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She Was Found Where They Already Looked: Melissa Casias
The remains of Melissa Casias, LANL employee and subject of our Limitations on Nature series, were discovered in Carson National Forest almost a year after she vanished. Her family says the area had already been searched. No cause of death has been determined.
kristin0214
6 days ago6 min read


THEM: The Scare Deserved Better. We Covered Every Episode
There is a specific kind of frustration that horror fans know well. A show comes out, it is genuinely excellent, critics love it, and then nothing happens. No cultural moment. No discourse. No season renewal conversation that gets loud enough to matter. It just quietly exists on a streaming platform while the algorithm pushes something louder in front of it.
That is exactly what happened to THEM: The Scare, the second season of Amazon Prime Video's horror anthology THEM: The
kristin0214
May 135 min read


"It's all a game. We're in the Matrix." The bizarre and unexplained death of Erin Valenti
She was a 33-year-old tech CEO with no mental health history. She called her parents from a California highway speaking in disconnected, paranoid language. Five days later her body was found in the back seat of her rental car half a mile from where she was last seen. The cause of death was officially listed as an acute manic episode. Nobody who knew her believes that is the whole story.
kristin0214
May 106 min read


She was called a bipolar musician. She was actually a quantum computing scientist. And she has been missing for 18 months.
In every news story written about Ingrid Coleen Lane, she is described the same way. Thirty-seven years old. Married. Bipolar. Buddhist. Musician. Struggling with her mental health. A woman who went for a hike in the Jemez Mountains outside Albuquerque on October 15th, 2023, and did not come back.
That description is not wrong. But it is so incomplete that it functionally buried who Ingrid Lane really was. And when you learn who she really was, this story changes completel
kristin0214
May 66 min read


The Uncorked Coven Is Open. We Finally Did It.
The Uncorked Coven is the Fear and Wine Patreon membership, and it is exactly what it sounds like. A coven. Your coven. Ours. Horror lovers and wine enthusiasts gathering around a very candlelit, very skull-adorned table to enjoy scary stories and great pours together.
For $5 a month
kristin0214
May 43 min read


Exploring the Chaos of French Horror
If Red Rooms is French horror at its most cerebral and restrained, MadS is French horror with the throttle pinned and no intention of letting you breathe. Directed by David Moreau and released on Shudder in October 2024, MadS is a 90-minute apocalyptic horror film shot in one continuous take, and it earns a 94% on Rotten Tomatoes for exactly the reason the consensus describes: it immerses you in pure pandemonium and never once releases you from it.
fearandwinepod
Apr 265 min read


Black Mirror's Black Museum Is the Most Disturbing Episode in the Series. We Had to Talk About It.
If you have ever wanted to watch a television episode that makes you genuinely reconsider humanity's capacity for cruelty, and then pours you a glass and says, yeah, but what if it got worse, Black Museum is the one. It is the Season 4 finale of Black Mirror, it runs just over an hour, and by the time it was over, we were all sitting with that particular kind of silence that only the best horror produces. Not jump-scare silence. Processing silence. This is Fear & Wine, and Ke
fearandwinepod
Apr 225 min read


Them on Amazon Prime: Generational Trauma, Historical Horror, and the Monsters America Made
Some horror shows want to scare you. Them, the anthology series created by Little Marvin and executive produced by Lena Waithe, wants to do something harder than that. It wants to make you reckon with history, not as a distant, comfortable abstraction, but as something alive and still active in the present. Across two seasons on Amazon Prime Video, Them builds a portrait of generational trauma that is as haunting as anything in the genre because the demons are not invented. T
fearandwinepod
Apr 214 min read


FROM Season 4 Is Almost Here — Here's What You Need to Know (And What to Pour)
If you've been white-knuckling it since the Season 3 finale, we feel you. The wait is almost over. FROM Season 4 officially premieres on Sunday, April 19, 2026 on MGM+ at 9pm ET/PT — and if Season 3's jaw-dropping finale left you spiraling with questions, you're not alone.
fearandwinepod
Mar 102 min read


Weapons (2025) Review and Analysis: Zach Cregger's Witchcraft Horror Is the Scariest Film of the Year
At 2:17 AM, seventeen third-grade children get out of their beds simultaneously and vanish into the night. Every child from the same classroom. Arms outstretched, running toward something unseen, leaving only one classmate behind: a boy named Alex. By the time morning comes and the town of Maybrook, Pennsylvania begins to understand that these children are truly gone, the horror of Weapons has already taken root in a way that is nearly impossible to shake.
fearandwinepod
Sep 25, 20255 min read


Black Mirror's Darkest Gut Punches: Loch Henry and Shut Up and Dance Explained
Promotional poster for "Black Mirror: Loch Henry" featuring the iconic shattered glass design. Of all the things Black Mirror does well, the twist that recontextualizes everything you just watched is its sharpest weapon. Not the technology, not the dystopian worldbuilding, but that specific Charlie Brooker gut punch where the floor drops out in the final ten minutes and you realize the story you thought you were watching was never the real one. Two episodes do this better tha
fearandwinepod
Aug 26, 20255 min read


Lovecraft Country and The Tulsa Race Massacre: A Historical Context
What if the most terrifying thing in a horror story isn't the monster, it's the history? That's the central question driving two of the most important horror TV series in recent memory: Lovecraft Country and Them. Both shows use the language of genre horror, supernatural threats, creeping dread, visceral violence, to excavate real historical atrocities that mainstream culture has long tried to bury.
At the heart of Lovecraft Country is an event that almost didn't survive Ame
fearandwinepod
Aug 17, 20253 min read


Unveiling America's Dark Past: Historical References in "Lovecraft Country"
"Lovecraft Country," the gripping HBO series, masterfully intertwines horror & history, shedding light on the racial injustices of America's past. By weaving real historical events & figures into its narrative, the show offers a poignant commentary on the struggles faced by African Americans. Let's explore some of the key historical references The Tulsa Race Massacre One of the most harrowing historical events depicted in the series is the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. This tr
fearandwinepod
Aug 7, 20252 min read


Join Fear & Wine: Horror Stories Paired with Fine Wine
Are you a fan of thrilling horror stories and fine wine? If so, you're in for a treat with a unique podcast that combines the two in an innovative way. Four friends who are passionate about horror and wine have teamed up to bring you a one-of-a-kind listening experience that will send shivers down your spine while tantalizing your taste buds.
fearandwinepod
Nov 13, 20241 min read
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