I analyzed 177 supernatural shows and this is the scariest state
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- We've found the scariest state in the United States (according to 2000s supernatural tv).
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0:00 Intro
1:17 The Rules
3:40 California
5:48 Fake Town Names
7:50 Underrepresented States
9:52 Overrepresented States
12:20 The Twilight Effect
15:05 The Scariest State
16:30 How I learned to love horror
Sources:
This is one of the times Wikipedia was deeply a source for this video since it's got the best archive of networks and their tv shows.
This list of the US territories and states with population from the 2020 census was extremely helpful:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
Deadline article on Bates Motel:
deadline.com/2013/05/carlton-...
Interviews with Riverdale showrunner:
www.slashfilm.com/1222343/why...
www.vulture.com/2017/05/river...
British Columbia 2020-2022 stat sheet:
creativebc.com/wp-content/upl...
The Twilight Effect on TV:
ew.com/article/2012/11/16/twi...
Stephanie Meyer's google search:
stepheniemeyer.com/the-story-...
Virginia Museum of History and Culture:
virginiahistory.org/learn/sto... - บันเทิง
My mess ups:
9:40 - I meant Fear of the Walking Dead being set in Texas not The Walking Dead. Sorry to the other Deadheads.
12:40 - I said School Spirits was set in Washington but I meant the Midnight Club.
This data was correct in my spreadsheet so the percentages are alright, I just got a bit mixed up in the filming process. If you want to see the spreadsheet for yourself can find it on my patreon: www.patreon.com/kendragaylord
A girl from TN, here. The Appalachia has so much scary movie potential.
Someone just needs to license the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast and that's a sick supernatural interconnected anthology show featuring multiple states in the region right there!
@@arielhansen4344 I was thinking that. Except I love listening to it so much more than I would watching it!
TN is a scary movie.
I’m from southeastern Ohio, still technically Appalachia, and “the Devil All the Time” on Netflix is set in southeast Ohio and West Virginia.
I’ve been noticing increased appearance of Appalachian lore and culture in supernatural/spooky media topics and non-spooky topics. I think Appalachia is an American cultural goldmine that has barely been tapped into but I predict that will not be for long.
im not American so when i read the title i was like “scariest state? maybe catatonic. love a dreamlike state.”
nah. It's definitely plasma, maybe liquid.
@@serebii666 plasma sounds kinda like ectoplasm which is Real spooky so it gets my vote
lol!!😂
This has such great energy
I live in one of the other countries in the world with states besides the US and now I'm trying to figure out which one is the scariest state in my country.
Strange that Southern Gothic is underrepresented. Where's New Orleans?
right? im surprised that the handling of racism in the vampire diaries got a shoutout but not what the writers of amc's interview with the vampire did to try, yknow, not making their protagonist a slave owner. and season one is partially set in new orleans!
True Blood is in Louisiana and The Originals in New Orleans.
I’m surprised its not higher on the list
@@samlevesque8769 yes, IWTV (2022) is a jem! I also liked the Fright Krewe cartoon which finally tried to show voodoo loas with some respect.
Before Vampire Diaries there was Twilight. And before Twilight there was Interview with a Vampire
As a native Floridian. It makes me so much upset there’s so much potential.
Texas, Tennessee, and Florida are so underrepresented in fictional horror but we lead the nation in actual horror. I can say this because I’ve lived in two of the three.
Sadly, brother Mike here is telling no lies.
EXACTLY!
like come on, the oldest and one of the most haunted cities in america is in freaking florida. the Appalachia's are right there for tennessee and everyone knows how much urban legands stem from that mountain range. and texas has a rich history, sure its big but it gives ALOT more potential than a random small town in cali.
If you want some sweet sweet Floridian horror, Annihilation by Jeff Vandermeer is a great read! It's a cosmic horror that's technically set in the fictional "Area X", but... it's Florida. Vandermeer lives in FL, and you can tell he really loves it. It's a wonderful reading experience
@@Andromeda_at_SeaFor movie watchers: there is a film adaptation. I've never read the book so I can't compare but I loved the movie as a person who at the time did not like movies with horror. Lots of great surreal imagery and philosophy and cosmic horror.
