Ding Dong Darkness Time
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Introducing Allison's New Podcast: Vintage Villains -- Episode 1 Belle Gunness
06 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
That's right, Ding Dongs. The Queen is starting a SECOND podcast. It's specifically geared toward historical true crime (cases prior to 1980, ...
Coming Soon: Vintage Villains -- A Historical True Crime Podcast
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming March 1st, a historical true crime podcast hosted by the Queen Ding Dong herself, Allison Dickson.
44: It's Time to Talk About 'Gone Girl'
23 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The topic of Gone Girl was an inevitable for this show. The 2012 bestselling phenomenon by Gillian Flynn blew millions of readers away with its stunni...
Joining The Silver Linings Handbook: Our Fascination with Darkness
27 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, Allison appeared on the Silver Linings Handbook with Jayson Blair to discuss our collective fascination with darkness. Why do some of us lov...
43: Ding Dong Movie Time -- The Menu
17 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we prepare to hunker down to stuff our faces with delicious delights this holiday season, Allison and her trusty movie buddy Josh from Press Play a...
42: Let's Talk About Witchcraft
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For the ultimate Halloween celebration, it seemed an opportune time to discuss another well-known trope of the season. This week we're joined by...
41: Let's Talk About Werewolves
24 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week of spooky month, Allison and Jayson Blair of the Silver Linings Handbook podcast sit down for a thoughtful discussion on the long history an...
40: Let's Talk About Zombies
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Last year, friend of the show Brett from The Prosecutors podcast came on to talk with Allison about ghosts and his time as a paranormal investigator. ...
39: Let's Talk About Vampires
09 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're getting tropey with it this October, with a series of episodes on some core spooky creatures and lore. And no such event would be complete ...
38: Bad Art, Pulp Cinema, and the Wonders of Tubi
02 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Allison sits down with famed author Ed Kurtz to discuss his new anthology, IN THE COLD, COLD GROUND coming soon from Cemetery Dance, but th...
37: Ding Dong Movie Time -- The Banshees of Inisherin
01 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Better late than never! Back in Episode 29, Allison and her fellow cinephile Josh Bermont discussed director Martin McDonagh's amazing debut crim...
36: Finale -- The Cult of Multi-Level Marketing Companies
14 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of their coverage on multi-level marketing companies, Allison and Beverly delve into the darkest of the dark side of these schemes...
Ding Dong Ditch: Amway is STILL a Scam, Bae
24 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allison and Beverly are BACK to tie up some loose ends from the original Amway episode with this first Ding Dong Ditch episode that has a guest! We d...
Ding Dong Ditch: The Pinkerton Detective Agency -- Heroes or Hired Thugs?
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Recently, news reported on the raid of a YouTuber's home by the Pinkerton agency in the recovery of some potentially ill-gotten gains.Magic: The ...
Joining the 80s High Podcast: 'The Mystery of Al Capone's Vaults'
14 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
It was a billed as the biggest sensation of its time in 1986 when famed TV journalist Geraldo Rivera brought us a 2 hour live special all about the in...
35: Ding Dong Movie Time -- In Bruges
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allison and Josh from the Press Play and Scream podcast are back yet again to jibjab about some wacky flicks! This time, they're taking on the br...
Ding Dong Ditch: The Whirlwind Life and Tragic Death of Jayne Mansfield
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
She was one of the last of the blonde bombshell stars of the 20th century, a singer, actress, comedian, and a cunning rival of Marilyn Monroe. Her lif...
34: Amway is a Scam, Bae: The Cult of Multi-Level Marketing Companies -- Part 2
18 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of their dive into MLMs, Allison and Beverly pull two more beefy deceivers out of the hat: Amway and Primerica.Whereas a lot of MLM...
33: Pyramid Worship: The Cult of Multi-Level Marketing Companies -- Part 1
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this first of a multi-part series, Allison and her pal Beverly start a journey of revelation and personal reminiscence through the shady world of m...
32: Ding Dong Movie Time: Apocalypse Now and the Hearts of Darkness
26 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In 1979, Francis Ford Coppola released Apocalypse Now, his stunning, surreal Vietnam war-fueled adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1899 book, The Hear...
31: Ten Countries, Ten Mysteries: International True Crime -- Part 2 of 2
20 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're wrapping up our global tour of the Top 10 Ding Dong Countries by bringing you a mystery from the final five. What are they? Well... we&apos...
30: Ten Countries, Ten Mysteries: International True Crime Part 1 of 2
13 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As promised when we celebrated the Top 10 American listener cities by bringing you an interesting mystery from each one, Allison and Chris are back to...
29: Ding Dong Movie Time: The Descent
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Allison and Chris descend into a discussion of one of their favorite horror films of all time, the 2005 subterranean masterpiece, The Desce...
