Shannon & Cathy | Clinical Psychology PhD & Forensic Psychologist

Terror Talk: True Crime, Serial Killers and Horror

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Two psychologists — one forensic, one clinical — dissecting serial killers, psychopaths, and the dark minds behind true crime and horror cinema. Hosted by Shannon (PhD, LMFT) and Cathy (PhD, forensic psychology). 600+ episodes covering serial killer psychology, criminal profiling, horror films, cold cases, unsolved murders, cults, narcissism, and crimes so bizarre they defy explanation. Expert clinical insight. Genuine dark humor. New episodes every week. Follow now and join us on Patreon. Lock your doors. 🔒

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Shannon & Cathy | Clinical Psychology PhD & Forensic Psychologist

Episodes

Psychology of Black Mirror Series 4 28.04.2021 41:23

Shannon & Cathy discuss all six episodes of Season 4 of Black Mirror including episodes USS Callister, Ark Angel, Crocodile, Hang the DJ, Metalhead and Black Museum. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.faceboo...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Cooties, Dinner Party, TCM 2, Zoombies, Like Me 23.04.2021 26:36

Shannon and Cathy discuss recent watches including Cooties, Dinner Party, Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, True Fiction, Zoombies, Like Me, and of course, Horror Facts with Cath plus a discussion on massage and exercise. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter...

Female Psychopath Series - Girl Interrupted 21.04.2021 35:06

Shannon and Cathy discuss Girl Interrupted as well as psychiatric hospital representation. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/ Business Inquiries: terrortalkpodcast@gmail.com

Shrink Chat Weekly - Train to Busan: Peninsula, The Power, Zombie for Sale, Horrorstor 16.04.2021 43:11

Shannon and Cathy discuss recent watches including Zombie for Sale, The Power, The Woman, Train to Busan and Train to Busan: Peninsula, Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker, Monsters Among Us, Raptor Island, and of course, Horror Facts with Cath plus Cathy goes off on Elon Musk. Also we just finished our book club read Horrorstor and announced our new book! Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com...

Hitchcock - Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo and Frenzy 14.04.2021 40:18

Shannon and Cathy discuss the psychology of Hitchcock's Films including Psycho, The Birds, Rear Window, Vertigo and Frenzy. Article Mentioned: The Psychological Analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's Movies published on Science Direct. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https:/...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Nina Forever, Game of Death, Violation, Child Eater, The Last Blockbuster 09.04.2021 43:21

Shannon and Cathy discuss recent watches including Violation, The Last Blockbuster, Nina Forever, Child Eater, Game of Death and of course, Horror Facts with Cath plus details of The Hatman Spector. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Faceb...

Psychology of Black Swan - Narcissistic Mothers and Female Sexuality 07.04.2021 33:14

Shannon and Cathy discuss the psychology of the film Black Swan. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/ Business Inquiries: terrortalkpodcast@gmail.com

Shrink Chat Weekly - Slaxx, The Empty Man, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Cropsey 02.04.2021 45:05

Shannon and Cathy discuss Cathy's trip to East Africa and her summit Kilimanjaro and a surprise gift from a Patron, some news, as well as their recent watches that include Slaxx, Killer Sofa, Attack of the Killer Donuts, Cropsey, The Empty Man, recent Clarice episode, and of course, Horror Facts with Cath. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/ter...

Psychology of Shutter Island 31.03.2021 32:10

Shannon and Cathy discuss the psychology of Shutter Island. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/ Business Inquiries: terrortalkpodcast@gmail.com

Shrink Chat Weekly - Tail Sting, The Confessional, Harold's Going Stiff, Last Will & Testament of Rosalind Leigh 26.03.2021 39:59

Shannon and Cathy discuss more on the book The Science of Women in Horror, our other watches including Tail Sting, The Confessional, Harold's Going Stiff, The Last Will & Testament of Rosalind Leigh and of course, Horror Facts with Cath. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Tw...

Female Psychopath Series - Killer Crush in Fatal Attraction, Swim Fan, High Tension, The Crush 24.03.2021 46:18

Shannon and Cathy discuss obsessive love, delusional jealousy, within killer crush films like Fatal Attraction, Swim Fan, High Tension, and The Crush. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalk...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Lucky, Prevenge, Altered, Clarice 19.03.2021 43:38

Shannon and Cathy discuss the book club in Patreon. We are reading Horrorstor by Grady Hendrix with our Patrons on Discord. Also our recent horror watches including Lucky, The Dark and the Wicked, Altered, Prevenge (inspired by the book The Science of Women in Horror), and Clarice Watch Along plus Horror Facts with Cath. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: ht...

