King Sorrow: An Interview with Joe Hill

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 53.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 October 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The boys sit down with modern master of horror, author Joe Hill joins the show to talk about his new horror fantasy novel King Sorrow, his journey as a struggling young writer, how his earlier stories helped shape this latest descent into darkness, and what it’s like to see his nightmares adapted for the screen. From twisted family legacies to haunting childhood tales, this one proves horror runs deep in the blood!

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0:00.0	Hope I don't screw it up today.
0:08.3	It's an important day.
0:10.3	We got a nice guy and I can't fuck it up.
0:14.2	Fuck!
0:15.2	Jesus.
0:16.2	I just got to stop seeing.
0:17.2	You're a mess.
0:18.2	Yep.
0:19.2	You're a mess.
0:20.2	Well, I mean, I'm excited to read to...
0:21.6	I read some of this stuff, actually. I actually, for the very first time... Not that we've ever made Eddie read anything before. No. But I have a picture of Eddie reading comic books that is the sweetest thing I've ever seen. It's incredible. It looks like... It's just so nice. He looks like an ex-con
0:37.9	that is rehabilitating himself.
0:40.8	I actually... seen. It's incredible. It looks like, it's just so nice. He looks like an ex-con that is rehabilitating himself.
0:40.8	I actually want to finish it.
0:43.4	I know.
0:44.6	That's the crazy thing.
0:45.6	Even like this, there's a gag.
0:47.6	Come to Morrow's.
0:48.9	Look tomorrow's books.
0:51.6	Welcome to the last podcast on the left, ladies and gentlemen.
0:54.1	My name is Marcus Parks.
0:55.7	I'm here with Dangerous Minds, Henry Zabrowski.
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