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Come Fight Me In The Dark

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For over a decade, Zak Bagans has dominated the paranormal investigation world. Amassing armies of followers and an entire museum of powerful haunted artifacts, Zak Bagans is the undisputed king of the afterlife. Now, two man-boys set out on the most dangerous podcast project in the history of the internet: to challenge Zak Bagans to Come Fight Us In The Dark. Join hosts Joel Klineburger (stand-up comic and prolific media consumer) and Erik Hoofnagle (animator whose childhood has been a meme once) on their quest to study Zak Bagans through watching every episode of Ghost Adventures. Each week,...

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Jul 7, 2026

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Episodes

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 51: Zak Bagans, Mannequin Fetishist 18.07.2023

Viva Las Vegas I guess as Zak is back in his home town to stretch the premise of Ghost Adventures wider than previously thought possible. He dances with real girls, creeps on fake ones, and has a carb filled private meeting with some big time mobsters kind of friends.  Join Joel and Erik as we begin to melt, as wax in the sun, as we discuss Ghost Adventures Season 5, Episode 101: Madam Tussauds Wa...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 50: Zak Goes to Republican Heaven 04.07.2023

Happy America day Witches and Warlocks! Appropriately, Zak and his boys are investigating a monument to one of Americas greatest sins as well as the home of one of its #1 country stars, a home so beautifully southern that Zak never wants to leave again. Gaze in wide eyed wonder as Zak adopts a southern accent, the boys pose for their country boy band album photos, and Zak literally pulls you throu...

Come FIght Me In The Dark Episode 49: A Farm to Table Haunting 20.06.2023

Beware Witches and Warlocks, our 3! hosts are in for the biggest reverse Scooby Doo ever at a half haunted house, half retirement home, all bad news place in a town that Zak will never pronounce right. Is Zak here to hunt ghosts, or is he here to cosplay as the villain in his favorite 80s ski comedy?   Join Joel and Erik as we climb this episodes ladder from the base to the tip as we discuss Ghost...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 48: ScatHat Man John’s Cryptid Benedryl 06.06.2023

Skapbadopbadeba etc Its a scat mans world Witches and Warlocks as Zak takes on his most dangerous assignment yet; navigating the history of slavery while still maintaining his trademarked Bagans persona. Is he successful? No.  Join Erik and Joel as we pitch the greatest antihistamine commercial ever as we discuss Ghost Adventures Season 5,  Episode 7: The Kentucky Slave House

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 47: Tell Your Wife...Pee Pee (Hales Bar Marina and Dam) 23.05.2023

Hot DAM Witches and Warlocks! The boys are back down south to anger the spirits of the Cherokee people with their general lack of respect and understanding of their culture. Zak almost gets electrocuted, Aaron almost poops, and Billy is put in another porno in this GI Joe PSA gone wrong. Join Joel and Erik as we create acronyms for our own paranormal squad "P.I.N.K" as we discuss Ghost Adventures...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 46: Sugar High (The Sacramento Tunnels) 09.05.2023

Oh No! Someone gave Zak and the GAC sugar and now there is chaos in the old Sacramento tunnels (and adjacent less interesting places). Aaron says a no no, Nick reviles himself to be a bunker person, and Zak drops his own My Chemical Romance style music video. Join Joel and Erik as one of us loves it, one of us hates it, and both of us trash it as we discuss Ghost Adventures Season 5, Episode 5: Th...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 45: Spirit the Donkey of the Halloween on the Haunted Hill (The Yorktown Hospital) 25.04.2023

Hold on to your butts and don't be lunging for any asses Witches and Warlocks because Zak and his boys have descended upon small town America once again. Gaze in wide eyed wonder as Zak fails to understand how small towns function, unlocks a choking fetish, and gets attacked by Iggy Pop's animal companion. Join us pink boys as we fight through COVID brain and our natural inability to form coherent...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 44: The Cuck Van Cometh (The Jerome Grand Hotel) 11.04.2023

Zak is back in this whack attack on the senses and mind as the boys are in a town where the spirits outnumber the residents (due to lack of reasons to live there). The boys ride in a cool car, meet a ghost Pokémon masquerading as a man, and Zak literally comes inches away from death as they explore a hospital turned hotel and an auxiliary facility turned into one sad boys workshop.  Join Erik and...

