Podcast
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
- 512
- Releases
- Weekly
- Typical length
- 1 hr 16 min
- On air since
- 2017
- Latest episode
- 4 days ago
Episodes
512 episodes, newest first
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1 hr 23 min
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (DookTober) | GTTU 467
Episode 490
Show notes
In Scooby-Doo 2, the monsters are unleashed!
Witches! Zombies! Disco Scooby and Shaggy!
Happy Halloween, everyone, just for you we've watched this very goofy movie that, true to it's promise, is loaded with all kinds of weird creatures!
[YouTube Version]
[Sources & links]
Sources:
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1 hr 25 min
Scooby-Doo: The Movie (DookTober) | GTTU 466
Episode 490
Show notes
Jinkies! Scooby and the gang are in live action now!?
We watched the 2002 Scooby-Doo movie, where Matthew Lillard truly became Shaggy.
And then farted. A lot.
This movie has a ton of mysteries to solve!
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[YouTube Version]
[Sources & links]
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_(film)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0267913/trivia/
https://youtu.be/hLGRL6As3NY?si=7rEUfl60vY1zpQ7-
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1 hr 31 min
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman & Supernatural (DookTober) | GTTU 465
Episode 490
Show notes
When Scooby and the gang need help, who do they call?
...Phyllis Diller!
But also Batman! Or Sam and Dean from Supernatural!
Those meddling kids know how to network!
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[YouTube Version]
[Sources & links]
Sources:
https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Scoobynatural
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch-vouiJfrs&pp=ygUgc2Nvb2J5LW5hdHVyYWwgYmVoaW5kIHRoZSBzY2VuZXM%3D
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoobynatural
https://scoobydoo.fandom.com/wiki/Harlem_Globetrotters
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1 hr 13 min
Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost (DookTober) | GTTU 464
Episode 490
Show notes
In October 1999, 4 teenaged sleuths and their dogs encountered a w-w-w-w-witch!
Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost has it all.
Hex Girls and Tim Curry.
What else could you want?
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[YouTube Version]
[Sources & links]
Catch us on American Hysteria talking about the creepy Cat in the Hat sightings! [Apple Podcasts] [Spotify]
Sources:
https://youtu.be/ROaL9-ocDxQ?is=7vt0dy5beCKDZU7S
https://youtu.be/lTghekHNDwM?is=aQyg6kKkeQVD5RQG
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo!_and_the_Witch%27s_Ghost
The Scooby-Doo Project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPZWfXLTDuo&t=552s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdMZm8fAIaY
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1 hr 9 min
Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (DookTober) | GTTU 463
Episode 490
Show notes
Zoinks!
It's October and we're kicking it off with our thoughts about the movies Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island!
Wait...Scooby-Doo...October?
DOOKTOBER BEGINS NOW!
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[YouTube Version]
[Sources & links]
Sources:
https://www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2025/09/15/television-laughing-matter
https://www.illustrationhistory.org/artists/iwao-takamoto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6BBTEJi3DE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo_on_Zombie_Island
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166792/
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1 hr 16 min
Wild West Aliens & Ghosts | GTTU 462
Episode 490
Show notes
The Wild West was a time of cowboys and chaos.
But they also had Aliens to deal with! And then they all became ghosts!
We're digging into some good scary stories, so pull up a stool and pop open a tin of beans!
[YouTube Version]
[Sources & links]
[Get SURVIVE THE NIGHT: DORM OF THE DEAD - Will's new book]
Sources:
https://www.reddit.com/r/UFOs/comments/15g8rsj/oldest_ufo_crash_in_us_history_occurred_in/
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna43946520
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/1800-s-alien-gravesite
https://www.crystalinks.com/aliensoldwest711.html
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/sd-bullockhotel/
https://www.travelsouthdakota.com/trip-ideas/haunted-deadwood-wilder-west-experience
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/the-bullock-hotel/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Bill_Hickok
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_man%27s_hand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamity_Jane
https://www.theradiovagabond.com/261-south-dakota/
https://gremlins.fandom.com/wiki/Never_Try_the_Cider
https://the-line-up.com/mount-moriah-cemetery
https://www.deadwood.com/history/infamous-deadwood/potato-creek-johnny/
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1 hr 10 min
Practical Magic | GTTU 461
Episode 490
Show notes
Practical Magic is a movie about witches looking for love.
