Twin Terrors Macabre Manor of Mead Metal and Mayhem
Episodes
Episode 242: Halloween 2022 -- Kwaidan (1964 Japanese horror film)
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to more spooky goodness at the Manor! We're continuing Jody's spooooooky arc with the third Japanese horror films, this time it being 1964's...
Episode 241: Halloween 2022 -- Shaun of the Dead
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Halloween's spooky season here at the Manor! Our bonus episode this week is on the first of the Cornetto trilogy, that excellent Rom...
Episode 240: Halloween 2022 -- Kuroneko
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more horrific Samhain spookiness! Our doubling up of episodes for spooky season consists of four Japanese horror movies, as recommen...
Episode 239: Halloween 2022 -- Ugetsu (1958 Japanese horror movie)
12 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to spooky season at the Manor! For this week's special episode, we talk about Ugetsu, the 1958 Japanese horror movie. You'll see this...
Episode 238: Halloween 2022 - our annual Hallowre’ad book reviews and suggestions
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more spooky season shenanigans at the Manor! Pour a pint and enjoy our annual Hallowre'ad where we give some recommendations and rev...
Episode237: Halloween 2022 -- the ghost ship The Flying Dutchman
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more spooky season spooky fun! In this episode we talk about the mysterious ghost ship The Flying Dutc...
Episode 236: Halloween 2022 -- Glorious the movie (a Lovecraftian Glory Hole)
05 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to spooky season again! For the first non-Friday episode of our October Blitzkrieg, we're talking about Glorio...
Episode 235: Bolton Haunted Pubs
30 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We recorded this episode a couple months ago, but thought an episode about haunted pubs would make for a great pre-Hallow...
Episode 234: Tommy Bolin (part 5)
23 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! And welcome back to our Tommy Bolin arc with the final episode before Tommy overlaps with another main topic that we've d...
Episode 233: Hobbit Day 2022! Second Breakfast and Foods of Middle Earth
16 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! It's Hobbit Day, which also means it is our anniversary episode! We eat (and talk about) second breakfasts and foods of...
Episode 232: Ravenwood Meadery
09 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and get ready for some honey mead fun. We've already mentioned Ravenwood Meadery once in the podcast, but it was so good, ...
Episode 231: People who overlap with several podcast themes and episodes
02 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This time, we both discuss one person/place/thing that overlaps with our podcast episodes. From horror to Tolkien to mu...
Episode 230: Yes!
26 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! I asked Jody if he wanted to record and he said "yes." I asked what topic and he said "yes." So this is episode is ab...
Episode 229: Monty Python series 3 (part 4)
19 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to the last of our Monty Python series 3 episodes! It's a sad day, as after this, John Cleese will no lon...
Episode 228: Hoosier Cryptids
12 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to another cryptid episode! This time we give 11 Indiana cryptids (this episode goes to 11). Don't be too sp...
Episode 227: two Lovecraft short stories
05 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We do love us some Lovecraft. In fact, we've both recently read a short story by the author, without realizing the othe...
Episode 226: Tommy Bolin (part 4)
29 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and the ever expanding Tommy Bolin arc! We're in episode 4 now, with one more before we get to an overlap with another ser...
Episode 225: Monty Python Series 3 (part 3 -- background to series 3 and episodes 8, 9, and 10)
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to what is quite possibly the shortest Python episode we've ever done, besides that first one on the exact date ...
Episode 224: A Personal Album Each
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week we get a little deep and not quite as flippant (though the jocularity is still there). We've eached picked an...
Episode 223: A Mead Tasting!
08 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Terrors Mead episode! This time, we're tasting several meads from various meaderies and giving our thoughts. More fun than anyt...
Episode 222: Cowboy Bebop (the animated and the live action series)
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This week we get into one of Jody's biggest fandoms (and even James thinks its pretty darn good, too), Cowboy Bebop! We...
Episode 221: Monty Python University Years and Series 3 (part 2)
24 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to another 50th anniversary Monty Python arc! Series 3 turns 50 this year, so we're continuing the streak...
Episode 220: James Bond’s infamous intro music and our favorite theme songs
17 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Mix yourself a Stinger or a Vesper martini, light your cigarette, and flirt with your nearest cocktail server. Or pour ...
Episode 219: The Casual Reader’s Guide to James Joyce’s Ulysses and Bloomsday on its 100th Anniversary
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to ye olde pub of the Manor! Or whatever makes it sound like we're ordering a pint of the black stuff in Dublin in the early 1900s. W...
Episode 218: A Q&A with the Terrors!
03 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We've dusted off and refurbished an oldie. At the very beginning of the podcast, we recorded a question and answer epis...
