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MidlifingOverdue Part 2 - Soup of freedomSend us a textPart 2 of 2 of Overdue begins with three sneezes and then extends last week's conversation into difficult ideas to do with sexuality and otherness. Please note that Lee and Simon briefly discuss suicidal ideation.Here's a list of international suicide hotlines: http://www.suicide.org/hotlines/international-suicide-hotlines.htmlGet in touch with Lee and Simon at info@midlifing.net.Related links (and necessary corrections):Studio 54: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studio_54Queer theory: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theoryHeteronormativity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteronormativityqueer the...2021-07-1428 min
This Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Witch Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, We have missed you! To steal a term from one of our favorite authors (Christopher Moore) our day slave lives have been getting us down and keeping us from editing this podcast! But fear not, we are back with a Spooktober appropriate episode. This episode is a throw back to one of our collective favorite movies: 2015's The Witch (or The VVitch) by Robert Eggers. This period piece set in 1600s Puritan America has a little something for everyone. For the devoutly religious, Puritans, for the devoutly satanic, Satan, for the devoutly fem...2019-10-0800 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastJerry Lee Lewis Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, We have been enjoying the wonderful summer weather and doing our best to keep cool! Hopefully you are enjoying the summer sun and staying safe from the things that go bump in the night. And, what makes summer better than a nice song or two? Well this week you are in for a musical treat! Katya and Laramie discuss the one and only Jerry Lee Lewis, AKA The Killer (really this is his nickname), and the many horrible things he has been accused of doing. If you haven't had a chance give Mr...2019-07-2300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastSalem's Lot Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Summer is in full swing and we are releasing an episode that wasn't recorded this past winter! We hope this episode will keep you creeped out as you travel for your summer fun. Maybe you can bring us with as you visit a ghost town or check out a haunted house. This week Katya and Laramie discuss Stephen King's Salem's Lot, (specifically the 1979 TV miniseries directed by Tobe Hooper). Laramie discusses the horror of vampirism and why Salem's Lot shows us that the sexual appeal of vampires is scarier than anything. Katya and...2019-06-3000 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Cannibal Cop Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, We hope you are having a wonderful start to summer and enjoying the warmth and sun. Cookouts are a wonderful summer tradition and this week we decided to bring you an epicurean focused episode. Gilberto Valle, dubbed the "Cannibal Cop" is a former NYPD officer who was found guilty of conspiracy to commit kidnapping in 2013, and later had his conviction overturned in 2014. Gilberto's charges stemmed from his behavior in online chat rooms regarding fantasy writing involving the rape, murder, and cannibalization of numerous women. To say this case is complex is an und...2019-06-1700 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastGremlins Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, If you haven't heard, we're back! The winter/grad school/moving blues got us down for a bit, but we are all sorted out and ready to go. We are bringing you some Christmas in June fun and festivities with this week's topic! Gremlins, released on June 8 1984 and directed by Joe Dante, is this week's topic. To say that this episode is near and dear to Laramie's heart is an understatement. Join us to find out why camp, creep, and consumerism make this the perfect holiday movie to binge watch on your DVR...2019-06-0300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastWe're Back BumperWe're back bitches! Sorry for our long hiatus. If you are curious about what's been happening in our lives give this bumper a quick listen. We've got a new episode for you tonight too! **Clinkies** Katya and Laramie2019-06-0300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe High Priestess of Blood Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Happy New Year, and sorry for the long delay. As many of you know, a lot has been going on in "Scares Us Land". But fear not because we are back and back on track! We missed you all dearly and are sincerely sorry for our absence This week we are bringing and episode back from the dead! Our lost episode on Magdalena Solis, The High Priestess of Blood has new life. Katya and Laramie discuss the terror that is a cult, and the cult of personality that emerged in Yerba Buena in th...2019-01-2100 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Haunting of Hill House Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, The week of feasts is upon us and we hope you enjoy this episode as you travel to see family, hunker down in your bunker, or enjoy basking in the glow of your retail therapy. If you need a good read for your holiday time, This Place Scares Us suggests reading The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. This week's episode is in fact about The Haunting of Hill House which has seen several screen adaptations both in movie form and now as a popular Netflix series. Laramie shares his opinions ab...2018-11-2000 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastHereditary Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, We hope you had a spectacular Spooktober, a haunting Halloween, and an amazing All Souls Day! We have been hard at