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Episode 27: Haunted Houses Part One
This episode was recorded on April 13, 2024 and posted on June 1, 2024. 
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
Welcome to No Bodies Episode 27 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Rob & Suz of Spooky AF Today’s Topic: Haunted Houses Defining the Haunted House Subgenre
What defines a haunted house film? Are ghosts and hauntings real? What makes a house “haunted?” This Week’s Coroner’s Report
Do you believe in ghosts? Have you ever had a paranormal experience? Film Discussion
Haunted House Classics House on Haunted Hill (1959) The Old Dark House (1932) The Golden Age of Haunted House Films The Changeling (1980) Burnt Offerings (1973) Poltergeist (1982) Beetlejuice (1988) Thank you to our guests!
Follow Rob & Suz’s show Spooky AF, whenever you get your podcasts. Rob & Suz on Instagram at @thespookyafpod.  Keep Up with Your Hosts
Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner’s Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner’s Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 
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Sources
McDaniel, M. C. (1982). There’s no place like home: The Haunted House as literary motif [Masters Thesis, Eastern Illinois University]. https://thekeep.eiu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3992&context=theses
Michlin, M. (2012). The Haunted House in contemporary filmic and literary Gothic narratives of trauma. Transatlantica, 1. https://doi.org/10.4000/transatlantica.5933
Mills, M. (2023, October 25). The 20 best haunted house movies, ranked. The A.V. Club. https://www.avclub.com/20-best-haunted-house-movies-ranked-1850661917
Things that go bump in the literature: An environmental appraisal of “Haunted Houses.” (2020). Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01328

Episode 26: Religious Horror | Christianity & Catholicism
This episode was recorded on April 4, 2024 and posted on May 18, 2024.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity. 
Introduction
Welcome to No Bodies Episode 26 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Don Aneli from The Horror Countdown Today’s Topic: Religious Horror Discussion on Religious Horror
Defining religious horror, Christianity & Catholicism How has religion informed your relationship with horror? This Week’s Coroner’s Report
What is your favorite religious horror film? How has your own faith or belief impacted your horror journey? Film Discussion
Religious Horror Greats The Exorcist (1973) The Omen (1976) Prince of Darkness (1987) The Church (1989) Catholicism, The Devil, & Possession The Rite (2011) Final Prayer (also called The Borderlands) (2013) The Devil’s Doorway (2018) The Cleansing Hour (2019) Femme Lens Stigmata (1999) The House of the Devil (2009) Veronica (2017) Extreme Religious Horror  Martyrs (2008) The Red State (2011) The Sacrament (2013) Worst & Best Representations of Religious Horror
Spoilers ahead!
Worst
The House of the Devil (2009) - Don & Suzie Menendez: The Day of the Lord (2020) - Lonely Best
The Omen (1976) - Don & Suzie Frailty (2001) - Suzie Legion (2010) - Suzie The Exorcism of Emily Rose (2005) - Suzie The Unholy (2021) - Lonely Suzie’s Deep Cuts
Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB. 
Beyond the Door (1974) To the Devil a Daughter (1976) The Redeemer: Sons of Satan (1978) The Devil's Rain (1975) Antrum: The Deadliest Film Ever Made (2018) Deliver Us (2023) Consecration (2023) Closing Thoughts
What is a topic, idea, or theme you hope gets a bigger focus in religious horror in the future?
Thank you to our guest!
Listen to Don on The Horror Countdown wherever you get your podcasts! Follow Don on Instagram at @donanelli.  Check out Lonely & Don’s top 10 religious horror films on Episode 28 on The Horror Countdown.   Keep Up with Your Hosts
Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner’s Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner’s Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 
Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!
Sources
Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs. (n.d.). The Horror: Religion and the Monstrous on film. https://berkleycenter.georgetown.edu/responses/the-horror-religion-and-the-monstrous-on-film
Century, S. (2023, November 8). Questioning religion through horror. SYFY Official Site. https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/questioning-religion-through-horror
Daswick, T. (2024, March 26). What’s behind culture’s obsession with religious horror movies? - RELEVANT. RELEVANT. https://relevantmagazine.com/magazine/features/scare-tactics/
Holy Horror: A quantitative analysis of the use of religion in the yearly top grossing horror films from 2000 to 2009. (2011). [Thesis, Liberty University]. https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1191&context=masters
Malone, S. (2020, April 12). THEMATIC THREAD: RELIGION IN HORROR. Morbidly Beautiful. Retrieved May 16, 2024, from https://morbidlybeautiful.com/thematic-thread-religion-in-horror/
Peres, A., & Furzan, F. (2023, September 5). The best religious horror movies of all time. MovieWeb. https://movieweb.com/best-religious-horror-movies/
Religious horro

Episode 25: Folk Horror Part Two
This episode was recorded on March 24, 2024 and posted on May 4, 2024. 
