Mark L Groves public
[search 0]
More
Download the App!
show episodes
 
Three Kansas City fiction writers- Shelby Dollar, J.E. Petersen, and Mark L. Groves- talk about whatever weird, spooky, quirky but usually dark subject they find pleasing to their twisted curiosities. Get on the road to Weirdsville, population: you, on Sideways Boulevard. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support
  continue reading
 
Loading …
show series
 
What happens when you cross a gorilla with a wolf? Have you seen the bat that shoots laser beams out of its horns? What about a land-locked Lochness-style monster in a farmer's pond? Our motto should be "Kansas: As freaky as you think." Check out the discussion as John, Shelby, and Mark hash out their 3 favorite Kansas Cryptids (beyond Bigfoot) tha…
  continue reading
 
To celebrate Women In Horror Month, Sideways Boulevard is joined by 3 of the 5 female authors involved in "Black Buttons Vol. 3: A Family Affair," published by Magnificent Cowlick Media. Shelby Dollar, Denise Johnson, & Amelia Gorman discuss what it's like to be a woman horror writer in a Stephen King world. Plus they talk about the amazing stories…
  continue reading
 
The muse strikes artists in many ways. For John Kelley in Kansas City, his muse guides him to the beauty found in death and the rituals surreounding. He sees the touching humanity involved with the respect paid to those who have passed. And he can find a playful quality within the macabre. His paintings, drawings, multimedia works, and antique/junq…
  continue reading
 
A 6-foot tall Raccoon Man...the press-hogging Momo stink ape...a screaming Ozark predator criss-crossing state lines...Missouri has mysterious, mythical monsters and we wanna talk about them! Join your Sideways Boulevard Hosts Mark, Shelby, & J.E. as we share insights on our 3 favorite Missouri Cryptids! From the state named after "town of big cano…
  continue reading
 
It's a campground. IT'S A GRAVEYARD. It's a playground. IT'S A CRYPT! It's the Miller Mausoleum, one man's hand-built dream of a family crypt just east of Kansas City. This weird buildign was almost lost to time and decay; however, when a great-grandkid fought to fix the creepy-cool palace de mort, this generational tomb becane small-town-sensation…
  continue reading
 
Sideways Boulevard's Mark L. Groves shows up at the KC Spirit and Paranormal convention March 2022, and interviews members of this unusual, and kinda' awesome, community. In this third and final episode, hear from the caretakers of Beattie Mansion, St. Joseph, MO's very own, very haunted version of the "House on the Hill." Next, Carter Buschardt, a…
  continue reading
 
Sideways Boulevard's Mark L. Groves shows up at the KC Spirit and Paranormal convention, and interviews members of this unusual, and kinda' awesome, community. J.E. Peterson and Shelby Dollar couldn't make it- so Mark manned the mic and recorded the conversations as we talked about, and sometimes to, other planes, ether worlds, and aliens. Plus lau…
  continue reading
 
Sideways Boulevard's Mark L. Groves shows up at the KC Spirit and Paranormal convention, and interviews members of this unusual, and kinda' awesome, community. J.E. Peterson and Shelby Dollar couldn't make it- so Mark manned the mic and recorded the conversations as we talked about, and sometimes to, other planes, ether worlds, and aliens. Plus lau…
  continue reading
 
In Ep. 002, Mark, J.E., and Shelby talk to April and Bettina, the twin forces behind the KC Spirit & Paranormal Convention, March 18th - 20th in Independence, MO. We find out about the readers and healers and dealers (oh my!) coming to this super-cool con, and then we meet Buck, the medium you know from www.tiktok.com/@Buckymanmedium. Buck talks ab…
  continue reading
 
We're now Sideways Boulevard- your one-way street to Weirdsville, population: you. Join Mark, J.E., and Shelby as the laydown the lowdown on curses- what they are, how to fight them, plus cursed cars and corpses you probably haven't heard about, and Roman-clature that really upped the curse game, along with witches vs. Hitler. Ready, hex, go- in ep…
  continue reading
 
So this was the hardest Podenstein's Lab they've done yet. Mass murderers who sold the bodies to science? Sure. Gross infections? You bet. All the horrible stuff that can happen to you in space? Call it done. But hangings and executions go to some really, really dark places. J.E. Petersen, Shelby Dollar, and Mark L. Groves do their best with humani…
  continue reading
 
