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Anna Downes absolutely goes there with us. We chat her newest book Red River Road and during our discussion we get into: domestic violence, cycles of violence, victim blaming and so much more. Anna also has breaking news she shares near the end of the interview!!!!! We cannot wait for you to hear what is in store for her.

TW: DV, SA, Kidnapping

FULL SPOILERS during this interview
 
https://anna-downes.com/

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Gabby Petito Case:
 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gabby-petito-brian-laundrie-case-story-deaths/

IFS:
https://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/inpsych/2022/winter-2022/internal-family-systems-therapy

Jess Hill:
www.jesshill.net

Show Notes:
0:00-2:00 Introduction 
2:00-7:45 The Safe Place (no spoilers), Why does Anna Write thrillers?
8:00-15:00 Why did the book open in such a chaotic way?
15:00-22:00 Why solo van travel, what was the inspiration? Gabby Petito discussion 
22:00-29:00 The real dangers women face
29:15- 36:00 Creating the male characters and the dangers of a "hot take"
38:00 - 43:00 female relationships, women empowering women, why Katie and Beth were perfect for one another 
44:00- does she seek any inspiration from her own life for her characters? 

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This spooky season chat urban legends with Emily and Ashley. We asked you, the listeners, what you remember being the scariest urban legends as a kid and are here to report back on them. We also take a bit of a sidebar in the closing 10 minutes to chat conspiracy theories - are they the urban legends of today?

TW: Murder, SA, Assault, Child endangerment

0:00-2:00 Intro
1:45-5:40 Bloody Mary
5:45-9:30 The call is coming from inside the house
9:30-13:40 Candyman
13:40-16:30 Flashing headlights
16:30-21:00 Slenderman
21:00-26:40 Hiding under the car/tendon slicing
26:45-28:45 What we watched as kids and read 
28:45-38:00 Conspiracy theories, the internet and final closing content

Links to articles/research mentioned on the episode:

Janett Christman article - https://www.columbiatribune.com/story/news/politics/government/2010/03/07/who-killed-janett-christman/984978007/

Legend of Bloody Mary-
https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-story-behind-the-legend-of-Bloody-Mary

Bloody Mary movie -
https://deadline.com/2024/07/bloody-mary-origins-movie-jeffrey-reddick-todd-slater-in-works-1235999736/

Candyman-
https://theconversation.com/candyman-the-urban-legends-behind-the-movie-and-why-we-find-them-irresistible-167126

Ruthie Mccoy article-
https://the-line-up.com/ruthie-mae-mccoy

Slenderman CBS news-
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-slenderman-legend-everything-you-need-to-know/

HBO Beware The Slenderman-
https://www.hbo.com/movies/beware-the-slenderman

USA today Slenderman article-
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/12/slender-man-2014-stabbing-case-timeline/73299271007/

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We are thrilled to bring you our interview with Lucinda Berry about her book, which she calls her most disturbing, Appetite For Innocence. 

TW: Sexual Assault, Miscarriage/Abortion, Kidnapping/child abandonment, Murder.

https://lucindaberry.com/

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Do you think imaginary friends are actually ghosts?  Get into it with Ashley and Emily as they discuss one of their favorite books Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. We are using his new book The Last One at The Wedding as our November book of the month.

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https://jasonrekulak.com/

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Show Notes:
0:00-1:30 Intro
2:00-4:00 Intro to the characters
4:00-7:00 Imaginary friends and ghosts 
8:30 Discussion about the pictures in the book
12:00 How this is a story of a mothers love 
14:00 Emily's Ouija Board story 
19:00 TEDDY isn't Teddy 
21:00 Why are the dads always gross
23:00 Why Emily hates the prologue 
24:00 Show notes 

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Today we chat all things Ashley and Emily. We answer your listener questions like, who is more likely to end up in jail, who handles confrontation better and how we met and fell in love.  

Show Notes:
0:00-2:00 intro and the RUG 
5:00 How we met 
8:00 Who is more organized?
12:00 How we are very different when it comes to emailing
14:00 Who is more likely to go to jail
16:00 How we handle confrontation 
20:00 Are people mad at us?
24:00 Sandwich in the bedroom 
30:00 What we are reading 
32:00 When we had our kids 
35:00 What we love most about one another 

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"We have had to work on teaching our kids the difference between nice and safe." On today's episode Ashley and Emily review What Have You Done by Shari Lapena. Our conversation also includes chatting about teaching kids the difference between nice and safe, the teenage brain, male predators and how we need to listen to girls and women. We have included quotes and snippets from our monthly book chat with our book of the month and patreon members. 

