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“These hills…in late afternoon, they turn a hundred different shades of gold. When I was a little girl, papa would take me riding here. We used to race toward the sun, trying to catch it before it set.” “And did you?” “Next time, my pepita. Next time.” *** D.C. Wood (the author of Podiobook “Nameless” and novel The Saviour: Book 1), continues the unfinished saga of the cult television series Queen of Swords, with this unofficial podcast novel that spans across multiple story arcs, and featur ...
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The first of two books that he wrote on golfing themes, The Clicking of Cuthbert by PG Wodehouse sparkles with typical Wodehousian wit, humor and general goofiness! An avid golfer himself, Wodehouse published the ten stories in this volume in 1922. In 1924, an American edition titled Golf Without Tears was published. Since then it has enjoyed undimmed popularity among both Wodehouse fans and golfing enthusiasts. Nine of the stories contained in this book are narrated by the Oldest Member, a ...
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It was a January afternoon in 1981 when a man’s German Shepherd came upon a grisly discovery in the woods outside of Houston: the badly decomposed remains of a young man, beaten to death, and a woman, who was strangled. For 40 years, the victims were nameless – until late 2021, when a team of genetic genealogists identified the pair as 21-year-old Harold Dean Clouse and 17-year-old Tina Gail Clouse, a married couple who had moved from Florida to Texas with their infant daughter. But the disc ...
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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More great books at LoyalBooks.comBy P. G. Wodehouse
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Episode 66 - Friday the 13th Parts VII & VIII
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Hello and Happy Halloween Nameless Cults Listeners! We celebrated the momentous occasion of a Friday, October 13th to go to a double feature of Friday the 13th Parts VII & VIII outdoors in the Rocky Woods (courtesy of the Coolidge Corner Theater). Has this softened Dan's stance on the Friday Franchise and/or slasher movies in general? Will we ever …
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We're back! And this time around, we're discussing the new microbudget horror movie everyone's talking about, Kyle Edward Ball's Skinamarink! We also discuss the mysteries of TikTok, Youtube horror as a subgenre, and our own half-remembered childhood nightmares. Enjoy! Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfra…
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A young couple's legacy and an unexpected reunion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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The elusive woman in white speaks for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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Life inside the cult at the center of this mystery. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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An unsealed birth certificate changes everything. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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The family visits the woods where the bodies were found. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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Who is the stranger in white and why does she have Dean's car? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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A strange phone call leads to a bizarre midnight meeting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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DNA discovers a stunning second mystery: where is the murdered couple's baby? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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Heidi the German Shepherd finds a human arm in the woods outside of Houston. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Fox Audio Network
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Happy Halloween!!! The time has come for the Nameless Cults crew to tackle all things Hellraiser - the new Hellraiser, the old Hellraiser, and various Hellraiser media in between. We also dig into the career of Clive Barker with plenty of digressions about horror literature of the '80s and '90s (just what is "splatterpunk," anyway?). Extreme sensat…
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It was a January afternoon in 1981 when a man’s German Shepherd came upon a grisly discovery in the woods outside of Houston: the badly decomposed remains of a young man, beaten to death, and a woman, who was strangled. For 40 years, the victims were nameless – until late 2021, when a team of genetic genealogists identified the pair as 21-year-old …
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Nameless Cults is back! With a long overdue look at Jordan Peele's popcorn hit of the summer, Nope! Is this Jordan Peele's Signs, Jordan Peele's Tremors, or both? We discuss family lore and our feelings on various primates. How many times can we reference Peter Jackson's King Kong on this podcast? Enjoy! Full list of movies discussed in the episode…
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Hello Nameless Cults Listeners! We're back with a discussion of stop motion effects legend Phil Tippet's long gestating passion project, Mad God! In which Dan teaches us about Go-Motion and the dining habits of the Harlequin Shrimp, and Michael reccomends some of his favorite '90s anime OAVs and prophecies the neverending apocalypse. Enjoy! Full li…
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Greetings! The Nameless Cults boys are joined by Hawke Cast's own Kyle Amato to discuss God King of Body Horror David Cronenberg's new film, Crimes of the Future! We discuss Cronenberg as sweet old man, engage in some Viggo/David roleplay, and try to figure out where to buy our own breakfast chairs. They did surgery on a grape! Full list of movies …
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Brr... lousy Smarch weather. The Nameless Cults crew celebrates all things winter in New England with the 1986/1989/1992 no budget regional classic, Winterbeast! Shout out to the Wild Goose Lodge and especially the Wandering Moon bookstore. Michael gets very nostalgic about his childhood and Dan wants to ride a goat. We do a lot of singing in this …
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Episode 59 - The Coming aka Burned at the Stake
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN from Nameless Cults! On today's episode we cover a witchy obscurity that never escaped the VHS era, 1981's The Coming aka Burned at the Stake! Take a virtual trip to the famous Salem Witch Museum! Participate in character assassination of real life historical figures! Learn about bad movie royalty and famous fanboys! This long out-o…
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Nameless Cults is back! On this episode we discuss the forgotten made-for-HBO mashup of Raymond Chandler's L.A. noir and H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, 1991's Cast a Deadly Spell! Are Horror and Crime the only two good genres? Does Gale Anne Hurd own a helicopter? Have they changed the formula for Moxie? Step into a world of mystery with the Name…
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Episode 57 - 2021 Summer Catchup (or, The Fightin' Thunderbirds)
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Hello again! The Nameless Cults Crew welcomes summer with a free-for-all touching on everything from cryptids to fantasy novels to movie theater candy choices. We also talk millipedes vs. centipedes, vertebrates vs. invertebrates, and dip into our mailbag. Enjoy! Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenst…
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Nameless Cults is back! In this episode we tackle Brandon Cronenberg's cyberpunk-by-way-of-body-horror sophomore effort, Posessor! We also discuss corporate psychopathy, tailless whip scorpions, and Rob Ford. We're pretty divided on this one, so enjoy the flying sparks... Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/ken…
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Happy Holidays, Cultists! We come bearing gifts, the gifts being our discussion of the ultimate AntiChristmas horror film, Álex De La Iglesia's 1995 cult classic The Day of the Beast! Topics include He-Goats, Battletoads, and the joys of soft lighting. Plus, a two minute capsule review of 1989's Elves! You can open this one before Christmas, we won…
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Episode 54 - Halloween Hangover 2020
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Just in time for Thanksgiving, Nameless Cults brings you the Halloween Hangover! We discuss some of our favorites among the movies we watched this past Halloween season and then we delve back into the Nameless Cults Mailbag. Topics include homunculi, Warhammer 40K, and countries with underrepresented horror scenes. Enjoy! Full list of movies discus…
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!! We revisit a childhood favorite that gives you all your favorite monsters in one place, Fred Dekker's 1987 classic The Monster Squad! Topics include the state of modern screenwriting, tales from our childhood, and whether Fred Dekker should sue James Cameron. Enjoy!
