Fatal Gothic Podcast

New York City, 1829. The kings of New York's organized crime world were the notorious Roach Guard Gang, and their founder, murderer and extortionist Teddy Roach. Roach was nicknamed The Devil for his unfiltered brutality, said to have been of Biblical proportions. But as bad as The Devil was, his deeds paled in comparison to that of his right hand man, Bill O'Malley, a murdering, hulking psychopath known throughout the 5 points area of the city as The Basher. Rich or poor, man or woman, no one was safe from the murder and mayhem dished out by the gang. And anyone crossing Teddy Roach personally could count on a visit from The Basher. It was usually the last visit of their lives. 

Our 2021 Halloween special edition celebrates the 83rd anniversary of Orson Welles' Mercury Theater on the Air broadcast that panicked the country, and lead to changes in broadcast rules for terrestrial radio worldwide. The First Fake News story in modern media history: The War of the Worlds. 

On this episode, Fatal Gothic hosts Julia Parker and Stephen Savage interview actress Mhairi Calvey and director Paul Dudbridge about filmmaking, their upcoming film, "Fear The Invisible Man", H.G. Wells and Jules Vern, and how the SteamPunk movement has brought Gothic Sci-Fi back into vogue. 

France, 1573. A number of children have been abducted and eaten by what local villagers believe is a Werewolf. Gilles Garnier, a local hermit, is caught red handed with a murdered child and put on trial. But no one is willing to step forth to act as his defense attorney before the dreaded "Witch Hunter Judge", Henri Bouget. No one that is except a 26 year old nun from Paris called Sister Marie Arquette. Sister Marie's task is to prove that, though the man is obviously insane, he is not a werewolf, and certainly doesn't deserve to be burned alive at the stake. 

On this episode, Savage interviews actress Emily Peachy about her roles in the films “The Fault In Our Stars”, which was the highest grossing film of 2014, “American Pastoral”, and her new series, “Paradise Lost”. Emily discusses working with Ewen Mcgragor as an actor and under his direction, her short lived law school tenure, which ended when she landed a big film role, and her time working in DC as a White House intern. And she and Savage talk a bit about his new film, “Ulysses Coyote” of which Emily is one of the stars.

On this episode, Savage takes a call from actor and director Oscar Torre who talks about how he landed the role of Vinny in the popular series "The Haves and the Have Nots", growing up in Miami, working with Tyler Perry, and starring in the first film to shoot in Los Angeles after Covid restrictions were lifted slightly for Hollywood production companies.

On this episode, Savage takes a call from actor, director, writer, Duane Whitaker to talk about Duane's life and  prolific career, working with some of his favorite directors including Rob Zombie and Quentin Tarantino, and his iconic role as Maynard in Tarantino's classes film, "Pulp Fiction".

On this episode, Savage welcomes back to the podcast, actress and screenwriter Chuti Tiu ("Nashville", "How To Get Away With Murder", "The Internship") on her career in commercials, modeling, film and television, on the benefits of having immigrant parents, and on why soap operas are such a great training ground for actors. She also gets into the ins and outs of navigating pilot season, and how things have changed for actors in this new frontier of streaming networks and so much production being done outside of California.

On this episode, Savage interviews actress Sondra Currie about about her epic film and television career, starting out working with icons John Wayne and Howard Hawks, working with Roger Corman, her role in the Hangover franchise, and her rock star sister, Cherie.

On this episode, Savage talks one on one with writer and producer Erik Bork about his career working with some of Hollywood's biggest names, including Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, about how he came to be a writer and producer on the iconic HBO series, Band of Brothers and From the Earth to the Moon, and what it was like carrying two of Tom Hanks Best Actor Oscars around in his car for a day.

On this episode Savage talks one on one with famed director Alan J. Levi on his career producing and directing for such iconic television series as Magnum PI, Columbo, NCIS, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman and many many more. Alan also talks about his new film, "Take My Hand", starring his lovely wife Sondra Currie ("The Hangover Parts 1, 2 and 3", "7th Heaven") and Barbara Bain ("Mission Impossible", "My So Called Life"), and what it was like directing Frank Sinatra in Hawaii.

