Novel Meets Evil

Ever since publishing Unravelling Oliver in 2014, Liz Nugent has been gifting us with deep character-driven novels full of twisted family drama, allowing us to reevaluate how we look at intergenerational trauma. It’s never just for shock–Liz actually has something to say.Her five novels - Unravelling Oliver, Lying in Wait, Skin Deep, Our Little Cruelties and Strange Sally Diamo

The stories that scare often have a thread of truth in them. Sometimes there's much more than a thread, like when a story is based on a real person or series of crime. You'd never expect truth from Ray Bradbury one of the greats of American speculative-fiction. But in 'Dandelion Wine', Bradbury's debut novel, there's very little sci-fi or spec-fic to be found. He did, however, crea

Novel Meets Evil - Season 01 Episode 06 - "Lady Liars: Cindy James Meets Gone Girl"Like a good thriller, the case of Canadian nurse Cindy James will have you scratching your head, questioning your own assumptions about who, if anyone, is telling the truth. She suffered for 7 years, was not believed by authorities, and ended up drugged, strangled and hogtied in an abandoned lot. So

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Smell the Evil! Smell the Novel!Patrick Suskind's accidental villain in his novel 'Perfume' goes toe-to-toe with Jeffrey Dahmer for the title of loneliest man of all time. Enjoy may not be the right word, but I hope you enjoy -- it's a weird one!Novel Meets Evil PodcastThe True-Crime Podcast For Fiction ReadersDon't be scared, subscribe for free in your podcast app. Then be scared.

Episode Notes:Kidnappers are as evil as full-blown murderers, as today’s episode will demonstrate. We compare the real-life case of Ariel Castro, a kidnapping creep who made his mark on Cleveland to the no-less-warped horror story encased in the thriller Strange Sally Diamond, by Irish author Liz Nugent. Monstrous men who just can’t help themselves, and lie as easily as breathi

Guns a' blazin' on this episode of Novel Meets Evil. In this episode's NOVEL segment Ray Bradbury is at it again with another short story called 'The Dwarf', in which a small-minded carnival worker bothers a small-bodied man he calls Mr. Big, to bad effect. In our EVIL segment we delve into a creep named Bernie Goetz, who New York City called the Subway Vigilante in the 1980s for h

On Novel Meets Evil Season 01 Episode 04 - Kidnapper's Delight: Ariel Castro Meets Liz Nugen'ts 'Strange Sally Diamond'. Novel Meets Evil PodcastThe True-Crime Podcast For Fiction ReadersDon't be scared, subscribe for free in your podcast app. Then be scared...Related topics: True crime, Unsolved mysteries, Criminal investigations, Serial killers, Cold cases, Criminal psychology, M

On Novel Meets Evil Season 1 Episode 3, Ray Bradbury’s short story ‘The Dwarf’ meets Bernard Goetz, aka. The Subway Vigilante, and we compare two loose cannonsNovel Meets Evil PodcastThe True-Crime Podcast For Fiction ReadersDon't be scared, subscribe for free in your podcast app. Then be scared...Related topics: True crime, Unsolved mysteries, Criminal investigations, Serial

We're always excited to bring you two spine-tingling tales, one true evil and one fiction. S01 E02 brings you Edgar Allan Poe's 1839 short story 'William Wilson' juxtaposed to the hard-to-believe true story of Marie Hilley, a woman with no soul who almost got what she deserved. Almost...Suggest new topics at our Facebook page!Keep it creepy...Novel Meets Evil PodcastThe True-Crime