Eerie Indiana Feedback Friday!

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It's Friday, Eerie fans, and it's a great time to look back on all the sweet fanworks you've created over the years. Why not revisit some sweet artwork, admire someone's crafting efforts or leave an appreciative comment on an uploaded video?

National Alien Abduction Day

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March 20 is National Alien Abductions Day, also known as Extraterrestrial Abductions Day.

The origins of the holiday are a mystery. However, back in 2008, Toronto hosted an Alien Abduction Festival on March 20. Since then, the holiday has been celebrated on March 20.

In addition to National Alien Abductions Day, there’s World UFO Day on July 2, 2017.

Click the link to learn five facts you need to know about this holiday!

Eerie Indiana Spring Equinox Challenge

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Winter is officially over, Eerie fans, and spring is on the way. How will the townsfolk of Eerie propitiate the spirits of the seasons? Let us know in the comments!

Return to Eerie Indiana Episode Two out now!

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🚨EPISODE 2 - OUT NOW🚨

Apple: https://t.co/27yXzTP5vO
Spotify: https://t.co/6DQkW2gMT7
Web: https://t.co/ihvH2t6qi4 pic.twitter.com/ehPFDLG9C3

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) March 20, 2020

ComicWatchHQ on Eerie Indiana

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Eerie, Indiana was a cool show back in the 90s that would have been a teenage version of the X-Files but aired before X-Files. The show followed a teenage “weirdness investigator” as he looked into the strange happenings in his… https://t.co/f5tNjyZkJZ pic.twitter.com/4J0YDYjEnQ

— Comic Watch (@ComicWatchHQ) March 20, 2020

lizwadsworth65 on Eerie Indiana

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hive mind: we need zombie movies appropriate for a 4 year old, stat. please please help us. we are out of ideas. (we have exhausted tim burton. he has seen hotel transylvania. he has seen scooby doo on zombie island. he has seen paranorman. help.)

— Amanda Palmer (@amandapalmer) March 21, 2020

I don't recall if it had any zombie episodes, but if you can find Eerie Indiana anywhere, it was a fun kids' X-Files type show that ran for a year or so in the 90s.

— Elizabeth Wadsworth (@lizwadsworth65) March 21, 2020

EamonTHennedy on Eerie Indiana

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This was a massive favourite show of mine when I was kid. I seem to recall Channel 4 showing it in the UK, possibly on Tuesdays at 6PM. Would love to see it on a streaming service or even a Blu Ray release. #EerieIndiana https://t.co/WxfUMHDcuv pic.twitter.com/uikfNjBTx3

— Eamon (@EamonTHennedy) March 21, 2020

Return to Eerie Indiana and Through Sci Fi on Eerie Indiana

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As mentioned in our latest episode this is the new Eerie, Indiana podcast @eerieindianapod which is out now! *BONUS POINTS if you can name the episode Matt plagiarized for his SATS exam* https://t.co/HXywpmuUTT

— Journey Through Sci-Fi (@throughscifipod) March 20, 2020

*whispers* The Lost Hour pic.twitter.com/F5ZSCJgURV

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) March 21, 2020

The Scullion on an Eerie Indiana reboot

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Honestly, I'd literally MURDER EVERYONE to write on an Eerie, Indiana sequel / reboot.

I mean, then the entire audience would be dead, but their *ghosts* could enjoy it at least...

— Dave Scullion (@The_Scullion) March 21, 2020

Looks like a scene from a gritty Eerie Indiana reboot

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This one gives me serious scooby vibes... Stay spooky my friends

Norway's answer to Eerie Indiana

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Hvis Eerie, Indiana ble spilt inn i Norge ville den het Hølonda, Melhus.

— Thomas Woldemas (@GladWold) March 20, 2020

Return to Eerie Indiana on Through Sci-fi Pod

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We’re loving the love for #EerieIndiana on this week’s ep of the brilliant @throughscifipod podcast. And they were lovely enough to plug our podcast 💞 Definitely give them a listen, James and Matt do some solid work looking at sci-fi films through the years 🚀🌕 https://t.co/FoICxiJFjJ

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) March 20, 2020

GladWold on Eerie Indiana

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Hvilken TV serie fra tenårene ser du gjerne igjen?

— Thomas Wergeland (@ThomasWergeland) March 20, 2020

Eerie, Indiana.
Den var så rar på en kul måte når den kom. Ting var tilsynelatende normalt, men likevel litt på skakken. Veldig kul stemning, og spennende historie.

— Thomas Woldemas (@GladWold) March 20, 2020

themarkdennison on Joe Dante

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Other Joe Dante films you might have missed:
• The Hole
• Matinee
• Innerspace
• The Explorers (River Phoenix’s second best film)
• The Howling
• Piranha

And lots of incredible tv episode directed by him including Police Squad, Eerie Indiana, and Amazing Stories.

