Fun Time Horror Show

Lucas Garza & Tommy Bell

The All New Fun Time Horror Show, a 2023 relaunch of the classic horror variety show. The only format is there is no format. Every episode will be a unique experience covering a wide array of content including true crime, ghost stories, UFO's, creepy pasta reenactments and more. All of the stories we cover will have a certain level or grossness and overall weirdness while some will contain extreme depictions of gore and violence so we recommend to use discretion when listening. To support our show, simply go to https://funtimehorror.buzzsprout.com and click the HEART icon. You can also support the Show with the following: Cash App: $funtimehorror, Buy Me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/funtimehorror, Patreon: patreon.com/FunTimeHorrorShow922, Pay Pal: @funtimehorror read less

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Fun Time Horror Show is a horror variety podcast. Hosts Lucas Garza and Tommy Bell explore topics ranging from true crime to horror movies. The hosts take a lighthearted approach to these horror stories, fact or fiction. Horror fans of all kinds are likely to find something of interest in this show.

Listeners hear stories from the scary side of Reddit, like the "Russian Sleep Experiment." The creepypasta tells of volunteers for a military experiment with disastrous results. The volunteers take an experimental drug that prevents them from sleeping. After enough time, the participants experience psychosis. The story was so visceral and realistic that many thought it was a true account. Another creepypasta the guys explore is "Mr. Bear's Cellar." The podcast reenacts the fictional story, which follows a horrific "children's" TV show.

On true crime episodes, the stories listeners hear are both terrifying and real.Fun Time Horror Show has examined the details of several serial killers. Alexander Pichushkin, the Chessboard Killer, is a morbid example. The Russian serial killer claimed 60 victims, though authorities only proved 49. Lucas and Tommy also examine true stories of cult leaders like the Children of Thunder. Leader Glenn Helzer and his devotees murdered five people. They plotted to overtake the Mormon Church and usher in doomsday.

Besides the main topics, which the show may split into two episodes, there are also "After Parties." In these episodes, Lucas and Tommy review their latest episode. These recaps are more relaxed than regular episodes. Even on the main episodes, listeners can expect a spontaneous show without a lot of structure. Beyond true crime, the podcast evaluates ghost encounters, aliens, and more. All archived episodes of Fun Time Horror Show are available.

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#36 Archives: A Nightmare on North Marshall St., Part 2

#36 Archives: A Nightmare on North Marshall St., Part 2

Part 2 of 2.On this archive installment of our show, we cover the story of Gary Heidnik.On November 25, 1986, Heidnik abducted a 25-year-old woman named Josefina Rivera. By January 1987, he had kidnapped another four women, whom he held captive in a pit in the basement of his house at 3520 North Marshall Street in North Philadelphia. The captives were raped, beaten, and tortured.Support the show

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#36 Archives: A Nightmare on North Marshall St., Part 2

#36 Archives: A Nightmare on North Marshall St., Part 2

Part 2 of 2.On this archive installment of our show, we cover the story of Gary Heidnik.On November 25, 1986, Heidnik abducted a 25-year-old woman named Josefina Rivera. By January 1987, he had kidnapped another four women, whom he held captive in a pit in the basement of his house at 3520 North Marshall Street in North Philadelphia. The captives were raped, beaten, and tortured.Support the show

#35 Archives: A Nightmare on North Marshall St., Part 1

#35 Archives: A Nightmare on North Marshall St., Part 1

Part 1 of 2.On this archive installment of our show, we cover the story of Gary Heidnik.On November 25, 1986, Heidnik abducted a 25-year-old woman named Josefina Rivera. By January 1987, he had kidnapped another four women, whom he held captive in a pit in the basement of his house at 3520 North Marshall Street in North Philadelphia. The captives were raped, beaten, and tortured.Support the show

#34 Archives: Satan House

#34 Archives: Satan House

This was a good one! Lucas shares a person story of a haunting he encountered as a young man in this archived episode of FTHS's first run.Support the show

#33 Archives: Interview with an Exorcist, Part 2

#33 Archives: Interview with an Exorcist, Part 2

This is Part 2.Another oldie but a goodie. Tommy and Lucas interview Robert Martin, an exorcist, in this original episode from the first rendition of FTHS.Support the show

#32 Archives: Interview with an Exorcist, Part 1

#32 Archives: Interview with an Exorcist, Part 1

Another oldie but a goodie. Tommy and Lucas interview Robert Martin, an exorcist, in this original episode from the first rendition of FTHS.Support the show

#31 Archives: Interview of Steph Brady, Paranormal Investigator

#31 Archives: Interview of Steph Brady, Paranormal Investigator

This is one of the very first episodes ever. Tommy sits down with Steph Brady in FTHS's first interview session. Steph was the founder of SPIRIT paranormal research group and agreed to sit down and answer a few questions for us about this hobby of hers. Enjoy!Support the show

#30 Tommy & Lucas vs. A Haunted Prison

#30 Tommy & Lucas vs. A Haunted Prison

In this episode, we just sit around and recount the time we got invited to do a real life ghost hunt with our good friend, Steph Brady, of SPIRIT paranormal investigations.Support the show

