We're back! Again! It's been a long hiatus but Ben and Amanda are here with a new direction. This is the "pilot" episode for Living Full Addams. where we break down, step by step, How to live like the Addams Family. How to spend time at home with your family instead of leaving for a conventional job (OK since the lockdown, most of us in the US are doing this)How to embrace the dark side of life and how to be OK with being the weirdos in your town. How to live Full Addams. This episode we look at the Gomez and Morticia's marriage. It seems pretty much perfect, right? we compare it to our own and talk about how we got to this point. This episode was edited by Tom Simmonds.

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Living Full Addams : A Perfect Addams Marriage

They said it wouldn't happen. But the stars aligned and Cheap Chills lives on! This time Ben and Amanda talk about fate and destiny, delving into some personal stories after delving into other personal stories for their popular "Hometown Horrors" segment. Check out Rin Tanaka's series of street fashion books, My Freedamn! Pick up a copy of Ben's new book, Monster Funk, in adult coloring book form or as a full-color picture book (paperback or ebook), all on Amazon.com. THIS JUST IN! Ben just released one more version, this one for kids (no words, just fun monsters). "A Coloring Book of Gross Monsters" will be available on Amazon July 20th. Amanda's new Etsy store is called Irreverent Finery. Follow the Instagram too, @Irreverent-Finery. Thanks for your support!

Ep 0036 KNOW FATE

Live at STAB Comedy Theater in Sacramento, California! Ben & Amanda talk about the Hometown Horrors of the fun-zone in Grass Valley and fighting old ladies at estate sales. Then it's on to the cults! What is a cult? What is a sex-cult? Aren't they all sex-cults, really? Ben & Amanda discuss their favorite movies about cults and recount that time they went to a party thrown by pyramid-scheming, life-coaching, sex-cultists. Then it's questions from the audience (and Instagram) for our super-computer, iDuddits! Thank you Sacpodfest.

Ep 0035 Cults and Q&A with iDuddits - Live At Sacramento Podcast Festival

We're back! This time, Ben reads selections from his new self-published, Adult coloring book, Monster Funk. Friendship, rejection, career lows, embarrassment: Ben tells the incredibly personal stories that are behind the poo and fart jokes. Amanda recalls coloring with scented markers and rates all the smells. Plus Amanda and Ben share a Hometown Horror story and compare some of the grossest things about parenthood verses living in San Francisco.

Ep 0034 Monster Funk

In this return to greatness, Ben and Amanda unpack everything they know, think and feel about those sexy, blood-sucking fiends: Vampires. Ben starts the show with a brief rant about the age-old conflict between grumpy curmudgeons and you meddling, sardine-like teenagers. Then it's full-tilt into all the movie vampires: Bram Stoker's Dracula, Lost Boys, True Blood, Hammer films, Nosferatu, Ed Wood (it counts), Shadow of the Vampire, Blade. Ben even re-enacts a scene from a Twilight movie. Plus a few seedy personal vampire stories! This episode is brought to you by our upcoming grown-up coloring book, Monster Funk.

Ep 0033 Vampires - The Sex Monsters

In this bonus episode, Ben and Amanda put down the monsters and weirdness (mostly) and just talk about living as creatives, living like the Addams Family. What do you do when you are asked to work for free? Could you spend that time working on something for yourself or is it worth it for networkings, future opportunities?

Ep 0032 Bonus - Full Addams -When to Work for Free

Ben and Amanda talk Satan, Satanism and their experiences growing up Christian, going to church getting spooked by Devil-talk. Half-way through, the couple takes a break to have a crazy-mom-off. Then it's back to the Beast, discussing the alleged former Satanic High Priest turned "Christian Comedian" of the 1980s, Mike Warnke. Plus, what are the best loved Satans in pop culture? And what are the "Satanic bands" of the 80s? This episode is brought to you by Devil Dogs.

Ep 0032 Back To Beast

Ben and Amanda introduce a new segment, Conspiracy Something, Say Something and talk about a strange pattern emerging in children's programing. They give more thought and tips on going "Full Addams" (living like the Addams Family), then launch into the main topic: Time Travel. What would you do if you went back to High School? Can you convince a stranger to do something just because you are from the future? Would a vapor trail help?

Ep 0031 Time Travel And Excavators

Amanda is Back! We're back! Ben and Amanda talk about what happens when you are awake during surgery. They take a big step toward living "Full Addams" (Family). Then they explore the idea of "smudging" and bad vibes in a home. Plus a few personal ghost stories!

Ep 0030 Living Fully Full Addams

Ben is joined by guest, co-host Kristen Lucas. Kristen is a comedian and actor who once tried to win over the crowd at an audition with a Cry Baby reference. Ben and Kristen check out the fun in the sun and teenagers making Hey-Hey in some beach horror movies. Plus! Hear the true story of the time Ben got a call from Gallagher. This episode brought to you by Suckerman. Check out www.kristenreneelucas.com On Instagram & Twitter @TheKris10Lucas

Ep 0029 Horror On The Beach With Kristen Lucas

Ben is joined by Super 7's Josh Herbolsheimer. They talk about the new lines of Reaction figures, Universal Monsters (Can we just call him Frankenstein, already?) Plus art school and collisions with celebrities.

Ep 0028 Its Just Frankenstein - Josh Herbolsheimer From Super 7

In this special episode, Ben delves further into the paranormal, sitting down for a one-on-one conversation with Psychic, medium, "jack-of-all-trades", Lady Fordham (Kristen Lucas) of Lady Fordham's Psychic Fluff and Fold.

Ep 027 Lady Fordham's Psychic Fluff And Fold

In this special 1 year anniversary show, Ben and Amanda veer away from movies to have a fireside chat about their most memorable Halloweens. The costumes, trick or treating, taking sexy pictures with Gramma. Plus some tangents about unfortunate swimwear.

Ep 026 Halloween Memories

Ben and Amanda start of with a bit of a State of the Podcast address as it's Episode 25 and the 1 year mark for Cheap Chills. Then it's Bad Apples spoiling....the World? at least the neighborhood. Ben and Amanda talk about their favorite bad boys, Damien from the Omen series and John Waters' Cry Baby Walker. What's up with doomsday people who are worried about the Mark of the Beast? The couple finish up the show by telling a strange story from 6th grade learning camp while creating an "Escalator Pitch" for a movie that brings together all the bad kids from the greaser to the Anti-Christ.

Ep 025 Bad Apples

This time, Ben and Amanda watch clips from David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch then tell their stories about cockroaches and hoarders. They check out clips from Videodrome which launches Ben into a Shark Tank pitch for a ground-breaking, new adult product. One more trailer, Chatterbox gets the two into the realm of disappointing sex comedies and those 80s movies about switching gender. This episode is brought to you by Cheap Chills Clothing and Amazon.com. Support the show and get Halloween-inspired apparel, designed by Cheap Chills' own Ben Walker Storey by searching "Cheap Chills All Hallows Eve" on Amazon.

Ep 024 Lips And Assholes

Ben Walker-Storey and Amanda Walker-Storey are creators talking about monsters, the macabre and life, ya know? Ben and Amanda might watch trailers to old horror movies, B-movies then launch into their own thoughts and stories. Plus guest creators, comedians and other notable weirdos from the world of the macabre and paranormal may pop in.

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