There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast
Carla is: a bookdragon; a 50-something with psychology and counseling degrees with post-grad work in grief/loss/trauma, sex crimes, and forensic anthropology; a woman who has lived in three haunted houses; a former freelance journalist and counselor, who is never bored; a disabled introvert who sees connections everywhere--like John Nash, only less math-y; a knitting fidget who loves horror movies with a skewed passion. Like one of her heroes, Harriet the Spy, she wants to learn everything and write in all down in her commonplace book. Join her (and sometimes her friends) in her strange library as she INFJs everything from unused angles. It’s going to get weird in the best way. Let’s play. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast--4761852/support.
Episodes
May 5, 2024 • 46 mins
Talking about where I have been, plus:
From the Pantry, originally episode 19, to honor the recent eclipse: In which Carla starts with Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game--Stephen King's planned In the Path of the Eclipse series—and explores folktales used to explain solar eclipses. It gets weird.
Recommended and referenced reading:
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143809
Gerald's Game by Stephen Ki...
From the Pantry, originally episode 19, to honor the recent eclipse: In which Carla starts with Dolores Claiborne and Gerald's Game--Stephen King's planned In the Path of the Eclipse series—and explores folktales used to explain solar eclipses. It gets weird.
Recommended and referenced reading:
Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143809
Gerald's Game by Stephen Ki...
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January 1, 2024 • 95 mins
In which Carla celebrates the Twelve Days of Christmas by connecting M. R. James to Ash’s chainsaw.
M. R. James adaptations listed at Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jwlZ
Adaptations of this story: 1956: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-whistle-and-ill-come-to-you-1956-online only for those in the UK, or those using a VPN (BFI’s words, not mine) 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRGfEk0cnL4 2010: https://tubitv.com/movies/5...
M. R. James adaptations listed at Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jwlZ
Adaptations of this story: 1956: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-whistle-and-ill-come-to-you-1956-online only for those in the UK, or those using a VPN (BFI’s words, not mine) 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRGfEk0cnL4 2010: https://tubitv.com/movies/5...
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April 28, 2023 • 77 mins
Happy anniversary to all of us! Thank you for six years of cupcakes; you are the cupcakes I find on difficult days. I hope I have given you some.
Show notes: In which Carla and Princess Jones Curtis from the Bye, Pumkin Podcast talk about being mysteriously early readers, the effect V. C. Andrews had on (mostly) the women of their generation, Paperbacks From Hell, Stephen King, how Carla’s earliest reading habits explain a lot, and ...
Show notes: In which Carla and Princess Jones Curtis from the Bye, Pumkin Podcast talk about being mysteriously early readers, the effect V. C. Andrews had on (mostly) the women of their generation, Paperbacks From Hell, Stephen King, how Carla’s earliest reading habits explain a lot, and ...
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April 25, 2023 • 24 mins
Show notes:
In which Carla tells the fairy tale within Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse.
Sources:
“The Fisherman and His Wife”, from Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9789176374559
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392
To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs
“The Charge of the Light B...
In which Carla tells the fairy tale within Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse.
Sources:
“The Fisherman and His Wife”, from Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9789176374559
To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392
To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs
“The Charge of the Light B...
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March 11, 2023 • 75 mins
Show notes: In which Carla updates the story of episode 21, Nine Days and Two Car Seats, which tells the story of the murder of Michael and Alex Smith, and updates what their murderer, her mother, Susan Smith, has been up to in the time since the murder.
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
Sources:
Beyond All Reason: My Life with Susan Smith by David Smith https://app...
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
Sources:
Beyond All Reason: My Life with Susan Smith by David Smith https://app...
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December 7, 2022 • 29 mins
In which Carla shares lots of good news, and reads more Victorian horror for the holidays.
Sources and Recommended Reading:
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (pp. 117-123) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910564
Ada Buisson on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18335715.Ada_Buisson
Belgravia catalog archive: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000680041
There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:
https://www...
Sources and Recommended Reading:
The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (pp. 117-123) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910564
Ada Buisson on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18335715.Ada_Buisson
Belgravia catalog archive: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000680041
There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:
https://www...
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September 23, 2022 • 66 mins
In which Carla explores the kerfuffle behind The Little Mermaid.
Original story by Hans Christian Andersen begins at 19:22
Recommended Reading:
Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780763629953
Disney: The Little Mermaid: The Film Script https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781645171522
The Little Mermaid: The Classic Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781604333770
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales, the (Illu...
Original story by Hans Christian Andersen begins at 19:22
Recommended Reading:
Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780763629953
Disney: The Little Mermaid: The Film Script https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781645171522
The Little Mermaid: The Classic Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781604333770
The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales, the (Illu...
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August 5, 2022 • 48 mins
In which Carla discusses the current eating disorder drama and pain in reality tv, her history with an eating disorder, and revisits her interview with Eli Sirota for National Eating Disorders Week.
Suggested reading material:
Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780142415573
The Best Little Girl in the World, by Steven Levenkron https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3b654c44-4271-4734-858d-fa028bfe8bf3
Eli'...
Suggested reading material:
Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780142415573
The Best Little Girl in the World, by Steven Levenkron https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3b654c44-4271-4734-858d-fa028bfe8bf3
Eli'...
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June 27, 2022 • 37 mins
In which Carla revisits her first episode and updates it, to celebrate five years of podcasting.
