Fear Feasts

• Bonus Episode: Serving Food History Forth presented by Fear Feasts

  Serve It Forth: A Food History Festival 18 October 2025 – OnlineWe’re bringing together writers, historians, podcasters, and curious minds for a day of delicious discovery. Talks, conversations… all from the comfort of your own kitchen.In this bonus episode, Allie (one dark half of Fear Feasts!) is joined by her friends and fellow food historians Thomas Ntinas, Sam Bilton, and Neil Buttery. Together they share how each of them first got drawn into food history, what continues to inspire them, and some of the surprises they've encountered along the way.How do people find their way into food history? What myths surround the field? And do they sometimes meet with culinary catastrophes of our own?!Allie's input will of course be tinged with spookiness and dread in the company of death historian and funerary expert Dr Dan O’Brien! Their session, entitled: The River Remembers: A Journey Through London’s Lost Larder will take audiences on a dark voyage through food, death, and the forgotten histories of the Thames. From butchered whales washed ashore to bottles dredged from disaster sites, and from the feasting tables of the living to the memento mori traditions that remind us that bodies too become food. Allie and Dan will explore how the river bears witness to centuries of consumption and decay. Following the shifting shoreline, they'll trace fragments of lost lives and meals that once sustained the capital- an unsettling story of what (and who) London has eaten.Important LinksServe It Forth websiteTickets for Serve It ForthServe It Forth on social media

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• BONUS EPISODE! Meatloaf, Mom, and Madness: A Halloween Feast

  What would you do if your mother lost her mind, cut off your dad's finger, went into a mental institution, came out and wanted to cook up a feast for Halloween? That's the premise of Guile Branco's darkly hilarious and horrific film A Halloween Feast, and the subject of our bonus episode today! We interviewed Branco on his latest film, the connection between food and horror (something we know a little about!), and what's next for this up-and-coming actor and director, so give it a listen!Contact us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like us on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/fearfeastspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/fearfeasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xcite us on X (Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/fear_feasts⁠⁠

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• Dinner Is Served… in Salem’s Lot

  Allie and Vanessa sink their teeth into Salem’s Lot, exploring the hunger that haunts Stephen King’s classic novel, the eerie 1979 miniseries by Tobe Hooper, and Gary Dauberman’s 2024 film. From small-town suppers to vampiric cravings, this episode serves up a feast of unholy appetites…

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• This Is My Body, This Is My Blood: The Tale of the Body Thief

  What would you do if you were a gorgeous blond vampire who loved attention and fame but were constantly seeking new diversions? What if being immortal and unable to enjoy treats such as red wine, chocolate custard, pasta and steak was getting to be too much to bear? What if drinking blood and living perpetually at night had lost its charm? What if a strange man made you an offer of switching bodies so that you could experience the hellish joy of being human again? What if you made the switch, realized you'd been swindled by this body thief, and proceeded to guzzle wine, devour food, have sex with many women and decided you wanted your vampiric body back? We'll discuss these tastily terrifying questions as we analyze the connection between food and horror in Anne Rice's novel The Tale of the Body Thief, so please join us!Contact us at: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Like us on Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://facebook.com/fearfeastspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://instagram.com/fearfeasts⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xcite us on X (Twitter): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/fear_feasts⁠⁠Follow Vanessa's blog at: https://foodinbooks.comFollow Allie's other podcast at: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a-is-for-apple-an-encyclopaedia-of-food-drink/id1743840806

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• Coming Up Next Tuesday: Red Wine, Chocolate Cake, Whiskey and Immortality

  A devilishly delectable taste of next week's episode!

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