Talking Scared

By Neil McRobert

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Episodes: 230

True Crime Nana
 Dec 18, 2024
Neil exhibits a mix of confident knowledge and self-deprecating humility, resulting in an astute interviewer who takes the discussions in unique and enlightening directions. His love, and respect, for the art of storytelling is obvious.


 Dec 28, 2023


 Dec 18, 2023

Rui Baptista
 Jun 2, 2023

Description

Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.

Episode Date
219 – State of the Horror Nation 2024, with Emily Hughes, Stephanie Gagnon & Anna Dupre
Dec 17, 2024
[From the Vault] Catriona Ward & The All-Consuming Spoiler Warning
Dec 10, 2024
[From the Vault] Zakiya Dalila Harris & The Fear of Not Being Black Enough
Dec 03, 2024
[From the Vault] Laura Purcell & The Art of Darkness
Nov 26, 2024
[From the Vault] Gemma Amor & The Start of a Horrific Friendship AKA The Mental Health in Horror Episode
Nov 19, 2024
[From the Vault] T. Kingfisher & A Bit of Laughter in the Dark
Nov 12, 2024
[From the Vault] – Michael Marshall Smith & Goodbye to a Bad Year
Nov 05, 2024
Off Book #5 – Halloween Special – Kaelyn Moore & Heart Starts Pounding
Oct 31, 2024
218 – Rachel Harrison & Vampirism is What You Make It
Oct 28, 2024
217 – Del Sandeen & Giving Southern Gothic Ick!
Oct 22, 2024
216 – CJ Leede & The Shame of the Human Animal
Oct 15, 2024
215 – Sofia Ajram & The Architecture of Despair
Oct 08, 2024
Off Book #4 – Kate Siegel
Oct 05, 2024
214 – Lora Senf & The Infinite, Child-Friendly Void
Oct 01, 2024
213 – Johnny Compton & Angels, Demons & Xenomorphs
Sep 24, 2024
212 – Keith Rosson & Punk Rock Death Songs
Sep 17, 2024
211 – Laird Barron & Cosmic Background Radiation
Sep 09, 2024
210 – Emily Hughes & The Lover’s Guide to Better Horror
Sep 03, 2024
209 – Anna Bogutskaya & A Deep Fear of Things Sincere
Aug 27, 2024
208 – Adam Cesare & Making Scary Clowns Great Again
Aug 20, 2024
207 – Lena Valencia & What Can Lurk Where There Are No Shadows?
Aug 13, 2024
Off Book #3 – Trevor Henderson
Aug 09, 2024
206 – Gabino Iglesias & Doing Really Bad Things for All the Right Reasons
Aug 06, 2024
205 – Jonathan Janz & The Bittersweet Magic of Sixteen
Jul 30, 2024
204 – Adam Nevill & Watch For the Freak Wave
Jul 23, 2024
203 – Constant Readers & Celebrating Stephen King’s Short Stories (Part Two)
Jul 19, 2024
202 – Constant Readers & Celebrating Stephen King’s Short Stories (Part One)
Jul 16, 2024
201 – Stephen King & Touching Other Worlds
Jul 09, 2024
200 – Every-Damn-One and Their Scariest Story
Jul 02, 2024
199 – Josh Malerman & The Most Frightening Love Story
Jun 25, 2024
Off Book #2 – National Park After Dark
Jun 21, 2024
198 – Paul Tremblay & The Book is Better
Jun 18, 2024
197 – Elle Nash & Insects in the Ozarks
Jun 11, 2024
196 – Todd Keisling & The Eras Tour: Horror Version
Jun 04, 2024
195 – Emil Ferris & The Patron Saints of our Imperfection
May 28, 2024
Off Book #1 – Phil Nobile Jr. & Fangoria
May 24, 2024
194 – Alan Baxter & The Flavour of Vintage Blood
May 21, 2024
193 – L.P. Hernandez & Kudos On the Cruelty
May 14, 2024
192 – Robert Ottone & Raising Kids in Langan Country
May 06, 2024
191 – Chris Panatier & The Goo of Human Nature
Apr 30, 2024
190 – Kaaron Warren & The Un-Cosy House
