Fiend

Drew Samuelsen's American Gothic is a podcast that explores the shadowy intersection of fact and a very specific kind of fiction. This season delves into True Gothic Crime, examining real cases and historical mysteries that feel pulled from a haunting, atmospheric narrative, where the setting is as much a character as the people involved. It’s about the crimes that cling to old houses, small towns with long memories, and landscapes shrouded in fog and folklore. The previous season took a different but complementary path, featuring original fiction inspired by the tradition of masters like Lovecraft, Bradbury, and Shirley Jackson-stories where the horror is often psychological, creeping, and intimately tied to the American experience. When you listen, you'll find a carefully crafted audio atmosphere, a focus on tone and dread, and stories that question what lurks just beneath the surface of our history and our imaginations. This isn't just a retelling of events; it's an immersion into the gothic sensibility, finding the eerie and the unsettling whether in documented truth or crafted tale. The podcast builds a unique mood, one that stays with you long after an episode ends.