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On Episode 111 of Guide to the Unknown: HAPPY HOLIDAYS, everyone, and GRUSS VOM KRAMPUS! We’re huddled in fear, hoping Krampus won’t take us away to hell…it turns out we haven’t been very good this year. But to understand our enemy, we’re researching his humble Austrian beginnings, all the way up to his modern domination of scary Christmas movies! There are…a lot of them. Pour yourself some hot chocolate, and hide your birch rods! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu111 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 110 of Guide to the Unknown: Unbelievably, we're in the holiday season! Let's talk about some BIZARRE obscure holiday creeps! From the origins of Yule, to the story of Gryla, The Yule Cat, and finally these 13 (or 80) little pranksters! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu110 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 109 of Guide to the Unknown: Kristen and Will take a visit to a place of great sorrow, misery, and mystery! A true crime case with a modern paranormal bent! This episode covers the case, the suspects, the ghosts, and Zak Bagan’s investigation! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu109 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 108 of Guide to the Unknown: HAPPY THANKSGIVING BLACK FRIDAY! On a special “commerce obsessed” edition of the show, Will and Kristen are investigating hauntings at places where you might spend your hard-earned money! Will heads to a haunted restaurant Kristen takes us around the WORLD! Seattle’s Pike Place Market, hell…even a Toys R Us! We even hear a special story told at our live show by Greg Mania (@GregMania on Twitter), and wrap up with a PERSONAL GHOST HUNT we once did in Salem, Massachusetts! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu108 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 107 of Guide to the Unknown: In the vein of Dear David and The Greg Thread, we’re taking a look at another Social Media story! When the sun suddenly, and mysteriously, disappear out of the sky, what the hell do you do? By reading @TheSunVanished, @ThMadJoy, and @LostSunNews, maybe we can get to the bottom of it! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu107 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 106 of Guide to the Unknown: 2:10 - Will shares the odd haunting. The walls bled, there’s goo on the floor, and…The light chain is…weird? 30:20 - Kristen explains the backlash to the story of the haunting! A LOT of people have a LOT of reason not to believe! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu106 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 105 of Guide to the Unknown: Welcome to my mansion. I think you’re gonna like it! 00:00 - Shocking news on Will’s birthday: they’re making a new Scream movie! Help us find some #JusticeForGhostface and some #GhosticeForJustface, because #WillAndKristenAreSCREAMing. Please let us be involved, Spyglass Entertainment. For those of you out of the loop, read my Scream reboot script and treatment on TalkBomb.com/scream! 2:55 - Kristen gets the party started with some fun and games for Will’s 33rd birthday! 14:27 - Will digs deeper into The Haunted Mansion! Not only the attraction but the story and a lot of the fan spin-offs! 49:37 - Kristen explores the international attractions in Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Paris! From the Mystic Manor to the Phantom Manor. It’s unreal. For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu105 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Vis

On Episode 104 of Guide to the Unknown: HAPPY HALLOWEEN! We decided to release our weekly episode a day early to hit this, the most important day of the year! We’re talking all about Haunted Houses. Yes, we did this in episode 55, but listen up, this time we’re talking about the ways that haunted house attractions have changed from their humble spooky beginnings to their nauseating, unpleasant modern incarnations! Check out Dark Ride Project for videos of old freaky rides! Avoid McKamey Manor, btw. For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu104 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 103 of Guide to the Unknown: We’re digging into classic and beloved Halloween episodes of shows! From Charlie Brown (snore) to Buffy the Vampire Slayer (yay)! Boy Meets World makes a surprise appearance, and The Simpsons attempt to make us vomit. For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu103 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 102 of Guide to the Unknown: WE STILL LIVE IN A SOCIETY! Now that we know where the hell The Joker came from, let’s talk about who the hell played him! There’s been a lot of info (and misinfo) about the torture that comes with playing The Clown Prince of Crime. We turn to Kristen Anderson for the story! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu102 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 101 of Guide to the Unknown: WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY! The Joker has been making a lot of waves recently, lots of controversies, and it’s landed him on our radar! This week, Will talks about the creation of the character, and the ways The Joker has grown and changed over the course of 80 years. Comic books, cartoons, video games, there’s a lot to share, and some really odd interpretations of the character. Also some spoilery conversation about the new Joaquin Phoenix movie. The Pale Man, The Man Who Laughs, what’s his deal? Next week: the movies and the people who played him. That’s right, this topic is too big for a single episode! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu101 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 100 of Guide to the Unknown: LET’S MAKE SOME NOISE! We’re looking back at the first 99 episodes of the show, with your help! We put out a call for you to send us your favorite moments and send us questions. On top of that, we’re grilling each other…How much have we really learned about monsters, urban legends, and other mysterious phenomena?? Oh, and what kind of spooky pumpkin are we? For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu100 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 99 of Guide to the Unknown: 0:43 - One of our listeners, Carolyn, sent us some of her incredible artwork, inspired by a bit from a couple weeks ago (#GhosticeForJustface)! Check out the video version to SEE these amazing pieces, and then immediately hit up Velvet Hand Designs on Etsy to get some pieces of your own! 4:41 - Tickets are NOW AVAILABLE for our live show at Pino’s in Highland Park, NJ! On October 27th at 6pm, we’ll be performing in front of a room full of people, talking about infamously haunted places in NJ! Come meet us in person, hang out, and have fun!! 7:00 - Kristen shares the odd, long history of Stonehenge! When was it built, how, and for what purpose!? Their are NUMEROUS theories, but no one knows the true answer…well, no one but Krissy! 29:29 - Will looks at some of the modern discoveries about Stonehenge! Including conspiracy theories, scientific discoveries, and proof from some guy who built his very own ‘henge! Watch the video of him doing it, it’s insane! 42:46 - Finally, l

