Karama Horne and Chuck Collins host Pop Paranormal

Travel Channel’s Pop Paranormal launched on Tuesday, September 13 on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and pretty much everywhere else you get podcasts. It’s a horror movie and TV podcast hosted by the geekiest couple you know: Karama Horne (aka @theblerdgurl, culture critic parked at the intersection of pop culture and diversity)Continue Reading

Group photo of Ghost Adventures crew in new season and special for 2022 at Los Feliz Murder House

One thing that became clear from the Ghostober 2022 lineup was that Zak Bagans and the Ghost Adventures crew were an integral part of this year’s scary content. Not only on Travel Channel and discovery+ but also on Food Network. The scares begin with the launch of a new seasonContinue Reading

We Bought a Funeral Home with the Blumberg family

From what we know so far, Ghostober 2022 promises tons of spooky programming. However, it seems discovery+ hasn’t entirely revealed all of the treats it has in store. The streamer had another trick up its sleeve with the recent announcement that it’s adding an eerie new series, We Bought AContinue Reading

Nanny theatrical poster

Nanny is the haunting and award-winning debut feature from writer/director Nikyatu Jusu. It’s the first horror film to win the Sundance Film Festival Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and only the second time this honor has been bestowed upon a Black female director. Which makes it both an award-winner and aContinue Reading

Ghost Adventures poster

Today, September 12, is basically the unofficial start to this year’s Ghostober festivities. In addition to the Ghostober Preview Party hosted by the Ghost Brothers (on September 12), there’s also the season premiere of Ghost Adventures (which premieres on September 15). Two GA specials will also air on Travel Channel.Continue Reading

Left to right: Jack Osbourne, Jason Mewes and Jamie Kennedy discuss their search for UFOs in Utah’s Uinta Basin.

On the cusp of Ghostober, the paranormal offerings on Travel Channel and discovery+ are heating up. In addition to the season premiere of Paranormal Caught on Camera and the season finale of Fright Club, there are new episodes of Ghosts of Devil’s Perch too. There’s also the premiere of twoContinue Reading

Octavia Spencer Headshot

The FBI has gotten a lot of press lately —and a lot of heat. But will the new series Feds (wt) help clarify the importance of this agency and the work they do? Today the leading true-crime network ID, and its streaming home discovery+, announced Feds (wt), the next collaborationContinue Reading

Ghostober 2022 pumpkin poster

Thanks to an announcement that Travel Channel and discovery+ made in May about a full slate of new series, specials, and seasons ahead for their 2022 paranormal programming, we knew a little of what to expect for Ghostober 2022. However, today they revealed the full enchilada of programming. Like lastContinue Reading

1974 newspaper clipping about Betz Mystery Sphere from the Miami Herald

What is the Betz Mystery Sphere? Is it alien technology left behind by extraterrestrial visitors? Or is it something manmade, and the real mystery is how it ended up on one Florida family’s property to begin with? No matter what it is, the headline-making and conspiracy theory-generating ball is partContinue Reading

Whitley Strieber at site of alien encounter

Before author Whitley Strieber’s encounter with the unknown inspired, The Visitors, the latest installment in Travel Channel’s “Shock Docs” series, it inspired one of his best-selling books, Communion (1987). (Which in 1989 was then adapted into a movie of the same name starring Christopher Walken.) It all started with threeContinue Reading

KD Stafford, Cindy Kaza, and Dave Schrader star in Ghosts of Devil's Perch

This is a little bit of a quiet programming highlight. Maybe a calm before the spooky storm we know is coming for the Halloween season? I don’t know, but in addition to new episodes of Fright Club, the only other big thing is the series premiere of Ghosts of Devil’sContinue Reading

AddamsFest 2022 banner

For Halloween 2022, Netflix is rebooting two beloved TV classics, including The Munsters (in the form of a movie by Rob Zombie) and Wednesday (in the form of a series inspired by The Addams Family). That last one, in particular, is of interest. Maybe AddamsFest 2022 will be even moreContinue Reading