Guide to the Unknown
Paranormal Podcasts
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.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Paranormal Podcasts
Description:
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.
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@gttupod
Language:
English
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https://www.gttupod.com/
Email:
gttupod@gmail.com
Episodes
431: Melonheads & More Urban Legends
2/20/2026
Could these urban legends stories possibly be true? The Legend of Mae Nak, a (frankly nice) ghost La Mala Hora, the succubus of New Mexico Oh and the MELONHEADS! ...It's kinda a whole thing. OH! And get tickets for THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT coming to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center THIS WEEKEND! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] [More URBAN LEGENDS] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_legends https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Nak_Phra_Khanong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0z3Lfmtw8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGNiW-Mp8Qc https://multoghost.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/mexican-monstresses-la-mala-hora/ https://americanfolklore.net/folklore/2010/07/la_mala_hora.html https://www.americanfolklore.net/la-mala-hora/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melody_(Spanish_singer)#2005%E2%80%932008:_Urban_legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melon_heads https://www.clickondetroit.com/features/2017/01/18/the-legend-of-the-michigan-melon-heads/ https://obscurban-legend.fandom.com/wiki/Danbury_Frog_People https://www.wtnh.com/news/connecticut/haunted-connecticut-ghostly-tales-and-eerie-legends/amp/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:17:58
430: Friday the 13th Part 3 & The Final Chapter
2/13/2026
Ki-ki-ki-ma-ma-ma JASON IS BACK! In Friday the 13th Part 3, he jumps out of the screen! In The Final Chapter, he...dies...! So...I guess he's NOT back...? OH! And get tickets for THE DEVIL & DAISY DIRT coming to the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center February 20th to the 22nd! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th_Part_III https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083972/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday_the_13th:_The_Final_Chapter https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087298/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:13:09
429: Haunted Places Roulette
2/6/2026
This episode is SO RANDOM No seriously, we hit the "random" button on HauntedPlaces.org and discovered obscure ghost stories! Come get haunted with us! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/lincoln-college/ https://www.illinoishauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/lincoln-college.html https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/franklin-hotel/ https://hauntedus.com/iowa/franklin-hotel-haunted/ https://johnbrassardjr.com/2024/05/07/strange-the-franklin-hotel/ https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/4035 https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/hangmans-elm-washington-square-park/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hangman%27s_Elm https://ghostbusters.fandom.com/wiki/Melody https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/walmart-flammang-drive/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/prospect-hill-bed-and-breakfast/ https://theghostdoctor.com/prospect-hill-bed-and-breakfast-inn/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/mcnay-art-museum/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/nutt-house-historic-hotel/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:11:14
GTTU 428: Van Helsing
1/30/2026
Van Helsing is a name to be feared... Because it's one of the biggest horror movie catastrophes of all time. Or is it secretly great!? No...no it is not. [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched Van Helsing. The whole thing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:23:40
427: Hansel & Gretel & More GRIMM Tales
1/23/2026
There's nothing more GRIM than GRIMM'S FAIRY TALES! The goose girl? Horrifying! Jack the Giant Slayer? Violent! Hansel & Gretel? ...That's just sick! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] [More Grimm's Fairy Tale Episodes] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goose_Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_the_Giant_Killer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(hero) https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/eft/eft20.htm https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm015.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3FEZsyR0Eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(1987_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel_(opera) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:21:44
426: The Worst J-Horror Remakes?
