Our First Fears Podcast
1) 26 - Return to Oz with Mar Romasco-Moore
In Episode 26, author Mar Romasco-Moore talks about their love for the cult classic Disney film, Return to Oz and how it influenced their latest young adult novel, Deadstream. This is one of our favor...Show More
2) 25 - Nuclear Nightmares with Grady Hendrix
Bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, joins Our First Fears for Episode 25 to talk about growing up as a cold-war kid, terrorized by constant reports in the 1980s of threats of a nuclear strike. He found...Show More
3) 24 - The Conjuring's Ed & Lorraine Warren with Lorien Lawrence
Episode 24 of Our First Fears has creepy middle-grade author, Lorien Lawrence chatting with Dan about Ed and Lorraine Warren, the real life “ghost hunters” who were played by Patrick Wilson and Vera F...Show More
4) Bonus - A Tale to Keep You Up at Night, "Imogen's Skeleton"
In this bonus episode, your host, Dan Poblocki, reads another creepy story, this time from his recent novel MORE Tales to Keep You Up at Night, and talks again about the story’s origins. “Imogen’s Ske...Show More
5) 23 - Urban Legends with Jeramey Kraatz
In Episode 23, author Jeramey Kraatz joins Our First Fears to chat about urban legends. If you’re intrigued by tales of killers lurking at lover’s lanes, weirdos hiding under beds who like licking you...Show More
6) Bonus - A Tale to Keep You Up at Night, "The Psychopath's Tarot"
In this bonus episode, Dan reads a chilling and chilly story from his novel Tales to Keep You Up at Night, and talks a bit about the story's origins. “The Psychopath’s Tarot,” is about a trio of teena...Show More
7) 22 - Disney's Haunted Mansion with Sam Rebelein
Episode 22 of Our First Fears brings you author Sam Rebelein, whose fear of Disney’s Haunted Mansion ride runs through his veins, deeper than he even knows. We talk about the creepiness of the Hudson ...Show More
8) 21 - Stephen King's THE RAFT with Adrianna Cuevas
In Episode 21, celebrated author, Adrianna Cuevas, joins Our First Fears to chat about “The Raft” segment from the 1987 anthology film, Creepshow 2. If you’re intrigued by body horror, questions of mo...Show More
9) 20 - Friday the 13th with Clay McLeod Chapman
Episode 20 of Our First Fears brings to you horror-author and all-around super-star, Clay McLeod Chapman, as we chat about how he discovered Jason Vorhees as a kid. YES, we’re finally tackling the 198...Show More
10) 19 - Aliens with Eliot Schrefer
Episode 19 – Author Eliot Schrefer joins us to talk about James Cameron’s 1986 action/ horror classic, Aliens, which is the sequel to Ridley Scott’s Alien from 1979. We get into themes of motherhood, ...Show More