Sleep Deprivation: The Horrors of Staying Awake

Grab your fertility amulets and your haunted cradle, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of Rosemary’s Baby, the film that birthed an entire genre of occult paranoia… and maybe even a few curses along the way. From the comas, to the cults, to fhe infamous crimes. Is the devil really in the details or just in us?CW: graphic violence Sources:Cursed Movies: Rosemary’s BabyShudderHelter SkelterBook by Curt Gentry and Vincent BugliosiRoman Polanski Opens Up About Sharon Tate's Murder | The Dick Cavett ShowTate-LaBianca Press ConferenceTate-LaBianca: 50 Years LaterABC NewsThe Most Cursed Hit Movie Ever Madehttps://www.vanityfair.com/hol...Become 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 a mask- or better yet a hazmat suit because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the pneumonic plague- is there an outbreak or was this a one off? How bad would this be? And how many once in a lifetime events will we get in one lifetime?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab a date and put on your prom dress, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of adolescent rage, telekinetic revenge, teenage trauma and Carrie White:On Writing, Stephen KingIs Telekinesis Real? (Ted Ed)https://youtu.be/Jq9D_HkQhAA?s...Analyzing Evil Margaret White from Carrie (The Vile Eye)https://youtu.be/tihF7bFKvW8?s...How Did Carrie Get Her Powers (Screen Rant)https://screenrant.com/stephen...Carrie White (The Take)https://youtu.be/9bSCYqKsu_w?s...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Put down your true crime coloring book, turn off that third rewatch of Mindhunter, and triple-check your locks, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of active serial killers.Maybe they didn’t go extinct.Maybe they changed their ways just enough that we stopped noticing.We’re not talking about Jeffrey Dahmer’s glasses or the psychology of Ed Kemper. We’re talking about the now.Because while Netflix has made a buffet of the past’s worst men, we seem to forget:They’re still out there.Still watching.Still following.Still killing.But now? They’ve adapted to a world with doorbell cameras, automatic license plate readers, and a public that no longer pays attention unless there’s a trailer attached.We prefer our killers archived, not active.Dead, not digital.Cold case, not current.But that’s a myth. And today, we’re breaking it wide open.Sources:Houston Serial Killer (Law &Crime Network)https://youtu.be/DWF-sP7M92g?s...The Disturbing Trait That Almost all Serial Killers Share (Grunge)https://youtu.be/XVNxZmPwU0s?s...New England Serial Killerhttps://youtu.be/7SGTmBEuKyM?s...Smiley Face Killer (Oxygen)https://youtu.be/Ju_RvpH7ng0?s...Samuel Little (Oxygen)https://youtu.be/CJImvxxuERU?s...Israel Keyes (ABC News)https://youtu.be/9mztHlgThj0?s...MMIW & Girls (Broads Next Door)https://open.spotify.com/episo...Why Are There Fewer Serial Killers? (Northeastern University)https://cssh.northeastern.edu/...Did Serial Killers Become School Shooters? (salon)https://www.salon.com/2018/02/...Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Grab your melatonin and turn on your sound machine because we’re kicking off spooky season with a subtle kind of horror- sleep deprivation. What does it do to us? How long can we go without rest? And for anyone who just had a baby like me, why does sleep during the newborn trenches feel like torture?Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Put on your trench coat and and get ready to call the tip line, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of one of the eeriest, mesmerizing and most iconic shows to ever hit television: Unsolved Mysteries. We'll hear from people who worked on the series, revisit some memorable cases, And maybe you too can help solve a mystery(originally released October 31st 2025)Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.

Get ready to finally wrap this case up with us and probably never be able to trust the Facebook marketplace or wedding photographers the same way ever again. We know this has been a long and emotional rollercoaster for all of us, but we are officially at the end of what we know, and after this episode, you can be certain you have a broad understanding of one of the worst things you’ve probably ever heard. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support.