The Spooky Scholars Podcast
By Ashe Woodward
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Episodes: 120
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The best horror analysis podcast for the BIG questions we ask of horror movies and books: The symbolism of slime? A zombie zeitgeist? Your weapon choice to survive a slasher?
Anyone can summarize and review a horror movie but there's SO much more to horror than the list of shrills and kills. Horror is the genre pushing boundaries and taking society to task with monsters and mayhem, slashing and sex/gender play. Horror is EXTRA, and you need a friend (or podcast host) to ask, "WTF did I just watch?"
Let's slice open the underbelly of horror and get schooled in what's spooky!
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Second Screening: What Does Horror Need from You?
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Sep 22, 2026 |
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Final Perimenopausal Divorced Girl: Who Really Identifies with the Final Girl
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Sep 08, 2026 |
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Candyman & the Making of Monsters: Shadow Work Analysis of Storytelling
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Candyman & the Collapse of Certainty: A Shadow Work Analysis of Betrayal
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Gaslighting, Grief, and Psychological Horror with Author Claire Fuller
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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Monster Mentors: What Your Favorite Monster Says About You - Part Two
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Stories, Support, and Speculative Fiction with Author Dianna Gunn
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Jun 09, 2026 |
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Monster Mentors: What Your Favorite Monster Says About You - Part One
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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What Shadows are Hiding in Horror’s Greatest Monsters? With Professor Shadow
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May 26, 2026 |
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Society's Shadow Side: How Horror Takes Systems to Task
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May 20, 2026 |
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Monster Men: Masculinity in Horror with Author Eric Miller
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May 12, 2026 |
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Shadow Selves of Horror: Facing Your Dark Side & Surviving It
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May 05, 2026 |
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La Fulci Vida: A Love Letter to an Italian Horror Auteur with Matt Rogerson
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Wild Women with Expert Cinda Gault
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Feb 17, 2026 |
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Robot Replacement: The Horror of Artificial Intimacy
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Liminal Horror and Lived Experience: Inside Darkest Margins with Matt Rogerson
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Artistic Expression or Exploitation? A Serious Call Out of Violence Against Women in Horror with Kimberly Pinzon
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Jan 27, 2026 |
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Nostalgia Horror: Rose-Colored Memories with Wendy Dalrymple & Grace Reynolds
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Ritual Roulette: Bro Trip Horror with Horror Roulette Podcast
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Hand-Picked Horror: Inside MOMETU’s Anti-Algorithm Approach
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Afterlife Architecture: Gothic Liminality in the 'Flatliners' Universe (Episode 100!)
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Dec 02, 2025 |
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The Darkness of Divergence: What Horror Reveals about Dyslexia with Russel Von Brocklen
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Dementia Dames: Hagsploitation with Jessica Rose
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Rebellious Roots: Punk Rock Vampire Horror with Author Steve Sxaks
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Nov 11, 2025 |
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Dollar Baby Dreams: Bringing Stephen King's 'Popsy' to Life with Filmmaker Jon Mann
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Indie Horror Insights with Director George Miranda
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Oct 28, 2025 |
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Cutting Through 250 Slashers with Director Chris Kelly
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Oct 21, 2025 |
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Selling Screams: BTS of a Halloween Funhouse with Long Island Haunted Firehouse
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Oct 14, 2025 |
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Hellraiser and the Human Experience with Hypnotist Amethysta Herrick
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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If It Bleeds, It Leads with Journalist and Author Chris Riker
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Sep 30, 2025 |
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Ask Alice Part 2: First, Final, and Favourite Girls.
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Aug 12, 2025 |
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Ask Alice Part 1: Lies, LSD, and the Literary Hoax That Fooled a Generation
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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Killer Keys: The Power of the Piano in Horror
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Jul 29, 2025 |
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Monsters, Myths, & Modern Iran with Reza Rajebi
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Jul 22, 2025 |
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The Monstrous Elite: What We Learn from Eat the Rich Horror
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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Native Nouveau: Indigenous Sci-Fi & Horror with Drew Hayden Taylor
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Jul 01, 2025 |
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Manic Pixie Dream Girl: A Horror Reject
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Jun 24, 2025 |
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Adventures in Anxiety: The Mental Health Benefits of Dark Tourism
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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Zombie Business: ZOMBIE AWARENESS MONTH EP.4
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May 27, 2025 |
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Zombie Zeitgeist | ZOMBIE AWARENESS MONTH EP.3
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May 20, 2025 |
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Reliving Romero's 'Dead Part Two | ZOMBIE AWARENESS MONTH EP.2
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May 13, 2025 |
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Reliving Romero's 'Dead' Part One | ZOMBIE AWARENESS MONTH EP. 1
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May 06, 2025 |
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Horror Vs. Climate Change with Planet Bonehead
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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The Horror of Cults with Cultimatum
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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Forgetting Fallout: Retrofuturism BONUS Track
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Retrofuturism: Making the Future Past Again
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Pulp Politics: Comic Book Code with Michael Storm
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Sitting Down with Satan and Michael Harbron
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Apr 01, 2025 |
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Tales from the Crib: Baby Horror
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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6 Degrees of Spooky: Kevin Bacon Horror
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Radical Reading with Paul Cram
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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Fantasy and Fascism with Alex Mell-Taylor
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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Tales from the Script with Alan Katz Pt. 2
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Tales from the Script with Alan Katz Pt.1
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Romantic Remakes and ‘Killer’ Sex
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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Cold Blooded Comedy: Canadian Vampires
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Monster Musicals: The Horrors of Being a Rock God
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Losing Lynch: How We Make Art Weird Again
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Jan 21, 2025 |
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Canadian Horror: Hands Off, America!
