There Might Be Cupcakes Podcast

In which Carla celebrates the Twelve Days of Christmas by connecting M. R. James to Ash’s chainsaw.M. R. James adaptations listed at Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/jwlZ Adaptations of this story: 1956: https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-whistle-and-ill-come-to-you-1956-online only for those in the UK, or those using a VPN (BFI’s words, not mine) 1960: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRGfEk0cnL4 2010: https://tubitv.com/movies/571582/m-r-james-whistle-and-i-ll-come-to-youCount Magnus and Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Stories of M. R. James, Volume 1: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039396The Haunted Doll’s House and The Complete Stories of M. R. James, Volume 2: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039921The Complete Stories of M. R. James, ebook https://www.amazon.com/Complete-Ghost-Stories-M-James-ebook/dp/B07KFKKL48/Complete Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Scotland's National Poet - the Bard of Ayrshire https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781387972753Rosemary Pardoe http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pard

Happy anniversary to all of us! Thank you for six years of cupcakes; you are the cupcakes I find on difficult days. I hope I have given you some.Show notes: In which Carla and Princess Jones Curtis from the Bye, Pumkin Podcast talk about being mysteriously early readers, the effect V. C. Andrews had on (mostly) the women of their generation, Paperbacks From Hell, Stephen King, how Carla’s earliest reading habits explain a lot, and how Judy Blume is still, well, perfect.Sources:All of the books discussed will be listed in the Substack, Patreon, and on the website after I catalog them all. Here’s Paperbacks From Hell by Carla’s buddy, Grady Hendrix. https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781594749810 Grady, if you know which Zebra book (it had to be Zebra) was about the evil child named Lucien, let me know. I have to reread it.To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs Giovanni’s Room, by James Baldwin class: starts June 6th, 2023 https://btt.boldtypetickets.com/events/132496771/quarantine-boo

Show notes:In which Carla tells the fairy tale within Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse. Sources:“The Fisherman and His Wife”, from Grimm, Wilhelm; Grimm, Jacob. The Complete Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9789176374559To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780156907392To join a FrizzLit book club/class: https://www.frizzlit.com/bookclubs“The Charge of the Light Brigade”, by Alfred, Lord Tennyson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781400041879Referenced: The Blind Side https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/blind-side There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/episodeshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwSubstack: http://theremightbecupcakes.substack.comPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes

Show notes: In which Carla updates the story of episode 21, Nine Days and Two Car Seats, which tells the story of the murder of Michael and Alex Smith, and updates what their murderer, her mother, Susan Smith, has been up to in the time since the murder. Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionSources:Beyond All Reason: My Life with Susan Smith by David Smith https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/e7899e42-32db-4811-b91c-b3fd14ae703dSins of the Mother by Maria Eftimiades https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/2135b4b0-7533-416e-b7d2-079570c17e1eDSM-V: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Psychiatric Disorders, Fifth Ed. by the American Psychiatric Association https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780890425763documentaries: Murder Made Me Famous: Susan Smith: What Happened?; Murder Made Me Famous: Susan Smith: Sex Behind Bars; Cellmate Secrets.Alfred Rowe’s sex offender registry: http://bit.ly/421v6eYViolated statute: https://scor.sled.sc.gov/OffenseCode.aspx?id=1

In which Carla shares lots of good news, and reads more Victorian horror for the holidays.Sources and Recommended Reading:The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories (pp. 117-123) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910564Ada Buisson on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18335715.Ada_BuissonBelgravia catalog archive: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/000680041There Might Be Cupcakes on IMDb:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/episodeshttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt22815734/Referenced Episodes:4: …And Things That Go Bump in the Night21: Nine Days and Two Car Seats35: Unexpected UVA Voices47: The Goblin and the Paw75: Holly Jolly ChristmasHow to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremigh

