Horror Makes Us Happy

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Horror fans are WEIRD ... or are they? Join us as we interview fans of and creators in the horror biz as we try to find out, "What is it about horror that makes people happy?"

Steve Becker

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    • Apr 25, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 14m AVG DURATION
    • 138 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Horror Makes Us Happy

    SA Bradley (Screaming for Pleasure, Hellbent for Horror)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 78:04


    The Brady Bunch, bullies, and getting beaten up for all the right reasons!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    AuthorCon V Panel: Podcasting 101

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 60:39


    Here are links to the other creators/podcasts who were on this panel:Kit Power - The Ultimate Horror Anthology: https://ultimatehorroranthology.podbean.comLucas Marino - The Suspense is Killing Me: https://www.lucasmarinowrites.com/podcastRick Hipson - Dark Bites: https://www.youtube.com/@darkbitesViggy Parr Hampton - Horror Humor Hunger: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2139349If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    James Ashcroft (The Rule of Jenny Pen, Fresh Meat, Coming Home in the Dark)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 79:54


    Dusting your pants, benevolent tyrants, and family time at the graveyard!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Viidith22 (Voice Actor, Youtube Channel)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 64:21


    NoSleep, Creepypasta, drinking games, and the dangers of raising children...If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    John Langan (House of Windows, The Fisherman, Corpsemouth and Other Autobiographies)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 79:56


    Creativity, anxiety, making mistakes, and staying alive!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Jamie Flanagan (Midnight Mass, Doctor Sleep, Blind Manor)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 84:28


    Alligator sheriffs, Moira Kelly and D.B. Sweeney, and self-actualization!

    Charlene Elsby (Hexis, Psychros, The Devil Thinks I'm Pretty)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 76:08


    Dostoevsky, interior monologues, and Fucking the Devil!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Lee Murray (Into the Mist, Into the Ashes, Hounds of the Underworld)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2025 79:40


    Night terrors, earthquakes, and a nice cuppa!

    Neil McRobert (The Talking Scared Podcast, Good Boy)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 79:47


    Stephen King, the American Myth, and heartfelt horror.If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    L. Marie Wood (The Realm Trilogy, Crescendo, The Promise Keeper)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 78:00


    Undead, onryō, and vampires, oh my!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Donyae Coles (Midnight Rooms, These Sunken Souls)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 78:47


    HBO, VHS tapes, and unfinished business - and Oliver!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Jessica McHugh (The Green Kangaroos, The Train Derails in Boston, Darla Decker series)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 81:15


    Laying eggs, zombie boys, and boobie trees!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Ivotres Littles (Horror Movies and Beyond)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 90:29


    Cruel kids, drive-ins, and ... Nickelodeon??If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    David Simmons (Ghosts of East Baltimore, Ghosts of West Baltimore)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 83:37


    Horror in the hood, Voltron snoring, and crestfallen coworkers...If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Trevor Henderson (Sirenhead, Odd Noises in Empty Room, Bad Things Coming)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 74:53


    Kids being devoured by a T-Rex, weird nightmare logic, and ambiguity!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Paul Lubaczewski (Cult of the Gator God, A New Life, I Never Eat Cheesesteak)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 72:22


    Kilts, caving, GWAR and NPR!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!

    Laird Barron (Blood Standard, Black Mountain, Worse Angels)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 86:23


    Alaska, bullies, betrayal, and Satan!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Daniel Kraus (Whalefall, The Living Dead, The Shape of Water)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 64:28


    Parental consent, bizarre choices, and how we respond to fear...If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Ellen Datlow (Best Horror of the Year, Christmas and Other Horrors, Screams From the Dark)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 68:24


    Witches, feeling lost, public speaking, and being eclectic!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    2024 Fall Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 17:55


    A bit of a State of the Union for the podcast, since we haven't done one in a long time!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    RJ Joseph (Into the Forest, The Dead Inside)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 70:05


    Aliens, fainting couches, and New Edition fan fiction!If you're seeing this, please leave us a review!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Nat Cassidy (Mary, Nestlings, Steal the Stars)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2024 73:13


    Ballet, dinosaurs on a trampoline, and funny, terrifying psychopaths.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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    Stephen Kozeniewski (Hunters of the Dead, Clickers Never Die)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2024 76:52


    Zombies, fascism vs anarchy, and art crimes.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Joe R Lansdale (Bubba Ho-Tep, Hap and Leonard, Love, Death, and Robots)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2024 78:24


    Love and war, and shelter from the storm.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Richard Thomas (Incarnate, Disintegration, Spontaneous Human Combustion)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 76:23


    Brutality, karma, and the human experience...This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    John Fallon (Saw II, The Shelter, Dead Shadows)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 70:49


