Guide to the Unknown

A podcast for horror fans and the paranormal-curious. Supernatural stuff, creepypastas, pop culture...we've got it all! From the twisted minds of siblings @themythtraveler & @chillinkristen 👥

327: THE SHINING (King vs. Kubrick) 02/23/2024

327: THE SHINING (King vs. Kubrick) Here's JOHNNIES! Stanley Kubrick's 1980 movie is considered a masterpiece. Stephen King and Mick Garris' 1997 TV Miniseries is considered a pile of crap. Is the truth somewhere in the middle? Probably not. [] . Get this episode AD-FREE on , along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . Follow us on , , and ...? For more, cruise through our /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/30076098

326: Ghastly Goodies (WITCHES) 02/16/2024

326: Ghastly Goodies (WITCHES) Bubble bubble, toil and...TONS of trouble! Goody Garlick and Goody Ayres were both accused of witchcraft. It was scary in like a million different ways! ALSO: WOW, we're part of now! . Get this episode AD-FREE on , along with our exclusive podcast The Netherworld Dispatch! Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . Follow us on , , and ...? For more, cruise through our /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29980228

325: Legends, Lattes, & Listener Questions 02/09/2024

325: Legends, Lattes, & Listener Questions Today, you finally get to know the REAL us. …Or, I mean, you can hear what we think about AI, Fantasia, and David Lynch and stuff. Because we have a LOT of opinions. For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29868343

324: The Schuylkill Notes 02/02/2024

324: The Schuylkill Notes Someone has been slipping cryptic notes into packages of food!? …That's not great… See also: messages in bottles. See also: secret admirers. See also: that guy on reddit who kept finding post-it notes in his apartment. We're talking about scary found stuff. There's a LOT! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29750938

323: THE CRYING BOY and MORE Urban Legends 01/26/2024

323: THE CRYING BOY and MORE Urban Legends Warning: this episode might curse your phone. Or iPod. Or Zune. Welcome to a broad spectrum of creepy stories: Cow Tipping, Crybaby Bridge, Creepypastas, and the titular crying children. Don't worry, we spend a lot of time on Sonic.exe For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29657008

322: MAINE - A Haunted History 01/19/2024

322: MAINE - A Haunted History They should just call it “The Stephen King State.” But Main is also evidently home to America’s FIRST HAUNTING? The origin of ghosts in the USA? Lets figure this out. For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29556238

321: CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES (Shelley Long, Cary Elwes, Jackée, Teri Polo) 01/12/2024

321: CELEBRITY GHOST STORIES (Shelley Long, Cary Elwes, Jackée, Teri Polo) Celebrities are just like us. THEY SEE GHOSTS! Shelley Long, Cary Elwes, Jackée, and Teri Polo…you talk about them every day of your life. Lets find out just what the hell they saw. For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29453223

320: BLAIR WITCH Rebooted 01/05/2024

320: BLAIR WITCH Rebooted There’s something EVIL hidden in the woods… AND WE SAW IT! Blair Witch 2016 was a return-to-form sequel/requel OVERSTUFFED with horror and secrets. Lets try and figure this thing out. And to join us at the 25th anniversary screening of THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT in BURKITTSVILLE! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29351788

319: KISSING PINHEAD and OTHER Listener Questions 12/29/2023

319: KISSING PINHEAD and OTHER Listener Questions You've got questions and we're BURSTING with answers! Lets say goodbye 2023 with a ton of creepy questions about ghosts and stuff! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29265418

318: MUMMY FROGS and Other Listener Stories 12/22/2023

318: MUMMY FROGS and Other Listener Stories Happy holidays! It’s time for some SCARY GHOST STORIES! Our listeners come from such amazing walks of life, and for some reason, there are chupacabras, ghosts, and even mummified frogs on those walks! Thanks for all your stories everyone, we hope you’re all cozy and delightfully creeped! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29192693

317: GHOST ADVENTURES Double Feature 12/15/2023

317: GHOST ADVENTURES Double Feature Happy holidays, Zak Bagans! Inspired by a listener review, we're putting our night vision goggles back on to explore Rolling Hills Asylum and Scotty's Castle! LOOK OUT FOR THAT CACTUS! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/29086263

316: Phrogging | Hiders and Creeps 12/08/2023

316: Phrogging | Hiders and Creeps They’re just hopping around from pad to pad. Phrogging. Weird word, right? Well it should send a CHILL up your spine! There’s someone hiding in your house! Get out of there! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28978208

315: CORPSE LIGHTS and More Urban Legends 12/01/2023

315: CORPSE LIGHTS and More Urban Legends Beware the Candy Lady. And the chonchon. And Eunice “Goody” Cole. And the clown statue. And always always the corpse lights. For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28868778

314: CROPSEY and more Staten Island Nightmares 11/24/2023

314: CROPSEY and more Staten Island Nightmares The boogeyman was real...Or was he? This week, inspired by a listener, we're taking a good hard look at Staten Island. And it's not just Cropsey, there's the abandoned monastery, Kreischer Mansion, and even more that can't possibly fit. We'll be back. For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28768778

FLASHBACK: Mommy Watched SCREAM 11/17/2023

FLASHBACK: Mommy Watched SCREAM "I was proud of myself...for trying to understand you." This week, Krissy has a cold, so we're doing something unusual! WAY BACK in 2017, on a DIFFERENT podcast, we had a conversation with our mother Kathleen after she watched SCREAM for the first time. The show is about so many other things too, but lets just revel in this wonderful conversation that is unburied for the first time in 6.5 years! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28683803

