Spoop Hour

Spoop Half Hour: The Platypillar and the Greasy Pineapple

It's a Mad Lib creepypasta minisode this week! We take turns with spooky Halloween Mad Libs before revisiting a previously discussed creepypasta newly rewritten by Courtney.

 

Want to do a Mad Lib with us, tell us a creepypasta, or share a spooky story in time for Halloween? We've opened up submissions at spoophour [at] gmail [dot] com to include any creepy campfire stories for the month of October, so try to spoop us!

I Wanted Spooperpowers But All I Got was This Evil Clown

It's the birthday season for your favorite spoopy hosts! We talk creepy celebrations and birthday traditions from around the world, including the superpowers you might have if you're born on Halloween, some otherworldly party crashers to watch out for, and why you just shouldn't have a birthday in Switzerland. Grab your Cake Man and settle in for another hour of spoop!

Hook Hands: Not Even Once

It's spoopy story hour on this week's episode! We take turns reading each other spooky campfire stories, folk tales, and creepypastas and rank them on a scale of one to five ghosts. Dive into Ted the Caver, the urban legend of the killer with the hook hand, and the legend of the disappearing innkeepers...and remember, if you see something spooky, say something spooky!

Ghosts Go to College to Get More Knowledge

Get your B.O.O. degree with this week's episode! We're joined by very special ghost Dr. Alysa Lucas of the podcasts Best Forevers and Fatal Friends to talk haunted colleges and universities. Learn about Penn State's "ghost trail", the slowest burning man in Scotland, and why you shouldn't try astral projection at Ohio University.

Don't Lick the Slow Loris

We get WILD this week with a discussion of spooky animals! Learn some fun facts about the most commonly held animal phobias, like sharks, bears, and snakes (oh my!) Then listen to a pilot episode for Courtney's spinoff podcast Spoop Owl with an exploration of the mythology behind everyone's favorite murder bird. With a listener story about ghostly laughs in the shower and spooky dreams, there's something for everyone!

Sudden Cra-ving for Library Ghosts

Shhh, if you aren't quiet, you might scare the ghosts in the haunted libraries of this episode! We browse the shelves of history for spooky tales of ghostly bibliophiles, including the ghost of Lord Combermere, Phyllis Parker at the Bernardsville Library, and the butter churning dog enthusiast of Cra at the Houston Public Library.

In Your Head Jein and Stein Berenstein

What do the Berenstein Bears, Avril Lavigne, and Nelson Mandela have in common? They're all the subjects of conspiracy theories! We get to the bottom of what is an actual historical event and what is just a conspiracy theory, like the Denver Airport, the defenestration of Prague, and more.

Spoopiversary

Celebrate one full year of spoopin' it up with our anniversary episode! We test how well we know each other after one year of podcasting/14 years of friendship and recount our anniversary ghost tour of Old Town Alexandria (including the Female Stranger, the tale of Short Jack, and a possibly murdered dentist). We are also joined by Maxwell of Relic: The Lost Treasure Podcast and Everything is Crystals for his firsthand account of ghostly encounters on his recent trip to the UK. Thanks for hanging out on our podcasting couch with us for a whole year!

More Than One Gothic Feminist Queen

Get literary with us in this extra English major-y episode! We discuss the queens (and kings) of literary spoop, centering on Newgate Novels, the 1800s as a murder-obsessed true crime culture, and some prominent figures in the spooky scene. Get to know William Godwin, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Mary Shelley, and of course, Sasha's problematic literary boyfriend, Edgar Allen Poe. (Be sure to stick around til the end of the episode to hear an outtake in which we get spooped by a mystery noise!)

 

Mentioned in this episode: Our friend Kristen's GoFundMe for a service dog. If you want to donate (because you are incredible and generous), please visit https://www.gofundme.com/a-service-dog-for-kristen. <3

The Original Gone Girl

The latest episode is here - or is it mysteriously gone? Augie Peterson, author and podcasting friend, joins us for a discussion of mysterious and spooky disappearances. We discuss where Agatha Christie went for 11 days at the height of her success, the sad story behind the disappearance and death of a college freshman, why you shouldn't swipe right on Bela Kish, and more.