The Know Fear Cast

Hannibal Lecter, Dexter Morgan, Norman Bates, and Michael Myers. What do they all have in common? In part two of our series on serial killers, we examine fictional serial killers to try to determine why we sometimes root for the killer in movie/book.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt

In our new multi-episode series, we discuss horror taken from real life: serial killers. We know what makes them scary, but why are we so fascinated by them?

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast. If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference. Mixed and edited by Matt

As a bonus ending to our series on cults, we play the game "is it a cult or not" and discuss Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and the film The Wicker Man, with a slight detour for Cabin in the Woods and other Lovecraftian cults.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

For this episode on cults, we discuss several documentaries about cults, particularly Wild Wild Country and The Source Family.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

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Was Matt abducted by a cult? In this episode, Mel and Lisa discuss cults in fictional works, particularly focusing on the work of H.P. Lovecraft and his influence on fictional cults and the move The Endless. They end by giving some recommendations of other fictional books and movies about cults.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

We use the first episode of our series on cults to discuss and work out a definition of what a cult is. Through the discussion, we also talk about why people are fascinated by cults and what makes them scary.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

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For a special Christmas episode, Mel and Lisa talk about several stories told around Christmas-time: "The Ash Tree" and "Lost Hearts" by M.R. James and "A Strange Christmas Game" by Charlotte Riddell.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

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For the final episode in our witch series, we talk about the transition that witches seemed to make in the '90s and into today.

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

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For our second episode on witches, we discuss the "makeover" witches got starting in the mid-Twentieth Century, where they went from "crone" to "sexy."

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt

For the first part of our series on witches, we discuss the history of witches dating back to the Inquisition and the Malleus Maleficarum up to the early 20th Century and the film Haxan. We also come up with the "Hansel and Gretel Personality Test."

The Know Fear Cast is hosted by Matt, Mel, and Lisa.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @knowfearcast or visit us on the web at www.knowfearcast.com. You can contact us via email at [email protected]. We also have a new subreddit at www.reddit.com/r/knowfearcast.

If you like what you hear, please consider supporting us on Patreon at www.patreon.com/knowfearcast. As a thank you, our $5 a month donors get exclusive mini episodes released on our "off weeks." Even a little bit makes a huge difference.

Mixed and edited by Matt