The Night Crew Podcast

🩸 Episode Description On this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, Brad Ricks sits down with Viggy Parr Hampton—author, podcaster, and epidemiologist—to explore the dark science and creative sparks behind her chilling fiction and hit horror shows. Viggy shares how she: 🧬 Writes Science-Driven Horror – From her debut A Cold Night for Alligators (a rogue epidemiologist chasing a mysterious outbreak...

🔍 Episode Description: In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks sits down with horror author Edmund Stone—the creative mind behind Tent Revival, Soul Mirror, and multiple dark short story collections, as well as the layout and formatting wizard for The Night Crew novels. Together they dive deep into: The Evolution of a Horror Writer – From early poems and shorts (2017’s Hush My...

🔍 Episode Description: On this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks sits down with author EM Otero—a writer who blends mecha sci-fi, cosmic horror, and blood-soaked folklore into unforgettable stories. Eric takes us deep into: Genre-Bending Fiction – From his breakout mecha-cosmic horror novel The Howling Between Worlds (soon to be a sound-enhanced audiobook) to the evolutionary vam...

🩸 Episode Description Welcome to The Night Crew Podcast, where shadows breathe and monsters listen. In this moon-drenched episode, host Brad Ricks takes you on a chilling hunt for one of horror’s oldest, hairiest legends: the werewolf. From the first eerie howl to the silver bullet finale, discover: 🌕 Ancient Origins – King Lycaon’s curse in ancient Greece and Norse wolf-coat warriors who fought...

📖 Episode Description In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, Brad sits down with horror author Shannon Bradner to talk about her journey from childhood stories inspired by her grandmother to publishing dark, twisted tales on Godless and with Baynum Books Press. Shannon opens up about: Her early love of reading and how it sparked her passion for writing. The grind of balancing night shifts wit...

🔍 Episode Description: In this fun and cryptid-filled episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks is joined by horror author Ross Killey for a wide-ranging conversation about writing, monsters, and that one time a tree started shaking in the Indiana woods. Ross discusses his journey from outlining stories during security shifts to publishing werewolf horror comedies and zombie tales in Vie...

📄 Episode Description: In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks welcomes indie horror author Zach Ellenberger for a wide-ranging and hilarious conversation about writing, folklore, and how music and history collide with monsters. Zach—author of Potato Kingdom and dozens of eerie short stories—shares how his love of history, horror, and punk music shaped his storytelling voice. T...

In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, horror author and host Brad Ricks takes listeners on a cinematic coffin crawl through the history of vampires on the silver screen. What You’ll Hear in This Episode: 🎥 Silent beginnings: Nosferatu (1922) — Count Orlok’s plague-ridden nightmare and Bram Stoker’s widow’s lawsuit. 🦇 Universal era: Bela Lugosi’s Dracula (1931) — the cape, the accent, and th...

Episode Description: In this special birthday episode of The Night Crew Podcast, the tables turn as Brad Ricks hands over the mic and becomes the interviewee! Guest host and spooky book club leader Courtney DeGuire steps in to dig deep into Brad’s writing journey, his vampire-fueled inspirations, and the wild story behind his first short story about... well, let’s just say it involves cannibalism...

New Orleans: jazz, gumbo… and vampires? In Episode 6 of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks takes you deep into the mist-shrouded alleyways and blood-soaked lore of one of America’s most haunted cities—New Orleans. From the eerie legend of the Casket Girls to the mysterious, possibly immortal Jacques Saint Germain, and even a modern-day vampire subculture, this episode explores why the Big Eas...

📄 Episode Description: n this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks sits down with horror author and screenwriter BD Prince, whose darkly twisted imagination takes center stage. From writing humorous greeting cards and jokes for Joan Rivers to creating gut-wrenching horror fiction, BD Prince shares his unique journey from comedy to the macabre. We dive deep into his creative process,...

Think you know how to kill a vampire? Think again. In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks goes full Van Helsing, guiding you through the wild, weird, and often hilarious ways vampires are destroyed around the world. From Romania’s classic stake-through-the-heart to the Philippines’ terrifying Manananggal-slaying tactics, we tour vampire-killing lore across 27 countries (and one...

📄 Episode Description: In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, host Brad Ricks sits down with horror author Joe Scipione—creator of the Mr. Nightmare series—for a deep dive into the creative chaos of writing monsters, aliens, and haunted middle-school trauma. From his long road to publication, to accidentally getting punched in the face on Bourbon Street, Joe shares the inspiration behind his...

In Episode 2 of The Night Crew Podcast, we sink our teeth into one of the most iconic—and undead—figures in horror history: Dracula. From the brutal legacy of Vlad the Impaler to the shadowy genius of Bram Stoker, this episode peels back the coffin lid to explore how Dracula went from medieval warlord to literary legend to pop culture icon. We dive into gory historical tales (yes, there will be im...

Welcome to the very first episode of The Night Crew Podcast, where things that go bump in the night get their time in the spotlight. Host and author Brad Ricks kicks off the vampire series with a fang-tastic overview of bloodsuckers throughout history and across the globe. From ancient Eastern European folklore to fetus-hunting monsters from the Philippines (yes, really), we explore where vampires...

This is a preview of things to come on the next few episodes of The Night Crew Podcast.