About this episode

This episode features three horror stories exploring themes of motherhood and mental health.

The Mall Game (starts at 1:37) *** Written by: Ryan Peacock *** Mother, I Hunger (starts at 48:29) *** Written by: Tanya Pond and Narrated by: Heather Thomas *** Content warning: dead baby, post-partum depression *** The Mechanical Heart (starts at 1:16:28) *** Written by: Natalia Plos and Narrated by: Nichole Goodnight *** Support the show at patreon.com/creepypod *** Title music by: Alex Aldea Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Bloody FM

Topics covered

• horror
• drama
• fiction
• mental health
• parenting
• suspense

Keywords

• horror
• drama
• fiction
• post-partum depression
• suspense
• motherhood
• mental health

Sponsors

patreon.com/creepypod

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloody FM

Books & works: The Mall Game, Mother, I Hunger, The Mechanical Heart

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