Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast

This week, in addition to the celebrity obits, we interview the fabulous Melissa Trumble. Melissa is a life coach and author of The Big Book of Bad Ideas: Adulting From Anxiety to Zero F**ks Given. She also talks about working on the delightfully campy film Blood Feast 2: All You Can Eat with cult figures Hershel Gordon Lewis and John Waters. Melissa's Website: www.zfgliving.com Follow Us On Twitt...

This week in addition to our tribute to Leslie Jordan and Phillip:s Horror Scopes, we discuss the Seven Wonders test of the American Horror Story Coven and Apocalypse. Follow us on Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Email: openshudders@yahoo.com Enjoy The Veiw From The Open Shudders, BUT DON'T FALL OUT OF THE WINDOW

With the recent success of Ryan Murphy's The Watcher and Dahmer (which we discussed last week), we've decided to revisit Barry and Phillip's October 8, 2021 discussion of American Horror Story: Hotel starring Lady GaGa with special guest Michael Bill Special Note: We are no longer sponsored by Anchor. Follow us on Twitter: @AShudders Instagram:@openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page for O...

This week, Phillip and Barry give a special obituary to Dame Angela Lansbury, followed by a review of the hit Netflix limited series about notorious serial killer and cannibal Jeffery Dahmer. Follow us on Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page for Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast Email: openshudders@yahoo.com THERE WILL BE JUSTICE FOR KATIE PALMER Enjoy The...

On April 21, 2020, John and Katie Palmer were out for a lovely morning stroll when a F-250 came barrelling the wrong way down the street, hitting both of them. John suffered sever injuries while Katie died from hers. The driver, Cory Todd Foster, who was obviously intoxicated, got off scott free. There are so many injustices, including horrible treatment by law enforcement, The D. A. and the court...

In this Classic Open Shudders Episode from July 8, 2021, we cover the brutal rape and murder of Florida "Arrive Alive" model Lorraine Hendricks by a very sick Florida State Trooper Tim Harris on March 4,1990 Follow us on Twitter:@AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspidcast Facebook: The Official Page for Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast Email: openshudders@yahoo.com Enjoy The Veiw From The Open Shudd...

This week we review the last great Hitchcock film 1972's Frenzy starring Jon Finch, Barry Foster, Anna Massey and Barbara Leigh-Hunt. London is being terrorized by the Neck Tie Strangler. When Richard Blaney's ex wife and girlfriend fall victim to the killer within a day of each other, Blaney is the obvious suspect. Or is he? For those of you coming to New Orleans for Southern Decadence, we want y...

In this Classic Open Shudders episode from December 31, 2020 we revisit the case where a young girl is on the receiving end of torture and murder by a very disturbed woman and her children. WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SOME EXPLICIT DESCRIPTIONS OF TORTURE AND ABUSE OF A MINOR. If you suspect that a child is being abused or tortured, Childhelp canbe reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at it's...

In this episode we review the 2018 paranormal horror film Winchester starring Helen Mirren and Jason Clarke. Follow us on our social media Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: Official Page for Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast Enjoy The View From The Open Shudders; BUT DON'T FALL OUT THE WINDOW

After that very intense Gacy two parter, we needed a break. This week, I drop the Classic Open Shudders episode, Madam LaLaurie and Her House of Horrors, one of the most haunted houses in America. Madam Marie Delphine LaLaurie, a New Orleans Creole socialite was one of the most notorious serial killers in history. The atrocities she committed on her enslaved servantsare horrible beyond compare. Fo...

It's finally here, Jahn Wayne Gacy Part 2. In this episode' we cover his crimes, capture, eviction and eventual execution. WARNING: EXTREMELY GRAFFIC CONTACT INVOLVING CRIMES AGAINST MINORS. Follow us on Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page For Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast Email us at openshudders@yahoo.com Enjoy The View From The OPen Shudders, BUT DO...

We introduce a new co-host, Bob Ray; who will join Barry and Phillip on Open shudders: A Creepy Podcast. In this episode we cover the beginning of one of the notorious serial killers in the world, John Wayne Gacy. We discuss his childhood and early adult years leading up to his notorious crimes against young men and teen boys. Follow us anytime on Social Media: Twitter @AShudders Instagram @OpenSh...

