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Talking Scared
Talking Scared
Neil McRobert

Conversations with the biggest names in horror fiction. A podcast for horror readers who want to know where their favourite stories came... more

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Episodes

226 – Virginia Feito & A Good Old-Fashioned Bad Girl

Time to misbehave.   Virginia Feito’s new novel, Victorian Psycho, is all about good behaviour, positive standards and polite conduct…and what happens... more

11 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
225 – Lucy Rose & The Cumbrian Chainsaw Massacre

Are you hungry?   Depending on your…erm… tastes, the next hour of conversation will do strange things to your appetite. Our guest... more

04 Feb 2025 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Let Us Palaver #1 – The Dark Tower Debrief

Here is the first Let Us Palaver minisode – in which Nat Cassidy and I kick Chris off the call,... more

03 Feb 2025 · 25 minutes
The Dark Tower Deep Dive #1 – The Gunslinger

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the podcaster followed…”   Welcome to the start of what is sure to... more

28 Jan 2025 · 2 hours, 13 minutes
Off Book #6 – Dutch Marich & Horror in the High Desert

The latest Off Book episode takes you out to the American desert and leaves you there, cold, alone and confused. We’re... more

24 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
Susan Barker & The Denial of Death

Tyranny is the key this week on Talking Scared this week. How fitting.   Susan Barker’s Old Soul is a globe-trotting, decade-spanning... more

21 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
Kate van der Borgh & A Different Class of Magic

It’s a collegial week on Talking Scared. ‘Cos I’m talking dark, occult academia with someone very local to me.   Kate van... more

14 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
Clay McLeod Chapman & Oh My God, What Have I Done?

Welcome back and Happy New Year. 2025 looms ahead. Frightening. Uncertain. Crazy!!   Our first guest of the year has written the... more

07 Jan 2025 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
221 – The Best Scary Books of 2024

Send us a text How else to end 2024 than with an entirely subjective list of the best things I’ve read... more

31 Dec 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
220 – Grief and Monsters: The From a Buick 8 Deep Dive

Send us a text It’s that time of year again. When I celebrate the winter solstice by getting some horror authors... more

23 Dec 2024 · 2 hours, 3 minutes
219 – State of the Horror Nation 2024, with Emily Hughes, Stephanie Gagnon & Anna Dupre

Send us a text … and we’re back! Just in time for this seasonal tradition. The State of the Horror Nation... more

17 Dec 2024 · 2 hours, 22 minutes
[From the Vault] Catriona Ward & The All-Consuming Spoiler Warning

Send us a text This is the last way-back episode before the show returns with a scream next week.   But this is... more

10 Dec 2024 · 54 minutes
[From the Vault] Zakiya Dalila Harris & The Fear of Not Being Black Enough

Send us a text A chance to revisit one of my favourite books and favourite ever conversations this week.   Zakiya Dalila Harris’s... more

03 Dec 2024 · 57 minutes
[From the Vault] Laura Purcell & The Art of Darkness

Send us a text I’m feeling Gothic this week. Must be the weather.  In lieu of a new episode, I searched the... more

26 Nov 2024 · 49 minutes
[From the Vault] Gemma Amor & The Start of a Horrific Friendship AKA The Mental Health in Horror Episode

Send us a text This From the Vault episode is not quite so dusty. Gemma and I recorded this in 2022,... more

19 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 52 minutes
[From the Vault] T. Kingfisher & A Bit of Laughter in the Dark

Send us a text Still on a break – still releasing episodes “From the Vault.”   But this week’s was carefully chosen. In... more

12 Nov 2024 · 55 minutes
[From the Vault] – Michael Marshall Smith & Goodbye to a Bad Year

Send us a text I’m on a break – but couldn’t resist releasing something.    Especially on today of all days, when lovers... more

05 Nov 2024 · 1 hour,
Off Book #5 – Halloween Special – Kaelyn Moore & Heart Starts Pounding

Send us a text Halloween has finally arrived. I’m marking it in grim, macabre style.   For this Off Book Samhain Special, I’m... more

31 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
218 – Rachel Harrison & Vampirism is What You Make It

Send us a text Things are heating up as we approach Halloween.   I’m joined by a good friend of Talking Scared –... more

28 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
217 – Del Sandeen & Giving Southern Gothic Ick!

