The Monsters Are Due - A Twilight Zone Podcast
The Twilight Zone is more than just a TV show--it’s a cultural touchstone. Join Nicole and Peter every Tuesday as they take an occasionally funny and always insightful dive into a Twilight Zone episode, highlighting the actors, stories, and behind-the-scenes magic that helped make Rod Serling’s series one of the most iconic in television history. https://themonstersareduepodcast.com/ https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersaredue.bsky.social
Episodes
4 days ago
A World of Difference
4 days ago
4 days ago
Arthur Curtis walked into his office—or had he actually stepped onto a stage as actor Gerald Reagan, playing the Arthur Curtis role? Nicole and Peter clock in to this silver screened episode and discuss some friendly neighborhood origins, the final spouse of Ida Lupino, and vacationing in beautiful San Francisco.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Tuesday Jul 01, 2025
Our world is full of Maple Streets and eventually they’ll just destroy themselves. Nicole and Peter will give their titular episode its due and discuss The Twilight Zone’s connection to the George of the Jungle theme song, yet another Forbidden Planet and Disney connection, as well as the domino effect from The Night Stalker to The X-Files.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Mirror Image
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Tuesday Jun 24, 2025
Millicent Barnes arrived at a New York bus depot and saw more of herself than she bargained for — an exact copy trying to replace her. Nicole and Peter will punch their ticket for this episode and discuss a delightfully ornery old man, the sacred space of the women’s restroom, and what exactly qualifies as a doppelgänger movie.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Elegy
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Three intrepid astronauts have landed on an asteroid eerily similar to Earth with one caveat: everything and everyone is completely frozen in time. Nicole and Peter will clock this episode and discuss our favorite taxidermied dog, the perils of a stationary car race, and a chaotic neutral English butler with a score to settle.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
The Purple Testament
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Tuesday Jun 10, 2025
Lt. William “Fitz” Fitzgerald has developed a frightful talent: he can see which of his fellow infantrymen are marked next for death. Nicole and Peter dare to peek at this bleak episode and discuss a series of on-set disasters, Rod Serling’s WW2 experience, and yet another Disney connection.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
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Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
The Last Flight
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Tuesday Jun 03, 2025
Lt. William Terrance Decker of the British Royal Flying Corps took off in 1917… but landed his plane in 1959. It’s only after being interrogated by a pair of American Officers that he discovers the fateful reason why. Nicole and Peter will taxi-in to discuss excitable air bases, books for the blind, and devastating nicknames.
We hope you’ll join us.
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday May 27, 2025
The Fever
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Franklin Gibbs thought he was a normal, mature, and thoughtful man— but that was before he caught The Fever from a one-armed bandit. Nicole and Peter will cash in on this gamble of an episode and discuss how a slot machine got a voice, a prop which producer Buck Houghton said was like getting a machine gun, and where this episode fits in the canon of The Spooky Time Mystery Hour.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday May 20, 2025
The Hitch-Hiker
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Tuesday May 20, 2025
Going my way? On a road trip to California, Nan Adams is stalked by a mysterious hitch-hiker. She doesn’t know what this shabby, scarecrow of a man wants from her—and she doesn’t care to find out. Nicole and Peter will thumb a ride to this episode and discuss potential train rentals, the sleep patterns of gas station attendants, and the devastating power of pay phones in The Twilight Zone.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday May 13, 2025
I Shot an Arrow Into the Air
Tuesday May 13, 2025
Tuesday May 13, 2025
You might be looking for morality in the wrong place. When the crew of an experimental spacecraft is marooned on an unknown asteroid, they’ll have to survive the elements… and each other. Nicole and Peter will blast off into this episode and discuss a Tale of Two Coreys, triangular stoves/pans, and a return to Death Valley.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
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Like the show? Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themonstersareduepodcast
Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter
Reach out to us: themonstersareduepodcast@gmail.com
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Third From the Sun
Tuesday May 06, 2025
Tuesday May 06, 2025
It’s the eve of destruction and it’s time to get off this planet! A father and his friend have a plan to get their families out of harm’s way before the bombs hit, but a nosey company man would rather they stay on their porch. Nicole and Peter will take off into this episode and discuss daddy daughter dances, ideal shapes of flying saucers, and Stephen King’s favorite episode.
We hope you’ll join us.
Official site: https://www.themonstersareduepodcast.com/
Follow us on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/themonstersaredue.bsky.social
Like the show? Buy us a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/themonstersareduepodcast
Original music by Peter Hunter: https://soundcloud.com/peter-hunter