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It's that time of year guys! Back from a long break here to bring you all things spooky...holiday style. Kicking off this festive month, we have tonight's episode which is Horror Movies with Christmas themes, not Christmas Horror movies. We have talked about many holiday horror films in past episodes, and we'll have one again this December, but this time, we wanted to talk about horror films set a...

Our long awaited episode guys! Tonight we will be discussing the Hell House LLC series, from the first film that came out 10 years ago to the most recent & final installment, Hell House LLC: Lineage. The premise of the films center around the Abaddon Hotel in New York, Andrew Tully and Patrick Carmichael, but the series as a whole casts an even wider net with a host of characters that have a s...

Paige Renkoski at age 30 went missing May of 1990 after her car was found abandoned on the side of a highway in Michigan. Her missing cold case is one of the longest running in Michigan history. The case was declared a homicide even though no body has been found. Even though there have been some leads and even sightings, police have not gotten any closer to solving her case. Paige's mother passed...

Back for a 3rd interview, friend to the show, writer and director of "The Fear Footage" trilogy fame, Ricky Umberger is here to discuss his latest film, "The Man with the Black Umbrella," which is currently getting rave reviews from the horror community. It follows the story of a man who investigates the unsolved murder of his sister, which was committed by a mysterious figure known only as the ma...

True Crime Case alert! This week's episode is about the disappearance of Jodi Huisentruit, a TV news anchor who went missing in Iowa in 1995 and was declared legally dead in 2001. Years of speculation have baffled this case in the small town of Mason City: was this a jealous boyfriend? A stalker? So many mysteries abound. As recent reports have surfaced, a documentary was released this year on Hul...

Tonight's episode is about a mythical practice dating back over 300 years that made its way to America thru European, namely German, immigration: that practice is called Pennsylvania Dutch Magic or Braucherei (pronounced "BROY-ker-eye.") It is a Christian folk practice that includes a range of healing rituals used primarily for treating ailments in humans, livestock, and crops, as well as securing...

Bringing you another Cinephreak Pictures interview, courtesy of Jakob Bilinski, tonight we're speaking with Joe Atkinson, director and writer of the film, Wet Bulb Temperature, which is making its way thru the festival circuit having already won Best Feature Film at the Victory International Film Festival. The log line for the movie reads: "When three college students find themselves isolated, tho...

Kicking off spooky month with a haunted location across the pond, tonight we're discussing the Borley Church and Rectory, both described as the most haunted places in England. The church, dating back to the 11th century, and the rectory, dating back to the 1800s, have both had their share of paranormal activity, from unexplained sightings & footsteps, disembodied voices and even phantom sounds...

*SPOILERS AHEAD*  Tonight we're discussing the final Conjuring film, The Conjuring: Last Rites. Another movie featuring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga as Ed and Lorraine Warren this time discussing the real life Smurl Haunting in Pennsylvania as well as tying in their daughter Judy, who is now an adult, engaged to her boyfriend Tony Spera who in real life took over ownership of the Warrens' occul...

We are always discussing our fave horror films on the podcast but we've never discussed our favorite animated horror films which there are more of than we thought. We will be discussing both animated films and shows as well as a few horror animes that Casper enjoyed. Some of these are from childhood, some we didn't watch until we were adults but still enjoyed. Not all of these are kid friendly, ju...

Unpopular Opinion: a belief, viewpoint, or statement that goes against the mainstream or majority view, often sparking discussion, debate, or disagreement.  Well, there certainly are quite a few of those in the horror community! So, tonight we here at DFWTO podcast decided to share our own unpopular opinions in horror. Is there a certain franchise that never should have been? A movie that is terri...

This mother's love knew no bounds. Tonight is a different kind of true crime episode. We're discussing Marianne Bachmeier, a German woman who in 1981 shot and killed, in court, the man who assaulted & murdered her 7 year old daughter. A 1996 film starring Sally Field called "Eye For An Eye" is similar to the case but based on a 1993 book by the same name. Is vigilante justice warranted in a ca...

We're back guys! Tonight is part 5 of our WTF was that Ending series and tonight we're discussing the 2011 found footage space film "Apollo 18," which tells the story of the cancelled Apollo 18 mission that actually did land on the moon but never returned because of what they discovered. The ending to this wasn't terrible like most in our series, but it was a bit lackluster for our taste, so the D...

