Paulina and Jez had a terrifying good time chatting with Pierce and Raquel Horvath of Dead Scared Entertainment, a Romani-run horror media company.

Detroit born and living in Chicago, Pierce and Raquel Horvath are Hungarian Slovak Bashalde Romungre raised within Roma tradition with a modern twist.

Growing up, Pierce was a passionate bat biologist-to-be, but as he fostered his love for Roma music, mid-century modern art, and classic horror films while studying animation at DePaul University he found he’d be fusing these elements into the nostalgic, spooky, Roma production company that is never short of his favorite nocturnal animal.

When it came to Raquel, where there was music, she was dancing. Throughout her formative years, she would go on to learn many styles of dance while performing and competing. During her time at DePaul University as well, she decided to learn business and entrepreneurship, making her ready to tackle everything necessary to concoct the perfect monster that became Dead Scared Entertainment.

You can follow Dead Scared Entertainment at https://www.deadscaredentertainment.com/ and listen to their podcast O Verda Darano (The Wagon of Fear) wherever you find podcasts. Follow them on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitter.

The crushes this episode are Rita Hayworth and Fairuza Balk. 

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Romanistan is hosted by Jessica Reidy and Paulina Verminski

Conceived of by Paulina Verminski

Edited by Cherub

With Music by Viktor Pachas

And Artwork by

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