Sean and Sarah welcome Author, YouTuber, Journalist, Speaker, Podcaster, Film Critic and Baptist Minister, Peter Laws to discuss his upcoming book 'The Frighteners: Why We Love Monsters, Ghosts, Death and Gore'. The book will be published on 9th October 2025.

'The Frighteners' finds Peter on a paranormal pilgrimage to seek out what is it that draws people to both the dark and macabre, but also to the light and faith.

With a healthy dose of dark-humour including threatening a zombie in a wheelchair with a shotgun, enticing a werewolf with peppered steaks from a Sainsbury's Local, to a festival which Peter described as a sort-of meta-physical Come Dine With Me, this thought-provoking book is one not to be missed. When I say thought-provoking, mainly death if we're honest but we'll get into that.

As the book blurb proclaims: 'Grab your crucifixes, pack the silver bullets, and join the Sinister Minister on his romp into our morbid curiosities!'

Sean, Sarah and Peter share their own ghost 'experiences'.

Guest Links:

-Peter Laws Website: https://www.peterlaws.co.uk/

-Into The Fog with Peter Laws: https://www.youtube.com/@IntoTheFog

-Creepy Cove Community Church Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3238cjOfCXGgXHI3SKI4ka

-Uncanny: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0010x7c

Acknowledgments: Thank You To Peter, Elle-Jay from Icon Books and Paul Bavill from the 'History Rage' podcast.

Chapters:

0:08 Welcome to Review It Yourself

1:06 Literary Exploration of the Macabre

2:25 Introducing Pleasure a.k.a. Peter Laws

3:42 Childhood Memories of Fear

8:52 The Psychology of Horror

12:20 The Cultural Significance of Death

18:01 High vs. Low Culture

22:45 The Evolution of Female Representation in Horror Films

26:03 Personal Paranormal Experiences

36:50 The Quest for the Paranormal

45:11 The Nature of Belief and Skepticism

56:07 The Role of Coincidence

1:00:00 The Intersection of Science and Supernatural

1:08:09 Blasphemy and Artistic Expression

1:11:42 Final Thoughts and Recommendations

1:18:29 Conclusion and Acknowledgements

Most Importantly: Thank you to you for Listening!

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