TRUE CRIME DOCUMENTARY: Chris Watts, Shanann & American Murder
Why would a father kill his pregnant wife and two young daughters instead of just getting a divorce?Trigger warning: This episode discusses the murders of a pregnant woman and two young children, incl...
2 Dec 202039min
SHRINK CHAT: Silent Night, Deadly Night, Salem’s Lot & Near Dark
Is Billy in Silent Night, Deadly Night a killer Santa, or a case study in what childhood trauma does?Trigger warning: The Silent Night, Deadly Night discussion (about 10:00 to 16:25) covers a child wi...
27 Nov 202031min
WINTER HORROR: Krampus, Black Christmas, 30 Days of Night & Gremlins
Who punishes the naughty children while Santa rewards the nice ones?Content note: folklore about a monster who takes and eats children, and discussion of Black Christmas’s obscene phone calls and soro...
25 Nov 202043min
SHRINK CHAT: Bly Manor, The Invisible Man, Excision & Urban Legend
Why did The Haunting of Bly Manor make us cry harder than Hill House ever scared us?Trigger warning: About 22:37 to 23:27 covers the true story behind the poisoned Halloween candy legend: a father who...
20 Nov 202034min
PSYCHOLOGY: The Babadook as Depression & It Follows as Trauma
What if the monster in The Babadook is depression, and the thing that follows in It Follows is trauma?Trigger warning: This episode discusses sexual assault (It Follows, about 24:00 to 30:00 and 34:30...
18 Nov 202042min
SHRINK CHAT: Art the Clown’s Origin, Baby Jane, Housebound & Joe Bob
Where did Art the Clown come from before Terrifier made him famous?Trigger warning: The cyberstalking case (about 17:17 to 21:07) includes quoted threats of rape and murder. Content note: the All Hall...
13 Nov 202044min
PSYCHOLOGY: Gypsy Rose Blanchard, Dee Dee & Munchausen by Proxy
How did Dee Dee Blanchard convince doctors for nearly two decades that her healthy daughter was dying, and was Gypsy Rose a murderer or a victim?Trigger warning: This episode discusses child abuse, me...
11 Nov 202043min
SHRINK CHAT: Revenge, Scare Me & Assassins, the Kim Jong-nam Murder
Why does a rape revenge film so rarely deliver the revenge, and what does Revenge (2017) get right?Trigger warning: The Revenge discussion (about 11:55 to 23:40) covers sexual assault and victim blami...
6 Nov 202038min