work getting back on our recording schedule after our big life changes. Coming at you this week is the scariest movie we have seen in a good long while. This week's topic is the terrifying 2018 film Hereditary by Ari Aster. Go watch this movie before listening to this week's episode, but find a friend because this is one crazy, scary, disturbing film! Katya and Laramie dissect all of the things that shou...2018-11-0500 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastFright Night Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Like a phoenix we have risen from the ashes of moving, learning new technology, and having a generally chaotic two months! But, WE ARE BACK!! This is our first remotely recorded episode and it sounds a bit rough, but we've worked the bugs out and will have another episode out soon. Its Spooktober and you know what that means!? Horror movies!! In this episode Katya and Laramie discuss the 1985 classic Fright Night directed by Tom Holland (not Spiderman Tom Holland). This movie really is a window into so many things 80s: teen an...2018-10-2200 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastJohn List Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Like all new relationships we are shamelessly celebrating an anniversary this episode. This was our 1 year anniversary episode and is officially episode 25 of This Place Scares Us! We love all our listeners and once life is a bit more settled for us we want to find something other than a sticker to give out to all of you! Now, on to the episode! We are discussing John List who was a horrible murderer. The term family annihilator was developed to describe this monster and we really dive into why he was so vile. There are so many...2018-09-2300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastHorror Hotel Scares UsHi Dear Listeners, Did you enjoy your Labor Day weekend or were you stuck in a Horror Hotel? Perhaps you visited a City of the Dead (these are all related to the episode I promise)? Whatever you did with your holiday we hope it was a restful and spooky one! This week's episode is the movie Horror Hotel (also known as The City of the Dead). Horror Hotel was released in America in 1963 and chronicles the foggy witchy nightmare that befalls a plucky college student visiting Whitewood Massachusetts. This movie really has everything: fog, witches, death...2018-09-1000 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Abduction of Travis Walton Scares UsHi Dear Listeners, We are getting so close to the spooky season and fall time, and today in Montana really feels like the end of summer. Do you believe in aliens dear listeners? Have you had an otherworldly experience? Katya and Laramie discuss the spooky abduction of Travis Walton this week. Much discussion is had on if aliens exist or not, and if aliens actually abduct people. Also, alien fashion and alien measurements are a major topic of interest this episode. Do you believe in Alien Coveralls? This past week marked the one year...2018-08-2700 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Shining Scares UsHi Dear listeners, Sorry for the delay, but we ran into a technical problem with our microphone during the recording of the actual episode 22. Sadly, episode 22's recording was unusable and will be forever lost. However; we will be re-recording this episode's topic at a later date. For now join us for episode 23 henceforth known as episode 22. And boy if episode 22 isn't a good one! This episode is all about Stephen King's "The Shining", and if you have never read the book take a beat go read it and come back and join us (spoiler ale...2018-08-0600 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastNight of Dark Shadows Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Are you enjoying your summer fun? Have you seen any summer ghosts, or perhaps a warm weather bigfoot cooling off in a stream? We haven't but we're still looking. In between our adventures we're releasing another listener suggested episode (thanks Lindsey C.!!!) that is near and dear to Laramie's cold cold heart. Welcome to our episode on Night of Dark Shadows (NODS)!! Does NODS make sense? Not really! Does it relate to the TV series? Kind of?! We watched House of Dark Shadows and discussed our thoughts on it in episode 7 (go check...2018-07-0900 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Tale of 5 Boys Who Never Came Back Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Sorry for our brief break but we had to go have some summer fun! Fear not! We are back this week with episode 20 and what better way to celebrate this milestone than with a listener suggested topic? Our wonderful listener Joanna suggested this weeks topic, and we LOVE IT!! This week Katya and Laramie discuss the story of the 5 boys who never came back. Much like our Dyatlov Pass episode this story has mountains, tragic deaths, and more theories with no answers than you can handle. So strap in for a sad and...2018-06-2500 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Death of LaVena Johnson Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, We've received so many wonderful messages from some of you and want to extend our sincere thanks. You are all what make this podcast great! Please continue to write to us and let us know what you think or tell us your spooky stories. We have truly enjoyed our past two episodes sharing scary stories with friends, and discussing a horror classic with The Birds. This weeks episode is much less fun and so very tragic in the way that only true events can be. Join us this week as we discuss the...2018-06-0400 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Birds Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Sorry for the delay this week! We had many things happening and had some technical challenges. Fear not! We have returned to give you a reason to be afraid, even as we move through spring and into the sunny summer season. Don't you all remember that horror in the daylight is real!? Join Katya and Laramie as they discuss (and sing about) Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. There is plenty to be afraid of in this one. Creepy movie directors, condescending lawyers, women breaking into houses to leave birds, birds that peck out eyes...2018-05-2300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastHouse Party Horror Scares UsClinkies Dear Listeners!! Welcome to the house party episode of This Place Scares Us! We don't know how your life has been, but spring time has been a bit too busy for all of us at TPSU. So we decided to let our amazing hair down and have a house party!! We brought our wonderful friends and family in to the This Place Scares Us Studio to hear their creepy stories. Taylor (yes, the actually famous Taylor), Ryan (our amazing social media manager), Tori (of Silver Bullet Scares Us fame), and Amy and Aaron (our bes...2018-05-0800 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Possession of Anneliese Michel Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, Are you enjoying the increasing daylight and all of the new life brought by spring? Do you wish things were still dark and spooky? Well fear not because we have a real scare fest for you this episode! We are discussing a truly tragic case of demon possession (!!Warning!! we do play a clip from an actual exorcism in this episode). The case of Anneliese Michel came about at the height of all things possession, The Exorcist, Rosemary's Baby, and The Omen were all released around the time of this tragic event. So j...2018-04-2300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Horrors of Hybridity Scare UsHi Dear Listeners, We are enjoying the slow transition to spring and are excited to be releasing a new episode to all of you. There have been many changes in our lives and we are excited to share them with you! In this episode Katya and Laramie talk about why werewolves, manitous, and any shape-shifter should scare you. Hybrids are a common theme in horror and there is likely a larger context behind that. Katya and Laramie talk about all of the ways that hybrids show up in the history of horror. So come join us a...2018-04-0900 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastMarcus Wesson Scares UsHi Dear Listeners, We hope that things have been going well for you as we leave the doldrums of winter and emerge into spring. We have had a busy couple of weeks here at This Place Scares Us, and honestly our schedules have been scaring us more than anything. But we digress. In this episode Katya and Laramie discuss the sad history of Marcus Wesson and his horrible abuse of everyone in his family. Katya and Laramie bring a lot of humor to an otherwise disturbing topic talking about all of their new band names, vam...2018-03-2600 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastFrankenstein Among the Dead Scares UsHi Dear Listeners, We have had a few technical difficulties, and the end of winter was rather crazy for us! Sorry for the delay in getting you such an exciting episode! We will be getting back on our regular schedule and dropping another episode in two weeks! In this episode we discuss all things Frankenstein! Laramie published a play called Frankenstein Among the Dead (available for purchase at www.theaterfolk.com), and we watched The Bride of Frankenstein to have all the Frankenstein goodness to talk about. Katya decides that Frankenstein is the saddest classic mons...2018-03-1200 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Tragic Tale of the Gibbons Twins Scares UsHi Dear Listeners, Has the first month of the new year been all you wanted it to be? Valentine's day is just around the corner and we decided to a share a tale of sisterly love tainted by the horrors of the world for this week's episode! Join Katya and Laramie as they discuss the sadness that was the relationship of the Gibbons twins. A truly Gothic tale tainted by the prejudice of people and the sadness that is poorly treated mental illness. Also, learn about Laramie's new play (more on this coming next episode!). 2018-02-1200 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastSuspiria Scares UsHello Dear Listeners, We hope you enjoyed our two part episode for episode 10! This week we are discussing the movie Suspiria. Released in 1977, Suspiria was directed by Dario Argento, and is the scariest movie that (maybe) shouldn't be scary. Katya and Laramie talk all about how the inexplicable story of witches, ballerinas, and a ballet academy in the Black Forest of Germany create a story that will make your skin crawl. The use of sound, color, and fairy tale like story all play a part in this horror classic Also, Katya talks about how she...2018-01-2900 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Dyatlov Pass Scares Us - Part 2Hi Dear Listeners, Welcome to part 2 of episode 10! If you didn't have a chance, go check out episode 10 part 1. So, enjoy episode 10 part 2 where we discuss all our thoughts, theories, and ideas about what happened at the Dyatlov Pass. Katya had so many answers and so much answer face for this part of the episode its pretty unreal. Aliens, avalanches, yetis, government conspiracies!? Plus, Davey talks about radioactivity and isotopes (science). We change our minds all the time about what happened so write to us and let us know what you think happened! **C...2018-01-1500 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Dyatlov Pass Scares Us - Part 1Hi Dear Listeners, Happy New Year, and thank you for joining us again! We are releasing our 10th episode and couldn't be more excited. This is by far the scariest episode we have ever done, and because it is so scary it is in two parts! Fear not, though because we will be releasing part