Australia, 1835. The entire continent was at this time, for all intents and purposes, one giant prison colony. From the late 18th century until 1900, convicts from England, Ireland, and all of Great Britain's worldwide domain, were routinely shipped off to the mysterious “Land Down Under” to serve out their sentences for crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. A prison break in '35 led to Australia's first ever case of serial murder. Over the course of less than a year, ten innocent people, and perhaps as many as 5 more, were murdered in cold blood by an escaped convict named John Lynch, who would in time become known throughout Australia as the Berrima Ax Murderer.

On this first ever Stephen Savage remote podcast, an on stage interview with Oscar and Golden Globe nominated actress Anne Archer. The interview was conducted live at the Rustic Theatre during the Idyllwild International Film Festival, in front of a sell out crowd of actors and filmmakers. NOTE* The sound quality is not the best on this episode, but good enough to hear the Q&A.

On this Episode, Savage takes a call from just outside Paris, France, to speak with actress Nathalie Boyer about acting and screenwriting, working on the Netflix series "Versailles", her role in the top French television crime drama series "Spiral",  and what it's like working with iconic actor Gerard Depardieu. Savage also dives into the fact that Nathalie has a Ph D in Business Law and tests out at an incredible 175 IQ.

Actress, director, producer, and YouTube Influencer Marlene McCohen ("It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia", Lenny Kravitz' "Let Love Rule") returns to the show to talk about her life and career, Parrots, and how she ended up being such a huge YouTube star.

England, 1657. The Civil War and the beheading of King Charles I has forced many Noble families into desperate straights, as Oliver Cromwell's Round Heads, along with the radical parliament, confiscated lands and fortunes that had been secure for centuries. Into this chaos arose a phenomenon known as The Highwaymen, former titled gentlemen who took to robbing pay wagons and travelers along the country's narrow roads after dark. The worst of these was no gentleman at all, but a woman who became known as The Wicked Lady Skelton, a Royalist aristocrat's daughter who murdered over 50 innocent souls during her three year reign of terror.  

Join Savage as he takes a call from the UK and interviews actress Mhairi Calvey ("Braveheart", "Robert The Bruce"). Mhairi talks about her career, growing up in the Scottish Isles, how, at the age of 5 she was given the role of young Murron in Braveheart, and how working with Mel Gibson as a kid happened accidentally, and why she is called upon to do so many cameo roles. She also discusses her new big budget historic film, "Robert The Bruce" where she stars alongside Angus Macfadyn.

An Expanded Episode with Special Guest, Actress SAMANTHA LOCKWOOD On this episode, Savage talks one on one with actress and entrepreneur Samantha Lockwood (Hawaii 5-0, The Lords of Dogtown, Shoot The Hero).

In the spring of 1881. Bass Reeves, the first black Federal Marshall in US history, was called upon by an old friend, Cherokee Tribal Policeman Charlie Next Moon, to help track down a man who had murdered in cold blood two Cherokee women and a white reservation school teacher in the Indian Territories of Oklahoma. Both men were seasoned lawmen, but neither was prepared for what faced them out on the murderer's trail. And even after witnessing the brutality of the killing fields of the Civil War, the horrors they would witness in their pursuit of this crazed killer would haunt them both for the rest of their lives. 

On this episode, Savage takes a call from actress, writer, producer, and activist Eileen Grubba (Sons of Anarchy, SWAT, New Amsterdam, Watchman, Bones, Fear the Walking Dead) about her career in television and film, dealing with the stigmas and prejudices of Hollywood regarding disabled actors, her lifelong membership with The Actor's Studio, and her take on how the film and television industry might change after the Corona Virus lockdown is over.

