We're back and better than ever in our landmark tenth episode of the season! Dean and Jay (featuring returning guest host Ben) dive headfirst into the weirdest corners of geek culture.

In This Episode:

• The Ghostbusting Chronicles: Exploring the internet buzz around the rumoured Ghostbusters: Nightmare on 34th Street live-action movie.
• Zavvi’s Sudden Exit: Pouring one out for the geek retailer Zavvi as they enter administration, taking our pre-orders with them.
• The Ultimate Mashup Challenge: We break down why an Ectome Alone setup (Home Alone + Ghostbusters) is the crossover event we didn't know we needed.
• Dungeon Crawler Carl: How American author Matt Dinniman's novels got Jay into books.
• Geek Culture & Mental Health: A heartfelt look at supporting one another, remembering the incredible RJ Mitte, and finding community when times get tough.

🎧 Listen now and visit fateluckandkarma.com for more geek culture strangeness!

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Welcome to a quick appeal from Fate, Luck & Karma: Geek Culture with a Side of Strange!

Whether you stumbled upon us by cosmic intervention, pure chance, or standard internet kismet, you’re in the right place. In this quick ask-the-universe trailer, co-host Dean Reilly seeks YOUR help in feeding the algorithm gods. It would be great if you could:

• Subscribe / Follow so you never miss an episode of the strange.
• Turn on Notifications to get updates the second a new episode drops.
• Leave a Review on your favourite podcast app - it helps other fellow nerds find our corner of the internet!

Have a strange theory, a crazy luck story, or a topic you want us to cover? Drop a comment or connect with us on social media.

Press play, hit subscribe, and let’s get weird.

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If you liked what you heard, be sure to pay us a visit on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WestMidlandsGhostbusters), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@fateluckandkarma) or TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@fateluckkarmapodcast?_r=1&_t=ZN-9441hfE9Xmw).

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Hold onto your proton packs and dust off those headphones - the Fate, Luck & Karma crew is back to kick off Season 3, Episode 9! After a summer hiatus that lasted just a little longer than planned, and with Theo off planning a wedding, house move, and life-stuff, Dean and Jay are officially back in the studio... and they’ve brought a brand-new rotating guest host along for the ride.

Here is what we are diving into:

• The Guest Host Debut: Give a warm welcome to Ben Harris, the first of our rotating guest hosts! The West Midlands Ghostbusters member drops in to discuss joining the crew, and reveals why listening to FLK on the job ended in a full-blown scream in aisle 33 at Tesco. And yes, that's the bread aisle.
• Dan Aykroyd’s Emergency (Clickbait) Surgery: We unpack the sensationalised headlines around Dan Aykroyd's foot operation. Plus, we talk about his delayed debut novel Soulhider, his firm belief in aliens, and whether or not he’s actually seen two spaceships with his own eyes.
• UAPs and Sci-Fi Strippers: The conversation takes a wild turn from local alien sightings to forgotten 80s Transformer-adjacent toys like Rock Lords, before descending into the surprising revelation of The Empire Strips Back - a real-life Star Wars burlesque show - and its hoverboard-laden Benidorm counterpart.
• Website Launch & Paranormal Call-Out: We share the details on our brand-new home, fateluckandkarma.com, and throw open the doors for spooky season! Got a ghost story, a UAP sighting, or an unexplainable encounter? We want you to join us on the show to tell it.

Whether you're here for the franchise news, nostalgia trips, or just to hear how a spooky podcast can ruin a perfectly good bread-shopping run, join us as we dust off the mics and dive headfirst into the weird side of life.

Listen now, check out the new website, and tell us in the comments: What's the weirdest thing you've ever spotted in the night sky?

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If you liked what you heard, be sure to pay us a visit on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WestMidlandsGhostbusters), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@fateluckandkarma) or TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@fateluckkarmapodcast?_r=1&_t=ZN-9441hfE9Xmw).

You can also show your support and help us grow at https://ko-fi.com/fateluckandkarma - plus, you'd really help us out if you left a review wherever you listen to this podcast.