Ladies & gentleman, children of all ages: welcome to The Big Top! Step right into the Greatest Show on Earth on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with an episode we call "Dread & Circuses" Your horror host Edward October will be your Ringmaster on an adventure into the dark corners of circuses, sideshows, and carnivals with unhinged acrobats, big cat attacks, creepy clown encounters, and paranormal activity in a circus-themed hotel/casino. 

First up: The hardboiled tale of a gruesome high-voltage circus stunt. Then, Edward October shares with you some of his favorite circus, carnival, and sideshow horror stories from various corners of popular media. Plus: true circus- and circus-adjacent horror stories from Reddit. Featuring guest contributions by: J Henry (Canary PI audio drama podcast) & author/podcaster Amber Jourdan.    
    
Step up to the center ring because we're serving up a jumbo-sized portion of dreadful circus shenanigans on this edition of Octoberpod AM: the retro horror podcast to help you sleep.  
 
// PROMOS        
Jane Nightshade        
Madison on the Air!        
The Morbid Forest        
        
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// LINKS & REFERENCES        
Superman:  Terror on the Midway -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrNYK7EWUHM         
Suspense:  Flesh Peddler -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvYuxZ1lvzI&pp=ygUWc3VzcGVuc2UgZmxlc2ggcGVkZGxlcg%3D%3D         
Tod Browning -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tod_Browning 




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Test the connection between mind, body, memory, and soul on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with tales of body horror, existential horror, and haunting childhood memories. Your horror host Edward October has crafted a creepy chronicle of classic, cosmic, and curiously contorted chillers … we call it "If I Stop Watching, She Dies!" 

First up: A man becomes transfixed watching a creepy woman doing yoga in "Yoga for One" by Shawn Moreau (Morbid Forest) Then, during the Intermission, Edward October takes a look back at video rental stores of his childhood.    Plus: The American healthcare system literally turns a woman into a medical debt zombie in "Debbie Does Death" by Amber Jourdan. Featuring guest contributions by: Mat Johnson (Second Fiddles) & Carissa Vikis (Beauty Unlocked the Podcast).
        
Breathe deeply, and let your mind and body become one because we're serving up torturous contortions, voyeuristic video, real-time rot, creepy cosmic contemplations, and video rental store nostalgia    on this edition of Octoberpod AM: classic horror podcast for workouts.  
 
// PROMOS        
Family Plot        
Doom Generation        
Horrifying History        
        
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// LINKS & REFERENCES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX5G4hSxDBg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMS6l34NkvE

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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with our best loved tales of Satan, sinners, demons & diabolical divination rites. Your horror host Edward October    is waiting at the edge of the woods to be your guide through a pageant of satanic panic, witchcraft, black mass, demonic daring-do.

First up: 5 tales of devils, demons, and dark angels. Then, during the Intermission, Ed will share some myths and legends of Old Salem Witchcraft. Plus:  4 startling stories about sinners & sinister rituals to commune with the spirit world. Featuring encore presentations from guest contributors: MJ McAddams, Jen (Our True Crime Podcast), Arthur Williams (Family Plot podcast), Annie Morgan (The Podcast Inside Your House), Madeline Zaytsoff (writer/animator/podcaster), Ari Shey, Mat Johnson (Second Fiddles), and Kris Rustic.    
            
Better call a "satanic panic mechanic"    because we're serving up black mass orgies in the woods, clothing boutique demons, dark avenging death angels, witch hunts, religious hypocricy, moral panic, sin eaters, ghostly  make-out sessions, and a descent into the gates of hell itself on this JUMBO 3XL sized edition of Octoberpod AM.

// PROMOS        
Chick Lit podcast        
Dan B. Fierce        
Chatsunami        
        
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Better not whistle past a graveyard or laugh when a hearse goes by on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with a full hour of GRAVEYARD HORROR STORIES! Your horror host Edward October has a coffin-ful of tales filled with all the carnivorous rats, cadavers, and cleaning influencer horror your black heart desires.    
        
First up: A YouTube cleaning influencer uncovers more than she'd bargained for while cleaning a historic grave. Then, Edward October shares TRUE graveyard horror stories culled from the creepiest corners of Reddit. Plus: A classic weird tale of graveyard rats & an encore presentation of a TRUE ouija board cemetery encounter! Featuring guest contributions by:    author Amber Jourdan, author/podcaster MJ McAddams, journalist Chauncey K. Robinson (Production Tales from Hell), comedian Michael Krychiw, actress/podcaster Chrisi Talyn Saje (Madison on the Air!), and actress/podcaster Sarah Heddins (Deadtime Storiez)    
    
Tighten your screams and get out your shrouds    because we're serving up vampires, vixens, graveyard stiffs, cemetery rats, and funeral home fun on this dearly departed edition of Octoberpod AM: the retro horror podcast to help you sleep   .

// PROMOS        
Chick Lit podcast        
Dan B. Fierce        
Chatsunami        
        
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// LINKS & REFERENCES        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5Csf-XrXdY&list=PL_Z-vyXvZD7gac7I8eRuXn0CKceSpSVcN&index=3        
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Unexplained cases. feral humans mysteries and body horrors in rural England abound on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with our friends from the podcasts 3 Spooked Girls & Truly Twisted. Your horror host Edward October is on hand with a treasure trove of cosmic horror, unsolved mysteries, and creepy encounters.    
        
