Season Three

Season Four of The Dark Side with your host, Queen Marlena Midnight of the Shadowlands! Feel the thrill of Absolute Power, expect the unexpected from Mostly Harmless creatures, celebrate popular spring holidays- with a wicked twist, and more!

The Dark Side Season Four

Season 5- Halloween Countdown 2021

"It's a Woman's World"

She's a Maneater
The Grisly Tale of Dorothea Puente
Sweet but Psycho, Ava Max
A Jury of her Peers, by Susan Glaspell
Evil Woman, Electric Light Orchestra
Evil Woman, Don't You Play Your Games With Me, Black Sabbath

Originally aired March 11, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA

Season 4

Season 4, Episode 5

"Bad Seeds"

Featuring:
The Bone-Chilling True Story of Daniel Marsh
Years Ago, Alice Cooper
Children of the Corn, Stephen King
Dreaming, Bruno Coulais
The Key to the Exorcist's Success
Tubular Bells, Mike Oldfield

Season 4, Episode 6

"Diabolical Dolls".

Featuring:
Creepy Doll, Jonathan Coulton
The Doll that Inspired Annabelle
Annabelle Theme, Joseph Bishara
The Haunted Doll's House, M. R. James
Coin Operated Boy, The Dresden Dolls
TTZ- "Living Doll", The One that Showed Them How It's Done
Gingerbread Coffin, Rasputina

Episode Seven

Season 4, Episode 7

"Fairy Tales"

Featuring:
Away with the Fairies, Inkubus Sukubus
Scary Fairies of Celtic Legend
Sit Down by the Fire, The Pogues
The Juniper Tree, the Brothers Grimm
Song of Fey Cross, Three Weird Sisters
Is Coraline Literally a Fairy Tale?
Changeling Child, Heather Dale
Mayhem Maybe, Jethro Tull

Originally aired Thursday, April 8, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Season 4, Episode 8

"Night at the Theater"

Featuring:
At the Opera Tonight, Terrence Zdunich
The Haunted History of the Fallon House Theater, feat. interview w/ Jeremy Hicks, former stagehand
Kiss of the Spider Woman, Chita Rivera
Excerpt from Interview with the Vampire, Theatro de Vampires
The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, Stephen Sondheim
Why Is Phantom of the Opera the Longest Running Show on Broadway? A Cross-Disciplinary Hypothesis
Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber

Season 4, Episode 9

"Bad Trips"

Featuring:

White Rabbit, Dana Flanagan
Scary Misinformation and Urban Legends about Drugs
Just One Fix, Ministry
Gray Matter: A Metaphor for Addiction
Strange Brew, Cream
What Puts the Fear in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Jumpin' Jack Flash, The Doors
We'll Meet Again, Vera Lynn

Season 4, Episode 10

"Arachnophobia"

Featuring:
Boris the Spider, The Who
Tall Tales True or False, Spider Edition
Spiders, Ozzy Osbourne
Spider the Artist, Nnedi Okorafor
Spider in the Dressing Room, The Toy Dolls
I Am the Spider, Alice Cooper
"Arachnophobia" and the Deconstruction of Pastoralism

Originally broadcast Oct. 7, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Season 5

Halloween Countdown 2021, Episode 1

"Astrophobia"

Featuring:

Bad Moon Rising, Creedence Clearwater Revival
The Ghost Riders: One Part Wild Hunt, Two Parts Texas Ghost Story
Ghost Riders in the Sky, Johnny Cash
The Storm, McKnight Melmar
Thunderstruck, AC/DC
The Mist: Men and Monsters
Send the Death Storm, The Red Chord
Monster Mash, Bobby "Boris" Pickett
I Put a Spell on You (Hocus Pocus Soundtrack), Bette Midler
Thriller, Michael Jackson

Episode 2

"Aerophobia"

Featuring:
Death from Above, Anthrax
The Horror of the Heights, Arthur Conan Doyle
Afraid of Heights, Billy Talent
History Repeats: Nightmare(s) at 20,000 Feet
Death in the Sky, Blessed Death
Higher and Higher, Jackie Wilson

Originally broadcast Oct. 21, 2021, KAAD-LP 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Episode 3

"Thanatophobia" (Halloween Countdown 2021 Finale)

Featuring:

O Death, Ralph Stanley
Harbingers of Death from Around the World
Don't Fear the Reaper, Blue Oyster Cult
Masque of the Red Death, Edgar Allan Poe
Lessons from The Twilight Zone's "Nothing in the Dark"
I Will Follow You Into the Dark, Death Cab for Cutie
Welcome to the Black Parade, My Chemical Romance
We'll Meet Again, Vera Lynn
This is Halloween, Danny Elfman
Haunted Heart, Christina Aguilera
Little Ghost, The White Stripes

Originally broadcast Oct. 10, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Episode 4

Episode One of The Dark Side, "Winter: The Season of Death". 

Featuring:
Tragic Tall Tales- The True Story of the Donner Party
Goth Lit 101- The Old Portrait, Hume Nesbit
For the Aesthetic- Heavy Curtains
Midnight Media- The Invisible Man

Originally aired on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA, on Jan. 2, 2020.

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Season 1, Episode 1

"Terror From Beyond the Stars!"