It's also about murder and necromancy.
But in a really light-hearted fun way!
(It's WEIRD)
[YouTube Version]
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Sources:
https://www.vulture.com/2026/09/practical-magic-griffin-dunne-witch-curse.html
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1 hr 16 min
The Bloody Bucket (& More Random Haunts) | GTTU 460
Episode 490
Show notes
A ghost warden still inspecting prison cells after death...
An angry ghoul haunting a golf course.
What do they have in common? We found them hitting the RANDOM button on HauntedPlaces.org!
...And many many more!
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[YouTube Version]
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boat_lift
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/peterborough-lift-lock/
https://www.golfcanada.ca/articles/canadas-most-haunted-golf-clubs/
https://www.reddit.com/r/VictoriaBC/comments/gpwk0s/photo_of_disembodied_spirit_at_famously_haunted/
https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-ghost-of-doris-gravlin.html
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/ninth-street-pub/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/squirrel-cage-old-pottawattamie-county-jail/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZashfrN0Rc
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/bloody-bucket-bridge/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/potato-creek-state-park/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/church-of-st-barnabas/
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1 hr 9 min
A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child | GTTU 459
Episode 490
Show notes
Freddy is killing for two!
Every September we watch A Nightmare on Elm Street.
So it looks like we're babysitting "The Dream Child" this time. That's movie 5.
This kid is going on our naughty list...And our GROSS list!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
We watched the movie.
Title Logo credit: https://logos.fandom.com/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street_5:_The_Dream_Child
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1 hr 27 min
FLORIDA - A Horror History! | GTTU 458
Episode 490
Show notes
Florida is stuffed with paranormal oddities.
UFO's, cryptids, ghosts.
We've got some of each to share with you.
Plan your next trip very carefully!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
https://www.thejaxsonmag.com/article/jaxlore-annie-lytle-elementary-the-devils-school/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/anne-lytle-school-the-devils-school/
https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-man-skeleton-guitar-metal-music/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_Breeze_UFO_incident
https://www.reddit.com/r/ufo/comments/13qnrc2/my_own_storynothing_like_everyone_elses_i_dont/
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Jake_the_Alligator_Man
https://www.marshsfreemuseum.com/jake-s-place
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Snoligoster
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1 hr 11 min
JAWS | GTTU 457
Episode 490
Show notes
We're gonna need a bigger boat.
Or a smaller shark. Or BOTH!
We watched Jaws, and now we're not just afraid of the water, we're afraid of all liquids.
All of them.
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
We watched the beginning, the end...the whole damn thing...
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1 hr 20 min
Harper's Island | GTTU 456
Episode 490
Show notes
On the forgotten slasher series Harper's Island, the bodies are dropping...
One by one.
And we're watching every wonderfully cheesy, creepy moment of it.
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
We watched the whole thing.
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1 hr 22 min
1408 | GTTU 455
Episode 490
Show notes
1408 is an evil room. But does it make for a good movie?
Stephen King, the master of horror, has a second horror story based in a hotel.
It's like we're trapped in a loop or something!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
We watched it!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450385/trivia/?ref_=tt_dyk_trv
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1 hr 16 min
Ong's Hat & more Urban Legends | GTTU 454
Episode 490
Show notes
They say there's a portal to another dimension in New Jersey.
Confusingly...the place is called Ong's Hat.
And that's just ONE of the strange urban legends we're sharing this week!
Owlman! The Italian Bride! Phantom Clowns?
You scared yet?
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Oklahoma_Octopus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owlman
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Shiels
https://gizmodo.com/ongs-hat-the-early-internet-conspiracy-game-that-got-t-1832229488
https://weirdnj.com/stories/ongs-hat/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_legends
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_is_dead
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Parson_and_Clerk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Petta
https://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln13.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_clown#Clown_sightings
https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-clown-scare-of-1981-that-terrified.html
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1 hr 21 min
Return to Cabin by the Lake | GTTU 453
Episode 490
Show notes
“Return to Cabin by the Lake”
The sequel to a TV movie about a serial killer who tends to an underwater “garden of flesh.”