@@mchjsosdeif you liked the movie please read the book. Its to good
Math, data, poetry, and the supernatural - you sure know how to treat a girl!
I'm so glad you exist
screaming 😭 the purest compliment and i second it
Me too!!
Same!
Honestly I am so grateful
Right?? Where else can I find such a specific niche youtuber with informative but almost irrelevant subjects and good jokes? Where???
"They can be filmed anywhere in the world" -- arguably making Vancouver the spookiest place in North America.
Another big influence around Massachusetts is HP Lovecraft, while his stories were largely across the New England area, his extended universe has Arkham City in Massachusetts, which plays a fairly central role in a number of stories.
Checking to make sure someone had already noted this. Also Lovecraft was big on 'gambrel roofs'.
Also big connections to Poe
Genuinely shocked there isn't more spooky stuff being set in Savannah, GA. The tourism there is so big on ghosties and the buldings and neighborhoods are so perfect... with that spanish moss dangling everwhere from all the big trees and all those squares with old ass statues... plus the whole spooky old river street. Yeah, underutilized for sure.
I know right. I live in AL, but you're right. I was disappointed that the tv show First Kill didn't do much with Savannah as its setting.
Yes!
I walked through a cemetery there in the middle of the day (it wasn’t my choice) and it was very eerie… not an evil or bad feeling but it felt like I wasn’t alone, like it felt alive
I was just about to comment this, I live 30 minutes away from Downtown Savannah and I agree 100% that Savannah would be the perfect location for a scary movie or series. And we have so many talented SCAD alumni studying film, I'm surprised they don't choose this as their location for their works after they graduate. All we have is Midnight in the garden of good and evil with the voodoo lady Minerva in the Bonaventure Cemetery for spooky vibes. 👻
Being 11 in washington state during the twlight years has made me a lifelong fan and I'm okay with that.
If our state becomes famous for something besides coffee, grunge, and apples I'm happy with horror setting.
@@TimothyRedburn Weve also got the most serial killers per capita (last I checked) so we got that going for us I guess lol.
Some of the stories my parents tell, like how my Dad pleaded with my Mom not to go out at night alone during the worst of The Green River Killer murders is pretty spooky.
"the fans are out there, there are 10's of us" i laughed outloud. also yeah teen wolf really was the best. also, you're the best.
It's always interesting that more horror series aren't set in Appalachia. These are some of the oldest mountains in the world (literally older than trees). That's ripe with horror potential.
Especially because of the history of supposed skinwalker sitings. I believe the mothman is also close to the Appalachias too but I amy be wrong. In my part of the Appalachias, we also used to have mountain lions, one of which was rumored to be a child-eater, and that partially led to them to being hunted down but a few still remain. Oh, and then there's the history of Union soldiers being murdered throughout various parts of the Virginian Appalachians and their bodies being hidden in unmarked graves, so that has the makings of a cool horror series too.
Every Nashville native would watch a show about vampires feeding on the bachelorette parties; how do you know us so well?
love the town name slam poetry session in the middle
Nothing gets me more excited than spreadsheets about pop culture!
".......unless you're Vampire Diaries" 🤣
an advert interrupted the slam poetry, which was a crime
Thank you for letting me know. I am going to try and change this!
The Appalachian Mountains at the border of Tennessee and North Carolina, where I grew up, have a lot of horror storytelling potential. Surprisingly, so does Ohio, especially the rust belt cities like Cleveland (which has the highest number of serial killers per capita in the United States), and Youngstown.
i've never been this excited for a spreadsheet to drop. wtf??!!
I appreciate your parameters to ensure that you didn't die during this project. However, I'm really interested in the most haunted state based solely on the shows where they travel a lot. I feel like x-files alone would be fun to dissect. I know what I'm doing the next time I have a spare 3 weeks.
I have been watching X-Files and that would be so interesting! I wouldn't be surprised if someone on a fan site somewhere has already pulled this data.
@@kendragaylord good point! The search begins.
