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Read by Daylight
by Gavin Gaddis, Cole Burkhardt, Caroline Mincks
Ever wonder what the story was behind the various killers Behaviour Interactive created for the survival horror game Dead by Daylight? Don't worry, we read the lore for you. Even the... problematic ones. Join lore-reader Gavin Gaddis, monster-lover Cole Burkhardt, and horror newbie Caroline Mincks as they go through each killer's backstory and ask the most important questions. Mainly "are they scary" and "are they hot." (For some of the hosts, those two are the same question).
Episodes
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S1E33 - The Singularity: Happy Birthday, Grimace
He's got a firmware update for your spine... WE DID IT! The "final" episode of Read by Daylight features us talking about the newest (as of this upload) killer in Dead by Daylight! Note for fans wondering what happened to Wesker: He was so boring Gavin legitimately thought they had edited and...
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S1E32 - The Skull Merchant: Eyes in the Sky
Who needs friends when you have robots? She's smart, she's rich, she has a ton of rhinestones and she freaking loves manga. It's the Skull Merchant! It's our second to last episode, we're allowed to not be super detailed in the show description. She's a rich lady with robots. Terrifying. Find out...
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S1E31 - The Knight: Bros for Eternity
Four Knights Chillin' in a Hot Tub The gang nears the end of their Dead by Daylight journey and they spend their third to last episode talking about a stinky guy in a tin can. It's The Knight, one of Gavin's most-anticipated killers (at least, before it came out). Subscribe to the Read by…
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S1E30 - The Dredge: All Eyes on You
The sentient fart cloud approaches We did it. We finally got to talk about Gavin's boy, Dredge. Subscribe to the Read by Daylight Newsletter! Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at @GavGaddis or @GavinGWhiz Do not find Cole. Find the show at @ReadDaylightPod on Twitter Find the show…
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S1E29 - The Onryō: The Brine Calls
Brian Cox ain't making it out of this one. After a wholly unplanned month off, Read by Daylight is back for its final run towards catching up on Dead by Daylight killers! We've just got a handful left, and you better brace yourself for a DESERT of killers who don't have maps associated because,...
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S1E28 - The Artist: Friend of the Crows (feat. Klaudia Amenábar)
Ca-Caw In our first ever (chronologically-recorded) episode with a guest, Klaudia Amenábar joins the crew to talk about The Artist. Unfortunately for Behavior, the podcast might have had more expertise about Chile and the geographical + political implications of The Artist's backstory than…
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S1E27 - The Cenobite: Pinhead's Chains of Pain
He Came Time to talk about the man who be comin' all over the ding darn map. Find out more at https://read-by-daylight.pinecast.co
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S1E26 - The Nemesis: Infectious Fright
He do be fistin' We finally got here: the killer who literally just punches people like a cartoon villain from the 30s. It's Nemesis, the tall boy himself. Let's get into it. Special thanks to Cole for editing this episode, as Gavin was officiating a wedding. Subscribe to the Read by Daylight...
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S1E25 - The Trickster: Killer on the Mic
A cut above the rest Nobody tell his fans on Twitter, but we're talking about The Trickster this week! Who wouldn't love this guy with cheese grater abs? Subscribe to the Read by Daylight Newsletter! Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at @GavGaddis or @GavinGWhiz Do not find Cole....
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The Director: It's Curtains for You [April Fools]
It's time for your close-up... We finally did it. Cole and Gavin finally fessed up to the existence of The Director, the killer they've kept Caro in the dark about this entire time. Join along as they detail his lore and gameplay! [This is an April Fools episode] Find out more at...
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S1E23 - The Twins: French Frights in the Night
Twins, Basil, twins. Charlotte and Victor. Two people with such an unfortunate backstory Gavin only got in like four French jokes. Subscribe to the Read by Daylight Newsletter! Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at @GavGaddis or @GavinGWhiz Do not find Cole. Find the show at...