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Jan 14, 2025 |
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Christmas & the Kids of Horror with Hailey Schmidt of Mr.Sandman
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Dec 24, 2024 |
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Happy Horrordays: It's a Wrap!
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Happy Horrordays with Cursed Carols
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Happy Horrordays from Mr. Sandman with Matt Schmidt
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Dec 03, 2024 |
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Consent in the Convent: Horror for the Modern Woman's Soul
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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Weird Horror Capital 'W'
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Nov 05, 2024 |
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Trick or Treat: It's a Witch Hunt with Alice Markham-Cantor!
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Trick or Treat: It's Candy Corn (2019)!
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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Trick or Treat: It's '90s Nostalgia!
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Trick or Treat: It's Bubblegum Dystopia!
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Horrors of Hollywood with Actor David Hern
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Hypnosis Horror: A Hypnotist Weighs In on Who Gets it Right
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Vatican Veto: How the Catholic Church Has Tried to Silence Horror Movies with Matt Rogerson
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Powerful Pages: Messages from Magical Books in Horror Movies
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Hammer Horror & Chill with Ali Khamseh
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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LGBabadookTQ2SIA+: An ‘Accidental’ Queer Horror Icon
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Houseguests from Hell: What We Learned from a Week-long Horror Watch Party
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Tendrils of Terror: Evil Plant Horror
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Creep Calm: Our 'Rest and Digest' Response to Horror and How Horror Heals
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Summercamp Slashers: Simple Setting or Stealthy Accomplice?
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Jul 09, 2024 |
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Creepy Camp & Cult Horror Classics
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Finding Final Girls: Women in Horror with Kimberly Pinzon
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Jun 11, 2024 |
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Spooky Sexy Lamp: Does Horror Pass The Diversity Test?
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Jun 04, 2024 |
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Pinpointing Pink Horror with Wendy Dalrymple
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May 27, 2024 |
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The Spooky Screamer: Horror in the News
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May 20, 2024 |
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Psychopomp Sparrows: From Sabrina to Stephen King
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May 14, 2024 |
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Horror Hugs: A Spooky Update to 'Snuggle Theory'
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May 07, 2024 |
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Raglan Rage: The Historic T-shirt of Terror
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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Deep Descent: Sarah's Journey through Plato's Cave
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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High Heel Horror: Dominatrix Details on Female Fighters
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Sound Effects Slayer: Buffy's 'The Body' Episode
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Apr 09, 2024 |
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Classic Consent: The Grape of Persephone
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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Uncanny Valley of the Dolls: From M3gan to Muppets
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Morbid Morsel: A TSM Eulogy
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Mar 22, 2024 |
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Boy in a Box with Experts Fayge and Mazal Horesh
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Hell Hounds: Part II
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Feb 27, 2024 |
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Hell Hounds: Part I
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Morbid Midwest with True Crime Author John Brassard Jr.
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Beards & Blood
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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BRaAAiiiiiins!!!... Dr. Gary Simonds
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Gods & Gateways
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Seasonal Slayings - Season 2 Finale
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Dark Magic Realism with Author Lale Davidson
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Merry Monsters
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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Dark Horror with Author Patrick Barb
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Morbid Morsel: Unlucky 13
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Dark Fantasy with Author JV Hilliard
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Nov 07, 2023 |
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Cursed Crows
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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Headless Horseman
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Ghost Guides
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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Verifiably Venomous
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Sep 26, 2023 |
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Morbid Morsel. Funny Funerals
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Sep 12, 2023 |
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From Leeches to Lansbury
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Sep 05, 2023 |
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Horror is for Kids, Isn't it?
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Aug 27, 2023 |
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Modern Medusa
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Aug 20, 2023 |
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Morbid Morsel. A Black Widow
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Oct 01, 2022 |
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Poisonous Plants
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Morbid Morsel. Chopin's Heart in a Jar is SO Romantic
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Poisonous Pigments
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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Brush Your Fangs
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Memento Mori
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Jan 03, 2022 |