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CREEPY Podcast Scares Up “31 Days of Horror” This October!
We’ve got all kinds of treats planned for this season and one will keep you entertained all October long.
CREEPY, the ultra-popular horror narration podcast downloaded more than a million times each month, will launch its “31 Days of Horror” series beginning October 1, 2020.
The series will air a new chilling tale each day of the month, culminating in a special episode on Halloween.
Hosted by Jon Grilz, CREEPY, which is part of the Bloody Disgusting Podcast Network, gives voice to urban legends and horror stories primarily posted online, which are known as “creepypastas.” The CREEPY team finds and selects both acclaimed and emerging scary stories posted to Reddit and other horror forums, and brings them to life on the podcast. The majority of episodes are not deemed explicit; those that are include trigger warnings based on the content of the story.
During the “31 Days of Horror” series, each episode features a story ranging from 10-60 minutes in length. The Halloween special on Saturday, October 31, will feature a two-and-a-half-hour long story.
“When the show started I wanted to do something special for my favorite time of year. It’s easily become the most work and most fun I have all year. We start work usually in July just to get everything read on top of our regular story schedule,” said Jon Grilz, the host and creator.
This October will mark the fourth annual “31 Days of Horror” series, which has become a fan favorite each year. Last year’s series amassed 2.5 million listens.
The Bloody Disgusting Podcast Network provides a variety of podcast programming related to the horror genre, including other titles such as SCP Archives, Nightmare on Film Street, The Boo Crew, Horror Queers, Knight Light, The Bloody Disgusting Podcast, and the upcoming psychedelic thriller Margaret’s Garden.
Shows from the Bloody Disgusting Podcast Network are hosted and distributed by the podcast company Acast.
“CREEPY is one of those extraordinary podcasts that truly activates the listener’s imagination, taking us out of our day-to-day lives and into a new world,” said Becky Celestina, who works in content partnerships at Acast. “At a time when the Halloween season will be different from past years, the ‘31 Days of Horror’ series is the perfect way to enjoy scary stories and get into the spooky spirit — whether alone or with friends and family.”
Listen and subscribe to CREEPY on Apple Podcasts and wherever you listen.
Maybe you haven’t thought about your good friend Sweeney Todd in a while, or maybe you have. The 2007 movie is a bit of a memory, though a fond one – it has a healthy 86% on Rotten Tomatoes, for what it’s worth. But 2023’s Broadway revival starring Josh Groban, who your mom thinks is “so talented” (she’s right!), was enough of a hit that its run was extended.
It appears we’re in a bit of a Sweeneyssaince.
For the uninitiated, Sweeney Todd is the story of a barber who kills his customers and disposes of the bodies by passing them off to pie shop owner Mrs. Lovett, who uses them as a special ingredient. But there’s more below the trap door.
Sweeney Todd isn’t just a late 70s musical that turned into a movie; it started as a penny dreadful called The String of Pearls: A Domestic Romance (author unknown), told week-to-week in the 1840s. Penny dreadfuls were essentially fiction zines featuring serialized stories that were usually horror-based and cost a penny, leading to the very literal nickname.
The String of Pearls differs from the more well-known Sweeney Todd plot in that it follows the investigation of a missing persons case that leads to the reveal of Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett’s arrangement, as opposed to the more modern iteration which treats audiences to the duo hatching their homicidal plan and then giving the worst haircuts ever. What a delightfully wild reveal that must have been if you were a reader in Victorian London after weeks of wondering what had become of the missing sailor carrying a string of pearls to deliver to a lovely girl.
Kristen and Will discuss the history and future of Sweeney Todd and works inspired by it this week on Guide to the Unknown. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts to get a new episode every Friday.
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