Podcasts about terrors

The Summer crew welcomes Brad from Tomb of Terrors to the podcast studio to talk horror films Obsession, Backrooms and scary public domain characters, most-wanted childhood toys, and making a new Avengers lineup! Plus the gang talks Uwe Boll's making more bad films, Grand Theft Auto made by AI, Toy Story 5 makes bank and list the Top Five Father/Son Films! This episode is sponsored by the Cincinnati Comic Expo.

Next up...2 live episodes recorded from Frothy Beard! Last weekend, MTP celebrated Pride with a live event at Frothy Beard Brewing Company in West Ashley! For the first live episode in front of a great audience...MTP presented the first round of a new program that we call...MTPride Amplified! As it is currently Pride Month...we called upon our audience to send in their favorite picks of Queer Representation in Horror! We then read the results anonymously to our audience to spread some love to Queer Representation in the horror genre! Your co-hosts, Kevin and Jules, also sat down to discuss their individual list of 5 movie picks that they each watched for Pride! Thank you to everyone who participated in MTPride Amplified Year 1! Our microphone is your microphone! Tune into this great episode from our live podcast event, MTPride: Volume 2, from Frothy Beard Brewing Company!Check out MTP's Linktree:midnightterrorspodcast Official: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Next up, the second of our live episodes with Frothy Beard Brewing Company during our live podcast event, MTPride: Volume 2! For this episode, we teamed up with our audience to spin a wheel of queer characters/icons in horror 2 at a time! Once we had a pair, we discussed if we ship these two characters as a couple...or if we don't ship these two characters as a couple! Which horror characters got a romantic ending? Find out now on this live episode of Midnight Terrors from Frothy Beard!

Featured Guest: Raegan Kirkpatrick, Marketing & Promotions Specialist, Blumenthal Arts Lights up, dolls — because Dishing with Buff Faye is BACK after a brief hiatus, and honey, we've got BIG NEWS!Buff Faye and Giovonni D. Diamond return to the studio to celebrate a major milestone: Dishing with Buff Faye has once again been named one of the Top Drag Queen Podcasts in the Nation by Feedspot for the third year in a row! This year, the podcast landed in the Top 30 alongside some of the biggest names in drag entertainment, including RuPaul's Drag Race queens. That's right, baby—we're famous!Of course, Gio can't let a celebration happen without bringing some romantic confusion to the table. He dishes all about a new man named Miles that he's "kind of" dating, while Buff remains highly skeptical that Miles actually exists. The tea is hot, the stories are questionable.The duo also dives into Pride Month celebrations happening across the Carolinas and beyond. Buff reflects on the history and importance of Pride, the legacy of Stonewall, and why visibility and community matter now more than ever. They chat about the recent release of Buff on the Streets, upcoming Pride celebrations including Rock Hill Pride, and the growing number of small-town Pride festivals popping up throughout the region. From Greensboro Pride to Pineville Pride to Huntersville Pride, Buff celebrates the incredible progress being made in communities of every size and with the big Charlotte Pride later this summer. Somewhere along the way, Gio delivers his best Dracula impersonation and then abruptly rushes off to his date.Then it's time for the main event.  Special guest Raegan Kirkpatrick from Blumenthal Arts joins the conversation to discuss the exciting collaboration between Buff Faye and Blumenthal Arts for the upcoming production of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors. Buff shares stories from the wildly successful and completely sold-out Dracula Drag Brunch of Terrors, where lucky audience members won tickets to opening night on July 7. Tickets available online at BlumenthalArts.org/DraculaRaegan shares more about Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, a fast-paced, campy, pansexual comedy that puts a fresh spin on the classic vampire tale. The conversation expands into Blumenthal Arts' longstanding commitment to ensuring the arts are accessible, welcoming, and representative of all communities. Listeners also learn about Out on the Town, the organization's LGBTQ+ social group open to everyone, and the many events, gatherings, and opportunities that help build community through the arts. Together, Buff and Raegan discuss the importance of telling everyone's stories on stage and highlight the many LGBTQ+ initiatives, partnerships, and community programs supported by Blumenthal Arts.  Before wrapping up, Buff and Raegan preview the incredible season ahead at Blumenthal Arts, including Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, Oh, Mary!, Dirty Dancing, The Wiz, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast, Harry Potter, Heathers, and more.   From Pride celebrations and podcast rankings to vampires, theater, and community building, this episode is funny, informative and fabulously unfiltered. Hit play, get into the fantasy, and start Dishing with Buff Faye. Eat it Up!