1/16/2026
Remember the J-Horror craze of the early 2000's? Well Pulse and One Missed Call are the movies that killed it. And we watched them. ...The nightmares we've seen... [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse_(2006_film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454919/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Missed_Call_(2008_film) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0479968/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:34:51
425: Celebrities Who Got HAUNTED
1/9/2026
What do celebrities hate to hear? BOO! Tom Arnold, Charisma Carpenter, Mykelti Williamson, and Dee Snyder each claim to have experienced ghostly phenomenon. We'll be the judge of that! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://youtu.be/Vbh3Hxtho88?si=2B6H7U18vicQsdvk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WayEKvLktK8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPy3aBGPFqo&t=1502s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:14:16
424: TWIN PEAKS season 3 ENDS
1/2/2026
What year is this? 2026! And we’re starting off strong with an extra-long conversation about the END of TWIN PEAKS Season 3! The end of Twin Peaks entirely! But do we UNDERSTAND it!? [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] [More TWIN PEAKS] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched it. All of it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:02:05:04
423: Batman Returns
12/25/2025
It's a Christmas miracle! Guide to the Unknown is here a day early! Batman Returns IS an Xmas classic, after all. Snow! Murder! A penguin man oozing black goo! This is a CRAZY movie. [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched this movie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:37:51
422: Ghosts, Cryptids, & Unfinished Business
12/19/2025
Like ghosts, we are trapped until we complete our unfinished business! We're telling stories that were CUT from previous episodes! Mysterious notes found in the woods! The Beast of Boonville! Norman the Haunted Doll! Madam Koi Koi! And now we can rest....until next week, anyway! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_Koi_Koi https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/big-boy-restaurants-close-cincinnati-stores-amid-turf-war-rival-frischshttps://nypost.com/2024/10/28/world-news/woman-buys-most-possessed-doll-in-uk-and-what-ensues-is-behind-creepy-fills-my-bones-with-dread/https://www.reddit.com/r/Cryptozoology/comments/1nly70l/what_do_you_think_of_gorp_aka_ground_sloth/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:15:39
421: The MAD GASSER and more URBAN LEGENDS
12/12/2025
It takes a brave podcast to cover some of the most frightening URBAN LEGENDS of all time! The Lincoln Imp! UNSETTLING similarities between the JFK and Abraham Lincoln assassinations! The Mackenzie Poltergeist! The MAD GASSER OF MATTOON! ...Household names, I know. We're not afraid. [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Imp https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=af8668c601a579bd&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIetBXe9Do9DAuamxeB-puw_bMnselTPfftQDHnnTEt3AZWvq8M65iG9VMlKidVO46wZAgiurSJSzh6nVQp8N35QgpdTqjX2KAToqH2c3YfkuVFwebqliyBaA-OT3r8eF5fIXbvlJPjQkQ5Ds1Mg7DBhqBb6IWljt52bIYamD_4LaOoQZJUQ&q=lincoln+city+football+club+poacher+the+imp&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV8O_gsq6RAxVIhYkEHeAcJNsQtKgLegQIFhAB&biw=1920&bih=919&dpr=1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Red_Imps_F.C. https://wildinart.co.uk/events/lincoln-imp-trail/ https://www.lincolnmuseum.com/about-us/history-of-the-usher-gallery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%E2%80%93Kennedy_coincidences_urban_legend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_Repeats_Itself https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheb_Wooley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_urban_legends#M https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mackenzie_of_Rosehaugh https://curiousedinburgh.org/2024/10/10/greyfriars-kirkyard-and-the-mackenzie-mausoleum/#:~:text=He%20presided%20over%20numerous%20trials,were%20not%20such%20a%20threat.&text=As%20well%20as%20his%20legal,Wikipedia:%20George%20Mackenzie%20of%20Rosehaugh https://www.timberbush-tours.co.uk/news-offers/the-mackenzie-poltergeist https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_Gasser_of_Mattoon#cite_note-Bartholomew1-1 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:16:02
420: TWIN PEAKS Season 3...WEIRD!