Gotta be really really good, right?
We’re diving in!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
Uh...We watched Return to Cabin by the Lake.
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1 hr 32 min
Widow's Bay | GTTU 452
Episode 490
Show notes
We’re traveling to the scenic Widow’s Bay.
Gorgeous, relaxing, cursed as all get-out.
Spoiler free to start! We’ll sound the siren before we reveal the secrets!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
We watched Widow's Bay. And then we watched it again!
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1 hr 29 min
Toilet Terror and more Haunted Places | GTTU 451
Episode 490
Show notes
The spirit moves us..all around the globe!
This week’s Guide to the Unknown is full of as many hauntings as humanly possible.
More of them involve the bathroom than you might expect!
Jackpot!
[YouTube Version]
[More HAUNTED PLACES ROULETTE]
Sources:
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/smoot-theater/
https://hauntedparkersburg.blogspot.com/2011/06/spooks-at-smoot-theater.html
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/mount-baker-theatre/
https://seattleterrors.com/mount-baker-theatre/
https://www.onstageblog.com/editorials/2020/3/25/the-history-of-the-ghost-light
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/lady-of-the-stairs-first-church-of-christ-scientist/
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueChristian/comments/1kqqbx/eli5_church_of_christian_science/
https://hauntedkentuckyroadtrip.com/2022/09/06/the-lady-of-the-stairs/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/van-wickle-house/
https://www.newjerseyhauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/van-wickle-house.html
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/epstein-theater/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/mirkwood-cafe/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/figueroa-hotel/
https://observer.com/list/california-most-historic-haunted-hotels/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/loon-lake-cemetery/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/golden-north-hotel/
https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/dimond-center/
https://www.valerievalise.com/haunted-places-in-anchorage/
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1 hr 10 min
The Lowe Files Files ends | GTTU 450
Episode 490
Show notes
Are you brave enough to come face to face with Bigfoot?
Sorry, I mean the wood ape!!
Well hey, Rob Lowe and his sons put it all on the line in the final episode of The Lowe Files.
And we watched them do it. That's real courage!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
We watched The Lowe Files. Did you hear?
https://www.woodape.org/index.php/meandrob/
"The Britons" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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1 hr 11 min
Witch Bottles, Water Parks, & more (A Celebration) | GTTU 449
Episode 490
Show notes
We have a variety of terrifying topics to cover this week:
Haunted hospitals, weird water parks, hidden witch bottles, and ludicrous Long Island frights.
All in honor of our sister Karen, gone 10 years today, who hopefully would get a kick out of this stuff!
[YouTube Version]
Sources:
https://www.longislandernews.com/life-and-style/the-spooky-history-behind-huntingtons-haunted-places
https://patch.com/new-york/huntington/bp--fiorello-dolce-huntingtons-haunted-bakery
http://www.loving-long-island.com/splish-splash-haunted.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/25sto5/has_anyone_here_ever_found_something_while/
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/people-think-theyve-solved-mystery-21616017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_bottle
https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/comments/12x93i9/scary_storiesghost_stories_from_your_hospital_or/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/g0lur9/comment/fnam51h/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/nurses-share-times-they-saw-a-ghost
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1 hr 6 min
Golden Ghouls and more Celebrity Ghost Stories* | GTTU 448
Episode 490
Show notes
We love talking about celebrities who have seen ghosts, and this week, it's a packed house!
Rue McClanahan. Courteney Cox. Sammy Hagar. Margaret Cho. Joey King. Dave Foley. Joshua Leonard.
You're invited to the party! Bring a change of pants!
[YouTube Version]
[More Celebrity Ghost Stories episodes]
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlWFUXuxDgs
https://youtu.be/NQNWh-J3rOc?is=wXEmoF0BiXiqrR4r
https://youtu.be/9-8ZMAIuhy4?si=OHmWgtz88rgCgF5_
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtADP8RvqX8
https://tubitv.com/tv-shows/475936/s01-e02-barry-williams-debi-mazar-greg-grunberg-sammy-hagar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEOTNCc7wBY
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