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
Welcome to No Bodies Episode 25 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Emily & Niamh of Rowan & Pine Today’s Topic: Folk Horror Film Discussion
European Folklore Hagazussa (2017) Moloch (2022) Dark Song (2017) East Asian Folklore Impetigore (2019) Teke Teke (2009) North American Folklore Eyes of Fire (1983) Antlers (2021) Worst & Best Representations of Folk Horror
Worst
Blood Born (2021) - Suzie A Dark Song (2016) & Hagazussa (2017) - Lonely Teke Teke (2009) - Niamh Best
The Ritual (2017) - Niamh Apostle (2018), The Witch (2015), Men (2022), Midsommar (2019), Blood on Satan’s Claw (1971) - Lonely  It Follows (2014), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Pet Sematary (1989), Darkness Falls (2003), The Mothman Prophecies (2002), Boogeyman (2005), Kill List (2011), The Wind (2018), The Dark & The Wicked (2020), A Field in England (2013) - Suzie Suzie’s Deep Cuts
Includes movies with under 5k ratings on IMDB. 
November (2017) Butterfly Kisses (2018) Little Otik (2000) The Feast (2021) The Droving (2020) The Twin (2022) A Wounded Fawn (2022) The Maus (2017) (Editor's Note: Lonely mentions that The Maus is based on the fall of the Soviet Union, but this film actually focuses on the aftermath of the fall of Yugoslavia in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Thank to our listener Kannan for correcting this!) Closing Thoughts
Is there a piece of folklore from your own culture you’d like to see in a folk horror film?
Thank you to our guest!
Follow Emily & Niamh’s show Rowan and Pine, whenever you get your podcasts. Emily & Niamh on Instagram at @rowanandpine.  Keep Up with Your Hosts
Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner’s Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner’s Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 
Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!
Sources
Berndt, R. M., & Tonkinson, R. (2024, April 9). Australian Aboriginal peoples | History, Facts, & 
Culture. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal
Bernott, K. (2023, February 2). The Elder Futhark runes and their meanings — 
SHIELDMAIDEN’S SANCTUM. SHIELDMAIDEN’S SANCTUM. 
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Celtic religion | Druidism, Mythology & Rituals. (1998, September 19). Encyclopedia Britannica. 
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Folk Horror: An Introduction. (2021, September 16). Folk Horror Revival & Urban Wyrd Project. 
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/from-the-forests-fields-furrows-and-further-an-introduction-by-andy-paciorek/
Groeneveld, E., & Doepler, E. (2024). Norse Mythology. World History Encyclopedia. 
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Hirai, N. (2024, April 2). Shinto | Beliefs, Gods, Origins, Symbols, Rituals, & Facts. Encyclopedia 
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Javanese Religion | Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.).
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Johnson, R. (2024, March 17). ENCYCLOBLEEDIA of folk horror. FANGORIA. 
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Episode 24: Folk Horror Part One
This episode was recorded on March 24, 2024 and posted on April 20, 2024. 
Content Warning: Light vulgarity.
Introduction
Welcome to No Bodies Episode 24 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Emily & Niamh of Rowan & Pine Today’s Topic: Folk Horror Defining Folk Horror
What is folk horror? The Unholy Trinity of Folk Horror Experiences with Folklore & Urban Legends This Week’s Coroner’s Report
How do you define folk horror? What is the scariest piece of folklore you’ve ever been told?
Film Discussion
Folk Horror Greats The Wickerman (1973) Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) European Folklore The Ritual (2017) Apostle (2018) Thank you to our guests!
Follow Emily & Niamh’s show Rowan and Pine, whenever you get your podcasts. Emily & Niamh on Instagram at @rowanandpine.  Keep Up with Your Hosts
Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner’s Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner’s Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 
Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show. 
