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Taking a moment to re-introduce myself! I'm Abby, co-host of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast, horror writer/director and dark history nerd. Here for the writing community, the horror community, tarot, graveyards and cats. 🖤 ✨ Great to meet you.

This week Abby and Alan continue the two part series on the history of the Hellraiser franchise, one of the most popular and influential horror franchises of all time. #horrorhistory #hellraiser #clivebarker

On this day 88 years ago, Orson Welles’ The War of the Worlds radio broadcast aired, telling the story of a fictional Martian invasion that some listeners mistook for real news. But was the nationwide panic as widespread as newspapers claimed? We’re looking back at the broadcast, the headlines, and the history behind one of radio’s most famous events. Read the full article on Lunatics! 👽 lunaticsproject.com/post/the…

This week we are kicking off a two part series! Our Halloween horror franchise watch through this year was Hellraiser. Join Abby and Alan as we discuss every. single. film in the franchise, its impact on horror and so much more. Listen to episode 213 of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. #horrorhistory #strangehistory #hellraiser

On December 26, 1973, William Friedkin’s The Exorcist opened in theaters. Based on William Peter Blatty’s 1971 novel, the film drew on a reported 1949 exorcism involving a 13-year-old boy. Read more: buff.ly/39Vr07K

As the veil thins, and we all gear up for our spooky rituals, lets discuss the history of séances. Lunatics Radio Hour, anywhere you listen to podcasts. #spiritualism #seances #spookyhistory lunaticsproject.com/episodes

I'll never be over going to historic cemeteries in Paris. buff.ly/0ZbdKPH

This week Abby and Alan talk about the history of superstitions associated with the full moon. Listen to episode 212 of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. #fullmoon #superstitions #historyofhorror

Merch for your inner lunatic. buff.ly/sWLW8qk

This week Abby and Alan talk about the history of Black Cats, what is the cause of the superstitions? Why are they associated with Halloween? And why are they so dang cute? Listen to episode 211 of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast for more. #darkhistory #halloweenhistory #blackcats

Deep beneath the streets of Paris sits one of the most unsettling places in the world: the Paris Catacombs. Built from abandoned limestone quarries and filled with the remains of more than six million people, the tunnels have become a symbol of the city’s darker history. We visited the Catacombs ourselves and put together a mini documentary covering the history, legends, and what it’s actually like underground. Watch now on our YouTube channel, and for even more history, listen to episode 193 of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. youtube.com/watch?v=YKbsIrAD…

October has arrived and with it the official start of the spooky season! There are plenty of horror movies streaming, but what if you're more of a bookworm? Well you're in luck because I have complied a list of some of the best horror novels to curl up with while counting down the days to Halloween. lunaticsproject.com/post/the…

What's a better way to kick off the fall than by watching films that will prepare you for the impending nuclear winter! Written by contributor Kate Rotunda. buff.ly/RefXuW8

Today we conclude our three part series on the history of Atomic Horror with a discussion around Nuclear Winter and films that explore the bleakness that comes after the war ends. Listen to episode 210 of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast for more.

In the 1950s and 1960s, filmmakers began exploring what radiation and nuclear testing could do to animals, humans, and the environment. Giant insects, mutated creatures, shrinking and enlarging humans, scientific experiments gone wrong, and post-nuclear landscapes became common themes in horror and science fiction. Films like Them!, The Incredible Shrinking Man, The Amazing Colossal Man, The Fly, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, and The Hills Have Eyes all drew from fears surrounding radiation, nuclear testing, and the consequences of scientific experimentation. Part Two of our history of atomic horror looks at mutation, atomic monsters, Nevada’s nuclear testing sites, and how the fears of the Atomic Age continued to shape horror cinema. Listen to Part Two of Atomic Horror, episode 209 of Lunatics Radio Hour, anywhere you listen to podcasts. lunaticsproject.com/episodes #AtomicHorror #HorrorHistory #LunaticsRadioHour

There was a defining feature of Victorian life that is especially interesting from a horror perspective: Death was everywhere. buff.ly/jwq30sQ

How this painting influenced Frankenstein and The Fall of The House of Usher: lunaticsproject.com/post/how…

Earlier this year Alan and I were lucky enough to go to Paris and visit the infamous Catacombs. It didn’t surprise me that it was a claustrophobic experience, but it did surprise me how emotional it was. buff.ly/Mafz165

New York City's Rich History of Vampire Parties (!!!) lunaticsproject.com/post/new…

Released in 1953, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms was one of the first major films to explore themes of imagined consequences from nuclear testing. The film opens with an atomic test in the Arctic. The explosion awakens a fictional dinosaur called the Rhedosaurus, which eventually makes its way toward New York City. The movie was inspired in part by fears surrounding nuclear weapons and the effects of atomic testing. Its creature was created using stop-motion effects by Ray Harryhausen. The film helped establish a pattern that would become common in 1950s science fiction and horror: nuclear technology creates or awakens something that humans cannot control. And it helped set the stage for one of the most famous atomic-age monsters in cinema history: Godzilla. The movie was based on The Foghorn, written by Ray Bradbury. For more on the history of atomic horror, listen to Episode 208 of Lunatics Radio Hour, wherever you listen to podcasts. #AtomicHorror #TheBeastFrom20000Fathoms #LunaticsRadioHour

Remember when Disney made horror movies? lunaticsproject.com/post/how…