Apr 23, 2024
189 – The Black Girl Survives in This One, with Saraciea J. Fennell, Desiree S. Evans, Monica Brashears & Eden Royce
Apr 16, 2024
188 – Scarlett Thomas & Hot Gothic
Apr 09, 2024
187 – The Carrie 50th Anniversary Deep Dive, with Nat Cassidy & Ally Malinenko
Apr 05, 2024
186 – Stephen Graham Jones & The Last Stand of the Final Girls
Apr 02, 2024
185 – Cynthia Pelayo & A Mermaid in the Windy City
Mar 26, 2024
184 – Joshua Hull & It’s a Whole Hole Thing
Mar 19, 2024
183 – Gwendolyn Kiste & Working Through Your Ghosts
Mar 12, 2024
182 – Tim Lebbon & Running Towards What Scares You
Mar 05, 2024
181 – Haunting Hill House, with Catriona Ward, Johnny Compton & Paul Tremblay
Feb 27, 2024
180 – Chuck Palahniuk & What Kind of Sex Do You Want?
Jan 30, 2024
179 – Ally Wilkes & The Ethics of Eating Your Friends
Jan 23, 2024
178 – Jenny Kiefer & A Solid Foothold in Horror
Jan 16, 2024
177 – John Langan & Fishing For Mythologies
Jan 09, 2024
176 – The Best Horror Novels of 2023
Dec 30, 2023
175 – The Ghost Story Deep Dive, with Alan Baxter, Lauren Bolger & John Langan
Dec 24, 2023
174 – State of the Horror Nation 2023, with Emily Hughes, Victor Lavalle & C.J. Leede
Dec 19, 2023
173 – Michelle Paver & Long Nights of the Body & Soul
Dec 12, 2023
172 – Gemma Amor & The Haunted Penis-Replacement Structure
Dec 05, 2023
171 – C.S. Humble & Come For the Horror, Stay for the Horses
Nov 28, 2023
170 – Luke Dumas & The Ghosts That Time Forgot
Nov 21, 2023
169 – Tyler Jones & Journeys Without Maps
Nov 14, 2023
168 – Tananarive Due & Locked in With the Monsters
Nov 07, 2023
167 – Nat Cassidy & A New York State of Death
Oct 31, 2023
166 – Sam Rebelein & You Had Me At “Tongue-Monster!”
Oct 24, 2023
165 – Josh Malerman & Ronald Malfi & The Rock N Roll Rhythm of the Novella
Oct 17, 2023
164 – Out There Screaming Roundtable, with Nnedi Okorafor, Lesley Nneka Arimah & Maurice Broaddus
Oct 10, 2023
163 – Liz Hand & Visiting the Thing That Walks Alone
Oct 03, 2023
162 – Chuck Wendig & American as Evil Apple Pie
Sep 26, 2023
161 – Clay McLeod Chapman & The Chesapeake Softshell Shuffle
Sep 19, 2023
160 – Isabel Cañas & Many Types of Bloodsucker
Sep 12, 2023
159 – Alexander James & An Encounter in the Woods
Sep 05, 2023
158 – Catriona Ward & Rewriting the American Gothic (Like, Literally)
Aug 29, 2023
157 – Josh Winning & The World Through Blood-Tinted Glasses
Aug 22, 2023
156 – Sadie Hartmann & The Books of Our Horrid Hearts
Aug 15, 2023
155 – Stephen King & Writing From the Nerve Endings
Aug 08, 2023
154 – Alex Woodroe & The Sweet Science of Folk Horror
Aug 01, 2023
153 – Chuck Tingle & Riding the Lonesome Train
Jul 25, 2023
152 – Andrew Michael Hurley & Our Green, Unpleasant Land
Jul 18, 2023
151 – Verity Holloway & The Onion Skin of Trauma
Jul 11, 2023
150 – Danielle Trussoni & Puzzling All Over the World
Jul 04, 2023
149 – Clowns at Midnight – The Big IT Deep-Dive (Part Two), with Ally Malinenko & Nat Cassidy
Jun 30, 2023
148 – Feral Childhoods – The Big IT Deep-Dive (Part One), with Ally Malinenko & Nat Cassidy
Jun 26, 2023
147 – Mike Flanagan & Lighting Up the Darkness
Jun 13, 2023
146 – Paula. D. Ashe & A Bizarre & Bitter Reprieve
Jun 06, 2023
145 – Sarah Gailey & The Scariest Place in the House
May 30, 2023
