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This Place Scares Us - A Podcast

Katya Mickelson and Laramie Deanthisplacescaresus.libsyn.com
Join Laramie Dean, PhD, and Katya Mickelson, NPhD (non-PhD), for each nonsequitur-filled episode of THIS PLACE SCARES US! Come find out why serial killers, movies, literature and pop culture scares you, me and everyone.
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Episodes

Black Eyed Kids Scare Us

Hello dear listeners, Welcome to Episode Six of This Place Scares Us. This week we are talking about Black Eyed Kids. NOT The Black Eyed Peas (don't worry we mess this up a bunch)! Do children scare you? Do black soulless eyes scare you? Add those things together and you have Black Eyed Kids. Maybe this scares you, and maybe it doesn't. This episode is full of controversy! So, come listen to Katya and Laramie have a war of words over whether or not Black Eyed Kids are scary. Learn more about Ult...

Nov 13, 20171 hr 9 minEp. 6

The Cycle of the Werewolf Scares Us

Hello dear listeners, Do you feel the chill in the air? Do you hear the wind rustling the dead leaves? Are you prepared for the coming bleakness of winter? Rejoice dear listeners because you have not yet been consumed by The Cycle of The Werewolf. Halloween is upon us, and what better time to talk about the horror that is the werewolf. In this episode Katya and Laramie delve into why untamed man beasts, like werewolves, are mostly assholes on par with serial killers in their ability to produce b...

Oct 30, 20171 hr 13 minEp. 5

Poison Pen Letters Scare Us -Episode 4

Hi again wonderful listeners, We hope you are enjoying the spooky month that is October. As fall ushers in leaves, shorter days, and cool weather we think now is the perfect time to delve deeper into the world of the creepy and scary! In this episode we examine the Circleville Poison Pen Letters. Poison Pen Letters had a bit of a cultural hay-day in decades past, but the Circleville Letters are by far the pinnacle of this weirdness. Affairs, suspicious deaths, school bus drivers (yes, school bus...

Oct 16, 20171 hr 9 minEp. 4

"Israel Keyes" Scares Us

Welcome back to THIS PLACE SCARES US!! We are finally releasing episode 3 for all of you awesome people to enjoy. Our production team thinks this was our best episode yet so strap in for a great time! In this episode you get to learn why you should be very, very scared of a man named Israel Keyes and people like him (serial killers). We delve into some pretty dark things this episode and take our first foray into real life events and their very real impacts on the lives of the people around us. ...

Oct 02, 20171 hr 7 minEp. 3

"The Lottery" Scares Us

Welcome back everyone! In Episode 2 of This Place Scares Us, Katya and Laramie discuss the short story, The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is Laramie's personal queen of horror and this story has all the goodies. Social loafing, maintaining tradition, winning things, what isn't there to like?! Plus discussions about Billy Eichner continue, learn about Lee Iacoca and listen to tangents about all manner of fun things! As a major note, the sound quality on this episode is BAAA...

Sep 25, 201759 minEp. 2

"It Follows" Scares Us - Episode 1

Welcome to This Place Scares Us - A Podcast! Thank you so so much dear listener for joining us for our initial/pilot episode! We are so glad you could join us as we talk about all of the things that scare us and why they are scary. This episode will focus on the movie "It Follows" released in 2014 directed by David Robert Mitchell. We strongly suggest that you watch this movie before listening to this episode as there are ***SPOILERS***!! Or, don't (you live your life however you want). As an ex...

Sep 18, 20171 hr 8 minEp. 1
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