• Urban legends, aka: "Every time I go camping, I end up with a cryptid boyfriend."

  • Mar 4 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 54 mins
  • Podcast
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Urban legends, aka: "Every time I go camping, I end up with a cryptid boyfriend."

  • Summary

  • We're baaaaaack & kicking off March with a deep dive into urban legends in horror films -- What are they? Where do they come from? Do they help or hurt society ... or both?

    To investigate this further, we push up our nerd glasses with the triple threat of Scarred for Life Podcast co-hosts Mary Beth McAndrews & Terry Mesnard plus horror writer & teacher (& amazing hubbie) Chris Poole to chat all things Candyman & the indie darling Butterfly Kisses.

    CLICK IF YOU DARE:

    • "They Came in Through the Bathroom Mirror" by Steve Bogira (1987) at Chicago Reader
    • "Candyman, the Scariest ‘Leave Them Damn White Girls Alone’ Movie Ever, Is 25 Years Old This Week" by Lawrence Ware at The Root
    • "Candyman: Why This Racially Charged Horror Movie Is Scarier Than Ever" by Evan Narcisse
    • "Candyman: How Bernard Rose and Clive Barker Created the Horror Classic" by Jack Beresford at Den of Geek
    • "Cabrini-Green: A History of Broken Promises" by Alejandra Cancino, Better Government Association
    • "I Could Move In There: When Jane Byrne Moved into Cabrini-Green" at WTTW
    • "Erik Kristopher Myers: The Lost Interview" by Benjamin Radford at the Center for Inquiry

    OUR SACRED OFFERINGS GO TO:

    • FeliceY for our logo design
    • Cano Jaguar for our creepy intro. mix
    • Ryan's killer riffs!
    • Nia DaCosta - give her all the work!
    • Ruthie McCoy - rest in power
    • Erik Kristopher Myers' Peeping Tom legacy
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