Spoop Hour

[insert Phantom of the Opera theme here] We're visiting haunted theatres this week, exploring Olive Thomas's Broadway haunt, the American Shakespeare Theatre in Connecticut, Palais Garnier's haunted opera house, and more. Plus we plan a spoop-cation to Mackinac Island in Michigan to get all the fudge we can eat! -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stic...

We're trading creepypastas (Pale Luna and a forgotten childhood show, what what) in a very special minisode! (It is special because we are super tired, lol.) Plus an AITA about an allegedly haunted house that begs the question: do you have to disclose if your house is haunted?   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with these fundraisers and we'll send you some stickers! Digital Download for 1st G...

It's our third podiversary! We celebrate three years of spoopin' with a lip print reading from a virtual RenFaire vendor, attempts to read each other's palms using only a photo and Google, and answer some listener questions. If you want to know our thoughts on dessert charcuterie, best (and worst) Halloween candies, and our thoughts on Halloween in the quarantimes, you're in luck! Thank you for al...

Celebrity cults! Inspired by the weird 30 Seconds to Mars cult retreat, we tackle the wild world of cults once more with famous members/former members. From the air and sunlight based breatharianism to the truly horrifying NXIVM to a silly/ridiculous crystal cult, it's everything you need to know. Plus a truly bonkers listener story about a grandmother/witch.   SEND US QUESTIONS! We're doing anoth...

We've got that summertime, summertime spoopness this week as we tackle piping hot seasonal spookiness! Hear our thoughts on Midsommar, a movie we refuse to watch, and a few creepy stories from a listener. Then meet Poludnica, learn your Litha traditions, and get a crash course in Obon. Light your bonfires and pour a glass of elderflower wine!   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www....

Sasha tied the knot this past weekend, so we're celebrating the best way we know how: with an episode on spooky weddings! From the weird and unsettling wedding superstitions from around the world to ghost marriages and wedding horror stories, get ready to walk down the aisle of spoop.   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoopho...

With this fun and funky minisode, get a listener story about a ghostly uncle angry about his funeral and a discussion of the BitterRoot Footage. (Spoilers: we're pretty sure it's a creepypasta. Probably. Definitely. Probably.) We also announce the winners of our Mothman mask giveaway!   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoopho...

We're taking a little baby summer break, so enjoy a minisode recapping the recent drama with baby witches hexing the moon, the less recent Pepsi energy fields, and a featured creature who's coming out from under bridges. Next week there will be another minisode, but the following week we'll be back at you with a full length episode!   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.co...

Get an earful of modern ghosts and a modern-ish cryptid this week! With the Montauk Monster who turned up a scant 12 years ago (whoops), those who are quarantining with a ghost, the hauntings at MoMA, and a foul-mouthed ghost with a penchant for sticky notes, it's all the supernatural things to be on the lookout for in the modern era.   (Please note: We had an audio issue at about the 8 minute mar...

Did you know we're a science podcast?...no? Well this week we are: we're tackling GHOST SCIENCE, from scientific explanations for why people see ghosts to the Stone Tape Theory and place memory. Watch out for infrared sounds and baby monitors and you'll have a great time! -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send you...

Swim with the lake monsters this week! Get to know Issie and Kussie in Japan, try to imagine what the Bear Lake Monster actually looks like, and chill with the most bro dragon you can ever hope to meet. Plus a Featured Creature and deets about a Mothman mask giveaway! -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your sp...

It's all Greek (mythology) to us this week! Get to know your monsters, like the minotaur and Medusa, your weird and vaguely spooky myths, like Procrustes and Sciron, and get deep into your Hozier feels with Orpheus and Eurydice. And learn how we were destined to be friends based on the Ancient Greece unit in elementary school. -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopH...

We're traveling north for an episode on the spoop of Alaska! From the ghosts of the Old Woman, the women in white and black, and the gaggle of ghosts haunting an auditorium to the tragic circumstances surrounding the Into the Wild bus, Alaska's answer to the Bermuda Triangle, and what's the deal with HAARP, we cram the whole big state into one hour (ish) just for you. Bundle up, bring your eye mas...