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Episode 52 - Pregaming Halloween 2020
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Howdy Cultists! This episode finds us catching up on our post-plague hellscape with some pregaming for the Halloween season, including lots of reading, viewing, and videogaming recommendations. Plus, some more Q&A from the Nameless Cults mailbag! Topics include pumpkin spice, weirdo rich financiers of movie theaters (bless up), and our ideological …
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Episode 51 - Nameless Cults Double Feature! (The Lighthouse/Night Tide)
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Ahoy, Mateys! The Crew of the S.S. Nameless Cults is ringing in Summer with two horror movies about the seas and coasts of America, 2019's The Lighthouse and 1961's Night Tide. Topics include sensitive sailors, fine art, and the occult in Hollywood. Enjoy!
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Hello and welcome to our fiftieth episode! In which we discuss the career of the Guru of Gore, the Sultan of Splatter, special effects legend Tom Savini! Topics include our favorite effects moments in Savini's filmography, effects artists as auteurs, and the first movies to make us want to throw up. Enjoy! Full list of movies discussed in the episo…
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Greetings from the Quarantine Zone! We're back with another Patron Request Episode, this time talking about 1984's Sole Survivor. We discuss whether or not Final Destination and It Follows blatantly ripped this movie off, our favorite Twilight Zone episodes, and Batman. To request your own patreon episode, subscribe at patreon.com/namelesscults! Ch…
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Awoooo! Nameless Cults returns to the Wild World of Werewolves with an examination of 2014's Late Phases! Dan demonstrates his in-depth knowledge of the Riddick franchise, Michael reveals his favorite movie of 2019, and together we explore the horror of getting old. Shout out to patreon backer Erik (find him on twitter at @Unrealized_Tomb)! Full li…
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Episode 44 - Nameless Cults Halloween SpecDRACULAr
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We bid you... welcome. We celebrate this year with an extra large episode on your friend and mine, Count Dracula, focusing specifically on the films Bram Stoker's Dracula, Horror of Dracula, and Dracula's Daughter. Dan takes you through Dracula's many forms including post-pubescent-semi-bat-wolf-dog-Dracula, we visit the biggest Dracula collection …
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Episode 43 - Mailbag II: Son of Mailbag
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It's the return of the Nameless Cults Mailbag! We discuss when movie violence goes too far, everyone's favorite scene from Rawhead Rex, and The Devil's Butthole. A list of Non-Italian Euro Horror here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein/list/non-italian-euro-horror/ And the full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.c…
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We're joined by a special guest, indie game developer Drew Katsikas (find him on twitter at @vmpr_cmptr_ppl), to talk about the wide world of horror video games! In particular we focus on two very creepy indie games, Faith and Paratopic. Other topics include kinesthetics, what games scared us the most, and if Dan were Mario. Humungus Vibe. Links: F…
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We're joined by pal Todd Stark to discuss Ari Aster's new creepy cult movie, Midsommar! Topics include Dan's blissful disconnect from pop culture, sun worship, and Freejack! Apologies for the rough audio on this one, it was recorded across two dying computers. Full list of movies discussed in the episode here: https://letterboxd.com/kenfrankenstein…
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Episode 40! We discuss everyone's favorite big nuclear boy, Godzilla! Topics include the first Godzilla movies we saw as kids, Godzilla themed burlesque, and, for no particular reason, a reminder of how good Alien³ is. Sorry the sound quality is a little iffy on this one, my computer is on death's door 😬 Full list of movies discussed in the episode…
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Another Patreon backer picked episode! Just in time for the upcoming long weekend (if you're in the U.S., anyway), we're here to talk about 1978 Aussie eco-thriller Long Weekend (currently streaming on Amazon Prime)! We also talk dugongs, alcoholic british actors, and toxic relationships, and we read a very informative listener response to our Were…
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We're back baby! We discuss a new instant cult classic, the queer giallo film Knife + Heart with special guest Kyle Amato of the Hawke Cast and the Boston Hassle! We keep it spoiler free for the most part, We discuss the intersection of horror and queer cinema, I mangle lots of French words, and Dan learns what a fluffer is. Get nice and naughty wi…
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