{"podcast":{"title":"The Geek Speak Show","slug":"the-geek-speak-show-6404920","podcast_index_feed_id":6404920,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/471726/rss","website_url":"https://www.thegeekspeakshow.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/2/9/7/a/297a0048621cee7e16c3140a3186d450/Web_Photo_Editor.jpg","author":"Henry San Miguel","episode_count":140,"summary":"A weekly Geek Culture talk show, featuring discussions on what's happening in Geek Culture and interviews with actors, directors and more!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T08:18:04.407707+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-geek-speak-show-6404920"},"episode":{"title":"16.3 - The Real Story Behind Vampyres & Poltergeist","slug":"16-3-the-real-story-behind-vampyres-poltergeist","published_at":"2026-02-04T18:53:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-geek-speak-show-6404920/16-3-the-real-story-behind-vampyres-poltergeist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-geek-speak-show-6404920","url":"https://6896c469-f8da-4e19-868a-d0ab7c1b5edd.libsyn.com/163-the-real-story-behind-vampyres-poltergeist","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/6896c469-f8da-4e19-868a-d0ab7c1b5edd/16.3_-_The_Real_Story_Behind_Vampyres__Poltergeist.mp3?dest-id=3996528","summary":"Ricardo Delgado is a Hollywood Concept Designer & also a writer & illustrator who created the Eisner Award-winning series Age of Reptiles . He has a new illustrated novel coming soon called Vampyre: A Costa Rican Folktale . Ricardo visits with Henry to talk about it, why this is such a personal story for him and how it differs from the typical vampire lore we're familiar with. Plus, you'll hear Ricardo & Henry geek out over classic monster films and Spanish-language horror films from when they were both kids. After that, Henry welcomes director Nick Bailey to the show. Nick has a new documentary called She Was Here , which tells the true story of Heather O'Rourke's life & career. The film will be having its World Premiere on Monday & Tuesday, February 9th & 10th at the Laemmle theatre . The episode wraps up with Henry, Emily & Shanclen sharing their picks for the Book Club & letting you know where you can watch Shanclen live and meet Emily in person.","meta_description":"Ricardo Delgado is a Hollywood Concept Designer & also a writer & illustrator who created the Eisner Award-winning series Age of Reptiles . He has a new i…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3917,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-geek-speak-show-6404920/episodes/16-3-the-real-story-behind-vampyres-poltergeist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-geek-speak-show-6404920/16-3-the-real-story-behind-vampyres-poltergeist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}