How can horror writing help readers — and writers — work through psychological trauma? Why does cross-genre fiction take longer to find an audience, but pay off in the long run? Is running a direct sales store actually worth the inventory, postage, and learning curve? And how can SubStack work for fiction authors? With psychotherapist and award-winning author P.D. Alleva. In the intro, thoughts on why in-person conferences are still worth it, even when they are a challenge for sensitive introverts! and tips for making the best of conferences [Self-Publishing Show]. Today's show is sponsored by Draft2Digital, self-publishing with support, where you can get free formatting, free distribution to multiple stores, and a host of other benefits. Just go to www.draft2digital.com to get started. This show is also supported by my Patrons. Join my Community at Patreon.com/thecreativepenn P.D. Alleva is the award-winning author of horror, sci-fi, thrillers, and fantasy books. He's also a psychotherapist. You can listen above or on your favorite podcast app or read the notes and links below. Here are the highlights and the full transcript is below. Show Notes Why horror puts the human condition on display better than any other genre Emotional trauma as the silent psychological killer most people overlook The pros and challenges of cross-genre writing and finding your audience Practical lessons from running a direct store, including integration and signed-copy fulfilment How a 3 a.m. writing routine keeps the writing separate from the marketing and admin Serialising fiction on Substack, multiple newsletters, and avoiding paid subscriber promotions Why Facebook groups, TikTok Lives, and the three-to-one rule are working right now You can find P.D. at PDAlleva.com or on Substack. Transcript of the interview with P.D. Alleva Jo: P.D. Alleva is the award-winning author of horror, sci-fi, thrillers, and fantasy books. He's also a psychotherapist. So welcome, Paul. PD: Thank you very much. Thank you for having me. This is a great opportunity. I love doing interviews, and I love talking to great people. Jo: Oh, good. Well, first up— Tell us a bit more about you and how you got into writing and being an indie author. PD: So I've been writing since I was a kid, at least second grade and more than likely even before that. I've always had that creative itch. Getting into indie author publishing, I published my first book in 2011. At the time I was also operating my own business, which took up about 24 hours of my time every single day. Then I kind of got through that and sold that in 2016, and I'm like, you know what? The time has come. I'd always written books, poetry, short stories, but never really did anything with them because I just didn't have the time. So in 2017, that's when I really came out and said, all right, the time is now. Indie publishing was doing great. The one good thing I do love about Amazon is they allowed us to come out there and start showing our craft to people. So in 2017, I just started—let's do this. Let's write full time. Let's put books out there. Let's be creative. Let's really get those juices flowing. Plus, I was getting a little bit old, and I was like, now is definitely the time to do this. Since then I've been publishing consistently, and most of my books are horror books, but I dabble. I have a sci-fi series, and I'm starting to get into psychological thrillers too. I've got a new psychological thriller that'll be published in early 2027 called Girl on a Mission. For the most part, I'm definitely into the horror genre—books, short stories, all that good fun stuff. Jo: Right, so a couple of follow-ups. You said you're a bit old. Can you give us what decade you're in at least? PD: Well, I'm 51, so born in 1971. Jo: Oh, there you go. Same age as me. PD: All right, good. See that? So we're going head-to-head there. Jo: I don't think that's old at all. Also, you mentioned you sold your business in 2016. So what was your business before? Because I think business experience is so important. PD: Agreed 100%. So I'm a psychotherapist, and I had owned a treatment centre for mental health and addiction. That was started in 2011, and in 2016 is when it sold. Since then, my wife and I started a private practice. So I still, even to this day—well, about a year and a half ago is when I stopped. I specialise in trauma, PTSD, and addiction. Trauma mostly. Most of my caseload has always been trauma, PTSD, sexual abuse, psychological abuse, war-type trauma. I was doing that mostly individually since 2016 in private practice, and I'll still go into treatment centres and see patients there too, specifically for trauma. About a year and a half ago is when I started wanting to do writing 100% full time. I thought about becoming a professor, maybe going to college, but then I wasn't sure if I wanted to get into that full time, as far as a caseload and school and everything like that. So I decided to just do group therapy, group facilitation, and I've been doing that consistently since then. It may be 15 hours a week. I do love to give back, and to me, it's more what I teach. I specialise in neuro-linguistic programming, bilateral stimulation or EMDR, hypnotherapy, science of mind concepts, psychopharmacology, biological bases of behaviour—which is pretty much how your brain works—ancient wisdom, quantum physics. I do this in a drug addiction treatment centre mostly, also mental health. And of course, just living an addictive lifestyle is traumatic, too, in and of itself. So pretty much I'm teaching them. Behaviour modification is a big part of what I'm teaching during that time. You'll see that, too, if you read my books. There's two things you can figure out from my books. You can figure out how to murder people and get away with it, and two, you can figure out how to overcome trauma as well. The whole “murder people and get away with it” comes from my upbringing. I have a very sorted past, let's put it that way. My upbringing was very different than what most people grow up in. Jo: Oh, can you give us any more than that? Now everyone's like, “Oh.” PD: “What's going on with this guy, right?” So I grew up, let's say, quote unquote, “in an Italian New York family.” Jo: Okay. All right. PD: That might give people ideas, right? Jo: That's going to give people a lot of ideas. PD: If you've ever seen the movie Goodfellas, I kind of grew up in that atmosphere, and with even some of those people too. My family had connections to those people in that movie, which I find very funny. If you watch that movie with me, you get a very different perspective on what's going on in the movie. Jo: Wow. So you're an interesting guy with an interesting background, with a very interesting backstory job as well. Some people are like, “Well, of course he's writing horror because horror is just awful and full of slasher gore and all that.” I often have to say to people who don't read horror, “Look, it's not like that.” Maybe some of it is, sure. But most of it isn't. Could you talk about how reading and writing horror can also be psychologically healthy? How do these worlds intertwine for you? PD: Well, sure. It 100% can be healthy. Especially over the last few years, there's a trend going on out there right now where people are taking their trauma and putting it into a creative process through poems, short stories, and even novels. They're taking their trauma and giving it a face, like a monster, where people are overcoming that monster within the creative process. I always say that horror is the genre that puts on display, better than any other genre out there, the human condition. Why is that? When people are in a terrifying situation, you really see who they are. You get to the heart of the matter of who that person is by putting them in these horrific but undefinable situations where it's like, what are they going to come out as? That real true personality needs to come out, and that courage comes out. That's huge in horror, and I think horror gets such a bad name. Now, I know there's the extreme horror and the splatterpunk, and that has its kind of role too in what I'm saying, but that's where horror is getting its bad reputation out there with the over-the-top type of gore. For the most part, that's a small part of the horror genre. It's a subgenre for a reason. It has its readership, and that's fine. Nothing wrong with it. I read it all the time. I find a lot of joy in it, a lot of excitement. However, for the most part, any horror novel that is not completely with the gore and stuff like splatterpunk can be seen as a psychological thriller, and a lot of psychological thrillers can be seen as a horror novel. Look at books like The Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon. That's horrific as well, but if you read the novel, it's in there. It just gets that bad rap right now, and it's not all gore. Most horror novels that I read today are psychological horror. It's tame on the gore, and the psychological aspect is there. I always see that psychological aspect—it's like psychological trauma. Most people, even in my industry, when people are out there and you mention trauma, PTSD, they're thinking about sexual abuse, physical abuse, or war-type trauma. The silent psychological one—I once wrote an article called “Emotional Trauma: The Silent Psychological Killer.” The one that's out there is the psychological trauma, the emotional trauma that is widespread. Most people go through that, and it could even be from parent to child, and most people don't understand that that's a traumatic experience. It's like a distortion of reality that you're experiencing that then creates a belief system in your brain, and you're constantly acting out that belief system. That's where the psychological component of horror really comes out. People breaking through that psychological belief system that was created through a traumatic experience by reaching courage and coming out through a horrific situation. Jo: Yes, it really annoys me, because with romance, of course people understand that romance is a huge genre. Something like a small town sweet romance is a world away from the bully romantasy, dark, or mafia. Mafia romance is a really big thing with very dark themes. I'm like, well, how can you understand that romance is a huge genre with all these different subgenres, and not think that horror or thriller or fantasy or sci-fi all have so many different subgenres within them? I personally read a lot of supernatural horror, but rarely the slasher gore kind of stuff. So I'm really glad you said that, and hopefully more people will open up a bit more. I did also want to ask you about what you write. You write all these different things. You write standalone—I mean, often horror is standalone—but you also have some series. How do you balance it? What are the benefits of cross-genre writing, but also the challenges of it? PD: Okay. So obviously I love cross-genre writing. To me, I use fantasy to explain the supernatural elements. I blend mostly a tad of fantasy to help explain the supernatural components in my supernatural novels. When I write sci-fi, specifically sci-fi, that has the fantasy element in it too, but there's also a tad of horror in there as well. It's just who I am. When I grew up, I had a lot of different influences. I had Star Wars on one side, and then I'm watching B-rated '80s slasher films on the other side. Those two mixes just kind of followed me throughout my life, and that's why I like putting them into my novels. As I tell my patients, don't limit yourself. Never limit yourself. If you're just limiting yourself to one genre, you're missing out on so much more that's out there. So I love the blend of mixing genres. It just gets my goat each and every time. It is a challenge though. I remember when I first started getting into indie publishing, I was never big into Facebook and social media up until I started becoming an indie author. Before that, with my type of upbringing, you don't advertise yourself. You don't advertise where you're going. That's a big no-no. So I always had this aversion to social media. I'll tell you a funny story. It was the late 2000s, probably 2006. I was a full-time single father at that time, and I was living in Florida. My family—brothers and sisters-in-law—were living in New York, and my sister-in-law said, “Get a Facebook account so we can see pictures of the kids.” I said, “Oh.” I didn't want to do it, but I said, “Okay,” so I did it. And I'm thinking, looking at this Facebook thing, “How do I put pictures on here?” So I figured out how to put pictures in folders. Then I phone called her, and I'm like, “Okay, so they're on there.” And they're like, “Well, where are