Guide to the Unknown
Creepy pop culture! The paranormal! Horror movies! Every week, siblings Kristen and Will have light-hearted convos about dark stuff. Listen for urban legends, haunted places, and stupid humor from two millennials who've seen Scream one thousand times and love ghost stories (even though they're not always sure an actual ghost is involved). It's audio comfort food for fellow horror nerds and curious scaredy cats alike.
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Oregon. The Beaver State.
Also full of a ton of scary stuff!
The Gumberoo! The Haunted Heceta Lighthouse! The McMinnville UFO sighting! Silent Rock!
The Rake!
We're booking our tickets now!
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Scary Movie is back, and badder than ever!
No, seriously...It's bad.
What do Doofy, Shorty, and that butler with the strong hand have in common?
We hope to never see them again.
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Most writers bring their characters to life. He brings his to death!
We have an unreasonable love of Cabin by the Lake, about a killer who tends to his underwater "garden of flesh."
It's so bad. And so good.
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Beware these urban legends!
The Monkey Man of Delhi! Edward Mordrake! The Mowing Devil! The Murder Hornets!
Beware more!
The Nale Ba! The Nightmarchers! The Niles Canyon Ghost! Nure-Onna!
We didn't heed the warning. We are cursed!
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Gather your family around the wireless, it's time for Radioland Murders!
Before he made Star Wars, George Lucas dreamt up a murder mystery set at an old radio station!
And it's awful! But also, it's absolutely perfect!
*HEY* We posted an extra video on our Patreon, where we have MORE to say about Radioland Murders! Watch/Listen for free here!
Oh, and make sure you follow Alex Dawson of Raconteur Radio so you know when his next live...
Shouldn't corporate mascots be kind and cute?
SO MANY of them are literal monsters! Like the Gobbledok from Australia, or the SLU mascot THE BILLIKEN (a literal GOD).
Hey, also: WHY do they keep MANGLING them!?
Jack in the Box, and a certain elderly dancer...MAIMED!
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Come little children, we'll tell you a tale...
About HOCUS POCUS, a Halloween classic??
Witches, potions, and shockingly mature language!
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Nevada is home to all sorts of horror stories!
UFO sightings, cryptids, and hauntings!
We're here to tell one of each!
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Hollywood is full of ghost stories!
Just ask Laura Prepon, Haylie Duff, Michael Rapaport, and Matthew Gray Gubler!
They’ve been featured on the show Celebrity Ghost Stories, and lived to tell the tale!
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WHODUNNIT was a killer gameshow that SNUFFED OUT!
It was Traitors before Traitors!
It was also VERY confusing and corny, but in the best way possible.
And we're going to reveal all its secrets!
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These ghost stories ain't no walk in the park!
Except they literally are, because we're visiting haunted national parks!
BOO!
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Do you want to hear a scary story...?
We watched URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT!
...And also BLOODY MARY...Which is scary for a whole other reason.
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If you like haunted places, this is the show for you.
Famous ghosts, phantoms with EXCELLENT names (like "The Char Man")...
And some of them are FUNNY!
What could be better?
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Jason Voorhes is dead...
...OR IS HE!?
Friday the 13th Part V is "A New Beginning"
...OR IS IT!?
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Pokemon is for children...or so they say!
What's with all the terrifying hauntings and violence? ...And LAVENDER TOWN!? Don't get us started.
Ghosts...Gotta catch 'em all!
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Rob Lowe attempted to storm Area 51?
And he can travel wherever his sons are in his mind?
He is, by far, the most powerful Austin Powers cast member!
(We watched The Lowe Files again)
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Could these urban legends stories possibly be true?
The Legend of Mae Nak, a (frankly nice) ghost
La Mala Hora, the succubus of New Mexico
Oh and the MELONHEADS!
...It's kinda a whole thing.
OH! And get tickets for THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT coming to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center THIS WEEKEND!
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JASON IS BACK!
In Friday the 13th Part 3, he jumps out of the screen!
In The Final Chapter, he...dies...!
So...I guess he's NOT back...?
OH! And get tickets for THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT coming to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center February 20th to the 22nd!
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This episode is SO RANDOM
No seriously, we hit the "random" button on HauntedPlaces.org and discovered obscure ghost stories!
Come get haunted with us!
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Van Helsing is a name to be feared...
Because it's one of the biggest horror movie catastrophes of all time.
Or is it secretly great!?
No...no it is not.
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