As Phillip settles into his new place and Bob and I continue to prepare for next week's John Wayne Gacy two parter, we're posting the Season 1 episode Killer Cop: Antoinette Frank from December 21, 2020. In 1995, NOPD Officer Antoinette Frank and her boyfriend robbed a Vietnamese restaurant that she'd been hired for security killing two teenage workers. Follow us on: Twitter: @AShudders Instagram...

This is the last episode where Phillip and Barry will record in person. On February 2, 1922, the body of film director William Desmond Taylor was found shot to death in his Hollywood home. What follow us like a whodunnit Agatha Christie novel. Yet, the case was never solved. Follow us on: Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page for Open Shudders A Creepy Pod...

In this Classic Open Shudders Bonus episode we repost our interview with New Orleans LGBTQ historian Frank Perez. At the time of this interview, Frank was running for New Orleans City Councilman. Unfortunately, he didn't win the seat, but the interview was mentioned in our previous Classic Open Shudders and I though that our listeners would like to hear it. Follow us on: Twitter:@AShudders Instagr...

On this anniversary of the Upstairs Lounge Fire, we are reposting our episode from a year ago. On June 24, 1973, the Upstairs Lounge, a gay bar in the New Orleans French Quarter was torched killing 32 people and injuring 15. The complacent attitude of the police, firefighters and politicians was beyond hateful. Follow us on: Twitter: @AShudders Instagram:@ ooenshudderspodcast Facebook: The Officia...

This Season 2 episode, originally dropped on February 3, 2021 did not transfer to Captivate, so we're reposting it. Chris Watts had it all, a beautiful wife, two beautiful little girls and a son on the way. Why would he commit the ultimate betrayal to his young family? Follow us on: Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page for Open Shudders A Creepy Podcast E...

This week, Barry and Phillip discuss the 2019 Ari Aster film Midsommar, a dark horror film in a bright setting. Follow Us on: Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page for Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast Email us at: openshudders@yahoo.com movieshudders@aol.com Enjoy The View From The Open Shudders, BUT DON'T FALL OUT OF THE WINDOW

This is a past episode from March 2, 2021. In this episode we cover the most infamous New Orleans murder/suicide. When Zack Bowen falls to his death from a French Quarter hotel roof, police find a note in his pocket describing the grizzly murder of his girlfriend Addie Hall. This is of the saddest and most disturbing cases that we ever covered. Special note: This episode got lost in the transfer o...

In 1999,ten years after Steven Stayner's tragic death, four women are murdered in and near Yosemite National Park. Police are horrified to find out the the killer is none other than Cary Stayner, Steven's older brother. This adds a sad final chapter to the Stayner family's tragedy. Follow us on: Twitter: @AShudders Instagram: @openshudderspodcast Facebook: The Official Page For Open Shudders A Cre...

Our two part story begins on December 5,1972 when seven year old Steven Stayner is abducted on his way home from school. What follows is a story that could only be true because no writer could make it up. Part 2 next week.

This week Phillip and Barry review Willard. Not the 1971 original starring Bruce Davison, but the 2003 remake starring the King of the Creepsters Crispin Glover. This gem is an awesome film that deserves to be rediscovered. Follow us on Twitter: @AShudders. Instagram: @openshudderspodcast. Facebook: The Official Page For Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast. Email openshudders@yahoo.com. movieshudders@...

For our final Classic Open Shudders episode we revisit the Season Two episode from January 20, 2021, The New Orleans Axeman. This case has a personal family connection to Barry. Mike Pepitone, the alleged final victim of the notorious New Orleans Axeman happened to be Barry's great-uncle. Follow us on Twitter: AShudders. Instagram: @open-shudders-a-creepy-podcast Facebook: The Official Page For Op...

In this encore episode from Season 2, first dropped on January 5, 2021, Barry and Phillip tell of encounters each had with the paranormal. Follow us on Twitter: @AShudders. Instagram: @openshudderspodcast. Facebook: The Official Page For Open Shudders: A Creepy Podcast. Email openshudders@yahoo.com. movieshudders@aol.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/barry-marino-openshud/message

A new feature called Classic Open Shudders debuts this week. From time to time, we will republish a popular episode from an earlier season. This week we revisit the Season One episode from December 14, 2020 titled Unholy Matrimony: Sam Corey, Jim Giesick and the senseless murder of Patricia Giesick. On January 16, 1974, a young newlywed is killed in a hit and run accident on a lonely road in New O...