On this episode Savage takes a call from Venice, Italy to speak with renowned historian, author, and television personality Lisa Hilton. Lisa talks about her literary work, her television series Charles I: Downfall of a King, available now on Amazon Prime, and its follow up series, Charles I: Killing of a King. She also discusses her adventures writing an opera and seeing it performed on Broadway, and her historian heroes and favorite authors. She and Savage get into the issue of tearing down statues from a historian's point of view, and they top it all off with a talk about one of Lisa's main passions, cooking and food.

On this episode, Fatal Gothic Hosts, actress Julia Parker and film director Stephen Savage, sit down in studio to talk about their respective careers, the Fatal Gothic Podcast, and life in general working in Hollywood. 

On this episode, Fatal Gothic hosts Julia Parker and Stephen Savage talk about their work in Hollywood and the fastest growing True Crime Podcast in America, Fatal Gothic. 

France, 1573. A number of children have been abducted and eaten by what local villagers believe is a Werewolf. Gilles Garnier, a local hermit, is caught red handed with a murdered child and put on trial. But no one is willing to step forth to act as his defense attorney before the dreaded "Witch Hunter Judge", Henri Bouget. No one that is except a 26 year old nun from Paris called Sister Marie Arquette. Sister Marie's task is to prove that, though the man is obviously insane, he is not a werewolf, and certainly doesn't deserve to be burned alive at the stake. 

On this special episode of Fatal Gothic, co-host Stephen Savage talks one on one with author and Jack The Ripper researcher Simon Daryl Wood about his book "Deconstructing Jack: The Secret History of the Whitechapel Murders". Simon's theory about the Jack The Ripper murders of 1880's London has been turning the Ripperologist community on it's head, and earning praise for Simon's in-depth research and unique take on the subject. 

After the Donner Party incident of 1847, Cannibalism became the big sensationalist news across the United States for a generation. The public was obsessed by it, and two men became infamous for their taste for human flesh and murder. Though Jeremiah Johnson would become a larger than life fictional hero of mythical stature in books and finally in movies, the real man was known as "Liver Eating" Johnson, and killing and eating the body parts of a reported 300 plus warriors of the Crow and Blackfeet Nations in battle was far from his only activity. He was known to kill Native women and children as well, and may have murdered and eaten three white children years after his battles with the Indians.  And nearly as prolific a cannibal was Boone Helm, another mountain man of the mid 19th century. Helm is thought to have murdered and eaten as many as 100 people in his lifetime, and many more in gunfights and barroom brawls during his travels from Missouri to California. His cannibalism made him a creepy household name before he was finally hanged, not for eating people, but for simple bank robbery. 

Australia, 1835. The entire continent was at this time, for all intents and purposes, one giant prison colony. From the late 18th century until 1900, convicts from England, Ireland, and all of Great Britain’s worldwide domain, were routinely shipped off to the mysterious “Land Down Under” to serve out their sentences for crimes ranging from petty theft to murder. A prison break in '35 led to Australia’s first ever case of serial murder. Over the course of less than a year, ten innocent people, and perhaps as many as 5 more, were murdered in cold blood by an escaped convict named John Lynch, who would in time become known throughout Australia as the Berrima Ax Murderer.

England, 1657. The Civil War and the beheading of King Charles I has forced many Noble families into desperate straights, as Oliver Cromwell's Round Heads, along with the radical parliament, confiscated lands and fortunes that had been secure for centuries. Into this chaos arose a phenomenon known as The Highwaymen, former titled gentlemen who took to robbing pay wagons and travelers along the country's narrow roads after dark. The worst of these was no gentleman at all, but a woman who became known as The Wicked Lady Skelton, a Royalist aristocrat's daughter who murdered over 50 innocent souls during her three year reign of terror.  

In the spring of 1881. Bass Reeves, the first black Federal Marshall in US history, was called upon by an old friend, Cherokee Tribal Policeman Charlie Next Moon, to help track down a man who had murdered in cold blood two Cherokee women and a white reservation school teacher in the Indian Territories of Oklahoma. Both men were seasoned lawmen, but neither was prepared for what faced them out on the murderer's trail. And even after witnessing the brutality of the killing fields of the Civil War, the horrors they would witness in their pursuit of this crazed killer would haunt them both for the rest of their lives. 

