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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All for your fun and pure entertainment!For advertising opportunities please email: talkinvasion.podcast@gmail.comCheck out the podcast on YouTube: https ...
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If you could present yourself really well, in an authentic way which connected powerfully with your audience on stage, on Zoom, at a networking event or around the board table, you would be creating your Speak Performance. "Speaking—Or an Approximation Thereof—with Ges Ray" is an invitation to think about and experiment with your presentation skills, your Speak Performance, in a fun, challenging and occasionally bonkers way. The last thing we want when watching or listening to a presenter is ...
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In October of 1978, Adams County was rocked by the brutal murder of 20-year-old Nancy Potts, a nurse practitioner at Adams County Memorial Hospital, who was supposed to be married on the very day her body was found. The killing of this seemingly innocent would-be bride opened up unhealed wounds around past violent crimes in the area, including an u…
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In 1949, St. Coletta of Wisconsin, a non-profit organization in Jefferson providing residential services for people with disabilities, accepted a new resident. This resident had a unique history, however, and the facility would need to implement very specific arrangements. Her name was Rosemary Kennedy, the 30-year-old sister of the current senator…
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On March 4th, 1998, the small town of Dane, WI awakened to the shocking news that the Rev. Alfred Kunz, the priest at St Michael's Catholic Church had been murdered in a brutal scene in the elementary school. Found as teachers began to arrive for the school day, Father Kunz was lying in a pool of blood in a hallway, a gaping wound in his throat, wh…
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On August 25th and 26th, 1990, Alpine Valley Music Festival hosted 2 sold-out shows featuring headliner Eric Clapton, along with special guests, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, and the Robert Cray Band. Both shows played to 40,000 strong, and the second show ended with one of the most legendary collections of guiratists on one stage at the sam…
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Authors Heather Bourget and Kristin Menth have conducted paranormal investigations in some of the most haunted places in the nation, all part of continuing their quest to discover the true answers to the questions of the unexplained. In their book, "Unlock the Unknown; Keys to the Paranormal," Heather and Kristin document their investigations in ma…
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Wisconsin's thoroughfares are steeped in paranormal legend, often times having multiple roads being named in the nation's "Most Haunted" directories. Murder victims, bloody brides, phantom cars, family tragedies, and lynched witches all make up some of the colorful stories of our highways, byways, and bridges, some having endured for many generatio…
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On Easter morning, 1994, 40-year-old Ruben Borchardt was murdered in his own home by 2 intruders. Ruben was a life-long resident of Jefferson County, well-known, liked and respected in his community. Ruben was a loving father and also a widower, losing his wife and mother of two of his children in a tragic car accident in front of the home that he …
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The land on which Devil's Lake State Park sits on displays some of the oldest illustrations of human occupation in all of North America. The landscape still bares the work of hands of over a thousand years ago, and the legends and rich mythology of the Native Americans have lasted the test of time. Is it posssible that some of what modern civilizat…
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In the summer months of 1789, during the public uprisings that would eventually turn into the French Revolution, the backlash against the French Royal family turned bloody as the family is captured and imprisoned in the medieval tower known as The Temple. King Louis XVI, Queen Marie-Antoinette, and their adolescent children, daughter Marie-Therese …
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The Exorcism of Anna Ecklund is known today as the most documented case of supposed demon possession and exorcism in American history. Although occurring over several months in the small town of Earling, IA, the main players in the story - Anna Ecklund and the exorcist priest - were both Wisconsinites. The exorcism is famous today for its grueling …
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On Chirstmas Day, 1977, 31-year-old Jerry Davies walked into the Madison Police Department and reported information that culminated in the most highy publicized trial in Wisconsin's history to that point. Just hours prior, Jerry participated in burying a human body in a frozen snowbank on the outskirts of Madison, and initiated an investigation tha…
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In January of 1927, a large crowd of onlookers was gathering in a secluded woods outside of Platteville in an area where a search party had recently ensued for a missing person. Something had indeed been found, but just what was it that the crowd was hoping to see? The story of how authorities were led to this place, and the macabre scene in the wo…
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In May of 2014, two young girls lured a third girl into the woods in a park in Waukesha and proceeded to set in motion one of the world's most talked about true crime stories of the last 2 decades. Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier's attempted murder of their friend Peyton Leutner sent shockwaves through Wisconsin, and shed light on the dark side of i…
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We celebrate Halloween this year by sharing your stories told to us at the Great Lakes Paranormal Conference this past September. Many of you shared with Scott and Mickey your personal paranormal experiences, and we share them here, in your own words. Wisconsin has often been referred to as the most haunted state in America, and this episode will d…
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The institution of slavery is the darkest stain on our nation. Wisconsin's role, in both its implentation and end, is not usually thought of as significant, though history tells a different story. As early as the 1830's, abolitionists in Wisconsin were building a network of resources to aid in shielding freedom-seekers from those who sought to stea…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, All sports and many more. All…
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On a cold, unseasonably snowy November night in Madison in 1947, two unsuspecting co-eds found themselves thrown into what has since become known as one of the most heinous crime sprees in our state's history. 25-year-old Carl Carlson and his 19-year-old sister-in-law, Janet Ann Rosenblatt, had met in Madison to attend the Badger vs Michigan footba…
