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) that put weird on the map, here at Sideways Boulevard. #kansascryptids --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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 they wrote in Black Buttons Vol. 3, and what's coming in their future as writers of dark fiction. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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/junque store discoveries create a tapestry of dark art in Booth 1313 at Metcalf Antiques in the Kansas City area. Mark talks with him about art, death, creativity, working in theatre, and how a booth in an antique mall sells more art than at gallery exhibitions. John's house isn't there, but he definitely has an address on Sideways Boulevard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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 canoes"  (thanks Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology), we find our next stop on Sideways Boulevard! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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-sensational place for people to meet. What else is cool? You can use it too! Find out more as Mark L. Groves interviews Carl Cranfill, great-grandson of Joseph M. Miller—builder of the Miller Mausoleum in Holden, Missouri. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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, author of the "Sasquatch: Evidence of an Enigma" books, shares his findings of Bigfoot communications and communities here in the midwest. We wrap up with Jeanne M. Walker, author of "Family Secrets," who shares her very, very intimate knowledge of alien abductions. Get ready for lots of twists and turns as we take a trip down Sideways Boulevard! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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 laughter and fun. Here's the second of 3 podcasts, this one including Akashic Grace from Kansas City, and Steve and Kyle from the Holosky Podcast out of Illinois. Join us, as we take a trip down Sideways Boulevard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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 laughter and fun. Here's the first of 3 podcasts, this one including Psychic Medium Jo Flowers from Topeka, KS, and CE5 (Close Encounters of 5th Kind) representative Rupert Kortosh from Leicester, England. Join us, as we take a trip down Sideways Boulevard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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 about his growth as a spirit medium- and does a session, unrehearsed, live, with Mark.  Join the fun roundtable discussion of contacting the beyond, and the beautiful, at the Kc Spirit & Paranormal Convention, in this episode of Sideways Boulevard. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support

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 episode 001 of Sideways Boulevard! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sidewaysboulevard/support