Throughout history, stories of families that murdered for money, or simply to satisfy a lust for blood, have caused sleepless nights for nobility and commoners alike. On this episode of Fatal Gothic, hosts Julia Parker and Stephen Savage explore some of the most notorious Killer Clans ever to haunt our nightmares. These include the Beans, Scotland's legendary Cannibal Clan, The Harpe Brothers, who are considered by many the first true serial killers in America, a century before H.H. Holmes, and Kansas' Bloody Benders, an immigrant family from Germany who, in the years following the Civil War, murdered scores of western bound travelers before escaping into legend.    

Chicago, 1866. Pinkerton agent Kate Warne knows the identity of the serial killer she is seeking to capture, but he's still on the loose. And even though many Pinkertons and Chicago Police officers are scouring the city looking for him, Kate decides going undercover is probably the best bet to draw him out. Little does she know how right she is, or how dangerous her hunch will prove to be.

Chicago, 1866. The Civil War is over, and immigrants are pouring into Chicago from all over Europe looking for a better life. What they find instead are very few jobs, followed of course by a spike in crime, including a rash of brutal sexual murders against women in the mostly Irish and German areas of the city. The Pinkerton Detective Agency is called in by the city's major business interests who feel the police are too inept to solve these dreadful crimes. Pinkerton selects one of his top detectives, Kate Warne, known throughout the world as "The First Lady Detective", to hunt down the murderer. But how deep is Kate willing to travel into the Pits of Hell in order to complete her mission?  

On this special episode, Fatal Gothic co-hosts, film and television director Stephen Savage and actress Julia Parker talk about Julia's acting career, and discuss the origins of the Fatal Gothic Podcast and what's in store for the listeners in the coming months. 

North America, 1759. John Knox, an officer of the British 43rd Regiment afoot during the French and Indian wars, is tasked with capturing whomever has been murdering soldiers and settlers alike on the road between Albany, New York, and Quebec, while still maintaining and preparing his troops for battle as they march on Canada. The murders are gruesome and without reason. Is it a tactic of war, or simply the actions of a madman? Knox is duty bound to find out. 

New Orleans, September, 1862. Union army security officer and Pinkerton agent Nathanial Adams, working alongside ex-confederate officer and police investigator J.W. LaPlant, is closing in on a prime suspect in the brutal murders of over a dozen women. But spies are everywhere, and keeping their investigation under wraps has become impossible. And it soon becomes obvious that this serial killer is tied to people and positions that are protecting him at every turn.

The Civil War rages on, but Union occupied New Orleans has more to contend with than just the conflict between the states. There is a serial killer on the loose, and it's up to former Pinkerton agent and now Union Security officer Nathanial Adams, called in from Washington by acting governor Benjamin Butler, to find the murderer and put an end to the terror plaguing the city. 

New Orleans, 1862. The Civil War was raging, and the Union Army had taken back the city. But New Orleans had more than just war to contend with. A killer was on the loose, stalking and slaughtering young woman at his whim. It was left to Pinkerton Agent Nathanial Adams, sent from Washington by President Lincoln, to capture the madman and end this reign of terror. 

Inverness, Scotland, 1820. The Highland Whiskey Wars are in full swing, and the revenge lynching of two agents of the Crown for the beating death of a young Bootlegger has put local law enforcement on notice. That is until a deputy from Sterling, a murderous, ax wielding maniac named Lemley Hogg, is called in to put law and order back in play. But it's revenge, and not the law, that is foremost on Hogg's mind. 

California, 1850. Louise Clapp lands in San Francisco with a sick husband and a need for a job. She offers up her journalistic and writing skills to San Francisco's only newspaper, The Alta California. But when it's all over, she'll never speak or write about her dangerous and terrifying experience again.