they?” I'm like, “I put them in these folders. You can go and look at them.” She's like, “No, you've got to post them.” That to me was like, “I'm not posting pictures of my kids.” That was a big no-no. It didn't click. When I got on there finally in 2016, 2017, I'm like, “Okay, so I need to figure out social media. As an indie author, I need to be on there, so I need to get through this aversion and get on there.” I started noticing how people are so particular with their genres. If they're reading a romance, it had to be very specific with that exact type of romance, and if you deviated from it, they're not going to like it. So that was the challenge. I was like, “All right, number one, I'm not going to dilute myself” and say, “All right, take things out of my writing or out of my novel just so I could cater to a certain type of audience.” I'm like, “I'm not going to do that.” I know with me, myself, as a reader, I'll read everything. I don't limit myself to a specific genre. I'll read psychological thrillers. I'll read romance. I've been doing that all my life. So I'm like, if there's a person like me out there—and look at this, I just met like four other people who also read cross genres—then I know that there's at least another 30,000 people, and I know that at least then there's 300,000, then there's three million people out there. So just write the books that you're writing and find your audience. Now, that takes longer. So you've got to chip away. Chip away. You're going to find readers here and there, and then that reader kind of tells a few people about you, and then you've got a few more readers. Then you keep going, and you go on these Facebook groups, and you do a whole bunch of different things, and then you gather a few more readers. Then they're telling some friends, and then you've got more. The process takes a lot longer, yes, 100% agreed, but I would say be true to yourself and you can never go wrong. Jo: Yes, I agree. I write cross-genre as well, and I've browsed your collection. Golem was the one I was like, “Ooh, yes, I like that one.” I haven't read it yet, it's on my list. I think when you're cross-genre, my people come to my store as well, and it's like, “Okay, I'm interested in lots of things, but this is the one by this author that I'm interested in.” Whereas with other authors who only write one type of thing, then I might not like any of their stuff. So I think there are definitely pros and cons and different ways into our world. I also wanted to ask you about the differences in business. Obviously you ran this treatment centre and there were physical humans on all sides, and now you've got a business as an author. So what have you learned in business from what you used to do and what you do now? PD: Okay. You're right. The treatment centre industry is very different from what I'm doing now, but it's still people. Treat those people right, have integrity. If you say you're going to do something, follow through with it. My word is my bond type of thing. That definitely has fed into the writing and publishing industry that I'm in now in a huge way. Just connecting with people is, to me, the biggest part of it. I mean, treatment centres, you've got to connect with people. When I would market the treatment centre, where would I go? I would go to hospitals, residential facilities, detoxes, and talk to them about my programme and why they should be referring clients there. It's the same thing here. Why should you be reading my books? You get there through interviews like what I'm doing here with you. Other podcasts. You get there by doing Facebook Lives, TikTok. I haven't started TikTok Lives yet, but I actually love that platform. I'm falling in love with it. IG Lives, anything like that where you're talking to people and you're making a connection with those people. Through that, I've gathered so many different types of readers who are like, “Yes, I'll give this book a shot.” And then they read it and they're like, “Hey, this is really good, and I'm going to read another book.” With my books, I have very different books. Golem is my psychological horror novel. It's my slow-burn psychological horror novel, heavily inspired by Frankenstein and the Pygmalion myth. It's my first true horror book that I published. Then there's Jigglyspot and the Zero Intellect, which is inspired by B-rated '80s horror movies and the old grindhouse movies of the '70s, and it's mind manipulation. It's just wild and bizarre. And then The Sleepy Hollow Incident is my Gothic tale—it's like a dark romance mixed in with Gothic horror. So I always try to put something for everyone that's out there. To me, when I'm writing, it's got to be about depth, psychological depth. I always refer to my books to be like peeling layers off a Texas-sized onion. The more you read, the more in-depth you get into not only the characters, but the story. It's just something that comes out of me. It's part of me. That's the way I always have to do it. I always have to put that depth in there. To me, that's good storytelling. When I grew up, I read a lot of classic literature. Yes, Edgar Allan Poe, but also Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the Brontë sisters. Keep going. Ray Bradbury, Ayn Rand, Daphne du Maurier, Shirley Jackson. Those to me are my books that I absolutely love. So there's a sweet science in today's fast-paced, social media type of world in marrying the depth of the old classic literature and the entertainment value that is required today for being an author. There's that sweet science behind it, and I love just hitting that nail on the head every time. Jo: So did you ever pitch traditional publishing, or have you thought about going that way? Because I also find that a lot of horror actually sits very close to literary. Like, I read a lot more literary horror than I do in some of the other genres. PD: Correct. So in the beginning, yes. Not in a long time. I maybe went to a couple of indie publishers, but as far as traditional, the Big Five publishers, I have an aversion to them for a big reason. I know people who have worked in that industry that have told me some pretty bad horror stories about those places. So I haven't sent anything to that type of place in a very, very long time. Maybe close to 20 years. Indie publishers, the small presses, yes, here and there, but even then, I'm always moving at a fast pace. So if I've got a book and I'm sending it out as a query letter, by the time that query letter is even read, I'm almost done publishing. I love that aspect of it. The control of my story, where I know where this character's going. And listen, I've got my beta readers, I've got my ARC readers. They're there to tell me, “Hey, maybe you should change this or change that.” Whether I take that advice or not, of course my editor too, is really up to me. I always put out the book that I know is the one I want to read. And to me, I haven't gone wrong in doing so. I know with traditional publishing, you sometimes get too many thoughts in the pot there. Let's put it that way. Jo: Okay, so coming back to being indie then. You mentioned Amazon earlier, but you have a store where you sell direct. Many authors are doing this now, but it can be a challenge. So what have you found are the pros and cons of your direct store? What's working? Any lessons there? PD: Okay. So I use a place called Big Cartel. They're the platform where the books are on. They're hosting my website, PDAlleva.com. The big challenge was actually just starting it. It was so overwhelming. How do I put this on there? At the time, I've got all these books, so how do I present them? I'm even going to be doing another revamp with it too, because I want better pictures—taking pictures of the books, stuff like that, instead of just having the covers on there. I also have a lot of shirts that I'm selling. So I think the biggest challenge is just getting on there and starting it. Then of course, you've got to learn a whole new platform, and the mechanics, and how people are going to be downloading, and how that's done on an e-book versus a print version of the book. So it's a huge learning curve that you've really got to put your focus on and give it time. What most people like in indie publishing is signed copies. It's a huge part of indie publishing, selling those signed copies. People love a signed copy, and that's primarily what my website is for. You can order signed copies from me. I also use a place called IngramSpark, and they're more like a distributor. They're used by everyone. They've been around for a very long time. Traditional publishing uses them too, and they're just distributing your novel. I'd say about a year ago, maybe two years ago, they started where you can sell your books on discount through them as well. So I have that on my website too, where you're just clicking on the book and you're pretty much going directly to their site and you're buying paperbacks and hardbacks at a discount. That's going well too. For the most part, people are definitely coming to my site because they want the signed copies. A good thing with indie publishing is limited editions, first print copies, special editions. That type of stuff really just takes off. People love to see that, especially in the indie community. You can sell them too. I go to a few different book conventions during the year, and the limited editions are there. Like I said, people love the signed copies. They love being a part of that and getting that signed copy. They treasure it, just like I treasure my books too. I'm not referring to my books that I've written, but books that I have as well. I love my e-reader, don't get me wrong, but I still prefer the physical copy—the paperback, and even more so than the paperback, the hardback. So people love those signed copies, and that's why I created the website, to sell on there for them. Jo: Yes, I mean, we're getting to a point now though where I think some people are questioning the pros and cons of it. For example, you doing the signed copies—I don't do that from my Shopify store because I don't want to hold stock and I don't want to deal with postage. So I only do it when I do a Kickstarter. I've just finished one recently, Bones of the Deep, and I'm going up to the printer, and I'm going to sign a couple of hundred copies and then they do the postage. That's the only way I'm willing to do it because of the pain of getting books to your house, signing them, getting them in the post. So how do you manage that practically? PD: Okay, so the inventory's there. I don't go and sign everything right away. I just keep the inventory. Once somebody buys the book, then I'll pull out the book, log it and all that good fun stuff, sign it, and then ship it out immediately. Here in my country, we get discounts at the United States Post Office because they're books. So they pass that shipping cost over to the reader too, so it's a little bit cheaper for shipping. I'll just take books once or twice a week over to the United States Postal Service and ship those books out. I don't sign them until I actually get that order. Jo: How many do you have in your house? It's the holding stock of all the backlist that is the problem. PD: Ooh, gotcha. All right. That's why I have a two-car garage. But here's the thing, I won't order 500 at a time. I'll order 20 at a time. Jo: Okay. Right. PD: When I see that inventory's getting low, I'll order another 20 at a time. Jo: And you get those from IngramSpark? PD: Correct. When the new one comes out, maybe at that time I'm just selling those, bringing those to conventions that I go to. Or maybe doing a sale on those books at that time to get rid of the inventory so it's not sitting around anymore. Jo: I think that's so important. Then like you mentioned, you do T-shirts or shirts. That is also really hard because of sizing. So is that all print on demand? PD: Yes. So I don't really hold the stock on the shirts. When I get an order, whatever the size is at that time, I go directly to the place and order it. I use a place called Sublimation Station that's here in Orlando. They do great all-over print T-shirts. They're fantastic. I just did one for The Sleepy Hollow Incident. So The Sleepy Hollow Incident is one long story, and it's broken up into four books. Each book has its own. The covers are fantastic. I use a lady named Cherie Foxley. She's a phenomenal cover designer. So the shirts are, like, book one is on the front of one shirt with book two on the back, and then the second shirt is book three on the cover and book four on the back. However, I can customise those. I just did a giveaway in my Facebook group and I let people know I could customise them, and she wanted book one and