Irish Horror - Wake Wood, The Hallow, Spring, Leprechaun Franchise, I am Not a Serial Killer 17.03.2021 54:12

Irish horror has themes of supernatural, nature as a force, nature ritual, scary kids, exploration of grief, the myth of the Banshee as well as the Irish (and some others) films we watched and recommend, including Don't Leave Home, The Hole in the Ground, Dark Touch, Wake Wood, I am Not a Serial Killer, The Hallow, Spring, In Fear, An Irish Exorcism, Isolation, and the Leprechaun franchi...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Getting Vaccinated, I Care A Lot, Antebellum, The Dead Don't Die, Wrong Turn, The Apparition 12.03.2021 43:37

Shannon and Cathy discuss our Covid 19 vaccination experience, our Buddy Watch: Mother of Monsters, our other watches including The Apparition, I Care A Lot (2020), The Dead Don't Die, Wrong Turn (2021) , Antebellum (2020), and of course, Horror Facts with Cath. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/...

Cult Horror Films - Magic, Lord of Illusions 10.03.2021 31:04

Shannon & Cathy discuss the 1978 film Magic with Anthony Hopkins & the 1995 film Clive Barker's Lord of Illusions and it's wonderous cheese.  Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterror...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Shook, Possessor, Tenebrae, The Girl With All the Gifts, Clarice 05.03.2021 37:40

Shannon and Cathy discuss horror news, our recent watches including Shook, Possessor, The Girl with All the Gifts, Tenebrae, and the new series Clarice.  Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newte...

Therapists discuss Hannibal Lector 03.03.2021 59:53

Shannon and Cathy discuss Hannibal Lector's psychology in the context of the Silence Of the Lambs universe of movies including Manhunter, Silence of the Lambs, Red Dragon, Hannibal and Hannibal Rising.  Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTer...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Psycho Goreman, Hell Fest, Head Count, Funhouse Massacre, Sweetheart, Before the Fire 26.02.2021 40:30

Shannon and Cathy discuss recent teaching adventures as well as the Stranger Things Experience, and our film watches including Hell Fest, The Funhouse Massacre, Head Count, Sweetheart, Before the Fire, and, of course, Horror Facts with Cath.  Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodca...

Female Psychopath Series - The Hand that Rocks The Cradle 24.02.2021 32:52

Shannon and Cathy discuss Rebecca De Mornay's portrayal of a female psychopath in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/ Business Inquiries: terrorta...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Saint Maud, Willy's Wonderland, Clarice, Howl, Violation, Tourist Trap 19.02.2021 45:04

Shannon and Cathy discuss the Joe Bob Valentine's Day Special that included Tammy and the T-Rex and The Love Witch as well as, Framing Britney Spears, Howl, Tourist Trap, Prisoners of Ghostland, Violation, Clarice, and, of course, Horror Facts with Cath. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrorta...

Narcissistic Abuse in A Place Among the Dead - Juliet Landau and Deverill Weekes 17.02.2021 1:07:07

In conversation with Juliet Landau (Drusilla in Buffy The Vampire Slayer) and Deverill Weekes (Producer, Cinematographer) about their film A Place Among the Dead. The film is a revealing and terrifying meld of fact, fiction and the fantastical, actress and filmmaker “Jules,” driven by the demons of her past, embarks on a journey at the potential cost of everything she knows and loves. It explicate...

Shrink Chat Weekly - Honeymoon, Valentine, Rawhead Rex, The Bone Box, Peter Cushing 12.02.2021 43:02

Shannon and Cathy discuss mental health workers burning out during COVID, plus movies like Honeymoon, Valentine, Rawhead Rex, The Bone Box, Asylum, The Flesh and the Fiends and of course, Horror Facts with Cath. Check out our website and the blog about our friends from the Discord Server "Overdue Video Revue." Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com...

Therapists discuss Night Stalker & The Ripper 10.02.2021 34:50

Shannon and Cathy discuss two Netflix documentaries: Night Stalker & The Ripper.  Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/ Business Inquiries: terrortalkpodcast@gmail.com

Shrink Chat Weekly - The Little Things, The Queen of Black Magic, Black Box, We Are What We Are, Craft Legacy 05.02.2021 49:17

Shannon and Cathy discuss Black Box, The Little Things, We Are What We Are, Craft Legacy, The Queen of Black Magic, and of course, Horror Facts with Cath.  Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.co...

Female Psychopath Series - Single White Female 03.02.2021 44:04

Shannon & Cathy discuss female psychopathy by way of the film Single White Female. Website: https://www.terrortalkpodcast.com Community Membership: https://www.patreon.com/terrortalk Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/terrortalkpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/TalkTerror Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/newterrortalkpodcast/ Business Inquiries: terrortalkpodcast@gmail.com