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S1E22 - The Blight: A True Pinball Wizard
But he certainly isn't playing clean. Oh boy. Blight. The man that launched a thousand gnarly cosmetics. If only his own looks were as cool (spoiler). Join us in discussing Talbot Grimes! Subscribe to the Read by Daylight Newsletter! Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at @GavGaddis…
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S1E21 - The Executioner: Pyramid Head and his Great Knife
More like JUST OKAY Knife What a phenomenally popular character in horror game canon. It's difficult to think of a horror character from the PS2 era that has more cultural cache than our boy Triangle Man. Now he can shoot barbed wire, which is pretty rad. Subscribe to the Read by Daylight...
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S1E20 - The Deathslinger: He Haw'd His Last Yee
Nobody loves a teacher's pet. Oh Caleb. So close to being cool, yet so far. You brought this on yourself, pardner. Featuring Dagoth Ur memes far past Dagoth Ur being popular. Subscribe to the Read by Daylight Newsletter! Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at @GavGaddis or…
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S1E19 - The Oni: Raging Masked Devil
Just a country cop in all the worst ways. Oh Mr. Yamaoka. If only you'd learned to chill for five minutes. Perhaps some breathing exercises. We could've avoided this whole ordeal. That's right, we're talking about the angy samurai this week! Somebody call the demon slayer corps. Maybe don't send...
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S1E18 - The Demogorgon: A Caged Animal
Harkness would hard pass. The Demogorgon, what Netflix will send after you if you dare share your password. Idk, Demo's a strange character (heh) because it purely exists due to the popularity of Stranger Things but it doesn't necessarily gel with Dead by Daylight AND it technically isn't in the...
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S1E17 - The Ghost Face: He'll get more than 6 Screams (feat. RK Wilde)
Watch out, Jamie Kennedy At long last, it's time to talk about the first licensed killer whose iconic look technically isn't from an existing film franchise. In a stunning bit of copyright funkery, we're talking about The Ghost Face, a character wearing a trademarked Halloween mask that happens…
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S1E16 - The Plague: Losing Her Religion
"I'm gonna vom..." Ancient Babylonian priestess upchucking pea soup? Doin' something for somebody, probably. This week we talk about the latest in a long line of women brought into the fold as a killer without ever actually doing anything wrong. Not surprising anyone, The Entity is kind of a…
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S1E15 - The Legion: They're On The Prowl
Frank's got a posse. Time for the only they/them pronouns in Dead by Daylight and they're for the not-trans-inclusive reason. It's The Legion! A group of four kids run by frank who, if he had not been picked up by the Entity, likely would have become a YouTuber who would go onto make multiple...
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S1E14 - The Spirit: Ghostly Sword in the Night
The Entity did opposite-nepotism. Remember that bit in Beetlejuice: The Musical when he says "Jumpscares! The jerky Japanese ghost walk!" Behavior just did that as a character. Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at @GavGaddis or @GavinGWhiz Do not find Cole. Find the show at...
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S1E12 - The Clown: Kenny's a Bit Gassy
[Ominous fat guy laugh] Ah, Kenny. Love Kenny. Well, Caro doesn't but that's to be expected. Join us as we talk about the killer that got Gavin to put on clown makeup and wear a fake nose for four hours. If you didn't like clowns before, you're not gonna like them more by the time you're done…
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S1E11 - The Pig - Crouching Pork, Hidden Killer
The Pig Listen, Behaviour phoned her in and nerfed her all to hell. I think I can phone in the description a little bit. We talk about Amanda Young, but really use that as an excuse to introduce Caroline to how bonkers the Saw canon really is. Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at...
