{"podcast":{"title":"Kill By Kill: Talking Horror Characters One Death At A Time","slug":"kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time-686057","podcast_index_feed_id":686057,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/U7P4sZx2","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2d535425-5ac6-4a2b-90ec-079c9897cd2b/dc9f3a00-4089-481a-9c32-c158dfc8c168/3000x3000/10years_skulls.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"We Write Good","episode_count":505,"summary":"In each episode, Patrick Hamilton and Gena Radcliffe unpack all the gory details of horror cinema's least discussed topic: the characters. From Friday the 13th to the Evil Dead franchise and beyond, our mission is to detail each hack, slash, and decapitation in the hopes that a victim's untimely end is just the beginning of the jokes we can make about them.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-18T14:22:21.259211+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time-686057"},"episode":{"title":"The Burning (1981)","slug":"the-burning-1981","published_at":"2026-07-24T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time-686057/the-burning-1981","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time-686057","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time/episodes/the-burning-1981/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/c4d8e2cd-0d96-4a54-9c10-b3b66bd08f32/episodes/651ce1f1-f01e-41f7-a2f9-0d7e2a06ab86/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=c4d8e2cd-0d96-4a54-9c10-b3b66bd08f32&awEpisodeId=651ce1f1-f01e-41f7-a2f9-0d7e2a06ab86&feed=U7P4sZx2","summary":"Summer vacation is in full swing, and we’ve got the perfect episode to help you beat the heat as we light the fires and kick the tires of 1981’s THE BURNING! Along the way, we ask why on earth this movie would have a cult following, discuss why so many doctors want to convince Cropsy to let the past go, debate what the killer’s plan often boils down to “lie down in a canoe for hours,” and examine how the entire movie manages to evoke the mindset of its convicted criminal’s writer/producer. All this, plus spliced-in lightning, dressing like Darkman, fire tumbles, constant leering, inexplicable rope, elder interning, two-pump chumps, and a garden shear-heavy edition of Choose Your Own Deathventure! Float downriver with us and check it out.","meta_description":"Summer vacation is in full swing, and we’ve got the perfect episode to help you beat the heat as we light the fires and kick the tires of 1981’s THE BURNI…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4479,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time-686057/episodes/the-burning-1981/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/kill-by-kill-talking-horror-characters-one-death-at-a-time-686057/the-burning-1981.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}