book four, so I just got that and sent it out to her. Now, if people go ahead and order that on the website, I can just order it right away from them, boom, and that place will get it shipped right then and there. Jo: Right, so they do the shipping. These are all sort of practical things that people need to answer because I feel like sometimes it's like, “Oh, yes, having a direct store is great,” but there's actually quite a lot of work that goes into it, isn't there? PD: There is. There's a lot of work. You're pretty much opening almost like your own brick-and-mortar store at that point. You just don't have walk-in traffic coming in—your traffic is all coming online. So there is a lot to it, but it's worth it. If you're a self-published author or even a small indie press, it's good to have. Because like I said, people love the signed copies. Jo: When you say it's worth it, is it worth it financially or just because you like to serve the customers in that way? PD: Both. Jo: Right. So it is financially worth it for you? PD: Yes. Jo: I was talking to a friend of mine and saying, are you valuing your time in terms of things like taking the books to the post office and stuff like that? Do you find it eats into your writing at all, or do you just manage it all separately? PD: No, I manage it separately. So I'm an early morning riser. I get up at 3:00 in the morning, and that's when I write my books or do editing or brainstorming. I'm about to write a new novella now called The Adam and Eve Story, which is actually based on a little-known CIA shelved book from the 1990s called The Adam and Eve Story as well. So I've been brainstorming that, and I was doing that this morning. I get up at 3:00 a.m. and I do my writing, and by the time the kids are up and by the time the wife is up, it's like 8:00 a.m. is rolling around and I'm pretty much done at that point. Then I have my days. Tuesday I'm completely working from home and I do my thing in the morning, and then the rest of the day is marketing, fulfilling orders, stuff like that. On the days when I'm going to do group facilitation, I'll of course still get up at 3:00 o'clock in the morning, and then I'll plan out the day. I've got an hour between this group and I can go ahead and do that, and I'm already there so it's not a problem. The post office is right around the corner. You kind of figure out all the logistics for yourself. There are some days, like on Monday, I don't facilitate groups until the afternoon, so I've got the whole morning to work on marketing and do other things, and fulfilment. Then of course Saturday's a big day for that too. Jo: Oh, that's good. I feel like people always need to know how to balance their time, but it sounds like you manage, because at 3:00 a.m., as you say, there's not much else to do other than write. You mentioned marketing, and you have a Substack, pdsalternativefiction.substack.com. Talk about that and serialising fiction and how Substack works. Because I feel like a load of people are jumping in but might not necessarily know how it works, especially for fiction. PD: Correct. It is becoming quite popular out there. I think the one before that was Patreon, and Patreon is pretty big for that too, kind of the same thing. I wanted to start something and just get the work out there. I was very interested when Amazon came out a few years ago with what was called Vella. They kind of started that. I was like, “This is kind of cool.” Couple chapters at a time. I'm writing the books anyway, so why don't we kick this off and see how it goes—a type of experiment. I had a lot of fun doing it. I started on October 4th, 2024. I've done four novels so far. One is still going, which is Volume 3 of my Dark Veil serie— that's a sci-fi series. I wrote three other novels. The Hypnotist, which is a thriller, heavy on the sci-fi and a tad of horror in there too. And then I wrote Girl on a Mission, which is my psychological thriller, and then Cat Fight, which is a horror novel—all within that time. I think I finished all three of those novels in January, and then the first week of February they were all pretty much done. Now what I'm doing is, I went paid recently on the Substack. It's like everything else that's out there—chip away, chip away. I fell into that hole where they say, “Hey, we can promote you and get people to sign up for your newsletter.” And I'll be honest with you, don't do it. It's not worth it. You spend money, and what happens is they're what I refer to as dead leads. They don't click. You wind up shuffling them off after three to six months, because they're just not clicking. Everybody gets a star rating, so you know—are they clicking, are they staying on, are they not? So I got rid of pretty much all of those people, and I'll never do that again. It's got to be done organically. That's why when you read my books, especially the new books, towards the end it'll say, “Sign up for my newsletter.” I do more with that newsletter too. If you're on the free tier, every month I do a monthly newsletter, which is just me talking about updates, things going on in the publishing industry, things going on with me. My daughter puts together a weekly Horror and Sci-Fi Chronicles newsletter, which gives what's going on in new releases in the industry—sci-fi, horror, books, movies, television. She does deep dives into industry tropes, historical tidbits, and a weekly quiz. I also do a monthly Terrors and Tales newsletter. I started this last year, and it was a quarterly newsletter. It's other authors who are new, upcoming, never been published before, looking to get published. It's a chance for them to be on the newsletter where they have a flash fiction story or poem or even a short story that I publish for them. It's called the Terrors and Tales newsletter. What happened is I would put out calls for submissions. And a place called Duotrope—I don't even know who these people are, but all of a sudden I got an email from them stating, “Hey, we found that you're looking for submissions, and we posted your link. We hope you don't mind.” I'm like, “No, of course I don't mind.” I got so many submissions from that one link. I'm like, “Okay.” Do I really want to deny people? I'm not like that. I want to help promote other authors. I know what it's like when you're new and upcoming, no matter what age you are, to say, “Hey, here's a platform for you to see your stuff in print.” Obviously, I read through them just to make sure they're up to a certain standard, but for the most part, if you submit, you're getting in there. With Duotrope, I'm like, I have enough here to put out one a month. So in May 2026, the first one goes out, and then I'll have one each month until December, and then who knows? In 2027 I might go back to quarterly. I might get enough submissions to just keep it going once a month. So that's the Terrors and Tales newsletter, and it usually comes out towards the end of the month—the last two weeks. I have nothing to do with it in terms of content. None of my stories are on there. None of my poems are on there. None of my flash fiction. It's all other authors, just for them to see their name in print, see their work in print, share it with their friends, and put something on their resume, and to encourage people to keep reading and keep the craft going. Jo: When you say in print, you don't mean in physical print? PD: Oh, I mean in the newsletter. I'm sorry. Jo: I think that's important, or you're going to get a lot more submissions, and you will need to do publishing contracts and all that kind of thing. I think that's the difficult thing with a Substack newsletter approach—it's difficult to know where to categorise it. Is it marketing? Is it publishing? It's all of these things, I suppose. A bit like this podcast, it's all kinds of things. In terms of Substack actually making money on its own or leading to book sales that make money, do you think it does serve that purpose? PD: I think I've gotten more book sales through it, and also ARC readers who are enjoying the books and giving reviews. As far as the paid tiers, that's kind of a little bit slow, and that's where I'm saying chip away at it. Keep it up there. Keep it going. Over time, you're going to build that type of audience where it's going to be like, “Hey, this is financially feasible for me to continue to do this.” That's the response that I'm getting out there. Jo: Yes. Before, you mentioned you were doing Facebook Lives and you're looking at TikTok, but— Is anything else working for you in book marketing? If people have a few books and they're like, “What is working for book marketing right now?”—what do you recommend? PD: Okay. For me, the thing that has made the most sense is making sure the reader knows the book is out there through some sort of social media. I've had really good success on TikTok since the beginning of this year especially. I started it about a year ago, year and a half ago, but then my father got sick and passed away, and it was a new venture and I put it off to the side. I really got the flavour going at the beginning of this year. February, March of this year. It seems to be going really well, and I've noticed an uptick in sales from just getting the videos out there and getting it in front of people's eyes. There's an event I'm going to in August called ShiverCon, which is a pretty big event. After that event, I'm going to look to see what type of inventory I have left over from the event, and I'm going to start doing TikTok Lives. I'm very comfortable being on camera. So I'm like, “Yeah, that seems like a good way to go.” I know there's a few other horror authors who are doing it and having good success with TikTok Lives as well. A guy named Jason Davis is doing really well with TikTok Lives, and a few other authors too. I'm like, “Yes, I could definitely do that.” I want to get up to a certain number of people, and I want these events. I'm going to one in July, and then ShiverCon in August. Once those are done, I'm going to have more time to do the TikTok Lives. As far as Facebook is concerned, what I've had really great success with on Facebook is being in the groups and meeting other authors. That's not always about my book per se, but whatever books I'm reading, I'm posting my reviews about those books in those groups and meeting readers. Then obviously, they always say the three-to-one rule. Post about three different books and then post about your own book, whether you're doing a sale or a new release or a re-release or whatever. I've found success through that just by interacting with readers. When they post a book, I'll comment, “Hey, I've read that book,” or, “Hey, that book looks really cool. I like the review.” Commenting on it so you start these relationships with people who are out there in these Facebook groups. I've recently started my own Facebook reader group. I kind of go with the same thing. Last night, we did a live reading for another author. I like other authors to be on there. I always like to think, what does the reader need? What do I want to see as a reader? I would love to hear live readings from authors. So I kind of learn about them, learn about the book, and get a live reading. To me, that's a good way to go. So I started that recently, and it seems to be going well. I've got a new folk horror coming out soon, and I put out a call for ARC readers and got a fantastic response from that. That kind of drives the sales anyway, because when you get those reviews, then people see it gives credibility to the book, and then other people see it, and then they're buying it too. So that comes from the groups. There's so many wheels to spin in this industry as an indie author when you're doing this, especially when you're doing 99% of it on your own. You've got to get out there. No one's going to know your book exists if you don't get out there and tell somebody about it. Jo: Brilliant. Well, tell us— Where can people find you and your books online? PD: All right. Perfect. So obviously I'm on Amazon like everyone. Most of my books are worldwide, so you'll find them in Barnes & Noble as well. And of course, if you want the signed copies or discount print books, I always lead people straight to my website, PDAlleva.com. Then, of course, if you go to my Substack, you'll get all the updates, and you'll get all the links to purchase or find out where they are on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and things like that too. Jo: Brilliant. Well, thanks so much for your time, Paul. That was great. PD: Thank you very much for having me. It was great chatting with you. The post Writing Cross-Genre, Selling Direct, And Serialising On SubStack With P.D. Alleva first appeared on The Creative Penn.