    Poltergeists, responsibility, and going to war!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Rami Ungar (Rose, Mother of the King, The Pure World Comes)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2024 71:50


    Vampires, voodoo, and ...vermilion visions of viscous viscera?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    AC Wise (Wendy Darling, Hooked)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 58:53


    Peaceful peacocks, pirates, and partying with witches!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - N.J. Gallegos (Full Moon Rising, Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires, The Broken Heart)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2024 67:42


    Diet Ebola, vagina throats, and losing her shit!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Todd Keisling (The Monochrome Trilogy, and Cold, Black & Infinite)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 78:41


    Autism, bullies, and not taking things too seriously.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Maxwell Gold (Oblivion in Flux, Möbius Lyrics, anOther Mythology)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2024 78:35


    Crocodiles, the uncomfortability of silence, and madness!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Mark Matthews (Milk-Blood, Orphans of Bliss, All Smoke Rises)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2024 73:45


    Geting lost in the woods, chasing the dragon, and ... showtunes?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Edward Flora (The Triangle Forest, Ropes in the Attic)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 1, 2024 58:16


    Being trapped, catharsis, and human nature. Not sure if that sounds dangerous or delicious.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Ethan Richards (Kaw Lake, The Dark Lord of Oklahoma: An Unconventional Story)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2024 71:15


    Heroes, monsters, community, and ... ?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Brian Keene (The Rising, Earthworm Gods, and The Lost Level)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2024 74:23


    Comic books, heroes, guilt, and redemption!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play, Psycho II, Thinner)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2024 66:13


    Today we talk horror history, empathy, and the art of filmmaking with Tom Holland (Fright Night, Child's Play, Psycho II, Thinner)!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Michael Allen Rose (Jurrassichrist, Boiled Americans, The Last Five Minutes of the Human Race)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2024 73:23


    Video game logic, being eaten by a grue, and the wonder that is Bismarck, ND.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Stephanie Feldman (Saturnalia, The Angel of Losses)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2023 61:24


    Benjamin Franklin cage fights, Tom Cruise's ponytail, and inescapable family legacies....This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Christopher Hawkins (Suburban Monsters, One Buck Horror)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2023 69:16


    Evil clown early warning systems, being on the outside looking in, and the power of belief.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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    Horror Makes Us Happy - Clare Castleberry (Azalea House, Second Skin, Five Little Deaths)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2023 65:03


    Phone sex operators, serial killers, and epic biker bar knife fights!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Clay McLeod Chapman (Ghost Eaters, The Remaking, Venom & Creepshow comics)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2023 81:57


    Symbiote stick figures, ground yogurt, and rubbernecking the downward spiral!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Chris Sarandon (Fright Night, Child's Play, The Resurrected)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2023 65:37


    Fugue states, naming one's fears, and the value of serving others.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Becky Spratford (The Reader's Advisory Guide to Horror, Horror Readers' Advisory: The Librarian's Guide to Vampires, Killer Tomatoes, and Haunted Houses)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2023 84:45


    Campfire stories, feeling fear with all your senses, extreme literary achievement!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Lee Allen Howard (Death Perception, The Sixth Seed, How to Tell If Your House Is Haunted)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023 78:41


    Terrifying twins, relentless suspense, and confrontation. And baby teeth!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Lisa Morton (Hell Manor, Smog, Summer's End, Malediction)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2023 58:42


    Delicious fright, cleaning wild game, and oppressive nonstop violence. What's not to love?This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Tim Waggoner (4x Bram Stoker winner, Halloween Kills novelist)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2023 81:01


    Alien dinosaurs, déjà vu, and making "rat poison" as a kid ... as one does.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Ray Angelic (Fright Night, The Eternal, The Shaft, Bless the Child)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2023 74:48


    Cowering behind a chair and screaming, John Farrell's Basement, and movies that scare the eighth graders!!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Sara Neidorf (Mellowdeath, Final Girls Berlin Film Festival)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2023 78:13


    Underdog clowns, the witch in the closet ... and the mysterious crone!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Ross Jeffery (Tome, Juniper, Only The Stains Remain)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2023 75:01


    Spiders, The Sisters of Mercy, and criminal activity!This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Ariel Schulman (Paranormal Activity 3/4, Viral, Nerve)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 83:13


    Egg snipers, having his eyes swollen shut for a month, and ruining a specific thing, for a specific person - forever.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

    Horror Makes Us Happy - Laurel Hightower (Crossroads, Whispers In The Dark, Every Woman Knows This)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2023 72:36


    Adjust the mask. Acquire nightmare fuel. Avoid the things in the water.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

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