In which Carla explores the kerfuffle behind The Little Mermaid.Original story by Hans Christian Andersen begins at 19:22Recommended Reading:Haunted Waters by Mary Pope Osborne https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780763629953Disney: The Little Mermaid: The Film Script https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781645171522The Little Mermaid: The Classic Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781604333770The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales, the (Illustrated with Interactive Elements) https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780062692597The Little Mermaid movie https://bookshop.org/a/6560/0786936860764https://letterboxd.com/actor/halle-bailey/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-little-mermaid-2023/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-little-mermaid/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaidhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/phallus-purposely-added-artwork-little-mermaid-vhs-cover/https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/the-aroused-minister/https://letterboxd.com/film/the-princess-and-the-frog/https://letterboxd.com/film/pocahontas/Iliza: The unrealis

In which Carla discusses the current eating disorder drama and pain in reality tv, her history with an eating disorder, and revisits her interview with Eli Sirota for National Eating Disorders Week.Suggested reading material:Wintergirls, by Laurie Halse Anderson https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780142415573The Best Little Girl in the World, by Steven Levenkron https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3b654c44-4271-4734-858d-fa028bfe8bf3Eli's podcast: The Not-So-Crazy Podcast of Blizzard the Wizard and Eli https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-not-so-crazy-podcast-of-bl-2245990Eating Disorder Self-Screening Tool (for ages 13 and up): https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/screening-toolEating Disorder Hotlines: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helplineUS: 800-931-2237 or support via online chatCanada: 866-633-4220UK: 01494793223 or support via email [email protected]: 1800 33 4673 or support via email [email protected] or via online chat Theme song

In which Carla revisits her first episode and updates it, to celebrate five years of podcasting.Guest visit: Bye, Pumkin Podcast: Surlesque and Lisa’s Angels: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/bye-pumkin-936759/episodes/surlesque-and-lisas-angels-142924068Greg Behrendt is Uncool: “There Might Be Cake”: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/there-might-be-cake/453250524?i=453250561&itsct=music_box_link&itscg=30200&ls=1&app=musicThe Dark Tower Extended Reading Order: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2c150bc0-c341-4583-b520-3c61ef8d354cThe Son of Seven Mothers by Benjamin Risha: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781952225086The Bell Jar 50th anniversary edition: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780060174903Sources:https://bookriot.com/myers-briggs-types-101-famous-authors/https://practicalpie.com/myers-briggs-type-indicator/How to Support Cupcakes:Leave a review: https://lovethepodcast.com/theremightbecupcakesFollow the podcast: https://followthepodcast.com/theremightbecupcakesSubscribe on

In which Carla goes deeper into the Five and a Half Hallway and The Three Attic Whalestoe Letters of the House of Leaves novel (fifth episode in the series).Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionThe House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375714412Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple https://apple.co/2MT62F4, Spotify https://spoti.fi/3c2RsDqHouse of Leaves There Might Be Cupcakes series: https://www.podchaser.com/lists/house-of-leaves-episodes-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-107aIYJ3DwReferenced and Recommended:Pisces: https://thoughtcatalog.com/january-nelson/2021/05/pisces-woman/The Seafarer: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/the-seafarer/The Battle of Maldon: https://oldenglishpoetry.camden.rutgers.edu/battle-of-maldon/Homer’s Odyssey: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143039952Aeschylus's Oresteia https:

In which Carla explores the echoes of Johnny's past and the house's present, the spiral of echoes, and the beginning of the exploration of the Five and a Half Minute Hallway. Letters from an asylum and always echoes hallways.Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionThe House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375714412Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple https://apple.co/2MT62F4, Spotify https://spoti.fi/3c2RsDqHouse of Leaves There Might Be Cupcakes series: https://www.podchaser.com/lists/house-of-leaves-episodes-there-might-be-cupcakes-podcast-107aIYJ3DwReferenced:Elizabeth: A Novel of the Unnatural by Jessica Hamilton https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910670Ovid’s Metamorphoses https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780140447897Daphnis and Chloe by Longus https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780199554959How to Support Cupcakes:Leave