Come Fight Me In The Dark: The ”Joel has COVID” Patreon Sneak Peak EXTRAVAGANZA! 28.03.2023

Hey all you wonderful witches and warlocks. Life sometimes hits like a shit ton of bricks so because im a bit behind on editing, we are giving you this sneak peak into the world of our patreon with one of our most unhinged episodes yet. Dave Schrader in a porno? Gnomes are real? Hilary Clinton's dusty reptilian cloaca? The answer is YES. Join us as we lose it while watching two teams battle it out...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 43: Urine Cakes at the Mucky Minge (The Salem Witch House & Lyceum Hall) 14.03.2023

Double double toil and trouble, Bagans and his boys are bound for a town known across the land for is magical mysteries (also a monument to the horrors of a society run by religious hysteria). Join the GAC on the historic first ever paranormal investigation of the Salem Witch house, an investigation that had to be approved by the city, a motion that they would live to regret.  Join Joel and Erik a...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 42: The Episode Where We Lose Our Audience (Longfellow's Wayside Inn) 28.02.2023

Love is in the air Witches and Warlocks, and a young man's fancy turns to the paranormal. Zak and his horny boys are on the hunt for some sensual spectral liasons, and they don't care who knows it. Can they survive the elements while writing poetry? Will they remember Billy in the cuck van? Can the boys say seamen? Join Erik and Joel as we devolve into depravity as we discuss Ghost Adventures, Sea...

Come Fight Me In The Dark BONUS: Conjuring Existential Dread (FT. Kesha) 14.02.2023

Witches and Warlocks its our mid season special and boy do we have something magical, fluffy, and cheugy for you. From the stage to the realm of demons, pop sensation Kesha is here to fight the paranormal as only a millennial can, by setting boundaries and avoiding her job. Join Erik and Joel as Erik lets Kesha kill the final remnants of his straightness and as Joel spirals into the void of our po...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 41: Another Hidden Episode. Goldfield Hotel 2; REVENGENCE 31.01.2023

You can run Zak, but you cannot hide from the keen eyes of two Pink Boys on a mission. We found ANOTHER episode that Zak tried to scrub from history and, just like La Palazza, it is an absolute BANGER. Watch our boys go on the hero's journey as they return to where it all began, now with a fully leveled up party of mages and warriors. Join Joel and Erik as we come up with the harshest burn in hist...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 40: The Ballad of Angy Joe (Bonnie Springs) 17.01.2023

Gather 'round Witches and Warlocks and hear the tale of the maddest gunslinger in the west. No, its not Zaky B or Billy "Boner Pill" Tolley, its a mysterious man who uses his holy powers to protect a fake cowboy town a 30 minute away from Zak's house. Does anything interesting happen in this episode ghost wise? Does Zak survive his stunt filled gun battle? Does Aaron make out with a wax figure? Is...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 39: Into The Bagansverse (The Pico House) 03.01.2023

Chainsaws! Gunshots! Broken glass! Pan Flutes?! Get ready for one of the most disorienting and goofy episodes of Ghost Adventures yet as the GAC teams up with B movie horror icons to hunt ghosts at a nice hotel that was adjacent to some bad things. Join Erik and Joel as we talk gas station boner pills, their effect on Billy, and Billy's effect on the world as we discuss Ghost Adventures Season 4,...

