Season 5 - Ep. 109 Horror is Like a Jar of Salsa with Johann Trotter
Our guest this week is Johann Trotter, a researcher who lives in Northern Ireland. But her hobby gone wild is horror in all its forms. She is a self-professed horror junkie. She is a bit obsessed with Stephen King, but on her instagram page @jobis89, you can find a wide variety of non-Stephen King horror book suggestions and reviews to make any spooky reader happy.
She is currently doing a two year project to read a horror book set in each of the 50 US States. We do a deep dive into the horror genre this week.
Books mentioned--
1- Turn of the Screw by Henry James
2- The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
3- His Hideous Heart edited by Dahlia Adler
4- "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allan Poe
5- "The Oval Portrait" by Edgar Allan Poe
6- Roald Dahl books
7- Goosebumps series
8- Babysitters Club series
9- The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein
10 Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkein
11- The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
12- Whisper Man by Alex North
13- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
14- Dracula by Bram Stoker
15- In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
16- Moon Over Babylon by Michael McDowell
17- The Elementals by Michael McDowell
18- The Haunting of Alma Fielding: A True Story by Kate Summerscale
19- Ghost Story by Peter Straub
20- A Spindle Splintered by Alix E. Harrow
Johann's Top Horror Writers
1- Stephen King
2- H. P. Lovecraft
3- Clive Barker
4- Ania Ahlborn
5- David Sodergren
6- Kealan Patrick Burke
Websites/ phone app mentioned--
The Storygraph
Podcasts mentioned--
1- Ghost Stories from the London Dungeon
2- Poe Theater on the Air
TV/Movies mentioned--
1- Only Murders in the Building
2- A Nightmare on Elm Street
3- Scream
4- Trick or Treat
5- Halloween
6- Sleepy Hollow
7- Hocus Pocus
Music mentioned--
1- The Evil Eye and the Hideous Heart, composed by Alan Lee Silva