Kat Olvera
School
Portland State University
Expertise
Parapsychology, Horror Movies, Folklore
- In 2021, Kathryn started her blog, Living Dead Laptop, where she discusses paranormal portrayals in movies and their parallels to real paranormal accounts.
- She participated in the European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture Roma Women's Poetry Project in 2020.
- Kathryn participated in the 2023 Oregon Ghost Conference, an educational event surrounding various paranormal fields.
Experience
Kathryn has been writing professionally since 2018 and is the former editor-in-chief of HorrOrigins.com. She specializes in horror, paranormal, and history. Her writing expertise includes educational pieces, poetry, and storytelling. In 2021, she published a full-length poetry collection under the pseudonym Terra Vagus and has poetry published in several different anthologies.
Education
Kathryn attended Chemeketa Community College before exiting to study parapsychology and pursue a writing and editing certificate from the University of Michigan.
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Stories By Kat Olvera
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You have to be tough to make it as a crew member on "Deadliest Catch." There's one notable example of a greenhorn who wanted to quit shortly into his tenure.
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Many "Criminal Minds" fans believe this character was the funniest during the show's 15-season run.
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Director Quentin Tarantino recently shared his feelings regarding "Top Gun: Maverick," its director Joseph Kosinski, and its lead star Tom Cruise.
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In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, "Prey" actor Dane DiLiegro admitted that there is another iconic villain he could see himself playing.
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Dark Horse Comics has already brought well-loved properties like "The Umbrella Academy" to Netflix, and now the two entities have announced more collaborations.
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Following repots that "Batgirl" is no longer scheduled for release, directors Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah have penned a goodbye to their DC project.
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"That '70s Show" offered plenty of feel-good moments and laugh-out-loud shenanigans. However, there is one duo that fans wish they had gotten to see more of.
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How "Big Bang Theory" fans feel about Howard doesn't appear to influence their opinions on what they consider to be one of his best moments.
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On July 28, 2022, in the Albuquerque Convention Center, two bronze statues with an incredible likeness to the "Breaking Bad" characters were unveiled.
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By Season 12, "CSI" had perfected the art of crafting a creepy crime scene, and the eerie play on a classic children's book in one episode takes the cake.
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While the perps of "Law & Order: SVU" are usually in the hot seat, the detectives sometimes make mistakes too. Here is the worst mistake Rollins ever made.
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There is one specific detail regarding the main characters of "Seinfeld" that's causing an uproar of controversy for fans of the show.
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Fans of the anime television series Fire Force weigh in on why they dislike the character Inca.
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The oddest prize given out on "The Price is Right" also turned out to be its biggest ever in terms of size.
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While he wasn't always co-host of "American Pickers," Robbie Wolfe has kept himself busy and is an entrepreneur outside his life of picking.
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Reese Witherspoon's highly anticipated movie adaptation of Delia Owens' 2018 novel "Where the Crawdads Sing" received a PG-13 rating. Here's why.
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Sadly, there does seem to be general consensus regarding the reason that viewers are tuning out.
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Some fans are so invested in the FX series "Bones" that even years after the show's ending in 2017, there's still a scene that brings some to tears
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In Season 17 of "American Pickers," a 1919 Franklin car sold for less than expected -- both for viewers and for the Pickers themselves.
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Although fans love the "Resident Evil" movies, warts and all, a group of Redditors couldn't help but notice how bad the editing is in "The Final Chapter."
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The crew of "American Pickers" are a practical bunch, which is why it's surprising to see them drop $40,000 on a pair of motorcycles. But there is good reason.
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Although Ethan Hawke is a skilled actor who has appeared in a range of movies, even he admitted that he faced a major challenge while filming "The Black Phone."
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The Black Phone screenwriter C. Robert Cargill explains why The Grabber's look in the movie is different from the short story and how Joe Hill was involved.
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Maybe Jerry isn't the true driver of the narrative, after all.
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There's one Mickey Mouse joke in 2007's "The Simpsons Movie" that didn't get cut after the franchise made its way onto Disney+.
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Here's how much Mike Wolfe and Frank Fritz of "American Pickers" paid for a rare 1934 Harley-Davidson in a Season 10 episode of the show.
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Although "Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City" promised to be the faithful adaptation fans of the games were waiting for, not all of them were impressed.