Exploring The Myths Behind The Legends

We have reached what appears to be the end of the road here at EMBL Podcast. While we are sad because it's unlikely that we will be able to continue producing content, we are going out on a positive note by publishing our final (?) episode on Halloween! For the first part of the episode, Mariah shares a couple of scary experiences from her past. They will chill you to the bone! After that, Chu...

R.M. Renfield has been Dracula's right hand man for a while, ever since he met him in Transylvania. He is tasked with making sure that his master is well fed and protected against anything from that pesky sunlight to the stubborn vampire hunters that attack him every so often. As of late though, Renfield has been having second thoughts about his lifestyle. He joins a support group, and he even...

Mima is a pop singer who has decided to chase a new career as an actress. Her manager and agent seem to have conflicting views about this move, where one seems reluctant and the other supportive. However, Mima's decision seems to not be turning out as she might have expected when her former band enters the charts with their new single, while her acting career puts her at odds with her own self...

As police investigate the site of a horrible and mysterious crime scene, they come across the body of an unknown young woman, whom they label as Jane Doe. The sheriff takes the body to Tommy and Austin, who are a father/son team acting as coroners in the small town. As Tommy and Austin proceed with the autopsy, things will take very dark and unsettling turns for them ... Join us as we discuss this...

Amelia is a single mother struggling to raise her son, Samuel. Her husband passed away when they were on the way to the hospital so she could give birth, and ever since then, she has been unable to move on from her grieving. As life seems to be getting more and more cumbersome for her, Samuel finds a mysterious book in his shelf. After reading it for him, Amelia starts to experience strange occurr...

Kate and John are a married couple about to have their third child. Unfortunately, the child is stillborn due to medical complications. Kate falls into depression, and, after going to therapy, talks John into adopting a child. They visit an orphanage and meet Esther, a seemingly very talented and polite girl. They decide to become her adoptive parents, but that would prove to be a fatal mistake, f...

Sara and Alex are a young couple, and they have decided to leave city life behind them and move to the country. They believe this will help Sara and their baby, Liam, have more time to bond, since Sara has been experiencing post partum depression. The house they have decided to move into, however, has a dark past. Soon after they arrive, Sara starts to hear noises and have strange visions of the h...

Kurt wants to become a viral social media influencer more than anything. He has been making content for a while, but so far, his efforts have been unsuccessful. In addition to that, he has a side gig as a driver for a service called Spree. He decides to develop a method called The Lesson, which, according to himself, is guaranteed to finally make him the internet sensation he has always wanted to...

Sharon is the adopted daughter of Rose and Christopher. One night, she sleepwalks out of her home, and Rose catches up to her just before she falls into an abyss. The terrified young girl kept screaming something into the night. "Silent Hill! ... Silent Hill! ..." Rose figures out that Silent Hill is an abandoned town, and she decides that the best course of action is to take Sharon ther...

Cady is a young girl who suffered the loss of her parents in a car accident. She was sent to live with her aunt Gemma, who is a very successful and independent woman. Even so, Gemma was completely unprepared to take care of her young niece. Between her new role as a guardian, the deadlines at work, her nosy neighbor with a hellhound for a pet, and the judgmental social worker assigned to oversee h...

Naru is a Comanche woman living in the 1700s. She has always wanted to be recognized as a hunter by her people, so she has taken it upon herself to train for that purpose. Her brother Taabe, who is a talented hunter, encourages her along the way. When a mysterious looking object in the clouds appears, Naru comes to believe that it is a sign for her to attempt a hunting ritual. What she didn't know...

Riley is going through some rough times. She is a recovering addict and is living with her brother, but she's stuck in a dead end job. Her boyfriend, Trevor, is planning to break into an abandoned warehouse to steal whatever might be inside, and he asks her to tag along. Little did she know that the one object they would find there would drag her into a downward spiral of tragedy, loss, and horror...

Ben is down on his luck, and his friends invite him to Mardi Gras to improve his mood. When the scores of beautiful women, the gallons of booze, and the charm of New Orleans aren't enough to make him forget about his ex, he decides to go and check out a tour of the surrounding swamps (?) His friend Marcus joins him reluctantly, and they, along with an assortment of weird characters, ride a bus to...