— 𝙼𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝙳𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚜𝚘𝚗 (@themarkdennison) March 20, 2020

throughscifipod on Return to Eerie Indiana

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As mentioned in our latest episode this is the new Eerie, Indiana podcast @eerieindianapod which is out now! *BONUS POINTS if you can name the episode Matt plagiarized for his SATS exam* https://t.co/HXywpmuUTT

— Journey Through Sci-Fi (@throughscifipod) March 20, 2020

43 TV-serier alle som levde på 90-tallet har sett

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31. Eerie, Indiana

JoshuaTonks on Eerie Indiana Eerie Episode Two: the Retainer

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“Bite the hand that feeds us... wag-wag-wag-wag-wag!” - @JoshuaTonks • This latest episode is bonkers and you need to tune in! Here’s a SNEAK PEEK! 🐕 #EerieIndiana #dogs pic.twitter.com/VM8qG4NGcS

— Return to Eerie, Indiana (@eerieindianapod) March 20, 2020

Elflas12 on Eerie Indiana

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Question for everyone else stuck at home: What is a short-lived TV show that you loved that not a lot of people talk about? 1 season or less.

— KSiteTV (@KSiteTV) March 19, 2020

Eerie, Indiana.
(It was on one of those TV channels that changed half way through the evening. Like it would be Bravo half the time and maybe infomercials after 8.30pm. Except that Bravo would be on all evening on some other provider...or something, I don't know. 1/2

— eilf (@Elflas12) March 19, 2020

Anyway they showed all but the last episode at 8pm and the LAST FREAKING episode was moved to a time the channel wasn't available...so I've never seen it...) 2/2

— eilf (@Elflas12) March 19, 2020

aimforthethroat on Eerie Indiana

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Finished Beastars and Gravity Falls. What weird kidsy adult show/ adultsy kids show can I watch next

— winter jerk (@rajandelman) March 19, 2020

eerie indiana!!!!!!! pic.twitter.com/b3R7iPzcSI

— stream “baby can you dig your man” now on itunes (@aimforthethroat) March 19, 2020

EERIE, INDIANA: A ONE SEASON TEENAGE VERSION OF X-FILES

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Creepy. Weird. Strange. Eerie! Eerie, Indiana was a cool show back in the 90s that could have been considered a teenage version of the X-Files, but it actually aired before the X-Files. The show followed a teenage “weirdness investigator” as he looked into the strange happenings in his small hometown. So, even though X-Files had yet to begin, the show makes you think X-Files meets Goosebumps. The show stars a teenage version of Mulder, but the content isn’t as scary or intense as it's meant more for kids. Since Eerie ran just one season, it’s sadly been mostly forgotten.

When Marshall Teller, the teenage weirdness investigator, moves with his family to Eerie, Indiana, he quickly starts noticing very strange things about the town. Elvis lives there. People disappear. Dogs are trying to take over the world, and the only thing stopping them is their lack of opposable thumbs. Naturally, he and his friends take an interest. They find that Eerie is the center of weirdness for the entire universe.

Helped along by his friends Simon and Dash, the trio investigate each of the weird events of the town. Most often, though the show does attempt to be a family friendly X-Files-type show, the episodes turn a bit comedic. For example, teenage Marshall gets turned into an old man in one episode. In another episode, an AI ATM continually gives money to Marshall, just to be friendly.

Back in the 1991-1992 season, Eerie ran for 18 episodes on NBC. Later, when re-showing on the Disney Channel in 1993, the final unaired episode 19 finally came out. The show once again re-aired in 1997 on Fox Kids where it finally got a bit of a fan following, earning it a spin-off show that was mostly similar to its predecessor.

I’m assuming the show’s lack of ratings were due to difficulties in finding a target audience. Your 18-49 demographic likely would have thought the show a bit silly. Families with kids, though, should have enjoyed it as fun, family viewing, similar to the recent Just Add Magic on Amazon Prime.

I would have thought that, had the show aired on a more kid friendly channel, it would have performed better. Unfortunately, since it re-aired on Disney and Fox Kids and still couldn’t quite cut it, maybe that’s not the case. In the show’s defense, though, airing on kid friendly channels did get a following enough for more episodes to get created in the form of the spin-off. By that point, the creative team which included Joe Dante of Gremlins fame and the shows stars were gone. The spin-off wasn’t to the standard of the original, and its failings can’t prove that the original wouldn’t have fared better as an original on a family friendly network like Disney or Fox Kids.

While the show did posthumously earn a spin-off, the real show should have had the chance to continue. It was a fun and interesting show and, given the chance to find an audience, could have made for a good longer series.

Eerie Indiana Drabble: Web 1.0

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The internet is full of ghosts. Small white boxes marked by a red X where an image used to be. Half of a conversation where the other part is the greyed-out line of a deleted account. Websites where the use of frames, and it's subsequent fall into obscurity, had reduced the information to an unintelligible mish-mash of letters and symbols.

Dead places. Digital graveyards. The last resting place of forgotten log-ins and expired hosting.

Simon Holmes straightened up in his chair, rubbing eyes gone red and watery from hours of fruitless searching, and clicked the last page of Google results.

Ongoing Verse: Microwave

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Ongoing Verse: Holmes Brothers

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Eerie Indiana Drabble: Catch a Ride

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At dusk, where the shadows were strange and the light grew thick like treacle, the tracks of the Ghost Train were almost visible. Devon couldn't see them straight on, but they flickered at the edge of his vision, faintly luminous in the coming dark.

He kept his eyes fixed on the horizon, crouching in the frozen dirt of the fallow field. One hand groped blindly behind him, searching for the tell-tale cold of spectral rails.

His fingers touched icy metal, and he smiled. Now he could hear it, the hum of an oncoming locomotive that spoke of finality, and peace.

Ongoing Verse: The Children

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Ongoing Verse: Weather

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