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Guide to the Unknown

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Creepy pop culture! The paranormal! Horror movies!  Every week, siblings Kristen and Will have light-hearted convos about dark stuff. Listen for urban legends, haunted places, and stupid humor from two millennials who've seen Scream one thousand times and love ghost stories (even though they're not always sure an actual ghost is involved).  It's audio comfort food for fellow horror nerds and curious scaredy cats alike.
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Episodes

GTTU 79: Lorraine Warren's Dolls & The Apocalypse

On Episode 79 of Guide to the Unknown: To celebrate the life and loss of famed demon hunter Lorraine Warren, Kristen takes us on a tour of the terrifying dolls all houses under one roof! The Doll of Shadows, The Satanic Idol, and The Deaf Dolls. Maybe cover your Cabbatch Patch Doll’s ears… Will spreads his arms and embraces the end of times. Lets talk about all those times the world was supposed to end. Scootch over, Mayans. Can it, Rasputin. Make way for Lynn Gellert (Jenny Slate), and the upco...

May 03, 20191 hr 6 minEp. 79

GTTU 78: The Man From Taured & The (Scary) Avengers

On Episode 78 of Guide to the Unknown: This week on the show, a big mini monster: Angel Numbers! What are the spirits trying to tell you? Then Kristen introduces us to a man from another world. He doesn't exist on the map...whoa, I just checked his hotel room...he doesn't exist at all! Will is in Sponge mode again. Let's talk about how the next Marvel movies can finally get scary! SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And co...

Apr 26, 20191 hr 24 minEp. 78

GTTU 77: The Paris Catacombs & The Monkey's Paw

On Episode 77 of Guide to the Unknown: We call a poor misunderstood man a monster. #JusticeForQuasimodo Kristen takes us into the tunnels beneath Paris! Want to check out the sculptures made with real human bones? Want to watch a mid 00's thriller? Will zooms through the horror history of poorly-planned wishes! Careful what you ask for, you might just get intentionally misunderstood and cursed! SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/...

Apr 19, 20191 hr 15 minEp. 77

GTTU 76: Grey Aliens & MTV's Fear

On Episode 76 of Guide to the Unknown: The first ever photograph of a black hole has been released, begging the question: how does this align with 100 years of horror? Will pops off about grey aliens! You know, those weird things that show up in every episode of South Park. Kristen gets retro with the story of MTV’s Fear! Think of it like a Blair Witch reality show! Then realize it was insane. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/G...

Apr 12, 20191 hr 41 minEp. 76

GTTU 75: The Bell Witch & Bigfoot

On Episode 75 of Guide to the Unknown: Let’s party! Kristen shines a light on the shadowy history of The Bell Witch! There’s a lot to this ghost, but mostly, what’s with all the yelling? Will’s shoes don’t fit. Never have. Let’s talk about Bigfoot, finally! Everyone follow @Schoooled! 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Apr 05, 20191 hr 38 minEp. 75

GTTU 74: Portrait Ghosts & Welles House

On Episode 74 of Guide to the Unknown: Good morning! Would you like to learn why people believe photographs steal your soul? Has it ever occurred to you that the subjects in paintings might be able to roam freely? Or perhaps you’d like to hear about one of the most haunted houses on the planet? Protip: don’t go near it, especially if you’re a priest. 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...

Mar 29, 20191 hr 7 minEp. 74

GTTU 73: White House Hauntings & "Little Brother"

On Episode 73 of Guide to the Unknown: Kristen makes good on her promise by talking about the numerous hauntings happening at The White House. Honest Abe Lincoln is an honestly nice ghost! Will finally spills the beans…Someone referring to themselves only as “Goo Gl” and “Little Brother” made contact, sharing ciphers, coordinates, and spooky stories. What’s happening? SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helpin...

Mar 22, 20191 hr 15 minEp. 73

GTTU 72: Techno Ghosts & White House Occultists

On Episode 72 of Guide to the Unknown: Will is obsessed with ghosts and microchips Kristen ventures into the hallowed halls of the spooky old white house! Also, whats up with the crackling that happens up your spine in the Blue Lagoons of Iceland? Seriously, does anyone know what the hell is happening? 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...

Mar 15, 20191 hr 29 minEp. 72

GTTU 71: The Aliens of Wanaque

On Episode 71 of Guide to the Unknown: Back in 1966, something remarkable happened in New Jersey, and believe it or not, no one really talks about it. Might aliens be real? 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 08, 201955 minEp. 71

GTTU 70: The Phantom Skater & Other Stories

On Episode 70 of Guide to the Unknown: It’s time for us to check our inbox once again! These are YOUR stories: encounters with paranormal ice skaters, haunted houses, and a LOT of hair-touching! Thank you so much for sending us your stories, we really hope you have a spooky good time! 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/a...

