Varla Ventura

I am the author of Fairies, Pookas and Changelings: A Complete Guide to the Wild and Wicked Enchanted Realm, The Book of the Bizarre; Beyond Bizarre; Among the Mermaids; and Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires & Other Creatures of the Night. I am a lover of all things truly strange and freaky, and spend a good deal of my time reading and researching stories of the unusual variety. I live in the North Woods where all manner of things tap, tap, tap at my windowpane at all hours of the night.

Vincent Twice, Vincent Twice: CAV RAdio tonight!!

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Citizens Awareness Vanguard, tonight! BACK AGAIN for an encore performance in which we delve deeper into the many bizarre shapeshifting freaky things that lurk beyond the corner of your vision/fence/porch Wooo! Let’s get freaky! Tune in tonight: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/cavradiolive/2014/03/29/ep48-shape-shifters-strange-creatures-wguest-varla-ventura Show starts at 9 pm EST, I’m on by 10 pm EST (that’s a Friday dessert special …

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Oddsalon: Learn Something Weird! And a Secret About Me

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If you have not yet heard of OddSalon, you should click the link  immediately after reading what I have to say. There is a secret announcement hinted at but not really announced at the bottom of this post. Oddsalon is a new parlor-style forum that hosts twice monthly salons about weird things, or perhaps better …

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Get Aquatic With Me and Dr. Rita! TONIGHT, 2.13.14

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Hey Lovers of the Life Aquatic, Mer-rangers, and Deep Sea Divers, I’ll be on Just Energy Radio with Dr. Rita Louise Feb. 13th at 5 p.m. PST/8 p.m. EST. Tune in, by clicking here:  Just Energy Radio Link Or you can call in to listen from your phone, dial: 786-837-2262. We’ll be talking about Mermaids, so …

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Get Freaky With Me and the Citizens Awareness Vanguard: Jan. 16th

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Tune in, my prettys! THURSDAY, Jan. 16th to Citizens Awareness Vanguard radio for a strange creature chat with Chris & Mark. I’ll be on LIVE. Show starts at 9 PM EST/6 PST. Grab a glass of something strong and lock the front door.  Creatures of the night are afoot! Listen by clicking the following link: CAV …

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Spend a Late Night in the Midlands With Me, Tonight!

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Come spend a Late Nate in the Midlands with me–or an early evening if you’re on the West Coast. Host Michael Vara and I will be discussing all things freakish, ghoulish, odd, and bizarre. That includes Banshees, Werewolves, Vampires, and Other Creatures of the Night.  Tune in tonight via the link below, at 6:30 PST/9:30 EST. …

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2014, The Year of the Freak: My Episode of Beyond Belief with George Noory (TV!!!!!)

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    Should auld acquaintance be forgot…don’t forget my face! LIVE on Beyond Belief on  Gaiam TV.  Come nurse your hangover with a little cure for what ails you: my peeling laughter and wicked antics. Here is how it works. Click this link. On January 1st, this link will take you directly to the show. …

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A Melding of the Paranormal Minds: Tonight! Live!

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Greetings you little elves and gnomes and hobgoblins, ye’ merry creatures of the night. Tune in tonight at 6 pm PST/9 PM EST for a delightful hour of the paranormal persuasion. I’ll be a guest on Paranormal Minds Radio. Click here to listen live. You never know where the conversation will lead, although I can …

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Hear Me Scream Like a Banshee on Ripley Radio

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Tune in this Monday the 16th of December for a frightfully delightful show with host Tim O’Brien of Ripley Radio and his weekly Oddcast. Check out the show’s press release. Lots of great guests and topics, from Twinkie overload to banshee screams! Twas the week before Christmas and things got weirder than usual onRipley Radio, …

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