Award-winning filmmaker, writer, and television director Sam Irvin visits the podcast to talk about some of his monstrous adventures and his childhood love of Dark Shadows. Topics include: discussion about his books The Epic Saga Behind Frankenstein the True Story, and the 1973 film it covers, and the Rondo-winning I Was a Teenage Monster Hunter, Sam’s origins as a Monster Kid, his decades-long friendship with Vincent Price, his first meeting with Cassandra Peterson (Elvira) and how he got the job directing Elvira’s Haunted Hills, how Dark Shadows influenced his TV show Dante’s Cove, co-executive producing Gods and Monsters and being on the set during the filming of the Bride of Frankenstein scene, Famous Monsters of Filmland, collecting the Dark Shadows Paperback Library novels, and much more!

Author and editor Rich Handley visits the podcast to discuss the Creation of Adam & Eve and Dream Curse storylines. Concurrent plots and characters are also discussed, including star-crossed lovers Jeff/Peter and Vicki, Elizabeth’s obsession with being buried alive, the diabolical machinations of Cassandra and Nicholas Blair, the mad science of Dr. Eric Lang, Diabolos, vampire Angelique, Tom Jennings, Maggie’s memories, Professor Stokes, and more!