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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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Friday May 20, 2022
Friday May 20, 2022
This week’s continuation of season 2 of the podcast has Merie & Becky heading down the long, terrifying, and confusing crime story of the murder of Jessica Chambers. Along the way, they address the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like:
How does Merie start a turf war with Mississippi gangs over copyright infringement? Do you want to apply to her super-exclusive wine club, the Sip Mob? Remember when your pod-coasts used to be good at, you know, podcasting? (Us, either!) Should you learn how to surf after the age of…40? (Hint: NO!!!) Did Becky go to Cambridge or not (and how could anyone possibly know that?)?! Can you be in a small town in Mississippi and NOT be in a drug gang? (Probably not!) Would Becky convict you for murdering someone because of pimento cheese? (Never! 🤮) Should you kidnap Merie for her ATM’s PIN? (Only if you don’t want it!) What pairs well with baloney sandwiches, Entenmanns, and Chee-toes? (Maybe a nice Chablis?)
Come for the book called How my Podcast ruined my Marriage and my Life. Stay for Merie’s description of how she’s going to die at the hands of…Bob.
Sources for this episode include: Oxygen. People. ID Crimefeed. Clarion Ledger.
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
WE’RE BAAAAACK!!!! This week’s podcast episode has Merie & Becky attempting to take on the terrifying phenomenon known as house squatting (and not the potty-related kind - eww) and a Netflix show called “Worst Roommate Ever.” Along the way, they address the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like:
Is “Bye Karen” the new “Bye Felicia?” 🤞🏻What fear-inducing activity is Merie doing with her husband’s phone while he’s asleep at night? DOES Merie need to see the tooth that’s all rotted out in the back of your head? Do YOU want to see Merie’s weird cat fetish stuff? (Neither does Becky!) Does Becky judge you when she peers in your windows while you’re having sex? (You’ll never know!) Can Merie…count? (Depends: Are Becky’s f-bombs in this episode numbered at 0 or 25?!?) Does Merie have stories of squatters and even strangers living in her mom’s attic? (Of course she does!)
Come for the U-Haul inflicted PTSD. Stay to witness Merie becoming her mother.
Also, you’re not taking Becky’s fucking cat.
Sources include: New Yorker. D Magazine. Listverse. AppleNews.
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
12 Fears of Christmas, Fear #15: Sappy, Crappy Movies
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
For this year’s continuation of the 12 Fears of Christmas, join Becky & Merie as they discuss terrifying holiday shopping, sappy Hallmark movies, and some creeeeeeepy Christmastime disappearances. Along the way, they spread unconfirmed disinformation about Walmart and modern slavery. Also:
What’s all this about the violence in an invented county called Clarecork in Ireland? How long do those Forever 21 dresses last before they disintegrate? Long enough for you to snag yourself a prince from Malvadeniastan? Want to join Merie in all her watching of German torture porn? How ‘bout the scary violent guy who turns out to be prince AND saves the town square? Why not Christmas at Six Flags? Becky apologizes for the horrible French accents attempted by your pod-coasts. So…grab your pepper spray and let’s go shopping!
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
12 Fears of Christmas, Fear #14: Christmas Disappearances
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
For this year’s continuation of the 12 Fears of Christmas, join Becky & Merie as they discuss terrifying holiday shopping, sappy Hallmark movies, and some creeeeeeepy Christmastime disappearances. Along the way, they spread unconfirmed disinformation about Walmart and modern slavery. Also:
What’s all this about the violence in an invented county called Clarecork in Ireland? How long do those Forever 21 dresses last before they disintegrate? Long enough for you to snag yourself a prince from Malvadeniastan? Want to join Merie in all her watching of German torture porn? How ‘bout the scary violent guy who turns out to be prince AND saves the town square? Why not Christmas at Six Flags? Becky apologizes for the horrible French accents attempted by your pod-coasts. So…grab your pepper spray and let’s go shopping!
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
12 Fears of Christmas, Fear #13: Holiday Shopping
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
Thursday Dec 16, 2021
For this year’s continuation of the 12 Fears of Christmas, join Becky & Merie as they discuss terrifying holiday shopping, sappy Hallmark movies, and some creeeeeeepy Christmastime disappearances. Along the way, they spread unconfirmed disinformation about Walmart and modern slavery. Also:
What’s all this about the violence in an invented county called Clarecork in Ireland? How long do those Forever 21 dresses last before they disintegrate? Long enough for you to snag yourself a prince from Malvadeniastan? Want to join Merie in all her watching of German torture porn? How ‘bout the scary violent guy who turns out to be prince AND saves the town square? Why not Christmas at Six Flags? Becky apologizes for the horrible French accents attempted by your pod-coasts. So…grab your pepper spray and let’s go shopping!
Saturday Nov 27, 2021
Bonus! A “Love, Actually” takedown, Director’s Cut
Saturday Nov 27, 2021
Saturday Nov 27, 2021
Once upon a time, a girl named Becky watched a movie named “Love, Actually.” While most people react to said film with smiles and even reverence, Becky reacted with sadness ☹️, nausea 🤮, and even anger 🤬.
