Horrorwood: True Crime in Tinseltown
**2025 Ambie Award Nominee: Best Indie Podcast Hosts** Kate and Kevin met way back when they worked together at a (likely haunted) theatre and the two became fast friends. Skip ahead a few years to present day, where they mostly sit around and talk about true crime. From horrific homicides to unsolved mysteries, spooky haunts to behind-the-scenes secrets, these two are here to bring you all the drama - and trauma - of Tinseltown. Settle in, Misfits.
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Brandon Lee was on the brink of becoming a major movie star when The Crow came his way. The movie became inseparable from the idea that something darker hung over its production. The legend of a curse took hold and didn't let go. The cult classic film had many accidents surrounding it, but the one that took Brandon's life would leave a permanent mark on Hollywood.
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Kirsty MacColl is remembered by most people as the voice sparring with Shane MacGowan on Fairytale of New York, but her story goes far beyond one Christmas song. She was a sharp songwriter and a working musician, with several hit records. When Kirsty was killed during a diving trip in Mexico in December 2000, the official explanation left her family with more questions than answers. What followed was years of investigation, public ...
We're back this week with the conclusion of the Bobby Fuller case. Although, can we really call it a "case" if the police didn't bother to do an investigation? Bobby's death was quickly written off as an example of a young rock 'n' roller whose star burned a little too fast and too bright. However, the scene where he was found told a much more sinister story...
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*We have a bit of biznasty to go over in the beginning so if you want to go straight to the story, skip ahead to around the 9:12 mark.
23-year-old Bobby Fuller, the self-proclaimed “Rock ‘n’ Roll King of the Southwest,” was climbing the charts with hits like “Let Her Dance” and “I Fought the Law” when his life was abruptly cut short. Police quickly wrote his death off as a suicide and there was no criminal investigation. However, t...
CW: This episode contains discussion of child sexual abuse.
It's a mini, Misfits! In this VIDEO episode we're talking about the recent allegations against actor/director Timothy Busfield (but don't worry, we balance it out with some lighter topics...the Golden Globes!).
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Terrifier began as a small horror film that shocked audiences into paying attention and unexpectedly grew into a major franchise. Years later, actress Catherine Corcoran says the story behind its success includes claims of mistreatment and financial promises that were never honored once the film became far bigger than anyone anticipated.
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It's almost NYE, so we're looking back at 2025 in this special Crime Couch. Bear with us, we're using different mics and the sound is not up to par. WE ARE SO SORRY. You can listen to the audio version of this episode wherever you get your podcasts, or watch the VIDEO on Patreon and YouTube. Happy New Year!
As we take a few days off to enjoy the holidays, enjoy this Patreon episode from December 2023.
Founded in 1965 by entrepreneur Sapuran “Spoony” Singh Sunder, the Hollywood Wax Museum on Hollywood Boulevard has delighted visitors for decades. Even if the famous wax figures aren’t considered the most artistic, the Museum has a charm that keeps people coming through its doors. The building that houses the Museum used to be an old bra...
It's a tale as old as time: Girl meets lion, lion moves in, girl gets a few dozen more lions, puts them all in a movie and gets bitten numerous times, fractures a leg, develops gangrene, is nearly scalped, loses all her money, ends her marriage and continues to...*checks notes*...live with lions.
If you'd like to donate to the Roar Foundation, visit https://www.shambala.org/donate_preserve.htm
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Hello Misfits! Our lives have been a teeny bit bananas lately so we're taking the week off and bringing back an episode from this time last year. We're talking about the 1984 holiday classic "Gremlins." We've got WWII fighter pilots, inspiration from Playboy, and lots of mice and cockroaches. Who knew?
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Aisling "Tucker" Moore-Reed was a young writer and indie-film actress, building her life around creativity and advocacy. But behind the scenes her family was locked in a long, bitter struggle over money and property. When tensions boiled over at the Oregon ranch where her family lived, she became the center of a case that blurred the line between truth, performance, and fear.
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We've got a special treat for you today, Misfits! We're chatting with some of the cast and crew from the post-apocalyptic comedy "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse." It's the end of the world and the zombies are attacking, the robots are invading and a wi-fi signal is nearly impossible to come by. Enter Chef John, who wants nothing more than to get his cooking show on the air and broadcast to the world (what's left of it, anyway).
Today we'...
On Thanksgiving weekend, 1942, the city of Boston was abuzz. Men serving in WWII were home on leave for the holiday, movie star Buck Jones was in town on a war bond tour as well as promoting his two upcoming films, and the undefeated Boston College Eagles were eager to celebrate a surefire victory over their rivals, the Holy Cross Crusaders. However, on the morning of Saturday, November 28, when Boston Globe reporter Jerry Nason wr...
When director Ti West checked into the Yankee Pedlar Inn in Torrington, CT, he had no idea his accommodations would provide the inspiration for his next horror film. "The Innkeepers," set and shot in the historic building, follows two employees on a quest to explore the haunted location. Life began to imitate art, however, when the film's cast and crew began experiencing spooky events while residing at the inn during production.
One week before Thanksgiving in 1995, model/actress Linda Sobek disappeared. The last people to speak with her - her mom and her roommates - all said the same thing: that she was headed to a photo shoot. Tragically, she never made it back home.
Linda's case inspired Anthony Zuiker to create the television series "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
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Her case inspired the 2005 film "The Exorcism of Emily Rose." Anneliese Michel was a young woman from Germany whose quiet, faithful life took a terrifying turn when she began hearing voices and seeing dark figures no one else could. Doctors called it epilepsy; her family eventually believed it was possession. What followed became one of the most haunting true stories of the century.
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Ever since Taylor Swift name-dropped Musso & Frank's in her song "Elizabeth Taylor," reservations at the historic Hollywood restaurant have been filling up. The Musso & Frank Grill has been featured in numerous books, TV shows and films, and has seen some of the most famous figures in entertainment seated at its tables. It turns out that even decades after their deaths, some of those celebrities never want to leave...
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Jiah Khan was a rising Bollywood actor whose sudden death left the industry reeling. What started as a tragic loss soon turned into one of India’s most talked-about investigations, filled with unanswered questions and a mother’s long fight for justice. Beneath the surface of fame and success lies a story about love, loss, and the high cost of chasing dreams in Bollywood.
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...You might know her as Susan Sarandon's daughter; in fact, she's played the daughter of some of her mother's characters on screen. But when she's not acting or producing content for her popular website "Happily Eva After," Eva Amurri is seeing spirits. Well, one specific spirit to be exact. Back in 2011 Eva encountered the ghost of a woman who'd been murdered just eight years earlier.
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Kevin’s counting down his Top 10 Horror Movies of the season — from slow-burn psychological chills to blood-soaked thrill rides. Find out which films scared, shocked, and stuck with him long after the credits rolled.
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