Gurl, Hollywood better be watching because you're giving out the BEST ideas for future shows.
Thankyou for not saturating your videos with music and bleeps and boops for the chronically overwhelmed
It seems to me that, in addition to largely avoiding the issue of slavery in the south, there is not much want to deal with what that time period means for the Midwest as shown. Dealing with the indigenous genocide, and the Chinese exclusion act, is not something most big studios want to bring attention to. Not to mention, The Railways! I personally would love to see something where the ghosts of railroad workers who who were killed for striking while building the railway, get to haunt the beejeezius out of some railroad barons.
Yes to everything said above.
Strongly agreed! Also, not a show, but if you'd like to read an excellent short story that uses the systemic violence of U.S. railway history as a scaffolding element for some of its supernatural themes in a really thoughtful way, look up "The Tomato Thief" by Ursula Vernon. It's got train gods whose priests are descended from laborers whose blood and sweat fell on the tracks when they were built.
I will never get enough of your little quips that make me chuckle. thank you Kendra, you're just a gem.
I also find it necessary to tell you that I recently went on a road trip with my 5yo cousin, during which I discovered just how much she likes water towers. I discovered this by getting my eardrums blown out every. single. time she saw a "WATER TOWER!!!" Do you have any idea how many water towers are in rural Texas? yeah, please pray for my ears.
Ear protection might be necessary. Now I want to take a water tower roadtrip!
@@kendragaylordWelp, Texas would love to have you.
I thought this was about the show Supernatural, but then I realized that show had over 300 episodes.
Keep being you, Kendra, this is great!
"Or else I might haunt this Google sheet with a Google sheet over my head."
I'm so obsessed with you omg 😭💕
Woah...you combined two of my favorite interests (hyperfixations), United States' map and data statistics, and Supernatural TV. The creature inside of me is bouncing off the walls in joy.
lockwood & co not being renewed was genuinely crazy 🥲
it was the first show in a while i genuinely liked and was willing to spend hours upon hours on. the last one was anne with an e, you can probably guess how that one ended 😃
That was when I decided to cancel Netflix. Tried of the best shows getting cancelled.
My 3 yr old loves your voice! Whenever I watch one of your videos he’s comes over to listen 😊 He doesn’t do that with any other videos I watch
This is so sweet!
As the director of an archive, I was very satisfied with this video. Also? As a Kentuckian, I want a horror show set here! 😂😂
As always, you did such an awesome job with this video.
Australia has states - What about Queensland with H2O, Mako Mermaids, and Bureau of Magical Things!
I feel bad I didn't make this list international with so much good mermaid content.
Of course, by the metric, Mexico also has states. I'm sure there's interesting stuff there, even if it's a random Day of the Dead themed telenovela.
I love H20 and Mako Mermaids. Definitely top comfort shows for me
as a lifelong mainer, maine is honestly super spooky. we have the 4th most miles of coastline in the us, we're the most densely wooded state, & there's a portion of the state literally called the Hundred Mile Wilderness, so honestly..... it makes sense stephen king felt kinda freaked. would like to see other spooky coastal stuff though, a la The Lighthouse so we can maintain our spooky streak
I know this video wasn't about Lockwood & Co., but wanted to say I was so disappointed when it got cancelled. I'm British/English and thought it presented a ghost-based post-apocalyptic UK that seemed to make complete sense... There were just so many good things about it. We can't have nice things, can we?!
I think about Lockwood & Co all the time. The setting it created just got me thinking about what a world with ghosts might look like. Would it increase social services because you want less people to be suffering during their life and death, reducing their likelihood to haunt. I was so invested in the world it created. And then it was gone :(
@@kendragaylord your point is interesting as in the book series Stroud notes the poverty caused by The Problem and makes insightful commentary on the economics of his world, in particular the harm caused to working class children.
SPOILER FOR THE BOOKS
The later volumes also dig into the ability of the rich to exploit a national disaster to increase power and wealth. I know this video isn't about books at all but your comment on economics triggered my fascination with the money and politics of that works 😅
We miss it too! That's why we are trying to save it. Visit the website link in our bio to help us save Lockwood and Co!!!!
