Horror Cultural

Karissa talks about the Alnwick Poison Garden located in the UK, which is the home of many deadly plants.

Karissa goes in-depth on her thoughts about spontaneous human combustion, and the different explanations people have come up with, including her own!

Mark talks about the Japanese monster known as the Tengu, a birdlike humanoid. Rhonda presents a new segment called Cold to Cracked, where she discusses previously cold cases that were eventually solved.

Mark and Karissa go full-blown fan mode discussing the strange and beautiful world of David Lynch’s masterpiece series Twin Peaks. They finally finished the entire series and are ready to drop spoilers all over the place.

Rhonda premieres a new segment (which doesn’t have an official name yet) where she talks about musicians with sketchy records. Karissa talks about medical conditions that are weird and scary!

Mark brings up the Dead Internet Theory, which COULD explain the current state of the internet. Karissa gushes over the early-90s deep cut drama Twin Peaks, to which Mark and Rhonda jump in happily to gush with her.

In this short but sweet special episode, Mark starts off with PA’s own Seven Gates of Hell, located in York County! In a new segment, S#!+show of the Week, Karissa talks topical about the invasive species of spider showing up in South Jersey (and elsewhere)!

Karissa talks about food from around the world that are weird, gross, and downright scary!

Mark reviews the game Shadow Hearts for the PlayStation 2. Shadow Hearts is a Gothic/Lovecraftian RPG game that takes real history and turns it upside down.

Rhonda goes in-depth about the signs of the Dark Zodiac, the flipside of our traditional Zodiac. Everyone becomes uncomfortable about what they hear about themselves.

Rhonda discusses the movie 13 Ghosts (starring Matthew Lillard), which was inspired by The Dark Zodiac, the reverse of our known Zodiac. Mark has never seen the movie, so he checked out midway through. Karissa however HAS seen the movie, and thus was quite enthusiastic.

Mark (tries) to read a spooky short story from 1905. Rhonda talks about David Albarran, whose daughters want him convicted.

Rhonda leads the episode with a dive into the lore about Pukwudgies, fae that like to mess with people. Karissa talks about moments in non-horror games that have people spooked!

Rhonda and Karissa take the reins as they talk about Nakira Griner from NJ; and the Nephilim, the children of fallen angels. Mark takes a break. *she is not, in fact, mother of the year.

Mark talks about what is considered one of the worst crimes in post-war Japan. Junko Furuta was a normal high school girl that was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, to put it mildly. We apologize for the audio quality, we are very loud individuals who aren’t used to using mics.

Mark talks about the supernatural, mythological, and folk connections about goblins and their cousins in pop culture and history.

Rhonda takes the whole episode to discuss Lucy Letby, a recent serial murderer from the UK. TW infanticide.

Mark starts the episode talking about spooky sightings and stories from within the Presidential abode. Then, special guest Karissa tells of the Black Aggie statue, a haunting sculpture originally found in Druid Ridge Cemetery.

Rhonda goes off on the highly anticipated horror reimagining of childhood classic Winnie the Pooh, Winnie the Pooh: Blood and Honey.

Rhonda begins the episode with another spin of the Cold Case Carousel, and Mark talks about a monster vaguely similar to their own Jersey Devil, the reptile-bird Snallygaster!

Rhonda takes the lead and talks about possibly one of the worst situations we’ve ever discussed on Horror Cultural.

Mark starts off the episode with an INCREDIBLY brief talk about the King of the Monsters, while Rhonda catches him off-guard with the inspiration for different monsters in pop culture.

Rhonda brought a list of Appalachian superstitions to the podcast, and the two of them talk about the ones they know, the ones they don’t, and the ones they can’t believe! If you or someone you know has mental health issues, there is help out there, please get help! https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ Can you take a moment to give us 5 stars, it helps us a lot! :) Have a story to share? An idea you...

Rhonda talks about the unexpectedly raunchy Beanighe of Scottish folklore, then Mark talks about the ancient Mesopotamian goddess Lamashtu, known for horrible deeds. If you or someone you know has mental health issues, there is help out there, please get help! https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ Can you take a moment to give us 5 stars, it helps us a lot! :) Have a story to share? An idea you want u...

Mark does a deep dive into what makes the horror genre enticing and exciting to those who love it, and what horror can do for people on a communal and psychological level. If you or someone you know has mental health issues, there is help out there, please get help! https://findtreatment.samhsa.gov/ Can you take a moment to give us 5 stars, it helps us a lot! :) Have a story to share? An idea you...