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Lead mining is one of the oldest industries in Wisconsin, and with it, comes some of the oldest tales and stories of the strange and bizarre. Mineral Point, and the hills of southwestern Wisconsin, is home to some of our most unique architecture, beautiful landscapes, as well as apparent centuries-old paranormal happenings. Although today this area…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, All sports and many more. All…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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On May 5th, 1886, a standoff between state militia and strikers protesting working conditions came to a climax outside of the Bay View Rolling Mills on Milwaukee's South side. After a hail of bullets, 9 people lie dead, and a state - and in due time, a country - would be forever changed. Scott and Mickey talk about this incident, known as the Bay V…
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The Kettle Moraine State Forest is one of the crown jewels of our state. Roughly 60,000 acres of some of the most unique landscape in the world, molded and carved out by the last ice age. While its reputation for some of the best outdoor recreation in the country is well known, the Kettle Moraine has a much more mysterious side as well. For decades…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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In episode 25, Scott and Mickey discuss the events of the tumultuous summer of 1987, when violent crime was rampant, and numerous women were abducted and later found dead throughout the state. We focus our attention on the murders of 3 women from the south-central region - Angela Hackl, Barbara Blackstone, and Linda Nachreiner. When the bodies of t…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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In episode 24, Scott and Mickey discuss the somber case of the "Monfils 6," a high-profile trial of six men charged with the murder of their co-worker. On November 22nd, 1992, the body of Tom Monfils was found in a pulp vat at the James River Paper Company, where he had been employed for the previous 10 years. In what seemed like it should've been …
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion “Where you help us Invade the podcast world!” Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All f…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All for…
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In Episode 23, Scott and Mickey discuss the mystery that is St. Nazianz, in Manitowoc County, WI. Founded in 1854 by a German immigrant priest claiming to have mystical powers bestowed upon him by The Almighty, St, Nazianz went on to become one of the most important communities in the nation in regards to Catholicism. After Father Oschwald's unexpe…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All for…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All for…
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In episode 22 of Badger Bizarre, Scott and Mickey discuss the crime-ridden life of Edward Wayne Edwards and how he forever impacted a small community in southeast Wisconsin. In August of 1980, a young teenage couple in Fort Atkinson went missing and were later found murdered. For 30 years, their murder went unsolved, until a surpring tip was called…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All for…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All For…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All For…
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Scott and Mickey discuss the very bizarre story of James Jesse Strang, founder of the now-defunct city of Voree, WI in Walworth County. Strang claimed to be the rightful heir to the leader of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, after its founder, Joseph Smith, was gunned down in 1844. After claiming he was shown where to find buried ancient texts in V…
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Welcome to Talk Invasion where you help us Invade the podcast world! Hosted by Ray and Co-host Ruben. Join us where we bring people we surround ourselves with as we discuss topics on what we find passionate such as music, pop culture, our personal adventures, conspiracy theories, streetwear, memes, viral videos, MMA, Football and many more. All For…
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The 2008 gun deer season was unlike any other in recent memory, with 3 human bodies being found in the woods by hunters throughout the state. Two of them were rather quickly identifed, while one, found in a frozen creek in Fond du Lac County, would lead investigators on a murder mystery they are still attempting to solve yet today. Hear the heartbr…
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Scott and Mickey discuss the legend of the Lake Michigan Triangle, a section in the Great Lake that has been the site of many mysterious disappearances of ships, planes, and people for centuries. Generally defined as an area between Ludington, MI, Benton Harbor, MI, and Manitowoc WI, since the middle of the 19th century, countless strange events ha…
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On February 18th, 1963, a quiet rural neighborhood in Green Bay, WI became the scene of one of the most horrific crimes in our state's history. 16-year-old Green Bay West HS student Harry Hebard came home early from school, gathered up weapons, and methodically killed every member of his household. Dead were his father, Jack Hebard, (37) his step-m…
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Your sixth bonus episode: we've all been there... In our final tale from the strange annals of storyteller, Ges Ray, we meet Monty—a man on a mission to be more beautiful, more successful and more photogenic than his peers. Yet, this cautionary tale is one for anybody who has ever felt trepidation at the thought of a Zoom call!…
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Your fourth bonus episode... Go on, you can figure this old tale out. The heroine of our fairy tale this evening is Scarlet. She runs her own business creating beautiful, hooded garments. However, when Scarlet attempts to develop a marketing campaign that goes viral, she finds herself lost in the woods and in the company of a big, bad wolf.…
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No one wakes up in the morning wanting to wade through even more information than they did the day before. Yet most speakers or presenters end up drowning struggling audiences with dull, ineffective information. Ges Ray helps you rescue your desperate listeners with exactly what they need. Of course, other (mis)advice is available, as freely given …
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Scott and Mickey discuss the fascinating saga of Laurie Bembenek and the murder of Christine Schultz. The trial in which Bembenek was convicted of the crime was one of the most prominent murder trials in history, creating an international media sensation before the days of OJ Simpson or cable television. Her subsequent escape from prison only added…
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