@@kendragaylord I don't think it would increase social services. The economic devastation caused by onset of the Problem would kill trust in the government. The public expense of setting up public-sphere defenses against Visitors would be extremely unpopular (especially since people can evade the worst of the danger by simply staying at home overnight), and I think most people would favor privatization of the anti-Ghost industry instead, preferring to contract out to private businesses the matter of keeping their own homes safe. It would reflect the backlash against LBJ's Great Society programs amidst the social crisis of the 1970s, and which in our history led to the mass-privatization and gutting of government welfare programs. Many people would engage in victim-blaming and rail against the prospect of paying for defenses for the homeless and poor. I suspect Stroud is pretty on the money in expecting a Gilded-Age style of socioeconomic transformation, at least in Britain.
While some countries with high social cohesion and less affected economies might be able to muster the will to carry social welfare programs through the storm, the economic crisis would probably in most countries lead to the hollowing out and privatization of public institutions except the band-aid ones like law-enforcement and prisons. Due to the risks of sharing walls with potential ghosts, people would probably be even more against public housing projects, leading to defunding and even worse exodus to single-family households resembling White Flight in America and the sale and deterioration of Britain's Council Housing in the seventies and eighties. I personally agree with the scholars Kemeny and Castle that support for social spending is generally (with some exceptions) linked to the prevalence of homeownership, so I think this flight to single-family forms of tenure would just turbocharge the privatization process already underway from the other causes mentioned.
As for the matter of child Agents, I think this too would be generally pushed into the private sphere, albeit with substantial governmental subsidies and legislation protecting agencies from lawsuits provided certain regulations be followed. It would be electoral suicide for politicians to assume responsibility for *children* employed as Agents, and they would be all too happy to offload that moral expense to private enterprises like Fittes, Rotwell, Tendy's, Bunchurch, and Lockwood & Co. That said, I do not believe that Agents would be treated as expendable in Stroud's world, since they require considerable training, Talent, and constitution for the job, and companies competing for talent would try to avoid the bad publicity from losing children much. The real economic exploitation within the ghost-fighting industry in the books takes place among the Night Watch, who hail from the lowest rungs of society and don't have the leverage to get better conditions, hence their minimal armament and training. With the economic crisis brought on by the Problem, there would be plenty of recruits and desperate families for that high-risk low-income job.
this was genuinely, facinatingly clever. every single line, direction of thought felt hand picked for this absurdist yet still grounded journey you took me on. one of the smartest videos i think i've seen on the platform!
I misread the title and thought it was a deep dive of Supernatural's houses architecture. Would also love to see that. Thanks for sharing your video with us!
This is the work break video I didn’t know I needed. Spreadsheets, Sims references, we got it all.
“What We Do in the Shadows” taking the approach of vampires being immigrants from older countries is totally a workable premise. If US history isn’t enough, characters could settle anywhere and bring their own baggage. But I’m sure there’s plenty to dig into for all these underrepresented states.
as someone who loves obsessively categorizing media and horror, making a spreadsheet for something like this is something i have absolutely thought about, and im delighted that this landed in my yt recommended. really good
Long time horror head here - don't feel like Teen Wolf is a lesser gateway to our favourite genre. Remember, as kids, we saw things that scared us, but we were attracted to it. For me, it was pictures of monsters from mythology in books and the evil queen turning into a big black dragon in Cinderella with green flames and shit. 🤣 This was really cool, thank you for making it.
Lockwood and Co. is such a fun book series. And the show was actually a pretty good adaptation l was so sad it didn't get to continue. Also, this is absolutely my favourite comfort channel. Thank you!
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getting access to this spreadsheet is the cherry on top of being a patreon member.
babe wake up, new Kendra vid dropped
The concept for this video could NOT be more tailored to my interests. Well done. I appreciate how much work this must've taken!
I absolutely adore the content on this channel. I cannot quite put into words what the theme or connecting interests are but from your architectural videos to the history ones to this, it’s just all so lovely. You are lovey my dear. ❤❤❤ Don’t stop.