#29 Recap, BBQ and Normal, Everyday Cannibalism

#29 Recap, BBQ and Normal, Everyday Cannibalism

We discuss what's been going on the last couple of months, talk about Lucas' last episode about the tamale ladies and Tommy goes down a rabbit hole starting with bbq and ending with other ideas about cannibalism. Support the show

#28 Don't Just Look at It, Eat It

#28 Don't Just Look at It, Eat It

New FTHS Tamales, only $15 a dozen. Just don't ask us what's in them...it's a secret.Support the show

#27 Archives: The Holodomor & Andrei Chikatilo

#27 Archives: The Holodomor & Andrei Chikatilo

This is a classis FTHS episode.Holodomor literally translated from Ukrainian means "death by hunger", "killing by hunger, killing by starvation", or sometimes "murder by hunger or starvation.Andrei was a Soviet serial killer nicknamed The Butcher of Rostov, The Rostov Ripper, and The Red Ripper who sexually assaulted, murdered, and mutilated at least fifty-two women and children between 1978 and 1990 in the Russian SFSR, the Ukrainian SSR, and the Uzbek SSR. Support the show

#26 Archives: Russian Sleep Experiment

#26 Archives: Russian Sleep Experiment

The Russian Sleep Experiment is a creepypasta which tells the tale of 5 test subjects being exposed to an experimental sleep-inhibiting stimulant in a Soviet-era scientific experiment, which has become the basis of an urban legend. Many news organizations, including Snopes, News.com.au, and LiveAbout, trace the story's origins to a website, now known as the Creepypasta Wiki, being posted on August 10, 2010, by a user named OrangeSoda, whose real name is unknown.Support the show

#25 Archives: Ballad of the Chessboard Killer

#25 Archives: Ballad of the Chessboard Killer

Alexander Yuryevich Pichushkin, also known as the Chessboard Killerand the Bitsa Park Maniac, is a Russian serial killer who is believed to have killed at least forty-nine people, and possibly as many as sixty, between 1992 and 2006. Pichushkin was active in Moscow's Bitsa Park, where a number of the victims' bodies were found. Support the show

#24 Recap, Reincarnation & Randomness

#24 Recap, Reincarnation & Randomness

This is a fun one. In this episode, we do a recap and touch on episode #23 with more insights, Lucas shares stories of reincarnation and throughout this episode, we get off topic constantly with other random stories and insights dealing with death in general.Support the show

#23 Death for the Whole World to See

#23 Death for the Whole World to See

Extreme discretion is advised with this episode...even more than usual. This episodes contains two short stories involving suicide caught on live television...those of Christine Chubbuck and R. Budd Dwyer.Support the show

#22 Archives: Mr. Bear's Cellar

#22 Archives: Mr. Bear's Cellar

Another archive being released from our previous rendition of FTHS. This was our first attempt at putting together our own version of a Creepy Pasta story and, if we may say so ourselves, knocked it way out of the park!Support the show

#21 The You Can't Win Game

#21 The You Can't Win Game

Just a simply fun episode where Lucas runs through the gambit of an extremely morbid, choose your own adventure scenario written by Tommy where one simply cannot win.Support the show

#20 Archives: Cults: Jonestown Part 2

#20 Archives: Cults: Jonestown Part 2

For Part 2, we'd like to give a special warning as this episode will contain the actual audio of the Jonestown deaths as they occurred.Support the show

#19 Archives: Cults: Jonestown

#19 Archives: Cults: Jonestown

This is an archive of an episode from the original FTHS.From Wikipedia: The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name "Jonestown", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American cult under the leadership of Jim Jones. Jonestown became internationally infamous when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918 people died at the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. The name of the settlement became synonymous with the incidents at those locations.In total, 909 individuals died in Jonestown itself, all but two from apparent cyanide poisoning, a significant number of whom were injected against their will, in an event termed "revolutionary suicide" by Jones and some Peoples Temple members on an audio tape of the event, and in prior recorded discussions. The poisonings in Jonestown followed the murder of five others by Temple members at Port Kaituma, including U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan, an act that Jones ordered. Four other Temple members committed murder-suicide in Georgetown at Jones' command.Terms used to describe the deaths in Jonestown and Georgetown have evolved over time. Many contemporary media accounts after the events called the deaths a mass suicide, In contrast, later sources refer to the deaths with terms such as mass murder-suicide,[6] a massacre, or simply mass murder. Seventy or more individuals at Jonestown were injected with poison, and a third of the victims (304) were minors. Guards armed with firearms and crossbows had been ordered to shoot anyone who attempted to flee the settlement as Jones lobbied for suicide.Support the show

#18 Cults: The Children of Thunder After Party

#18 Cults: The Children of Thunder After Party

This is a recap of #17, The Children of Thunder. If you haven't heard that episode yet, check it out first before playing this episode.Support the show

#17 Cults: The Children of Thunder

#17 Cults: The Children of Thunder

From Wikapedia: Glenn Taylor Helzer (born July 26, 1970) is a self-declared prophet, former cult leader and spree killer who founded and led the Children of Thunder.[1] Helzer and his followers murdered five people as part of an extortion plot intended to culminate with Helzer taking over the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and hastening the return of Christ; among their victims was Selina Bishop, daughter of blues guitarist Elvin Bishop.[2]Support the show