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🪞 Step inside the Mirror Room.

In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear, Renee sits down with award-winning audio storyteller, writer, and director Fred Greenhalgh, founder of Dagaz Media, to explore the art of creating fear through sound.

From immersive audio dramas and psychological horror to writing for iconic franchises like Star Trek, The X-Files, and Locke & Key, Fred shares how atmosphere, pacing, and imagination can be more terrifying than anything shown on screen.

Together, they discuss:

🖤 Why the best horror begins with human fears before the supernatural.

🖤 How sound design transforms audio stories into immersive experiences.

🖤 Building suspense through pacing, atmosphere, and silence.

🖤 Balancing creativity while working with beloved franchises.

🖤 The haunted Maine farmhouse that inspired his storytelling.

🖤 Why mistakes are an essential part of every creator's journey.

Before leaving the Mirror Room, Fred answers the show's signature questions:

🪞 What's the creepiest thing that's ever happened to you?

🪞 What's the coolest thing that's ever happened to you?

👤 About Fred Greenhalgh
Fred Greenhalgh is an award-winning writer, director, and audio storyteller and the founder of Dagaz Media. He is known for creating immersive horror and fiction podcasts that combine cinematic sound design with compelling storytelling. His work includes projects connected to Star Trek, The X-Files, Locke & Key, and numerous acclaimed original audio dramas.

🌐 Website

https://dagazmedia.com/

🎧 Discover Fred's audio dramas

Wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts:

• Undertow

• The Dark Tome

• Carcerem

• Dark Woods

• Familiar Haunts

• The Cleansed

• The White Vault

• The Ghost Catchers

• Star Trek: Khan

• Blood Forest

• Bad Vibes

• The X-Files: Cold Cases

• The X-Files: Stolen Lives

Or explore them all here:

https://dagazmedia.com/audio-projects/

🎙️ Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear

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In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear, Renee sits down with horror creator, prop builder, and multimedia artist Jamie Martin, also known as Art by JDizzle.

From custom horror props and practical effects to special effects makeup, costumes, sculptures, and immersive haunted attraction pieces, Jamie shares how she transforms imagination into physical creations that blur the line between art and nightmare.

Together, they discuss her journey from horror photography to special effects training, the influence of creators like Tim Burton, Jim Henson, and Pee-wee's Playhouse, the appeal of practical effects in modern horror, and the creative process behind building monsters, creatures, and unforgettable horror experiences.

They also explore fear, inspiration, creativity, and the stories that shape the artists behind horror.

Before leaving the Mirror Room, Jamie answers the show's signature questions:

🖤 What's the creepiest thing that's ever happened to you?

🖤 What's the coolest thing that's ever happened to you?

Connect with Jamie:

Webpage: JD Studio & Props

https://www.jdstudioandprops.com

Socials:

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@artby_jdizzle

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdstudioandprops

Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@artby_jdizzle

Looks Creepy Cool Podcast: Horror Stories & the Creators Behind the Fear

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The Witch Demon has started renovating the House again.

In Team Meeting #1, Renee and the Witch Demon discuss Haunted House FearFest, horror films, horror games, the Library of Shadows, and a series of suspicious noises coming from the basement.

This short horror-comedy audio drama is part of the Haunted House FearFest universe and introduces listeners to one of the House's most mysterious residents.

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📚 Folklore and legends
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Deep in the Scottish Highlands, there’s a mountain where hikers claim they’ve heard footsteps following behind them… even when nobody is there.

Tonight inside the Library of Shadows, enter a cinematic horror story inspired by the Scottish legend of The Grey Man of Ben MacDhui — a mysterious entity said to haunt the fog-covered peaks of Scotland’s Cairngorm Mountains.

Fog.
Footsteps.

Breathing in the dark.
And something hidden inside the mountain.

🎙️ Storytelling, atmosphere, and horror from inside the House.

Enter the House.

Follow the Fear®.

If you’re an author with a story to tell submit it at lookscreepycool.com for consideration inside the House.

And if there’s a legend you think belongs here, leave it in the comments below.

The House is always listening.

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This is the story behind Haunted House FearFest.

In this episode, I’m sharing how my love for horror started—from watching films like The People Under the Stairs to finding comfort in fear during difficult moments growing up—and how that eventually led me to build an immersive horror festival from the ground up.

I talk about:

• Why horror has always felt like a form of escape and control
• What I learned working in corporate media and why I decided to build something of my own
• The idea behind the “House” and how each room represents a different experience with fear
• Why indie horror creators deserve a space to be seen

Haunted House FearFest isn’t just a festival—it’s a curated world built around fear, storytelling, and discovery.

If it looks creepy… it must be cool.
Follow the Fear. The House is Waiting.

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Step inside the House… if you dare.

In this episode of the Looks Creepy Cool Podcast, we enter the Library of Shadows to uncover one of Japan’s most unsettling urban legends — Kuchisake-onna, the woman who asks a simple question… twice.

A masked figure approaches you in the dark.

“Am I beautiful?”

What happens next depends on your answer.

Blending atmospheric storytelling with cinematic horror, this episode brings the legend of Kuchisake-onna to life — a spirit said to haunt quiet streets, hiding something far more terrifying beneath her mask.

Listen closely… and choose your answer wisely.

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🩸 Have a story to tell?

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Leave it in the comments — the House is always listening.

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Elaine — a psychological horror story by emerging horror storyteller Ruby Aguilar Ortega

After her husband’s death, Elaine returns to a secluded estate where she has long lived as a ghost within her own family.

But something has changed.

Her memories feel fractured.
Her presence feels distant.

As those around her try to understand what’s happening, a deeper question begins to surface:

was Elaine ever truly who they believed her to be?

This episode explores psychological horror, identity, memory, and emotional realism through immersive storytelling.

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Horror podcast host Jay Rowlings joins me inside the House to talk about Beneath the Light, the first horror films that stayed with us, and why some fears never really leave.

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