Episode 217: Monty Python Series 3 (part 1)
27 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to another 50th anniversary Monty Python arc! Series 3 turns 50 this year, so we're continuing the streak...
Episode 216: Towel Day 2022 - songs that inspired Douglas Adams’ writing of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
20 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! As a special Towel Day episode (the day that commemorates that most excellent of writers, Douglas Adams, author of that w...
Episode 215 -- Tolkien fan theories
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Macabre Manor! Today we're delving into Tolkien fan theories. Jody harshes on the eagles into Mordor and James gives his theor...
Episode 214 -- a Macabre Mother’s Day special: our favorite women
06 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Our moms are awesome, and so are so many more women, moms or not. Join us as we mention our favorite female actresses/mus...
Episode 213: Runnin’ With the Demon - Van Halen meets the Demon of KISS
29 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! In this episode, we're revisiting two of our favorite bands to discuss: Van Halen and KISS! Back in the day, Gene Simmo...
Episode 212 --James Bond part 1: Hammer Films crossovers
22 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! This episode is the first of a series of James Bond episodes, just in time for the 60th anniversary of the film series, s...
Episode 211 --Monty Python’s 50th anniversaries of And Now For Something Completely Different and of Fliegender Zirkus
15 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! It's a first here with the Terrors. We've actually managed to discuss a Monty Python anniversary in one episode! And ...
Episode 210 -- Tommy Bolin part 3
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Join in as we finish up our Tommy Bolin arc, that wondrous fret shredder. We will have more on Tommy later, but in conj...
Episode 209 -- Backward Masking is a Fools Game
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We've finally decided to do our long promised backward masking episode! Seems like a good day for it. MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA...
Episode 208 -- Tolkien Reading Day 2022 Love and Friendship
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Manor and welcome to another Tolkien Reading Day episode! This year's concept, as determined by The Tolkien Society, of which we both...
Episode 207 --The Terrors Beer Rating System
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Manor! If you've ever wondered how we rate beers here at the Macabre Manor, you're in for a treat. Get out your calculus and non-li...
Episode 206 -- The Terror’s Olympics (20 km cross country pub crawl)
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Have you ever wanted to create your own Olympic event? Well we have, and this is the episode in which we discuss it! ...
Episode 205 -- The 42nd Anniversary of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’s Secondary Phase
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Willum-welcome-be, time travelers! Pull a pint of Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster, get your brain care specialist on hold and on danger money, and join ...
Episode 204 -- Monty Python Series 2 (part5)
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the last installment of our series on the second series of that most excellent and famed British comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus...
Episode 203 -- Prostitution and Prohibition: Madam Brown and Madam Fawcett
18 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're continuing our Prohibition series with part 3 that discusses prostitution. We're focusing on two famous madams: M...
Episode 202 -- Tommy Bolin part 2
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome to part 2 of our Tommy Bolin series. Tommy Bolin, guitarist extraordinary! Don't worry. Part 3 is comi...
Episode 201: A History of Guitar Finger Tapping (featuring Eddie Van Halen)
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! And welcome to an episode James had promised many dozens of episodes ago or more.... a history of two handed tapping on t...
Episode 200: Heavy Metal and Hard Rock History episode 2 (July - Dec1964)
28 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We did it, brutes! We made it to 200! So join us in the study with a pint and pipe or whatever you want, as we present the second half of 1964 fro...
Episode 199 --Robert Burns Day 2022
21 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Welcome back to what seems to be an annual event! Robert Burns, Scottish poet, is celebrated on his birthday (January 2...
Episode 198 -- Monty Python series 2 (part 4)
14 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Make sure to pull your pint after doing your silly walk. We're continuing with our Monty Python series 2 arc! A few o...
Episode 197 --- Haunted Pub series Ye Olde Man & Scythe (plus a Seamus Lwyd Arsang update)
07 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're continuing our haunted pubs series (that we started with the A Kinda Creepy Podcast crossover back in October) with...
Episode 196 - end of 2021 spectacular! Iron Maiden (as usual) and our top ten lists of the year
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! It's our usual of the year spectacular, where we discuss Iron Maiden (as we usually do) and our top ten albums of the yea...
Episode 195 -- The Terrors present an original Ghost Story for Christmas ”The Haunted Cask”
24 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back tot the Manor! Light your pipe (Dutch style like Santa if you have it), pour a pint (or a dram or a Wassail bowl of mead), turn down th...
Episode 194 --Christmas Werewolves and Veles Wild Hunt
17 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to more Yuletide spookiness at the Manor! This episode continues our annual traditions of discussing Christmas Monsters and the Wild Hu...
Episode 193 -Yule 2021: Wassailing vs. Caroling
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Yuletide at the Manor! Where we keep Christmas well with copious pints of spiced ale and punch! This week's episode is on the diff...
