Queers for Fears
Two queer best friends since toddlerhood talk about the scarier parts of life, death, and everything in between. They take their research seriously, but each other...not so much.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 68 minutes
- Episodes
- 106
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2024
Episode 58: Plant Cryptids
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Merry Cryptmas everyone! Abby discusses some light-hearted plant cryptids who are anything BUT vegetarian and Ellie, being Ellie, tries…
Episode 57: The 57 Bus
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CW: Trans/homophobia, misgendering and use of incorrect pronouns, hate crime and assault
One November afternoon in 2013, Sasha Fleischman…
From the Patreon Vault: Deer Cryptids
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Abby and Ellie talk about some famous and infamous deer cryptids--be warned, Abby was a bit tipsy this episode...
Music credit: System …
Episode 56: The American Plan and Chapter 205
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Unsurprisingly, the US Government's legislature to control women's bodies is not new. In the 20th century, The American Plan allowed l…
Movisode 22: The Exorcist (1973) and The Exorcism of Roland Doe
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Last week we talked about Ellie's favorite movie, this week, we discuss Abby's favorite horror classic: The Exorcist. What makes this m…
Moviesode 21: Mulholland Drive and a Mulholland Murder
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In this, our 21st movisode, Abby and Ellie discuss David Lynch's work Mulholland Drive and then Abby takes on a terrifying Mulholland Mu…
Movisode 20: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) & A Brief History of Body Snatching
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In this episode, Ellie discusses the plot of the classic horror/sci-fi thriller Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Then, Abby discusses so…
Moviesode 19: Malignant and the 'Excorcism' of Vilma Trujillo
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Abby and Ellie are (finally) back! We're a bit rust, but we take a dive into James Wan's new horror flick Malignant and talk about its …
Episode 56: The Life and Death of Oceana Snead
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In 1909, a coroner was called to a seemingly abandoned home. A woman in a black dress, veil and cape answered. "Who are you? Who is t…
Episode 55: A Boxing Coach and a Murder Plot
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Ramon and Lulu Sosa had it all. A successful gym, a brand new home, cars, motorcycles, and nice clothes. Unfortunately, it wasn't enou…
Movisode 18: The Nun and The Loudun Possessions
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Ellie walks us through her hilarious summation and Opinions about The Nun. After, Abby discusses some "possessed" 17th century French n…
Episode 54: The Tragic Death of Betty Williams
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CW for suicide, suicidal ideation, depression and violence. Listener discretion is advised.
In this episode, Abby discusses the tragic d…
Episode 53: Hazing
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Ellie discusses what hazing is and unfortunate incidents involving hazing. CW: Sexual assault, violence and torture.
Sources:
Allan, Ke…
Episode 52: Creepy Sea Creatures
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The ocean is a palace of horrors. In this episode of QFF, Ellie describes some terrible sea creatures lurking in the deep. If you want…
Episode 51: Murderous Makeup and Makeup-wearers
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Abby and Ellie talk makeup history and horror. "positively fucking horrendous" - Marvin on skin-related horror (we take this as a compli…
Movisode 17: The Conjuring Part 3: The Devil Made Me Do It and Arne Johnson & The Glatzel Family
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Happy July, dear listeners. In this movisode, Ellie discusses The Conjuring 3: The Devil Made Me Do It and Abby dissects the Paranorma…
Episode 50: Belle Gunness
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The Black Widow, The Lady Bluebeard, Belle Gunness. Whatever you want to call her, she's said to have killed upwards of 40 men. What's…
Episode 49: Burial Practices with special guest, a fly
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Ellie chats about the history of burial practices and why we as a society are so afraid of death. The origins of some of our culture's …
From the Patreon Vault: Cannibals
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Hello everybody! Abby and Ellie were both super busy this past week or so and decided to release this older Patreon Episode to all of y…
Episode 48: Mirrors
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Abby walks through a brief history of mirrors, superstitions surrounding mirrors, creepy mirror games and mirrors in horror movies. Why…