Tonight is a listener's suggestion from Texas about a haunted location in... you guessed it, Texas. Miss Molly's Hotel in Fort Worth was formerly a bordello turned bed & breakfast that reports many instances of paranormal activity. From phantom sounds to whistling, touching and being watched, you name it, Miss Molly's has got it. Are these from patrons or madams of the former brothel and bar,...

Between 1987 and 1989 in a small town in Rhode Island, a teenager named Craig Price, at the ages of 13 and 15, killed 4 people, 2 being young children. (*Trigger Warning*) A young Black man with a violent past filled with drugs, gangs and burglaries, he blamed the murders on racism while the system blamed the murders on his complete lack of remorse. Before being released at 21, he was convicted on...

Hey guys! Listen in tonight as we announce the winner of last week's 300th episode trivia contest. And big congrats to our winner!  Now, getting into this episode, we are back with our WTF was that Ending? series with the 2020 movie "Brahms: The Boy II." This sequel to 2016's "The Boy," whereas the original had a surprise ending that moviegoers loved, the ending to "Brahms: The Boy II" fell more t...

Tonight is our 300TH EPISODE everyone!!!!!! We are so excited and appreciative to have been podcasting this long and have the loyal following that we do so big thanks to all our listeners and long time fans. This anniversary episode will be all about our favorite horror television shows, not in any particular order, with some honorable mentions that didn't make the final cut. We will also be doing...

Cincinnati, Ohio, our hometown, has so many connections to snakes. From the ancient Serpent Mound to our north to the Serpentine Wall to our south, all signs of snakes point to Cincinnati. But would you believe that there are cryptid sightings that tie this all together? The Ohio River, that the Serpentine Wall borders, was the location of the 1878 sighting of a reported "sea serpent." A subsequen...

We are back to our regular programming guys! Tonight's episode is all about one of our favorite things: a spooky, haunted location. And the location we will be discussing is the Baker Hotel in Mineral Wells, Texas. Towering at 14 stories, the lavish hotel opened in 1929 in a town known for its healing mineral waters, hence the name. It was built by T.B. Baker & stayed in the family name until...

An interview us found footage fans (say that 3 times fast) have been waiting for! Thanks to Dean Alioto ("The McPherson Tape," "The Last Podcast"), we're joined tonight by Philip Escott & Sarah Appleton, the director & co-director of the incredible 2021 documentary that is streaming on Shudder, "The Found Footage Phenomenon." This is the found footage freaks Holy Grail when it comes to doc...

Our final Horrorhound Spring 2025 Filmfest interview is here! We are joined by Kermet Merl Key of Frog Lab LLC productions to discuss both his scripts that entered the Filmfest, "What Happened in Story" and "Only the Good Die Young," as well as his 2023 film streaming on Tubi, "Eat the Rich." Not only did we discuss Kermet's screenplays & movie, we also discussed other scary movies, our favori...

We have another screenwriter interview guys! Again, from Horrorhound Filmfest Spring 2025, we are joined tonight by Mike Weimer, writer of the script "Out Came The Sun," which is a sci-fi, semi found footage concept about an indie director shooting with friends in the woods - what could go wrong!? We discuss that, our love of found footage films and everything that goes into movie making. Not feat...

Our 7th Horrorhound Filmfest Spring 2025 guest tonight is Corey Beepington and their animated short, "Pretty Kitty." When an amusement park shuts down and puts its beloved mascot out of business, the man behind the mask has a psychotic break and becomes the mascot forever. A first here with DFWTO podcast, interviewing an animator for their horror cartoon short film, we discuss with Corey the premi...

Back again tonight guys, a long time supporter & forever friend to the podcast, Tony Wash is in the house and also joining us, for her first time on, Meredith Tummillo Wash! We will be discussing "Better Luck Than Chuck," a horror trivia game show, with Meredith and with Tony we will be discussing Screambox, a screaming streaming service for scary movies you won't find anywhere else. Follow To...

Tonight's Horrorhound Filmfest guest is Mike Ede who is an award winning screenwriter that has had his scripts featured at Horrorhound as well as Days of the Dead. Some of the titles include "Gaunt," a creepy hospital story with a twist, "Team Bonding," which gives a whole new meaning to company retreat and "All I Want for Christmas is... You!," a Christmas Horror comedy about a Canadian crooner a...