12/5/2025
Twin Peaks: The Return is the Season 3 no one expected. IN MANY WAYS! David Lynch was a genius. A mad genius. We're going to do our best to understand. [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched Twin Peaks Season 3 AND read The Secret History of Twin Peaks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:44:17
419: Real Housewives Dark Secrets
11/28/2025
The Real Housewives have been infiltrated. Literal criminals hunted by SWAT teams. A cyber-bully hiding amongst them. What a mess. A glorious, wonderful mess. Happy birthday, Krissy! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: "News Theme" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:33:07
418: Haunted Indiana
11/21/2025
They say Indiana is EERIE! Ghosts, cryptids...turtles in sunglasses...! It's time for a creepy collection of stories! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crawfordsville_monsterhttps://www.onlyinyourstate.com/state-pride/indiana/ufos-flap-in-inhttps://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Beast_of_Buscohttps://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=9be0e29e8e63d6e0&udm=2&fbs=AIIjpHxU7SXXniUZfeShr2fp4giZ1Y6MJ25_tmWITc7uy4KIeioyp3OhN11EY0n5qfq-zEPNaLtwNIDS3N47TU9O0AyMvPOtn9HQJmJQi6BIm21u22EJ6vxMHMlI4kQwumY_tCTUMsUCFIcm4YzCS6PXD79hat-KssUaek0sM81KCMN78sd31uT6nQg_ROOWbc1uc1c-N9IN3MISwsEU4bDP5lz8TSg49g&q=churubusco+turtle+statue&ved=2ahUKEwii_Y2sz_mQAxVzFlkFHdNfA7EQtKgLegQIDBAB&biw=1920&bih=919&dpr=1https://cryptidarchives.fandom.com/wiki/Gorp#Supposed_captive_ground_sloths https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/avon-bridge/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/avon-haunted-bridge/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/thornhaven-manor/ https://slipperynoodle.com/indianapolis-the-slippery-noodle-about https://www.indianapolismonthly.com/food-and-drinks/slippery-noodle-haunted-history/ https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/slippery-noodle-inn/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:11:53
417: Sherlock Holmes (the movie)
11/14/2025
Remember when they tried to make Sherlock Holmes dark and edgy? AND IT WORKED!? An evil wizard vs. Robert Downey Jr. and his friends! Recipe for success! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: Eh, we watched it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:27:43
416: BLAIR WITCH Loose Ends
11/7/2025
We are SO scared...One final time. The Blair Witch is near and dear to our hearts. Always. Which is why we're thrilled to share some of the strangest, little-known pieces of the franchise! Including Will & Kristen's Blair Witch contributions in the Hunt a Killer game! Finally! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com, and watch THE TROUBLE WITH TESSA on Screambox! Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: @MichaelCeeWilliams on Instagram Four Corners of Fear White Enamel The Trial of Elly Kedward Paxtn's Extended Sight Cut Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:26:31
415: Sleepy Hollow (TIMBURTOBER)
10/31/2025
Heads will roll! HAPPY HALLOWEEN and welcome to SLEEPY HOLLOW! We end TIMBURTOBER with one of Tim Burton's greatest movies! OR IS IT!? May the Headless Horseman spare us all... [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Pick up Will's new audio drama WAR OF THE UNDEAD on Audible & TellEmSteveDave.com Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched the movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:27:51
414: Mars Attacks (TIMBURTOBER)
10/24/2025
ACK ACK! That's the sound we made when we watched MARS ATTACKS! Tim Burton, Aliens, TWO Jack Nicholsons! Is this movie over-hated? Or not hated enough? [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched the movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:20:16
413: Batman (TIMBURTOBER)
10/17/2025
You ever dance with the devil in the pale moon light? Batman 1989 is another Tim Burton classic. But some people say it's too campy. We say it's dark AF! Love that Joker! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched the movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:41:35
412: Beetlejuice (TIMBURTOBER)
10/10/2025
Beetlejuice is the ghost with the most! Or so he CLAIMS! We'll be the judges of that. It's showtime! [YouTube Version] [Sources & links] Get this episode AD-FREE on Patreon, along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on YouTube. Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Bluesky. For more, cruise through our LINKS Sources: We watched the movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Duration:01:23:33