The Blair Witch Project: How the 90s Horror Classic Terrified a Generation (with Ben "Mo Money" Meakin)

A handful of sticks in the trees. A map that won’t behave. Voices in the dark. We invite special guest Ben Meakin to explore how The Blair Witch Project turned bare-bones filmmaking into a cultural earthquake and convinced so many that it might be real. We trace the eerie alchemy of early internet marketing, missing posters, and a TV “documentary” that made a small-town legend feel like a true crime case. No jump scares, no creature reveal—just the dread that grows when the camera keeps rolling and logic thins Link to the article mentioned on the pod https://theweek.com/articles/531471/blair-witch-project-oral-history