Urban Legends

Grab your neighborhood watch pamphlet and a flashlight with dying batteries because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Horror in the Suburbs.. and no, not the kind where you can’t take a five minute walk to grab a coffee but instead the insidious underbelly hiding behind perfect lawns and closed doors. Why are the suburbs so scary? Urban planning gone wrong or have we just watched Halloween too many times?Sources:Why do the Suburbs Exist? (This House, YouTube)https://youtu.be/JAR7R_tecFc?s...Horror in The Suburbs Trope (SyFy)https://youtu.be/AWzSpjOsMb8?s...How The Suburbs Became the Perfect Setting for Horror (Nylon)https://www.nylon.com/articles...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Don’t answer the phone when you’re babysitting, know that noise was not just the wind, and never say “I’ll be right back” because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of urban legends: the stories that may not be true but spread so much it seems like they should be. Why do we love them? And why do they linger?sources: https://www.rd.com/list/scary-urban-legends/https://youtu.be/S4Qq1htzd_0?si=W5YkFOYPdqXosKf0https://crimereads.com/why-our-fascination-with-urban-legends-will-never-die/https://youtu.be/9ofcLGx5VQA?si=nFe9GwKGIgePAagvBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Find a shaman and call your clairvoyant grandmother because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the tragedy that plagued the poltergeist sequels, both on and off screen, as we ask once again- can anything really be cursed or is it just our realities (and greedy studios) that haunt us?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Turn off the movie and get ready to go behind the scenes, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the murder of Poltergeist star Dominique Dunne. This episode contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence, failures of the justice system, and the fact that sometimes the things that haunt us our deeply human. My main sources for this episode our the writings of Dominique’s father Dominic Dunne for Vanity Fair, the writings of her brother Griffin Dunne, the E! true Hollywood story on her life and court testimony of those involved. This is a heavy one for me, I really struggled to record this but I think what happened to Dominique is important to talk about, it’s something that happens every day.CW: Domestic ViolenceSources:Justice, Dominick Dunne for Vanity FairThe E! True Hollywood Story: Dominique DunneBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab a strong sense of spiritual boundaries, hide your clown dolls, and be prepared to feel enraged and also terrified because today, we’re getting a Broader Understanding of the curse of Poltergeist: the classic horror film that used real skeletons, haunted its cast and made America question whether some movies really are cursed.This is Part 1Sources:Poltergeist Theatrical Trailerhttps://youtu.be/q0p4JUlKJYI?si=K4J2V9Mz3qKSq6O7E! True Hollywood Story: Poltergeist The True Story That Inspired Poltergeist (Nerdist)https://nerdist.com/article/poltergeist-true-story-inspired-movie/?amp Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your ouija board and your teenage rage because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of poltergeists What if they aren’t ghosts at all? Not even a haunting but a manifestation? What if it’s all just the raw, unfiltered energy of adolescence, the force of pure, unspoken rage and heartbreak? A panic attack attack at a pivotal time, an attempt to be seen so strong it bends the astral realm itself- What if the scariest part of poltergeist activity is not that it’s real but that it’s us?We’re going through the history of poltergeists, the science, the scares and the teenage angst to try and figure out what it means when your house is haunted not just by ghosts but by puberty.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your sleeping bag & steal your moms expired lipstick because tonight we’re getting a broader understanding of sleepover rituals: the games we played, the spirits we tried to summon, and the strange ways we scared ourselves silly just to feel something. From light as a feather stiff as a board, truth or dare, bloody mary, and a gaggle of horror stories we'll relive our teenage slumber parties with some help from a very special guest, Kristen Bear of Creative Sobriety. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your tiny plastic tea set, your irrational attachment to Samantha’s velvet holiday dress, and maybe an extra rosary, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of dolls with baggage (with some help from Kristen Bear of Creative Sobriety)From the American Girl historical trauma pipeline to the haunted legends of Robert and Annabelle, we’re busting out our broken babydoll memories and trying to understand why we wanted harrowing backstories instead of pristine BarbiesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Get ready to go to The Bronze but don't answer any texts from A because today we're getting a broader understanding on the joys of watching TV with your friends, with some very special help from Robin Tran. (originally aired May 2023)You may know her from That’s My Time With David Letterman or her TikTok clips but in this episode you’ll get to know her as Daniela does- as a best friend to binge TV with.In this episode we watch the unaired pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and give our thoughts and feelings on this twenty-five minute almost masterpiece before getting into our history of watching TV together.From Pretty Little Liars, Buffy and our favorite episodes- (the musical, the mental institution…), Dawson’s Creek and the Witch Island episode plus the story Grams told that made Daniela laugh and Robin cry, why we gave up on binging Glee, and the shows we’re currently watching now- Yellowjackets and House.Plus we get into TV before the internet and elaborate more on our television watching rituals.If you feel like watching TV with a best friend this is the episode for you!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your garlic necklace and maybe double check that your doors are locked, because today we’re getting a Broader Understanding of The Vampire of Sacramento: Richard Chase. CW: this one’s heavy, graphic, and disturbing. It deals with severe mental illness, animal abuse, necrophilia, cannibalism, and some of the most brutal murders I’ve ever covered on this show.  But we’re also going to talk about how the system failed everyone involved  and how “evil” isn’t always the right word for something that is deeply, deeply sick. Sources: Can Violence be Predicted with the Macdonald Triad? (Dr. Grande)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxp1SFgrMCIRichard Chase (Real Crime)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Cqgveqs-bA&t=564sFBI files on Richard Chase”The Vampire of Sacramento” documentary Court transcripts and psychiatric evaluationsSacremento Court House The book The Vampire Killer by Clifford L. Linedecker Psychology Today articles on schizophrenia and serial killersBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.