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Dark entertainment.
No apologies.
A home for people who like their entertainment with the lights off.
Vetted recommendations across true crime, film and TV, books, and podcasts — plus the occasional rant. No algorithms, no fluff. Just one opinionated editor who gives zero fucks about being objective — telling you what to watch, read and listen to, and what’s not worth your Saturday night.
If you’re fascinated by the darker side of culture, you’re in exactly the right bloody place.
Film & TV
Horror, thrillers, and the darker corners of screen culture. Scenes that stay with you, stories that bruise a little, and the moments you still think about in the dark.
Why Britain Does Dark Comedy Better than Anyone Else
There’s something uniquely British about finding a joke in the bleakest places. Here’s why no one does it quite like the UK.
True Crime
Real cases that never quite let you go. No sensationalism — just bad decisions, strange interviews, and the kind of truths you can’t unhear.
The McStay Family: Here’s What Happened and Why It Won’t Leave Me Alone
A family of four vanishes. For four years, everyone assumes they left voluntarily. They didn’t.
The Watcher House: Letters From a Suburban Horror
A family buys their dream home. Then the letters start.
The Bain Family Murders: A Whodunnit That Refuses To Whodunnit
A family implodes, a country picks sides, and thirty years later, no one agrees on anything.
Chew Crew Essential True Crime Podcasts
Ten true crime podcasts ranked by how badly they unsettle you — not how many downloads they have. The canon, as it should be.
The Canon
Where to start. Required viewing and listening for the terminally curious — the stories that define ALL THINGS DARK. The ones you argue about, obsess over, and carry with you once the lights come back on.
Oddities
Folklore, oddities, urban legends, and the beautifully unhinged. The strange corners of culture you shouldn’t explore at 2 a.m. (so obviously you will).
Who Does She Think She Is, Fanny Cradock?
Television’s original villain — long before reality TV made it fashionable.
Paper Cuts
Books that slice deeper than they should. Psychological horror, bleak thrillers, and the stories that crawl under your skin and make themselves comfortable.
Casting Crimes: Hollywood Clearly Didn’t Read the Book
The casting decisions that made book lovers weep. Hollywood’s most baffling choices, ranked.
Dark Places
Travel for the terminally curious. Haunted towns, unsettling histories, eerie landscapes — the places with more past than people.
Edinburgh: The Most Haunted City on Earth
Edinburgh doesn’t just have ghost stories — it has layers of them, buried under the streets.
Chewie’s PICKS
Not the latest. Not the loudest. These are the stories that linger — the ones that crawl under your skin, get under your ribs, and refuse to leave. Carefully chosen from across true crime, film, books, and the darker corners of culture. New? Start here.
The Bain Family Murders: A Whodunnit That Refuses To Whodunnit
A family implodes, a country picks sides, and thirty years later, no one agrees on anything.
These Japanese Urban Legends Will Ruin Your Life (You’re Welcome)
Japanese urban legends don’t just scare you — they get inside your head and stay there. Consider this your warning.
Chew Crew Essential True Crime Podcasts
Ten true crime podcasts ranked by how badly they unsettle you — not how many downloads they have. The canon, as it should be.
Chew Crew Essential True Crime Docs
Ten of the best true crime documentaries ever made, ranked without mercy. The Jinx, The Keepers, Devilsdorp — the ones that got under our skin and stayed there.
Hereditary vs. The Babadook: Grief in a Monster Suit
One screams. One whispers. Both know exactly where you live. Hereditary vs Babadook — the definitive grief horror face-off.
The Haunting of M. Night Shyamalan
Genius at 28. Hollywood’s cautionary tale by 40. Back from the dead by 50. The M Night Shyamalan filmography is the strangest career in modern cinema — and one of the most interesting.
Worth A DOOMSCROLL
Enter the void
Occasional dispatches from the dark. Extra pieces, offcuts, and the things we save for later. If it’s not worth opening, it doesn’t get sent.
