FriGay the 13th Horror Podcast

🔮 EPISODE 158: SEANCES ARE TERRIFYING 🔮

Candles are lit. Boundaries are ignored. Consent is… actively debated with the afterlife.This week, a séance goes horribly, flirtatiously wrong as we explore horror in real life:👻 The history of séance grifters🎩 Harry Houdini’s war on Spiritualism🏛️ Mary Todd Lincoln’s White House séances and grief as survival🦶 The Fox Sisters and the birth of modern spiritual scams...and horror in the Movies:🎥 THIRTEEN GHOSTS (1960) – gimmicks, goggles, and goofy chills🎥 THE QUIET ONES (2014) – messy experiments and unrealized potentialAnd of course, we ask the only question that matters: Who’s Coming to the Séance?Listen wherever you get podcasts.💀 Leave a review. Tell a friend.🛍️ Support us at frigay13.com/support

🚑📄 EPISODE 157: INSURANCE IS TERRIFYING 📄🚑

What’s scarier than ghosts, cults, or cosmic madness?👉 Insurance.This episode, we tackle the true horror of prior authorizations, denied claims, medical debt, and a healthcare system that somehow finds a way to say “have you tried waiting until Monday?” 😱👁️ Horror in Real Life:• The UnitedHealthcare / Luigi Mangione case• Why claims are often denied by default• How AI is increasingly making life-or-death decisions• Why medical debt remains the #1 cause of bankruptcy in the U.S.• And why being “in-network” is basically a haunted house with contracts🎬 This week’s films:🪦 Macabre (1958) — complete with William Castle literally insuring the audience in case they died of fright📚 In the Mouth of Madness — Lovecraftian apocalypse, metafiction, and Sam Neill losing his mind (again)🧠 Plus:• Whatcha Been Watchin’, Bitch?!• A new game: Policy Plot Twist• And the reminder that horror doesn’t always wear a mask—it sometimes wears a badge🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.💀 Support us on Patreon + grab merch at frigay13.com/support⭐ Leave a review & tell a friend!#FriGay13 #InsuranceIsTerrifying #HorrorPodcast #HorrorInRealLife #MedicalHorror #WilliamCastle #JohnCarpenter #QueerPodcasts #HealthcareIsScary

🔢 EPISODE 156: MATHEMATICS IS TERRIFYING🔢

What’s scarier than ghosts? MATH! This week we’re diving into the horror of math, algorithms, and the unsettling idea that randomness might not be random at all. From the Princeton PEAR Experiment (where intention may have bent probability) to dating apps, advertising algorithms, and the numbers quietly running our lives.🎥 Films this episode: 🔲 CUBE (1997) – puzzle-box terror with murder math 🔢 PI (1998) – obsession, chaos, and numbers that know too much🎧 Listen now— wherever you listen to podcasts!👏Learn more and support our show: www.frigay13.com/support⭐ Rate & review... please!#FriGayThe13th #MathIsTerrifying #HorrorPodcast #QueerHorror #Cube1997 #Pi1998 #GetSlayed

🎆 EPISODE 155: 2025 WAS TERRIFYING 🎆

Cheers to making it through the year.Barely.This episode of FriGay the 13th Horror Podcast, we look back at the horrors of 2025—from AI anxiety and cursed group chats to box office beasts, Billboard bangers, and some genuinely great horror.👻 Was 2025 terrifying… or just 2025?💀 Final Destination: Bloodlines earns its stripes🪝 I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025) proves some franchises refuse to die🕯️ In Memoriam🎮 A brand-new game: Terrifying or Just 2025?Plus: Tony Todd forever, FPJ nostalgia points, and horror movies being less scary than our screen time reports.🎧 Listen now wherever you get podcasts🔗 Support the show: frigay13.com/support#FriGayThe13th #HorrorPodcast #QueerPodcast #2025WasTerrifying #FinalDestination #IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer #HorrorMovies #EndOfYear

💃 EPISODE 154: DANCE IS TERRIFYING 💃

💃🔥 EPISODE 154: DANCE IS TERRIFYING 🔥💃Out now wherever you get your podcasts.This week, we’re sweating, spiraling, and counting our way through the horror of dance—from cursed movement to psychological breakdowns and historical mass hysteria.✨ This episode includes:🧠 The 1518 Dancing Plague — when hundreds danced until collapse (and possibly death)🎭 The dark, exclusionary history of The Rockettes⚠️ The brutal pressure of ballet & body image🔴 SUSPIRIA (1977) — witches, technicolor nightmares, Goblin’s score🪞 BLACK SWAN — perfectionism, psychosis, and becoming “perfect”Plus:👀 Whatcha Been Watchin’, Bitch🎲 A dance-themed game🥂 Brunch negotiations (non-negotiable)🎧 Listen now. Support the show 👉 frigay13.com/support#FriGayThe13th #DanceIsTerrifying #HorrorPodcast #Suspiria #BlackSwan #QueerPodcast #PsychologicalHorror #DanceHorror #GayHorror #BodyHorror