144 – Nicholas Binge & the Spookiest of Entanglements
May 23, 2023
143 – Alice Slater & Bookish Murder Vibes
May 16, 2023
142 – Katrina Monroe & Birthing the Ultimate Body Horror
May 09, 2023
141 – Justin Cronin & Telling the Goat Joke
May 02, 2023
140 – Andrew F. Sullivan & The Cutest Mould in Fungus City
Apr 25, 2023
139 – Ai Jiang & Home is Where the Haunt Is
Apr 18, 2023
138 – Rachel Eve Moulton & The Bellybutton of the Beast
Apr 11, 2023
137 – Kelly Link & Once Upon a Time in a Ghost Story
Apr 04, 2023
136 – Max Booth III & Stories With Teeth
Mar 28, 2023
135 – Victor LaValle & The Weird, Weird West
Mar 21, 2023
134 – Margaret Atwood & Hope in the Dystopia
Mar 14, 2023
133 – Jacqueline Holland & At Last! Vampires!
Mar 07, 2023
132 – Matt Ruff & A Hostile Universe Here on Earth
Feb 28, 2023
131 – Johnny Compton & A Pyroclastic Flow of Negative Energy
Feb 21, 2023
130 – Mariana Enriquez & This Cruelty is Justified
Feb 14, 2023
129 – Stephen Graham Jones & Slashers Can Save the World
Feb 07, 2023
128 – C.J. Tudor & Locked Rooms at the End of the World
Jan 31, 2023
127 – Grady Hendrix and the Radical Puppet Collective
Jan 24, 2023
126 – Stephen Markley & A Guided Tour To Our Future Hell
Jan 17, 2023
125 – The Best Horror Books of 2022
Dec 30, 2022
124 – State of the Horror Nation 2022, with Emily Hughes & Janelle Janson
Dec 27, 2022
123 – Rachel Harrison, Josh Malerman & A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Self-Indulgence
Dec 20, 2022
122 – A History of Gothic Horror, with Professor Roger Luckhurst
Dec 13, 2022
121 – Craig Engler & What Makes a Shudder Movie?
Dec 06, 2022
120 – Philip Fracassi & A Screaming Inferno of Chaos and Emotion
Nov 29, 2022
119 – Charlotte Northedge & Houses Full of Haunted People
Nov 22, 2022
118 – Fiona Barnett & If You Go Down to the Woods Today
Nov 15, 2022
117 – Erika T. Wurth & Bigfoot in Your Dreams
Nov 08, 2022
116 – Brian McAuley & The Delights of Human Evisceration
Nov 01, 2022
115 – Andy Davidson & Ornate Maps of Hell
Oct 25, 2022
114 – Erin E. Adams & Monsters in the Rust Belt
Oct 18, 2022
113 – Rachel Harrison & Teeth, Needles & Gnomes
Oct 11, 2022
112 – Jamie Flanagan & Stories as Companions for Loneliness
Oct 04, 2022
111 – Alexis Henderson and Hot Marxist Bloodletting
Sep 27, 2022
110 – Clay McLeod Chapman and Unhealthy Obsession with Clear Plastic Tarps
Sep 20, 2022
109 – Gemma Amor and The Big Mental Health in Horror Bonanza
Sep 13, 2022
108 – Hailey Piper and Ambulatory Brain Monsters
Sep 06, 2022
107 – Zin E. Rocklyn and the Commonality of Pain
Aug 30, 2022
106 – Gwendolyn Kiste and the Madwomen Bite Back
Aug 23, 2022
105 – Agatha Andrews and Danger-Bangs in Haunted Houses
Aug 16, 2022
104 – Michael J. Seidlinger and Strange Footsteps at Midnight
Aug 09, 2022
103 – Giving Kids Swords: A Middle Grade Special w/ with Ally Malinenko, Dan Poblocki & Lora Senf
Aug 02, 2022
102 – Nina Nesseth and How the Gross-Out Can Save Your Life
Jul 26, 2022
101 – Nat Cassidy and Who Asked for a Body Anyway?
Jul 19, 2022
100 – Paul Tremblay and the First-Person Asshole Narrator
Jul 12, 2022
99 – T. Kingfisher and the Fungus-Punk Epidemic
Jul 05, 2022
98 – Tim McGregor and Blaming the Danish
Jun 28, 2022
97 – A Monstrous Roundtable, with Ellen Datlow, Nathan Ballingrud, Chikodili Emelumadu & Joe R. Lansdale
