Spoop Hour

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 Crys...

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 a...

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.

In our most Hamilton episode ever, we feast on the topic of spooky restaurants! Hear about the hauntedness of the Manhattan Bistro and Poogan's Porch, wild speculation on the identity of the ghostly Female Stranger at Gadsby's Tavern, and more.

We welcome special ghost Jack of Pop Culture Bento to explore the world of horror media! Learn the secrets behind Polybius and Sad Satan, discuss survival horror games, learn what a waterphone is, and see what the future of horror games has in store for us (spoiler alert: it's nothing good).

Set sail for ghost ships! Learn the stories behind eight infamous ghosts ships, like the mischief that befell the Mary Celeste, the otherworldly horror of the Ourang Medan, and the infamous Flying (or Frying?) Dutchman. Also get the tools you need to recognize if you're in a love triangle and on course to cause watery mayhem...

Step right up for the creepier side of summer: haunted theme parks and attractions! Featuring the game Haunted Theme Park or Episode of Scooby Doo?, a discussion of Lake Shawnee Amusement Park's bloody history, the mysteries surrounding Okpo Land, and the pinnacle of creepy childhood rats, Chuck E. Cheese, get ready for a ride on the rollerghoster.   (Be sure to stick around to the very end for an...

In a very girthy episode, we're joined by special ghost Maxwell from Relic: The Lost Treasure Podcast and Everything is Crystals! We explore the world of historical oddities and mysteries, like the recently uncovered sarcophagus, the Catacombs in Paris, and Russia's greatest love machine, Rasputin. Grab your honey, hollowed gourds, and weird skull torches for a wild ride through history!

We focus on Americana-ish spoop this week by traveling to New England to axe questions about Lizzie Borden and the Bridgewater Triangle! Find out how much it costs to stay in the room where Lizzie gave her mother 40 whacks, what haunted hitchhikers you need to watch out for on Route 44, and the fantastic beasts that call the Triangle home.

We want to believe in this out of this world episode! We rock talk about ALIENS, including what's the deal with Area 51, the Bridgewater Triangle, and the original UFO sighting from Barney and Betty Hill.

Get squicked with us as we take a look at the creepy side of medicine! Featuring wild speculation about the Toxic Lady of Riverside and a journey through some of the grosser corners of historical medicine, this episode will make you glad that they only trepan with diamonds now.

In our first ever Q&A, we answer questions from listeners and pod friends! Find out which one of us is deathly afraid of zombies, which one of us is cool with peeing in the shower, and which paranormal cases creep us out the most.

In a very special episode, we bust out Sasha's 50+ year old Ouija board and commune with local spirits in our area! Spoiler alert: More happens than we were expecting...so listen to us get thoroughly spooped!

We're closing out MerMay with legends of sea monsters in this week's episode! Learn about the elusive Kraken, a variety of sea monsters both real and mythical, and then kick over to a freshwater loch for the end all and be all of loch monsters: Nessie. With a listener story about arsonist pirate ghosts, terrible pronunciation of Gaelic and Norwegian words, and real talk about deep sea bloat, it's...

In our first ever mini episode, we take a quick look at some haunted theaters around DC, discuss the Monster of Monterey Bay, and state our love for enthusiastic rock band drummers. We are also soliciting questions for a potential Q&A fun sized episode in the next few weeks, so ask us anything (it doesn't have to be spoop related!): spoophour@gmail.com     WE ARE MOVING, so our schedule will be a...

We swim back to MerMay in this episode, checking out sunken civilizations of both myth and reality! Learn where and when the myth of the lost city of Atlantis began, hear about how we're all secretly from Mu, and take a dive off a tiny island in Japan to discover the Yonaguni Monument.

It's time for some spoop care! We tried reiki and crystal healing this week with a mixed success rate. Learn about the history of reiki, using rocks to bonk away illness, and why you really don't have to talk to fish if you don't want to.

It's MerMay y'all! Dive in to this episode covering the most bewitching of all sea creatures: mermaids. Get to know some of the oldest documented mermaid myths, hear the bleak details of the original Little Mermaid, and learn why the sequel to the Shape of Water probably isn't about dugongs.

Hope you're ready to get your PhD in spoop with this week's megasized episode! We are joined by 2 of the hosts of 33% Pulp to rock talk about the spooky side of Shakespeare. Everything from witches to ghosts to the bubonic plague is covered, so get the historical context behind some of literature's most famous supernatural entities!     (NOTE: There were some audio issues with one of the guests ea...

Have you ever noped out of an antique store because a doll was looking at you the wrong way? Then this episode is for you! This week we take a look at haunted/cursed objects, including the Myrtles Plantation Mirror, the Dibbuk Box, the Hope Diamond, and of course, Annabelle and Aida, two old-timey dolls that are out to ruin lives.

Is Disneyland really the happiest place on earth or is it just the most haunted? We explore the spooky side of Disney this week, discussing the Haunted Mansion and its origins, the Tower of Terror, and the man, the myth, the legend himself, Walt Disney. Find out whether he really is cryogenically frozen under Cinderella's castle!

In this episode, we delve into the mysteries that surround the spookiest kind of siblings: twins! From the Silent Twins to the sinister twins in movies, get spooped with the lore behind the evil twin trope. And what twins episode would be complete without the folie a deux of the Eriksson twins?

Ten urban legends get the spoop treatment in this week's episode! We take a look at stories best told at a sleepover with a flashlight under your face, including the choking dog, the doll whose hair grows, the clown statue, and more.

Journey to the Emerald Isle in time for St. Patrick's Day and get to know the local spoop! Featuring ghost stories from the 1800s, the most haunted Irish pub in America, and cryptids that are just waiting to be kissed because they're Irish.

Dreaming of a Caribbean vacation? You might stop after this episode, which centers on the legend of the Bermuda Triangle! Hear about 10 mysterious incidents and their potentially supernatural causes...