On Episode 98 of Guide to the Unknown: 0:21 - Real quick, a huge THANKS to everyone who backed us on our our Patreon page! SO many of you hit us up on www.Patreon.com/gttupod, and became Netherworld Warriors, and it means the world to us! DOUBLE thanks to everyone who helped us get our numbers up on Apple Podcasts! Positive reviews make us look good, and we have you to thank for that! 1:57 - We give an update on the To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences, founded by Blink 182’s Tom Delonge! The Navy has confirmed their evidence. Say what?! Read more: https://news.avclub.com/u-s-navy-admits-those-ufo-videos-blink-182-s-tom-delon-1838250257 6:44 - To get to the crop circles, we dig into the inspiration for this episode: M. Night Shyamalan’s movie SIGNS! We’re big fans! 15:36 - Will dives into the origins of crop circles, including famous sightings, and how people believe they’re formed! For more on crop circles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle. For more on “The Mowing-Devil:” https://en.wikipedia.

On Episode 97 of Guide to the Unknown: We aren't done with clowns! 0:45 - Before we dig in, we want to let you all know that we’ve revamped our Patreon page! If you go to www.Patreon.com/gttupod, you can sign up to be one of our first NETHERWORLD WARRIORS, and gain access to EXCLUSIVE material from us! Kicking off the party, we’ve created a Patreon-specific podcast called GTTU’s Netherworld Dispatch, a spin-off of sorts, and Episode 1 is all about the movie IT: Chapter 2! We both saw it, and we have a LOT to say about it, so go become a Netherworld Warrior (starting at $4 a month, but you can change it to be whatever you want)! MORE ON THE WAY! 4:15 - The clown party begins with a quick list of some of the famous clowns that Will DIDN’T research! It’s a list full of gross weirdos like that clown from Spawn, some Rob Zombie stuff, and, of course, a Seinfeld favorite! Oh, and of course John Wayne Gacy’s Pogo the Clown. Time for some deep dives! 12:34 - Zeebo the Clown from Are You Afraid of the Dark! 18:37 - Ad

A new day is dawning! Head to www.Patreon.com/gttupod and (for as low as $4 a month), sign up to become one of the first Netherworld Warriors! We're FINALLY producing bonus shows on our Patreon page for our supporters, like our new exclusive podcast GTTU's Netherworld Dispatch! Episode 1 is our review of IT: Chapter 2! What are you waiting for? Sign up and have a good time! Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon!

On Episode 96 of Guide to the Unknown: IT: Chapter 2 is out! Let’s scream and shout about one of the most famous creepy clowns ever created! 0:52 - Before we dig in, let’s talk about a cool gift a listener sent in! As major movie fans we LOVED checking out the live auction catalogue for PropStore.com! There are infamous film artifacts at our fingertips. Thanks Luke! 5:40 - Kicking off the clown madness, Will looked up where the fear of clowns comes from. Bozophobia! Or more accurately: Coulrophobia! Kristen shares her personal history. Shout out to http://www.coulrophobiafacts.com/ 15:02 - Kristen explains the full history of Pennywise! From novel to TV miniseries, to the new films. This includes TONS of theorizing and conjecture, and it’s so much fun. For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu96 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch

On Episode 95 of Guide to the Unknown: It’s time to go to hell! How do we get there? 2:05 - Kristen travels to a place known as “Spider Gate Cemetery” to investigate the odd series of steps YOU can take to find your self in Beelzebub’s zip code! it’s the 8th gate to Hell! But what of the other seven? 27:17 - Will explains the odd rumors about The Seven Gates of Hell hidden in Hellam Township in Pennsylvania! Are they invisible? Is there a story about an insane asylum and a creepy doctor? Yes, yes, and yes! See you soon, Old Scratch! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu95 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 94 of Guide to the Unknown: We’re predicting the future! There’s been a LOT of speculation as to what The Conjuring 3 will be about. Will Ed and Lorraine Warren be battling a werewolf? NO! 1:16 - Kristen shares a listener’s experience attending a dinner with the subjects of the upcoming film, and explains the strange entertainment news mess! 27:27 - Will explains the true events! Back in 1981, young David Glatzel was possessed by a demon…Arne Johnson provoked this beast…and was later charged with murder. Let’s connect the spooky dots! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu94 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 93 of Guide to the Unknown: One of the most popular horror series ever is back on top: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated Stephen Gammel! 0:37 - Some of the background and personal remembrances of the series. 6:39 - Will shares his top 5 favorite stories from the books! 30:53 - Kristen shares some of the real-life folklore behind the tales! 55:45 - The duo reviews the new Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie! Sorry!    SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon!