This week we kick off the 2022 Spooky Season by looking back on The Blair Witch Project (1999). We examine its use of improv, assess its impact on the genre, and break down the effectiveness of its ending. In this episode’s b-side, we share our knowledge of haunted Maryland, revisit our belief in ghosts, and Kris is joined by a surprise visitor: Lizard Borden. This episode contains spoilers, beginning at 22:21.

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Main episode

Curse of the Blair Witch - 1999 Special

The Scooby-Doo Project - YouTube

Before The Blair Witch Project hit theaters, a TV special reinforced its ingenious deception

20 years later, the **original viral website for The Blair Witch Project still haunts the internet

Free-sides

Haunted Maryland Road Trip

Hell House Altar: St. Mary’s College

The Legend of Hell House

Abandoned Maryland town

Spook Hill

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