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October 25, 2024 70 mins

Belle and Jenny chat all things spooooooky in this weeks episode. Belle is on a mission to read a really scary book (spoiler - we're struggling to find one!) We share our spookiest book recs along with some (not all that spooky) movie recommendations.

We'd love to know the scariest book you've ever, drop us a comment over on Instagram.


Books mentioned

  • We Solve Murder by Richard Osmond
  • Children of Paradise by Camilla Grudova
  • Our Wives Under the Sea and Salt Slow by Julia Armfield
  • The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
  • Verity by Colleen Hoover
  • The Whistling by Rebecca Netley
  • Thin Air and Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
  • Sharp Objects andThe Grown Up by Gillian Flynn
  • The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • Dark Tales andThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
  • Things We Lost in the Fire by Marianna Enriquez
  • The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward
  • Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung
  • Things We Say in the Dark by Kirsty Logan
  • Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
  • Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
  • Rachel Harrison and Grady Hendrix's books


Movies & TV mentioned


  • Hereditary
  • Black Christmas
  • Anna and the Apocalypse
  • One Cut of the Dead
  • The Shining
  • The Blair Witch Project
  • The Voices
  • Mr Mercedes (TV)


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