Eddie V's Horror Show

Eddie's back! And he's here to compare Orson Scott Card's 3 Types of Fear to a similar hierarchy of fear by Stephen King's reckoning. One key element is different. King recognizes a type of fear he calls "Revulsion", which represents gross-out horror. But is something nasty necessarily scary? Let's find out! Check out my website! EdwardVillanova.com (don't worry, it's not gross)

Kyle Edward Ball's SKINAMARINK wasrecently touted through viral media to be the scariest movie ever made. Is it? Also Eddie gets way too drunk again, this time on Bumbu XO rum. Film Theory episode on Skinamarink: https://youtu.be/HhSNbKezP64 Cody Leach's review of Skinamarink: https://youtu.be/BOIj3o4-JKU Help me keep the lights on: patreon.com/edwardvillanova

Eddie and Violet enjoy possibly the world's best rum and talk about exorcism, including the real life exorcisms of Roland Doe, the inspiration for The Exorcist, and the true account of the exorcism of Annaleise Michel, the inspiration for The Exorcism of Emily Rose; and different exorcism methods across several religions.

Welcome to season 4! In this Valentine's Day episode Eddie tlks about the phenomenons of "Cute Aggression", the inclination of some to want to harm things they find adorable, and how it may or may not relate to the Yandere (Japanese for "sick love") inclinations of some screwballs. Featuring a special book recommendation from author Edward Morris! https://www.brokeneyebooks.com/news/alphabet-of-lightning-by-edward-morris#/

HAPPY VETERANS' DAY! Eddie is joined by semi-frequent contributor "K" (henceforth dubbed "Agent K") who shares some select ghost stories from military history, and some personal stories of paranormal encounters during his time in the Air Force. Ghost captured on CCTV at Kadena Air Base, gate 3, Okinawa, Japan:  https://youtu.be/9S8pAqAWZko

In this minisode Eddie talks about the strange and unexplained death of a London occultist, and the bizarre events leading up to her mysterious demise.

A listener who wishes to be referred to simply as “Jack” provides this true story from his graddad’s travel journal about living in the Philippines and having a close encounter with a tribe of cannibals.

In this Halloween minisode, Eddie talks about the gruesome murder of Lindsay Hawker at the hands of the self-mutilating psychopath Tatsuya Ichihashi, sometimes referred to as Ichi the Killer, not to be confused with the manga or movie of the same name.

A chilling story about a fanatical preacher with some unusual teachings and the facts surrounding the mysterious disappearance of his 32 parishioners.

Inspired by working on a mob story with a new collaborator, Eddie shares some of the more disturbing mafia horror stories he's encountered during his research on the Italian and American La Cosa Nostra mafia. Eddie on Truth Transistor Radio with Rob Hendrick: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWRpYS5yc3MuY29tL3RydXRodHJhbnNpc3RvcnJhZGlvL2ZlZWQueG1s/episode/YTkxYTFjNjMtMDIzNy00NzNlLWE1OGQtNzJkYTY0ZTVhYTNl?hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjb5ZGI7cD6AhV4lWoFHVmhAFEQieUEegQIAxAF&ep=6 "A Family Thing" pilot by Mark Rios on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Family-Thing-Mark-Rios/dp/B08KHBYHMH Slide show about Murder Incorporated: https://allthatsinteresting.com/murder-inc-lepke Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoEN2qRX7zg