FEARMONGERS

About FEARMONGERS

Bestselling author Clay McLeod Chapman hosts FEARMONGERS, featuring interviews with and readings by horror fiction’s biggest stars. Produced in cooperation with Verso Studios at the Westport Library.

Publisher

Clay McLeod Chapman

Category

arts · fiction

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

15 Feb 2023

Latest episode

9 May 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 May 2026

   The Fresh Faces of Folk (and Gothic) Horror

   Host Clay McLeod Chapman moderates a maxi-panel focussing on the fresh terrain found in gothic and folk horror, featuring authors Amy Jane Stewart (HEX HOUSE), Jen Julian (THE WINTER FOLK), Jennifer Givhan (THE SLEEPING SISTERS), C.N. Vair (THE DEVIL KNOWS HER NAME), and Deena Helm (OUR CUT OF SALT).

2. 

   25 Mar 2026

   FEARMONGERS EP 39: A STEADY DIET OF GRIEF & OBSESSION WITH ERIC LAROCCA & LUKE DUMAS

   Host Clay McLeod Chapman dines with Eric LaRocca (WRETCH) and Luke Dumas (NOTHING TASTES AS GOOD) for a four course meal of grief, obsession, cannibalism and ghosts.

3. 

   25 Feb 2026

   Fostering Your Horror Community w/ Lindy Ryan, V. Castro, Saratoga Schaefer & Chris Panatier

   Host Clay McLeod Chapman chats with authors Lindy Ryan (DOLLFACE), V. Castro (MARIA THE WANTED), Saratoga Schaefer (TRAD WIFE) and Chris Panatier (DAYTIDE) about the ins and outs of the publishing industry, finding your fellow horror people, and the need for a horror author dating app.

Who has been a guest on FEARMONGERS

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Kailee Pedersen
• Nicholas Belardes
• Emily C. Hughes
• Neil McRobert

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

20 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

12

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.