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Somewhere in the Skies

The Power of Urban Legends with Josh Zeman

Somewhere in the Skies

SpectreVision Radio

Social Sciences, Science, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.5 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

On episode 80 of SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES, Ryan shares one last listener ghost story from Angela to ring in the Halloween season and the end of the Halloween series of the show. He then speaks with investigative filmmaker, Josh Zeman. Zeman first discusses his film, "Cropsey", a boogeyman-like figure from New York City urban legend, before segueing into the story of one Andre Rand, a convicted child kidnapper from Staten Island. Zeman journies into the underbelly as more information and clues unravel. The reality he uncovers is more terrifying than any urban legend.  Zeman then transitions into a television special he created titled, "Killer Legends", in which he investigates four other deeply disturbing urban legends throughout the country and questions which came first, the urban legend or the real events? What power does storytelling have over us when it comes to reality and fantasy? Do we create the monsters in these legends? Or do they create us? It's a fascinating discussion and the perfect way to count the final days until Halloween. Guest Bio: Josh Zeman has been at the forefront of the true crime genre for the past decade. His critically acclaimed horror documentary CROPSEY, a critic’s pick with The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Roger Ebert, was called “one of the year’s best documentaries” and “one of the scariest films of the year” in 2011. Off the success of CROPSEY, Zeman created KILLER LEGENDS for NBC Universal, an anthology series that examines true crimes that have inspired our scariest urban legends. Premiering as both the #1 downloaded documentary and horror film on iTunes in July of 2014, KILLER LEGENDS has since become one of the most watched true crime documentaries on both Netflix and Hulu. To learn more, visit: www.cropseylegend.com Thank you for creeping your way through October for our Halloween Series. We are back to UFOs next week! ALIENCON lands in Baltimore on Nov. 9th-11th. For discount tickets, use promo code: SKIES at check out. Visit: www.TheAlienCon.com/register Patreon: www.patreon.com/somewhereskies Website: www.somewhereintheskies.com Official Store: CLICK HERE Order Ryan's Book by CLICKING HERE Twitter: @SomewhereSkies Instagram: @SomewhereSkiesPod Opening and Closing Theme Song, "Ephemeral Reign" by Per Kiilstofte SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is produced by Third Kind Productions, in association with eOne Entertainment SOMEWHERE IN THE SKIES is sponsored by HelloFresh. To receive 50% off your first order, use promo code: SOMEWHERE50 at checkout by visiting www.HelloFresh.ca Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/somewhere-in-the-skies. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Greetings Sky Watchers, this is Ryan Sprague, the host of the Summer in the Sky's Podcast, and I want you to join me at AlienCon.

0:08.0

Alien Con lands in Baltimore, Maryland on November 9th, 10th, and 11th.

0:13.0

Explore the unexplained with your favorite ancient aliens contributors,

0:17.0

UFO researchers, and stars from hit

0:20.0

sci-fi and sci-fact television shows and films. I'll personally be giving my solo presentation and

0:27.2

I'll also be joining my good friend and colleague Jason McLellin of Roque, to moderate and take part in panel discussions throughout

0:35.9

the weekend.

0:36.9

It's going to be a fun and informative weekend for families, serious researchers, and

0:42.4

all curious minds alike. And right now you can get an exclusive

0:46.9

somewhere in the sky's discount on all tickets by visiting the AlienCon.com

0:53.4

slash register and using the code skies at checkout.

0:58.4

We hope to see you at the Baltimore Convention Center in November

1:01.6

and now on to the show. Today on the show we talk to

1:05.7

investigative filmmaker Josh Zeman about the terrifying truth behind urban

1:11.6

legends.

1:12.6

You know, it's funny, a lot of people get upset about the film because they think it's

1:17.4

going to be a dissection of the Cropsy urban legend and and it's not it's my

1:25.0

crops it's about my urban legend and and and this urban legend come true in my

1:29.7

town and and that really upsets them because they they want to know about their urban legend and that's the point

1:33.0

they want to know about their urban legend and that's but that's the point and it's very hard it's it's hard to put such a fine point on that point.

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Urban legends are amorphous, they're changing, they go from community,

1:46.4

your clown urban legend is different from my clown urban legend. And so it's not even like we can nail down these urban legends. This is somewhere in the skies, with Ryan's bread. Oh, Welcome to the final installment of the Halloween series of Somewhere in the skies.

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