The Dark Mind Podcast
by Vincent Midgard
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Brad Ricks: Patience, Dread, and Dead Mountain
Brad Ricks: Patience, Dread, and Dead Mountain
About this podcast
Join your intrepid host, Vincent Midgard, as he interviews writers and filmmakers who produce works in dark literature and film, including horror, noir, gothic, as well as nonfiction and documentaries on dark subject matter.
Episodes
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- Brad Ricks: Patience, Dread, and Dead Mountain · 1 h 2 min · Season 26 Episode 4Brad Ricks returns to The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss Dead Mountain, his new creature horror novel set in Dyatlov Pass. In 1959, nine experienced hikers cut their way out of…
- Taylor Grothe on Tenure, Masking, and Monsters in Academia · 1 h 8 min · Season 26 Episode 3Taylor Grothe joins The Dark Mind Podcast to talk about Lethal Kiss, their sapphic dark academia horror romance from Tor Nightfire. We get into why a university is the perfect…
- Mathilda Zeller: Folklore, Family, and the Kushtuka · 56 min · Season 26 Episode 2Horror author Mathilda Zeller joins The Dark Mind Podcast to talk about her novel It Looks Like You in the Dark, out October 13, 2026, from Tor Nightfire. The book expands…
- Robert P. Ottone on Amityville, Art Bell, and the Night the Teletype Rang · 1 h 16 min · Season 26 Episode 1What happens to a haunting when the most famous haunted house in America is finally torn down? Two-time Bram Stoker Award-winning author Robert P. Ottone joins The Dark Mind…
- Marc E. Fitch: Horror, Human Nature, and Moral Complicity · 1 h 15 min · Season 25 Episode 9On this episode of The Dark Mind Podcast, horror author and investigative reporter Marc E. Fitch joins me to discuss his new short story collection, There Was No One There. We…
- Chris Panatier on Fatherhood, Fear, and Intrusive Thoughts · 1 h 5 min · Season 25 Episode 8Chris Panatier returns to The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his new novel Worry Box, out September 22 from Angry Robot. The book follows the Martin family as they move into a new…
- Megan Mostyn-Brown: Writing Horror That Eats at Us · 1 h 6 min · Season 25 Episode 7Megan Mostyn-Brown joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss her debut horror novel, The Need. The novel follows a family living with a rare genetic disorder that requires those who…
- James Oliver: Building the Debilitator Splatterverse · 1 h 21 min · Season 25 Episode 6Extreme horror author, audiobook narrator, and Sadistic Force musician James Oliver joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss Debilitator: A Collection of Wretchedness. His first…
- Mike Salt: Isolation, Art, and Cosmic Dread · 1 h 13 min · Season 25 Episode 5Author Mike Salt joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his psychological horror novel No One Was Ever Really in This Place. The story follows Felix, a man struggling with…
- Alex Grass: From Mortuary School to Weird Fiction · 1 h 3 min · Season 25 Episode 4EPISODE DESCRIPTION Author Alex Grass joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror, a collection held together by an intuitive cadence and a…
- A.P. Thayer: Hunger, Identity, and Parasitic Horror · 1 h 9 min · Season 25 Episode 3A.P. Thayer joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his debut horror novel, Tapeworm.Set in the isolated California desert, the novel combines parasitic vampires, body horror…
- Lauren Lee Smith: The Night Pool, Feminist Horror, and Forgotten History · 55 min · Season 25 Episode 2Author Lauren Lee Smith joins The Dark Mind to discuss her debut novel, The Night Pool. Set in Gold Rush-era Coloma, California, the novel follows three women confronting human…
- Kailee Pedersen on Opera, Horror, and the Cost of Perfection · 1 h 7 min · Season 25 Episode 1Kailee Pedersen returns to discuss her new psychological novel, The Minimalist. The story follows gifted composer Mia Voss as she inherits her late mentor’s unfinished final…
- T. R. Napper: AI, Oligarchs, and the God of Technology · 57 min · Season 24 Episode 9T. R. Napper returns to The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his new collection, This Machine Kills Billionaires. Anchored by the award-winning novella The Hidden God, the…
- Boris Bacic: Appalachia, Slavic Folklore, and Domestic Terror · 57 min · Season 24 Episode 8Boris Bacic returns to the show to discuss his new psychological horror novel, The Thing That Followed You Home. Three years after his wife Ava dies following a trip to the…
- Jeff Strand: The Dark Comedy of Digital Addiction · 1 h 10 min · Season 24 Episode 7Jeff Strand joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his new novel, Fun Times at the Bloodbath. The book follows Margo, whose brother dies during the beta test of a video game so…
- Haunted Houses, Catholic Guilt, and Cosmic Grief With Michael Boulerice · 1 h 12 min · Season 24 Episode 6In this episode, Vincent Midgard sits down with horror author Michael Boulerice to discuss his novella Inhalation. Michael talks about writing the book as a tribute to his late…
- Philosophy, Murder, and Radical Freedom with Charlene Elsby · 1 h 7 min · Season 24 Episode 5On this episode, philosopher and author Charlene Elsby joins the show to discuss her novel Poor Damned Souls. The book follows a nameless narrator who works behind the glass at…
- When Protection Becomes Possession with Cleo Ballard · 1 h 6 min · Season 24 Episode 4Cleo Ballard joins the show to discuss her new psychological thriller, This Is a Lie.The novel follows Penn, a former PhD candidate who traded her dissertation for a curated…
- The Horror of Being Seen but Not Known, Mark Mustian · 1 h 8 min · Season 24 Episode 3Mark Mustian joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss his newest novel, Boy With Wings. The book follows Johnny Cruel, a boy born different in a world desperate to call him angel…
