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Hosted by Jon Richter and Liam Martin · arts · EN-GB · 79 episodes
Dark Natter is the podcast where your favourite works of horror and other dark fiction are sliced, diced and dissected for forensic analysis! Enter the Hall Of Pain, where creepy custodians Jon Richter (dark fiction writer and video game developer) and Liam Martin (dark fiction connoisseur and professional video game writer) will guide you through a fun and usually downright daft examination of your favourite sinister creations.
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Signup to Generate a PitchDark Natter is the podcast where your favourite works of horror and other dark fiction are sliced, diced and dissected for forensic analysis!
Dark Natter is hosted by Jon Richter and Liam Martin. The show has published 79 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Game of Thrones (and Dark Natter season finale!)" (25 January 2025, 75 minutes), "The Substance (with Aaron Brown)" (12 January 2025, 72 minutes), and "The Nightmare Before Christmas" (29 December 2024, 57 minutes).
Dark Natter publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 64 minutes across 79 episodes.
Booking probability for Dark Natter is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Dark Natter requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Dark Natter's contact route on record: public web form.
Jon Richter and Liam Martin hosts Dark Natter, an arts show with 79 episodes published.
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Episode #76
<p>It's the end of our third season, and what better way to close out than with a discussion about a celebrated show that had an infamously terrible ending?? Errr, wait...</p><p>Trying this new fangled Fan Mail feature...
Episode #75
<p>Pal and movie buff Aaron joins the boys again to discuss 2024's smash hit body horror onslaught, The Substance! Tune in to find out whether Demi Moore's comeback vehicle lives up to the hype, or whether it's just a...
Episode #74
<p>It's another dark Christmas for the Dark Natter boys, and what better way to celebrate than with this classic Tim Burton festive fright-fest??</p><p>Trying this new fangled Fan Mail feature: use this link to send us...
Episode #73
<p>The Hall of Pain's creepy custodians tackle The Chinese Room's 2024 horror video game, Still Wakes the Deep: expect grotesque sights, grotesque amounts of swearing, and grotesquely bad Scottish accents!</p><p>Trying...
Episode #72
<p>Nicolas Cage has transcended acting. He is now more myth than man. But is his performance (and deeply disturbing singing) enough to earn this unpredictable but muddled supernatural thriller a place in the Hall of...
Episode #71
<p>In their restless dreams, they see that town... Silent Hill is Jon and Liam's special place, and they've been waiting there for 23 years for Jon's all-time favourite video game to be remade. Did Bloober Team defy the...
Episode #70
<p>We watched them so you don't have to. And because we're insane. In celebration of Halloween in prior years, we've slogged through some pretty patchy franchises (Halloween, Friday 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street) but...
Episode #69
<p>The first movie catapulted Michael Keaton and Tim Burton to Batman levels of fame (see our last episode, coincidentally!) Now, a mind-melting 36 YEARS LATER, the duo team up once again, along with loads of other...
Episode #68
<p>Given how much of a Bat-fan Jon is, this episode feels long overdue, not to mention both Jon and Liam's love of the Clown Prince of Crime and the rest of the caped crusader's rogues' gallery! Tune in to find out...
Episode #67
<p>You knew this one was coming... the lads have been busy devouring every last morsel of FromSoftware's new Elden Ring expansion ever since its release, and having filled their bellies with this astonishingly generous...
Episode #66
<p>The talented and likeable David Dastmalchian has made a career out of being a creepy weirdo, but how does he fare as the leading man in this movie about a late night chat show that goes wildly wrong when it decides...
Episode #65
<p>Liam and Jon are joined by their pal Aaron to talk about a book and movie series that's dear to their withered, black hearts: Lord Of The Rings! The usual wide-ranging chat encompasses everything from forgotten...
Episode #64
<p>We're conscious we've got some new listeners in this third season who might be unfamiliar with our show, and also might be interested to find out some of the illustrious dark fiction names, franchises and experiences...
Episode #63
<p>This season has definitely gone a bit fantasy-y, and to keep the trend going Jon and Liam are discussing one of the most revered video games of all time (as well as the first instalment of its remake trilogy): Square...
Episode #62
<p>The Last Of Us video games are already safely ensconced in a delightful, mushroom-coloured suite in the Hall of Pain... but what about HBO's attempt to bring the massively popular (and divisive) games to the telly...
Episode #61
<p>Jon considers himself the world's biggest Silent Hill fan, and Liam has also been a lifelong series aficionado - so when Konami FINALLY released the first new console game in the franchise in an entire decade, the...
Episode #60
<p>Jon and Liam are massive fans of From Software's rock hard dark fantasy games, and Elden Ring is the biggest and most renowned of them all... but has the formula become too fat and bloated to fit through the doors of...
Episode #59
<p>The lads are dropping a new episode slightly ahead of schedule because Jon is naffing off for a bit in order to get married! Almost as horrifying as the life that awaits his long-suffering partner is this episode's...
Episode #58
<p>Another revered horror franchise gets the Dark Natter treatment, and after already escaping somehow unscathed from Halloween, Friday 13th and Nightmare On Elm Street the boys thought it was time to tackle Wes...
Episode #57
<p>Released on 28th June 2024, Scarred is Jon's tenth book and first ever (dark) fantasy novel. If this voice snippet entices you to join Freya and Errick's quest, visit www.jon-richter.com for more information, or get...
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