The Spooking Minutes

Happy Halloween! In this episode we’re joined by the always delightful Jennifer Pepper to celebrate the spooky season! We chat about the origins of Halloween, trick or treating, and jack-o-lanterns, plan some spooky dinner parties, and find the most attractive costume your partner could wear. Then a trio of trick or treaters find more than they bargained for in our improvised tale, Trick Or Creep.

Honka honka this episode is no laughing matter as we discuss clowns! A very common fear, we discuss the origins of clowns and whether or not we’re afraid of them with our good friend and guest host Sahara Bayley! Then three students head to Paris to attend Clown School in our improvised story, Clownage à Trois.

Double double toil and trouble, we’re brewing up an extra fun episode of The Spooking Minutes as we discuss witches! Joined by today’s co-host Brad Robinson, we delve into a brief history of the cackling baddies, and share the local tales of Maggie Pollock, and the Ellice Swamp Witch. Then a strange new student has trouble fitting in at their new school in our improvised story, Any Witch Way.

Merry Christmas spookerinos! We had our old pal Victor Lacoste dig through his archives so we could share another chilling and festive episode of his old radio program, The Lacoste Of Terror. Today’s tale is titled “Scare Noel” and finds Victor on holiday in France, where a ho-ho-homicidal Santa Claus looks to cross Victor off of his naughty list.

Happy Halloween! For our season three finale Matt, Steve, and a suspiciously quiet Louise invite three of their best friends to join them around the fire to discuss their fears. Then five friends find a dream trip to the Amazon turns into a nightmare in our story Snakes & Splatters.

Step into the spotlight in today’s episode as we talk with actor Nyiri Karakas. We chat about her love for Rocky Horror, the terror that lives in her grandmother’s basement, and the fears that are faced before stepping on stage. Then, a theatre troupe revives a cursed play and the consequences are dire in our improv Exit Stage Fright.

We’re not playing around with today’s episode. No, we’re talking haunted dolls! Robert, Letta, and that mischievous Annabelle, we discuss these sinisters dolls and more! Then, a desperate father buys a strange toy as a gift for his son in our story Diadollical.

To listen to today’s episode of The Spooking Minutes you’ll have to pay the troll toll. Yes we’re talking trolls. From folklore and mythology to fluffy haired dolls to the terrifying Trantor from Ernest Scared Stupid, we’re discussing it all. Then three classmates on a field trip in Norway pick up a mysterious stranger in our improv See Me Trollin’.

We’re conjuring guest Holly Clausius to join us around the fire in this episode of The Spooking Minutes! We’ll discuss things that go bump under the bed, the terrifying being known as Santa Claus and some spooky musical inspiration. Then a young boy learns he shouldn’t tell tall tales in our story Dread Time Stories.

Greetings spookheads, we’re back for another season of thrills and chills. In today’s episode Matt, Steve, and Louise talk the terrifying side of tech and AI. Then the Polybius family test out an experimental new VR system in our improvised story, Lost in Cyberspace.