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Talking Scared

Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came from . . . and what frightens the people who wrote them.

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Ranked #1

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155 – Stephen King & Writing From the Nerve Endings

155 – Stephen King & Writing From the Nerve Endings

Our guest this week is Stephen King.That’s it. That’s the intro.Stephen King. The architect of modern horror and the cre... Read more

8 Aug 2023

1hr 8mins

Ranked #2

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154 – Alex Woodroe & The Sweet Science of Folk Horror

154 – Alex Woodroe & The Sweet Science of Folk Horror

We’re off on a Goth pilgrimage this week folks, to the motherland, Transylvania, to talk folk-horror and more with Alex ... Read more

1 Aug 2023

1hr 13mins

Ranked #3

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153 – Chuck Tingle & Riding the Lonesome Train

153 – Chuck Tingle & Riding the Lonesome Train

This week we’re joined by the man, the myth, the mystery that is Chuck Tingle. Who knows the truth of this enigmatic fig... Read more

25 Jul 2023

1hr 26mins

Ranked #4

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152 – Andrew Michael Hurley & Our Green, Unpleasant Land

152 – Andrew Michael Hurley & Our Green, Unpleasant Land

This week I’m recording very close to home with Andrew Michael Hurley. Andrew burst onto the folk-horror scene with subt... Read more

18 Jul 2023

1hr 13mins

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151 – Verity Holloway & The Onion Skin of Trauma

151 – Verity Holloway & The Onion Skin of Trauma

War, what is it good for? Absolutely noth…. well actually, it is quite good for horror stories.Our guest this week doesn... Read more

11 Jul 2023

1hr 9mins

Ranked #6

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150 – Danielle Trussoni & Puzzling All Over the World

150 – Danielle Trussoni & Puzzling All Over the World

This week Danielle Trussoni arrives at Talking Scared in a rush. She has a meeting to get to, and we have LOTS of things... Read more

4 Jul 2023

1hr 1min

Ranked #7

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149 – Clowns at Midnight – The Big IT Deep-Dive (Part Two), with Ally Malinenko & Nat Cassidy

149 – Clowns at Midnight – The Big IT Deep-Dive (Part Two), with Ally Malinenko & Nat Cassidy

Thrust your fists against the post and still insist you see the… …oh hello. You came back. Thank Gan. We have a monster ... Read more

30 Jun 2023

1hr 35mins

Ranked #8

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148 – Feral Childhoods – The Big IT Deep-Dive (Part One), with Ally Malinenko & Nat Cassidy

148 – Feral Childhoods – The Big IT Deep-Dive (Part One), with Ally Malinenko & Nat Cassidy

Come get a balloon, bring your slingshot, let’s float…it’s here!!!Yes, finally we’re off to Derry, to do battle with tha... Read more

26 Jun 2023

1hr 32mins

Ranked #9

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147 – Mike Flanagan & Lighting Up the Darkness

147 – Mike Flanagan & Lighting Up the Darkness

I’ve rarely been more excited about an episode – for you to hear it or, indeed, about its very contents.We’re joined thi... Read more

13 Jun 2023

1hr 16mins

Ranked #10

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146 – Paula. D. Ashe & A Bizarre & Bitter Reprieve

146 – Paula. D. Ashe & A Bizarre & Bitter Reprieve

 If horror is indeed a broad church, then our guest this week is preaching from the darkest of pulpits. Paula D. Ashe is... Read more

6 Jun 2023

1hr 8mins

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