In this Halloween-week finale, Adam wraps up Season One (or Two… or Three, depending how you count) with a grab-bag of strange stories, lost film history, and fascinating footnotes from past episodes. From forgotten Hollywood tragedies to Cold War psy-ops, and from gullible TV audiences to Miyazaki’s spirit world, this…

Before The Exorcist terrified the world, its creator was writing comedy. In this episode, Adam traces how William Peter Blatty’s transformation – from humorist to theologian of horror – produced one of the most powerful and unsettling films ever made. From his early hoax as a “Saudi prince” on You…

Host Adam Charles examines the 2005 film The Exorcism of Emily Rose and the tragic real-life case that inspired it: Anneliese Michel, a young German woman whose death in 1976 became one of the most controversial exorcism cases in modern history. The Film: The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) Director:…

Take a haunted walking tour of Hollywood with Adam. Along the way, meet spectral projectionists, Marilyn Monroe’s haunted mirror, the ghosts of the Roosevelt Hotel, and Peg Entwistle, the tragic actress who walks forever beneath the famous “H.” In This Episode: El Capitan Theater – A Disney showcase today, but…

A 1978 thriller accidentally supercharges a conspiracy – and a Hollywood icon’s life spirals into a true-crime saga. We explore Peter Hyams’ Capricorn One – why it resonated with audiences, why Buzz Aldrin disapproved, and how moon-hoax theories grew from fringe chatter to mainstream mania. Then we trace the 2001 murder of…

In this episode, Adam explores several strange and chilling tales at the crossroads of movies, music, and true crime. Jim Sullivan – The UFO Troubadour Folk-rock musician with ties to New Hollywood. Played Malibu’s legendary Raft Club, rubbing shoulders with Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, and Farrah Fawcett. Released the…

 What do radioactive fallout, cannibal rats, and a flying turtle have in common? In this episode, Adam explores the dark origins of Japan’s most iconic monsters. From the real-life 1954 Lucky Dragon incident – sometimes called the “third atomic bombing” – to the scrapped rat-horror film that accidentally gave…

 Before and after seeing The Conjuring: Last Rites, Adam explores the real Smurl Haunting, revisits his personal Warren family connection, and breaks down what the movie got right – and what it invented. Part One: The Real StoryBefore seeing the movie, Adam discusses: The real Smurl Haunting: What Jack…

 Real On-Air Deaths Content warning: This segment covers real-life on-air suicides and may be distressing to some listeners. The tragic story of Christine Chubbuck, the Sarasota news reporter who took her life on-air in 1974. Budd Dwyer, a Pennsylvania politician who died during a press conference in 1987. How…

In this episode of Magical Mystery Media, Adam returns with some eerie, forgotten, and just plain strange stories behind the movies. Topics explored in this episode: The Evolution of the Show A brief note on the show’s rebooted direction: now focused on dark Hollywood lore and forgotten film history Why…