Sources
Berndt, R. M., & Tonkinson, R. (2024, April 9). Australian Aboriginal peoples | History, Facts, & 
Culture. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Australian-Aboriginal
Bernott, K. (2023, February 2). The Elder Futhark runes and their meanings — 
SHIELDMAIDEN’S SANCTUM. SHIELDMAIDEN’S SANCTUM. 
https://www.shieldmaidenssanctum.com/blog/2019/3/12/the-elder-futhark-runes-and-their-meanings
Celtic religion | Druidism, Mythology & Rituals. (1998, September 19). Encyclopedia Britannica. 
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Celtic-religion/Beliefs-practices-and-institutions
Folk Horror: An Introduction. (2021, September 16). Folk Horror Revival & Urban Wyrd Project. 
https://folkhorrorrevival.com/from-the-forests-fields-furrows-and-further-an-introduction-by-andy-paciorek/
Groeneveld, E., & Doepler, E. (2024). Norse Mythology. World History Encyclopedia. 
https://www.worldhistory.org/Norse_Mythology/
Hirai, N. (2024, April 2). Shinto | Beliefs, Gods, Origins, Symbols, Rituals, & Facts. Encyclopedia 
Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Shinto
Javanese Religion | Encyclopedia.com. (n.d.).
https://www.encyclopedia.com/environment/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/java
nese-religion
Johnson, R. (2024, March 17). ENCYCLOBLEEDIA of folk horror. FANGORIA. 
https://www.fangoria.com/original/encyclobleedia-of-folk-horror/
Maison, J. (2022, October 29). Everything there is to know about the folk horror genre. 
Videomaker.
https://www.videomaker.com/how-to/directing/film-history/everything-there-is-to-know-about-the-folk-horror-genre/
Mohsin, M. (2022, December 22). The legend of Teke Teke. The Business Standard. 
https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-teke-teke-111208
Ostberg, R. (2024, March 28). Wendigo | Description, Legend, Creature, Until Dawn, & Facts. 
Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/wendigo
Scott, J. (2021, October 17). Who are the Jötnar in Norse Mythology? Life in Norway. 
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Seaver, C., & Seaver, C. (2022, November 7). Biblically accurate angels would actually be pretty 
scary. History Defined -. 
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Episode 23: True Crime Part Two
This episode was recorded on February 29, 2024 and posted on April 6, 2024.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity, mentions of violent crime cases including gun violence, sexual assault and murder.
Introduction
Welcome to No Bodies Episode 23 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Welcome back Ted & JJ of Conspiring to Argue Today’s Topic: True Crime Film Discussions
Femme Lens Karla (2006) Charlie Says (2018) Extreme Retellings An American Crime (2007) & The Girl Next Door (2007) The Untold Story (1993) 22 July (2018) Concrete (2004) Worst & Best Representations of True Crime Adaptations
Spoilers ahead!
Worst
The Untold Story (1993) &  Karla (2006) - JJ Best
Zodiac (2007) - JJ Mindhunter (2017) - JJ & Suzie In Cold Blood (1967) - Ted Suzie’s Deep Cuts
Includes films with under 5k ratings on IMDB. 
Mister Organ (2022) Tread (2019) Candy (2022) True Crime Documentary Recommendations
Lonely’s List
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022) House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths (2021) Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012) Children of God (1999) Sins of Our Mother (2022) Abducted in Plain Sight (2017) Child of Rage (1992) Suzie’s List
American Nightmare (2024) Escaping Twin Flames (2023) Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) Closing Thoughts
Make a final case for true crime. For it or against it? Thank you to our guests!
Follow Ted & JJ’s show Conspiring to Argue, whenever you get your podcasts. Ted & JJ on Instagram at @conspiringtoargue.  Keep Up with Your Hosts
Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner’s Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner’s Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 
Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!
Sources
Donohoo, T., Melzer, J., Vaux, R., & Lynch, J. (2023, December 16). Hannibal Lecter's Real-Life Inspiration. CBR. https://www.cbr.com/hannibal-lecter-real-inspiration-alfredo-balli-trevino/#:~:text=Summary,mannerisms%2C%20and%20previous%20medical%20professions.
