Frankenstein Among the Dead!

If you too would like a copy of my play, Frankenstein Among the Dead, for your very own, please follow this link.  You'll love it.

Episode 12: The Horror that Befell the Gibbons Twins Scares Us!

Twins!  Twins!  My obsession with twins, as I referenced in Episode 11, led me to an obsession with ...

... evil Jeannie ...

... Serena ...

... and Cassandra ...

And oh yeah!  I figured out the name of that twin show sitcom from the 1980s!

Double Trouble, with the Sagal twins, Liz and Jean, who played Kate and Allison, which, after I figured it out, I totally remembered their character names.  And it was only one for a single season, so I'm super impressed that I remembered it at all.

But here's the actual focus of our episode ... June and Jennifer Gibbons, the so-called "Silent Twins."

And the book June wrote, The Pepsi-Cola Addict, that I would love to read ...

... and finally, follow this link to learn about a play, Speechless, which addresses the racism that the Gibbons twin faced in their small village in Wales.

Sad.  And spooky.  And sad.

The Tragic Tale of the Gibbons Twins Scares Us

Hi Dear Listeners,

Has the first month of the new year been all you wanted it to be?  Valentine's day is just around the corner and we decided to a share a tale of sisterly love tainted by the horrors of the world for this week's episode! 

Join Katya and Laramie as they discuss the sadness that was the relationship of the Gibbons twins.  A truly Gothic tale tainted by the prejudice of people and the sadness that is poorly treated mental illness.  Also, learn about Laramie's new play (more on this coming next episode!).

We love you dear listeners and in all honesty this episode focuses on some heavy topics such as institutional and systemic racism, the horror that was mental health treatment in the 60s, 70s, and 80s and the sad ways in which people deal with the struggles of life.  February is said to be the worst month of the year, so hang in there everyone!

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

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Tori's Magical Silver!

As referenced in recent episodes. 

More About Why Suspiria Scares Us

Allow this post to accentuate your experience listening to Katya and me as we wax hilarious about the not-so-much-with-the-dancing ballerina witches and the exploits of the undercover coven (undercoven?) in Argento's Suspiria.

Let's start with the creepy-ass theme song by Goblin.  Check it out:

The stained glass that so impressed Katya.  With poor dead Pat.

Suzy by the irises.  I want to live in this room.

Why does this witch have to work in the kitchens?  Where'd she get that magical prism?  What's the deal with Joan Bennett's spooky nephew?  Plot points ... doesn't matter ... DOESN'T MATTER.

The girls in their makeshift dormitory.  Such red. All red.

More irises ("Turn the blue one!") and Joan "Madame Blanc" Bennett.

More Joan Bennett, looking amazing.

Check out the pins in Sarah's creepy dead eyes!

Witch stab!  (Look at those fingernails!)

Witch Stab, Part Deux.  Sayonara, Black Queen, Mother of Sighs!

WIIIIIIITCH!

Suspiria Scares Us

Hello Dear Listeners,

We hope you enjoyed our two part episode for episode 10! This week we are discussing the movie Suspiria. Released in 1977, Suspiria was directed by Dario Argento, and is the scariest movie that (maybe) shouldn't be scary.

Katya and Laramie talk all about how the inexplicable story of witches, ballerinas, and a ballet academy in the Black Forest of Germany create a story that will make your skin crawl. The use of sound, color, and fairy tale like story all play a part in this horror classic Also, Katya talks about how she would dress up various germs and diseases (no really) and Laramie coins a new term for witch snacks!

We sincerely hope the new year is treating you well!

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

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A Little Taste of What's to Come ... (New Episode Premiering January 28th!)

So we'll be looking at ...

... witches!  No, not nice witches like Samantha, but wicked witches ...

...more wicked than Serena, even.

Maybe more like Angelique.  Or not, though Joan Bennett is involved ...

... or Dark Willow (who is emphatically not a Black Eyed Kid) ...

Yeah, that's closer.

Episode 11 debuts January 28th.

The Dyatlov Pass Scares Us - Part 2

Hi Dear Listeners,

Welcome to part 2 of episode 10! If you didn't have a chance, go check out episode 10 part 1. So, enjoy episode 10 part 2 where we discuss all our thoughts, theories, and ideas about what happened at the Dyatlov Pass.