First up: Tara & Jessica from 3 Spooked Girls unock a new fear: feral humans in national parks & in your backyard! Then, Edward October provides his definitive of a legendary figure from British horror, science fiction, and pop culture: Professor Quatermass. Plus: Truly Twisted podcast unpacks the facts of the creepy Elizabeth Short murder (aka The Black Dahlia). Featuring special guests 3 Spooked Girls & Truly Twisted. New fears will be unlocked old mysteries will be explored on this edition of Octoberpod AM: the retro horror podcast always made by real people. 

// PROMOS        
Beyond 6 Seconds        
Pitney & Amelia's Bitchen Boutique        
Curious Cat        
        
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// LINKS & REFERENCES        
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatermass_Experiment        
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatermass_Experiment_(film)        
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X_the_Unknown        
Extras & Featurettes on Kino Lorber’s Blu-Ray of THE QUATERMASS XPERIMENT (aka THE CREEPING UNKNOWN)        
Extras & Featurettes on Scream Factory’s Blu-Ray of QUATERMASS 2        
Extras & Featurettes on Scream Factory’s Blu-Ray of QUATERMASS & THE PIT (aka 5 MILLION YEARS TO EARTH)        
Extras & Featurettes on BBC’s Blu-Ray of QUATERMASS & THE PIT (Television Serial)        
QUATERMASS 2 & THE QUATERMASS CONCLUSION on Archive.org        
We Don't Go Back: A Watcher's Guide to Folk Horror by Howard David Ingham        
Various episodes of the BERGCAST podcast.         
The Weird & The Eerie by Mark Fisher        
Quatermass Experiment Intro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4COX1q7zvg        
Reginald Tate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq01QnGk5pY         
John Robinson (Start at 0310) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dC5f0JFsfhM         
Dean Jagger (Start at 0152) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ewku-gKpdGM         
John Mills https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eSno8G6IVs         
Jason Flemyng (Start at 055) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9A32GfmsQ8         
Andrew Kier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrIPrgD-4hc         
Andre Morell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVafz1VaOZ8 | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3zBw6xNeOg         
Brian Donlevy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3MIyr6-2Xw 

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Join Edward October & special guest Jaylan Salah on a journey into the fact, fantasy, film & folklore of djinns.  PLUS: A video nasty slumber party! Scarred for life by THE EVIL DEAD! True djinn encounters@ a weird tale of madness in the desert from the pen of Conan the Barbarian creator, Robert E. Howard!

// PROMOS
!Uy Que Horror!
Witches Talking Tarot
Make It Through the Night by Amy Koto

// REFERENCES 
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Blood_of_the_Gods/Chapter_IV
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Edward October & his writing staff are lost in the Spirit World    on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with special guest host Whitney Zahar. Can she find the secret hidden inside a Masters of the Universe boom box that will break the curse of the Botched Exorcism?
   
First up: The ladies of Twisted & Uncorked explore the mysteries of Ed & Lorraine Warrens' museum of occult artifacts. Then, JT & Mike from Brew Crime present "fun size" Ghost Bites about The Winchester Mystery House, a haunted Disney princess doll, and more! Plus:  Tara & Jessica of 3 Spooked Girls chat about haunted restaurants and share some nightmarish listener submitted true horror stories. Featuring special guests Whitney Zahar, Twisted & Uncorked, Ghosts Bites, and 3 Spooked Girls.     
 
Switch on your MOTU boom box because we're serving up occult artifacts, botched exorcisms, raging keggers in the spirit world, haunted dolls, haunted restaurants, murder houses, and more on this edition of Octoberpod AM: the retro horror podcast always made by real people. 

// PROMOS        
Tis Yourself Podcast        
True Crime South Africa        
Chatsunami        


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The number of the day is 100 on this edition of Octoberpod AM classic horror podcast with special guest Rollo (the possessed ventriloquist dummy).  Your horror hosts Edward October & Rollo are heading up an all-star 100th Episode Extravaganza!
        
First up: Edward October looks back on 100 Years of Horror Cinema, spotlighting one of his favorite movies for each decade from 1926 to 1969. Then, Rollo conducts a one-of-a-kind interview to uncover The 100 Enigmas of Edward October! Plus: Ed concludes his 100 Year History of Horror Cinema with the films of the 1970s-2020s. Featuring special guests comedian Michael Krychiw, Mike & JT (Brew Crime, Ghost Bites), Jen & Cam (Our True Crime Podcast), Tara (3 Spooked Girls, Spooky Séance Society), author MJ McAddams, author/podcaster/journalist Nicole Englebrecht (True Crime South Africa).
        
Break out the celebratory champagne and clam dip because we're serving up 100 years of horror movie history, the secret origins of Edward October, sword fighting skeletons, pre-historic turtles, haunted beer tankards, $5,000 worth of gas station sushi, and an encounter with Death on the streets of Montreal on this edition of Octoberpod AM: the retro horror podcast for bold individualists.

// PROMOS        
Serial Napper        
The Pop Culture Diary        
Twisted & Uncorked        
        
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// LINKS & REFERENCES        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poEFz8Ivzug        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bhlmMFZBVs        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg9d16y3atA&pp=ygUYaGFsbG93ZWVuIDIgMjAwOSB0cmFpbGVy        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8ZWPz0zfvg         
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pphNIw5lBCA        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slTsyOxVy88         
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2SkmwgU8qs        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boWCqOdDdIU         
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UCJz617E8s         
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVg8cOQaTM0         
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcoh_QrDMQo        
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGbBf_lMvIQ



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The wait is almost over! The 100th Episode of Octoberpod AM drops on Tues 1/27. No new episode today ... but here's an exclusive of what we've got in store for our 100th Episode Spooktacular!

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No new episode for today, but we do have a very special announcement about the future of Octoberpod AM. 

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