Mar 01, 201939 minEp. 70

GTTU 69: Nain Rouge & Aurora Borealis

On Episode 69 of Guide to the Unknown: Will talks about a mischievous bad-omen monster called the Nain Rouge! Way back in the day, alongside dear friend Bobby Koester, Will worked on a show called Edinburgh Falls, featuring this bad boy. Little did he know, the Nain Rouge has become a folk-hero in Detroit! Kristen tells the fascinating, occasionally dark, occasionally weird/optimistic/heart-warming/frightening tale of the northern lights! When this beautiful celestial pattern appears in the sky,...

Feb 22, 201952 minEp. 69

GTTU 68: Deja Vu & Time Travel

On Episode 68 of Guide to the Unknown: Kristen and William have Happy Death Day 2U on the brain! So they talk about concepts of 4th dimension. The familiar feeling of deja vu, and the Back to the Future antics of Time Travel! ALSO, Kristen and William have Happy Death Day 2U on the brain! So they talk about concepts of 4th dimension. The familiar feeling of deja vu, and the Back to the Future antics of Time Travel! SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every epi...

Feb 15, 20191 hr 12 minEp. 68

GTTU 67: Mystic Willy & Celebrity Psychics

On Episode 67 of Guide to the Unknown: Will made good on his promise to visit a psychic by the end of 2019! Mind-warping revelations abound! Kristen reveals the often ignored phenomenon of celebrity psychics! Who in Hollywood has been communing with a deceased pig? 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 08, 20191 hr 27 minEp. 67

GTTU 66: Route 66 & Ted Bundy's House Are Haunted!

On Episode 66 of Guide to the Unknown: We hop on the road, Route 66, to be exact. To get our kicks, Will points our haunted attractions along the way! When we reach our destination, our smiles stretch from ear to ear. Lightning strikes. We are home. Home with Ted “Theodore” Bundy. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adcho...

Feb 01, 20191 hr 2 minEp. 66

GTTU 65: Ghost Hunting Tools & The Monster Under Your Bed

On Episode 65 of Guide to the Unknown: Kristen has the skills to pay the bills, and she’ll tell you about the tools that makes ghosts drools…what? She talks about ghostbusting tools and a teddy bear that is inadvertently terrifying. Will talks about the monster hiding under your bed and the stunning psychological reason he’s under there! 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! ...

Jan 25, 201954 minEp. 65

GTTU 64: Unbreakable Superhumans & The Roastmaster's Ghost

On Episode 64 of Guide to the Unknown: Will is sponging M. Night Shyamalan’s Unbreakable series, which is all about superheroes! Could they be walking amongst us? But let’s SPLIT the GLASS and look at all the real life genetic mutations that exist! Kristen is straight up telling a bone chilling ghost story. It’s sad, scary, emotional…and it’s just…it’s real…No, literally, it’s a real ghost story that happened to someone, but not just any someone. This ghost story happened to comedian Jeff Ross! ...

Jan 18, 20191 hr 18 minEp. 64

GTTU 63: Alaska Ghost Stories & Lizzie Borden's House

On Episode 63 of Guide to the Unknown: Will found out the US State that like’s GTTU the LEAST: the great state of Alaska. And to hopefully pander to our friends in The Last Frontier, he’s doing a platter of topics! The Alaska Triangle, The Kushtaka, Spirit Houses, and The Haunted Kennecot Copper Mine! Kristen then takes us for a relaxing weekend at one of the most haunted bed and breakfasts in the country: Lizzie Borden’s house! She did something with an axe, I don’t know what, but it involved 4...

Jan 11, 20191 hr 9 minEp. 63

GTTU 62: Skin-Walkers & The Munsters

On Episode 62 of Guide to the Unknown: We’re here! We’re in the year 2019! What the hell? Kristen kicks off the show by talking about Skin-Walkers, and how their full story is protected, despite JK Rowling’s best attempts. Will rounds things out with the overlong origin of The Munsters, more specifically the surprising connection to Frankenstein, Dracula, and all the Universal Monsters. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod ...

Jan 04, 20191 hr 11 minEp. 62

GTTU 61: Scary New Year!

On Episode 61 of Guide to the Unknown: The winners of the first every Dybbuk box contest are revealed! And then Kristen and Will cap off 2018 with more of YOUR stories of encounters with the paranormal. From benevolent horseman to mind-altering dementors! HAPPY NEW YEAR, ONE AND ALL! See you in 2019! 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visi...

Dec 28, 20181 hr 12 minEp. 61

GTTU 60: Creepy Christmas 2018

On Episode 60 of Guide to the Unknown: Happy creepy holidays! Not only are we sharing YOUR encounters with the paranormal, we’re announcing a contest to win dybbuk boxes made by…us! 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 21, 201850 minEp. 60

GTTU 59: Haunted Long Island & Subliminal Messages

On Episode 59 of Guide to the Unknown: Kristen takes us on a tour of Long Island, New York, the home of a surprising number of haunted/cursed places. From Mount Mistery to Sweet Hollow Road! wiLl fInds the SecreT messagEs hiddeN in popular songs, Tv shows, and mOvies. did you know there are some really BrilLiAnt, Clever, genius folKs WhO find clever ways tO communicate secret messages and even hiDe images? SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at T...

