Guide to the Unknown
Creepy pop culture! The paranormal! Horror movies! Every week, siblings Kristen and Will have light-hearted convos about dark stuff. Listen for urban legends, haunted places, and stupid humor from two millennials who've seen Scream one thousand times and love ghost stories (even though they're not always sure an actual ghost is involved). It's audio comfort food for fellow horror nerds and curious scaredy cats alike.
Episodes
August 1, 2025 • 69 mins
The Hopkinsville Goblin. The Ilkley Moore UFO. Monkey Magic. Phil Collins.
What do they have in common?
They're "urban legends." Y'know, kinda...
THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA has CONCLUDED! Go watch the ENTIRE SHOW on SCREAMBOX (and play the ARG)! All the links you need are right here!
Oh, and get tickets for the NJ Horror Con in Edison, NJ on September 27th and 28th to see Willy (Please)
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July 25, 2025 • 93 mins
Annabelle is the most famous haunted doll in the world.
She's been making headlines and making movies.
The WARRENS could barely contain what she could CONJURE! (I wrote this sentence purely for the algorithm)
Oh also, this episode introduces the NEW most famous haunted doll...POTETTE!
THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA has LAUNCHED! Go watch episodes 1 through 4 on SCREAMBOX! All the links you need are right here!
Oh, and get ticket...
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July 18, 2025 • 120 mins
In episode 400 (!!!) of Guide to the Unknown:
It's a ghost hunt. It's a celebration. It's an EXPERIENCE!
Join us on a journey to Clinton Road, hunt the Hopatcong Monster, cruise Shades of Death Road, AND MORE!
...We may never be the same.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US FOR 400 EPISODES!!
THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA has LAUNCHED! Go watch episodes 1 and 2 on SCREAMBOX! All the links you need are right here!
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July 11, 2025 • 97 mins
Remember when John Lithgow played a horrifying villain on DEXTER?
The Trinity Killer!
Well we watched that season and there’s a lot to talk about. Horror, murder, psychology…Nudity…
It’s already over…
Go follow @TheTroubleWithTessa for a fun, scary story that's just beginning! The full series is coming July 15th to SCREAMBOX!
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July 4, 2025 • 110 mins
I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!
I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER!
...Guess what we're talking about in THIS episode ;)
Go follow @TheTroubleWithTessa for a fun, scary story that's just beginning! The full series is coming July 15th to SCREAMBOX!
Oh, and get tickets for the NJ Horror Con in Edison, NJ on September 27th and 28th to see Willy (Please)
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June 27, 2025 • 99 mins
TWIN PEAKS is a show that is both wonderful and strange.
Except for most of season 2!
But is it really THAT BAD?
OH, and go WATCH THE TRAILER for Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA! Coming July 15th to SCREAMBOX!
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June 20, 2025 • 70 mins
ALL OF THEM WITCHES?
NO!
The Salem Witch Trials were a terrifying nightmare that somehow keeps happening. But why did it happen in the first place? Is it possible to stop history from repeating itself?
FDT!
OH, and make sure you follow Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Instagram! Coming soon to SCREAMBOX!
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June 13, 2025 • 73 mins
Ki ki ki, ma ma ma
Happy FRIDAY THE 13TH, everyone! Let's talk about those first two Jason movies.
Sorry, I mean, lets talk about that Pam Movie and then the Jason Movie.
Fixed it.
OH, and make sure you follow Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Instagram! Coming soon to SCREAMBOX!
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June 6, 2025 • 86 mins
Rob Lowe went to the bottom of the ocean.
Forget Mission Impossible, THE LOWE FILES did it first!
Oh also he took his sons on a bigfoot hunt and they didn’t find any bigfeet at all!
But what a journey.
OH, and make sure you follow Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Instagram! Coming soon to SCREAMBOX!
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May 30, 2025 • 78 mins
Let's go shopping for HAUNTED STUFF!
eBay is LOADED with so many possessed dolls, it'll make your head spin. Eat your heart out, Annabelle.
But be careful what might happen to you if you win one of these spooky auctions: you might be rich AF.
OH, and make sure you follow Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Instagram! Coming soon to SCREAMBOX!
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May 23, 2025 • 80 mins
THE CONJURING series is coming to an end with Ed & Lorraine Warren's scariest case of all time!
Or is it?
Lets look at the Smurl Haunting and "Phase One" of the Conjuring Universe?
OH, and make sure you follow Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Instagram! Coming soon to SCREAMBOX!
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May 16, 2025 • 95 mins
When there is no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the earth.
AT THE MALL! WOO!
Dawn of the Dead is iconic. It’s a zombie classic. Is it any good?
What about that Zack Snyder one…oh baby…
OH, and make sure you follow Will's upcoming horror tv series THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Instagram! Coming soon to SCREAMBOX!
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May 9, 2025 • 77 mins
These URBAN LEGENDS are DEFINITELY TRUE!
A hippo ate a dwarf, an Australian politician VANISHED, the HMS Friday sank, the Honey Island Swamp Monster exists, and THE HOOK was TOTALLY found in your car door.
Homey the Clown saw it all, as he lurked in the shadows!
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May 2, 2025 • 80 mins
What terrifying topics is Guide to the Unknown covering this week?
We kept each other in the dark!
Willy doesn't know that Kristen is talking about MONSTER HIGH!
Krissy doesn't know that William is talking about WRINKLY MONSTERS like the SQUONK and NUPPEPPO!
Oh what a deadly delight!
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April 25, 2025 • 78 mins
The movie “Cursed” is CURSED!
Wes Craven. Kevin Williamson. The dream team from Scream…they made a werewolf movie!
It became hideously transformed by studio meddling…
But…is it also kind of…good?
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April 22, 2025 • 70 mins
We’re opening the vault! This show was first heard on Patreon.com/GTTUPod!
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15 years ago, Willy started a secret folder…
Only the creepiest, freakiest, weirdest material was allowed in.
14 years ago he forgot about it.
Today, we find out what lurks within.
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April 18, 2025 • 68 mins
We're going INTERNATIONAL to find more UFO's, hauntings, and scary fun horror stories!
Hello Poland!
The Dziad scares your kids, Skull Chapel is full of literal bodies, the Emilcin UFO abduction is historic, and we've got castles and ghosts aplenty!
Vacation with us!
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April 11, 2025 • 72 mins
Ghost hunting is a family affair!
Does anyone remember when Rob Lowe had a paranormal reality show with his sons?
WE DO!
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April 4, 2025 • 82 mins
URBAN LEGEND is basically Scream.
Naturally, we love it.
But...is it actually kind of terrible?
Are these murders actually based on "UL"s at all?
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March 28, 2025 • 87 mins
Do you want to live forever!?
People have tried!
And they’re almost all dead!
Elizabeth Bathory? She blew it…
And now there’s this Bryan Johnson fella who says he’s close…But it looks like the only thing he’s close to is his family…
More like the fountain of YUCK!
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