Pamela K. Kinney on Haunted Appalachia, Werewolves & Writing the Unknown | Ep 17

🔍 Episode Description:

In this episode of The Night Crew Podcast, Brad Ricks sits down with multi-genre author and paranormal investigator Pamela K. Kinney to talk about her lifetime of writing—spanning poetry, horror fiction, and bestselling true-ghost books—and her love of all things supernatural.

Pamela shares:

• 👻 From Poems to Paranormal Bestsellers – Starting with poetry at 17 and evolving into acclaimed non-fiction like Haunted Virginia, Virginia’s Haunted Historic Triangle, and the upcoming Paranormal Appalachian Trail.
• 🐺 Monsters of Choice – Why werewolves, dogmen, and shapeshifters fascinate her, from classic transformations (American Werewolf in London, The Howling, Dog Soldiers) to cryptids like the Werewolf of Henrico.
• ✍️ Fiction & Process – How she balances being a “pantser” with meticulous notes, weaves Powhatan legends and demonology into dark fantasy (Demon Memories trilogy), and brings eerie places like Nowhere Land to life.
• 🕯️ Real-Life Investigations – Using EMF meters, ghost boxes, and first-hand paranormal research to capture ghostly voices and mysterious phenomena for her non-fiction books.
• 🎬 Adapting the Supernatural – From urban legends like the axe-wielding Bunny Man to unique takes on werewolves inspired by Whitley Strieber’s The Wolfen.

Pamela also dives into:

• Handling one-star reviews and staying positive.
• Traveling for book research and conventions like StokerCon and AuthorCon.
• Writing through edits and knowing when to set a draft aside.

🔗 Connect with Pamela K. Kinney

• Website: PamelaKKinney.com
• FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100027533719941&ref=hl# 
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pamelak.kinney_author/
   
• Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/pamelakkinney.bsky.social
   

By the time you hear this, Pamela’s latest supernatural novel Nowhere Land will be out—a dark fantasy with psychic powers and haunted landscapes perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Stranger Things.

 

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