The history of horror and the horror of history.
Abby and Alan explore the real history that inspired the film The Blob. From the thousand year history of Star Jelly to the pinnacle 1950s drive in horror flick, this one is wild.
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Abby and Alan read listener submitted stories about paranormal, unexplained and scary things that have happened in real life. Send us your stories! [email protected]
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Abby and Alan are joined by Avi Dobkin, of the From Alpha to Zedd podcast, to read mermaid poems and stories. Avi reads The Mermaid and The Merman by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
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Abby and Alan deep dive into the history of mermaids, spanning from ancient oceanic deities, to sailor lore and alleged mermaid sightings, to The Little Mermaid and modern mermaid h…
Abby and Alan share wonderful stories about the mythological creature, The Kraken. The first story is written by Patrick Goodsell and read by Alan Kudan. The second story is written…
Abby and Alan deep dive into the mythical history of The Kraken, a sea monster that notoriously hunted sailors off the coast of Norway and Greenland. Special thanks to Kevin Murphy …
This episode features classic fairy tales written by the Brothers Grimm, Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Anderson. All are read beautifully by Jon Cook of the Fadò Podcast. We r…
Abby and Alan are joined by Jon Cook of Fadò Podcast to continue their conversation on the disturbing and brutal history of Fairy Tales. Some fairy tales are thousands of years old …
Abby and Alan are joined by Jon Cook of Fadò Podcast to talk through the disturbing and brutal history of Fairy Tales. Some fairy tales are thousands of years old and by examining i…
Abby and Alan explore the curse of the crying boy paintings that spread panic across Great Britain in the 1980s. The Urban Legend goes that hanging this mass produced painting in yo…
Abby and Alan read listener submitted stories about paranormal, unexplained and scary things that have happened in real life. Send us your stories! [email protected]
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This episode features two reincarnation themed short stories. The first was written by Spooky Bambina (follow on IG) also listen to Itchy Dress Sunday on Spotify or your favorite st…
Abby and Alan explore alleged real life cases of reincarnation. Listen to part one for the history of reincarnation.
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Abby and Alan explore the history of reincarnation. Reincarnation spans from ancient Egypt, to Indian and Tibetan Buddhism, to modern day Wiccan practices.
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This episode features two Grim Reaper themed short stories. The first, The Violin, written and narrated by Jon C. Cook of the Fadó Podcast. The second called The Death of The Ankou …
Abby and Alan learn about the history of Death personified and the Grim Reaper. Tracing death gods and goddesses throughout history and the rise of the Grim Reaper after the Bubonic…
This episode features two short stories on the theme of Pyrokinesis. Both were written by Abby Brenker and read by Bob Daun.
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Abby and Alan sit down with Bob Daun to discuss the history and psychology behind Pyromania and Pyrokinesis.
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Abby and Alan explore the real life events that inspired the novel and the famous film Psycho, directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. We also learn about the production of the …
This episode features three necromancy stories; Other worlds written by Abby Brenker and read by Miranda Warzel. Luz written and performed by Wi-Moto Nyoka, edited by Ianna A. Small…