Hey there Lovelies, welcome back for the 395th episode of Final Girls Horrorcast! This week The Girls are discussing "Locked" from 2025 as selected by the all-knowing Wheel of Terrors. Trailer Trashtalk:  'Leviticus' to be released in theaters on June 19th Next Time on Final Girls Horrorcast: 'Don't Peek' now streaming on TubiTV

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Welcome to Entry #2 of The Recovery Diaries!

In this Patreon-exclusive episode of How I Met Your Monster, where we're switching things up by turning our attention from movie monsters, to TV terrors.  In today's episode, we'll be meeting the monster in the Boy Meets World season 5 episode, “And Then There Was Shawn,” a love letter to the genre, with a self-referential emphasis on teen slashers. The killer's a meanie, the first suspect is Feeny, and we're getting ourselves stuck in detention with Cory, Shawn, and Topanga to meet the John Adams High slasher in…  A SCARY SPECIAL EPISODE presents: “And Then There Was Shawn” Enjoy the preview of this Patreon-exclusive episode! Want to hear the whole thing? Check out our Patreon page (https://patreon.com/howimetyourmonster) and become a member for only $3/month! You'll get access to our first 50 episodes, as well as monthly bonus episodes including feature-length commentaries, new monsters, and TV episodes like this one! Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTubeFor bonus content and commentaries, check out our PatreonFollow the show on Instagram, TikTok, and FacebookWant to support the show and save 20% on Fangoria? Visit Fangoria and enter PROMO CODE: HOWIMETYOURMONSTER at checkout!Looking for How I Met Your Monster merch? Check out TeePublic for shirts, stickers, mugs, and more!Questions and comments: howimetyourmonsterpodcast@gmail.com

A killer kitten. A coffin at the door. A werewolf in the closet. Three horror stories — all written by kids!Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://pod.link/1655277373Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

A killer kitten. A coffin at the door. A werewolf in the closet. Three horror stories — all written by kids!Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://pod.link/1655277373Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

Last weekend, Midnight Terrors was back at AtomaCon for a weekend of live events and convention fun! During our time there, we linked up with our good buddy, The Carolina Storyteller, for some talk about The Conjuring 2 and the true story behind it! For part 1, check out The Carolina Storyteller Podcast for our discussion about the true events behind the film! May we present to you part 2 of our crossover with The Carolina Storyteller in which compare the movie, The Conjuring 2, to its true events! Check out part 1 of this crossover with The Carolina Storyteller:https://open.spotify.com/episode/0mF4mUfVvXfBbST8ZNW6RQ?si=4d64602aff6e4ae4Check out The Carolina Storyteller on Patreon:The Carolina Storyteller — Creator of Valmont, Red Coats, Through The Flames and more. | PatreonCheck out MTP's Linktree:midnightterrorspodcast Official: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Four young authors unleash flying spiders, a cursed pop-up zoo, a weeping spell book, and a cabin in the woods where bravery runs out.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://pod.link/1655277373Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

Four young authors unleash flying spiders, a cursed pop-up zoo, a weeping spell book, and a cabin in the woods where bravery runs out.Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://pod.link/1655277373Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

This week on Dishing It Out, Gary and Gareth welcome home cook and content creator Sarah Butler of Sarah Butler at Home.Sarah shares how growing up in a food-loving house, with a butcher father and a busy family B&B shaped the way she cooks today. From graphic design to wedding stationery, lockdown lemon meringue videos and self-publishing five cookbooks, she talks about building her food career from scratch, doing everything from the recipes to the photography and dispatch.The lads chat with Sarah about the pressure of creating online, why confidence is key for home cooks, the madness of live TV cooking (including nearly poisoning one of Ireland's beloved hosts with raw chicken), and how sometimes simple is better when it comes to home cooking and Sarah's personal taste in food. In this week's Nespresso Dish of the Week, Gareth heads to Mexico as he talks through the new rooftop menu at the Marker, with the recipes for a salsa roja and salsa falsa. Then it's over to your Culinary Conundrums, where the lads help a listener who is 'driven demented' trying to cook salmon without the white protein appearing on top. Keep those questions coming to food@goloudnow.com .

This episode of The Rizzuto Show starts with a story so insane it sounds fake — a guy somehow breaches airport security in Denver and gets hit by a departing plane. Naturally, the gang handles the horrifying news the only way they know how: with questions about Bigfoot, crop dusting on airplanes, and whether sitting near the bathroom actually improves survival odds. Welcome to your favorite daily comedy show.Then Lern returns from Vegas spiritually changed, financially compromised, and somehow clutching a mystery orange from No Doubt's concert at The Sphere. We get the full play-by-play from her weekend adventure, including secret cocktails that numb your mouth, a pilgrimage for the legendary cronut, dancing until 2am with random realtors, and witnessing a woman pass out during “Don't Speak” while foam oranges rained from the heavens. Honestly, Vegas should just sponsor this episode at this point.The crew also dives deep into the emotional trauma and beauty of 90s nostalgia. From grunge music and ska bands to JNCO jeans, rollerblades, slap bracelets, Beanie Babies, and starter jackets, it becomes painfully clear that we are all slowly becoming the old people we used to make fun of. Future nursing homes are absolutely going to blast Lil Jon and No Doubt while somebody named Skyler asks where their vape charger went.Meanwhile, Rafe accidentally turns his tiny backyard retaining wall project into a full-blown neighborhood emergency after a gas line rupture brings fire trucks, Spire crews, and suburban panic directly to his driveway. Nothing says adulthood quite like introducing yourself to the neighbors and then accidentally shutting down the block 24 hours later.There's also:Death binder comedy gigsVegas strip survival strategiesThe emotional power of Gwen StefaniWhy old people are about to become way coolerHow much shots in Vegas SHOULD costWhy cronuts deserve respectThe rise and fall of Tommy HilfigerAnd enough sarcasm to medically concern several professionalsIf you're into weird news, hilarious fails, celebrity stories, pop culture commentary, music nostalgia, and the kind of friendship chaos that only exists in a morning radio studio, this daily comedy show continues delivering the nonsense you didn't know you needed.The Rizzuto Show remains the Midwest's favorite collection of sleep-deprived weirdos somehow surviving adulthood one dumb story at a time. Thanks for hanging out with us for another completely unhinged episode of your favorite daily comedy show.Follow The Rizzuto Show → https://linktr.ee/rizzshow for more from your favorite daily comedy show.Connect with The Rizzuto Show Comedy Podcast online → https://1057thepoint.com/RizzShowHear The Rizz Show daily on the radio at 105.7 The Point | Hubbard Radio in St. Louis, MO.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today, on the 224th episode of the As The Raven Dreams podcast, we have 13 True Chilling stories. These stories come from the shadowy corners of reality, where everyday life takes an eerie twist & ordinary people experience the extraordinary. Today we will be diving into The Terrors of vacation rentals (like Air BNB), scary things in the middle of nowhere, and other scary stories from listeners! Hey There! Would you like to participate in the postcard exchange? It comes with a free ATRD Sticker! Just Send a post card to the following... Lucas PO BOX 8198 Rochester, MN 55903 If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like or rate the podcast, and leave me a comment with your thoughts if the platform your on supports it! I upload episodes every 3 days, so there are 2 days between new uploads. The podcast consists of new scary story collections, Glitch in the matrix collections, and also what I call the "Dark Dreams" collections (which are older stories, remastered and layered with rain sounds). If you have a story to submit, would like to find where to listen to the podcast, or want to find me on social media platforms, all of that info can be found at https://www.astheravendreams.com You can also send stories into my subreddit (r/theravensdream) or email them to me at AsTheRavenDreams@gmail.com Want to check out some ATRD Podcast Merch? ➤ https://teechip.com/stores/astheravendreams Or for signed merch ➤ https://ko-fi.com/AsTheRavenDreams I wrote a novel, "The Insomniac's Experiment" by Raven Adams! Check it out on amazon (Or you can email me for a signed copy!) Join Patreon to get early access and support the Podcast! ➤ https://www.patreon.com/AsTheRavenDreams Check out my gaming channel with my pal Ghost_Ink ➤ @superNefariousBros On YouTube Thank you to all of the authors that have stories in todays episode... SonOfaBeach, JudyAndPaul, TeacherTeachingTeachers, GarrettWithAMountainView, Stephen, Just another small town girl, Wade, Rabbit Rabbit , Kisu, Ray Ray, louise, Jane F, Tricia M As Well As Any Author That Has Requested Anonymity. TimeStamps… Ad breaks after Story 1 & Story 5 1 ➤ 1:07 2 ➤ 9:49 3 ➤ 19:54 4 ➤ 28:39 5 ➤ 35:06 6 ➤ 43:56 7 ➤ 46:07 8 ➤ 55:22 9 ➤ 58:18 10 ➤ 1:02:30 11 ➤ 1:14:57 12 ➤ 1:18:13 13 ➤ 1:24:47 ----- Disclaimer ➤ Episodes include a content warning for language and sensitive/disturbing content. Listener discretion is always advised. ALL Audio and visuals on this podcast are copyright of AS THE RAVEN DREAMS / RAVEN ADAMS and may not be duplicated, in any format. Bless This Mess. None of my audio is AI Generated, I am a real person reading real stories into a real microphone. Note: The podcast nor the host endorses any advertisements played during the podcast, ads are not chosen by ATRD or Raven Adams, they are chosen automatically by the advertisement systems by the platforms that host the podcast. I do not endorse, support, or promote any opinions or statements made in any adverts played during the show. #ScaryStories #UnexplainedMysteries #GlitchInTheMatrix Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Series: 2026 Theme - Wisdom WayService: Sun AM WorshipType: SermonSpeaker: Caleb Daniels

Also on Arizona Spotlight: Arizona Theatre Company presents "Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors"; and the public reaction to the decision to move The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind.

