It’s a Halloween-themed episode with a talk on what characterizes a scary story, and we’ve got a full roundtable of people well-suited for the job! I’m joined by Jon David Guerra, Paul Storrie, and Dave Carter, who help to draw the line between “disturbing” and “frightening,” and how telling a story visually presents a unique challenge when creating scary stories.

We close, as always, with a bunch of great comics recommendations when we’re joined by Erin Helmrich of the Ann Arbor District Library.

Links mentioned in this episode (thanks to Eric Klooster for collecting them!):

• RL Stine video on what makes a scary story
• The Saturday Supercast Halloween specials, Part 1 | Part 2
• Dr. Zaius
• It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
• Ben Cooper Costumes
• Zatara
• The William Shatner Mask is Michael Myers’ mask!
• The Steve Miller “Spider” mask
• The Jump Scare
• Horror Manga
• The Woman in Black
• Resident Evil
• H.P. Lovecraft
• Invasion of The Bodysnatchers
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
• The Horror, Etc. Podcast
• The Ring
• Jon Lovitz as the Devil
• Parents
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer
• The Mist
• Titanic
• John Carpenter
• Soylent Green
• Planet of The Apes
• Werewolf by Night
• The Shining
• Twisted Journeys
• My Boyfriend is a Monster
• Bram Stoker’s Dracula
• Creepshow
• Doc Macabre
• Ted Cassidy
• 30 Days of Night
• Anathema
• Gravity Falls
• Magic
• The Hunger

Comics Recommendations (some affiliate links):

• Peculia and the Groon Grove Vampires
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
• The Rick Geary series of non-fiction comics
• Uzumaki

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