What Are You Afraid of Podcast

06/09/2021

This is Phil Thomas, co-host of What Are You Afraid Of? I wanted to let you all know that the Kindle version of my book, The Poe Predicament, is up for pre-order on Amazon!! Paperback pre-order coming soon! It is being released on October 4, 2021, from Foundations Books. I would appreciate anyone's support. Here is a brief summary and link to the Amazon page:
Stuck in another time, Richard Langley just wants to find his way back home.
Richard is a former college professor, wandering a local neighborhood bookstore, where he stumbles upon the find of a lifetime: a signed copy of Tamerlane and other poems.
He is soon swept to another era where he is alone and lost.
While struggling to adapt to his nineteenth-century environment, Richard meets a man he must help exonerate from false accusations in order to restore history's original timeline and, ultimately, find his way back to modern-day New York City.
What Richard did not count on, was that man being the owner of the signature—Edgar Allan Poe.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B096W2QFYS/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=The+Poe+Predicament&qid=1623172151&sr=8-2

The Poe Predicament

02/07/2021

To celebrate Women in Horror Month, we interview Lydia Kang, author of O***m & Absinthe.

To celebrate Women in Horror Month, hosts T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas chat with author, physician, baker and researcher Dr. Lydia Kang. Lydia is the author of the O***m and Absinthe, a novel that tells the story of a wealthy young New York heiress who investigates a series of vampire-like killings after the first publication of Dracula. English folksinger David Walton narrates an excerpt from the book, then she shares her insights into writing characters, researching historic settings and even a strange experience she had in a cemetery. To finish the show, Lydia talks about the strange history of medicine, a topic she writes about in her book Quackery. People really did grind up mummies for medicinal powder and believed mercury was a magical elixir.

What Are You Afraid Of? returns after a winter sabbatical, and we’ve got some great episodes planned.

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EPISODE 154: O***M, ABSINTHE & LYDIA KANG To celebrate Women in Horror Month, hosts T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas chat with author, physician, baker and researcher Dr. Lydia Kang. Lydia is the author of the O***m and Absinthe, a novel that tells the story of a wealthy young New York heiress who....

01/11/2021

On the 6th of January you'll see huge bonfires all over Iceland. But did you know they're associated with fairies and elves?

12/24/2020

New holiday episode of What Are You Afraid Of?

EPISODE 154: BELSNICKING WITH FOX, PHIL & DANIEL BRAUM

Authors T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas return to bring you their new holiday special to celebrate the winter solstice 2020. New York author, Daniel Braum, joins them to chat about his new collection of short stories, Underworld Dreams, his new event, The New York Ghost Story Festival and chat about odd holiday traditions. David Walton narrates an excerpt from one of the Daniel’s stories, Tommy’s Shadow, from Underworld Dreams. Then Fox shares several unusual holiday traditions from around the world including the lucky spiders of the Ukraine and the Tió de Nadal, or the pooping log, a tradition celebrated in parts of Spain. We also replay What Are You Afraid Of?’s new and original holiday carol about the Jólakötturinn—the monstrous holiday cat feared in Iceland who eats you if you aren’t wearing new clothes on Christmas Day. We want to put the monsters back into Christmas! And remember, we’re halfway out of the dark.

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EPISODE 154: BELSNICKING WITH FOX, PHIL & DANIEL BRAUM Authors T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas return to bring you their new holiday special to celebrate the winter solstice 2020. New York author, Daniel Braum, joins them to chat about his new collection of short stories, Underworld Dreams, his ne...

12/10/2020

TONIGHT IT STARTS: The New York Ghost Story Festival

Please join 20 authors of the strange and uncanny for the first annual New York Ghost Story Festival.

This event is free. And online only. Just follow the link we will be posting to (which takes you to) You Tube to join us live. Or come back to the same link and watch the archive at your leisure.
Our incredible line up of guests are John LanganJohn Foster Nicholas Kaufmann Gwendolyn Kiste Rudi Dornemann Hysop Loreal Mulero Douglas Wynne Farah Rose Smith Sarah Langan Lee Thomas Michelle Garza Jo Kaplan Pat Wehl David Surface Brian Evenson Jeffrey Ford CC Adams Liliana Cârstea and James Everington

The Festival Dates are:
December 10th , 12th, 14th 19th and 24th at 7pm EST.
December 20th at 4pm EST.

Thank you to all the incredible authors. We will be hearing them read, talking about our favorite ghost stories, and directing you to our favorite small and local book shops as we can.
Thank you to the multi-talented David Surface, one of our guests, for this wonderful video announcing the event.

Go to this link to watch on Youtube tonight!

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Welcome to The New York Ghost Story Festival. An annual event of ghost story readings and discussion hosted by Daniel Braum. Featuring authors of the uncanny...

11/05/2020

We have original fiction from KT Bryski (“Tiger's Feast”) and Kurt Fawver (“Introduction to the Horror Story, Day 1”), along with reprints by P. Djèlí Clark (“Night Doctors”) and Thana Niveau (“White Mare”). We also have the latest installment of our column on horror, “The H Word...

11/03/2020

A little history about the Boyd house. Interviews with paranormal investigators and their evidence.

11/01/2020

EPISODE 152: THE MORTUARY INTERVIEW with Ryan Spindell (Writer and Director of The Mortuary Collection)

To finish off our Halloween 2020 celebration, horror author T. Fox Dunham interviewed writer and director Ryan Spindell, the mad genius who wrote and directed Shudder’s new horror film, The Mortuary Collection. This anthology movie tells the story of karmic punishment of evil and the nature of the storyteller. The story harks back to the days when horror had a bit of camp but was ultimately fun. After attending film school in Florida, Ryan relocated to California where he established Trapdoor Pictures to produce the ‘fun genre’. He draws his influences from 80’s horror film and authors such as Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and Kurt Vonnegut. He chats with Fox about how horror films have evolved and what makes good horror. Horror is coming home! He also chats about the process of filming The Mortuary Collection and his collaborations with Evil Dead director, Sam Raimi.

