Varla Ventura

writer, traveler, lover of the strange

Folklore

Halloween Fun with Wisconsin Public Radio–10/29!!

I will be doing an interview with the esteemed WPR today at 1:30 PST, 3:30 CST, 4:30 EST talking about Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night. This is a great afternoon show, and I’m honored to discuss such trickery and freakery with the hosts! You can listen live, HERE. FYI: This is […]

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Freaky Friday: What Big Feet You Have!

Bigfoot Bizarre Welcome again to  Freaky Friday where every Friday in October I’ll be giving you some freaktacular tidbits to start your weekend off right.  Share them at a cocktail party, wow your blind date, or amuse your children.  And if you want more, check out my books The Book of the Bizarre and Beyond

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Church of Mabus Interview! Saturday the 14th @8pmPST

Fans of the bizarre, the fantastical, the supernatural, and the downright weird are likely already familiar with The Church of Mabus radio show. I’ll be on it Saturday the 14th from 11pm EST to 1am EST (that’s 8pm-10pm Pacific coasters!) so I hope you can join me as we discuss mermaids and whatever creepy, freaky,

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Paranormal Geeks Interview: Live!

Tonight, from 6pm PST to 8 PM PST, I’ll be chatting it up with the great geeks of Paranormal Geeks Radio.  Join me and host Jim Heater LIVE at 6pm PST: http://paranormalgeeksradio.blogspot.com/ You can listen live tonight from 6-8pm PST. Join us! We’ll speak of mermaids, ghosts, and other creatures of the night!!

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Book Trailer Two: Among the Mermaids Tentacle Edition

Kraken-cravers and split-tailed lovers, take heed! Here is the SECOND of THREE book trailers. Remember to comment on the one you like the most (or wherever you want to comment, really…) and one lucky sucker will get a copy of my book, Among the Mermaids:  Facts, Myths, and Enchantments from the Sirens of the Sea

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Varla on Ghost Chronicles–Tonight, Wednesday the 24th!

Greetings! Tonight I am honored to be on Ghost Chronicles with hosts Ron Kolek and Anne Kerrigan. Ron has been a supporter of my books since lo’ those many years ago when The Book of the Bizarre came out, and he regularly includes a tidbit of Beyond Bizarre on his shows, so not only will

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Mermaids and George Noory: Coast to Coast AM TONIGHT

Greetings guys and ghouls! I’ll be conversing with the great George Noory tonight, Wednesday the 17th, on Coast to Coast AM and I hope you can join us! The show starts at 10pm PST , and I’ll be on at 11PM PST. We’ll be discussing mermaids, and other strange and mythical beasties, banshees, and things

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Calling all Werewolves!

Lycanthropy is a clinical disease, one in which a supposedly deranged individual “imagines” that they are a werewolf. And according to Sabine Baring Gould, everyone of us has the potential to be a werewolf–we all have a primal, uncontrolled element to us that manifests in some people as madnees, others as cravings, and others as

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Paranormal Odyssey

A super fun interview with Paranormal Odyssey Podcast, now available for download HERE. Here’s what the hosts had to say about it.   Author Varla Ventura takes the stage on the Paranormal Odyssey Podcast, and scares the shit out of us with tales of Werewolves, Irish monsters, and Banshees. Keep the lights on when you listen to this

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