Lealos, S. S., & Hedash, K. (2024, February 24). The true story that inspired the Texas Chainsaw massacre. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-movie-true-story/
Swns. (2023, February 14). Expert reveals biological reason why we’re obsessed with true crime shows. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/expert-reveals-biological-reason-for-true-crime-obsession/
The true crime genre is popular, but is it ethical? (2023, August 28). Journalism and Communication. https://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/true-crime-genre-ethics
true crime. (2024). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/true-crime
Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession. (2023, October 16). Crimlawpractitioner. https://www.crimlawpractitioner.org/post/why-do-we-love-true-crime-the-phenomenon-behind-our-obsession
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, March 12). Lee Choon-jae. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Choon-jae
Worby, M. (2023, July 31). The Compliance movie’s true story is even worse than what happened On-Screen. Looper. https://www.looper.com/1352746/compliance-true-story-worse-than-movie/

Episode 22: True Crime Part One
This episode was recorded on February 29, 2024 and posted on March 23, 2024.
Content Warning: Light vulgarity, mentions of violent crime cases including sexual assault and murder.
Introduction
Welcome to No Bodies Episode 22 Introductions to your Ghosts Hosts with the Most - Lonely of Lonely Horror Club and Projectile Varmint aka Suzie Introductions to our guests Ted & JJ of Conspiring to Argue Today’s Topic: True Crime Defining True Crime
What is true crime? Discussing the obsession with & the ethics of consuming true crime This Week’s Coroner’s Report
What is your relationship with true crime? Is consuming true crime content ethical? Film Discussion
Iconic Horror Films Based on True Crime Cases Manhunter (1986) & Silence of the Lambs (1991) based on Alfredo Balli Trevino Texas Chainsaw (1974) based on Elmer Wayne Henley & Ed Gein Serial Killers Cropsey (2009) Memories of Murder (2003) Zodiac (2007) My Friend Dahmer (2017) Horrifying Incidents Elephant (2003) Compliance (2012) Thank you to our guest!
Follow Ted & JJ’s show Conspiring to Argue, whenever you get your podcasts. Ted & JJ on Instagram at @conspiringtoargue.  Keep Up with Your Hosts
Check out our instagram antics and drop a follow @nobodieshorrorpodcast.  Take part in our new audience engagement challenge - The Coroner’s Report! Comment, share, or interact with any Coroner’s Report post on our socials to be featured in an upcoming episode.  Projectile Varmint - keep up with Suzie's film musings on Instagram @projectile__varmint Lonely - read more from Lonely and keep up with her filmstagram chaos @lonelyhorrorclub on Instagram and www.lonelyhorrorclub.com. Original No Bodies Theme music by Jacob Pini. Need music? Find Jacob on Instagram at @jacob.pini for rates and tell him No Bodies sent you! 
Leave us a message at (617) 431-4322‬ and we just might answer you on the show!
Sources
Donohoo, T., Melzer, J., Vaux, R., & Lynch, J. (2023, December 16). Hannibal Lecter's Real-Life Inspiration. CBR. https://www.cbr.com/hannibal-lecter-real-inspiration-alfredo-balli-trevino/#:~:text=Summary,mannerisms%2C%20and%20previous%20medical%20professions.
Lealos, S. S., & Hedash, K. (2024, February 24). The true story that inspired the Texas Chainsaw massacre. ScreenRant. https://screenrant.com/texas-chainsaw-massacre-movie-true-story/
Swns. (2023, February 14). Expert reveals biological reason why we’re obsessed with true crime shows. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2023/02/14/expert-reveals-biological-reason-for-true-crime-obsession/
The true crime genre is popular, but is it ethical? (2023, August 28). Journalism and Communication. https://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/true-crime-genre-ethics
true crime. (2024). https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/true-crime
Why do we love true crime? The phenomenon behind our obsession. (2023, October 16). Crimlawpractitioner. https://www.crimlawpractitioner.org/post/why-do-we-love-true-crime-the-phenomenon-behind-our-obsession
Wikipedia contributors. (2024, March 12). Lee Choon-jae. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Choon-jae
Worby, M. (2023, July 31). The Compliance movie’s true story is even worse than what happened On-Screen. Looper. https://www.looper.com/1352746/compliance-true-story-worse-than-movie/