Welcome to Digital Folklore Unplugged! Unplugged episodes are where we ditch all the fancy production and story elements and bring you the raw (or slightly edited) interviews with folklore experts. On this episode, Perry & Mason sit down with Paul Prater. Paul is a multifaceted guy – a lawyer, a musician, a mentalist and bizarre entertainer, an author… oh… and he collects ghost stories and leads haunted tours.

Topics covered include:

Magic / mentalism / bizarre magic & storytelling

Thoughts on what makes something 'creepy'

Paul's experiences leading Ghost Tours

Paul's favorite urban legend

The importance of narrative storytelling for society

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Guest: Paul Prater (Twitter) (YouTube) (Website)

Mentioned in the episode:

Paul's "The End of Summer" performance (YouTube video)

Haunted Argenta, Arkansas

Relevant Books (Amazon Associate Links)

Haunted Argenta, by Paul Prater

What Follows is True: The Crescent Hotel, by Sean Fitzgibbon

House of a Hundred Rooms: Tales the Ghost Tour Guides Do Not Tell, by Keith J. Scales

The Choking Doberman: And Other Urban Legends, by Jan Harold Brunvand

Encyclopedia of Urban Legends, by Jan Harold Brunvand

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