Are You Afraid of Deez?

Delve deeper into the jungles of african folklore with this companion episode - more folklore tales and monsters from the Congo, Zambia and Tanzania!

Kicking off this season's theme of world folklore we get lost in the myriad of legends, myths and monsters of Africa. Revisit classics like Anansi the Spider, Kalulu the Lion and other animal parables, as well as gods and monsters like the Werehyena and the Tokoloshe. 

Its 1997 you're listening to your favorite radio show and some guy named Mel Waters comes on and will not stop talking about his bottomless hole. Animals, tv tubes, fridges, theres nothing he wont dump in his hole - where does it all go? Tonight Lauren and Tyler talk about this classic conspiracy - and it's deeper than you can imagine!

Winter is far from over, so why not stay home - pour a cup of glogg, grab a saffron bun and listen to the story of how Rome's Virgin Martyr - St Lucy became the figure for a massive Light Bringing Celebration in Scandinavia, also there's werewolves believe it or not!

With special guests @uncompromisinglife !! We talk Saturnalia - one of the OG yuletime banger celebrations - the Yule Log, Paranormal would you rathers, christmas/holiday favorites and very special readings from Holly!! @evergreen__tarot 

Join the mysterious duelist Pedro Campanile - also known as La Volpe as he explores the lore behind the Benandanti - the spiritual warriors engaged in nighttime warfare with Italy's witches!

The halloween horror continues with some more creepy pastas read by Tyler - along with some fantastic stories by Kelly, Katya and Noah!!! 

Are You Afraid of Deez X The Uncompromising LifeCrossover!! Welcome back to our kick off to the fright nights of October. Very excited tonight to be joined by some lovely guests hosts - Join Tyler, Lauren, Amy and Holly as they talk about personal paranormal encounters - earthen burials - whats creepier - attics / basements / crawl spaces?? (Who or what is crawling exactly??) Aaaand the top 10 haunted sites in Illinois!! 

Hello!! and Welcome back to the 50th episode celebration and the Season 5 Opener on our favorite freaky little guys - the Yokai! Serpent vampires, giant feet and racoon dogs with HUGE NUTS - it doesn't get more looney than this on a must listen episode of Are you Afraid of DEEZ!!!!

Lauren and Tyler discuss dream meanings, AHS history, Raggedy Andy and Ann lore, and our amazing dream stories from last episode - thank you everyone for our best season yet!!! 

This year for our summer campfire special were going to explore the realms of dreaming! We talk about deja vu, recurring dream spaces, and our darkest nightmares here on part one of our two part end of season special!

part two of our exploration into the Mythology Cycle - The Tuatha face their biggest threat in the ancient monstrous race known as the Fomorians!

Come with us to revisit what happened to the Tuatha de Danaan in Ireland's mystical prehistory. Explore the war of the Tuatha's battle against their cousins the Fir Bolg and some of the most powerful beings to stride the earth!

Prepare for a journey into the darkest forest where a cursed castle looms on a cliffside. The defenses are oriented inwards and creatures are said to emerge from an endless pit that leads to hell itself. 

Two popular topics that have inspired the imaginations and nightmares of our collective consciousness coalesce tonight as we discuss some of theories behind these concepts and why they are so unsettling - follow along with the slides on our Instagram to see the examples were discussing!

A companion episode to The Wild Hunt, Tyler reads some fantastical and diabolic recordings of this ghastly spectral army

Join the spectral hunting party of the Wild Hunt as we take you on a journey discovering the most famous myths of this expansive folklore motif that kept all of Europe locked in fear of its manifestations!

What scared you as a kid? Something you saw on TV that you maybe shouldn't have? What if it was part of a kids show? Travel back in time with us as we recount some of the most traumatizing bits of Lost Media from our childhood and maybe yours too!

Want more tales from the shadow book? Join us for some of my favorite selections from the book - narrated by Tyler!