Episode 192 -- Yule 2021: Arsang, the Swedish Year/Omen Walk
03 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Yule at the Manor! Hope you enjoy Smoking Bishop... as well as a drink. Ha! Jocularity. We start this Yule season with an episode...
Episode 191 -- Lucifer the Series (part 2)
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to some more Lucifer fun. Although we're now into November, we recorded such a long "Lucifer the televisi...
Episode 190 -- Thanksgiving 2021: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and the WKRP Turkey Drop
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Happy Thanksgiving! At least to those in the States. We know other countries have Thanksgiving and Harvest Festivals at...
Episode 189 -- Darin Wall of the band Greyhawk (part 2)
12 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to part 2 of our interview with Darin Wall of the heavy metal band Greyhawk. For fans of the band, you al...
Episode 188 -- Monty Python series 2 (episodes and post-university/pre-Python)
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More on Monty Python's second series! We continue with what the Pythons were doing after graduating from various universities, but before they decid...
Episode 187 -- Halloween 2021: Happy Halloween from the Terrors!
31 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A short episode to wish all of you a happy and haunted Halloween and a scary and spooky Samhain. Next week's episode continues Monty Python's seri...
Episode 186 -- Halloween 2021! An American Werewolf in London‘s 40th anniversary
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More spooky season fun at the Manor! This week we get into the most awesome of lycanthrope movies, "An American Werewolf in London." From the plot...
Episode 185: Halloween 2021 - The Highgate Vampire
26 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to spooky season at the Manor and to a spooky season extra episode! If you listened to our crossover with the "A Kinda Creepy" podcast ...
Episode 184 -- Halloween 2021! Lucifer the Band.
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to spooky season in the Manor! Keeping with our semi-theme, we're talking about that kick ass band from Germany (though now mostly Swed...
Episode 183 -- Halloween 2021! Lucifer the series (part 1)
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor, where it's spooky season all month with lots of spooky extras. Watch out for the dagger wielding ghost as you traipse thr...
Episode 182 -- Halloween 2021! Selling Your Soul at the Crossroads
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We hope you didn't get hung up at the crossroads. Unless that's what you wanted, in case you were searching for the dev...
Episode 181 -- Halloween 2021! Halloween Drinks
12 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Next week's episode is about how to sell your soul to the devil at the crossroads. Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/sh...
Episode 180 -- Halloween 2021! A Kinda Creepy Crossover!
08 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Allow us to introduce some special guests to the study, the women from A Kinda Creepy Podcast! We had a spooky crossove...
Episode 179 -- Halloween 2021! Hallowread books we‘re reading this year.
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! It's just the start of spooky season and we're sharing the books we plan on reading this year. Who knows, maybe we'll e...
Episode 178 -- Halloween 2021! History and Materials of the Ouija spirit board
01 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to spooky time in the Manor! The skeletons are dancing and the cauldron is bubbling. Get ready for lots of spooky fun! This week is...
Episode 177 -- Heavy Metal (the movie‘s soundtrack) turns 40
24 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! As promised, we're finishing our two episode series on the 40th anniversary of Heavy Metal, that most awesome of animated...
Episode 176 -- Hobbit Day 2021! Hobbit poetry
17 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Our episode on pub poetry the other week caused this year's Hobbit Day episode to be a bit shorter, but more creative. ...
Episode 175 -- The Great Dublin Whiskey Fire of 1875
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Pour yourself a wee dram of whiskey (or whisky, if you'd rather have Scotch than Irish or American) and listen to our tal...
Episode 174 -- an interview with Darin Wall of Greyhawk (part 1)
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We have a very special guest for today: Darin Wall, bassist and founding member of the heavy metal band Greyhawk! The f...
Episode 173 -- Pub Poetry and Coleridge
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Manor! It's the perfect episode to light your pipe and pour yourself a nice pint of bitter. James reads a couple selections of pub ...
Episode 172 -- Beowulf part 2 -- the adaptations
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and pour yourself some more mead, as we finish our discussion on Beowulf as we get into a few of the adaptations. Become s...
Episode 171 -- Heavy Metal (the movie) turns 40
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! As you can tell, our "next time" from last week's episode has changed. We almost missed the 40th anniversary of Heavy M...
Episode 170 -- Led Zeppelin's fourth album (part 4 of 4)
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Zepisode! Get it? Snicker snicker. We finally finish our delve into Zeppelin's magical fourth album (call it what you will - we c...
Episode 169 - Bochet Mead
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Terrors mead episode. If you're curious as to what a bochet mead is, you've come to the right place. Although really, you shoul...
Episode 168 -- The Terrors debate the first metal album
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! The Terrors debate a couple of solid albums from the late '70s to decide which should be considered the first metal album...