313: The Phantom of the Opera 11/10/2023

313: The Phantom of the Opera This episode is a punishment for Kristen. Or…it was SUPPOSED to be. Instead, we get a completely ENGROSSING introduction to a monster from a bygone era. Why is The Phantom of the Opera SO compelling and creepy?! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28570923

312: Book of Shadows - BLAIR WITCH 2 11/03/2023

312: Book of Shadows - BLAIR WITCH 2 The myth is real. Blair Witch 2 is a perfect movie. OR IS IT!? For the FIRST TIME EVER, someone is going to take a CRITICAL look at Book of Shadows. You'll be amazed at how many rabbit holes there are, and how deep they go. It's honestly unbelievable. Justice for Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 OH, and this episode has some visual aids in the video version. For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28503842

BONUS: HAPPY HALLOWEEN 10/31/2023

BONUS: HAPPY HALLOWEEN We did the mash. The MOM-STER MASH! Happy Halloween, guidies! We’re here to celebrate the greatest day of the year, talk about some spooky events, and bring a classic game to our podcast feed. Have a wonderfully spooky day, full of tricks and treats! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28466603

311: ESCAPE ROOM 10/27/2023

311: ESCAPE ROOM Find the clues or die! Wait, that's a little aggressive...can it at least be completely bloodless? We're ending GAMETOBER with the ultimate death game...the one YOU can go to! For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28434452

310: CLUE 10/20/2023

310: CLUE It's SO much more than a board game. It's Murder! But what makes CLUE tick? And why is that movie so incredible? ...And why do some people call it CLUEDO? These answers and more! Along with plenty of praise for Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean, and literally everyone else, because Clue slaps. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28372394

309: The Hunger Games 10/13/2023

309: The Hunger Games We volunteer as tribute! Or wait…that’s a bad idea… The Hunger Games once took the world by storm. But is the series over-rated or over-hated? Does it even belong on this show? For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28305845

BONUS: Death Games FOR KIDS!? - DEMON DRIVE on Friday! 10/09/2023

BONUS: Death Games FOR KIDS!? - DEMON DRIVE on Friday! Oh I'm just popping by to remind you about the DEMON DRIVE we're doing THIS FRIDAY! YouTube.com/gttupod is where to be. 7pm est is WHEN to be there! Games, chaos, and surprises! Join us, won't you? Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28264895

308: DEATH GAMES 10/06/2023

308: DEATH GAMES A month of games that can get you KILLED!? This week we’re looking at this…subgenre? It includes stuff you know, like SAW and HUNGER GAMES, but also Will has possibly overanalyzed it all. And Kristen got confused… HAPPY OCTOBER For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28242329

307: Eastern State Penitentiary 09/29/2023

307: Eastern State Penitentiary Go to jail. Go directly to jail. And say hello to the GHOSTS!!!! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28171685

306: Trivia for the Toilet!? 09/22/2023

306: Trivia for the Toilet!? Get ready to PLUNGE head first into creepy trivia! It's been a long time since we CRACK-ed open the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, so lets CLOG our minds. Don't forget to WIPE, comment, and subscribe. For full sources and links, visit This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28109126

305: The Tap Dancing Ghost (And More Unburied Material) 09/15/2023

305: The Tap Dancing Ghost (And More Unburied Material) From the cutting room floor! We’re looking at topics that just didn’t fit into old episodes! Carrie Fisher and Scott Baio have celebrity ghost stories you need to hear. Boots Berry has been haunting Vermont. The Chaneque are nude menaces. And brace yourself: Will has even MORE to say about The Blair Witch! For full sources and links, visit This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/28032675

304: The Choking Doberman and Other Urban Legends 09/08/2023

304: The Choking Doberman and Other Urban Legends WARNING: Not everything you hear is an actual urban legend Sea monsters, cat man, the celebrity death rule of 3, and more! It's all a pack of lies!! Very very entertaining, morbid, creepy lies! For full sources and links, visit This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/27971250

303: Celebrity Ghost Stories (Joan Rivers & David Carradine) 09/01/2023

303: Celebrity Ghost Stories (Joan Rivers & David Carradine) Oooh this is spooky. We're getting spooked! Get ready for hauntings that are simultaneously creepy, wholesome, and perhaps morbidly foreshadowing! Watching Celebrity Ghost Stories is like taking in a lungful of fresh air. Hell. Yes. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/27905694

302: Haunted Utah 08/25/2023

302: Haunted Utah Hey did you know that Utah is haunted? We SORT OF know... The Dugway Proving Ground, Rock Canyon, and of COURSE the “Rose Park Willy Tickler.” Oh, not to mention Emo’s Grave, VIRGIN JAIL, and perhaps a perplexing nocturnal puff or two… For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/27846345

301: Curse of the BLAIR WITCH 08/18/2023

301: Curse of the BLAIR WITCH DISCOVER THE MYTHOLOGY Or rediscover it? This week the Blair Witch Project party continues, specifically with the last of the original material released in 1999: Curse of the Blair Witch was an hour-long “documentary” that aired on the SciFi channel BEFORE the movie even came out! Sticks and Stones was a short bonus doc created exclusively for Blockbuster, which itself went missing, didn’t it? Amazingly, even the SOUNDTRACK is written as a piece of lore, and for some reason a stack of trading cards provides some exclusive info! What a wild franchise. But we know what you’re really here for: The Scooby Doo project was a Cartoon Network special that NAILED the Blair-Witchy vibes!! Oh, and make sure you dive into ! [And go download , , and ] For full sources and links, visit Listen on , , or wherever you get your podcasts. Watch on . For MORE, like our page and , cruise through our Follow us online: Join our private Facebook group at /episode/index/show/gttupod/id/27786999

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