By the middle of the 20th century, horror was officially for kids. So it was a weird time for serious women to start seriously running from houses, but between Shirley Jackson's landmark novel, The Haunting of Hill House, the gothic romance boom, and Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, the exodus was on. Ladies, get ready...get set...and GO! Run for your lives! The ghosts are already inside your head! And the most dangerous horror of all shares your bed! This episode was created and record...

The party's over! The decline and fall of haunted houses has arrived. After the First Great Ghost Boom ended, scams, hoaxes, and ouija boards telling people to kill made it all a bit seedy, and people stopped believing in the supernatural. However, a few self-proclaimed "ghost hunters" turned haunted houses into mainstream entertainment, and few did it better than Harry Price. Join us for a deep dissection of the haunting of Borley Rectory, the rise of the occult detectives, the exploit...

In episode 4 of the world's spookiest spooky podcast the time has come to discuss your tables, chairs, knick knacks, jewels and why they're haunted. Because everything is haunted and if you don't believe that then you're lying. Includes real talk about ghosts unionizing, Terence Conran, yellow wallpaper, screaming skulls, morbid architects and their terrible sons. This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and so...

The world's spookiest spooky history podcast reaches episode 3 and that means it's time to tackle that most haunted time of the year: Christmas! Ever since Shakespeare, Christmas has been all about ghost stories, but why? We'll tell you! Let's dive into the middle of the 19th century and learn about seasonal spirits and the first Great Ghost Boom.(Featuring far fewer mentions of incest than Episode 2. But not zero.) This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, C...

The world's spookiest spooky history podcast is still talking about haunted houses! When did houses get so scary? And why is everything so totally gothic, all the time? Let's go on a haunted hayride and learn about 18th century architecture, giant helmets, Irish manor houses, and hermaphroditic horses in the second episode of Super Scary Haunted Homeschool, Season 2! This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and...

Season 2 of the world's spookiest spooky history podcast begins! This time we're talking about Haunted Houses! But before we can bust ghosts we all have to agree on what ghosts are in the first place: solid air? Hallucinations? Transparent dead people? Catholics? Who Ghost? Why Ghost? How Ghost? When Ghost? Such question! But we have answers! So let's finally learn: What Ghost? This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Sp...

Season 1 ends as we reach...The TWILIGHT of the Vampires! Join us at this terminal moment as vampires achieve their sexiest, most sparkly form and consciously uncouple from disease forever. Who is hottest: vampire or werewolf? And why was everyone wrong about Twilight? Prepare to declare your allegiance: Team Edward or Team Jacob? This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer Mike Walls of Audio ...

Vampire evolution ground to a standstill in the '80s, then a woman appeared who completely changed everything we thought about vampires. With the power of her pen, she made vampires less about disease, and more about sex. Today, every vampire lives in the shadow of our Queen of the Damned, Anne Rice. This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer Mike Walls of Audio Esoterica.

Three of the most important vampires of the '70s were Black, and here they are in all their glory. Black vampires have been an important part of the canon all the way back to the beginning, and this is just a part of their stories. Also, a lot of the music in this episode is by the inimitable Sam Waymon. Used with his permission. You can find more of his music here. This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and...

As the '70s began, motion picture vampires were d-e-a-d dead. How would they survive the disco decade? By moving to the small screen, starring on Broadway, and trying to be funny. In the process, they fulfilled their true destiny and finally became romantic heroes. This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer Mike Walls of Audio Esoterica.