Strange Cinema: Advent (2024)

Dec 19, 2025

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Christmas Creatures: Belsnickel, Krampus and La Befana

‘Tis the season to be spooky, though Halloween has passed there are still plenty of creatures that go bump in the night, and while these creatures are a bit more festive some are also terrifying. So put on your favorite ugly Christmas sweater and light that pine scented candle while… Listen ⇢
Disappeared Into Thin Air: What Happened to Brian Shaffer?

Today’s case… is one of the strangest disappearances in modern history. A case with cameras. Witnesses. Timelines. Evidence. And still, no answers. On April 1st, 2006, a medical student walked into a bar at Ohio State University… and was never seen again. No confirmed sighting. No body. No clue as… Listen ⇢
Water Horse Demon? The Legend of the Kelpie

Today we are back with another cryptid, this one hails from around the area of Ireland and Scotland (which is interesting because it seems like I seem to stumble upon a lot of creatures from that area), this creature is called the Kelpie. So let’s start at the beginning, which… Listen ⇢
Strange Cinema: Pilgrim

In this episode of Strange Cinema, Thanksgiving takes a sinister turn when a well-meaning mother hires historical reenactors to create an immersive, “authentic” holiday experience for her family. What begins as an awkward gimmick quickly becomes unsettling as the Pilgrim guests -led by the eerily polite Ethan- refuse to break… Listen ⇢
The Mysterious Disappearance of Thelma Pauline (Polly) Melton

On a warm September afternoon in 1981, 58-year-old Polly Melton was spending time in one of her favorite places on Earth: the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Tennessee. She went out for an easy hike she’d done dozens of times before with a couple of friends while her husband… Listen ⇢
Real Life Vampire “The Blood Countess” Elizabeth Bathory

Between the late 16th and early 17th centuries, Elizabeth Bathory is suspected of killing up to 650 people, mainly young women, for both pleasure and in order to use their blood for consumption and beauty rituals. An early nepo baby who got away with murder for over a decade before… Listen ⇢
Our Top 10 Halloween Movies

Well friends, we ran out of storage space on our website 🤣 but you can still check out the podcast on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and pretty much anywhere else you listen to podcasts. Cassandra’s List: Natasha’s List: Listen ⇢
Creepy Pasta: The Rake & The Russian Sleep Experiment

We have our first special guest! Join Cassandra and our brother from another mother Clayton as they discuss two Creepy Pasta stories that took the forums by storm- the rake and the Russian sleep experiment. Listen ⇢
Are there Serial killers on the loose in America?

Serial Killing- An American Tradition America: the land of the free… and the home of more serial killers than anywhere else in modern history. From the 1970s through the 1990s, the U.S. saw an explosion of serial murder — a dark legacy that earned its own chapter in criminal history.… Listen ⇢