Happy Halloween! This episode was supposed to air on 11/4, but we figured you'd all appreciate hearing this one a week early in the spirit of the season. The next episode will air on schedule on 11/18, so make sure you check out some older spooky season TBC episodes while you wait:

• The Hog from Carnacki, the Ghost Finder by William Hope Hodgson *Special Guests D & Ken from Antiques Freaks*
• Drag Queen Dino Fighters by MP Johnson *Patron’s Choice*
• Man, F*ck This House by Brian Asman *Patron's Choice*
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial in His Adventure on Earth by William Kotzwinkle *Special Guest Mary Parker*
• The Haunted Vagina by Carl Mellick III
• In the House in the Dark of the Woods by Laird Hunt *Patron's Choice*

This week it was Chris's turn to head over to r/horrorlit to pick through more of the sub's worst horror books from 2024. He was lured to The Paleontologist simply based on the thought that ghost dinosaurs seemed an especially funny concept.

In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion or mention of child abuse, abduction, and murder; ghosts; implied pedophillia; and the pandemic.

References:

• Terrible Book Club, Episode 79 (2020): Museum of the Living Dead (A Plot-It-Yourself Horror Story) by Hilary Milton: This week it's 1985 and we're two children in an off-brand "Plot-It-Yourself" horror story. Chris wants to die as quickly as possible while Paris chooses life. Paris's microphone is backwards, Chris can't stop creating new lyrics for a bad 90s song, and we play another round of Power Rangers Monster or Weed Strain?
• Vintage Burn Podcast

For this year's Spooky Season, we headed over to reddit to see what r/horrorlit thought were the worst horror books they read in 2024. It seemed that Eric LaRocca's novella Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke was widely hated by the sub, but since the Antiques Freaks already reviewed that back in October 2023, Paris chose to instead read two short stories packaged together as Other Misfortunes with Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke in the edition she had.

Other Misfortunes:

• The Enchantment
• You'll Find It's Like That All Over

In addition to our usual barnyard language, today's episode includes discussion or mention of angels, demons, infidelity, death and the afterlife, marital stress, miscarriage, pet death, suicide, and gambling.

References & Resources:

• Antiques Freaks, Episode 245: Antique Apple Peeler Pricing - Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke
• Esoterica YouTube Channel

Today's book was suggested to us by a fan on Instagram who said, “Your schedule is probably still full but I have the book to end all terrible books. [Redacted] wrote this about her love (obsession) for Jason Mamoa and it is a mess; it’s absolutely terrible." This extremely personal book of poetry rotates around the axis of Jason Momoa and takes us to many strange, sad places.

In addition to our usual barnyard language, today’s episode includes discussion or mention of intense parasocial relationships, cancer/terminal illness, and big 'ol age gap relationships.

References & Resources:

• Jason Momoa's Mananalu Water
• If you're interested in learning more about greenwashing and corporate responsiblity being reflected back onto the individual, check out these episodes (or the entire 1st and 3rd seasons) of the podcast Drilled:
  • Drilled S1, Ep5 | Aggressive Think Tanks, Shouty Pundits, and a New Religious Argument
  • Drilled S3, Ep8 | Meet The Harrisons
• Terrible Book Club, Episode 35 (2018) - Woman Worship by Dean Jean-Pierre: If you're tired of plots and characters, this episode was made just for you! This time we read a book of poetry loosely held together by western gender norms, redundancy, and poor word choices. Paris reveals her theory about the hidden message behind these poems that will blow the lid off of everything you ever thought was true about Woman Worship by Dean Jean-Pierre! Luckily, Chris and Paris are finally rescued by the spirit of Pablo Neruda after suffering through a heat index of 104 to record this episode.