I was a mormon missionary in Scottsdale AZ and when I was in Cave Creek Stephanie Meyer was the young womans president. She told us about how her parents had a vacation home in Washinton and that she was inspired by her trips to move Bella to Washington. She based Bella on herself during her teen years. She was pretty cool and really beautiful.
Wait, I had read that she had never been to Washington before reading the first book. I am so curious which is real! This is very interesting tea, thank you!
@kendragaylord That's interesting, her brother told me the same thing about visiting Washington when they were young. When the last movie came out, she invited the entire church to Phoenix to have a private red carpet-premiere. The invitations were the last book that was cut into to make it into a box where she put the invitations inside. A few members showed them to me when I visited them. Her brother is still my FB friend, I can message him about it.
I had heard that she had never been to where it took place (Forks) not that she had never been to Washington.
@@oreotookie From what I know they didn't have their house in Forks and she just picked that location. It's like how she's from Cave Creek AZ where as Bella is from Phoenix.
@@ZayaMillisyeah, even the western half of WA is big; and with having to navigate around the Puget Sound, it’s not like “oh, we’ll just hop over from Olympia to Sequim today.” There’s a surprising amount of wilderness area but the urban zones are really congested, too. You can live your entire life there and only know about the certain iconic locations by reputation (and Forks had a certain reputation before Twilight-most teens from there couldn’t wait to get out of it. 😂)
Twin Peaks music gets me every time
Awesome video! It'd be cool to see a sequel to this where you compare those urban legends books they put out for each state and rank them based on # of creatures, level absurdity, most haunted, etc.
I just binged watched all of your videos this channel is everything I’ve ever wanted. 😭
Without fail, whatever Kendra wants to spend 30-40 minutes taking about is exactly what I want to listen to.
The guy on the wing of the Wright Brothers plane was William Shatner.
Great video! Really enjoyed it. ❤
I get so excited when you post a new video! You really have a knack for choosing unique topics and as a fellow Washingtonian, I appreciate the PNW shout-outs!
There's another spreadsheet?? YES YES YES. Unironically pumped for this.
I love your videos both for their astounding cleverness and the fact that I learn so much about things I had no idea I was interested in.
I really enjoy when you analyze things like this that nobody else thinks of doing. It's so interesting!
Dear Kendra, I love your videos! You have the best and most absurd ideas for research and data collection. THANK YOU
Always producing the videos I never knew I needed in my life. Absolutely brilliant
I really loved the Lost Room. Was glad to see it in your data set
That was really fun and unique, definitely worth the work. Great job!
love ur dedication to data analysis queen ❤️
Had this video in my recommended and clicked on it bc I watched Supernatural 5x in a row and woah. Great video and also, you have the most soothing voice.
This might be one of my favorite videos I’ve ever seen
I think we really need to see more fantasy-horror shows & films that deal with America's past. With slavery and colonial period and also with the pre-colonial period and with the indigenous side of things. There IS a lot of rich history, culture, and mythology in this land, but for so long it has been relegated to the offensive "Indian burial ground" trope and other stereotypes. What about the Iroquois confederacy or the Anishinaabe Council Fires or the Mississippian Civilization, what about the Ancestral Puebloans and the Salish peoples? Basque whalers in Newfoundland in the 1500s, Spanish colonial Texas, the Métis people. There is so much to explore
every one of your video slaps!! your content is always accurate, cheeky, and interesting and then you do slam poetry? sold.
i literally live in nebraska and hearing you namedrop it for a potential horror destination literally caught me so off guard. i WILL make it terrifying if it's the only thing i ever do. king already got me started with children of the corn
These videos are always fantastic! What a treat!
As someone from San Antonio, one of the most haunted cities in the nation, the fact that Texas only has four supernatural shows is CRIMINAL
I enjoy most the random sims drops, I must admit! Thanks so much for this fascinating spread sheet
I cared deeply about all of this, thank you for this! Subscribed!
Every video you make is a banger, thankyou!
So awesome! I’m subscribing, hopefully you do more spooky show breakdowns and such😊
I love your videos about random things. I feel like I’m sitting on the couch with my Bestie and chatting!