28: Ten Cities, Ten Mysteries -- A True Crime Bonanza Part 2 of 2
15 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allison and Chris round out the shout-out to the show's most popular listener cities by bringing you some pretty heavy hitting mysteries from the...
27: Ten Cities, Ten Mysteries -- A True Crime Bonanza Part 1 of 2
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
At the end of 2022, Allison and Chris decided to craft something of a love letter to the Top 10 cities that regularly tune in to Ding Dong Darkness Ti...
26: The Cult of Teal Swan Part 2 of 2: If She's An Alien, She's Not a Very Nice One
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Allison, Chris, and Beverly are back this week to wrap up their discussion on controversial cult... or spiritual influencer Teal Swan, and forewarning...
25: The Cult of Teal Swan Part 1 of 2: The Fathoms of Deceit
23 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We're continuing our cults series by diving into what we've termed Cults 2.0, the online self-help gurus who've made it their mission to d...
Ding Dong Ditch: Let's Talk About Pain
16 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yes that's right, Ding Dongs. Allison is back after a longer than intended hiatus. In this short episode, she talks a little bit about the circum...
Ding Dong Ditch: Why True Crime?
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the final episode of 2022, we decided to close out the year on a reflection of why so many of us love the genre of true crime. Though it's im...
24: Class of Cults - Doomsday Cults and The Order of the Solar Temple
07 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who would have guessed that the disbandment of the Knights Templar in 1309 would have led to centuries of people scrambling to lay claim to their lega...
Ding Dong Ditch: Three Incredible Heists You Might Not Know About
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this Ding Dong Ditch episode, Allison does short dives on three incredible heists that netted millions of dollars in stolen assets.The robbery of t...
Joining The Prosecutors Podcast: Adolfo Constanzo and the Cult of Narcosatanism
23 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This special holiday week, let us all give thanks for the lovely Brett and Alice over on The Prosecutors, who had Allison on to talk about a particula...
23: Class of Cults -- The Long Tide of the Moonies aka The Unification Church
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you think Reverend Sun Myoung Moon was merely interested in mass marriages in baseball stadiums, then buckle up, because there is a whole lot to le...
Ding Dong Ditch: Skulls, Cattle, and Lightning -- The Cults of the Neolithic Era
09 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Life was hard in early human history. And around 10,000 years ago during the Neolithic Period, when our interests turned to gathering in stationary se...
22: Class of Cults -- The Ultimate Cult Primer Episode
02 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a psychology nerd or always wanted to be, the premier episode of Season 3: Class of Cults is all for you. Allison gathers with two of h...
Ding Dong Ditch: Devil's Night and Other Halloween Hijinks
26 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Halloween is a time of great traditions. Most are wholesome, but some are destructive. The concept of Mischief Nights, usually preceding Halloween by ...
21: I See Dead People: Allison and Brett Talk Ghosts
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
By popular demand, Ding Dong Darkness Time strays into the spiritual realm just in time for Halloween. Brett from The Prosecutors joins Allison to tal...
20: The Found Footage Horror Movie Fest
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the spirit of the Halloween season, Allison and Chris join forces to talk about their favorite subgenre of horror: found footage! And because the...
Ding Dong Ditch: Bloody Mary, Toilet Spirits, and Black Mirrors
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's October, peak Ding Dong Darkness Month, and this episode gets things off with a roaring start by summoning Bloody Mary and what other toilet...
Ding Dong Ditch: The Sodder Family Mystery
28 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Twas the night before Christmas in 1945, and the Sodder family was settling in for the night at their Fayetteville, West Virginia home. However, in th...
Ding Dong Ditch: Royal Incest is Whack
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Queen Elizabeth II has died, so this seems a great time to talk about incest in royal bloodlines. Focus is mainly on the Habsburg Dynasty of the 1600s...
Ding Dong Ditch: Humans Consuming Humans -- Mummy Edition
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Let's talk about cannibalism! Specifically medical cannibalism. Humans have been using corpses medicinally for centuries. A little ground up skul...
Ding Dong Ditch: Folie à Deux -- Three Cases of Shared Delusions
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There are countless examples in true crime of the psychiatric phenomenon Folie à Deux, also known as shared delusion or shared psychosis. In this sho...
Ding Dong Darkness Time Trailer
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Show Credits:Graphics -- Nathaniel Dickson: http://ndickson.comMusic -- Spencer Morelock, Ken DicksonDing Dong Darkness Time Media:Twitter: @dddarknes...
Ding Dong Ditch: Chemical Warfare and the Attack of the Dead Men
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All war is hell, but World War I was a rare breed of nightmarish, thanks in large part to the advances of the Industrial Revolution, and in particular...