A mine worker finds something oozing from the ground, so, naturally, he eats it :) He decides that it's delicious, so the substance is packaged and sold as a treat. The ice cream companies, worried that this new snack will cut into their profits, hire Mo Rutherford to investigate what is now called The Stuff. Turns out that what seems to be a delicious treat is actually a living entity that is att...

Ginger and Brigitte Fitzgerald are two teenage sisters growing up in the suburbs. They are disenchanted with life and seem to have a rather morbid fixation on death. Everything in their lives starts to change after Ginger is attacked by an unknown creature one night. After the attack, Brigitte notices how her sister starts to act very differently, and her physical appearance is also not the same a...

Christine was inadvertently chosen by The Devil as the woman with whom he shall create his unholy spawn, The Antichrist. The catch is, The Devil has to find her before the millennium ends, otherwise, his plan will be foiled. Enter Jericho Cane, a disgraced police officer who lost his wife and daughter some time ago. Arming himself with an arsenal bigger than that of most small countries, he decide...

Frankie is enjoying her life as a 20-something in the late 1990s. One day, her mother, who is on vacation in Brazil, sends her a rather unique souvenir. After receiving the gift, Frankie starts to act strangely and to experience bizarre phenomena. The most striking is the presence of the stigmata, which are, according to the Catholic teachings, the wounds that Jesus Christ received at the time of...

Mary is a student at medical school that is struggling to make ends meet. In spite of being one of the better pupils, her finances are holding her back. After a fateful night in which she tries to get a job at a strip club, she becomes a sort of urban legend for a very niche community. Then, something terrible happens to her, and we see her character change drastically as a result ... Join us as w...

Steven Price is an amusement park owner who is unhappily married to Evelyn. She becomes enamored with an old house that was once an asylum after seeing it on a TV show. Price agrees to rent the house for her birthday celebration, but he's planning something wicked for her. Once they get to the house, they find out that the invitations were sent to complete strangers. Price offers one million dolla...

What do you get when you combine EMBL with the ladies from A Little Wicked Podcast? Why, a fire collaboration, of course! Lexi shares information with us about the Legend Of The Black Dog, which appears to truck drivers who over exert themselves on the road. Kayla talks to us about the mystery of the Isdal Woman, which is about the mysterious way that a very eccentric woman was found dead in Norwa...

Boone has been dreaming of visiting a mystical place called Midian, where he meets a diverse group of creatures. His psychiatrist, Dr. Decker, appears to be helpful, but he is secretly a serial killer that is trying to frame Boone for his crimes. After meeting a mysterious man in a hospital, Boone finally begins his quest to reach Midian. Once he gets there, he gets involved in the stuggle for sur...

Louis has been a vampire for around 200 years. Desperate to understand and accept his status as an immortal being, he tells his story to a man named Daniel Molloy. From his conversion at the hands (ahem ... teeth) of Lestat, to his journey to Europe in search of answers, to his experiences and life in the 20th century, his tale is riveting and captivating. Join us as we cover this Gothic horror cl...

Something has been brewing in the town of Gatlin, Nebraska. A child named Isaac has indoctrinated the other kids in the town to commit the worst of crimes in order to appease a supernatural entity . After some time goes by, Burt and Vicky, a couple that's moving to Seattle, are drawn to visit Gatlin after an unfortunate traffic accident. Once there, they are attacked by Isaac and his followers. Wi...

After the zombie apocalypse, a small military unit has remained hidden in an underground bunker. Alongside them, there is a team of scientists who are attempting to figure out what was the cause for the uprising of the dead. The tension between both camps reaches a cusp when Captain Rhodes takes command of the unit. Will they find a way to solve their own problems before the zombies get to them? A...

Rachel is a journalist whose niece, and some of her friends, passed away in very mysterious circumstances. Rachel's sister asks her to investigate any possible leads as to what may have caused their deaths. It's not long before Rachel finds herself involved in some very disturbing events involving the family history of a young girl named Samara, and specifically, those having to do with a very str...