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Freddy's Cancelled
So uhhhh. Back up your audio folks. Gavin goofed it. Find out more at https://read-by-daylight.pinecast.co
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S1E10 - The Cannibal: His Chainsaw Hungers
Hope you saved some room for dessert. That's right. It's time to talk Leatherface. The second instance of the developers patching in a character who they'd only just created an off-brand version of for the launch of the game. Where Michael Myers was the proto-Wraith, Hillbilly owes his existence…
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S1E9 - The Doctor: A Shocking Backstory
He's gonna zap ya. Prepare the Pepe Silvia gif reactions, it's time to talk about the killer with a potentially bonkers pseudo-coverup attached to his backstory. Is he fully fiction? Was he originally based on a real person before having his identity scrubbed at the last minute to protect the…
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S1E8 - The Hag: Cannibal Tree Witch
Have you tried NOT tempting fate? Lisa Sherwood, a woman named after a famous forest who gets turned into a tree-cannibal. A character so loosely-written they had to retroactively add more lore just to make it more clear as to why the Entity considered her a killer and took her in the first…
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S1E7 - The Shape: Literal Stalker Michael Myers
Big daddy head tilt is here. It's time to talk about the first copyrighted killer to enter the Entity's clutches. This one gets a little saucy, a little pro-Myers, and Gavin introduces a bit for every time they say the wrong person with the same name as Michael Myers. Find Caroline on Twitter...
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S1E6 - The Nurse: Floating Eugenicist Girlboss
The Nurse She could've been so cool, yet she ends up so frustrating. Join us on the adventure of picking through the wreckage that is Sally Smithson's lore, as well as attempting to convince Caro she gets kinda cool from a gameplay perspective. Find Caroline on Twitter @SaucyMincks Find Gavin at...
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S1E5 - The Hillbilly: Chicken-Fried Chainsaw Action
Which Rich Farmers Go Bad The Hillbilly. None of his lore really establishes any sense of location or culture that would make him a hillbilly, yet we're calling him that anyway. This is a rough one, folks. Both from the ableism and the fact that the character's rocking some stolen southern valor....
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S1E4 - The Wraith: An Invisible Dorito in the Night
He ALWAYS skips leg day. Wraith. One of the original three killers to launch with Dead by Daylight. The game's answer to Michael Myers, only for them to actually license Michael Myers several months later. What's Philip's backstory? Is it at all problematic? Did the predominantly white Canadian...
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S1E3 - The Trapper: Angry Swol Capitalist
Evan's Got Issues. He's on the box art, he's the face of Dead by Daylight, which begs the question: why is Dollar Tree Jason Vorhees the character Behaviour sold the game with? Why does he have all that metal sticking out of him? Why is he burned? Why are bear traps such a huge part of his…
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S1E2 - The Huntress: Death from Afar
She'd like to axe you a question. The Huntress. The first ranged killer in DBD, this probably-Russian badass runs around the map humming a lullaby about wolves stealing children in the night and throwing axes at people. She's a tough character to top, so much so she jumped in front of three other...
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S1E1 - An Introduction to Dead by Daylight
Let the game begin. Welcome to a sort of Episode Zero situation in which Caro, Cole, and Gavin sit down to talk about the video game Dead by Daylight. Never played the game before? This might be a good first episode. Played a lot of it yourself or have watched a streamer play a few hours? You…
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A Whisper on the Fog...
Remember: never walk in the woods at night... Coming soon to a podcast player near you: Read by Daylight. The podcast you're ttechnically listening to right now because of the trailer. Hi. Subscribe here and you'll get the real episodes.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Ever wonder what the story was behind the various killers Behaviour Interactive created for the survival horror game Dead by Daylight? Don't worry, we read the lore for you. Even the... problematic ones. Join lore-reader Gavin Gaddis, monster-lover Cole Burkhardt, and horror newbie Caroline Mincks as they go through each killer's backstory and ask the most important questions. Mainly "are they scary" and "are they hot." (For some of the hosts, those two are the same question).
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Gavin Gaddis, Cole Burkhardt, Caroline Mincks
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Ever wonder what the story was behind the various killers Behaviour Interactive created for the survival horror game Dead by Daylight? Don't worry, we read the lore for you. Even the... problematic ones. Join lore-reader Gavin Gaddis, monster-lover Cole Burkhardt, and horror newbie Caroline Mincks...
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