Home for the Holidays – Details, episodes & analysis

Holiday cheer takes a terrifying turn in Home for the Holidays - a darkly comedic narrative fiction podcast that twists your favorite festive moments into hilarious horror stories. Each episode dives into a new “holiday horror,” blending spooky storytelling, sharp satire, and edge-of-your-seat suspense inspired by the obligations, chaos, and stress of the season.

Home for the Holidays won NYC Podcasting and American Writing awards for Season 1, containing a twisted Thanksgiving tale, Christmas Day disaster and New Year’s Eve nightmare. Season 2 arrives in your earbuds with a sinister summertime cookout episode, a reflection on privilege for Labor Day and a Halloween haunted house that breaks new ground on that specific scare. This  scripted audio drama delivers a mix of laughs, frights, and unexpected twists. Home for the Holidays is perfect for fans of horror-comedy, holiday thrillers, and story-driven podcasts.

If you love dark humor, chilling holiday folklore, campy scares, and comedically cursed celebrations, this show will be your seasonal obsession. Tune in for atmospheric sound design, hilarious characters, spiraling holiday mishaps, and the comforting reminder that no matter how horrible your family gatherings are… it could always be worse.

Subscribe now wherever you get your podcasts for a perfect mix of mischief, mayhem, and holiday horror.