It's a hell of a vacation list, literally, in Episode 11 of Podenstein's Lab! Shelby, J.E., and Mark put together a time-off-that's-awful set of real places that are real nightmares for leisure plans: an Island getaway to get away from, a nightly firepit from the bowels of hell, and a famous river with the foulest flow. As always, you also get real…
  continue reading
 
Edgar Allan Poe- prolific horror writer, yes...but did he commit a horror of which he wrote? Fiction is the way to tell truth through lies, and Podenstein's Lab takes a deep dive into the real story of Mary Rogers, victim in life- and in literature as "The Mystery of Marie Roget." Did Poe write a story, or a confession? Plus we look at Poe's other …
  continue reading
 
Buried treasure. It exists, but does it exist here in the Midwest? Episode 9 of Podenstein's Lab digs out stories of underground bounties- from 16th century Spanish riches in Arkansas, to a whole city of statues- and giants- under Moberly, MO, to where you might or might not find hidden gold from Jesse James. The truth is out there, even when it's …
  continue reading
 
In Episode 008, there's a whole lot of shaking going on as the news team takes a deep dive into Earthquakes in the USA. First, find out about the big Missouri monster that rang bells in Boston. Next, get a happy thought with a possible future catastrophes stateside that could kill a lot- or everybody. Then discover how tremblors are being created- …
  continue reading
 
You might be innocent, but Podenstein's Lab is guilty of taking you behind bars in Episode 007. From the lingering mystery of what happened to the real "Escape from Alcatraz" trio, to truly amazing break-outs both artistic and yogatastic, to some truly crazy calabooses across the world. Plus real headlines that are real bizarre. What we have here, …
  continue reading
 
The Podenstein’s Lab news team loses their heads! At least, in the news they bring you in this episode. Mark L. Groves introduces the man behind “laughing your head off”- literally; Shelby Dollar discusses the science of slugs that love a good auto-decapitation; and J.E. Petersen revisits a Colorado chicken who takes a chopping- and spends the next…
  continue reading
 
Episode 5 of Podenstein's Lab takes you to Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum for news on their barfy booze; goes behind the scenes for the hatchet/axe wielding, fuzzy suited, sorta' true Bunny Man Legend; and goes back in time to find out why a woman in England was busy birthing bunny bits, among other animal chunks. Proving truth is grosser than fic…
  continue reading
 
It's a no-go for the snow bro this year. Find out what Frozen Dead Guy Days is all about, in this special report- including an interview from 2018 with Amanda MacDonald, Event Coordinator for Frozen Dead Guy Days. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support…
  continue reading
 
In Episode 4 of the Podenstein's Lab newscast, Mark L. Groves talks about quarantining alone- and how you may NOT be alone; Shelby Dollar takes us on a nature tour of gross, wriggling worm balls, and how high tech is working on mimicking them; and J.E. wraps up our deep dives with true stories of hidden rooms- and weird treasures- discovered recent…
  continue reading
 
It’s full news day in Episode 3 of Podenstein’s Lab. Shelby Dollar discovers a chess player slayer on the Soviet side; Mark L. Groves chews the fat on two historical French facts of putrescent power; and J.E. Petersen makes you self-aware about world’s almost-real Judgement Day in 1983. Plus the top three headlines from the past two weeks. It’s new…
  continue reading
 
In Episode 2 of Podenstein’s Lab, your intrepid, insipid journaleasts bring you stories about how A 70’s Babe Dodged a Date with Death on the Dating Game; Bomb Sniffing Spinach Sending Email: and the 100th Anniversary of Finding the Cat- But Where’s the Crew? J.E., Shelby, and Mark dig these up from the digital trough, along with real headlines tha…
  continue reading
 
Podenstein's Lab returns- as a world wide weird NEWS show! With a bent for the macabre, your three cohosts- Shelby Dollar, J.E. Petersen, and Mark L. Groves- scour the web for whatever piques their aberrant interests. In this inaugural re-boot, they bring you real headlines from the real weird world, and deep-dive news on the Sad Sign-off of Casey …
  continue reading
 
Loading …

Quick Reference Guide