The Horror

The Horror

The Horror: Why do we enjoy scary movies or a stroll through a haunted house? How is our response colored by our genes, evolution and culture? In this episode, Julie and Robert take a close look at what scares us and why we're so addicted to terror. Image: Doug Gray/© Illustration Works/Corbis

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From the Vault: Pretend Play, Part 3

From the Vault: Pretend Play, Part 3

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of pretend play in childhood development and human consciousness. (part 3 of 5) (originally published 1/16/2025)See...

10 Tammi 1h 6min

Weirdhouse Cinema: Burial Ground

Weirdhouse Cinema: Burial Ground

In this episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe discuss the infamously trashy 1981 Italian zombie movie “Burial Ground,” directed by Andrea Bianchi and starring Karin Well, Mariangela Giordano and P...

9 Tammi 1h 21min

O Death, Part 2: Threads of Fate

O Death, Part 2: Threads of Fate

In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss anthropomorphic personifications of death in human culture. What do they mean? Where do they come from? Why and how are they gendere...

8 Tammi 56min

The Monstrefact: Monaciello

The Monstrefact: Monaciello

In this episode of the Monstrefact, Robert discusses the Neapolitan sprite known as Monaciello or the little monk...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

7 Tammi 4min

O Death, Part 1: The Reaper’s Image

O Death, Part 1: The Reaper’s Image

In this series from Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe discuss anthropomorphic personifications of death in human culture. What do they mean? Where do they come from? Why and how are they gendere...

6 Tammi 1h 8min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Hunchback of the Morgue

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Hunchback of the Morgue

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe return to the filmography of Spanish horror icon Paul Naschy with the 1973 thriller “Hunchback of the Morgue,” also starring Rosanna Yanni, Ma...

5 Tammi 1h 33min

From the Vault: Pretend Play, Part 2

From the Vault: Pretend Play, Part 2

In this classic episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert and Joe explore the world of pretend play in childhood development and human consciousness. (originally published 1/9/2025) See omnystudio.co...

3 Tammi 57min

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Footprints on the Moon

Weirdhouse Cinema Rewind: Footprints on the Moon

In this classic episode of Weirdhouse Cinema, Rob and Joe tap into the January Giallo spirit of things with 1975’s “Footprints on the Moon,” a beautifully-shot surreal mystery starring Florinda Bolkan...

2 Tammi 1h 30min

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