David Walton narrates a true ghost story that was written and researched by T. Fox Dunham. The Little Girl that Still Plays at Rockford House tells the story of a cursed family that bought land in Lancaster, Pennsylvania after the American Revolution to build a home. Ghosts still roam the house today. And T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas talk about their Halloween run of episodes, their favorite Halloween candy and what movies they’re going to enjoy this Halloweekend. The Mortuary Collection is number one on their list. Thanks for the exploding . . . organ, Ryan! Happy Halloween and a Happy Samhain to all.

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  EPISODE 152: THE MORTUARY INTERVIEW To finish off our Halloween 2020 celebration, horror author T. Fox Dunham interviewed writer and director Ryan Spindell, the mad genius who wrote and directed Shudder’s new horror film, The Mortuary Collection.  This anthology movie tells the story o...

10/30/2020

True Ghost Stories. Horror Fiction. Interviews.

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This October horror authors T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas have interviewed:

Dacre Stoker, great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and author of Dracul, the only official prequel to Dracula, talks about vampires in lore and legend.

Daniel Kraus, co-author of George Romero’s unfinished zombie novel, The Living Dead, discusses finishing Romero’s last book and the history of zombies.

Lisa Morton, author of Calling Down the Spirits, shares her insights on the history of séances, mediums and necromancy.

Michelle Belanger, paranormal investigator and psychic from A&E’s Paranormal Lockdown & Travel Channel’s Portals to Hell, talks about the nature of hauntings, demons and her many supernatural encounters.

Ryan Spindell, writer and director of Shudder’s The Mortuary Chronicles enlightens us about creating a horror anthology movie inspired by the style of Ray Bradbury and the horror films of the 1980s.

Plus true ghost stories, a story about an online gaming guild using raid techniques to survive a zombie apocalypse, fiction about two vampires trapped in an eternal battle, music and witty banter from authors T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas.

Go to the website to check out all 152 episodes, our archive of narrated true ghost stories, articles, recipes, reviews, interviews and subscribe to your preferred podcast service:

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What Are You Afraid Of? Horror & Paranormal Show is your Halloween soundtrack for 2020.

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Authors T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas explore the darkness through interviews with authors & paranormal investigators, ghost stories, dark fiction, humor, folk music and banter

10/29/2020

New Episode!

Michelle Belanger (A&E's Paranormal State & Travel Channel's Portals to Hell) comes on the show! My thanks to Kat Weidman for arranging it!

EPISODE 151: HAUNTED WORLD OF MICHELLE BELANGER

For a treat, authors T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas chat with paranormal investigator and psychic, Michelle Belanger. Most widely recognized for her work as a psychic on A&E's Paranormal State and Osbourne Media's Portals to Hell, Michelle is an occult expert, educator, media personality, and author of over thirty books on paranormal and occult topics. Not only does Michelle share her unique insights on the nature of ghosts, inhuman spirits and the causes of hauntings, but she also tells Fox and Phil about some of her scariest experiences including the night a dark force tormented her while she slept when she spent the night at a hotel where a depraved serial killer used to work.

In addition to her stories of the paranormal, they discuss the pagan holiday of Samhain, and Fox even sings the 'Pumpky Night Song'—an old English folk song sung this time of year.

Come and get some scary for Halloween 2020!

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  EPISODE 151: HAUNTED WORLD OF MICHELLE BELANGER For a Halloween treat, authors T. Fox Dunham & Phil Thomas chat with paranormal investigator and psychic, Michelle Belanger. Most widely recognized for her work as a psychic on A&E's Paranormal State and Osbourne Media's P...

10/29/2020

Just in time for Halloween! How about a creepy tale? Nancy Kilpatrick will be reading a 5 minute story: “In the Fullness of the Moon” which was first publish...

10/25/2020

Bram Stoker Dublin locations are a must-see for any Dracula fan, so ANN MASSEY takes us on a tour...

10/25/2020

The real immortality of the ancient vampire Dracula, the villain of Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel of the same name, resides less in the difficulty of killing him and more in how, once you kill him, he d…

10/23/2020

NEW EPSIODE 150: LORE WITH DACRE STOKER

Dacre Stoker, great grand-nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker, joins authors T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas to talk about those creatures of the night, vampires. An author and scholar of all things vampyr, Stoker has written the only official prequel, Dracul with author J.D. Barker, based on years of research into the files and history of Bram Stoker. Dacre shares his insights into vampire lore and reveals interesting details about the book; for example, Bram Stoker had originally written a different and explosive ending to the book that would have changed how we viewed his celebrated story.

British folksinger David Walton narrates an excerpt from Stoker’s prequel, and the hosts are proud to offer a new story from premier horror author, Deborah Drake. The Vampire’s First Rule, narrated by T. Fox Dunham & Cindy Hermann, tells the story of an ancient conflict between two vampires that finally ends in the sacred cave of the Eternal Half-Lighters. Then to finish the show, Dacre shares a true ghost story about his encounter with a bishop’s ghost that haunts the cellars of Marsh’s Library in Dublin, Ireland.

We’re celebrating Halloween from home in 2020. To help you get into the Halloween spirit, we’ve brought you mediums, zombies, vampires and soon ghosts and demons.

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EPSIODE 150: VAMPIRE LORE WITH DACRE STOKER Dacre Stoker, great grand-nephew of Dracula author Bram Stoker, joins authors T. Fox Dunham and Phil Thomas to talk about those creatures of the night, vampires. An author and scholar of all things vampyr, Stoker has written the only official prequel, Drac...