Guest visit: Bye, Pumkin Podcast: Surlesque and Lisa’s Angels: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bye-pumkin-936759/episodes/surlesque-and-lisas-angels-142924068
Greg Behrendt is Uncool: “There Might Be Cake”: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/there-might-be-cake/453250524?i=453250561&itsct=music_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&app=music
The ...
Guest visit: Bye, Pumkin Podcast: Surlesque and Lisa’s Angels: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bye-pumkin-936759/episodes/surlesque-and-lisas-angels-142924068
Greg Behrendt is Uncool: “There Might Be Cake”: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/there-might-be-cake/453250524?i=453250561&itsct=music_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&app=music
The ...
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April 29, 2022 • 51 mins
In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fifth episode in the series).
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768
The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/...
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768
The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/...
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April 21, 2022 • 31 mins
In which Carla explores the echoes of Johnny's past and the house's present, the spiral of echoes, and the beginning of the exploration of the Five and a Half Minute Hallway. Letters from an asylum and always echoes hallways.
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978037570376...
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
The House of Leaves universe:
House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978037570376...
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March 13, 2022 • 47 mins
In which Carla learns that the most important Supreme Court case of the civil rights movement was brought about by a sixteen-year-old in her state...and an entire county in her state shut down public school rather than integrate.
Marked explicit for racism and racist violence.
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
My history teacher, Mr. Curtis: https://www.theremightbec...
Marked explicit for racism and racist violence.
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
My history teacher, Mr. Curtis: https://www.theremightbec...
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February 22, 2022 • 42 mins
In which Carla reviews Toni Morrison’s multi-award-winning horror novel Beloved, and the horrific history that inspired it for Black History Month.
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
End music: Lapitino, F. J., Anderson, M., Prince, C. A. & Burleigh, H. T. (1924) Go down Moses. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-69931/
Adv...
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
End music: Lapitino, F. J., Anderson, M., Prince, C. A. & Burleigh, H. T. (1924) Go down Moses. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-69931/
Adv...
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January 11, 2022 • 40 mins
In which Carla celebrates Epiphany by exploring barriers, and celebrating the Victorian tradition of horror at Christmas one more time this season, by reading a Victorian short story that takes place on another barrier night: Halloween.
Story: “Man-Sized in Marble”, by E. Nesbit
Referenced episodes: 67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-day...
Story: “Man-Sized in Marble”, by E. Nesbit
Referenced episodes: 67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-day...
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December 27, 2021 • 57 mins
In which Carla once again explores the horror realm of Victorian Christmastide and reads another story by a Victorian horror author.
Referenced episode: 67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-days-67-82798501
Music: “Midnight Mass” by Dee Yan Key and “Snow on Snow (Bleak Midwinter)” by Rue Royale used with Creative Commons permission via Fre...
Referenced episode: 67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-days-67-82798501
Music: “Midnight Mass” by Dee Yan Key and “Snow on Snow (Bleak Midwinter)” by Rue Royale used with Creative Commons permission via Fre...
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December 2, 2021 • 19 mins
In which Carla reads her original Christmas horror short story, “Holly Jolly Christmas”. All rights reserved.
Music: “Deck the Halls” by Rue Royale and “Christmas Evil” by Associated Press, used with permission
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
Podchaser: 80 Podcasts to Discover in December, including me!: https://www.podchaser.com/lists/80-podcasts-to-discover-this-...
Music: “Deck the Halls” by Rue Royale and “Christmas Evil” by Associated Press, used with permission
Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission
Podchaser: 80 Podcasts to Discover in December, including me!: https://www.podchaser.com/lists/80-podcasts-to-discover-this-...
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November 9, 2021 • 69 mins
In which Carla reviews and discusses 31 more horror movies without blood and gore, suitable for the squeamish viewer or beginner to horror. No spoilers.
Podchaser: The 60 Best Podcasts to Discover for November, including There Might Be Cupcakes! https://www.podchaser.com/lists/the-60-best-podcasts-to-discover-for-november-pc!5OvkkR9IR4GmAv65
References , sources, and recommended reading:
First Boo Without Goo episode: https://www.ther...
Podchaser: The 60 Best Podcasts to Discover for November, including There Might Be Cupcakes! https://www.podchaser.com/lists/the-60-best-podcasts-to-discover-for-november-pc!5OvkkR9IR4GmAv65
References , sources, and recommended reading:
First Boo Without Goo episode: https://www.ther...
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October 27, 2021 • 34 mins
In which Carla continues to explore the Navidson Record of House of Leaves. This is the third episode; to begin, start with episode 68: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/bone-chimes-and-primitive-spid-85959021 then listen to episode 70: Ergodic: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/ergodic-house-of-leaves-...
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September 19, 2021 • 54 mins
Show notes:
In which Carla explores the horror subgenre found footage, and its subgenre internet horror
Creepypasta: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepygaming
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep
Ted the Caver: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_the_Caver
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
Slender Man: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man
My Letterboxd: htt...
In which Carla explores the horror subgenre found footage, and its subgenre internet horror
Creepypasta: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/
https://www.reddit.com/r/creepygaming
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep
Ted the Caver: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_the_Caver
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/
Slender Man: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man
My Letterboxd: htt...
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August 3, 2021 • 28 mins
In which Carla explores Poe’s plague, and its relationship to Shakespeare’s desert island.
Sources:
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781500497248
The story at the Poe Museum: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death
The story with annotated vocabulary: https://poestories.com/read/masque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero
The Te...
Sources:
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781500497248
The story at the Poe Museum: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-death
The story with annotated vocabulary: https://poestories.com/read/masque
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Death
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero
The Te...
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