Guide to the Unknown

It's the dawn of the zombie here on GTTU! From the Haitian voodoo origins to Romero's flesh eaters and beyond. We're talking folklore, pop culture, horror, games, movies, ALL OF IT...Well...a LOT of it. This might be a topic we'll have to revive someday for more. For now, let’s do into the Night of the Living Dead, Resident Evil, Walking Dead, and more! For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu133 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod  One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're talking about more classic Universal monsters! Let’s get acquainted with Frankenstein, Dracula, The Mummy, The Wolfman, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Phantom of the Opera, Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde, the whole gang… Specifically, the varied ways they've connected to each other in film. Marvel's Cinematic Universe may have perfected it, but Frankenstein was the original Tony Stark. And he was equally hot. Plus: the scrapped plans for the Dark Universe, and where these characters may be going next! For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu132 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod  One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"You guys are like mummy magnets!" - An actual quote from The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. It could easily be about US though, because we're dusting off an old topic to tell more mummy tales! From the 1932 film with Boris Karloff to the 2017 film with Tom Cruise. Real-life discoveries, the RECIPE for making a mummy of your own!* We're talking Brendan Fraser's trilogy, too. Prepare to be shocked by our opinions on these films. It's a Mummy Monstravaganza! Wrap yourself in toilet paper and have a blast with us! *GTTU does NOT condone mummy-making For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu131 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod  One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special REWIND, we’re flashing back to Episode 24, when we first talked about THE MUMMY! Learn all about the mummy’s curse, and get ready for more when The Mummy returns this Friday! For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu130-5 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod  One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're talking about J-Horror! Japanese horror! Where does it come from? Culturally, folklore-wise? We're trying to do the impossible: figure out the origins of iconic horror like The Ring, The Grudge, and Uzumaki! Also we're compiling a short catalogue of alarming ghosts. These yokai are skeletal, insectoid, and sometimes, they're just trying to take a peek at you! For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu130 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod  One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're diving into horror parodies! Will takes the films, Covering Scary Movie, Young Frankenstein and more! Mel Brooks riffed on Hitchcock with High Anxiety. And it turns out it all started in 1925 with a weird pickle thing. Kristen hits the TV horror parodies! Key and Peele gobbled up zombies, and man, oh man did the show Psych love dedicating themed episodes to Clue, Twin Peaks and more! For full sources and links, visit http://www.talkbomb.com/news/gttu129 Get access to monthly bonus podcasts and tons of other content by supporting us through http://www.patreon.com/gttupod! Thank you so much! Watch the video of our conversation at http://www.youtube.com/talkbomb  Follow us online: http://www.instagram.com/gttupod http://www.facebook.com/gttupod http://www.twitter.com/gttupod And join our private Facebook group at http://www.facebook.com/groups/gttupod  One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 128 of Guide to the Unknown: We're talking about fearsome foods, and we don't mean that cabbage you forgot was in the crisper. First, Will takes us through the grocery store to talk about real life horror-themed foods like Ghostbusters Ecto Cooler and the General Mills monster cereals. Then Kristen talks about food in horror movies: plot points and references that are anything but scrumptious. Follow Guide to the Unknown on social media: Instagram Twitter Facebook Get tons of bonus content, including a monthly bonus episode, by helping us fund the show on Patreon: Guide to the Unknown Patreon Join our private Facebook group: Guide to the Unknown Secret Society Follow Kristen and Will online: @chillinkristen on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @themythtraveler on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook Show sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY5C0hhp5fU   http://web.archive.org/web/20181116220804/https://www.workwiththemonsters.com/ https://www.mrbreakfast.com/cereal_detail.asp?id=1364 https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Boo_Berry https://superheroes.fandom.com/wiki/Frankenberry https://nypost.com/2009/10/31/its-berry-scary/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster_cereals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thinner_(novel) https://www.foodandwine.com/holidays-events/halloween/horror-movie-food-moments https://www.geek.com/movies/the-best-food-themed-horror-movies-1811985/ One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 127 of Guide to the Unknown: After referencing it last week, we’re diving in with both feed! WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WITCH ELM!? It’s a whole episode about the intersection of true crime and the supernatural. The Hand of Glory cameos, witches are involved, and then we sink into the amazing, horrible, and amazingly horrible world of Psychic Detectives. Sylvia Browne eat your vile heart out! Plenty of psychics consult on murder and missing person cases, but have you heard of 1898’s paranormal PI FLAXMAN LOW? NOW THEN, go subscribe to Stories with Sapphire! Every Wednesday, Sapphire talks with people about their paranormal experiences. It’s a fun, thoughtful, heartwarming podcast that you will absolutely love if you’re a GTTU listener. Oh also you might just hear US on this show sometime soon! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu127 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 126 of Guide to the Unknown: It’s hard to believe we haven’t done this before! LET’S TALK ABOUT HARRY POTTER! WOOOOOOOOO! This week on the show, Will tells the real life stories behind The Hand of Glory and Nagini the snake/lady. Not to mention the odd tales of Borgin & Burkes, The Obscurus, and (shudder) The Trolley Lady. Kristen destroys The Boggart, Thestrals, The Inferius, and Dementors! It doesn’t MATTER if you’re not well versed in Harry Potter, we’ll explain everything you need to know…and then some! SPOILERS! We round it all out with our personal Top 5 Horror Moments throughout the entire franchise! Keep safe, muggles! Be sure to head to BetterHelp.com/gttupod to get 10% off your first month of counseling! Betterhelp can connect with a licensed counselor remotely. You can talk over text or even set up a video chat. Seriously, we've both been doing this and it's great! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu126 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Episode 125 of Guide to the Unknown: It’s our first ever remotely recorded episode! We don’t go to restaurants or the gym anymore. Out the window. ANYWAY, in this time of great stress, we decided to call in one of our closest allies: the humble toilet. Yes, the toilet has a long folkloric history! It is one of the unsung Scream Queens of the horror genre! Psycho, Hanako-San, The Legend of Zelda, Moaning Myrtle, and so much more! Let the healing begin! Speaking of healing, be sure to head to BetterHelp.com/gttupod to get 10% off your first month of counseling! Betterhelp can connect with a licensed counselor remotely. You can talk over text or even set up a video chat. Seriously, we've both been doing this and it's great! For full sources and links, visit www.TalkBomb.com/news/gttu125 Find links to every podcast app/twitter account, and every episode at TalkBomb.com/GTTUPod And consider helping us fund the show on Patreon! One-eyed Maestro Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 Vicious by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5013-vicious License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices