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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

[From the Vault] Gemma Amor & The Start of a Horrific Friendship AKA The Mental Health in Horror Episode

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

19 Nov 2024 · 1 hour, 51 minutes
[From the Vault] T. Kingfisher & A Bit of Laughter in the Dark

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

12 Nov 2024 · 53 minutes
[From the Vault] – Michael Marshall Smith & Goodbye to a Bad Year

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

05 Nov 2024 · 58 minutes
Off Book #5 – Halloween Special – Kaelyn Moore & Heart Starts Pounding

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

31 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
218 – Rachel Harrison & Vampirism is What You Make It

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

28 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
217 – Del Sandeen & Giving Southern Gothic Ick!

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

22 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
216 – CJ Leede & The Shame of the Human Animal

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

15 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
215 – Sofia Ajram & The Architecture of Despair

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

08 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Off Book #4 – Kate Siegel

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

05 Oct 2024 · 50 minutes
214 – Lora Senf & The Infinite, Child-Friendly Void

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

01 Oct 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
213 – Johnny Compton & Angels, Demons & Xenomorphs

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

24 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
212 – Keith Rosson & Punk Rock Death Songs

Send us a textKeith Rosson is our first guest to be personally recommended by Stephen King! And the praise... more

17 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
211 – Laird Barron & Cosmic Background Radiation

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

09 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 11 minutes
210 – Emily Hughes & The Lover’s Guide to Better Horror

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

03 Sep 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
209 – Anna Bogutskaya & A Deep Fear of Things Sincere

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

27 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 25 minutes
208 – Adam Cesare & Making Scary Clowns Great Again

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

20 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
207 – Lena Valencia & What Can Lurk Where There Are No Shadows?

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

13 Aug 2024 · 59 minutes
Off Book #3 – Trevor Henderson

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

09 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
206 – Gabino Iglesias & Doing Really Bad Things for All the Right Reasons

Send us a textFinally, Gabino Iglesias is on the show. I tried, and failed, to get him for his... more

06 Aug 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
205 – Jonathan Janz & The Bittersweet Magic of Sixteen

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

30 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
204 – Adam Nevill & Watch For the Freak Wave

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

23 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
203 – Constant Readers & Celebrating Stephen King’s Short Stories (Part Two)

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

19 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 15 minutes
202 – Constant Readers & Celebrating Stephen King’s Short Stories (Part One)

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

16 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 12 minutes
201 – Stephen King & Touching Other Worlds

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

09 Jul 2024 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
200 – Every-Damn-One and Their Scariest Story

Send us a text200 episodes! Madness. Who knew there could be so much to say about horror? I knew.... more

02 Jul 2024 · 2 hours, 40 minutes
199 – Josh Malerman & The Most Frightening Love Story

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

25 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
Off Book #2 – National Park After Dark

Send us a textIn the second Off Book episode we get out of our armchairs and go on a real... more

21 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
198 – Paul Tremblay & The Book is Better

Send us a textPaul Tremblay returns to Talking Scared on a long orbit, like that fabled Planet X that’s going... more

18 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 5 minutes
197 – Elle Nash & Insects in the Ozarks

Send us a textElle Nash’s Deliver Me ruined my week. In the best possible way. This book, about a woman... more

11 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
196 – Todd Keisling & The Eras Tour: Horror Version

Send us a textTodd Keisling can write the hell out of a short story. So well, in fact, that they... more

04 Jun 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
195 – Emil Ferris & The Patron Saints of our Imperfection

Send us a textSomething new for me this week. A bold venture into uncharted territory. The graphic novel!! As... more

28 May 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
Off Book #1 – Phil Nobile Jr. & Fangoria

Send us a textBelieve it or not, there is more to life than just books. Very little, granted… but there... more

24 May 2024 · 1 hour, 10 minutes
194 – Alan Baxter & The Flavour of Vintage Blood

Send us a textWe return to Australia for the second time in a month, to find that (once again), home... more

21 May 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
193 – L.P. Hernandez & Kudos On the Cruelty

Send us a textA charming man approaches. With dark secrets to tell you. Yeah, that L.P. Hernandez. Author of the... more

14 May 2024 · 1 hour, 8 minutes
192 – Robert Ottone & Raising Kids in Langan Country

Send us a textOpinions are like assholes, they say. Everybody has one. The subtext of that, is that you shouldn’t... more

06 May 2024 · 1 hour, 14 minutes
191 – Chris Panatier & The Goo of Human Nature

Send us a textAh the madhouse. The loony bin. The ASYLUM!! A classic horror location. One of my favourites, but... more

30 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
190 – Kaaron Warren & The Un-Cosy House

Send us a textWe all love a good spooky house. And most of us enjoy a terrifying home-invasion ordeal (or... more

