FriGay the 13th Horror Podcast

It's our favourite night of the year, and we're celebrating the only way we know how: with The Shape. For this year's annual Halloween episode, Matty and Andrew take on two very different chapters of the Michael Myers saga — a Druid cult fever dream and a Jamie Lee Curtis comeback with an axe. 🩸 HALLOWEEN: THE CURSE OF MICHAEL MYERS (1995) The Curse of Thorn, a sanitarium full of cultists, Donald...

This week, Matty & Andrew wander into the rows (against Matty's better judgement — he grew up in Northwest Indiana, he KNOWS what corn does at night). We get into the very real phenomenon of "corn sweat" making Midwest summers miserable, why mature cornfields are scientifically designed to make you walk in circles (one family got lost in a maze just 25 feet from the exit!), the chilling realit...

This week we go deep on the surveillance state, 25 years after 9/11: 🚨 Matty digs into how Ring/Nest doorbell cams are quietly wrecking neighborly trust — and getting innocent people shot at — via Vox's July reporting on the paranoia economy 🚨 Andrew covers real cops abusing Flock license-plate cameras to stalk exes, plus three cases where facial recognition sent innocent people to jail, includi...

It's a FRIGAY REWIND! Our usual summer hiatus is lasting just a wee longer than usual. We'll let you know more in our next episode (everything is OK!), but until then, we are bringing back Episode 150: Spooky Season ... so let us get you in the spirit of SPOOKY SEASON: grab a PSL, light those pumpkin candles, and listen in!

Matty and Andrew are back with a brand new episode — and this week it's giving Mean Girls, but make it horror. We're breaking down who gets to sit with us (RIP Annabelle, we don't make the rules) before diving into two flicks about cliques, queen bees, and what happens when you'll do anything to get in. 🎬 FILM ONE: Heathers (1989) Three girls named Heather rule Westerburg High until new kid J.D....

Wave pools. Drain suction. Parasites that laugh at chlorine. Turns out the "safe" attraction at the water park was never safe — and we've got the real-life horror stories to prove it (RIP Action Park, aka "Traction Park"). 🎬 PIRANHA (1978) — Genetically engineered killer fish, bred for Vietnam, get loose and head straight for a summer camp. Spielberg himself called it "the best of the Jaws rip-of...

How far will we go for beauty? How deep and dear is the costs?  We dig in to a genuinely gruesome history — lead face paint, arsenic wafers, radium perms, and an electric corset that promised to cure your "hysteria." We dig into how beauty has been poisoning people for centuries, then bring it into the present with looksmaxxing, bone smashing, and the new horror of AI dysmorphia — patients br...

🌈🔪 Episode 164: PRIDE SHOULDN'T BE TERRIFYING 🔪🌈 It's Pride Month, and Matty & Andrew are asking the question nobody wants to answer: why does celebrating still feel like a risk? This week's Horror in Real Life: Pride events turning into full security operations, parades getting canceled outright (Tampa, Arlington, Long Beach), corporate sponsors quietly bailing, and the online harassment...

The lease says one year. The nightmare is forever. This week Matty & Andrew dive into one of the most universally relatable horrors imaginable — your landlord. From Matty's own front-row seat to the Dublin housing crisis to the very real terror of LGBTQ+ people losing their homes during the AIDS epidemic, we cover the full spectrum of landlord horror: the passive-aggressive newsletter, the una...

Nature doesn't care about you. It never did. This week Matty & Andrew are boarding up the windows and sitting with the most primal fear of all — the sky itself turning against you. We get into the long, ugly history of storms being used to blame queer people, the real science behind why severe weather feels genuinely supernatural, and why Tornado Alley is no longer where anyone thinks it is. A...

🧚‍♀️🩸 Episode 161: FAIRY TALES ARE TERRIFYING 🩸🧚‍♀️ Once upon a time, two brave, beautiful, and moderately unhinged men set out on a quest… This week Matty & Andrew go down the breadcrumb trail of fairy tale horror — the actual famine that birthed Hansel & Gretel, why Little Red Riding Hood was never really about a wolf, the patriarchy hiding inside every "happily ever after," and how...

Do NOT touch the planchette. This week, Matty & Andrew are rolling the dice on board game horror — from the real-life Ouija board possession case that inspired The Exorcist, to the brief and genuinely unsettling history of board games that have ended in actual murder (Yahtzee, we're looking at you), to a close reading of games so offensive they were banned outright. And then we watched some mo...

Step right up… to your worst nightmare. This episode, Matty & Andrew are diving honk-first into all things clown horror — from the origins of the clown (cute!) to the very real terror of the 2016 creepy clown panic (not cute!) to John Wayne Gacy, who used his alter ego Pogo the Clown to hide crimes too monstrous to comprehend. And then we watched some movies. 🍿🎈 🎬 KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER S...

