Episode 118: Halfway to Halloween - All Things Spooky with ScareNetwork.TV

About this episode

Matt interviews Billy Lewis about ScareNetwork.TV and various spooky topics.

In this Halfway to Halloween episode, Matt sits down with Billy Lewis, founder of ScareNetwork.TV, to talk cryptids, ghost stories, and the indie streaming platform he's built to give paranormal, horror, true crime, and monster content a real home. They get into the Florida footage that ended up in the Smithsonian, the hunt for Chessie on the Chesapeake Bay, and why every town has a story worth telling. CRYPTIDS & PARANORMAL COVERED: The Skunk Ape, Dave Shealy and the famous Glades footage, the Skunk Ape museum, Chessie and the Chesapeake Bay sightings, the Love Point footage, the dissertation on Chessie, Bigfoot, regional ghost stories and haunted locations SCARE NETWORK TV: Original paranormal, horror, true crime, and monster content — documentaries, narrative features, series, and podcasts you won't find anywhere else. Available on Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, and Google Play. INFLUENCES & SHOWS DISCUSSED: Tales from the Crypt, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Jailhouse (Billy Lewis), Jack Osbourne's paranormal work Big thanks to Tony Barber and the team at Creative AV and Entertainment (CAVE) for producing the show. WATCH SCARE NETWORK TV: Web…

People in this episode

Host: Matt

Guest: Billy Lewis

Topics covered

• Halloween
• cryptids
• ghost stories
• paranormal
• horror
• true crime
• indie streaming

Keywords

• cryptids
• ghost stories
• ScareNetwork.TV
• horror
• true crime
• Chessie
• Skunk Ape

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ScareNetwork.TV, Creative AV and Entertainment

Books & works: Tales from the Crypt, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Jailhouse

Places: Florida, Chesapeake Bay

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