Identical lucid nightmares of the "Shadow Man" shared by generations of the same family??  Inherited paranormal activity?  We break down an eerie tale...PLUS, a thought-provoking "Ghost Gab" opener that makes one wonder...#ShadowTerrors #ShadowMan #paranormal #ghosts #nightmares 

When kids write horror, they don't pull their punches. Four original stories from listeners aged 8 and 9 — featuring a dad who isn't quite himself, a missing little sister, a school principal hiding something in a locked hallway, and a hand reaching up through the dirt.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1655277373Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

When kids write horror, they don't pull their punches. Four original stories from listeners aged 8 and 9 — featuring a dad who isn't quite himself, a missing little sister, a school principal hiding something in a locked hallway, and a hand reaching up through the dirt.Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1655277373Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

Send us a text or a voicemailIn 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein asks Dr. Euphronius to help create companions. They give life to a murdered group of former radio hosts, sparking arguments, occasional offensive remarks, and minor self growth. On Episode 717 of Trick or Treat Radio our feature film discussion is The Bride! from director Maggie Gyllenhaal! We also talk about the immense responsibility of remaking a horror classic, which shot on video horror is coming to streaming apps, and we react to trailers for Evil Dead Burn and Clayface. So grab your favorite Ronnie Reed film, get ready to hit the road for a monstrous adventure, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Curry Barker, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Obsession, insulting lifelong fans, Milk and Serial, wearing cheaters, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, She, The Vanishing Shadow, Rattlers, A Touch of Evil, animal horror, Carnage, The Dark Half, Through the Woods, Jamie King, Mother's Day, Black Summer, Sin City, John Hannah, Blood Sweat and Terrors, The Mummy Returns, Circle of Fear, Twilight Zone, Poltergeist the Legacy, Ray Bradbury, Ian Wilson, Immortal or Immoral, William Shakespeare, Theater of Blood, Unmasked Part 25, Milo and Otis, Benicio del Toro, Sensei Sergio, Brian Paulin, Cryptic Plasm, Fawesome App, The Greasy Strangler, shot on video horror, New England Patreons, Tobe Hooper, Chris Rock, Saw: Spiral, David Gordon Green, Todd Sheets, Zombie Bloodbath, smuggling scratch tickets, Darren Lyn Bousman, Cannibal, Werner Herzog, The Mummy, Lee Cronin, Evil Dead Burn, The Last Stop in Yuma County, The Ventriloquist, Adams Family, The Glorious Dead, The Bride!, Mary Shelley, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Penelope Cruz, Jake Gyllenhaal, Annette Bening, Natural Born Killers, Oliver Stone, Creature Commandos, Bonnie and Clyde, time traveling trains, “Timeless” Toni Storm, AEW, Hollywood starlets, Signal to Noise, Fever Ray, Vikings, True Detective, LongerLegs, Julia Ducournau, Alpha, Sorcerer, William Friedkin, To Live and Die in LA, Mark Kermode, Transformers: The Movie in 4K, you got a great ascot, Fawesome County Blues, The TikTok Chainsaw Massacre, Immoral Kombat, and Werner Herzog's Rock and Wrestling Connection.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show

Just when you thought the news cycle couldn't get more unhinged, RFK Jr. enters the chat with a raccoon-themed "anatomy lesson" that no one asked for. Stephanie Miller breaks down the absolute absurdity of the week, from President Trump's latest clash with the Vatican (is nothing sacred?) to the fallout surrounding Eric Swalwell. Come for the snark, stay for the sanity. Stephanie dissects why character actually matters in a world that's lost the plot, and giving you the survival guide you need as we hurtle toward the midterms. With guests Glenn Kirschner & Frangela!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

As a catastrophic hurricane approached Galveston, Texas on the morning of September 8, 1900, residents continued to go about their daily lives, with little warning of what was to come. Children played in the surf at the beach, and workers clocked in for their shifts downtown. But when the full strength of the storm hit, water from the Gulf of Mexico flooded the streets of the island city, and 100 mile-per-hour winds sent bricks, tree branches, and slate roof tiles flying through the air. Between 6 and 8 o'clock that night, a monster storm surge washed over the island, forcing thousands of men, women, and children into a battle for their lives.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

About a month ago, MTP ventured out to Savannah, GA to do a live show with our new friends at Debellation Brewing Co.! For this show, Kevin and Jules got to team up with MTP's great friend, Viggy Parr Hampton, to talk about back luck in horror for St. Patty's Day! Our first live episode was a tier maker episode in which we discuss which horror characters have the worst luck in horror! Thank you to Debellation Brewing Co. for having us and thank you to Viggy for joining us for the show!

For our second live episode at Debellation Brewing Co. last month, Kevin and Jules sat down with Viggy Parr Hampton to discuss which horror icon we'd want to have as our good luck charm! Thank you to Debellation Brewing Co. for having us and thank you to Viggy for joining us!

Skip Richter answers your questions all morning long!

Jim Johnstone is a Toronto-based poet, editor, and critic. He is the author of seven collections of poetry, including The Chemical Life, which was shortlisted for the 2018 ReLit Award. Johnstone has also won several awards, including the Bliss Carman Poetry Award, a CBC Literary Award, the Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, the Robin Blaser Award, and Poetry's Editors Prize for Book Reviewing. Currently, he curates the Anstruther Books imprint at Windsor's Palimpsest Press, where he published The Next Wave: An Anthology of 21st Century Canadian Poetry. His most recent books are Bait & Switch, a collection of reviews, essays and conversations on poetry, and a collection of poems, The King of Terrors. Bait and Switch was published by Porcupine's Quill. The King of Terrors was published by Coach House Books.  Poetry Magazine Summer 2025

Hey there Lovelies, welcome back for the 389th episode of Final Girls Horrorcast! This week The Girls are discussing 'Marshmallow' as selected by our all-knowing Wheel of Terrors. Trailer Trashtalk: "Thrash" (Netflix Release on April 10th) Next Time on Final Girls Horrorcast... The 80s Were Weird series begins with 1988's 'Slugs'!

It was ground gained in the hunt for the title this weekend for Rangers. Brian Archer and Jamie Martin analyse all the action from yesterday's exciting win over Dundee Utd and cover all the rest of the very latest news. The pod is brought to you in association with our partners: Forrest Precision Engineering. The Gersnet Podcast: the independent Rangers FC podcast, by fans, for fans. LIVE and FREE every Sunday on YouTube at 9.30pm with match preview shows ahead of each game as well. All available from a range of other platforms on the following day (including iTunes and Spotify).

