{"podcast":{"title":"Pop Culture Roulette","slug":"pop-culture-roulette-7061500","podcast_index_feed_id":7061500,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/6076220/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/pop-culture-roulette--6076220","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/ebd2429fadc8c0433812b39c923e1063.jpg","author":"Nicholas R Pepin","episode_count":195,"summary":"Three friends sit down to discuss current pop culture events and generally get side tracked by a lot of other things. If you are into nerd culture this is your place place to be!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-19T14:21:12.639923+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-culture-roulette-7061500"},"episode":{"title":"Lights, Camera… Fear? The Urban Legends of Tinseltown","slug":"lights-camera-fear-the-urban-legends-of-tinseltown","published_at":"2025-10-25T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-culture-roulette-7061500/lights-camera-fear-the-urban-legends-of-tinseltown","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-culture-roulette-7061500","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/lights-camera-fear-the-urban-legends-of-tinseltown--68276031","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/68276031/409932280_44100_2_7e4c450896bf9.mp3","summary":"Hollywood might be the land of dreams, but behind the glitz and glamor lurk some seriously creepy stories. This week on Pop Culture Roulette, we’re peeling back the red curtain and stepping into the shadows to explore the most enduring—and chilling—urban legends that have haunted Tinseltown for decades. From cursed productions and haunted props to rumors that refuse to die, we’re putting the spotlight on Hollywood’s darker side.The crew dives deep into some of the biggest and weirdest tales out there: the supposed curse of James Dean’s car, the eerie tragedies surrounding Poltergeist and The Omen, the ghostly presence said to wander near the Hollywood sign, and even some of the stranger celebrity myths that made tabloids go wild. We separate fact from fiction, laugh at the ridiculous ones, and get genuinely unsettled by the ones that feel just a little too real.So grab your popcorn—just maybe don’t turn off the lights. Because this week, it’s all Lights, Camera… Fear?#PopCultureRoulette #Smashland #PCR #Hollywood #UrbanLegends #Tinseltown #PopCulture #MovieMyths #CursedFilms #HollywoodMysteries #HauntedHollywood #FilmLegends #SpookySeason","meta_description":"Hollywood might be the land of dreams, but behind the glitz and glamor lurk some seriously creepy stories. This week on Pop Culture Roulette, we’re peelin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4001,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/pop-culture-roulette-7061500/episodes/lights-camera-fear-the-urban-legends-of-tinseltown/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/pop-culture-roulette-7061500/lights-camera-fear-the-urban-legends-of-tinseltown.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}