Did you miss our Livestream 4 the Cure segment this year? Don't worry, you can hear it in full now! [There's also video on youtube, if you want to look at our weird faces.] Test how well you can tell what really happened and what's an urban legend with the game Beyond Boo-lief: Fact or Fiction!   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagra...

What even are birds? We just don't know this week as we tackle bird folklore from around the world! First, we talk current events and the importance of the Black Lives Matter movement & addressing systemic racism and injustice. Then we get to birdwatching with the roc, some mystical siren birds, and the weirdest birds that actually walk (fly?) this earth. Watch out for cassowaries and have fun!  ...

With how 2020 is going, it's only appropriate that we tackle DOOMSDAY PROPHECIES this week! (Spoilers: 2020 is not the apocalypse.) Read the runes on the Mayan prediction of a 2012 apocalypse, the Heaven's Gate cult comet prediction, the Aum Shinrikyo attempt to usher in the apocalypse, the inevitable heat death of the universe, and more. (CW: discussion of suicide from 53:51 to 54:15)   We're par...

We rock talk on immortality this week, from the Fountain of Youth to the Philosopher's Stone to modern attempts to defeat aging. Then we speculate wildly about which celebrities are actually incognito immortals (looking at you, trickster god Robert Pattinson).   We're participating again in Livestream for the Cure this year! Join us at 11am Eastern on Sunday, May 31st for games and fun for a good...

The Believer Skeptic Podcast joins us again for the month of collaBOOrations! Howl with us as we talk about werewolves (not swearwolves), from the history of people becoming wolves to the spooky circumstances of the Beast of Bray Road, werewolves Bergot and Verdun, and the Werewolf of Allariz. Plus we rename the moon a couple times. Like you do.   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://w...

The month of collaBOOrations continues with Courtney from the Cult of Domesticity (aka Cultney)! We question everything by discussing CONSPIRACY THEORIES. Play another round of Conspiracy Theory or Actual Historical Event? and get into the psychology of conspiracy theories. Then watch out for aliens when we delve into Ohio's Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Majestic 12. Pour yourself a vodk...

Cast off those 2020 vibes for an episode exploring Norse mythology with the ladies of Make It Modern! Ashley and Kelsey join us as we rock talk on Loki's horde of weird children, the ways the Marvel movies got Thor all wrong, the fortune tellers of Norse times, monsters and ghosts, and more.   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @...

It's time for another spoopy sleepover with Dr. Alysa Lucas of the Best Forevers and Fataliteas podcasts! This time, we talk about the spookiest rooms in any house: ATTICS AND BASEMENTS. Hear about the Spider-Man of Denver, the San Pedro Poltergeist, and some stories that are allegedly scary just for kids but really spoop us out. (Spoiler alert: nobody likes the sticky man.) -- WE HAVE A PATREON....

We have an oops-scheduling-mishap minisode coming at you this week where we read more horror stories from the youth! Get your fix of Ouija horror, mysteriously turning doorknobs, and zombie apocalypses. A regular episode will be up next week!   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophou...

We believe the children are the future...of horror stories, that is! This week we asked listeners to submit spooky stories penned by little ones in their life, and HOO BOY did they deliver. Hear from two toddlers about the Big Bad Wolf and ghosts that turn you into frogs. Then delve into some very scary stories courtesy of Drew (from the Reel Feels Podcast), who asked his high school students to w...

Come island hop with us as we take a staycation amongst the lore of various islands around the world! With cryptids in the Bahamas, the Oak Island Money Pit, Pele's strict rules for ham transportation in Hawaii, plague islands in Italy, and the ghosts of the Isle of Skye, you've got a first class ticket to being spooped.   -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour...

Come in for lighthearted tales of ghosting, both the dating kind and the supernatural kind! First get firsthand accounts from the Spoop hosts (and a dramatic reading of an excerpt of a veeeery long email from the ghost) and people with bad Tinder experiences. Then journey through some silly ghost stories, including one about a rogue texting ghost, a prankster ghost in an antique shop, and a very w...