The Fear Archive
By Violet Hour Media
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Episodes: 29
Description
The Fear Archive investigates the real stories behind horror films. Every episode, hosts Amanda Kagiwada and Michael Ryan Assip dig into the actual cases, killers, hauntings, and conspiracies that Hollywood turned into your favorite scary movies — and ask whether the film or the truth is more disturbing.
From Ed Gein and Psycho to the Gainesville Ripper and Scream, from MK-Ultra and The Manchurian Candidate to Faces of Death and the internet gore ecosystem — if a horror film has a real story behind it, the Fear Archive will find it.
New episodes every other Wednesday. A Violet Hour Media production.
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The Amityville Horror vs. The Lutz Family | Twenty-Eight Days, Ten Million Books, and a Demon in the Turkey
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Zodiac vs. Zodiac | The Most Famous Killer in American History Whose Name We Still Don't Know
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Jul 08, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 07 | Amanda Got Scammed and Mike Is Watching a Prison Chef on YouTube
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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River's Edge vs. Marcy Conrad | 13 Teenagers Saw the Body. Nobody Called the Police.
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 06 | Amanda Got 7AM Odyssey Tickets and Mike Was Part of a CIA Study
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Monster vs. Aileen Wuornos | The True Story Behind Charlize Theron's Oscar-Winning Role
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 05 | Mike Peed the Bed and the Amityville Flies Are Real
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Cannibal the Musical vs. Alfred Packer. Five Dead. The Judge Said He Ate Them.
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May 27, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 04 | First the Walls. Now the Car. Amanda Has a Dead Body Problem.
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May 20, 2026 |
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Compliance vs. The Strip Search Scam | 65% of People Would Have Done the Same Thing
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May 13, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 03 | Cookie Monster Brought Lotion
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May 06, 2026 |
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A Nightmare on Elm Street vs. The Hmong Sleep Deaths: The True Story Wes Craven Used as Source Material
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 02 | Amanda Has A Body In Her Wall
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Faces of Death (1978) vs. Faces of Death (2026): The True Story Behind the Most Notorious Shock Film Ever Made
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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MK-Ultra vs. Hollywood | The CIA Program That Became a Cinematic Universe
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Dead Air | Ep. 01 | We Need to Talk About the Camel Filler Situation
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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An American Haunting vs. The Bell Witch: The Legend That May Have Killed a Man
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Fire in the Sky vs. Travis Walton: Alien Abduction or Something Else?
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Black Christmas vs. Danny LaPlante: When the Killer Is Already Inside
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Gremlins vs. The Hopkinsville Goblins: America's Strangest Documented Alien Encounter
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Amityville II vs. The DeFeo Murders: What Really Happened the Night Six People Were Killed
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Frailty vs. Joseph Kallinger: The Shoemaker Who Said God Told Him to Kill
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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The Strangers vs. The Keddie Cabin Murders | The Unsolved 1981 Case That Still Has No Answer
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Nov 12, 2025 |
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The Entity vs. Doris Bither: The True Paranormal Case That UCLA Investigated
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Ed Gein vs. Hollywood: How One Real Killer Inspired Psycho, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, and Silence of the Lambs
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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X (2022) vs. The Copeland Murders: The Oldest Serial Killers in American History
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Cruising vs. Paul Bateson: The Exorcist Actor Suspected of NYC's Bag Murders
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Scream vs. The Gainesville Ripper: The Real Serial Killer Who Inspired the Film
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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The Fear Archive Trailer
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Sep 21, 2025 |