Still Scared talks over 'The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray' by Chris Wooding, and finds that the podcast title has never been more appropriate.

In this episode we discuss the romanticisation of Jack the Ripper, chat about plotting a novel like a D&D campaign, lament the fact that we never became goths, and stop our discussion in the middle to read the creepiest extracts out loud to each other.

The subject matter does also get a bit dark at times, so heads up for references to murder (including one reference to child murder), violence against women, disease, and some grisly monsters.

A full transcript of this episode is available at http://stillscared.podigee.io/4-alaizabel_cray

Tropes abound in this discussion of two children's horror/fantasty films that just could have been better, to be honest.

We get critical in this one, as we discuss transmisogyny and appearance-based morality in The Boxtrolls, and mixed messages and dodgy jokes in Paranorman, but at least people who use electric toothbrushes are represented.

A full transcript of this episode is available athttps://stillscared.podigee.io/3-paranorman

In our very first episode, we try and work out what we're doing with this whole podcast thing, and discuss a creepy fixture of both our childhoods!

We talk about programming in Basic, sentient spaghetti and Czechoslovakian state-surveillance as we take a look at 'The Demon Headmaster'.

A full transcript of this episode is available at https://stillscared.podigee.io/2-pilotepisode