Dubbed the Chinese Xfiles - delve into the rich and terrifying world of the collected records of Ji Yun, Imperial librarian and occult story collector. Tales of the Jiangshi - the Chinese Hopping Vampire, the Yeren - China's Bigfoot and the Xian Nu - Chinese fairies are all collected in one astounding book of strange tales!much thank you to music by THRLL and Darren Curtis!!! check them out on youtube!

Forgotten in the snow - Tyler and Lauren recover the lost recording of their Christmas Episode circa 2024 - grab some cheer and get cozy as we introduce christmas monsters from around the world!

Come listen to Tyler absolutely butcher French and Greek names as we explore the legends and lore behind some of the most famous cursed objects in history. Rings, Diamonds, Chairs, Wine Cabinets all with more slays than Buffy - today on the show!

Happy Halloween everyone! Today we riff on what Horror movies would work best as Muppet Remakes - which cast stay human? How is Pepe the King Prawn so popular? Is Gonzo part chicken? What constitutes as an animal in Muppet ecology and for that point what counts as human- all these existential questions plus some fun spooky games to play at your next party on this our Halloween Special!

Start the spooky season off with a scream as Tyler and Lauren delve into the ghostly lore of the most famous Japanese Ghost stories - known as Yurei youll hear stories from haunted castles, to cursed wells, possessed dolls and weeping rocks all in this the SEASON 4 PREMIERE of ARE YOU AFRAID OF DEEZ

On this the 2nd part of our Summer Campfire Spectacular - with special Guest Mom we listen to some fantastic submitted stories from Conspiracies to Dreadful True Crime plus of course a Galena round up, crack open an extra cold one for T-dawg and put another log on the fire - or take a dip in the pool and enjoy this Season 3 Finale!

The 2024 Summer Campfire Spectacular begins with Tyler and Lauren delving into some Dark Games - Games to summon entities, ask questions from the spectral realm, transport your mind to another dimension and some high stakes "hide and seek!" This all pales in comparison to the scariest part of this episode - using Riverside!

Do you remember that time Lorraine Warren psychically communicated with a Bigfoot? Or the time Ed confronted a possessed chronic self manipulator? Of course you don't because they didn't make a movie about it yet. Join Tyler and Lauren as they delve into some of the more obscure tales featuring the Warrens. (Warning: features explicit content)

Guess what we are finally back with Part 2 of our Haunted Guide to Wisconsin - learn about grisly axe murders, church grims, very polite dogmen and more haunted mansions than you can shake your sausages at with Lauren and Tyler on this Episode!

We're back with Part 2 of our special with even more sea creatures that are horses that turn into naked women - confused? You should be! Learn about Irish Vampires like the Abertach, Sea Horses like the Kelpie and the most dreaded monster in Scottish Lore - the Nucklavee!

Mermaids, Dullahans and Black Shuck are just a few of the monstrous and majestic Fairy Denizens you'll meet on this Part One of the massive Return to the Realm of the Fae - Fairy Animals and Monsters Special!

Deez Nuts are back and here to explore the most Legendary Monsters of their home state - Illinois! Marvel at Birds who are not Birds, Vampires who can walk in the daytime, and the Mad Gasser who crop dusted an entire town. Sit down grab some deep dish and listen to Tyler and Lauren on the best show this side of the rat hole!

Celebrate the Holiday Season with Tyler, Maggie, Angelica and Lauren as we share stories about gnomes, medical mysteries and yule monsters. Also Tyler learns how many periods women get in a year. So sit down, grab a holiday drink and relax by the fire wallpaper video on your streaming service - Happy Holidays from all of us!

Subtitled - How they added antlers to everything! Join Tyler and Maggie as we trace the origins of both of these monsters in popular media and how their appearances evolved through movies, games and art!

Jeff and Jen return for another round of ghostly hauntings and happenings around Lake Mead. Investigate such spots as the Boulder Dam Hotel, Haunted Train Tunnels and The Boulder City Cafe. Bonus - someone gets nutted on.