Featuring:
E.T., Katy Perry
Lights in the Sky: The UFOs of Gold Country
Aliens, Coldplay
Who's There? by Arthur C. Clarke
Space Junk, Wang Chung
Science Fiction Fashion
Men in Black, Will Smith
An Excruciating Recap of Alien
Space Oddity, David Bowie

Originally broadcast February 20 2020, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Season 1

Season 1, Episode 8

Episode Six, "Dads of the Dark Side"

Featuring:
Punk Rock Dad, Titanosaur
An Interview with Queen Midnight's Father
My Dad Was A Punk Rocker, Mantis
Willie and Millie, The Ghosts of the Old Pratt Hotel
Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Sarah Brightman
A Story to Scare My Son, R.D. Overnfriend
Father of Mine, Everclear
Top Three Dads of the Dark Side
Father to Son, Queen
The Toxic Fatherhood of Repo! The Genetic Opera
I Never Knew I'd Love You So Much, Alexa Vega and Anthony Stewart Head
Eulogy
Ghost of Freedom, Iced Earth

Season 2

Season 2, Episode 6

"Madmen and Mayhem"

Featuring:
The Mad Scientist, The Zanies
Mad Scientists of History
This is Your Last Warning, SCP
Father of the Groom, Harry Turtledove
She Blinded Me With Science, Thomas Dolby 
Frankenstein 2011: A Play That's More than a Gimmick
Weird Science, Oingo Boingo

Originally broadcast Sept. 17, 2020, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora.

Halloween Countdown 2020, Episode 1

"Monster Mash"

Featuring:
Monster Mash, Buddy Pickett
California's Coolest Creeps
I Feel Like a Monster, Skillet
The Monster, Alli Simpson
I Am the Monster, Elvenking
A Brief Retrospective on Monster High
In Love With a Monster, Fifth Harmony
Transylvania 6-5000 and Other Multi-Monster Movies
Scary Monsters and Super Freaks, David Bowie

Originally aired October 1, 2020, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, California.

Season 3

Halloween Countdown 2020, Episode 2

"Slashers and Survivors".

Featuring:
Myers 10/31, Blitzkid
California Screamin': Our Top Five Most Infamous Serial Killers
A Nightmare on My Street, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince
Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, Joe Lansdale, Part 1
New York Ripper, Calabrese
Incident On and Off a Mountain Road, Part 2
Leatherface, Lazz Rockit
Friday the 13th: Thirty Years Later
He's Back (The Man in the Mask), Alice Cooper

Originally aired October 7, 2020, on KAAD-LP 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Halloween Countdown 2020, Episode 3

"Strange Magic"

Featuring:
Real Witches vs. Halloween Witches
Season of the Witch, Donovan
Covens and Rumors of Covens; or, Staying in the Broom Closet
Witchy Woman. The Eagles
Space Witch, Richaundra Thursday
Black Magic Woman, Santana
The Modern Witchcraft Industry
Rhiannon, Fleetwood Mac
American Witch, Rob Zombie
Hocus Pocus, the Ultimate Halloween Treat
I Put a Spell on You, Bette Midler
Spellbound, Souixsie and the Banshees
Swamp Witch, Jim Stafford

Originally aired, Oct. 16, 2020 on KAAD-LP 103.5, Sonora, CA

Halloween Countdown 2020. Episode 4

"Day of the Dead Halloween Special".

Featuring:
This is Halloween, Danny Elfman
The Restless Spirits of Preston Castle
Haunted Heart, Christina Aguilera
The Ghostly Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Poltergeist Theme, John Willams
Ghost Hunting for Fun and Profit
Ghostbusters, Ray Parker Jr.
Beetlejuice- Finding Joy in Grief
The Whole Being Dead Thing, Alex Brightman
We'll Meet Again, Vera Lynn
Thriller, Micheal Jackson

Originally aired October 27, 2020, on KAAD-LP 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Halloween Countdown 2020, Episode 6

"Zombie Delight".

Featuring:
Zombie Delight, Buck 67
California's Real Zombies!
Re: Your Brains, Jonathan Coulton
World War Z- Chapter One
Zombie, The Cranberries
The Life and Times of Night of the Living Dead
Live Undead, Slayer
Zombie Zoo, Tom Petty

Originally aired October 19, 2020, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, Sonora, CA.

Halloween Countdown 2020, Episode 5

"PrimEvil"

Dinosaur, King Crimson
Weird and Disgusting True Facts About Dinosaurs
Quest for Fire, Iron Maiden
Primeval, Joslyn Chase
Caveman, The Cramps
PRIMAL- The Power of Nonverbal Storytelling
The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here, Alice in Chains
Punk Rock Caveman, The Desert Sessions

Originally aired Feb. 18, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, in Sonora, CA.

Season Four

Season 4, Episode 4

"Gods of Darkness"

Losing My Religion, REM
God Song, Bad Religion
Gods of Evil Around the World (and Why Hades and the Devil Don't Count)
Ritual, Ghost
Nyarlathotep, H.P. Lovecraft
God's Song, Chris Thile
The Devil's Carnival: "Alleluia!"- A Humanist Perspective on Charismatic Christianity
Remnant, Machinae Supremacy

Originally aired Feb. 18, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, in Sonora, CA.

Season 4, Episode 3

"Royal Pain"

Tyrant, Judas Priest
Kingdoms of Blood
Bloody Mary, Lady Gaga
Red as Blood, Tanith Lee
Castle, Halsey
Why Queen of the Damned Was Doomed to Failure
King of Nothing, Metallica

Originally aired Feb. 11, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, in Sonora, CA.

Season 4, Episode 2

"Attack of the Giant... Whatever"

Go Go Godzilla, Blue Oyster Cult
Giant Animals of Legend
The Giant, Monster Truck
The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury- The Grandfather of the Creature Feature 
Giant Monsters All Out Attack, Pinstripe Sunny
The Cultural Phenomenon of Giant Monster Movies in the Fifties
Science Fiction Double Feature, Richard O'Brien
Destroy All Monsters, Raven

Originally aired Feb 4, 2021, on KAAD-LP, 103.5, in Sonora, CA

Season 4, Episode 1

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