Join Zobo with a Shotgun and Venal Anatomica of the Spinsters of Horror as they dissect the most disturbing movies ever made. A gorecast for the extreme created by two women whose bloody obsession is with all things nasty. This podcast is not for the faint hearted... Violence, gore, torture and extreme horror.
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Friends growing apart happens, but creatures crashing a fantasy convention… not so much. Five high schoolers bonded over the Bloodthirsty Hearts novel series turned slightly-erotic movie franchise as kids, and now it’s what brings them back together for the first-ever fan convention. However, what starts as fun and games quickly turns into a fight-for-your-life event as creatures from the same universe invade. Will the childhood friends be able to work past their differences and survive the ...
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The world is on fire. There's a coup. A former president is being indicted. Inflation is through the roof, and AI is taking our jobs. What does it all mean? Each week, Matt Bevan explains the biggest story in world news while hiding in his basement from assassins and authoritarian regimes.
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While haunted by visions of her brother's suicide, psychic-medium Miranda Lorensen is called to Lancaster, Pennsylvania to investigate a series of bizarre deaths--some of which are also suicides. Miranda and her team of paranormal investigators quickly find themselves confronted by a vengeful spirit awakened 33 years after a bloody family tragedy. Miranda realizes that only she can stop the entity before it claims its final victims, but will her obsession for saving lives redeem her for the ...
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Take a walk down a very dark path with these haunting tales of love, death and uncanny transformations. Poised on the boundary between gothic and horror, four women meet their shocking destinies in these stories of twisted relationships and thwarted desires, examining obsession, identity and sexuality from the viewpoint of some troubled and unreliable narrators. This is razor sharp literary fiction that packs a gut punch in some very unexpected ways. Embrace the unknown and take a flight on ...
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Do you have an extensive and unhealthy obsession with Harry Potter? Do you need a way to feed that obsession? Join Adelia Vulchanov and Colin Bones every week as they delve into the series, re-reading, analyzing, and playfully criticizing their favorite childhood books. You can expect every episode to be full of hot takes, laughter, and lively repartee. Whether you’re a die-hard fan or new to Harry Potter content, come along with Adelia and Colin on their journey through the magical world; f ...
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Do you like your history haunted? Then Macabre London is the podcast for you. Every fortnight we'll unravel a tale that's gruesome, horrifying or downright macabre. Get bonus content on Patreon (https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/806851) Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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In seventeenth century Venice, a wealthy and debauched man discovers that the woman he is infatuated with is secretly married to a Moorish general in the Venetian army. He shares his grief and rage with a lowly ensign in the army who also has reason to hate the general for promoting a younger man above him. The villainous ensign now plots to destroy the noble general in a diabolical scheme of jealousy, paranoia and murder, set against the backdrop of the bloody Turkish-Venetian wars. This ti ...
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An original podcast discussing everything from true crime, the supernatural, conspiracy theories, and all things strange. Join us every Thursday where ever you listen to your podcasts, with your co-hosts Dee and Brit. We will take a closer look at some high-profile cases, unsolved cases, demon possessions, hauntings and so much more! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/its-a-strange-world-after-all/support
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Will Biden leaving send the Democrats into chaos?
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After weeks of speculation and acrimony, President Joe Biden has abandoned his bid for re-election, and endorsed his Vice President Kamala Harris to be his successor. This scenario has happened once before - late in the election cycle, a President bailed out and tried to hand over power to their Vice President. The subsequent chaos at the 1968 Demo…
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How America was primed for Trump shooting conspiracies
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When 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at former-President Donald Trump on July 13, the American public was ready with conspiracy theories explaining how and why he did it. And that shouldn’t come as a shock. Most Americans think President John F Kennedy was assassinated as part of a conspiracy, either by the US Government, Cubans, or the Mafi…
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Who Broke Britain: What took Labour so long?
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Last week, the UK Labour Party won the general election in a landslide victory. In the past four episodes we've detailed the chaos, ineptitude and hubris of the Conservative Party during their time in office. So you might be thinking, what took the Labour Party so long to get elected? On the final episode of our Who Broke Britain series, how Labour…
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The Many Lives of Aleister Crowley & The Wizard Battle That Went to Court!