Come Fight Me In The Dark: The Demon House Krampus Special 20.12.2022

Ho Ho BRO! As a special treat for all of you wonderful Witches and/or Warlocks this holiday season, we have dived deep into Zak's directorial magnum opus. He doesn't have his main bros, but he does have potential con artists, a bad headache, and up to 200 demons to keep him company on this very special experience. Grab a mug of hot cocoa and join Joel and Erik by the yule...fire...as we discuss th...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 38: The Worst One So Far (Kells Irish Restaurant) 06.12.2022

Witches and Warlocks, gaze in wide eyed wonder as a smart Irish business woman uses Zak Bagans to advertise a pretty cute Seattle bar that used to be a mortuary. Its as spooky as it sounds, as in, not at all.  Erik and Joel put on their thigh high boots and wade deep into one of the most disappointing episodes ever, resorting to bad accents and silly stories to keep our sanity as we watch Ghost Ad...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 37: Our Only True Crime Episode (The Villisca Ax Murder House) 22.11.2022

HACK! WHACK! ITS A ZAK AX ATTACK! Zaky B and his down juggalos are chopping chicken heads as they visit the sight of one of America's most famous unsolved murders. Join Joel and Erik as we dawn our true crime Trilbys as we discuss all the crazy stuff Zak ignored in favor of traumatizing a couple old lady's as we talk about Ghost Adventures Season 4, Episode 12: The Villisca Ax Murder House

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 36: The Diarrhea Diaries (Old Fort Erie) 08.11.2022

Smell that back bacon baby! Zaky B and his battle buddies have bounded up to Canada for their one trip before they are banned for life for the crime of abusing the local Docents. Join the boys as they are under siege not only by know it all neck beards, but the ghosts of soldiers who were exploded.  Join Joel and Erik as we talk about a number of different kinds of explosions as we slog through Gh...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 35: The Episode Zak DOES NOT WANT YOU TO SEE (La Palazza Mansion) 25.10.2022

Witches and Warlocks, we have found it. Zak tried to hide his Vegas friends, his penchant for hiring (potential) sex workers as ghost bait, his slip up in allowing Aaron to do a commercial segment for his vlogs. Come with us as we revel in the unearthing of Zak's secret shame, which turns out to be one of his best episodes of all time. Join Erik and Joel as we talk hero's, villain's, and the best...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 34: The Boos, The Blart, and The Borat (Amargosa Opera House) 11.10.2022

Jagshemash! Its 2022 Witches and Warlocks but thanks to our dedication to studying Zak Bagans's past, we get subjected to his love of Borat as he and his boys literally double the population of the town they are in. Why are they in the middle of the desert filled with Borat references? To investigate a hotel where the sexualized decapitated mannequins outnumber living humans 10 to 1. Join Erik and...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 33: Problematically Moist (Fort Chaffee) 27.09.2022

Witches and Warlocks, this episode is gonna get hot, and not just because we start this episode out by reading erotic fan fiction. The boys are dripping sweat and problematic hot takes as they pretend they are playing Doom in the hallways of this abandoned military complex/prison. Meet various levels of unintelligible southern drawl and unbearable levels of southern heat as our boys hunt for more...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 32: Highway to the Dumb Boy Zone (USS Hornet) 13.09.2022

What could be worse than General Zak Bagans leading his troops into battle for televisions most expensive haunted LARP ever? Maybe hearing how hard Zak likes to suck clams. That's right Witches and Warlocks. Strap on in, because its go time. Watch the only thing that rivals the horrors of war; Zak Bagans trying to score with twins. Join Erik and Joel as we talk misery, madness, and sea meats as we...

Come Fight Me In The Dark: The Labor Day Delay 06.09.2022

It finally happened Witches and Warlocks; We are late on an episode. Its the end of summer AND its illegal for union boy Joel to work on Labor Day so we are behind. We are back next week with a regular episode but until then, please enjoy a little something something to tide you over. Be warned, this is stuff that's usually too spicy or stupid to put on our main podcast, and given how spicy and st...

Come Fight Me In The Dark Episode 31: There’s Ghosts in Them Thar Hills! (Vulture Mine) 23.08.2022

Grab your picks and saddle up because The Zak and his gang of goober gringos are going out into the middle of nowhere, Nowhere, NOWHERE, to the ol' abandoned Vulture Mine. Zak falls in love, shoots a blank at Nick out of malice, and encourages the boys to play in flash flood rivers. Join Joel and Erik as we bring you the latest in Spooky News as well as discuss the finer points of battling skeleto...

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