Jun 21, 2022
96 – Stephen Lloyd and Cutting the Treacle
Jun 14, 2022
95 – J.M. Miro and Throwing Your Arms Around the Monsters
Jun 07, 2022
94 – Scott Hawkins and a Dog-Eat-Lion World
May 31, 2022
93 – Kiersten White and Freedom from the Hope of Youth
May 24, 2022
92 – Anne Heltzel and a Big Pile of Dead Baby Dolls
May 17, 2022
91 – Jason Rekulak and Pencil Crayon Jump Scares
May 10, 2022
90 – Isabel Cañas and Running Barefoot Through Books
May 03, 2022
89 – Alma Katsu and the Hatred that Never Seems to Die
Apr 26, 2022
88 – V. L. Valentine and The Difficult Second Ghost Story
Apr 19, 2022
87 – Malcolm Devlin and the Brexit Zombie Story
Apr 12, 2022
86 – Alan Baxter and a Stranger in a Strange Town
Apr 05, 2022
85 – Emma Stonex and the Light That Never Goes Out
Mar 29, 2022
84 – Dark Stars Roundtable, with John F.D. Taff, Livia Llewellyn & Josh Malerman
Mar 22, 2022
83 – Simone St. James and Good Time, True Crime
Mar 15, 2022
82 – Mike Meginnis and Things You Should Do Before You Die
Mar 08, 2022
81 – Tyler Jones and Old Eyes in Young Faces
Mar 01, 2022
80 – Gretchen Felker-Martin and Bustin’ Everyone’s Balls
Feb 22, 2022
79 – Leon Craig and the Queerness at the Bottom of the Well
Feb 15, 2022
78 – Thomas Olde Heuvelt and the Mountains of (My) Madness
Feb 08, 2022
77 – S.A. Barnes and Every Direction is Down
Feb 01, 2022
76 – Ally Wilkes and Good Reasons to be Afraid of the Dark
Jan 25, 2022
75 – Kristi DeMeester and Misogynistic Little Paper Cuts
Jan 18, 2022
74 – John Connolly and the Many Faces of Metaphysical Mystery
Jan 11, 2022
73 – The Best Horror-ish Books of 2021
Dec 30, 2021
72 – State of the Horror Nation II, with Emily Hughes and Sadie Hartmann
Dec 28, 2021
71 – A.J. West and Paranormal Foreplay
Dec 21, 2021
70 – Ross Jeffery and Disturbing the Comfortable
Dec 14, 2021
69 – Wendy N. Wagner and Nasty Shenanigans
Dec 07, 2021
68 – Josh Malerman and Putting the Awe in Awful Things
Nov 30, 2021
67 – Richard Maclean Smith and the Ledge of Reason
Nov 23, 2021
66 – Ellen Datlow and What Does ‘Scared’ Mean Anyhow?
Nov 16, 2021
65 – Mark Stay and Cosy Pagan Dread
Nov 09, 2021
64 – Kim Newman and Truly Universal Monsters
Nov 02, 2021
63 – Mark Kermode and Angels, Demons and White Eyed Kids (AKA, the Hallowe’en Special)
Oct 30, 2021
62 – Catherynne M. Valente and the Homeowners Association from Hell
Oct 26, 2021
61 – Cassandra Khaw and Stories to Tell Death
Oct 19, 2021
60 – Caitlin Starling and Emotional Torture Porn
Oct 12, 2021
59 – James Han Mattson and the Fear Fetish Facepalm
Oct 05, 2021
58 – Lee Mandelo & Playing Out with the Boys
Sep 28, 2021
57 – Tina Baker and the Working-Class Chips on Our Shoulders
Sep 21, 2021
56 – Aliya Whiteley and Strange Growths
Sep 14, 2021
55 – Daniel Kraus and a Bag of Squishy Organs in an Elastic Hide
Sep 07, 2021
54 – Stephen Graham Jones and Dancing with the Slasher
Aug 31, 2021
53 – Zoje Stage and What if You're Not a Good Person?
Aug 24, 2021
52 – Richard Chizmar and the Truth Inside the Lie
Aug 17, 2021
51 – Brian Evenson and Little Potted Nightmares
Aug 10, 2021
50 - Sara Flannery Murphy and the Witches They Couldn't Burn
Aug 03, 2021
49 – Ronald Malfi and Can Death Do Us Part?
Jul 27, 2021
48 – Chuck Wendig and the Comforting Embrace of Horror