Dec 14, 20181 hr 6 minEp. 59

GTTU 58: Scary Texas Ladies & Robert the Doll

On Episode 58 of Guide to the Unknown: Shout out to Texas, where everything is bigger, including the number of frightening female ghosts! Don’t think you can run away and comfort yourself with your favorite doll. Robert is a flat-out problem. 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! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 07, 20181 hr 12 minEp. 58

GTTU 57: MTV Illuminati & When a Stranger Calls

On Episode 57 of Guide to the Unknown: We briefly discuss the scariest monster of all: Kristen Rogers Anderson. It’s her goddamn birthday, show her a little love! Then Krissy digs into the disturbing power play that was the 2009 MTV VMA’s. Taylor Swift and Kanye West’s battle for the stage. Jay Z and Beyonce’s secret occult symbology…What? Will finds another excuse to talk about how Scream changed the world, when he talks about the urban legend of The Babysitter and the Calls Coming From Inside ...

Nov 30, 20181 hr 16 minEp. 57

GTTU 56: The Addams Family & Selling Your Soul

On Episode 56 of Guide to the Unknown: Will sets the table with a story of the first family of freaky: The Addams Family! Then Kristen serves up a steaming hot serving of devilish delights! Where do we get the idea of selling your soul to the devil for a shot a fame/power/wealth. Besides, Gomez, Morticia, and Uncle Fester wouldn’t do it, so neither should you! Be sure to check out BLACKWOOD, Will’s new horror podcast! Subscribe to Blackwood today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever...

Nov 23, 20181 hr 20 minEp. 56

GTTU 55: Elementals & Haunted Houses

On Episode 55 of Guide to the Unknown: Kristen tells the wholesome history of elementals, beings that uphold the nature of reality. Water, air, earth, and fire, yes, but also things like determination, and emotion. Gotta catch 'em all! Will talks about his dream home: a haunted house! Sure there have been ghostly abodes since time began, but did you know its been only in the past 60-ish years that these things have been things you visit for fun?? Be sure to check out BLACKWOOD, Will’s new horror...

Nov 16, 20181 hr 21 minEp. 55

GTTU 54: Questions & Answers

On Episode 54 of Guide to the Unknown: You sent us questions, we’re here to answer them! Take some time to get to know us a little bit better, as we talk about which monsters we’d boink, doink, and zoink. Tattoo’s, horror movies, nihilist musings, this show has it all! Be sure to check out BLACKWOOD, Will’s new horror podcast! Subscribe to Blackwood today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, a...

Nov 09, 20181 hr 18 minEp. 54

GTTU 53: Mischief Night & The Queen Mary

On Episode 53 of Guide to the Unknown: Halloween is officially behind us, but we’re keeping it alive! Will shares the seemingly unknown story of October 30th…the night BEFORE Halloween. Do you know what it is? How it started? Do you call it “Goosey Night?” Why do you do that? Kristen brings the show to the frightening cruise ship called The Queen Mary. Sweet name, but this vessel’s cargo is…GHOSTS! SPOOKY! Be sure to check out BLACKWOOD, Will’s new horror podcast! Subscribe to Blackwood today on...

Nov 02, 20181 hr 10 minEp. 53

GTTU Special: HAPPY HALLOWEEN

HAPPY HALLOWEEN (now)! We’re just here to bid you good tidings on this, the most important of days! Just for fun, we’re here to take you on a journey through time, remembering Halloweens from our pasts! Also, today we launched episode 3 of BLACKWOOD, Will’s new horror podcast! Subscribe to Blackwood today on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consid...

Oct 31, 201821 min

GTTU 52: Halloween & Michael Myers

HAPPY HALLOWEEN (soon). In Episode 52 of Guide to the Unknown: BLACKWOOD IS HERE. Listen to episodes 1 and 2 Then Kristen gets bogged down in the dry history of the holiday we all love: Halloween. But it’s Kristen so she makes it entertaining as hell. Will tries to explain the unexplainable: Michael Myers. There’s not much to say about him, but it’s Will, so he makes it take a long time. BLACKWOOD is here. Will’s new horror podcast, produced by Skylark Media and Wondery! Monsters, mayhem, myster...

Oct 26, 20181 hr 35 min

Introducing Blackwood

In a very special episode of Guide to the Unknown: WELCOME TO BLACKWOOD Five years ago, three teenagers set out to investigate the local legend of their small town, The Blackwood Bugman, and the mysterious disappearances and murders connected to him over the years. But as they soon come to find out, getting too close to the truth can be dangerous. From the masterminds behind Hunt A Killer comes a chilling tale of secrets, monsters, and murder. Subscribe to Blackwood today on Apple Podcasts, Spot...

Oct 24, 201819 min
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