Happy Friday, everyone! On today’s Sidetracks, inspired by the 2008 film Bronson starring Tom Hardy (the movie was sent to us by the awesome Sophie!), we’re discussing the real-life Charlie Bronson, born Michael Peterson, known as the UK’s most famous and most violent criminal. Audio version: https://ia601505.us.archive.org/2/items/sidetracks-53-audio/Sidetracks53_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The … Continue reading Sidetracks 53: Britain’s Most Violent Criminal

On this bizarro installment of the Retrospective, Tom and Jenny are discussing the weird and wonderful 1968 Japanese flick Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare, in which a group of Japanese monsters, including a flat-headed kappa and a sentient umbrella with a long tongue, join forces to fight a Babylonian vampire with bird legs who can clone … Continue reading Movie Retrospective: Yokai Monsters: Spook Warfare

On today’s Sidetracks show, we discuss our new lighting configuration, the weird unsolved murder of Rachel Anthony in Minnesota in 2001, and thank Sophie for sending us the deluxe Blu-ray of the 1973 supernatural biker flick Psychomania (which we’ll be doing a Retrospective on next week) and Nilay for sending us two very generous PayPal … Continue reading Sidetracks 52: New Lights, Unsolved Murders, and Undead Bikers

“Understanding the Reanimated” by Jenny Ashford Published in The Associated Villainies (2011) “The Schism” by Jenny Ashford Published in Hopeful Monsters (2009) Audio version: https://ia601507.us.archive.org/23/items/fearsome-flesh-eaters-final-audio/FearsomeFleshEaters_FinalAudio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now available for purchase in print and ebook formats! And now the audio book is available too! Get it here! Click here to sign up … Continue reading 13 O’Clock Presents The Witching Hour: Tasteless Tales of Fearsome Flesh-Eaters

On this Wednesday check-in with Tom and Jenny, Jenny talks about a creepy murder case she’s been writing about for her book, and discusses Stephen King and his film student “Dollar Babies” program, while Tom pitches a show about the Illuminati (and Reptilians!), and we both complain about Pooky waking us up before 6am because … Continue reading Sidetracks 51: Reptilians, Dollar Babies, and Kitty Crack

On this paranormal-palooza, Tom and Jenny are breaking down two of the U.K.’s best known poltergeist/haunting cases: the infamous Black Monk of Pontefract, which began at 30 East Drive in 1966 and is considered one of the most violent poltergeist attacks in Europe; and the so-called Brother Doli case, a strange outbreak in North Wales … Continue reading 194: Poltergeists! The Black Monk of Pontefract and the Brother Doli Case

It’s Monday, folks, and on today’s installment of the Sidetracks show, we’re talking about the Kane Hodder documentary that we just watched on Shudder, Jenny’s love of the movie Heathers (and how it’s better seen on The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs, also on Shudder), and 80s teen comedies in general, including the one … Continue reading Sidetracks 49: Kane Hodder, Heathers, and 80s Teen Comedies

It’s the Sunday Sidetrack, and we’re talking old-school weightlifters, fried chicken drumsticks with blue cheese, and the movie Winchester. Audio version: https://ia601404.us.archive.org/14/items/matinee-48-audio/Matinee48_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is now available for purchase in print and ebook formats! And now the audio book is available too! Get it here! Click here to sign up for Audible! If … Continue reading Sidetracks 48: Bodybuilders, Dinosaur Wings, and the Winchester Mystery House

On this installment of the Matinee, Tom and Jenny review the great new Netflix action movie Extraction; the quite rad Native Americans vs. zombies flick Blood Quantum (a Shudder exclusive); and the initially promising but ultimately pretty disappointing Australian scifi film The Dustwalker. Audio version: https://ia601400.us.archive.org/21/items/matinee-83-audio/Matinee83_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless … Continue reading Matinee 83: Extraction, Blood Quantum, The Dustwalker

It’s a ghostly Saturday show, and we discuss a few cases of perverted spirits, talk about Ed and Lorraine Warren, and speculate that Steven Seagal might haunt us after he dies and how that would be the worst thing ever. Audio version: https://ia601402.us.archive.org/7/items/sidetracks-47-audio/Sidetracks47_Audio.mp3 Video version: Hey! We’re finally on Instagram! The Faceless Villain: Volume Three is … Continue reading Sidetracks 47: The Warrens, Werewolves, and Paranormal Perverts