On this installment I am joined by writer Jeffery Dohm-Sanchez and his wife Jennifer for an exciting discussion about Haunted Archer Avenue and Bachelor's Grove - the 13th most haunted location in the world! Check out Jeff's book "Ghost Hunter's Guide to Haunted Archer" on Drive Thru RPG if you'd like to read more! https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/106259/ghost-hunter-s-guide-to-haunted-archer

Are you ready for another trip into the unknown with our guide John Keel? Well too bad! Listen to Maggie suffer through another cavalcade of paranormal theories as Tyler runs through Keel's 1971 book "Our Haunted Planet". Secret Progenitor races, Atlantis, Stonehenge, Alien Poo, Mammoth Mounds, Serpent Men, Bad Daycare Art - this episode truly has it all!

We return to Japan to talk about our favorite class of ghoulie - the Yokai!! Fire-breathing monkeys, Cursed maws, Toilet-lickers - wow theres alot of mouth action this time around on this the SEASON THREE PREMIERE!!!

Join the gang as they recount the haunted hangout known as Lady Haus in this slice of life / haunted history biopic that can only be told by the survivors. After that, the chills continue with more true life scary stories. Thank you so so much to everyone for being a part of the show this year - its been a tremendous experience to close out Season 2 with you all. Grab a cold one and kindle the fire - there's more on the way!

Join Tyler, Maggie and special guest Angelica around the campfire to chat about spooky viral games , more creepy pastas and true life horror stories in this two part Season 2 finale!

Got a hankering for some pig ankles? Do you crave jellied offal? Well grab your cutlery because on this episode Maggie and Tyler discuss some of the horrific true stories about polish cuisine!

Your time has come - that chainmail you didnt respond to 10 years ago is about to manifest into a horror so unimaginable there are entire deviant art galleries dedicated to it. Join us as we delve into the terrifying but also cringe worthy origins of some of the best urban legends the internet has to offer.

Tyler and the Fam Bam recount their haunted air bnb, ghost and graveyard tours and some personal stories while on their annual New Orleans vacation trip!

Enjoy a mini episode with a recording from my trip to italy - mom and I talk about our tour and several haunted sites we passed - Sacra Cuore Suffragio in Rome, Plaza Ca’Dario in VenicePoveglia also in Venice. Prego!

Join us on a haunted trip to our neighbors to the north and explore Wisconsin's best haunted tales and native american lore. There is no cheese castle only death.

Grab a pint of nectar and put on your dancin' shoes because its time to party with the fairies! These little rascals have a history of pranking, reveling and holstery! But who are the Tuatha de Danann and how are they related to Tinkerbell and the seven dwarves? Find out this and more of the fairies secrets here on our latest episode! - New and Expanded!

Grab a pint of nectar and put on your dancin' shoes because its time to party with the fairies! These little rascals have a history of pranking, reveling and holstery! But who are the Tuatha de Danann and how are they related to Tinkerbell and the seven dwarves? Find out this and more of the fairies secrets here on our latest episode!

Sit down stave off the winter blues by enjoying some fantastic but little known Polish Legends as told by Maggie. We've got dragons, mermaids and everyone's favorite - rats!

Sentient umbrellas? Stinky turtles who like to wrestle? Maidens with incredibly long necks? You've stepped foot into Yokai territory my friend - grab some sake and listen in as Tyler and Maggie recountJapan's most famous collection of bogeymen!

Welcome to Season 2 - coming live straight from the Department of BOFA - Maggie takes the reins as she tells us about the saggy and sometimes sexy origins of the most famous witch of them all - BABA YAGA

Sit down and crack open the last of your pumpkin beers and listen in to the worst of failed interviews - side tracked tales and poorly told spooky stories that don't go anywhere in our Season 1 Finale - we have seasons?