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Undercooked Analysis

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Internet horror, read too closely.

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Undercooked Analysis is a loose, joke-heavy discussion show built around reading strange stories and arguing with their choices. Creepypasta, SCP entries, Fallout, old riddles, and theme-park absurdity all become material for sharp criticism and sideways bits.

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About Undercooked Analysis

Undercooked Analysis is a group comedy show that treats internet horror and pop culture texts as material for both critique and chaos. Its roots are in creepypasta, and that DNA still shows. Episodes read, question, and puncture stories whose scares depend on strange timing, strange geography, overstuffed lore, or a sentence that was never meant to be heard aloud. The show can be very funny because it is also attentive. A tossed-off detail in The Rake, an SCP interview log, or a surreal Splash Mountain scenario can become the thing everyone circles for minutes. Then the conversation snaps sideways. Impressions appear. A Fallout discussion drifts through character beats, Jacob's Ladder irritation, Silent Hill jokes, and the question of which crossover would be most absurd. It is not polished panel talk. That looseness is the point. The speakers sound most alive when a bad line, a strange premise, or an oddly specific bit of formatting gives them something to chase. There is real literary scrutiny underneath the noise, especially around pacing, point of view, character motivation, and whether a story has earned its dramatic turn. The show also has a long memory for internet horror culture. Older creepypasta conventions are treated with a mix of affection, embarrassment, and forensic attention. It can be harsh, but the recent anniversary framing also shows some self-awareness about how the project has changed over time. For listeners, the appeal is not just hearing a story mocked. It is hearing a room discover, in real time, why a text works, why it breaks, and why the broken parts are sometimes the best part.

Made for: Best for listeners who like creepypasta, SCP fiction, game and TV tangents, and comedy that comes from overanalyzing strange writing. It especially suits people who enjoy horror culture with a skeptical, irreverent edge.

What sets it apart: The show stands apart by mixing genuine close reading with rapid group riffing, so criticism and absurdity keep interrupting each other. It can spend equal energy on character motivation, punctuation weirdness, old internet horror habits, and a derailed bit about Fallout or Splash Mountain.

In their own words

Undercooked Analysis began with a simple idea: no script, no plan, and no filters as Creepypasta is put to literary scrutiny. Every Tuesday, join some mixture of David, Allen, Kaela and/or an ever-changing roster of guests as they attempt to make their way through whatever the internet throws at them. No story is safe from their raw feedback and inane banter.

creepypasta criticismSCP Foundation readingsFallout television discussioninternet horror conventionsimprovised impressionsold riddles and odd textstheme-park horror absurditystory pacing and continuity

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Episodes

  1. 1

    Bonus - Splash Mountain (Almost 10th Anniversary Read)

    A humorous reading of a story about an animatronic fox on Splash Mountain repeatedly telling the narrator he will marry his dad.

    Apr 15, 2026·7m
  2. 2

    8 Sausages

    A comedian reads a riddle from an old book and delivers a silly punchline about eight sausages.

    Apr 1, 2026·2m
  3. 3

    Fallout Season 2 - Undercooked Discussion

    Hidden gem

    Hosts David, Alan, and Abysme deliver a spoiler-filled discussion of Fallout Season 2, focused primarily on its handling of New Vegas and its extensive use of pre-war flashbacks.

    Mar 19, 2026·1h 16m·5 clips
  4. 4

    200 - "The Rake 2026" & "The Russian Sleep Act"

    Hidden gem

    Episode 200 serves as the series finale of Undercooked Analysis, with hosts David, Alan, and Abysme reflecting on over ten years of covering creepypasta and horror fiction before reading two Google Translate experiments.

    Mar 3, 2026·1h 10m·4 clips
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    199 - SCP Roundup: 2257 & 2343

    Hidden gem

    Hosts David, Alan, and Abysme return to the SCP Foundation setting for a roundup covering SCP-2257 and SCP-2343.

    Dec 30, 2025·45m·3 clips
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    198 - "This is Proof That I Am Not Shortstory1 or Rorshack Rorshan" by Julia Grane

    Hidden gem

    Undercooked Analysis episode 198 centers on Julia Grane's story “This is Proof That I Am Not Short Story 1 or Rorschach Rorshan,” presented as a possible conclusion to a recurring identity joke.

    Dec 9, 2025·1h 3m·4 clips
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    197 - "Raggedy Bill" by Dartmouth and Friends

    Hidden gem

    Undercooked Analysis features John and Ben Patton reading and critiquing Dartmouth and Friends’ Halloween folk-horror story, "Raggedy Bill." The story follows a 14-year-old boy in a Southern swamp village during 1943 who discovers adults offering an eighteen-year-old named Tommy Bauer to a scarecrow-like figure in exchange for soldiers’ safety.