One year ago, Merie and Becky sat down to talk about this film as a part of their “12 Fears of Christmas.” The full episode had to be edited down to 15 minutes, thus inducing more ☹️, 🤮, and 🤬 in Becky, who really wants you to understand the horror show that is this movie, and experience her rage in all its 30-minute “bipedal vagina” glory (agony?). She really, REALLY hates this movie.
Your pod-coasts also offer the same unedited treatment for the episode with Merie’s attempts to diagnose Becky’s Love, Actually Psychological Condition. Find it on the BONUS page when you subscribe↑↑↑!
So, here it is! Becky & Merie’s 12 Fears of Christmas, Fear 4: “Love, Actually” (Director’s Cut). Enjoy!
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Friday Nov 19, 2021
Friday Nov 19, 2021
This week’s Thanksgiving podcast episode has Merie and Becky examining nutso-deluxo cases of holiday meal-based family murders, featuring murderer Joel Guy, Jr. Along the way, they address the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like: Do YOU have a safety advisor around when you financially cut off your grown-assed adult human male child? (Perhaps you should. Especially if he looks like this guy ↓)
Does YOUR murder checklist always include Walmart? (Of course it does. Especially if it is written in this handwriting ↓)
Do you write letters to the authorities to prevent yourself from gouging out your roommate’s eyes? Will Merie pick YOU up from your surgery? (Hint: no.) Does the devil cause Becky’s prayer-based collapsing pillow debacle?
Come for the can-shaped cranberries. Stay for Becky’s how-to-NOT-murder-your-parents-to-do list. Also, why is Becky fearing Merie’s penis hat? (See below & be terrified ↓. Very terrified.)
Friday Nov 12, 2021
Friday Nov 12, 2021
This week’s podcast episode has Merie & Becky attempting to take on the latest internet challenge: Slap a teacher! No, not really. But they do give the NFT! treatment to silly and dangerous memes & challenges, like the gas tank drug-based car explosion murders and that whole milk crate debacle. Along the way, they address the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like:
What did YOU do when we lost gravity last May 22? Float? Us, either. If you have your fentanyl, do YOU use the fentanyl or randomly waste it by rubbing it on painter’s tape and scaring suburbanites? Isn’t it bad enough that Sharon Stone goes around being all heterosexual, but why does she have to throw it in our faces?! Is Merie legally obligated to point out Becky’s abnormally tall height in every 4th or 5th episode? How does a criminal gang in Texas lead to Becky breaking into a song from West Side Story? (Yes. She’s sorry about that.) Were YOU in the audience when Merie knocked herself out trying to get her yellow belt in TaeKwonDo? And did you laugh or cheer? How did Merie’s loud-assed voice effectively send her entire company into a meltdown for a day? Come for the “Ambiguously Gay Duo” Saturday Night Live superhero reference. Stay for the supervillain Stemen the Semen Injector.
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Thursday Nov 04, 2021
Join Becky & Merie in this podcast episode, where they do not hold back on their scathing review of the god-awful horror show of a horror “movie” Malignant. They do, however, use said “movie” as a springboard for discussing crime as it relates to various & sundry twins and identities, parasitic or otherwise...so, there’s that. Along the way, believe it or not, your hosts also address the burning questions you didn’t know you had, like:
How come abandoned mental asylums are accessible only at night and during a rainstorm? Just how little did Becky pay attention to the “plot” of this episode’s spotlight movie? (Hint: verrrry little. Hey, YOU try watching it! No, wait, don’t.) Who is the poor man’s Bryce Dallas Howard and is that a…compliment? Just how inaccurate can your two pod-coasts be when talking about gender identity and dysmorphia? (And will you please forgive them…they’re trying!?) Would YOU watch a movie about Jim Henson’s nightmare twin muppets? Are space aliens responsible for a group of terrible crimes in a French resort town?
Come for Merie’s explanation of how twins are formed. Stay for Becky’s threat of horror-jazz ASMR.
Also, have YOU seen those abs?! (Us, either. Show us!)
Sources for this episode include: Merie’s ass. BBC. ABC News. Read about the murders of Yolanda Sapp, Kathleen Brisbois, and Nickie Lowe here.
Saturday Oct 30, 2021
BONUS Episode! A Halloween spooky story mini scare-fest
Saturday Oct 30, 2021
Saturday Oct 30, 2021
Welcome to the bonus podcast episode for Halloween 2021, featuring Becky and a lil bit of spooky storytelling.
Tune in for some ghosts 👻, a coupla stalkers & creepers 🔪, and more than one haunted house 😱.
If you like ‘em, let your pod-coasts know & maybe they can do more of this in the future!
These are from the “interwebs” AND include a couple of tales authored by Becky herself. The majority of these stories appear on multiple sites, where an author could not be found. Sites include: https://thoughtcatalog.com https://shortscarystories.tumblr.com. pinterest. reddit.