Scared All The Time

In spring 2025, a string of bodies discovered across Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut sparked a terrifying question: is a serial killer operating across New England? As the story spread, a wave of speculation outpaced what police were actually saying. Chris and Ed break down the real reporting, the web-sleuth panic, and whether the New England serial killer theory holds up.SHOW NOTESOriginally aired on Patreon: 05/08/25Get the latest episode of NEW FEAR UNLOCKED and a whole lot more at: patreon.com/scaredallthetime

Get to know Flashback Fridays! To celebrate the one year anniversary of New Fear Unlocked, the main feed will now have something to offer EVERY WEEK with a blast from bonus shows past dropping every other Friday.

With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, Chris and Ed chase the legend of the leprechaun from the cereal mascots of today to the cruel tricksters of the ancient past. Plus: the weirdest modern “sightings,” and the story of how these Irish folklore fae became protected by the EU. Get early release + ad-free + bonus show New Fear Unlocked: patreon.com/scaredallthetimeDon't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:58 - Housekeeping00:05:32 - We’re Talking Leprechauns00:12:14 - Basic Leprechaun History00:24:47 - Tracing The Rise Of The Leprechaun00:30:00 - Earliest Leprechaun Legend00:39:19 - Clurichaun00:44:45 - The Far Darrig01:00:12 - Evolution Of The Leprechaun01:15:31 - Modern Leprechaun01:23:57 - The Carlingford Leprechauns01:32:35 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining CLUB SATT

Guests Sarah Potter and Zac Clark join the show to discuss a fear that troubles both of them - and more than 5% of the population. Is a fear of heights learned or are we born with it? How small of a fall can actually kill you? What's the highest fall anyone has ever survived? And what does the Vans Warped Tour have to do with any of this? The answers may surprise you!Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:29 - Housekeeping00:03:17 - We’re talking Heights00:23:49 - The Phobia Of Heights00:37:57 - Vertigo00:43:30 - Falling00:50:00 - Terminal Velocity00:56:05 - Barnstorming Aside00:57:18 - Terminal Velocity Cont’d01:01:24 - Call of the Void01:10:16 - Fall Surviver - Vesna Vulovic01:18:56 - Fall Surviver - Nicholas Alkemade01:25:01 - Fall Surviver - Alcides Moreno01:32:16 - The Fear Tier01:35:29 - Tour Dates and Modern FandomNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining CLUB SATT

Ed and Chris shine a light on stories of phrogging and phroggers: people who secretly live in the attics, basements, and walls of other people's homes. From beneath the floors of Chris' first apartment to the halls of Buckingham Palace, they are everywhere - and some of them are extremely dangerous. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:28 - Housekeeping00:03:17 - We’re talking Phrogging00:10.50 - What is Phrogging?00:22:21 - Boy Jones00:43:11 - Phrogging Hauntings00:53:44 - The Hinterkaifeck Murders01:07:21 - North Carolina College Phrogger01:14:08 - Surgeon Wannabe Phrogger01:23:16 - Pamela Anderson01:27:46 - George Michael01:30:00 - One More Ed Story01:31:53 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining CLUB SATT

This week, the guys stare straight into the most comforting promise humanity has ever invented — and ask why it feels like a never-ending nightmare. Join us as they spiral through ancient philosophy, world religions, modern psychology, and brain-melting thought experiments to unpack the terror of forever.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:33 - Housekeeping00:07:54 - We’re talking Eternity00:16.52 - Ancient Eternity - Pluto00:23:00 - Ancient Eternity - Aristotle00:25:03 - Apeirophobia00:38:27 - How Long is Eternity?00:44:00 - Apeirophobia Continued00:50:23 - Terror Management Theory00:54:57 - Religious Eternity - Christian Heaven01:02:18 - Religious Eternity - Judaism01:04:53 - Religious Eternity - Islam01:09:15 - Religious Eternity - Buddhism01:13:44 - Eternity Thought Experiment01:18:16 - Quantum Immortality01:24:28 - Do Not Try To Get Quantum01:36:57 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining CLUB SATT.

As the guys take a week to prep for a new year of shows, we opened the vault to bring you a VIDEO EPISODE of their bi-weekly Patreon show NEW FEAR UNLOCKED to hold you over.In this one, Chris and Ed went looking under the bed for any monsters that might be hiding there.Originally published on Patreon: 09.18.25And if you like this stuff, please consider joining SATT PREMIUM where you can hear New Fear Unlocked every other week and get plenty more! SHOW NOTES

Inspired by the New Year’s Eve Twilight Zone marathons of their youth, Chris and Ed reached out to some of the best collaborators and podcasters in the biz to ask them to choose their favorite episodes for a very special year-end marathon!Featuring brand new episode introductions by:Sarah Potter (Haunted Hotels)Shrug Buds (Gang Stalking)Let's Get Haunted (CERN Portals)Cryptid Cocktail Party - (Lost in Space)Believing the Bizarre (Bad Trips: Meth)And cut for time, but available in the extended playlist on our YouTube Channel:Astonishing Legends (Shark Attacks)CHAPTERS:00:00:00 - Intro00:03:25 - Haunted Hotels01:53:00 - Gang Stalking03:52:07 - CERN Portals05:23:00 - Lost in Space07:25:00 - Bad Trips Meth09:20:46 - OutroThanks for joining us for another trip around the sun! We hope everyone has a healthy and happy new year.