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In a post Victorian London, a man was throwing himself into a world which intrigued and terrified him in equal measures. With an unquenchable thirst for knowledge, he soon leant into experiments which would see him trying to twist the world he knew into something more profound, meaningful and worthy of his time on the planet. This pursuit of the ot…
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The UK election is being held today and polls indicate the Conservative Party will lose in a landslide. One of the key policies the government is running on is a version of Australia's offshore immigration detention policy, which was launched by prime minister John Howard in the lead-up to the 2001 election. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's two year fi…
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Britain's National Health Service was in crisis when COVID arrived in the UK. After years of increasing demand and flatlining funding, the NHS was deeply broken. One Chancellor called the NHS "the closest thing the English people have to a religion", so how was it left to fall into disrepair, on the edge of collapse, right as a catastrophic pandemi…
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Charles Bravo & The Curious Case of the Unsolved Murder Mystery at the Priory
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In a palatial South London home, a pained scream rang out into the night. As the residents of the home rushed to the aid of the man who had called out, the only thing they could do was watch whilst he writhed in pain. After the maid was sent to grab mustard and hot water to assist his gripe, it was plain to see that he’d been poisoned as his hands …
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British Prime Minister David Cameron took a colossal gamble when he called for a referendum on whether Britain should leave the European Union. Instead, he brought about Brexit and sent the country into three years of chaos. Cameron was certain his side — Remain — would win. How did he get it so wrong? Subscribe to If You're Listening on the ABC Li…
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OUT NOW! A BETTER PARADISE, Episode 1: Something Is Playing a Game with Me
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Enjoy this preview of A BETTER PARADISE, presented by Absurd Ventures in partnership with QCODE Media. Trying to survive in a world crumbling under its own technological advancements, former Tyburn Industria marketing executive Kurt Fischer reflects on his optimistic first days at the forward-thinking startup that he joined a decade ago. Kurt tells…
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Who Broke Britain 1 A promise to cut everything
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When the UK Conservative Party won the election in 2010, they took a butcher's knife to the budget. David Cameron's money-man George Osborne — the young heir to a wallpaper fortune — had a big plan called "austerity," but it put the country on a journey to total chaos. This is the first episode in a four-part series called Who Broke Britain. It's a…
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The Real Reason Victorians Were Obsessed with Death! | Victorian Mourning Practices
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In the Victorian era in London, the city sat under a black shroud. The capital was in mourning for a lost monarch and its residents were ushered under the wing of sadness to join in with the bereft queen. As this sadness swept the nation, the resulting impact had a strange effect. Pair this with the recent industrial revolution which could make ite…
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Not Stupid: Trump's guilty. What does that mean?
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We're still on a break from our regularly scheduled programming but don't worry, we're hard at work. Next week we'll be launching a four-part series leading up to the UK election called Who Broke Britain? The country that was once the centre of the world's greatest empire now seems a lot smaller, and in many ways — broken. So — who broke it? Until …
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The island of Taiwan, just off the coast of China, is shaping up as the most likely spark for the next global conflict. China's president Xi Jinping wants to claim all the territory he thinks belongs to China, without triggering a nuclear war. It's a century-old civil war, which has been frozen in place for decades. It's an almost unimaginably dang…
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No One Wants to Live Here! London's Destroyed Borough That's Sat Derelict for Over a Century
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At 6:52 on the 19th of January 1917, an event would occur which would change an area of London for decades after, irreparably damaging it. A munitions factory in the heart of the bustling industrial area of Silvertown had hastily replaced the production line of a former caustic soda factory and was now in the hands of people who didn’t know what th…
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The brutal and bloody career of Iranian President Raisi
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Earlier this week the President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi died in a helicopter crash in bad weather. Raisi was a phenomenally important figure in Middle Eastern politics — not just Iran's President, but the likely next Supreme Leader of Iran. He got there through acts of extreme brutality, showing his willingness to do anything to defend the Iranian st…
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Should we treat domestic violence like we treat terrorism?
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Australia's first domestic violence shelter Elsie opened in the 1970s, and researchers have been analysing the problem ever since. In the last three decades more than 1,500 women have been killed by intimate partners in Australia and we're still no closer to finding out why. Campaigner Rosie Batty has compared domestic violence to terrorism, and ca…
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Murder at the Villa Madeira | The scandalous case of Alma Rattenbury and the deadly love triangle
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Step into the hedonistic 1930's as today we delve into a scandalous tale which rocked Britain. Brace yourself for a journey which weaves a narrative of love, betrayal, adultery and murder. From the opulent realms of high society to the shadowy corners of the courtroom, this gripping story will have you on the edge of your seat. Join us as we untang…
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The man who destroyed his life to try to put Trump in jail
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Michael Cohen is the star witness in the Trump 'hush-money' trial. He was once Trump's personal attorney and said he would "take a bullet" for his boss, but then everything changed. He has served years in prison for lying, tax fraud, bank fraud and campaign finance violations. But he thinks everything he's gone through will be worth it if he can ta…
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