It's a FRIGAY REWIND! Andrew is DRAGGING up one of our fave episodes— all about drag! Enjoy, FriGays, and we'll be back with a new episode soon.

Candles are lit. Boundaries are ignored. Consent is… actively debated with the afterlife. This week, a séance goes horribly, flirtatiously wrong as we explore horror in real life: 👻 The history of séance grifters 🎩 Harry Houdini’s war on Spiritualism 🏛️ Mary Todd Lincoln’s White House séances and grief as survival 🦶 The Fox Sisters and the birth of modern spiritual scams ...and horror in the Mo...

What’s scarier than ghosts, cults, or cosmic madness? 👉 Insurance. This episode, we tackle the true horror of prior authorizations, denied claims, medical debt, and a healthcare system that somehow finds a way to say “have you tried waiting until Monday?” 😱 👁️ Horror in Real Life: • The UnitedHealthcare / Luigi Mangione case • Why claims are often denied by default • How AI is increasingly makin...

What’s scarier than ghosts? MATH! This week we’re diving into the horror of math, algorithms, and the unsettling idea that randomness might not be random at all. From the Princeton PEAR Experiment (where intention may have bent probability) to dating apps, advertising algorithms, and the numbers quietly running our lives. 🎥 Films this episode: 🔲 CUBE (1997) – puzzle-box terror with murder math...

Cheers to making it through the year. Barely. This episode of FriGay the 13th Horror Podcast , we look back at the horrors of 2025 —from AI anxiety and cursed group chats to box office beasts, Billboard bangers, and some genuinely great horror. 👻 Was 2025 terrifying… or just 2025? 💀 Final Destination: Bloodlines earns its stripes 🪝 I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) proves some franchises r...

💃🔥 EPISODE 154: DANCE IS TERRIFYING 🔥💃 Out now wherever you get your podcasts. This week, we’re sweating, spiraling, and counting our way through the horror of dance —from cursed movement to psychological breakdowns and historical mass hysteria. ✨ This episode includes: 🧠 The 1518 Dancing Plague — when hundreds danced until collapse (and possibly death) 🎭 The dark, exclusionary history of T...

Is cooking art? Is it trauma? Is it a gateway to poisoning your enemies? On this week’s FriGay the 13th, we’re stirring the pot — literally and historically — and diving into why the kitchen might be the scariest room in the house. We kick things off with an opening skit featuring Matty eating pasta like a raccoon behind a 7-Eleven (Andrew’s words, not ours). From there, things only escalate. &nbs...

It’s ringing… and it won’t stop. 👀📱 From SCREAM to THE BLACK PHONE , we’re answering the call and diving deep into why our phones might just be the most terrifying thing in our lives. 💀 HORROR IN REAL LIFE: The death of the smartphone and the rise of wearable AI—are we entering a world where our devices know us better than we know ourselves? 🎬 FILMS: 🔪 SCREAM (1996) & 📞 THE BLACK PHONE (...

The night no one comes home... but everyone’s tuning in! MATTY and ANDREW are celebrating Halloween 2025 with glitter, chaos, and pure spooky queer joy. 🕯️ HORROR IN REAL LIFE: From Samhain in Ireland to the haunted murders of Lillian Armstrong and Roberta “Bobbie” Miller , we explore the eerie histories and real-life horrors behind Halloween night. 💀 FILMS: 🎭 HALLOWEEN III: Season of the Witch...

150 episodes in, and we’re still telling scary stories around the fire. This time? Urban legends, ghostly encounters, and the dark psychology of why we LOVE to be scared. 🔥 HORROR IN REAL LIFE: A chilling Patreon listener story of perfume, shadows, and a not-so-lonely apartment in Arizona, more tales from listeners, and some urban legends 📚 URBAN LEGENDS: From The Vanishing Hitchhiker to Jeff th...

Some imaginary friends are sweet little companions… others might just be DEADLY. 👀 👻 HORROR IN REAL LIFE: From psychology studies to terrifying true stories, we explore the line between imaginary and paranormal. 🎥 HORROR IN THE MOVIES: HIDE AND SEEK (2005) — Robert De Niro, Dakota Fanning, and one very sinister “Charlie.” IMAGINARY (2024) — Meet Chauncey. He’s not imaginary… and he’s not your f...

From the haunted plantations of Louisiana to the spiritual resistance of Haiti, Vodou and Hoodoo have long been misunderstood—and often sensationalized. But what’s the truth behind the magic? 👻 HORROR IN REAL LIFE: Matty explores how Vodou offers queer Haitians a lifeline in a hostile society, while Andrew digs into the real origins of Voodoo and Hoodoo—and why they’re not the same thing. 🎬 HORR...