Chris and Ed close out the year with a look back at the tradition of Christmas ghost stories - where they came from, why they stuck around, and what A Christmas Carol has to do with any of them. Plus: ghoulish Victorian Christmas cards AND Chris... sings?!Also... the best housekeeping to date?!Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:40 - A Mirthful Housekeeping00:11:21 - We’re talking Christmas Ghost Stories00:17.25 - Brief History of Christmas Ghost Stories00:28:05 - The Saga of the People of Floi00:36:36 - The Kallikantzaroi00:46:04 - Red Porridge Ghost00:50:51 - Old Man Bayka00:56:03 - The Mistletoe Bough01:01:15 - Santa And The Devil01:04:06 - Father Whipper01:06:47 - Victorian Christmas Cards01:17:44 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Chris and Ed are inspired by the winter storms of their youth and take a polar plunge into the science and history of blizzards. Snow shovels in hand, they dig out blizzards of the frozen past and you'll hear the unbelievable story of the deadliest blizzard in history. That happened in a desert.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:JK, chapters TBD. Please check back tomorrow.NOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.Want even more out of SATT? You can SUPPORT THE SHOW and grab yourself ad-free episodes, a welcome button, and more by joining SATT PREMIUM.

This week, the boys get as close to STRANGER THINGS and the Upside Down as they can, diving headfirst into the science and lore of what kind of experiments happen at CERN. Do these mad scientists hold the key to opening a portal to another dimension? Have human sacrifices really happened there? And what's up with the God Particle? The truth might just be stranger than fiction. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:29 - Housekeeping00:03:57 - We’re Talking CERN Portals00:09:13 - What is CERN00:16:51 - Particle Accelerators00:27:04 - Science of Accelerators00:37:46 - Higgs Setbacks and Time Traveling Bird00:41:39 - What We’re Afraid of00:47:20 - CERN’s Black Hole00:51:19 - Quantum Vacuum Collapse00:55:56 - CERN-Quakes01:00:39 - Portals01:08:04 - Mandela Effects01:21:20 - Longing for Another World01:25:09 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining SATT PREMIUM. Get your one-dollar-per-month trial of SHOPIFY with our code at shopify.com/scared

This week, the guys are joined by the hosts of BELIEVING THE BIZARRE to celebrate the upcoming release of the final season of STRANGER THINGS with a look at one of the most horrific secret government experiments of all time: MK ULTRA.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:31 - Housekeeping00:05:40 - We’re Talking MK Ultra and Stranger Things With BTB00:13:37 - What is MK Ultra00:15:24 - Brainwashing00:30:45 - Eight Criteria for Thought Reform00:37:32 - History of US Mind Control Experiments00:43:37 - Birth of MK Ultra00:54:36 - Harris Isbell LSD Experiments01:01:03 - Whitey Bulger01:06:04 - Operation Midnight Climax01:11:26 - Did it Work?01:18:06 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining SATT PREMIUM.Get your one-dollar-per-month trial of SHOPIFY with our code at shopify.com/scared

Chris and Ed are joined by witch (and friend of the show!) Sarah Potter to discuss the history of curses from ancient contracts to mummies’ tombs. Plus: the world's first curse placed on a comedian. Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:43 - Housekeeping00:07:28 - Meet Sarah Potter00:25:57 - Defining a Curse00:29:11 - The Evil Eye00:40:54 - Curse Tablets00:45:42 - Tacita Curse00:49:59 - Bear Curse00:50:53 - Curse on Comedy00:52:30 - Eaten by Worms Curse00:54:24 - Stolen Necklace Curse00:55:42 - The Oldest Curse Tablet00:59:32 - The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb  01:16:43 - Getting Boned01:28:04 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining SATT PREMIUM.

Hey, Scaredy Cats! This year, Kaydra from "Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast" invited us, and a bunch of other podcast pals, to participate in a spook-tastic Halloween bonus collab to celebrate her 150th episode!In it, you'll hear all of us reading some truly spooky stories from around the internet. Chris is the “good reader” in our chemical tent studio, so he takes the reins on this — but Ed was there also.We hope you all enjoy this Spooky Season bonus content!SHOW NOTES

This week, the guys are joined by Executive Producer and 2nd Unit Director of BLACK PHONE 2, Maggie Levin, to discuss the spiritual side of telecommunications. From Thomas Edison's attempts to make contact with the afterlife to true scary stories of people who claim to have been called by the dead, you'll never want this episode to hang up.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:51 - Housekeeping00:11:57 - We’re Talking Black Phone 2 with Maggie Levin00:31:17 - We’re Talking Haunted Telecommunication 00:36:48 - The Haunted Telegraph00:49:00 - History of the Telephone00:54:40 - Haunted Hot Springs Hotline01:04:56 - Personal Phone Hauntings?01:06:14 - The King’s Phone01:09:25 - Edison and the Dead01:11:10 - Horror Writing and Afterlife Aside01:14:36 - Edison and the Dead Continued01:19:30 - Edison’s Weird Ideas01:23:50 - Phone Calls From the Dead01:33:00 - Phone Grief01:36:58 - Viola Tollen01:42:06 - 911 From the Morgue01:45:24 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining SATT PREMIUM.