Send us a text As we gear up for Halloween, we get all gussied up in Gothic.   Del Sandeen joins me to... more

22 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
216 – CJ Leede & The Shame of the Human Animal

Send us a text Things get disinhibited on Talking Scared this week, when CJ Leede joins us for a conversation about... more

15 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
215 – Sofia Ajram & The Architecture of Despair

Send us a text Hold hands, we need to stick together.   This week’s episode plunges us into the impossible and endless dark,... more

08 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
Off Book #4 – Kate Siegel

Send us a text I started Off Book so that I could speak to some of the brightest dark stars in... more

05 Oct 2024 · 52 minutes
214 – Lora Senf & The Infinite, Child-Friendly Void

Send us a text Release your inner child!    …I mean through reading, not by letting it burst out of your stomach like... more

01 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
213 – Johnny Compton & Angels, Demons & Xenomorphs

Send us a text More devilish fun on Talking Scared this week when an old friend returns to talk about god,... more

24 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
212 – Keith Rosson & Punk Rock Death Songs

Send us a text Keith Rosson is our first guest to be personally recommended by Stephen King!    And the praise doesn’t stop... more

17 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
211 – Laird Barron & Cosmic Background Radiation

Send us a text Laird Barron is on the podcast. This feels like cause for celebration.    Not only is Laird Barron a... more

09 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
210 – Emily Hughes & The Lover’s Guide to Better Horror

Send us a text Are you a Weenie? Don’t be offended. I am.    Weenies are the curious-but-nervous. Those of us who love... more

03 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
209 – Anna Bogutskaya & A Deep Fear of Things Sincere

Send us a text Anna Bogutskaya is one of the UK’s most prominent film critics, with a penchant for horror. She... more

27 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 27 minutes
208 – Adam Cesare & Making Scary Clowns Great Again

Send us a text Send in the clowns. Tell them not to forget their crossbows and chainsaws.   This week our guest is... more

20 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 16 minutes
207 – Lena Valencia & What Can Lurk Where There Are No Shadows?

Send us a text Literary or genre fiction? Dumb question.   This week’s guest showcases just how dumb! With her debut collection of... more

13 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
Off Book #3 – Trevor Henderson

Send us a text This week’s guest on Talking Scared: Off Book scares children.   I mean… that’s not his main job or... more

09 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
206 – Gabino Iglesias & Doing Really Bad Things for All the Right Reasons

Send us a text Finally, Gabino Iglesias is on the show.    I tried, and failed, to get him for his break-out Stoker-winning... more

06 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
205 – Jonathan Janz & The Bittersweet Magic of Sixteen

Send us a text Remember those books you read in the summer when you were young? Kids fighting evil in their... more

30 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 32 minutes
204 – Adam Nevill & Watch For the Freak Wave

Send us a text Why is Adam Nevill so scary?    I don’t know. Do you? He’s a nice guy – as you’ll... more

23 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
203 – Constant Readers & Celebrating Stephen King’s Short Stories (Part Two)

Send us a text Part One was epic. Part Two is just as good. In that way, it’s much better than... more

19 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 17 minutes
202 – Constant Readers & Celebrating Stephen King’s Short Stories (Part One)

Send us a text What’s your favourite Stephen King story? Everyone has one.   Hot off the back of the recent interview with... more

16 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 14 minutes
201 – Stephen King & Touching Other Worlds

Send us a text Stephen King is back!   What other intro do you need?   Okay, fine. He talks to me about the stories... more

09 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
200 – Every-Damn-One and Their Scariest Story

Send us a text 200 episodes! Madness. Who knew there could be so much to say about horror?    I knew. You knew.... more

02 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 42 minutes
199 – Josh Malerman & The Most Frightening Love Story

Send us a text My unpaid cohost returns. Josh Malerman ladies and gentlemen.   Josh has been on the show many times before,... more

25 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 20 minutes
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Send us a text Part One was epic. Part Two is just as good. In that way, it’s much better than the adaptation... more