Rerun: Everything You Didn't Need to Know About 'Home Alone'

**Misfits, Covid has reared its ugly head over here at Horrorwood HQ. While Kate sleeps for the next four days straight, enjoy this episode from last year's holiday season.**

CW: This episode discusses child abuse, domestic abuse and sexual assault.

You probably weren't expecting a content warning on an episode about 'Home Alone', but this is Horrorwood, remember? The film might be a holiday treasure, but behind the scenes things weren't so jolly. The cast of the Christmas classic seemed to have it all: Arrests? Check. Drug addiction? Check. A murder-for-hire plot? Yep, that too. Get cozy, ya filthy misfits, we're diving deep.

Episode Sources:

WTF with Marc Maron - Macaulay Culkin, Jan. 22, 2018

Bunny Ears website

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“‘Home Alone’ Actor Devin Ratray Under Investigation for Rape” by Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, Aug. 24, 2022

“‘This is how you die.’ Actor who played Buzz in ‘Home Alone’ faces charges for allegedly trying to strangle girlfriend while in Oklahoma City” by Hicham Raache / KFOR, Dec. 22, 2021

“Devin Ratray, ‘Home Alone’ actor, under investigation for alleged rape” by Chloe Melas, CNN, Aug. 24, 2022

“Home Alone actor’s case headed to trial in Oklahoma County” by K. Querry-Thompson / KFOR, Jan. 19, 2023

“'Home Alone' Dad John Heard Various Narcotics in System ... At Time of Death” Jan. 8, 2018

“HEARD GUILTY OF PHONE MISUSE, TRESPASSING” The Washington Post, Mar. 21, 1997

“Joe Pesci says he got "serious burns" to his head in iconic "Home Alone" scene” by Li Cohen, CBS News, Dec. 1, 2022

“Macaulay Culkin: ‘No, I was not pounding six grand of heroin a month’” by Rhik Samadder, The Guardian, July 18, 2016

“The Talk of Hollywood; It Seems the Father Of the Child Star Is the Enfant Terrible...