Episode 167 -- Live from the Pear Lounge! Beer tasting, Hobbit trivia, and general fun times.
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Another live episode! Well, live in that we recorded it together at the same actual physical location. Not live as in "we're airing this live!" ...
Episode 166 -- Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon saga of mead, metal, and mayhem (part 1)
09 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Today's topic truly is one that deserves a mazer or horn of mead. We've both read a few different translations of Beowu...
Episode165 -- Led Zeppelin's Fourth Album (part 3)
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to another Zepisode! I can't believe it took James this long to come up with that pun. We continue with our delve into Zeppelin's magical ...
Episode 164 - a Midsummer's Hike
25 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Okay... so something happened and the episodes got out of whack. Anyway, screw it, we recorded it, and it's not as thou...
Episode 163 -- Monty Python series 2 (part 2)
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More on Monty Python's second series! Our jocular anecdotes on their first three episodes. Next week's episode is about (stay tuned - we have no i...
Episode 162 -- Tommy Bolin (the beginnings)
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! If you you know who Tommy Bolin is, you'll love this. If not, you'll love him after listening! Such an excellent guit...
Episode 161 -- Led Zeppelin's Fourth album (part 2)
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more Zeppelin! It's the 50th anniversary of their most excellent fourth album and we're continuing our...
Episode 160 -- The Dragon's Rafters (If we could own a pub...)
28 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Have you ever wanted to own your own pub? We definitely do. Here's what each of us would want for our own pubs. ...
Episode 159 -- Monty Python: Post-University and Series 2
21 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Next week's episode is about (stay tuned - we have no idea right now!). Get in touch with us at Podbean: https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-4pks...
Episode158 -- The Lord of the Rings characters we most identify with (and more!)
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our Manorly Hobbit hole! We're delving into Moria again, discussing which Lord of the Rings characters with whom we best identify (s...
Episode 157 -- Led Zeppelin's fourth album (part 1 of 4)
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor and welcome back to more Zeppelin! It's the 50th anniversary of their most excellent fourth album and we start with the wr...
Episode 156 -- Witches Night 2021! Walpurgisnacht!
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our annual Witches' Night episode! Last time was on Toad Cults, but this year we went all out on the actual sabbat itself! Come and lis...
Episode 155 -- Deep Purple's "Stormbringer"
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor as the Terrors continue with Deep Purple, as we discuss their album "Stormbringer," final album of their Mark III line-up. ...
Episode 154 -- Shire Pub Crawl
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Have you ever wanted to do a Shire pub crawl? We give you ideas on how to do so! We talk hobbits and the Shire, speci...
Episode 153 -- The Muppets Take the Manor
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the Manor and welcome to the Muppet Show! At least welcome to a show about the Muppets. The Muppets, their guests, their shows, their m...
Episode 152 - Bigfoot! (Cryptid episode 3B)
02 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back as we finish up with Bigfoots! Bigfeet? Whatever. We have some true tales and proof of their existence. At least that's what the ...
Episode 151 -- Cooking with Beer (part 2B)
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Deja vu! More cooking with beer! Once again, we get into flavor profiles of the malts/grains, hops, and yeast that match up with various foods. Th...
Episode 150 -- Lucifer, Satan, and the Devil, oh, my!
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Have you ever wondered what the differences is between Lucifer and Satan and the Devil? More importantly, which one tal...
Episode 149 -- Crossroads part 2
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! We're finally making it back to our episodes on the crossroads. After over a year hiatus from this, we're presenting cr...
Episode 148 - Bigfoot! (Cryptids episode 3A)
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the third of our cryptid episodes! This time we discuss that hairy loveable ape-man, Bigfoot. At least we get into the name, Native Ame...
Episode 147 -- Cooking with Beer (part 2A)
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More cooking with beer! Except this time we're actually talking about cooking with beer instead of whiskey. Imagine that. We get into flavor pro...
Episode 146 -- Monty Python Series I (part 4 of 4)
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor as we finish up our episodes on that most awesome of British comedy troupes, Monty Python and their first series. Afterwar...
Episode 145 -- Led Zeppelin, their third album (part 5 of 5)
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Today we're wrapping up our arc on Led Zeppelin's III album, discussing the actual songs themselves. It was a fun ride,...
Episode 144 -- Our favorite beers (part 4 of 4)
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Pour a pint and celebrate with us! We're finally broadcasting the 4th of 4 in our "favorite beers" arc. This has been gathering dust back in the n...
Episode 143 -- thoughts on non-metal bands (part 2 of 2)
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Manor! Today we finish our discussion on non-metal bands/music that we like. The list isn't exhaustive, so it's always possibl...