– Date -October 27, 2009 read by Derek.

– Halloween is this weekend!
– Ministry wrote the classic goth tune Everyday is Halloween.
– Brian Brushwood will appear at Kennesaw State University on Oct 28th at 8pm.
– On Halloween the JREF and WeirdThings.com will conduct a Houdini séance.
– You can participate online at weirdthings.com at 9pm on October 31st at 9pm EST.
– Brian Brushwood will also participate in the Houdini séance along with James Randi.
– Carl Sagan was the penultimate science communicator.
– Cosmos is the most watched program in PBS history.
– On Saturday Nov. 7th will be the first annual Carl Sagan Day celebration.
– Join James Randi, Dr. Phil Plait, David Morrison and DJ Grothe in Davie, Florida.
– You can find out more information about Carl Sagan Day here.

– Promo – Monster Talk – Nessie!

– Monster Talk is becoming part of Skeptic!
– Monster Talk is hosted by:
– Blake Smith, Academic, Author and Paranormal Investigator.
– Author Dr Karen Stollznow, Director of the Bay Area Skeptics and blogger.
– Paranormal investigator and author Benjamin Radford.
– You can subscribe to the free weekly newsletter, eSkeptic here.

– Editor of Jr. Skeptic, Daniel Loxton masterminded this new collaboration with Monster Talk.
– Monster Talk investigates claims of monsters and the scientists who study them.
– Recent Monster Talk subjects include Big Foot, Lake Monsters and Pterosaurs.
– Jane Goodall has been quoted as saying she believes in a North American primate.
– Lynne Kelly uncovered dragon lore as part of her study of Crocodiles.
– One of Dr. Stollznow’s favorite monsters are Australian Drop Bears.
– Also a talking mongoose named Gef.
– Ben Radford is currently working on a book on the legendary Chupacabra.
– Why isn’t there any fecal evidence of bigfoot or nessie?
– You can read Dr. Stollznow’s blogs Skepbitch here and Bad Language here.
– Her columns for CSI are here, and soon she’ll be writing for Skeptic.
– Ben Radford writes for the Corrales Comment, also Live Science.
– His website is here at Radford Reviews.
– Check out the shiny new Monster Talk website here.
– Follow Blake Smith on Twitter.
– Swoopy loves Quatchi, but he’s not her favorite monster.
– You can subscribe to Monster Talk on iTunes.