Radio Horror with Jocelyn Codner
Summary
Host Stephanie and guest Jocelyn Codner explore the eerie connection between radio technology and horror, discussing the historical overlap with spiritualism and the uncanny nature of disembodied voices. They review films like *Vast of Night*, *Joyride*, and *The Fog*, analyzing how radio signals serve as vectors for supernatural threats or alien contact. The episode also features book recommendations including *Kill Radio* by Lauren Bolger, *A Lonely Broadcast* by Kel Byron, and *Ghost Radio* by Leopoldo Alarcón, highlighting stories where radio hosts navigate supernatural call-ins and cur…
Topics discussed
Introduction: The ghostly quality of radio
Personal anecdotes: Delilah and childhood radio listening
Radio technology, spiritualism, and alien theories
Defining the category: Orson Welles and media literacy
Houdini, Conan Doyle, and the Twilight Zone episode 'Static'
Twilight Zone nostalgia and the warning against it
Movie discussion: Signal and zombie fatigue
Movie discussion: Rob Zombie's Lords of Salem
Movie discussion: Vast of Night and alien signals
Movie discussion: The Fog and The Fog 2
Movie discussion: Play Misty for Me and the 'crazy woman' trope
Movie discussion: Joyride and CB radio anecdotes
Movie discussion: Southbound and Frequency
Book discussion: The Rules of the Road
Book discussion: Kill Radio
Book discussion: 104.6 FM
Book discussion: Ghost Radio by Leopoldo
Book discussion: Christine by Stephen King
Book discussion: The Loop
Book discussion: Desert Radio and Southern Gods
Chilling obsessions: Hellebore magazine and The Drama
Final Girl songs: Slut and Come to Daddy
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