Send us Fan MailA lost ring turns into a surprising spiritual gut-check. We're laughing, we're grateful, and we're also a little convicted because the real question isn't whether the ring can be found, but why it “never crossed my mind to pray about it” until someone else did. That simple moment opens a bigger conversation about learning to trust God in the little things and asking for calm when anxiety takes over. Then we step into a focused Bible study on Job 24, where Job describes how the wicked can look untouchable for a while and why that appearance never tells the final story. We talk about divine justice, how judgment can feel delayed without ever being denied, and why prosperity and public praise are a weak foundation for any legacy. If you've been watching evil thrive and wondering whether anything will ever be set right, Job's words land with clarity and weight. We also wrestle honestly with the doctrines many people avoid: the eternity of heaven and hell, the holiness of God, and why real justice can't be reduced to wishful thinking. Along the way we read Revelation 19 and consider the sobering truth that God's people will worship him for his righteous judgments. The conversation ends with both comfort and urgency: God sees every way, oppression will be answered, and the call is simple and direct, to turn to Jesus Christ and be saved. If this helped you, subscribe, share it with a friend who's asking hard questions, and leave a review so more people can find this Bible study. What part of Job 24 do you want us to unpack next?Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us Fan MailTomorrow we flip the script and make everyone the interpreter. We've been walking through the Book of Job for months, and now we're taking on Job 25 with a challenge that sounds simple but isn't: read six verses, sit with the context, and tell us what you honestly think before you borrow anyone else's conclusions. I want to hear how you think, what you notice, and what the Holy Spirit brings to mind when you stay close to the text.Along the way, our panel shares the kind of real-life reflections that make Bible study feel less like a lecture and more like discipleship. We talk about darkness and light, how secret sin eventually gets exposed, and why honesty before God is the only path to peace. We also dig into Scripture on wealth, generosity, and godliness with contentment, because chasing money is easy, but learning contentment is spiritual warfare. If you're searching for grounded Bible teaching on money, Christian contentment, and what Proverbs and 1 Timothy actually say, you'll get a clear framework here.Then we go straight at the problem nobody likes to name: hypocrisy and double lives. What happens when church culture rewards image over repentance? We connect that to pride, self-exaltation, and a provocative question about the free will debate and the sovereignty of God. We also end on gratitude for faithful Christian fellowship, small providences that remind us God hears, and a sobering reminder that salvation isn't only about heaven, but about being spared from wrath.Listen through, then join us for the Job 25 challenge. If this conversation helps you, subscribe, share it with a friend who loves Scripture, and leave a review so more people can find these studies.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us Fan MailJob doesn't soften the language in chapter 24, and neither do we. We sit with Job's raw observations about wealthy, powerful oppressors who strip the poor, exploit workers, and treat the vulnerable as disposable, all while the world keeps turning and judgment doesn't seem to come on schedule. If you've ever wrestled with why evil can look untouchable, this conversation takes that question seriously and lets the text speak with its full weight.Then the spotlight shifts to Job's phrase “rebels against light.” We talk about how darkness isn't only a time of day, it's a strategy: hiding, masking, and living a double life. As the group chimes in, we connect the passage to modern hypocrisy, performance religion, and the pressure to look perfect on the outside. That pressure can fuel secrecy, and secrecy can quietly train us to fear exposure more than we love truth.From there, we get practical about Christian transparency, accountability, and walking in the light without turning confession into oversharing. We talk about the exhausting treadmill of lies, the relief that comes with surrender, and the need for discernment about what stays between you and God versus what should be brought to a trusted believer for help. If you're looking for a Bible study conversation on Job 24, biblical justice, hypocrisy, and spiritual growth, this one will challenge you while still pointing toward hope and freedom. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review with your biggest takeaway.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

Send us Fan MailThe hardest part of speaking biblical truth isn't finding the words. It's facing the moment when you know you're right, you know Scripture is clear, and you still feel the pull to stay quiet. We talk about that pressure head-on, using Job's fearless posture as our anchor: if what you're saying comes from God's Word and you've done the work, you don't have to be rattled by opposition or baited into anger.We walk through what Christian courage actually looks like in public and private. Lisa shares a real-time story of posting a conviction online, watching the backlash arrive, and experiencing the calm of obedience. From there, we zoom out to Job 24 and the tension every believer feels: the wicked can prosper for a season, the oppressed can suffer, and God's justice can look delayed. Job's confidence isn't arrogance; it's patience, faith, and a steady trust that vindication is coming.Then we get painfully practical about Bible study, biblical discernment, and spiritual growth. We talk about admitting when you're wrong, why humility earns trust, and how correction can change your entire framework, including a story about leaving dispensationalism after one simple question re-centered everything on the cross. We also share lessons from getting “tripped up” by traps in debates and how real discipleship turns those moments into strength.If you want to speak the gospel with more clarity, defend the faith without losing your peace, and study Scripture with deeper confidence, press play. Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs backbone and gentleness, and leave a review with the biggest pushback you've faced when you spoke the truth.Support the showBE PROVOKED AND BE PERSUADED!

“The Lake” and “The Rage of the Monster” by Grant Hart, Age 7 *** “The Shadow” by Emery Garner, Age 8 *** “The Infected Foot” by Brenton, Age 10 *** “The Deep Curse” by Avery Jensen, Age 7 *** Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarknessTAGS, WEBSITE:Scary Stories, Halloween Stories, Halloween Kids, Stories for Kids, Kids Stories, Scary Stories for Kids, Micro Terrors, MicroTerrors, Weird DarknessTAGS, PODCAST:Scary_Stories, Halloween_Stories, Halloween_Kids, Stories_For_Kids, Kids_Stories, Scary_Stories_For_Kids, MicroTerrors, Micro_Terrors, Weird_DarknessTAGS, YOUTUBE:Scary Stories, Halloween Stories, Halloween Kids, Stories for Kids, Kids Stories, Scary Stories for Kids, Micro Terrors, MicroTerrors, WeirdDarkness

Look for this podcast on YouTube Music, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and numerous other podcast apps. Get the full list of options here: https://pod.link/1655277373“The Lake” and “The Rage of the Monster” by Grant Hart, Age 7 *** “The Shadow” by Emery Garner, Age 8 *** “The Infected Foot” by Brenton, Age 10 *** “The Deep Curse” by Avery Jensen, Age 7 *** Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#MicroTerrors #WeirdDarkness

In this episode of Tangent Station, hosts Willis and Wing Zang Bang explore the humorous, and sometimes irrational, fears faced during childhood. From the terror of visiting doctors to bizarre dreams of spiders emerging from toilets, they discuss how these fears can leave lasting impressions. They also touch on the fibs often told to children by parents to control behavior and the humorous ways in which these were debunked with age. Join them in reminiscing about bike accidents, dangerous trends like car surfing, and whether the lies we believed as kids still shape us today.

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Finally, the film series that recognizes ducks as the bloodthirsty monsters they really are! This week, Kelly from the great Taboo Terrors podcast is back to discuss MAGIC IN THE MIRROR and its simultaneously-shot sequel, FOWL PLAY, two Moonbeam movies that draw a lot of inspiration from WIZARD OF OZ... plus some other plot developments that are totally unique. A fun couple of kids films from the great Ted Nicolaou!  Hosted by Jarrod Hornbeck and Steve Guntli  Theme song by Kyle Hornbeck  Logo by Doug McCambridge  Email: puppetmasterscastlefreaks@gmail.com Instagram/Threads: @puppetmasters_castlefreaks  YouTube: @PuppetMastersCastleFreaks  Next week's episode: Femalien

Should Jon McCracken feel aggrieved about not getting a Scotland call ahead of Liam Kelly – as the guys talk “vibes”.  What does the future hold for Fin Robertson at Dens Park, and what sort of player will he eventually emerge as?  And we look ahead to a testing visit to the league leaders, Hearts, and point out some weaknesses that have emerged in the Jambos' armour.   Across the road, it's been a busy week of transfer news.   Lachlan Rose is set to arrive on a free transfer from Newcastle Jets, following fellow A-League standout Jesse Randall.   Formerly a young tennis prospect, what will Rose serve up at Tannadice?  We chew over the Craig Sibbald-to-Falkirk signing pictures furore, and tip one Terrors standout to be in contention for PFA Scotland young player of the year.  And how can United beat Celtic?  The Courier head of sport Sean Hamilton is in the big chair, joined by George Cran and Alan Temple.  You can also see us on YouTube at youtube.com/@TheCourierUK/videos 

If you don't know Peter Lorre, he "became a cinematic icon with his bulging, froglike eyes, accented delivery, and unmatched ability to portray odd, quirky, and menacing characters." For this month's meeting, we delve deep into the life and legend of Peter Lorre, focusing on a dark film from the beginning of his career, M (1931), and a comedic film near the end of his career, The Comedy of Terrors (1963.) And, as with all our retrospectives, we'll also talk about everything in between. Join us as we bang the gavel and open this month's meeting of the Classic Horrors Club. If you're not careful, you might learn something, but you'll always have fun...

