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Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf

Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf

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 “Go inside the mind of one of television and movies’ wildest storytellers…” Richard Hatem's Paranormal Bookshelf is a podcast that feels like discovering a secret diary. Every episode unravels the mysteries of a book from Richard's bookshelf and a story from Richard’s life, weaving together the excitement of the supernatural and the warmth of personal storytelling.Summerland Entertainment, Inc Art Literary History & Criticism Social Sciences
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  • S3 Ep2: Communion -- Part Two

    S3 Ep2: Communion -- Part Two
    Jun 27 2025
    In Communion -- Part Two, Whitley Strieber tries to turn the tables on the “visitors” by inviting -- almost daring -- them to make a return visit. Meanwhile, Richard and Matt Reeves (“The Batman”) work around the clock to perfect “Rolling Thunder” -- then retitled “End of the Line” and finally “Dark Territory” -- while the odds of a big sale fade more and more every day. We all know that “Chance favors the prepared mind” and “Assumption is the mother of all fuck-ups” -- but will years of setbacks and rewrites lead to a happy ending? Matt’s high school friend J.J. Abrams bestows some crucial advice (“Don’t be idiots”). But how will Whitley -- and Richard and Matt -- finally come to terms with a universe that plays by its own rules, and laughs at the notion of control?

    LINKS & NOTES:

    Sign up for Patreon at the “Obsessed Fan” level by midnight June 30, you’ll receive a SIGNED AND INSCRIBED printed copy of your favorite RHPB episode! Join here!

    https://patreon.com/RichardHatem?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

    Buy Whitley Strieber’s Communion here!

    https://bookshop.org/p/books/communion/18948208?ean=9798986205502&next=t

    Watch Under Siege 2: Dark Territory for free here! https://tubitv.com/movies/589620/under-siege-2-dark-territory?start=true&tracking=google-feed&utm_source=google-feed

    Patreon Donations help Write Girl -- learn more here! https://www.writegirl.org/
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    54 mins
  • S3 Ep1: Communion -- Part One

    S3 Ep1: Communion -- Part One
    Jun 13 2025
    Imagine being greeted in the dead of night by a small alien creature, running toward your bed. This disturbing experience set author Whitley Strieber on a dark and devastating path that culminated in the publishing of 1987’s Communion. Strieber’s life changed on the night of December 26, 1985 – and he has spent the last forty years trying to sort out exactly what happened.

    When Richard Hatem first stumbled upon the book Communion, he refused to pick it up. But after two years of post-USC Film School misery, he suddenly found dark solace within the story of Strieber and his strange encounters. As Richard struggles to find his writing voice, the story of Strieber’s frightening journey begins to resonate in strange ways. And when Richard and his best friend Matt Reeves start working on the script that will one day become the Steven Segal movie Under Siege 2: Dark Territory – he learns that sometimes, friendship, humor and terrifying books can be the key to everything.

    Join Richard as he navigates the rough waters of screenwriting, alien abduction – and tries to figure out how to make the great film Die Hard even greater (as if that were possible).

    NOTES & LINKS

    Sign up for Patreon at the “Obsessed Fan” level by June 30, you’ll receive a SIGNED AND INSCRIBED printed copy of your favorite RHPB episode! Join here!
    https://patreon.com/RichardHatem?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink

    Buy Communion here!
    https://bookshop.org/p/books/communion/18948208?ean=9798986205502&next=t

    “Heidi’s Frogen Yozurt” was a real thing! (But sadly, not anymore -- they’ve all been sold and no locations exists, even in Los Angeles). BUT -- check out this article on the company’s founder Heidi Miller. She sounds like a great person!
    https://www.donatelifefloat.org/si/participants/pages/2020-heidi-miller.html

    “Blockbuster Video” was a real thing! (But sadly, not anymore -- they’ve all been sold and only ONE LOCATION STILL EXISTS!). BUT -- check it out here and maybe go visit if you’re ever in Bend, Oregon!
    https://bendblockbuster.com/about/
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • S3: RHPB Season 3 Preview -- with Susan Lambert!

    S3: RHPB Season 3 Preview -- with Susan Lambert!
    May 30 2025
    Season 3 of RHPB starts in 2 weeks -- June 13th!

    Join Richard and his extra special guest, his wife Susan Lambert -- creator and cohost of the podcast 80’s TV Ladies -- as they tease Season 3 episodes, share DATES OF UPCOMING LIVE SHOWS -- and explore a very weird dream Richard had that might mean one of them is psychic!

    If you have location ideas for LIVE RHPB SHOWS, contact us at richard@richardhatemsparanormalbookshelf.com
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    24 mins

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