In which Carla learns that the most important Supreme Court case of the civil rights movement was brought about by a sixteen-year-old in her state...and an entire county in her state shut down public school rather than integrate.Marked explicit for racism and racist violence.Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionMy history teacher, Mr. Curtis: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/goodbye-my-friend-for-now/Referenced episodes: 9: Family Trees: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-9-family-trees/Sources and recommended reading:Something Needs to Be Done About Prince Edward County: A Family, A Virginia Town, and a Civil Rights Battle by Kristin Green https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780062268686Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-63 by Taylor Branch https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978067168742714th Amendment: https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxiv, https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/fourteenth-amendment5th Ame

In which Carla reviews Toni Morrison’s multi-award-winning horror novel Beloved, and the horrific history that inspired it for Black History Month.Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionEnd music: Lapitino, F. J., Anderson, M., Prince, C. A. & Burleigh, H. T. (1924) Go down Moses. [Audio] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/jukebox-69931/Advertised podcast: Thorne and Cross: Carnival MacabreThe Beloved trilogy:Beloved by Toni Morrison (Vintage International Edition, the edition I used with Morrison’s introduction) https://amzn.to/3s24c6H / https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781400033416Jazz https://amzn.to/33FSV2E / https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781400076215Paradise https://amzn.to/3BJplWA / https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780804169882The Black Book, ed. Toni Morrison, Middleton A. Harris, Morris Levitt, and Ernest Smith https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781400068487Margaret Garner: Opera Vocal Score by Toni Morrison https://book

In which Carla celebrates Epiphany by exploring barriers, and celebrating the Victorian tradition of horror at Christmas one more time this season, by reading a Victorian short story that takes place on another barrier night: Halloween.Story: “Man-Sized in Marble”, by E. NesbitReferenced episodes: 67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-days-67-8279850154: Gilead: Meaning in Place: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/gilead-meaning-in-place-54-45344382All of the Victorian Christmas horror episodes in a playable list: https://www.podchaser.com/lists/there-might-be-cupcakes-victorian-christmas-horror-episodes-107aIdyD0lMusic: “What Next Dear One” by Rue Royale used with Creative Commons permission via Free Music ArchiveTheme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionSources and Recommended Reading:Grim Tales by E. Nesbit

In which Carla once again explores the horror realm of Victorian Christmastide and reads another story by a Victorian horror author.Referenced episode: 67: Haunted Yule: Twelve Days: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/haunted-yule-twelve-days-67-82798501Music: “Midnight Mass” by Dee Yan Key and “Snow on Snow (Bleak Midwinter)” by Rue Royale used with Creative Commons permission via Free Music ArchiveTheme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionSources and Recommended Reading:Elizabeth Gaskell, “A Nurse’s Story”The Short Stories of Elizabeth Gaskell https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781780005829The Moorland Cottage by Elizabeth Gaskell https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781780006123Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell, Oxford Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780199538263Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell, Penguin Clothbound Classic Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780141442549North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

In which Carla reads her original Christmas horror short story, “Holly Jolly Christmas”. All rights reserved.Music: “Deck the Halls” by Rue Royale and “Christmas Evil” by Associated Press, used with permissionTheme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permissionPodchaser: 80 Podcasts to Discover in December, including me!: https://www.podchaser.com/lists/80-podcasts-to-discover-this-december-2021-107aIaa7VsPodchaser: The 60 Best Podcasts to Discover for November, including me! https://www.podchaser.com/lists/the-60-best-podcasts-to-discover-for-november-pc!5OvkkR9IR4GmAv65Horror author Gabino Iglesias: https://twitter.com/Gabino_IglesiasHow to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.f