23 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
189 – The Black Girl Survives in This One, with Saraciea J. Fennell, Desiree S. Evans, Monica Brashears & Eden Royce

Send us a textI bite off a lot this week, in a five-way conversation with editors and contributors to the... more

16 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
188 – Scarlett Thomas & Hot Gothic

Send us a textI’m in literary hero territory again … at least this time it’s sunny! My guest is Scarlett... more

09 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
187 – The Carrie 50th Anniversary Deep Dive, with Nat Cassidy & Ally Malinenko

Send us a textCarrie White turns 50 years old today! April 5th, 1974 – the day King’s debut came out,... more

05 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 46 minutes
186 – Stephen Graham Jones & The Last Stand of the Final Girls

Send us a textAlas, we come to the end! Stephen Graham Jones’s The Angel of Indian Lake brings the most... more

02 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
185 – Cynthia Pelayo & A Mermaid in the Windy City

Send us a textChi-Town!! We’re heading to the midwestern metropolis this week, for a conversation with Cina Pelayo – all... more

26 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
184 – Joshua Hull & It’s a Whole Hole Thing

Send us a textNever mind the floor is lava. This week the ground has teeth. Joshua Hull is our guest,... more

19 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 2 minutes
183 – Gwendolyn Kiste & Working Through Your Ghosts

Send us a textTime to get liminal and haunted. Gwendolyn Kiste comes back to Talking Scared for another high-concept... more

12 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
182 – Tim Lebbon & Running Towards What Scares You

Send us a textSometimes you meet someone who just gets you. Like Tim Lebbon. A man who writes riotously good... more

05 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
181 – Haunting Hill House, with Catriona Ward, Johnny Compton & Paul Tremblay

Send us a textBack from a too-short break, but ready to delve into the greatest haunted house of them all!... more

27 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 33 minutes
180 – Chuck Palahniuk & What Kind of Sex Do You Want?

Send us a textYes I put sex in the title to make you download it. Did it work? It shouldn’t... more

30 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
179 – Ally Wilkes & The Ethics of Eating Your Friends

Send us a textAre you hungry? If so we have a chewy, salty, deeply flavoured feast for you this... more

23 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
178 – Jenny Kiefer & A Solid Foothold in Horror

Send us a textThe first new book coverage of 2024 – and it starts us off on suitably horrific footing.... more

16 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 1 minute
177 – John Langan & Fishing For Mythologies

Send us a textTo kick off a new year of Talking Scared, I’ve gone and hooked us a big guest,... more

09 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 46 minutes
176 – The Best Horror Novels of 2023

Send us a textAnother year done. We squeaked through without another plague or a nuclear apocalypse (don’t tempt fate Neil!!)... more

30 Dec 2023 · 55 minutes
175 – The Ghost Story Deep Dive, with Alan Baxter, Lauren Bolger & John Langan

Send us a textDickens said that Christmas Eve was a time for ghost stories, and who am I to argue?... more

24 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 42 minutes
174 – State of the Horror Nation 2023, with Emily Hughes, Victor Lavalle & C.J. Leede

Send us a textAnd so we come to the end of another year in horror. Time to look back at... more

19 Dec 2023 · 2 hours,
173 – Michelle Paver & Long Nights of the Body & Soul

Send us a textWe’re going up in the world this week – longitudinally and latitudinally, with the GOAT of endurance,... more

12 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 29 minutes
172 – Gemma Amor & The Haunted Penis-Replacement Structure

Send us a textLast time Gemma Amor came on the show we had a good ol’ chinwag about our haunted... more

05 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 18 minutes
171 – C.S. Humble & Come For the Horror, Stay for the Horses

Send us a textWe’ve had Cowboys versus Aliens but have you ever considered a threeway fight between gunslingers, vampires and... more

28 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 21 minutes
170 – Luke Dumas & The Ghosts That Time Forgot

Send us a textSometimes two words can make a jaded horror reader sit up straight. Ghost is one, Dinosaur... more

21 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 12 minutes
169 – Tyler Jones & Journeys Without Maps

Send us a textHorror is about finding light in darkness. That’s the mission statement of this podcast, at least. And... more

14 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 6 minutes
168 – Tananarive Due & Locked in With the Monsters

Send us a textHistory is haunted. Ghosts are injustice persevering. So many horror stories hinge on that idea, but for... more

07 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 7 minutes
167 – Nat Cassidy & A New York State of Death

Send us a textSometimes when you’re doing something scary good company can be a blessing. Nat Cassidy is good... more

31 Oct 2023 · 1 hour, 19 minutes
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Send us a textAnother year done. We squeaked through without another plague or a nuclear apocalypse (don’t tempt fate Neil!!) and along... more