The guys kick off Halloween season with a look at some of the most haunted hotels in the world. From the fictional halls of the Overlook to the very real, often literally blood soaked halls of LA's Cecil Hotel - these storied haunts tap into the universal fear that the most dangerous place of all might just be your room for the night.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Welcome to the World of Video00:03:20 - Intro00:02:01 - Housekeeping00:07:46 - We’re Talking Hotels00:16:57 - The Stanley00:26:43 - NewYork and Die Hard Aside00:29:27 - Back to The Stanley00:37:03 - The Ahwahnee00:44:02 - When We Stayed in a Haunted Hotel00:48:54 - The Cecil01:13:07 - The Savoy01:28:59 - The 1886 Crescent Hotel And Spa01:44:43 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Watch the video version of this episode YouTube.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES — which includes our bonus video show New Fear Unlocked — by joining SATT PREMIUM.

With spooky season just around the corner, Chris and Ed have locked themselves away for all of September to write and produce another stack of awesome SATT episodes and specials for October, BUUUUT they're not gonna leave you hanging!You'll still be able to get that SATT fix with new episodes of New Fear Unlocked EVERY WEEK in September.And for anyone who hasn't heard the sillier side of SATT yet, here's an episode -- chosen by the patrons (so blame them if you hate it, we will!) -- to hold you over in the meantime. Or get you addicted!  In this one, the boys travel to Japan to learn about the Kappa -- a real silly cryptid with some really bad tendencies.Show Notes

On this episode, student and podcaster Amber from "It's Murder, Y'all" gets on the mic with the guys to talk about the twisted history of education, tackling everything from terrifying textbooks, to gas explosions, to haunted homerooms.Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:02:01 - Big Announcement and 5-Star Review Corner00:04:17 - We’re Talking School with Amber 00:22:29 - History of Schooling00:34:35 - Raids and Sacks00:43:55 - 1355 Scholastica Day Riot01:01:19 - Summer Break01:03:37 - School Fires01:21:28 - School Explosions01:35:51 - School Spookiness01:45:57 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES by joining SATT PREMIUM.

This week, Kaydra from "Perplexity: A Mystery Podcast" gets off the bus to discover Chris and Ed trapped in the middle of a summer camp nightmare. From natural disasters, to mysterious disappearances, to cold-blooded murder, they learn camp is anything but a safe way to spend your summer. And do us a favor - help those who are hurting. If you can, donate to help rebuild after the Camp Mystic floods: www.rebuildkerr.orgDon't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:46 - Housekeeping with Live Meet Up Info and 5-Star Reviews00:09:12 - We’re Talking Summer Camp with Kaydra00:11:23 - Summer Camp Slasher Films00:25:14 - History of Summer Camps00:35:39 - Early Summer Camp Tragedies00:40:24 - Camp Mystic and Pot O’ Gold Ranch00:47:30 - Troop 4500:53:46 - Connie Smith Goes Missing01:20:08 - 1977 Girl Scout Murders01:40:48 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES by joining SATT PREMIUM.

This week, Aly and Nat from Let's Get Haunted make their triumphant return to the pod to discuss real life road trip disasters, disappearances, deaths, and more!Don't love every word we say? Ok, weirdo. Here's some "chapters" to find what you DO love:00:00:00 - Intro00:01:41 - Housekeeping00:04:17 - Let’s Get Haunted Get Silly Fast00:08:59 - Summer Check-In00:12:15 - The Era of Roadtrip Horror Movies00:18:22 - We Are Road Trippers00:24:12 - The Dangers of Driving00:27:23 - Let’s Get in Wrecks00:34:44 - The History of Roadtrips00:41:14 - The Many Forms of Maps00:46:56 - Route 6600:52:26 - Hitchhikers 00:54:12 - William “Cockeyed” Cook01:03:31 - Personal Hitchhiking Stories01:14:41 - Freeways and Killing Fields 01:19:54 - The Phantom Hitchhiker01:24:08 - The Yuba County Five01:34:53 - The Death Valley Germans01:43:21 - The Fear TierNOTE: Ads out of our control may affect chapter timing.Visit this episode’s show notes for links and references.And the show notes for every episode can now be found on our website.Want even more out of SATT? Now you can SUPPORT THE SHOW and get NEW SATT content EVERY WEEK for as little as 5 BONES by joining SATT PREMIUM.