I’m having a terrible migraine day and YT recommended this video to me. What a lifesaver. Perfect content, delivered in a way that was entertaining, and with a soothing voice. Thank you. This was medicine today.
This video made me unreasonably happy as a supernatural TV fan who was a teenager in the 00s. We were primed for this content. Delighted that you too are a Teen Wolf girlie! That show gave me so much life just when I needed it - and their worldbuilding was pretty good too.
I love that you do this kind of thing so dang much.thank you.
God, please never stop making videos. this was amazing, as are all of your vids. ❤
You’ve become one of my favorite creators, ur vids are so well researched and well spoken!
Always look forward to your content!
I am watching from Houston as I slowly melt like that of a fleshy snowman as we approach day 4 without electricity and air conditioning. I am currently charging my phone at the closest whataburger to my house that has power (btw you should make a video about how the Whataburger app is saving Houston rn) and as soon as I saw the notification for your video, I just had to watch. Great video as always, your channel's gonna be huge some day I just know it!
This is actually so fun, honestly you sitting down and going through all that deta is amazing and impressive! Also, love seeing Teen Wolf love in 2024😭❤️
This channel is so super fun. What a great channel. And it's all you; none of this reaction crap, the theme is whatever you say the theme is, it's just you talking to the camera. Man you're terrific
the slam poetry section 😭👏
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Mixing up Washington and Wisconsin for School Spirits was great. Love it. I'm always surprised when episodes/shows are set in Wisconsin too. I get very excited!
Your videos are amazing. Highlight of my day!
you're the only creator I have notifications on for. I love every video
I’m glad you acknowledged the quaint roots of a lot of people’s introduction to horror and how that’s nothing to be ashamed of. Many people my age and younger’s intro to horror is stuff like Five Nights at Freddy’s and Minecraft or Roblox horror maps
I liked instantly with that slam poetry. Snapped along straight away! Love your thorough data analysis
I live in Salem and I’m not surprised at all that there are a ton of supernatural/horror shows that take place in Mass, it gets spooky here
Loved this! I've so much appreciation for your efforts here, phew- and for every one you do, which are all so well put together and a damn good time too. As a small awkward aside, I feel quite justified with a story I wrote about the difficulties setting a horror story in [redacted overrepresented state that appears later in your video].
Thank you for this video that I absolutely needed while having absolutely no idea that I did 😊 Then again, that's kinda your brand and I'm HERE for it!!
the secret circle and the outsider were SO GOOD
super different from each other but definitely unappreciated highlights
the wait for this video was so worth it OMG
Yes! Another massive Excel sheet video!! My favorite type of Kendra Gaylord video!
This was my first video of yours that I watched but it won't be the last! I loved hearing about the states I personally know. If you've spent much time in Mass. you know why horror abounds there.
Just randomly stumbled on this video and really glad I did. Already going through some older vids and subbed, really great work! One bit of critical feedback: fill up the negative space on the right of the frame (like posters or decorations). The rest of the frame is pretty well filled out and gives a sense of depth, so the blank space lowers the prod. value by contrast. Only mentioning because I noticed the production getting better over the few videos I watched and getting the frame perfect helps up that value a lot without too much effort, and you're not far off being one of the higher quality channels with this style of content. Good luck and more creepy stuff, please!
Glad to find another California-Skeptic, Subscribed.
This was a great introduction to your channel, i love horror but there has been such a drought of good horror but maybe ill like some of these shows.
This is cool. Im glad this was suggested. You have a new subscriber. Keep on girl. 👊
Omg please make a video on the cool victorian houses in Washington, or even just port townsend. I always get enchanted by the buildings in places like port townsend, and want to know more!!! Please educate me!!!
I love this! The time and effort is appreciated (I can’t imagine how long this took). This video took me back. I remember Twin Peaks. I wish I could have helped you as I may be older. I’m a new sub! Can’t wait for more. Note: I can’t believe how old Bella and the crew stories are nearly 20 years old. Thank you for this. I’m a fan:)