Richard speaks with a freelance writer/author about his discovery of a fascinating subculture in North America:Real Life Super Heroes are men and women who assume secret identities as caped crusaders in order to patrol the mean streets of major cities.

GUEST: Tea Krulos is a freelance writer and author from Milwaukee, WI. He is a regular contributor to publications such as theRiverwest Currents, M magazine, Fortean Times, and the Shepherd Express.

Krulos’s first book is a non-fiction titled Heroes in the Night: Inside the Real Life Superhero Movement, a thorough investigation of a movement or subculture of people who call themselves “Real Life Super Heroes” and adopt their own costumed personas and hit the street to fight injustice.

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