Mike Ricksecker Interview

Ryan found Mike Ricksecker the way he finds guests — #Rocky on X. Mike is an author, “ghostorian,” and the voice behind Hunt Road Media: paranormal investigations, *Edge of the Rabbit Hole*, *Inside the Upside Down*, publishing, and the occasional Mike’s Morning Mug. Day job. Four hours of sleep. Partner Shauna on camera. The hook: at seven he wrote a Rocky III where Apollo and Rocky become friends and Rocky fights a Russian. After IV he told his mom the series was better broke — then V took the money. Years before *Rocky Balboa* he dreamed Adrian dying. He does not call it psychic. Jung’s collective unconscious. Ryan answers with his own grade-school *Small Soldiers* story from 1985. Then they stay in Mike’s lane: why nights feel louder, cloaked figures, names in the dark, ghost vs demon, an Edmond cleansing, reincarnation, Dolores Cannon, déjà vu. Fan-only Creed III take: Rocky stays retired (Ryan would start III at a funeral; Mike won’t kill him). Rambo V still sounds fun. Hunt Road Media on YouTube. Podcasts wherever you listen. Follow Ryan’s Rocky feed and keep hashtagging.