For seventy years, the Mitchell-Hedges crystal skull was celebrated as proof of a lost ancient civilization — a relic so perfectly crafted that Hewlett-Packard's own scientists said it shouldn't exist — and every word of the story behind it was a lie.*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*IN THIS EPISODE: Does the mysterious ancient “Crystal Skull of Doom” really have mystical, paranormal properties? (The Crystal Skull's Stare of Death) *** Was the unidentified man found dead on an Adelaide beach in 1948 a Cold War spy? (The Taman Shud Case) *** Two boys exploring the woods in Long Island, New York, found more than just the chestnuts they were looking for. (The Waldron Woods Mystery) *** One pupil discovers that Mystery Meat Monday isn't the only thing to fear when heading to lunch at the school cafeteria. (The Student In The Cafeteria) *** It's amazing the extraordinary lengths our world leaders will go to in order to cover up reports of alien aircraft sightings and the like. And we know they are covering them up, because occasionally they do come clean about it – as they did in the 1980s in Britain. (UFOs: When Governments Come Clean) *** A woman wake up to discover her husband has disappeared from the bed and she can't find him. But after looking through the house, she finds something surprising waiting for her in the bedroom. (I Went Missing From Our Bed) *** A man begins hearing strange noises – only later to discover something extraterrestrial embedded in his ear. (Alien Ear Implant) *** On a hot, sunny, summer Saturday in 1966, three young women in bathing suits left all of their belongings on crowded beach and climbed aboard a motorboat on Lake Michigan. They were never seen again. (Young Women Lost) *** A young boy braves a snow storm and walks miles to the nearest town to try and get medicine for his ailing mother and siblings. On the verge of giving up, a warm-hearted stranger walking his dog comes into sight. But who walks a dog in the middle of a winter snow storm? (A Warm Meeting in Deadly Winter) *** On a quiet street in California sits a stately brick house swarming with paranormal activity… so much so, that Whaley House has been deemed the most haunted house in America. (The Terrors of Whaley House)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = The Foreboding00:01:12.375 = Show Open00:04:00.610 = The Crystal Skull's Stare of Death00:23:19.300 = Alien Ear Implant ***00:29:18.581 = Young Women Lost00:43:35.686 = A Warm Meeting In Deadly Winter00:49:41.609 = Terrors of Whaley House ***00:55:03.527 = The Taman Shud Case & UPDATE from 202201:34:09.871 = Waldron Woods Mystery ***01:36:32.948 = UFOs: When Governments Come Clean01:41:35.131 = Strange Student in the Cafeteria01:42:59.842 = I Went Missing From Bed01:46:58.934 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakHELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES…https://WeirdDarkness.com/MUSIC = Songs and Videos by our Weird Darkness punk band, #DarkWeirdnesshttps://WeirdDarkness.com/STORE = Tees, Mugs, Socks, Hoodies, Totes, Hats, Kidswear & Morehttps://WeirdDarkness.com/HOPE = Hope For Depression or Thoughts of Self-Harmhttps://WeirdDarkness.com/NEWSLETTER = In-Depth Articles, Memes, Weird DarkNEWS, Videos & Morehttps://WeirdDarkness.com/AUDIOBOOKS = FREE Audiobooks Narrated By Darren Marlar SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Terrors of Whaley House” by Orin Grey for The Line Up: http://bit.ly/2P6AM3H“The Crystal Skull's Stare of Death” posted at The Unredacted: http://bit.ly/2RCorWS“Alien Ear Implant” posted at PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2P86a22“Young Women Lost” by Troy Taylor: http://bit.ly/38m79mx“A Warm Meeting in Deadly Winter” by Piper Lee, submitted directly to Weird Darkness“I Went Missing From Our Bed” posted at PhantomsAndMonsters.com: http://bit.ly/2Yw5Ahm“The Taman Shud Case” posted at The Unredacted: http://bit.ly/2LC2TFQ, and by Susie Beever from UK's “The Mirror”: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8njkms“The Waldron Woods Mystery” by Robert Wilhelm for Murder By Gaslight: http://bit.ly/38pAH2C“UFOs: When Governments Come Clean” by Nick Redfern for Mysterious Universe: http://bit.ly/2RAoXVd“Strange Student In The Cafeteria” by CR, posted at MyHauntedLifeToo.com: http://bit.ly/2Yw5EO8=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: August 24, 2018EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/CrystalSkullABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: #WeirdDarkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.

Because the Lord alone is the eternally enthroned King, his people can stand firm in the terrors that rage beneath his reign.The Transcendent Reign of the King The Terrors that Challenge His Reign The Truth that Outlasts Every FloodThe Transcendent becomes Tangible 

Hey there Lovelies, welcome back for the 387th episode of Final Girls Horrorcast! This week the Girls are discussing 'The Coffee Table' as selected by our all-knowing Wheel of Terrors. Trailer Trashtalk: "Scream 7" (February 27th) Next Time on Final Girls Horrorcast: 'Deadstream' available to stream - Netflix, Prime, Shudder, Philo & more  

Behind the grandeur of New Orleans' infamous LaLaurie Mansion lies a chilling legacy of cruelty, paranormal hauntings, and the lingering memory of Madame Delphine's horrific acts.IN THIS EPISODE: IN THIS EPISODE: We're all familiar with, thanks to Stephen Spielberg, the concept of a close encounter of the third kind. That's when you not only see a UFO, but you also see the extraterrestrials. The fourth kind of encounter is when you are abducted. A close encounter of the fifth kind is when you communicate with the alien – either verbally or telepathically. But then there is a close encounter of the sixth kind – the kind of encounter not even die-hard Ufologists and lovers of anything extraterrestrial want to experience… because nobody comes back from it alive. (Close Encounters of the Sixth Kind) *** In 1908, Charles Luard found his wife Caroline shot dead at a neighbor's country house. But who killed her? (The Seal Chart Murder) *** Madame Delphine LaLaurie, made popular by Kathy Bates in TV's “American Horror Story: Coven” was a first class monster. A figure of high society, she was well known for her mistreatment of slaves. But no one knew just how sick she truly was. So much so that even after leaving the mansion and it burning down, there are still terrors taking place there, thanks to Madame Delphine LaLaurie, the Monster of Royal Street. (The Monster of Royal Street)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = DShow Open00:02:03.613 = The Horrors of Delphine LaLaurie, Part 100:11:26.413 = The Horrors of Delphine LaLaurie, Part 2 ***00:15:31.150 = The Seal Chart Murder00:22:10.189 = Close Encounters of the Sixth Kind, Part 1 ***00:46:49.572 = Close Encounters of the Sixth Kind, Part 2 ***00:56:40.825 = Show Close***= Begins immediately after inserted ad breakHELPFUL LINKS & RESOURCES…https://WeirdDarkness.com/STORE = Tees, Mugs, Socks, Hoodies, Totes, Hats, Kidswear & Morehttps://WeirdDarkness.com/HOPE = Hope For Depression or Thoughts of Self-Harmhttps://WeirdDarkness.com/NEWSLETTER = In-Depth Articles, Memes, Weird DarkNEWS, Videos & Morehttps://WeirdDarkness.com/AUDIOBOOKS = FREE Audiobooks Narrated By Darren Marlar SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The Seal Chart Murder” by Elisabeth Tilstra for TheLineUp.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/envbsb3k“The Horrors of Delphine LaLaurie posted at TheScareChamber.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/kt9ktkpj,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3aprfmpa“Close Encounters of the Sixth Kind” by Marcus Lowth for UFOInsight.com: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/pkvf6cdcBOOK: “From Deep Within The Archives Of UFO Insight: History's Most Bizarre, Outlandish, And Controversial UFO And Alien Encounters!” by Marcus Lowth: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/9xeyhz8=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: July 14, 2021EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/DelphineLaLaurieABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all things strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold cases, conspiracy theories, and more. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “20 Best Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a blend of “Coast to Coast AM”, “The Twilight Zone”, “Unsolved Mysteries”, and “In Search Of”.DISCLAIMER: Stories and content in Weird Darkness can be disturbing for some listeners and intended for mature audiences only. Parental discretion is strongly advised.#WeirdDarkness, #DelphineLaLaurie, #LaLaurieMansion, #NewOrleans, #HauntedHouse, #FrenchQuarter, #TrueCrime, #Paranormal, #GhostStories, #HauntedMansion, #DarkHistory, #HistoricalHorror, #TrueHorror, #GhostSightings, #HauntedNewOrleans, #RoyalStreet, #MadameLaLaurie, #CreepyStories, #ScaryStories, #Haunted, #GhostHunting, #UnsolvedMysteries, #TrueCrimeStories, #HorrorHistory, #ParanormalActivity, #SlaveHistory, #NicolasCage, #NewOrleansGhosts, #DarkPast, #ScaryButTrue

All Eli wanted was to make friends before school started, but the price of joining this particular gang may cost him far more than he ever imagined. | “Stitches” by Fionna Cosgrove #MicroTerrorsFind more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#ScaryStoriesForKids #StoriesForKids #KidsStories #HalloweenKids #MicroTerrors #HalloweenStories #WeirdDarkness

Three kids write three nightmare stories for us! A doll with razor-sharp teeth wants to play, a creature called The Chootman stalks a cabin sleepover, and somewhere in an abandoned New York subway, a government experiment waits for its next victim!“CREEPY DOLLS” Written by Phoebe Costa, age 12“THE CHOOTMAN” Written by Wyatt Borden, age 8“GMO” Written by Aster, age 10Find more family-friendly frights and creepy games to play on our website at http://MicroTerrors.com!Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/microterrorsOther stories, novels, and more from author Scott Donnelly: https://amzn.to/3LymHaUOther narrations, podcasts, and audiobooks from voice artist Darren Marlar: https://WeirdDarkness.com= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness©, 2026Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids™, 2026#ScaryStoriesForKids #StoriesForKids #KidsStories #HalloweenKids #MicroTerrors #HalloweenStories #WeirdDarkness