Whitley Strieber Interview with Don Swaim

Whitley Strieber speaks with Don Swaim in this 1984 interview about the threat of nuclear war, the former USSR and the collaboration with science writer James Kunetka, whom he grew up with, to write War Day. The book is about a journey around America after a nuclear exchange has taken place between the U.S. and Soviet Union. He also discusses the work and difficulties producing the film version of his book, Wolfen and his involvement with the movie production.

Listen to the Whitley Strieber interview with Don Swaim, 1984
(24 min. 17 sec.)

Whitley Strieber talks with Don during this 1985 interview about the troubles of having the sequel of his book, Warday, published. He also speaks of his novel, Wolf of Shadows, why he limited the target audience to children and young adults and his fascination with wolves. Strieber has also written The Hunger, Nature's End and Communion, an autobiographical account of his experiences with strange “visitors” from another world.

Listen to the Whitley Strieber interview with Don Swaim, 1985
(18 min. 30 sec.)

In this interview with Don Swaim in 1987, Whitley Strieber returns to talk about his UFO encounter. He opens up in this interview talking about his denials of the experience and the scared feeling of thinking he was crazy. He talked with multiple psychiatrists that have diagnosed him without any mental illnesses regardless of his descriptions and Strieber fears that it may have been a hallucination. He also discusses his experiences while being hypnotized and the research he did for his book, Communion, which he found to be a personal release from the incident.

Listen to the Whitley Strieber interview with Don Swaim, 1987
(26 min. 53 sec.)

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