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Dark Academy Pod
by Kristin Roman
I'm Kristin. Welcome to Dark Academy Podcast, where the line between reality and the unknown blurs. Join me and our fellow academy inductees as we delve into the eerie, the unexplained, and the sinister, unraveling true crime, paranormal hauntings, cryptid lore, alien mysteries, and more. Step into the Midnight Library for horror movie reviews, related cases, and the Final Fright segment where bizarre deaths, unsettling phobias, and more exist. Descend into The Forbidden Archives, where conspiracy theories take root. There are forgotten spaces and academy lore yet to be discovered.
Episodes
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18 The Lost Boys
Welcome to the Dark Academy Summer Drive-In. Tonight’s feature is The Lost Boys. A movie filled with neon lights, motorcycles, leather jackets, and vampires But Santa Carla isn’t entirely fictional. The real Santa Cruz, California, has a darker history of its own. Once called the “Murder Capital…
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17 I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Hookman Urban Legend
A deadly hit-and-run. A fisherman with a hook. A killer who refuses to let the past stay buried. Tonight at Dark Academy, we’re celebrating the Fourth of July with a ‘90s horror classic: I Know What You Did Last Summer. We revisit the coastal slasher that helped define a generation, discuss what...
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16: The Exorcist
In this episode of Dark Academy, we gather in the Midnight Library to discuss all things Exorcist. The whole show is the Exorcist. Join me as we journey from the ancient ruins of Iraq and the legend of the Mesopotamian demon Pazuzu to the streets of Georgetown, where a young girl’s possession…
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15 The Village, Folk Magic, and Flat Earth
Step into the woods… actually, don’t. In this episode of Dark Academy, we gather in the Midnight Library to explore The Village, a film where fear isn’t just a feeling… it’s a system. A system designed to protect. To control. To keep people safe… From “Those We Do Not Speak Of” to the quiet...
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14 Bigfoot: What Does it Take to Believe?
Something is knocking in the woods. In this episode of Dark Academy, we step beyond the firelight and into one of the most enduring mysteries in modern folklore, Bigfoot. From the forests of Bluff Creek to whispered encounters deep in the wilderness, sightings of a massive, human-like creature…
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13 Friday the 13th
Come join me by the fireplace. In this episode, we return to Camp Crystal Lake, right in the middle of winter, to revisit Friday the 13th and unravel why this date still gives us chills. We start with a nostalgic slasher classic: summer camp counselors, bad decisions, and a mother’s revenge.…
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12 Black Christmas and a Vampire named Wayne
Join Kristin in the Dark Academy Library as we unwrap the chilling legacy of Black Christmas. The cult classic that gave us our first final girl and killer POV just in time for the holidays. After we explore the urban legends and true crime story that influenced the movie, we'll go to another…
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11 Origins of Halloween: Tales from the Dark Academy Clearing
Join Kristin at the Dark Academy clearing for a chilling journey through the origins of Halloween. From ancient Celtic rituals and headless horsemen to Victorian love charms and modern mischief, explore the eerie, fascinating, and sometimes deadly traditions that shaped our favorite spooky…
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10 Edmond Kemper and the ISSI
Welcome to the West Wing inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s exploration takes us into the drawers of the Inanimate Souls Surveillance Initiative. Within these files, we study the Co-Ed Killer, Edmund Kemper, a man towering in stature and in horror. Was he a brilliant but broken mind seeking...
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9 Dark Academy Lore: How We Got Here (Special Episode)
Not all invitations arrive by mail. Some find you in the margins of a forgotten book, tucked inside an antique store and mysteries in whispered folklore. In this special lore episode, I finally share how I found the Dark Academy, or how it found me? From the haunted legend of a local witch in...
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8 Before You Say I Do: Ghost Brides and Bizarre Wedding Rituals
Welcome to the Chapel of Shadows at Dark Academy. Tonight, we gather beneath the shadowed arches to honor my dear friend and former podcast cohost, Rebecca, on the eve of her wedding. But before she may pledge her vows to the world, the Academy demands a secret ceremony to avoid a fate darker…
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7 The Descent, Moon-Eyed People, Feral Men, Haunted Caves, and Anjekuni Lake
Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s we’re descending into the shadowy caves where creatures linger, spirits stir, and explorers never return the same, if at all. From haunted tunnels and restless souls to a chilling disappearance in the Arctic wilds of Northern...
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6 Hollow Earth Conspiracy
Welcome to the Forbidden Archives inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s we’re exploring the whispered legends of vast hidden worlds beneath our feet, lost civilizations, subterranean cities, and ancient beings that watch from the shadows. Could there be truth to the Hollow Earth Theory? In this...
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5 Salem’s Lot, Bobby Desmond, Dudleytown, and the Casquette Girls
Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s we’re reviewing Salem’s Lot. What started as a Stephen King novel in the 70s, ended in a movie that split viewers in 2024. A movie that influenced our other topics that surround small towns consumed by something ancient and...
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4 Annabelle, Letta, and Mandy – Haunted Dolls
Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s shadows gather around dolls that refuse to stay silent. Annabelle, locked away under priestly guard (until she went on tour like she’s Taylor Swift), Letta, Australia’s “Letta Me Out” doll whose presence makes even skeptics...
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3 The Ritual - When Belief Becomes Bloodshed
Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s film is a story of friendship, grief, and the horror that waits in ancient forests. The Ritual is unsettling fiction, but reality can offer its own disturbing echo. In this episode, we step beyond the screen to uncover true…
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2 La Llorona/Mothers Who Murder
Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s horror review is rooted in one of the most haunting and well known legend in Latin American folklore: La Llorona The Weeping Woman is doomed to wander riversides searching for her lost children. Her story has terrified...
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1 Scream Franchise/Cassie Jo Stoddart and other copycats
Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s horror review is the franchise that gave us Ghostface. It all started in 1996 with the first Scream. The movie that gave us “the rules”. The rules to survive a horror movie… and life? But some fans related less to the…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
I'm Kristin. Welcome to Dark Academy Podcast, where the line between reality and the unknown blurs. Join me and our fellow academy inductees as we delve into the eerie, the unexplained, and the sinister, unraveling true crime, paranormal hauntings, cryptid lore, alien mysteries, and more. Step into the Midnight Library for horror movie reviews, related cases, and the Final Fright segment where bizarre deaths, unsettling phobias, and more exist. Descend into The Forbidden Archives, where conspiracy theories take root. There are forgotten spaces and academy lore yet to be discovered.
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