Jul 20, 2021
47 – Grady Hendrix and Final Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Jul 13, 2021
46 – The State of the Horror Nation, with Sadie Hartmann and Emily Hughes
Jul 06, 2021
45 – Carmen Maria Machado and Literary Kidney Stones
Jun 29, 2021
44 – Eric LaRocca and Abominable Things You Probably Shouldn’t Be Reading
Jun 22, 2021
43 – Joe R. Lansdale and Writing Like Everyone You Know is Dead
Jun 15, 2021
42 - V. Castro and F**K Your Box
Jun 08, 2021
41 – Max Brooks and Harry Eats the Hendersons
Jun 01, 2021
40 – Zakiya Dalila Harris and the Fear of Not Being Black Enough
May 25, 2021
39 – Josh Malerman and a Local Town for Local People
May 18, 2021
38 – Tananarive Due and Black Girls Doing Magical Things
May 11, 2021
37 – A.J. Gnuse and the People Under Your Sink
May 04, 2021
36 - Jeff VanderMeer and Our First On-Air Murder
Apr 27, 2021
35 – Christina Henry and the Monsters of the Subconscious
Apr 20, 2021
34 - Danielle Trussoni and the Spectrum of Human Difference
Apr 13, 2021
33 - Jennifer McMahon and the Green Mountain State of Fear
Apr 06, 2021
32 - Clay McLeod Chapman and the Clenching Fist of Satan!
Mar 30, 2021
31 – V.L. Valentine and Graphic Descriptions of Medical Maladies
Mar 24, 2021
30 – Catriona Ward and the All-Consuming Spoiler Warning
Mar 17, 2021
29 – Angela Slatter and Kelpies not Selkies!!
Mar 10, 2021
28 – Bethany Clift and Judging an Apocalypse by its Cover
Mar 03, 2021
27 - Julia Fine and the Postmodern Postpartum
Feb 24, 2021
26 - Sarah Pearse and the Hills are Alive with the Sound of Murder
Feb 17, 2021
25 - Gemma Files and the Witch in Her True Ornaments
Feb 10, 2021
24 - Courtney Summers and Writing for Spite
Feb 03, 2021
23 - Laura Purcell and the Art of Darkness
Jan 27, 2021
22 – C.J. Tudor and the Lure of the Oddball Loners
Jan 20, 2021
21 - Will Dean & The Horror of the Fens
Jan 13, 2021
20 - The Big 2021 Horror Preview AKA Another Annus Horribilis
Jan 06, 2021
19 - Michael Marshall Smith and Goodbye to 2020
Dec 30, 2020
18 - Gabriel Bergmoser and It's Only a Joke Mate!
Dec 23, 2020
17 - Rachel Harrison and Knowing Who Your Friends Are
Dec 16, 2020
16 – Christopher Golden and Extreme Social Distancing
Dec 09, 2020
15 - Sam J. Miller and a Hometown Hot Mess
Dec 02, 2020
14 - Jonathan Sims and the Haunted High-Rise
Nov 25, 2020
13 - Craig DiLouie and the Cult of the Shredder
Nov 18, 2020
12 - Rumaan Alam and the Apocalyptic Rorschach Test
Nov 11, 2020
11 - Andrew Pyper and the Demon in the White House
Nov 03, 2020
10 - Colin Dickey and the Obligatory Halloween Special AKA Why We Believe in Monsters
Oct 31, 2020
09 - T. Kingfisher and Does the Dog Die in This One?
Oct 28, 2020
08 – Emily Danforth and “The Blair Witch X Lesbians”
Oct 20, 2020
07 - Kate Summerscale and the Shoplifting Poltergeist
Oct 13, 2020
06 - Stuart Turton and How To Plot a Very Clever Murder
Oct 06, 2020
05 – Jeremy Robert Johnson and Where Did That Octopus Come From?
Sep 30, 2020
04 - Jo Kaplan and What Makes a Great Haunted House?
Sep 22, 2020
03 - Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Mexican Gothic, NOT Romance
Sep 16, 2020
02 - John Langan and Writing Under "The Influence"
Sep 08, 2020
01 - Paul Tremblay and Why It's Not the End of the World
Sep 01, 2020