Welcome to the very first installment of The Mad Ghoul Sessions, a new Mad Ghoul Radio series featuring long-form conversations with the filmmakers, musicians, writers, collectors, haunters and creative minds who shape the horror community and preserve its history.

In this first installment, I sit down with filmmaker, journalist, author, podcaster and Phantom Lightkeeper musician Justin Beahm.

Justin has spent his career digging beneath the surface of the films we love—preserving the voices of actors, filmmakers, effects artists and craftspeople through his work with Reverend Entertainment. We talk horror history, physical media, collecting, disappearing roadside attractions, Roadside Memories, and the responsibility that comes with documenting stories before they vanish.

Then the conversation moves som ...