In which Carla reviews and discusses 31 more horror movies without blood and gore, suitable for the squeamish viewer or beginner to horror. No spoilers.Podchaser: The 60 Best Podcasts to Discover for November, including There Might Be Cupcakes! https://www.podchaser.com/lists/the-60-best-podcasts-to-discover-for-november-pc!5OvkkR9IR4GmAv65References , sources, and recommended reading:First Boo Without Goo episode: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-10-boo-without-goo/Letterbox list of every movie referenced in an episode: https://letterboxd.com/claradox/list/there-might-be-cupcakes/detail/Suspiria episodes:Episode 51: Elegant Nastiness: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/elegant-nastiness-51-40843314Episode 53: Exquisite Mayhem: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/exquisite-mayhem-53-44761006William Castle’s horror movies: https://letterboxd.com/director/william-castle-1/genre/horror/Vincent Price’s horror

In which Carla continues to explore the Navidson Record of House of Leaves. This is the third episode; to begin, start with episode 68: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/bone-chimes-and-primitive-spid-85959021 then listen to episode 70: Ergodic: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/there-might-be-cupcakes-podcas-520320/episodes/ergodic-house-of-leaves-70-94954631https://www.markzdanielewski.comHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375714412The Cipher by Kathe Koja https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781946154330The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, Illustrated Edition https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9798653366215Slade House by David Mitchell https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780812988079Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781907523892Alice Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll https://bookshop.org/

Show notes:In which Carla explores the horror subgenre found footage, and its subgenre internet horrorCreepypasta: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/https://www.reddit.com/r/creepypasta/https://www.reddit.com/r/creepygaminghttps://www.reddit.com/r/nosleepTed the Caver: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Ted_the_Caverhttps://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/Slender Man: https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slender_ManMy Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/claradox/My Letterboxd “found footage” horror tag https://letterboxd.com/claradox/tag/found-footage/films/My Letterboxd “internet horror” tag https://letterboxd.com/claradox/tag/internet-horror/films/My Letterboxd There Might Be Cupcakes Movie List: https://letterboxd.com/claradox/list/there-might-be-cupcakes/Paris catacombs: https://www.catacombes.paris.fr/enReading suggestions: (Audible link to get a free month and a free book: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R)Behind the Horror: True Stories That Inspired Horror Movies by Dr. Lee

In which Carla explores Poe’s plague, and its relationship to Shakespeare’s desert island.Sources:Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781500497248The story at the Poe Museum: https://www.poemuseum.org/the-masque-of-the-red-deathThe story with annotated vocabulary: https://poestories.com/read/masquehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Masque_of_the_Red_Deathhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ProsperoThe Tempest by William Shakespeare https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780198325000https://www.geni.com/people/Virginia-Poe/6000000008462677282Adaptations of Poe’s work:Music: Jason Mulligan’s Concert Drama: https://jasonmulligan.net/vocal-1/the-masque-of-the-red-deathChristopher Rouse’s Prospero’s Rooms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prospero%27s_Roomshttps://music.apple.com/us/album/prosperos-rooms/1106607427?i=1106607860Movies:The Plague of Florence (1919) https://boxd.it/8RcuThe Masque of the Red Death (1964) Vincent Prince https://boxd.it/1w12La maschera della morte rossa (1971) https://box

In which Carla explores the beginning of the Navidson Record, the structure of the novel, the history of ergodic literature, and the social phenomenon of the novel 21 years ago, as well as the psychological symptom that drives the stories in this novel.First episode in this series: Bone-Chimes and Primitive Spiders: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/43799576The House of Leaves universe:House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375703768The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780375714412Poe’s album “Haunted”: Apple https://apple.co/2MT62F4, Spotify https://spoti.fi/3c2RsDq, Amazon https://amzn.to/3t0qkMyReferenced:The Griffin and Sabine Series by Nick Bantock:1. Griffin and Sabine https://bookshop.org/a/6560/97814521559512. Sabine’s Notebook https://bookshop.org/a/6560/97808118018053. The Golden Mean https://bookshop.org/a/6560/97808118029874. The Pharos Gate https://amzn.to/3dGBSQ2Night Film by Marisha Pessl https://bookshop.org/a/6560/978081297978