    Oct 30, 2025·55m·4 clips
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    196 - "The Assignation" by Edgar Allen Poe

    Oct 14, 2025·54m
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    195 - "The Mask of Death" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    Sep 9, 2025·1h 16m
  10. 10

    194 - "The Mask of Death" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Aug 27, 2025·1h 20m
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    193 - "The Devil's Double" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    Aug 12, 2025·1h 17m
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    Bonus - Deadly-End Jobs (Choice Dregs)

    Jul 30, 2025·37m
  13. 13

    192 - "The Devil's Double" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Jul 15, 2025·1h 29m
  14. 14

    191 - A FNaF Musical Retrospective (w/ Random Encounters)

    Jun 26, 2025·1h 32m
  15. 15

    190 - "The Man of the Crowd" by Edgar Allen Poe

    Jun 4, 2025·47m
  16. 16

    189 - "Silence - A Fable" by Edgar Allen Poe

    May 21, 2025·42m
  17. 17

    188 - "Beyond Death's Gateway" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    May 6, 2025·1h 14m
  18. 18

    187 - "Beyond Death's Gateway" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Apr 8, 2025·1h 20m
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    186 - Playing Space Taxi

    Mar 26, 2025·1h 3m
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    185 - "The Imp of the Perverse" by Edgar Allen Poe

    Mar 11, 2025·42m
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    184 - "King Pest" by Edgar Allen Poe

    Feb 25, 2025·1h 10m
  22. 22

    183 - Short and Shivery 45

    Feb 11, 2025·1h 18m
  23. 23

    182 - "Horror Insured" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    Jan 21, 2025·1h 18m
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    181 - "Horror Insured" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Jan 7, 2025·1h 14m
  25. 25

    180 - "The Crime on Christmas Night" by Gaston Leroux

    Dec 24, 2024·1h 2m
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    179 - "This Story Could Kill Allen" by Julia Grane

    Dec 10, 2024·45m
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    178 - Short and Shivery 44

    Nov 20, 2024·47m
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    177 - "Cannon Washington: The American Hammer of Freedom" by Daniel Scamell

    Nov 6, 2024·1h 5m
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    176 - "No Further Communication" by ClericofMadness

    Oct 22, 2024·55m
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    175 - "Pursuit of the Ivory Horror" by A. S. Evans

    Oct 8, 2024·1h 2m
  31. 31

    174 - "Hollywood Horror" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    Sep 17, 2024·1h 14m
  32. 32

    173 - Short and Shivery 43

    Sep 4, 2024·39m
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    172 - "Hollywood Horror" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Aug 20, 2024·1h 18m
  34. 34

    171 - "The Ghost Table" by Elliot O'Donnell

    Aug 7, 2024·1h 3m
  35. 35

    170 - "The Man Who Chained the Lightning" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    Jul 23, 2024·1h 4m
  36. 36

    169 - Playing English Eerie

    Jul 9, 2024·2h 1m
  37. 37

    168 - "The Man Who Chained the Lightning" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Jun 18, 2024·1h 24m
  38. 38

    167 - "Zero Hour" by Ray Bradbury

    May 29, 2024·1h 22m
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    166 - "You Do Not Have Permission to Read This Story" by Rorshack Rorshan

    May 14, 2024·56m
  40. 40

    New Pulp Writing Challenge (presented by Doctor Satan)

    May 2, 2024·4m
  41. 41

    165 - Discussing Fallout TV

    The hosts of Undercooked Analysis humorously discuss the Fallout TV show and try to imitate Ron Perlman's iconic voice.

    Apr 29, 2024·1h 23m
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    164 - Short and Shivery 42

    Apr 16, 2024·56m
  43. 43

    163 - "The Consuming Flame" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    A casual conversation about using powdered egg whites in cat food to neutralize allergens for allergic cat owners.

    Apr 2, 2024·1h 25m
  44. 44

    162 - "The Consuming Flame" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    Mar 19, 2024·1h 26m
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    161- "What Lies Beneath" by Unft4HumnConsumption

    A conversation about how children today are unaware of past technologies like landlines and the lack of internet in the 1800s.

    Feb 27, 2024·57m
  46. 46

    160 - "Doctor Satan" (Part 2) by Paul Ernst

    A narrator introduces the characters and premise of a weird tale series about the criminal Dr.

    Feb 13, 2024·54m
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    159 - "Doctor Satan" (Part 1) by Paul Ernst

    A comedic discussion about obscure musicals, including 'Cats' and 'Starlight Express', with tangents about Jason Derulo and Thomas the Tank Engine.

    Jan 30, 2024·1h 25m
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    158 - "Elf on the Shelf: A Tale of Darkness" by Jay Connett

    Jan 18, 2024·46m
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    157 - Discussing Five Nights at Freddy's

    Dec 21, 2023·1h 33m
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    156 - "When Ray Is In a Bad Mood" by Rorshack Rorshan

    Dec 5, 2023·43m