On this episode, we've got spooky stories for your nerves! Get ready for Halloween with these horror thrills! From classic slashers to supernatural creeps, Joe, Claire and Kristin have a recommendation for you!

Titles mentioned in this episode:

Claire’s Titles:

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer
The White Guy Dies First edited by Terry J. Benton-Walker
Guillotine by Delilah S. Dawson
Midnight on Beacon Street by Emily Ruth Verona
The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister
Sacrificial Animals by Kailee Pedersen
Shout out to Graphic Novels: Loving, Ohio by Matthew Erman, The Low Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Wait Till Helen Comes by Mary Downing Hahn, Over My Dead Body by Sweeney Boo

Kristin’s Titles:

Pay the Piper by George A. Romero & Daniel Kraus
Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman
So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
Never Whistle at Night Edited by Shane Hawk
The Pale House Devil by Richard Kadrey
This Cursed House by Del Sandeen
Just a quick shout out: The Fisherman by John Langan; The Haunted Forest Tour by Jeff Strand and James A. Moore

Joe’s Titles:

Universal Harvester by John Darnielle
The Black Girl Survives in This One edited by Desiree S. Evans & Saraciea J. Fennell
Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram
Influencer by Adam Cesare
Small Town Horror by Ronald Malfi
The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix
Just a quick shout out: Horror Movie by Paul Tremblay and Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle
Listen to: Joe's interview with Paul Tremblay and Joe’s interview with Chuck Tingle
And on Kanopy, just have to mention that Rosemary’s Baby is streaming (along with so many others in the Kanopy Fright Fest)

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