TW: Domestic Violence, SA

Show Notes:
0:00-2:00 Basic Intro to Shari and our thoughts 
2:30 Chatting about the ending/outcome
3:40 member review of the characters 
4:30 what book is Emily not enjoying 
4:50 member review of male characters
7:00 discussion about nice versus safe 
10:00 chat on camerons parents 
13:00 Teenagers and their brains 
16:00 lighthouse parenting 
18:00 why we need to believe girls and women 
20:00 what in the world was with the phone? 
21:00 how many stars did we give it? 

https://www.sharilapena.com/

https://www.breakthecycle.org/ Domestic violence resource (stats) 

http://thehotline.org Domestic Violence Support

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Chat life with Emily and Ashley as they get into: Why the internet should go away, how they don't understand what jobs people have, what movies they will always watch if they are on and how Ashley's mom accidentally ended up with an adult film on her television. We will also let you in on what we are currently reading. 

Show notes: 
0-1:00 Intro 
2:00-4:00 What do our husbands even do? 
5:00 Why the internet should go away forever
9:00 WHAT Is Emily reading and why is it so predictable
13:00 The Perfect Couple Chat 
14:00 If this movie was on what would we watch?
19:00 "Our kids don't even know how to wait in line."
21:00 Ashley's mom accidentally ending up on an adult film channel

https://www.skylightframe.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Appetite-Innocence-Dark-Psychological-Thriller-ebook/dp/B06XFSJ196 (book Ashley just finished) 

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lodge-sue-watson/1144180456 (book Emily is reading) 

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We sit down with Chris Whitaker to chat about All the Colors Of The Dark. He shares personal details about how trauma early in life helped him write this book but also meant it took years to complete. Listen to the end for what book he would recommend and where he likes to spend time when not writing. 

Order: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/761187/all-the-colors-of-the-dark-a-read-with-jenna-pick-by-chris-whitaker/

Personal Website: https://sites.prh.com/chriswhitaker

Article about the TV adaptation: https://deadline.com/2024/06/ucp-to-adapt-chris-whitakers-new-novel-all-the-colors-of-the-dark-into-series-1235978405/

TW: Discussions of childhood abuse, violence, some explicit material

Brief Show Notes: 
0-1:00 Intro 
2:30 Sliding Doors Discussion 
4:30 His discussion about following these characters for 27 years 
10:00 Discussion about Kristin Hannah 
11:30 - 17:00 TW child abuse - description of his personal life and how it impacted this book 
18:00 Alternate ending options 
20:00 TW Discussion of abortions and patient/doctor relationships 
25:00 Discussion around how weeks of research would go into writing one paragraph 
31:00-36:00 Listener/member Questions 
37:00 Reader roundup 5 quick answer questions 

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Close to 30% of us have some level of psychopathic traits (according to the APA). In this story we have 3 of them. One of them is a child who is a murderer. We will chat about the book and listen to Emily share a real life True Crime story with us about Daniel Marsh.  

TW: Podcast includes brief discussions about domestic violence and animal abuse. 

If you are someone you know needs help please click here: www.thehotline.org

Erin Moriarty Article an CBS special: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/daniel-marsh-double-murder-could-new-california-law-free-a-teen-killer-convicted-as-an-adult/

https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-new-house-tess-stimson?variant=40087076438050

https://www.tessstimson.com

https://www.apa.org



Show Notes:

0:00-2:00 Intro and TW
2:48 Ashley and her husband have a "deal" on a house
4:00 Who wants what house 
6:30 Millies obsession with breaking into homes 
9:00 How does psychopathy scoring work?
11:00 Discussion of some violence and animal abuse (TW) 
15:00 How did Felix end up chained up in the basement?
18:30 Emily's discussion of Daniel Marsh True Crime case
26:00-29:00 Discussion around kids and resilience and grit 
32:00 Safety/risk and our friend Heather
35:00 Outro - join us on patreon 

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Have you ever finished a book and needed to talk with someone about it? Hear about the book that impacted the two of us so much we decided we needed to start an online book club just to share it with others. 

TW: domestic violence, mention of animal abuse

If you or someone you know needs support for Domestic Violence please call 1-800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 8878 or visit 

https://www.thehotline.org

BA Paris (author of Behind Closed Doors) https://www.baparis.com
https://www.baparis.com/books/behind-closed-doors

Music is Ur Karma (Instrumental Version) by Craig Reever.

The opinions expressed in this podcast are those of Emily and Ashley of The Creepy Book Club alone.

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Music is Ur Karma (Instrumental Version) by Craig Reever.

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