Podcasts · Nightmares and Cold Ones

Episode 120 It (Part 1)

6 Dec 2025 · 1 h 38 min · S1 E151 · Explicit

On a rainy day a boy in a yellow slicker sailed a paper boat down a stream along a flooded street. Little Georgie was dismayed when he saw the paper boat sail into a sewer. When he had all but given up on retrieving the boat Georgie heard the voice of a curious character in the sewer, it was Pennywise the Dancing Clown. While Georgie was first caught off guard by seeing a figure in the sewer, he couldn't help himself from taking a closer look...

And thus, Stephen King gifted coulrophobia to generations of kids.

Sister G, Kristina with a K and John dig into one of the seminal horror stories of the '80's. It was meant to be Stephen King's final statement on the horror genre. What's a better way to bid farewell to spooky stuff than bringing all of the monsters into the fold? You have The Mummy, Frankenstein's Monster, The Werewolf, but the best part is it is all It - a creature from outside our dimension which feeds on our fear and feasts on our flesh. We know you've been watching the new show on HBO, so why not dig more into the novel with the Cold Ones gang?

So, crack that cold one, and take a trip with us to Derry, if you dare.

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