true crime
Hosted by Kristin Roman · true crime · EN-US
I'm Kristin. Welcome to Dark Academy Podcast, where the line between reality and the unknown blurs. Join me and our fellow academy inductees as we delve into the eerie, the unexplained, and the sinister, unraveling true crime, paranormal hauntings, cryptid lore, alien mysteries, and more. Step into the Midnight Library for horror movie reviews, related cases, and the Final Fright segment where bizarre deaths, unsettling phobias, and more exist. Descend into The Forbidden Archives, where conspiracy theories take root. There are forgotten spaces and academy lore yet to be discovered.
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Signup to Generate a PitchI'm Kristin. Welcome to Dark Academy Podcast, where the line between reality and the unknown blurs. Join me and our fellow academy inductees as we delve into the eerie, the unexplained, and the sinister, unraveling true crime, paranormal hauntings, cryptid lore, alien mysteries, and more.
Dark Academy Pod is hosted by Kristin Roman. The show has published 19 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "19 Halloween" (22 October 2026, 21 minutes), "18 The Lost Boys" (12 August 2026, 43 minutes), and "17 I Know What You Did Last Summer and The Hookman Urban Legend" (1 July 2026, 40 minutes).
Dark Academy Pod publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 30 minutes across 19 episodes.
Booking probability for Dark Academy Pod is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dark Academy Pod requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dark Academy Pod's contact route on record: verified email.
Kristin Roman hosts Dark Academy Pod, a true crime podcast with 19 episodes published.
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Episode #19
What’s scarier than Michael Myers? Real people mistaken for Halloween decorations. This Halloween, Dark Academy Pod is exploring the monsters we see on screen, and the ones who walk among us. First, we’re returning to...
Episode #18
Welcome to the Dark Academy Summer Drive-In. Tonight’s feature is The Lost Boys. A movie filled with neon lights, motorcycles, leather jackets, and vampires But Santa Carla isn’t entirely fictional. The real Santa Cruz...
A deadly hit-and-run. A fisherman with a hook. A killer who refuses to let the past stay buried. Tonight at Dark Academy, we’re celebrating the Fourth of July with a ‘90s horror classic: I Know What You Did Last Summer...
Episode #16
<p>In this episode of Dark Academy, we gather in the Midnight Library to discuss all things Exorcist. The whole show is the Exorcist. </p><p><br></p><p>Join me as we journey from the ancient ruins of Iraq and the legend...
Episode #15
<p>Step into the woods… actually, don’t.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Dark Academy, we gather in the Midnight Library to explore The Village, a film where fear isn’t just a feeling… it’s a system. A system...
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<p>Something is knocking in the woods.</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Dark Academy, we step beyond the firelight and into one of the most enduring mysteries in modern folklore, Bigfoot.</p><p><br></p><p>From the...
Episode #13
<p>Come join me by the fireplace.</p><p>In this episode, we return to Camp Crystal Lake, right in the middle of winter, to revisit Friday the 13th and unravel why this date still gives us chills.</p><p>We start with a...
Episode #12
<p>Join Kristin in the Dark Academy Library as we unwrap the chilling legacy of Black Christmas. The cult classic that gave us our first final girl and killer POV just in time for the holidays. After we explore the...
<p>Join Kristin at the Dark Academy clearing for a chilling journey through the origins of Halloween. From ancient Celtic rituals and headless horsemen to Victorian love charms and modern mischief, explore the eerie...
Episode #10
<p>Welcome to the West Wing inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s exploration takes us into the drawers of the Inanimate Souls Surveillance Initiative. Within these files, we study the Co-Ed Killer, Edmund Kemper, a man...
<p>Not all invitations arrive by mail. Some find you in the margins of a forgotten book, tucked inside an antique store and mysteries in whispered folklore.</p><p>In this special lore episode, I finally share how I...
<p>Welcome to the Chapel of Shadows at Dark Academy. Tonight, we gather beneath the shadowed arches to honor my dear friend and former podcast cohost, Rebecca, on the eve of her wedding. But before she may pledge her...
<p>Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s we’re descending into the shadowy caves where creatures linger, spirits stir, and explorers never return the same, if at all...
Episode #6
<p>Welcome to the Forbidden Archives inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s we’re exploring the whispered legends of vast hidden worlds beneath our feet, lost civilizations, subterranean cities, and ancient beings that...
<p>Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s we’re reviewing Salem’s Lot. What started as a Stephen King novel in the 70s, ended in a movie that split viewers in 2024. A movie that influenced...
<p>Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s shadows gather around dolls that refuse to stay silent. Annabelle, locked away under priestly guard (until she went on tour like she’s Taylor...
<p>Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s film is a story of friendship, grief, and the horror that waits in ancient forests. The Ritual is unsettling fiction, but reality can offer its own...
Episode #2
<p>Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s horror review is rooted in one of the most haunting and well known legend in Latin American folklore: La Llorona The Weeping Woman is doomed to...
<p>Welcome to the Midnight Library inside Dark Academy, where tonight’s horror review is the franchise that gave us Ghostface. It all started in 1996 with the first Scream. The movie that gave us “the rules”. The rules...
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