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Podcast: Hellbent for Horror
Episode: Episode 004: Blood Oaths and Bar Tabs: Horror Conventions and Cinema Wasteland
Description: It's the quest of every ultra-fan: finding fellow obsessives to share in the collective joy. Fan conventions provide a meeting place and an outlet for like-minded folk. What's it like to really find your tribe? In this episode I talk about horror conventions, my pilgrimage to the "Anti-Convention" known as "Cinema Wasteland" and meeting a group of fellow obsessives I call "the Algonquin Round Table of Horror."  Convention History 1936- Philcon: First "Fan Convention". Science Fiction Convention, held in Philadelphia. There were 9 attendees. 1975 World Fantasy Convention: first Conv...