What Are You Afraid of? Horror & Paranormal Podcast

To celebrate Women in Horror Month, hosts T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas chat with author, physician, baker and researcher Dr. Lydia Kang. Lydia is the author of the Opium and Absinthe, a novel that tells the story of a wealthy young New York heiress who investigates a series of vampire-like killings after the first publication of Dracula.

Michelle Belanger, psychic & paranormal investigator joins T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas to chat about her many experiences with the paranormal. Michelle is most widely known from her appearances on A&E's Paranormal State and Portals to Hell. In addition to her chilling ghost stories, they talk about the pagan holiday of Samhain and the different traditions associated with the end of October.

Award-winning author Lisa Morton joins T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas to talk about her new book, Calling the Spirits: A History of Séances. Through human history, people have sought to communicate with departed souls, and the evolution of that process has taken many forms. Finally in the mid-nineteenth century, the idea of the Séance developed. She also shares a true ghost story from The Stanley Hotel.

We start our countdown to Halloween 2020 by discussing different ways people can celebrate Halloween while taking precautions against Covid-19. Nina Terrible shares a chilling yet familiar true story about a girl who attracts the attention of a dark spirit by playing with a spirit board. And guess who’s back? The clowns! The episode then finishes with the story, Memories of el Dia de los Muertos . During the Mexican Day of the Dead, death watches the living, biding its time. Celebrate a safe Halloween!

Horrors authors Phil Thomas and T. Fox Dunham welcome Grady Hendrix to the show. Hendrix is a popular American author, journalist, public speaker and screenwriter, best known for his book, The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires. Grady chats about his many books, shares his insights on telling modern horror stories, and talks about his writing process. David Walton narrates an excerpt, and Grady finishes the show by telling us a true ghost story.

Ghosts play poker in St. Croix Valley, Minnesota. T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas interview paranormal investigator Jill Shelley of St. Croix Paranormal. She is also the owner of the haunted Boyd House and shares ghost stories about her experiences at the house including visitations by spirit children, shadow people and an angry ghost who threw one of her team out of a closet. Jill also brings five EVPs. And when she’s not investigating, Jill sets up poker games for the spirits then observes their responses.

It isn’t a pandemic without zombies, so the hosts of What Are You Afraid Of? Horror & Paranormal Show got a zombie author on the show. Scott Kenemore, author of the Zombie Survival Guide, hangs out with T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas to talk about writing and his new book, Lake of Darkness. He also shares a few ghost stories including a creepy tale from the invasion of Italy during World War II.

Horror authors T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas met Paul and Tina as part of the local paranormal core of talented and experienced ghost hunters. They’re a married couple, and each brings their own talents to their investigations. They share their stories ghost hunting. And. author Mark Allan Gunnells returns with his apocalyptic story, Red Wave. You may be right about the end of the world but not always your role. English folksinger David Walton reads this compelling tale on episode 141.

Sci-fi author Greg Bear (Darwin’s Radio & Lucifer) returns to continue his conversation In part two of his interview, Greg discusses the evolution of AI and shares advice to the writing community. David Walton, narrates an excerpt from Bear’s novel, Dead Lines, and a new ghost story about a young boy in England who grew up seeing ghosts. Foxy and Philly also chat about some of the mythical monsters that roam Pennsylvania like the Butler Gargoyle or Raystown Ray.

On episode 138, Philly and Foxy chat about life in America during a modern plague, and Fox talks about a recent sighting of the cryptid creature, The Mothman. English folksinger David Walton narrates a ghost story from the haunted Whaley House. And Fox interviews author Edgar Swamp about his writing and his book, Amber Hollow. Oh, and the clowns are back in new Clown News. Even during an epidemic, the painted ones cause trouble in a Mexican town.