connecting strangers around the world.I'll also examine a most curious haunting that will leave you scratching your head and possibly questioning the nature of reality as we know it.Warning: It gets dark in here.

12:59

Intergalactic House of Pancakes

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2025/07/26

Did strange little me traverse the vast reaches of space to share their breakfast with a chicken farmer from Wisconsin? If Joe Simonton is to be believed, yes. Yes, they did.

23:42

The Red Ghost-Demon of the Desert

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2025/07/19

This week on brillyantpodcast we look at the desert rampage of the murderous Red Ghost!Also, we travel to Scottland to learn more about the bizarre the mysterious Loch Ness...Camel?All this and more, stick around folks its going to get wild.As always, it gets dark in here.

38:44

Jason Offutt!!!

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2025/07/12

I have an amazing conversation with author Jason Offutt. Our discussion ranges from Shadow People, time traveler Mike 'Madman' Marcum, Skidmore, Missouri, and much more. It was a fascinating conversation, and you can check it out here on Brillyant.

30:29

It's your Funeral!

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2025/07/05

In this episode I explore the evolution of funerals in America. A couple of listeners share their ghostly encounters and a new edition of Brillyant after dark. Warning it gets dark in here.

16:44

Inez

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2025/07/02

Hear the tragic story of Inez May Gibson. Does her spirit still inhabit the second floor room of the infamous Malvern?

8:52

Pig Man!

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2025/07/02

When night falls,Enter the woods at your peril,For inside lurks somethingWorse than the devil.Avoid at all costs the gathering place,Where at midnight, the Pig-ManRoams on Cannock Chase. _Rhyme passed down generation to generation by local school children.

20:22

Momo!

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2025/07/01

For my first installment of Monsters of the Midwest I offer you the Show-Me states own pumpkin headed, dog munchin' cryptid, Momo- The Missouri Monster.I explore the bizarre final hours of Thomas Meehan.This and so much more await you.Warning:It gets dark in here.

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