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Now Fear This! is a chatty, sassy, and saucy take on all the things that scare the s**t outta us...you know, stuff that is salacious, shocking, or even silly. From serial killers to saturated fat, stalkers to silent karaoke. It's all here.
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Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Becky & Merie's 12 Fears of Christmas, Fear #3: "Baby, it's Cold Outside"
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
In this adorably tiny episode, we explore the controversy over the classic tune, "Baby it's Cold Outside." Just how rapey is this song?!! Is it really an S&M fantasy sung by Dean Martin back in the ‘40s? Who the hell is Wolf and why is he making drinks for Mouse? Is Mouse really scared of a date rape drug in her gin rickey?!!! Also:
Did Merie’s husband get her to marry him by using big words like Rorschach Test?! Come for the womansplaining of context and consent. Stay because Merie might actually sing the first 3 "Fears of Christmas" at the end of this episode.
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Becky & Merie's 12 Fears of Christmas, Fear #2: Creepy Carols
Monday Dec 14, 2020
Monday Dec 14, 2020
In our second super-miniature "12 Fears of Christmas" episode, we explore some pretty terrible holiday tunes, and ask burning questions like, do you remember in 1640 when Christmas was literally canceled? How ‘bout those filthy Druid carols that got people arrested? Also:
Is “12 Days of Christmas” really about human trafficking? Why is Merie from now on to be known as Songbird? How long before she puts Becky to sleep with her statistical analyses? Who will finish the limerick “There once was a girl from Nantucket” as a lovely Christmas carol? Is Becky capable of ignoring her cat long enough to record an episode? Spoiler alert: No
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Becky & Merie's 12 Fears of Christmas, Fear #1: A Murderous Story
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
Sunday Dec 13, 2020
In this, our first of 12 12-minute teeny, tiny holiday-adjacent episodes, we explore the burning question, what in the actual F**k is up with people dressing up as Santa and murdering a bunch of people?! Also:
How does a flammable Santa suit foil a plot to escape to Canada? It's a little thing called karma, folks. Who wants to hear Merie singing about pod-coasting? What the hell is pod-coasting anyway?! What does a turkey baster and meat thermometer have to do with attempted murder and texting in movies? (Also, can a person survive being stabbed in the neck with a meat thermometer?)
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Attending college vs. murdering your entire family: Seems like an easy choice…right?
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
In this week’s episode, we cover the Jennifer Pan and Bart Whitaker cases, where lying about attending college led to murder, and we dive into the phenomenon of secret lives and their sometimes deadly consequences.
Along the way, we address burning questions you didn’t know you had, like:
Where are you headed when all you have to do is head down I-45 till you s**t your pants?
Which one of us may or may not have had a CIA-trained sharpshooting grandma?
Are WE among Merie’s list of certain reputable podcasts?
How is Becky going to end up like the Texas cheerleader murdering mom?
Did Dwight Eisenhower accidentally create a dirty joke for Merie’s family?
How will Merie know when it’s time for her to murder Becky?
Can someone stop Becky from using the word “homegirl” ever again? (And is THAT why Merie may have to kill her?!)
Does Becky really quote a Nike ad as encouragement for NOT murdering your family?
Come for the professor and the professional college attender. Stay for a little basic math.
Listen to the end to hear why Becky wants you to live a lie.
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
In this episode we dive into the phenomenon of women marrying mass murderers and serial killers (an obsession so common it actually has a clinical name!).
And we explore the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like, how cool must it have been to be married to Genghis Khan?
Which do you marry: the local rapist or the big time serial killer? And how do you make that roommate switch?
Do you bring up the fact that he’s a murderer in EVERY argument you have? (spoiler alert: yes.)
Does anyone out there want a GPS app where Becky hurls insults at you when you make a wrong turn? (gofundme is a-waitin’!)
Is there some legal requirement where podcasters must talk about Keith Morrison in every episode?
In a zombie apocalypse, would you maybe actually want Scott Peterson to be your husband?
Why does Becky give an uninvited lesson on the theory of evolution?
How can Merie be manipulated into buying 200 hand lotions?
Which is grosser, the fake-crying lying bastard Eric Menendez, or the lawyer who dressed him up in a pastel sweater vest?
Love is love, but do you really have a blind spot big enough to fit 48 dead bodies?
Finally, who out there is going to do the coding for our new website, wellatleastimnotaserialkiller.com?
Come for the serial killing farmers. Stay for the uncited quoting of Jerry Maguire.