Pat's Peeps Podcast

Ep. 540 Today's Peep Presents A Classic Horror Double Feature: Vincent Price Terror Chamber And A 1937 Shadow Halloween, Plus Alice Cooper Goes To Hell

A swinging blade that drops a little closer every second, a torch-lit dungeon, and Vincent Price at peak creep factor, that’s where we start. We replay the feeling of catching The Pit and the Pendulum on weekend TV and dig into why that final set piece still works: simple visuals, patient pacing, and the kind of suspense that makes your imagination do half the screaming. If you love classic horror movies, gothic atmosphere, and practical scares that don’t need jump cuts, you’ll feel right at home. Then we jump back even further, to Halloween 1937, and cue up a full old time radio drama from The Shadow. The setup is pure vintage Halloween radio: a remote country house, unexplained sounds, a wife pushed to the edge, and a husband who insists it’s all “nerves.” But the story quickly shifts into psychological warfare, where deception, hypnosis, and moral pressure collide with greed and a very real plan to cash in on fear. Along the way we talk about the texture of early broadcasting, the charm of mid-story sponsor breaks, and why audio storytelling can still out-creep modern screens. If you’re searching for old time radio, The Shadow Halloween episodes, Orson Welles era radio drama, or simply a fresh way to soundtrack spooky season, this is a fun, eerie double feature. Listen now, then subscribe, share it with a fellow horror fan, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What classic scare gets you every time?

Ep. 539 Today's Peep Presents The Classic Original Broadcast Of The War Of The Worlds From October 30, 1938

Ep. 538 Today's Peep Has Halloween Fever- It's The 2026 Pat's Peeps "Spooktacular"

Ep. 537 Today's Peep Enters A Totally Different World- If Getting Lost On Purpose Is Your Thing, Than The Cool Patch Pumpkin Patch In Dixon Is Your Halloween Destination, We Hitch A Ride With Owner Matt Cooley For A Motorized Tour

Ep. 536 Today's Peep Presents When Live TV Goes Sideways, We Break Down Two Broadcast Moments That Nearly Aired In Real Time, Who Decides What The Public Gets To See

Ep. 535 Today's Peep Asks "Who’s Listening" You Never Know Who Will Call After You Tell A Story On The Radio

Ep. 534 Today's Peep Celebrates The Great Pumpkin Feeling! What Keeps A 1966 Cartoon Alive For Decades... Dolly Madison Cakes, Jazz, Introducing Patty, Peppermint Patty's Prototype, Snoopy Behind Enemy Lines, A Rock For Charlie

Ep. 533 Today's Peep Brings Back Halloween Soundtrack Memories, Inside Disney's Spooky Sound Effects Record, And A Memorable Creepy Hijacking Of The TV Airwaves

Ep. 532 Today's Peep When A Blockbuster Implodes, Why Tom Cruises Digger Is One Of The Biggest Flops In Movie History And Got Me To Thinking About A Couple Of The Worst Corporate Environmental Disasters In History

A Tom Cruise movie that could lose $245 million stops being just a celebrity headline and starts looking like a crash course in how the modern box office really works. From my studio in Northern California on a cool October morning, I’m getting ready for the week, thinking about Halloween movies, and then I stumble into the weirdest kind of curiosity: when a film gets panned this hard, does that make you want to see it more? We dig into the reporting around “Digger,” including the steep second-weekend drop, what “break-even” actually means when theaters keep a big cut, and how marketing spend can quietly double the risk. I also talk through why downstream deals matter so much, how streaming and TV economics get shaped by theatrical performance, and why a “bad movie” can still be fascinating if it tells you something about audience taste and studio decision-making. Then the conversation takes an unexpected but logical turn into real-world environmental fallout. If “Digger” is an environmental satire, what happens when the disaster is real? I share a personal observation about not seeing BP or Exxon stations the way I used to, then unpack the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Exxon Valdez legacy, regional branding, and how names like Amoco can feel like a reset button for public memory. We wrap with an update on the Amelia Earhart mystery and the latest expedition near Nikumaroro, including why the team didn’t get conclusive proof yet and why the artifacts and castaway hypothesis still keep people searching nearly nine decades later. If you like smart pop culture talk, media business breakdowns, and history that refuses to sit still, subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review. What’s your take on “Digger,” BP branding, or Earhart’s disappearance?

Ep. 531 Today's Peep Has A Heapin' Helpin' of Moby Grape, Moby Grape’s Lost Masterpiece, How A Brilliant 60's Band Got Derailed By Labels, Lawsuits And Mental Illness

The lights are on where we are, but a lot of our neighbors in Placer County and nearby areas aren’t so lucky and that contrast is the point. We talk through PG&E shutoffs, the promise of “unbelievable winds” that barely show up, and what it feels like to watch whole communities lose power for days. Then we ask the question that’s hard to ignore: if you can’t reliably charge at home during a blackout, how does an electric-vehicle-only future work when people need to get out fast? From there, we take a sharp turn into one of the most frustrating stories in classic rock history: Moby Grape. They had five members who could write, sing, and play, and their 1967 debut is still treated like a psychedelic rock masterpiece. Yet a chain of music industry decisions helped derail them, including a launch that dumped five singles at once and left radio confused, backlash over an album cover, and a Monterey Pop Festival moment that should have made them famous but didn’t after their manager demanded a staggering film-rights price. The tragedy deepens with Skip Spence’s mental health collapse, the notorious 1968 axe incident, and the long aftermath of institutionalization and loss. We also dig into the contracts and lawsuits: publishing rights, control of the band name, and even fake Moby Grape touring lineups that siphoned attention and money for years. If you care about artist rights, predatory management, and how brilliant music can slip through history’s fingers, this conversation sticks with you. Subscribe for more, share Patch Peeps 531 with a friend who loves rock history, and leave a review with your take: what’s the biggest factor that decides whether a great band survives?