Oct 30 2024

Short Stuff: Two Scary True Shorties!

Short Stuff 21 min 2 movies discussed
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Josh and Chuck dive into two spooky true stories in today's Short Stuff.

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# Stuff You Should Know Episode Summary

Just in time for Halloween, Josh and Chuck dive into two genuinely creepy real-life stories that'll give you chills. The first tale involves a Pennsylvania family who discovered dead animals wrapped in 1930s newspapers hidden inside their walls, which turned out to be part of an old folk magic protection ritual called powwow. The second story is even more unsettling: it's about the infamous "Watcher" case where a mysterious stalker sent increasingly disturbing letters to a New Jersey family after they bought their dream home, claiming to be part of a generational line of house watchers and asking creepy questions about their children's bedrooms. Both stories are wild, weird, and genuinely unsettling in different ways.


Movies Discussed

The Amityville Horror
The Amityville Horror
1979 1h 58m
★ 6.3
"They were essentially like the family from the Amityville horror that they had, they were trying to basically create a sellable story. — The hosts discuss speculation that the Brodus family may have fabricated the Watcher letters as a hoax, comparing them to creating a story like Amityville Horror." — Chuck
The Watcher
The Watcher
2022 TV-MA
★ 7.1
"This is of course the basis of the Netflix show, The Watcher, and we should also say we're gonna cover this in about six or seven minutes. — The hosts introduce that the Watcher stalking story is the basis for a Netflix television series." — Chuck

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