Katya had so many answers and so much answer face for this part of the episode its pretty unreal. Aliens, avalanches, yetis, government conspiracies!?  Plus, Davey talks about radioactivity and isotopes (science). We change our minds all the time about what happened so write to us and let us know what you think happened!

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

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Recording This Weekend ...

To celebrate (and promote) the publication of my first play, Frankenstein Among the Dead, we'll be focusing on one of the many Frankensteins out there (and the monster too!).

Episode 10: The Dyatlov Pass Scares Us!

Okay, kitty cats, there's some disturbing content on this post, namely some mummified/frozen/possibly-Yeti-murdered real life people corpses.  So I'm going to just leave some space here, and if you want to skip this post, feel free.



























Okay, here are some of the images of the poor unfortunate schmucks who got maybe UFOd, maybe yeti'd, maybe government'd, maybe all of the above at the Dyatlov Pass.

Here are the victims; now you can use this grid to sort out all the Yuris!

I'm not even gonna joke.  This makes me feel sad.  And afraid.  But mostly sad.

Nightmare.  The tent, cut open from the inside.

Okay.  Brace yourselves.  Here are some of the victims:

If you want more info, check out the Dytalov Pass website (click here).

ALSO ... I keep lamenting that there isn't a movie based on DPI, but turns out ... there is!

Click here for info on The Dyatlov Pass Incident!

The Dyatlov Pass Scares Us - Part 1

Hi Dear Listeners,

Happy New Year, and thank you for joining us again!  We are releasing our 10th episode and couldn't be more excited.  This is by far the scariest episode we have ever done, and because it is so scary it is in two parts!  Fear not, though because we will be releasing part two in a week.

The Dyatlov Pass Incident is this week's topic and is it ever weird.  We run you through all of the things you need to know about one of the strangest happenings in modern history.  Missing tongues, eyes, radioactive bodies and mountains with foreboding names all make an appearance in this topic (we even scared ourselves a bit with this one)!

On a lighter note, we have a lot of fun at the beginning of this episode talking about some of our favorite things, and singing some of our favorite random songs.  We Love you dear listeners and we hope that 2018 is a wonderful year for you and yours!

Thanks for listening and stay tuned for part two next week!

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

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Happy New Year ...

... from Laramie and Katya!

Episode 9: Tales from the Crypt Scares Us!

Check out episode 9 (below this post, or click here), focusing on the EC Comics phenomenon of the 1950s, which gave us Tales from the Crypt, The Haunt of Fear, and The Vault of Horror. 

I name-dropped Graham Ingels a bunch during the episode; even though the Old Witch, my favorite Ghoulunatic, isn't hosting it, here's one of my favorite stories from Tales from the Crypt, "Blood Type 'V'! (Bang!)"

And speaking of vampires ... the final issue of The Vault of Horror, illustrated by Johnny Craig, which definitely possesses, shall we say, a queer sensibility ...

And finally, a few portraits Graham Ingels painted of the Old Witch in his later years:

Tales From the Crypt Scares Us

Hi Dear Listeners,

We hope you had a wonderful and festive holiday!  We spent our holiday fighting technical difficulties, but creepy Krampus brought us a sack full of tech support gore and our episode is finally released.  This week we discuss The Tales From The Crypt Series and all of its glory.  Be warned this is a bit of non-scary episode, but the story of the rise and fall of this beloved franchise should scare us all!

In this episode we talk about possible poorly constructed murder plots, memories from Eastern Montana, why you shouldn't listen to Brand New anymore, and ways to find non-murdery hobbies.

So, come join us to learn about the origins of those wonderful Tales From The Crypt cartoons, movies, TV series, and Comics that you may remember from your childhood in the 90's (nostalgia)!  Also, the end of the episode has a creepy Christmas tie in that we totally planned when we recorded.  Enjoy the rest of the holiday season dear listeners!

**Clinkies**

Katya and Laramie

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Happy Holidays from This Place Scares Us!

Episode 9 ... Coming soon!

Episode Nine (Coming Soon!): Tales from the Crypt Scares Us

While you're tremulously waiting for Episode 9 to drop (this Sunday!), prepare yourselves by reading this story that upset Katya so much ... from EC Comics' Tales from the Crypt #33 to, um, bone up (heh heh heh, to quote the Crypt Keeper):

Here's the cover, which I first glimpsed in its Gladstone Comic reprint in the late spring/early summer of 1990, in Gordon's, a now-defunct grocery store in Glasgow, Montana: