Know Fear Cast

12/12/2025

On the Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Lisa and Mel have had a fall of reading and discussing stories about haunted houses and a haunted apartment, ghosts galore, and a possible energy vampire.

In their most recent episode, they turn to Christmas ghost stories yet again with a discussion of E. Nesbit's early twentieth-century story THE SHADOW. You won't be able to look at kitchen cupboards the same again....

Episodes are available for free from most podcast apps. Thank you for listening!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e-nesbits-the-shadow/id1498646080?i=1000740392972

09/12/2025

We are finishing up our series on Cozy Horror this week with a discussion of the movie PRACTICAL MAGIC (1998).

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher. Don't forget we have merch at our website knowfearcast.com. As the temperatures drop, you can be cozy with a Know Fear Cast hoodie and/or mug! 👻💀

Podcast Episode · The Know Fear Cast · 09/12/2025 · 53m

21/11/2025

We are still keeping cozy here at the Know Fear Cast! ☕️

For our most recent episode, we discussed Patrick Horvath's BENEATH THE TREES WHERE NOBODY SEES (2017).

Episodes are available for free every other week from your podcast app of choice. Thanks for listening!

Podcast Episode · The Know Fear Cast · 11/11/2025 · 50m

15/11/2025

The latest episode of The Monster, She Wrote Podcast is focused on Mary Wilkins Freeman's story LUELLA MILLER (1902). Force someone to make you a pot of coffee, get cozy, and listen to Lisa and Mel as they try to pin down what's up with Luella Miller and why she has "an evil name in the village."

Episodes are available every other week for free from your favorite podcast apps. Thanks for listening!

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mary-wilkins-freemans-luella-miller/id1498646080?i=1000736242027

03/11/2025

In the latest episode of the Know Fear Cast, we begin our first series of Season 10 on Cozy Horror with a discussion of what we think it is, its history, and a few examples.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

Podcast Episode · The Know Fear Cast · 10/28/2025 · 44m

15/10/2025

In the latest episode of The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Mel and Lisa talk with author Jen Julian about her book RED RABBIT GHOST (2025). 👻

For this interview, they try to keep spoilers to a minimum, but this will not be the case in two weeks when Mel and Lisa take a deep dive into the novel for the next episode. So if you want to go ahead and listen to the interview but read the book before the discussion episode, there's still time!

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-jen-julian/id1498646080?i=1000731775657

14/10/2025

Know Fear has officially begun its 10th season! In this week's episode, Matt and Lisa discuss how far the pod has come, a few of their favorite topics and interviews from past seasons, and share some recs from their reading and watching over the summer hiatus. They also drop a hint or two about future topics.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your podcast app of choice. If you're looking for a T-shirt for the last gasps of summer or a hoodie for the coming chilly fall and winter, we've got you covered in our merch store at knowfearcast.com. Thanks for listening!

Podcast Episode · The Know Fear Cast · 10/14/2025 · 37m

01/10/2025

In this week's new episode over on The Monster, She Wrote Podcast, Mel and Lisa tag along for Elizabeth Hand's officially sanctioned return to Shirley Jackson's Hill House--A HAUNTING ON THE HILL (2023).

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/elizabeth-hands-a-haunting-on-the-hill/id1498646080?i=1000729318372

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcast app. Thanks for listening!

21/09/2025

Hi, listeners! The Know Fear Cast and Monster, She Wrote Podcast both have been on summer breaks, but we are returning for the fall. First to come back to your feeds is an episode from the Monster, She Wrote Podcast out now in which Lisa and Mel discuss Tanith Lee's Weird Tales magazine short story WHERE ALL THINGS PERISH (2001).

Episodes are available for free every other week from your podcatcher of choice. Thanks for listening! We are happy to be coming back for spooky season. 👻

22/06/2025

The Monster, She Wrote Podcast is also taking a summer hiatus, but before signing off until fall, Mel and Lisa welcomed R.A. Busby back to the pod! This time they discussed Busby's 2024 novella WORDS MADE OF FLESH.

Happy summer! Watch Jaws; read something scary; and we will be back before you know it with new episodes. 👻

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/interview-with-r-a-busby-part-2/id1498646080?i=1000712215439

30/05/2025

In the most recent episode of Know Fear, Matt and Mel discuss the first two episodes of the Apple TV show SILO.

This episode is not just the end of the series on dystopias; it is also the end of season 9. Like last year, we will be taking a hiatus for the summer. Look out for our return in the fall of 2025!

During regular seasons, episodes are available every other week for free from your podcatcher app of choice. Looking for a new T-shirt for summer? We have merch on our website: www.knowfearcast.com. Thanks for listening!

Podcast Episode · The Know Fear Cast · 05/27/2025 · 53m

15/05/2025

We are talking about dystopias on Know Fear. In the first episode of the series, we discussed what they are and what makes them frightening. In the most recent episode, Matt and Lisa looked at two stories: Ursula K. Le Guin's THE ONES WHO WALK AWAY FROM OMELAS (1973) and N.K. Jemisin's response story THE ONES WHO STAY AND FIGHT (2018). The Jemisin story is available online in Lightspeed Magazine.

Episodes are available for free every other week from your favorite podcatcher. Thanks for listening!

Podcast Episode · The Know Fear Cast · 04/29/2025 · 43m