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Unveiling The Human Mind. This week, Fear & Wine steps outside the usual horror recap to ask a bigger question: why are we drawn to fear in the first place? Kelli and Kristin sit down with Binyamin Klempner, founder of InsightBridge, an AI-guided behavioral reflection platform, for a conversation that's as personal as it is fascinating.

Binyamin opens up about his own complicated relationship with horror, stemming from a childhood scare from The Shining, a lifelong aversion to supernatural fright paired with an unexpected comfort with war films, and a wild, mostly true story about the making of Apocalypse Now. From there, the conversation turns to why he built InsightBridge: a platform that pairs AI pattern recognition with a real human "Insight Professional" who reads back a person's own story to them, the way a mentor or Yoda figure might.

The three dig into the idea of a personal "community of saints," the four existential fears identified by

psychiatrist Irvin Yalom (death, freedom, isolation, and meaninglessness), and how those fears show up

differently depending on where someone lives. It's a warm, funny, occasionally profound conversation about

mentorship, mirrors, and why we still need a human witness in an AI-saturated world.

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The Mandela Effect & the CERN Connection: Are We Living in a Glitched Reality?

Kristin takes the reins for a deep dive into the Mandela Effect, that eerie phenomenon where large groups of people share the exact same "wrong" memory of something that never actually happened. We kick things off by trading our own personal favorite Mandela Effect examples; (the Fruit of the Loom cornucopia and the Berenstain Bears spelling are non-negotiable), before Kristin unpacks the strange true origin story: a 2009 conversation at Dragon Con between paranormal researcher Fiona Broom and a security guard named Shadow, which led to thousands of people swearing they remembered Nelson Mandela dying in prison in the 1980s.

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Fear & Wine covers a listener-requested Black Mirror deep dive into one of the most voted-for

episodes in their Reddit poll and, by Kelli’s own ranking, her second favorite Black Mirror episode of all

time. This week: Season 2, Episode 3, “White Bear.” We analyze the complex and disturbing episode 'White Bear' from Black Mirror, exploring themes of punishment, memory, and justice. Join us as we unravel the story's twists and the moral questions it raises. We discuss moral dilemmas, societal implications, and the role of technology in desensitizing us to violence.

Wine Pairing: Tapestry Red Blend Paso Robles

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In the summer of 1916, twelve days of terror along the New Jersey shore changed America forever. In this deep-dive, Fear & Wine traces every shark attack from the death of Charles Vansant in Beach Haven on July 1st to the catastrophic events at Matawan Creek on July 12th, and unpacks the history, science, panic, and enduring mystery that made these twelve days the inspiration for one of cinema's greatest horror films, Jaws. Pour something good and dive in. A special bonus episode about the true shark attack stories that inspired Jaws.

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FROM Season 4 Finale. Kelli and Kristin reunite for a just-the-two-of-them finale recap, fresh off their FROM Season 4 watch party the day before, complete with FROM-themed food, a costume contest, a FROM trivia game, and a TikTok live stream that was accidentally sideways. With the party vibes still in the air, we dive into a finale packed with chaos, sacrifice, and a twist ending that leaves the whole town more vulnerable than ever.

Wine Pairing: Santa Margherita Prosecco DOCG

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Who Is Ingrid Lade? On October 15, 2023, Ingrid Colleen Lane vanished after a hike in the Jemez Mountains outside Albuquerque. Every news report described her the same way: 37, married, bipolar, Buddhist, musician. All true.

This episode opens Fear & Wine's new investigative series with Ingrid's full story: a Peabody-trained

classical violinist turned bluegrass fiddler, a St. John's College great-books scholar, and a PhD candidate in biomedical engineering. Ingrid Lane is professionally a neuroscientist and quantum computing researcher with documented ties to Sandia National Laboratories and Los Alamos National Laboratory. Seven months before she disappeared, her name appeared in an NNSA nuclear security workforce planning report. Kristin lays out Ingrid's personal life (her marriage to fellow scientist Lewis Scuderi, her Buddhist practice, her relationship with her twin sister Kelsey) alongside the professional identity she says was scrubbed from every article about her disappearance, and explains how that framing kept Ingrid Lane's name off the radar when a federal investigation into missing scientists connected to Los Alamos began making headlines in 2026.

Substack article where I first learned about the case: 

https://alisav.substack.com/p/breaking-news-exclusive-there-is

Ingrid Lane's SoundCloud: 

https://m.soundcloud.com/ingridlane

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FROM Season 4 Episodes 8 & 9 Recaps. Kristin walks through Episode 8 "Heavy Is The Head" as Boyd spirals deeper into hallucinations tied to Abby, Fatima's body starts changing into something not quite alive and not quite dead, and Victor opens up to Ethan and Tabitha about the loneliness of growing up alone in Fromville Meanwhile, the Man in Yellow (wearing Sophia) goes full creeper-mode, breaking into homes uninvited and cornering Tabitha in the woods with a half-threat, half-love-letter about the bone ritual to come.

Kelli then takes Episode 9, "The Calm Before," where the group preps to dig up the children's bones

beneath the bottle tree. Sophia recruits a blood-bound Clara to sabotage the plan from the inside, and Fatima's condition turns clinically impossible. Tabitha and Jade reach the bone chamber underground... and the monsters notice.

Wine Pairing: The Magic Box Remarkable Rosé

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A Father's Day episode. In this episode of Fear & Wine, we celebrate Father's Day with an interview with Kelli and Alisan's dad, Oscar. He shares his unique experiences with horror, his background growing up in the segregated South, and insights into black history and legacy building. Kristin remembers her dad and his influence on her life. A special tribute episode for our dads. Happy Father's Day!

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Fear and Wine is back to break down Episode 7 of FROM Season 4, and things in Fromville

are getting deeply and deliciously unhinged. We've got reanimated corpses, a bag of suspicious teeth, and a psyop theory that just might change everything. Plus: Love Island discourse, and the tooth fairy ranked as a dinner guest. You're welcome.

Wine Pairing: Andronicus Cabernet Blend

*Production Note:

The FROM episode will be a combined recap of FROM Episodes 8 and 9, followed by a live finale party on TikTok and YouTube, complete with costumes, themed drinks, trivia, and Kristin's fully Fromville-decorated house.

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The Villisca Axe Murders. In the early morning hours of June 10th, 1912, eight people were bludgeoned to death in their beds in the small town of Villisca, Iowa. The killer used an axe from inside the family's own home. They covered the victims' faces. They covered the mirrors. They walked out the door, disappeared into the night, and were never caught. 

Kelli examines the complete history of the Villisca Axe Murders: the victims and their last evening, and the parade of suspects that includes a powerful state senator, a cocaine-addicted hitman, a mentally ill traveling preacher, and a German immigrant serial killer who may have been responsible for over a hundred deaths across North America. 

We also explore the folklore, hauntings, and paranormal reputation of the Villisca Axe Murder House, one of the most-investigated allegedly haunted locations in America, where you can still book an overnight stay today... If you're brave enough.

Click Here for EVP Recording Link of a paranormal investigation of the Villisca House.

Go to https://murderhouse.com/ to book your visit to the house

Primary Sources:

1. Epperly, Edgar. Fiend Incarnate: Villisca Axe Murders of 1912. Website: villiscabook.com. 

2. James, Bill, and Rachel McCarthy James. The Man from the Train: The Solving of a Century-Old Serial Killer Mystery. Scribner, 2017.

3. A Nightmare in Villisca: Investigating the Haunted Axe Murder House.

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