two in a week. The Dyatlov Pass Incident is this week's topic and is it ever weird. We run you through all of the things you need to know about one of the strangest happenings in modern history. Missing tongues, eyes...2018-01-0800 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastTales From The Crypt Scares UsHi Dear Listeners, We hope you had a wonderful and festive holiday! We spent our holiday fighting technical difficulties, but creepy Krampus brought us a sack full of tech support gore and our episode is finally released. This week we discuss The Tales From The Crypt Series and all of its glory. Be warned this is a bit of non-scary episode, but the story of the rise and fall of this beloved franchise should scare us all! In this episode we talk about possible poorly constructed murder plots, memories from Eastern Montana, why you shouldn't lis...2017-12-2800 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastStrip Search Phone Call Scams Scare UsHello Dear listeners, Welcome to a truly terrifying episode of This Place Scares Us! This week we are discussing the horrible phenomenon that was "Strip Search Phone Scams". Were you alive for the eras of phone cards, star 6-9, and calling collect? If you weren't you get to learn lots, if you were then enjoy a trip into nostalgia. So come learn why picking up the phone may be a scary thing to do! Also, we shout out some of our wonderful listeners! CommaSplice, Tori, and a wonderful reviewer on iTunes gave us lots of rea...2017-12-1100 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe House of Dark Shadows Scares UsHello dear listeners, We hope you survived the Thanksgiving holiday and we are so glad you can join us for episode seven of This Place Scares Us! Tonight we discuss why The House of Dark Shadows scares us. We really jump out of the frying pan and into the FRYER in this episode! House of Dark Shadows is near and dear to Laramie’s heart and now you can learn why you should love it too! Werewolves, vampires, and a human pheonix (?!) really add to the drama of Dark Shadows. So take a t...2017-11-2700 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastBlack Eyed Kids Scare UsHello dear listeners, Welcome to Episode Six of This Place Scares Us. This week we are talking about Black Eyed Kids. NOT The Black Eyed Peas (don't worry we mess this up a bunch)! Do children scare you? Do black soulless eyes scare you? Add those things together and you have Black Eyed Kids. Maybe this scares you, and maybe it doesn't. This episode is full of controversy! So, come listen to Katya and Laramie have a war of words over whether or not Black Eyed Kids are scary. Learn more about Ultra Terrestrials (UTs not ETs)! Laramie tells a pe...2017-11-1300 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Cycle of The Werewolf Scares UsHello dear listeners, Do you feel the chill in the air? Do you hear the wind rustling the dead leaves? Are you prepared for the coming bleakness of winter? Rejoice dear listeners because you have not yet been consumed by The Cycle of The Werewolf. Halloween is upon us, and what better time to talk about the horror that is the werewolf. In this episode Katya and Laramie delve into why untamed man beasts, like werewolves, are mostly assholes on par with serial killers in their ability to produce both fear and disgust. Stephen King's boo...2017-10-3000 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Circleville Letter Writer Scares UsHi again wonderful listeners, We hope you are enjoying the spooky month that is October. As fall ushers in leaves, shorter days, and cool weather we think now is the perfect time to delve deeper into the world of the creepy and scary! In this episode we examine the Circleville Poison Pen Letters. Poison Pen Letters had a bit of a cultural hay-day in decades past, but the Circleville Letters are by far the pinnacle of this weirdness. Affairs, suspicious deaths, school bus drivers (yes, school bus drivers!), booby-traps, and rambling manifestos are just some of t...2017-10-1600 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastIsrael Keyes Scares UsWelcome back to THIS PLACE SCARES US!! We are finally releasing episode 3 for all of you awesome people to enjoy. Our production team thinks this was our best episode yet so strap in for a great time! In this episode you get to learn why you should be very, very scared of a man named Israel Keyes and people like him (serial killers). We delve into some pretty dark things this episode and take our first foray into real life events and their very real impacts on the lives of the people around us. We try...2017-10-0200 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastThe Lottery Scares UsWelcome back everyone! In Episode 2 of This Place Scares Us, Katya and Laramie discuss the short story, The Lottery, written by Shirley Jackson. Shirley Jackson is Laramie's personal queen of horror and this story has all the goodies. Social loafing, maintaining tradition, winning things, what isn't there to like?! Plus discussions about Billy Eichner continue, learn about Lee Iacoca and listen to tangents about all manner of fun things! As a major note, the sound quality on this episode is BAAAD. We are so sorry! We promise from episode 3 is WAAAY better. That being said we rec...2017-09-2500 minThis Place Scares Us - A PodcastIt Follows Scares UsWelcome to This Place Scares Us - A Podcast! Thank you so so much dear listener for joining us for our initial/pilot episode! We are so glad you could join us as we talk about all of the things that scare us and why they are scary. This episode will focus on the movie "It Follows" released in 2014 directed by David Robert Mitchell. We strongly suggest that you watch this movie before listening to this episode as there are ***SPOILERS***!! Or, don't (you live your life however you want). As an extra note...2017-09-1800 min