Ding Dong Ditch: On Freezing Your Corpse After Death
17 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A Norwegian man died in 1989 and his grandson had his cryogenically frozen corpse placed into a shed up in Nederland, Colorado. Hijinks ensued, and to...
Ding Dong Ditch: Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, Light as a Feather. That childhood slumber party staple that some would swear has some kind of actual sorcery involved. But what are its origins? ...
Ding Dong Ditch: The 'My Way' Killings of the Philippines
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Karaoke is a harmless enough pastime, but sometimes it can get you killed. This is especially true if you try to sing Frank Sinatra's classic tun...
Ding Dong Ditch: Methamphetamines and World War II
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 1944, a Finnish ski patrol soldier named Aimo Koivunen outran a Soviet platoon after this unit was besieged in the Laplands. It was a testament of ...
19: Stephen King Short Stories -- The Man in the Black Suit and 1408
27 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Everything's Eventual, y'all. Including the ultimate ending of our Stephen King Boogaloo! But Allison and Chris want to go out on a haunting...
Joining the 80s High Podcast -- All About Stephen King's IT
18 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Back in October of 2021, before the dawn of the Darkness Time, Allison visited the 80s High podcast to talk with Ben and Chris about Stephen King&apos...
18: Stephen King's Maximum Overdrive
10 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It's the finale of Season 2: Stephen King Boogaloo! Chris and Allison have packed this thing to the gills doing a full exploration of the piece o...
17: Stephen King's Hearts in Atlantis
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Allison is joined by author and poet Jaclyn Youhana Garver to discuss one of Stephen King's most under-read books, Hearts in Atlantis....
16: Stephen King's The Stand -- Reading About a Pandemic During One
26 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week Allison sits down with post-apocalyptic fiction author David Kazzie to discuss what is largely considered Stephen King's most epic and ...
15: Stephen King's The Shawshank Redemption
18 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week's Stephen King discussion intersects with our love of true crime. And because our special guest, Kate Jenkins, happens to be a lawyer, ...
14: Stephen King's Stand By Me Part 2 -- Big Goocher Energy
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the second part of our episode on The Body and Stand By Me, Allison, Chris, and Kate dive to the depths of the emotional core of this tale and all ...
13: Stephen King's The Body and Stand By Me Part 1 -- I Brought the Comb!
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Allison, Chris, and special guest Kate Jenkins set out on a journey to explore Stephen King's best known coming of age tale, The Body,...
12: Stephen King's Pet Sematary Part 2 -- Sometimes Dead is Better
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Picking right back up where we left off in Part 1 (please listen to that one first if you haven't!), Allison and James D.F. Hannah delve into the...
11: Stephen King's Pet Sematary Part 1 -- The Soil of a Man's Heart is Stonier
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, crime author James D.F. Hannah comes on to discuss Stephen King's most terrifying novel, Pet Sematary, a book that King himself thinks...
10: Stephen King's Night Shift
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join Allison and her special guest, author and teacher Terri Lynn Coop, as they dissect pretty much every single story in Stephen King's legendar...
9: Stephen King's The Mist, and Other Cosmic Horrors
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our journey into the heart of Stephen King's darkness takes a distinct Lovecraftian turn. And joining us for the discussion this week is the alwa...
8: Stephen King's Misery -- Leave Annie Wilkes Alone!
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the premier of Season 2! We're devoting this entire season to the works of Stephen King, and right out of the gate, we have Allison an...
7: Visiting the Ashmore Estates Asylum
13 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode that was originally intended to be part of Haunting Architecture, Allison and Chris talk about their adventure in the sweltering...
6: Dancing Plagues and Other Shared Madness
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week, Allison and Chris dig deep into their own shared love and education in psychology to talk about the Dancing Plague of 1518, one of many suc...
5: The Twilight Zone Movie Incident (aka Eff John Landis)
02 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We're joined on this episode by two of the coolest cats in the movie podcasting realm, Joshua and Kelly from Press Play and Scream, to dissect an...
4: Darkness on Canvas -- Strange Paintings
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bust out the oils, canvases, doilies, existential dread, and brawling swords, because it's time to talk about dark paintings and painters! First,...
3: The Sarah Winchester Mansion and Other Strange Buildings
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Allison and Chris take an expansive journey to some of the human built structures that have haunted their minds.Beginning in California with the Winch...
2: Blucifer and the Denver International Airport Conspiracies
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bathed in searing cobalt blue paint and gazing at the world through glaring red eyes, the 30-foot tall horse statue known as Mustang (or Blucifer to t...
1: The Devil's Interval
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For the first episode of our season on the dark arts (no Harry Potter), join Allison and Chris as they literally and figuratively set the tone for thi...