Itty Bitty Horror

New Episode: Dominican Republic: Noches Malditas (Cursed Nights)

Dominican folklore runs deeper than campfire stories, and Luis and Tim spend this episode proving it. They start with the tangled history behind it all, Taíno belief, Spanish Catholicism, and West African spiritual tradition, all layered on top of each other for centuries, before diving into three very different creatures born from that mix.

First up is El Bacá, a dem...

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San Francisco kicked its dead out over a century ago, and Colma became the town built to hold them. Luis and Tim dig into the strange history of “the City of the Dead,” home to 1.5 million bodies and 17 cemeteries with barely any living residents, before turning back to San Francisco itself, where not everyone made the move.

They cover the true story of “Miranda Eve,” a sealed 1800s casket found...

P63: Aqua Tofana e Il Mostro di Via Bagnera: This week Tim and Luis head to Italy for a double dose of dark history. First up: Aqua Tofana, the near-undetectable poison invented by Giulia Tofana in 17th century Rome, sold to desperate women looking to escape violent marriages, and blamed for hundreds of deaths across Sicily, Naples, and Rome. Then it’s on to 19th century Milan, where Antonio Boggia, considered Italy’s f...

2 Wheels. 1 Story. 

First, we spin a wheel with horror characters we've discussed in previous episodes (think La Llorona, Evil Santa Claus). Second, we spin a second wheel with different day to day activities (applies for a loan, gets kicked out of an Airbnb). 

Then Tim & Luis come up with a scenario on how this would play out. You won't want to miss this! 

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In this episode of Itty Bitty Horror, we’re heading back into the dark corners of Reddit, specifically the legendary /nosleep subreddit, to uncover a story so absurd and terrifying, it’ll have you canceling your upcoming flight! 

This week, we’re discussing the nightmare tale: “I’ve Been Flying for Almost Thirty Hours and the Flight Attendants Won’t Stop Crying.” What starts as a simpl...

Eight of horror's most iconic final girls. One bracket. NO MERCY.

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In this episode, Luis and Tim put eight of the greatest final girls in horror movie history head to head in a tournament style showdown to crown the ultimate survivor. We're talking the women who outsmarted killers, fought back when everyone else ran, and became the last ones standing when the credits rolled.

The bracket features Laurie Strode, Sidney ...

We've been caught! Spreading misinformation! 

Kidding but last year we did an episode on Georgia's Time Glitching Gas Station !

Last year we told Maria Talbert's story. This year she told it herself. After hearing our episode coverage, Maria reached out to correct the record and share her firsthand account of the night she and her family encountered a gas station that kept reappearing no matter which direction they drove on a ...

Nine elite Soviet hikers.

One frozen mountain.

No survivors.

No explanation.

In February 1959, a team of the USSR’s most experienced mountaineers vanished in the Ural Mountains. When searchers found their camp weeks later, what they discovered made no sense — and has haunted investigators, scientists, and researchers for over sixty years. This episode, Luis & Tim go deep on one of history’s most enduring uns...

Demonic Chickens of the World 

This week on the Itty Bitty Horror Podcast, Luis and Tim discuss one of the most important questions of our time...are demonic chickens the most underrated entities in the world?

From Colombia’s Pollo Maligno, a relentless spirit that stalks travelers with bad vices in the night, to Hungary’s nightmare-inducing Lidérc, and Vietnam’s soul-hunting Thần Trùng, this episode explores...

Feed Swap w/ Cryptid Cocktail Party: The Black Flash of Provincetown (The Devil of the Dunes)

In the late 1930s and early 1940s, the residents of Provincetown, Massachusetts were terrorized by a mysterious cloaked figure known as The Black Flash—or The Devil of the D...

The Jersey Devil - Episode 56 

In today's episode Luis & Tim visit the Pine Barrens of New Jersey to try their luck at locating the Jersey Devil. 😈

We discuss how the lore came to be, was it a baby born as a devil because of a mother's frustration? Or was it all a hoax born out of petty politics? Then we discuss three real-life encounters with the winged beast! 

Also, check out our friends at Cryptid Cocktail Party w...

From cursed university buildings to a shapeshifting ranch that defies explanation, Utah is a state where the past refuses to stay buried. In this episode, Tim and Luis hit the road through the Southwest and make an unexpected detour into the eerie underbelly of the Beehive State. They dig into the haunted corners of Provo — where the spirits of a long-ago battle st...

EP54: The Clown Motel (Nevada)

For today's 'Southwest After Dark' series we make our way to Tonopah, Nevada.

Chris Stevens is back as our guest and he helps Luis & Tim explore the infamous Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada (a roadside horror built directly next to a cemetery filled with victims of deadly mine fires and mysterious plagues!)

What started as a tribute to a clown-collecting miner has become home to over 2,000 dolls, p...

This is essentially the same episode we released a while ago with some minor fixes, edited out random ramblings, & added some additional audio from interviews, the. movie, etc.  You can find the full original episode here: https://ittybittyhorror.podbean.com/e/itty-bitty-horror-episode-12-friday-the-13th-a-horror-legacy/

Additional Audio Sources: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Q-Gwvoz7I

https://www.youtube.com/wa...

In this episode, Luis & Tim discuss the mysterious and sacred stories of the Skinwalkers of Arizona as part of our 'Southwest After Dark' mini-series, where we'll discuss stories of the land itself and it's non-human inhabitants. 

For this episode, we'll discuss a first-hand encounter of a skinwalker back in the 1800's! Yes, we're going back cuz we're two oldsters! 

ALSO!! We will be discussing a another sto...

Happy 2026 Itty Bitty Listeners!  We're back and this time we've got some resolutions (that we'll probably break mid-way through the episode). 

In this episode, Luis & Tim discuss The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine of Arizona as part of our 'Southwest After Dark' mini-series, where we'll discuss stories of the land itself and it's non-human inhabitants. 

For this episode, we'll discuss the legend of the mine itself, ...

In this episode, we welcome back to the podcast, Chris Stevens, our resident Gremlins fanatic. He breaks down how the movie earned its rating, his thoughts on the film and if Gremlins still holds up! Just make sure not to feed Chris MilkDuds after midnight or he'll  tear the city down! 

Also, if you are in the Bay Area (Berkeley/Oakland, CA) and want to join us for a horror comedy watch party,...

This week, Tim and Luis dim the lights, gather ’round the tree, and slip back into a time when Christmas meant ghost stories by the fire. We explore three chilling Victorian tales: The Legend of the Mistletoe Bride, the eerie disappearance that became a centuries-old haunting; Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, a masterclass in isolation and dread; and Horror: A True Tale, a lesser-known but deeply unsettling account of spe...