Drawn to Darkness
Do your friends think you're weird because you rattle off facts about serials killers and watch horror movies to relax? We're here for you! Drawn to Darkness is a biweekly podcast where two best friends take turns discussing our favorite horror and true crime.
Our cover art is by Nancy Azano. You can find her work on instagram @nancyazano.
Our intro and outro music is by Harry Kidd. Check him out on instagram @HarryJKidd.
Episodes
16 episodes
16 - Rosemary's Baby with Mia Farrow
Welcome back to Drawn to Darkness, where we deep dive into our favourite horror and true crime media.This week, we discuss Rosemary’s Baby, the 1968 horror classic that turned pregnancy into psychological nightmare fuel. ...
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Episode 16
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1:12:47
15 - The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
In this episode, we discuss Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s gothic gut-punch, The Yellow Wallpaper—a claustrophobic descent into isolation, medical misogyny, and one very cursed interior design choice. Expect talk of gaslighting physicians,...
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Episode 15
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51:02
14 - Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
In this episode, we discuss Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow, the explosive exposé that revealed how Harvey Weinstein and a network of enablers in Hollywood, politics, and media silenced victims of sexual assault for decades. Farrow’s in...
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Episode 13
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1:15:11
13 - Unknown Number - The High School Catfish by Skye Borgman
In this “around the water cooler special,” we break from our usual schedule to talk about the Netflix documentary Unknown Number, a story so shocking it has everyone buzzing, so we just had to talk about it too!The case begins i...
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Episode 13
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58:31
12- The Sixth Sense by M. Night Shyamalan
Do your friends roll their eyes when you bring up your favorite ghost movie? Do you instantly know the significance of a red balloon? We’re here for you. Welcome back to Drawn to Darkness, where we deep dive into our favourite horror a...
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Episode 12
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1:09:35
11 - The Act: Gypsy Rose Blanchard and the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard
This week we dive into The Act, Hulu’s dramatization of the harrowing true story of Dee Dee and Gypsy Rose Blanchard. Though many of us would fake sick for the occasional day off, this takes it to the next level. It’s a case of Munchau...
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Episode 11
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1:01:42
10 - Carrie by Stephen King
Do your friends think you’re weird because you like horror and true crime? Then join us on Drawn to Darkness.In this episode, we discuss Carrie, Stephen King's infamous debut novel—and the one that almost didn’t make it out of t...
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Episode 10
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1:14:26
9 - Heaven's Gate - The Cult of Cults
“This cult has everything.” – Caroline, channeling Stefon from SNL, before we unpack the many strange and disturbing facets of the four-part docuseries Heaven’s Gate: The Cult of Cults, and one of America’s most infamous...
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57:22
8 - Steven Spielberg's Jaws
Would you have gone back for a bigger boat? Then join us on Drawn to Darkness for our summer special. This week we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the movie that made people afraid to step into the ocean—and sometimes even a pool or ...
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Episode 8
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1:19:57
7 - Mike Flanagan's Midnight Mass
Welcome back to Drawn to Darkness. In this episode, we take on Mike Flanagan’s Midnight Mass, a seven-episode horror drama that’s equal parts theological meditation and vampire apocalypse. Set in a dying island town with econo...
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Episode 7
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1:28:35
6 - Tom McCarthy's Spotlight
This week on Drawn to Darkness, we take on a film that’s less ghost story, more gut punch: the 2015 Oscar-winning film Spotlight, based on the Boston Globe investigation that exposed widespread child sexual abuse in the Cathol...
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Episode 6
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57:23
5 - Ghosts in the Burbs by Liz Sower
Do your friends think you’re weird because you find slasher films relaxing and can drift off into a dreamless sleep after a serial killer documentary? We're here for you. Welcome back to Drawn to Darkness, the podcast where we deep div...
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Episode 5
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52:28
4 - The Fox Hollow Murders
Could you live in a house where dozens of people were murdered? What if it came with an indoor pool? And mannequins? In this episode, we unravel the deeply disturbing true crime docuseries The Fox Hollow Murders, revisiting the c...
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Episode 4
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46:07
3 - It Follows by David Robert Mitchell
Do you still check the backseat before driving? Are you worried the call is coming from inside the house? Welcome back to Drawn to Darkness, the podcast where we explore our obsessions with horror and true crime. This week, we dissect ...
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Episode 3
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39:19
2 - Sweet Bobby - My Catfishing Nightmare
Do your friends think you're weird because you’re obsessed with true crime? Or because you want to talk about how horrifying online dating really is? Then you’re in the right place. Welcome back to Drawn to Darkness, where horror and t...
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Episode 2
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36:14