A comedy podcast about scary stories and tangents. Join your (g)host Avalon as he and his friends sit around the proverbial campfire to share and riff on spooooky tales of spectres, phantasms, boogins and googas.
We're back with a 6 month old live episode! This was recorded at the Fourth Wall here in Portland Oregon with perennial guest Michael Garcia. It's a shorty we had in the chamber, but more episodes will be coming soon! This season will be a bit more… sporadic than past seasons (how is that even possible, right? Just watch me). Thanks for sticking with us, we love you and appreciate you. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week Avalon's hilarious brother takes a break from working on a top-tier animated program that will remain nameless-ish and joins them around the digital campfire for some spooky tales of Washingtonian ghosts and that haunted house that their family owns. They discuss movies for way too long, teacher's pets who are also dead, and octopuses who have no right being up that high. They also talk about the ghost of chicken strips past, what mythical creature looks most like a twinkie, and Ghost Karens. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, the hilarious and amazing Sara from Afternoonified joins Avalon among the digital tombstones for spooky tales from America's most hand-shaped state, Michigan! They discuss the fine line between misogyny & witchcraft, lighthouses, and matricide. They also discuss the crust that builds up on old sea captains, petards and those hoisted by them, as well as all the reasons not to invite a crane into your life. This episode was recorded before Russia invaded Ukraine, otherwise we probably would have talked about that a fair bit. In lieu of that, here's a quick round up of a few ways to support if you are able: https://www.fastcompany.com/90724577/how-to-help-the-people-of-ukraine-7-things-you-can-do-right-now Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week the hilarious Justin Ammerman joins and joins and rejoins Avalon around the digital campfire of technical difficulties for some spooky tales from Maryland (and a lot of dog talk). They discuss toe soup (, Zak Bagans, library pizza, mormon college problems, and roommates who may or may not be sleeping, fucking, being eviscerated, or quietly being filled with pee. This one goes a bit blue. Happy New Year Spooky Friendos! Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, Andy Iwancio joins Avalon around the digital campfire for a deep dive on Black Aggie, Baltimore's most terrifying statue! Or a copy of it. Or a replica housed by the Smithsonian. There's a few of 'em kicking around. They also discuss elaborate foley, Dr. Pepper Zero Sugar, and why Avalon keeps getting targeted ads for ketamine. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week BooHaHost Emeritus Emily Faye Coleman joins Avalon around the digital campfire for the final episode of the BooHaHalloween Spooktacustravaganza! In addition to reading two truly terrifying tales from Jezebel's Listener Submitted Scary Story Roundup, they also talk about wedding fight club, cat fight club, seasonal spooky media, and Avalon's hair-raising annual So Below Media performance review. Happy Halloween everyone! We love you dearly, and hope you manage to escape from the hook handed maniac creeping up behind you. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, the hilarious Riley Mccarthy (the second funniest person in Portland) joins Avalon around the digital campfire for the third and penultimate episode of the BooHaHalloween Spooktacustravaganza! They discuss sleepaway camps, drowning tubs, and the fundamental uninteresting-ness of dreams. Also there's like five minutes of a Werner Herzog monologue in there… Tune in next week for our Halloween finale! Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, we're haunted by the ever looming specter of technical difficulties! Listen, as a terrifying audio error makes it sound like Avalon is phasing in and out of this plane of existence. It gets better after the first 15 or so… just try to imagine that I'm recording in a spooky tomb or something… Anyhoo… This week, Zoë Proval joins Avalon around the digital campfire for the second edition of the BooHaHalloween Spooktacustravaganza, and more of Jezebel's listener submitted scary stories! They discuss the origin of Dr. Pepper, being traumatized by watching the Sixth Sense at a young age, and exactly how you paint a horse. They also talk about scary things they've been watching lately, so get ready for like ten minutes of talk about Dr. Sleep. Again. Ever Forward Spooky Friendos! Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, Michael Garcia re-joins Avalon among the tombstones for the first episode of the 2021 BooHaHalloween Spooktacustravaganza! In addition to worrying about the guy wandering Portland's beautiful Lone Fir cemetery with knives, they dig into some genuinely terrifying tales from Jezebel's annual listener scary story roundup. There are devils, "friendly" "neighbors", and of course, Smiley the Sleep Paralysis Demon. It's horrifying. Also, go watch that documentary The Nightmare. Ever Forward Spooky Friendos! Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, spooky marxist Dave Lowery joins Avalon among the tombstones for some terrifying tales of Virginian ghosts. They discuss spectral hounds, how houses are born, and Dave's experiences with art therapy. Oh yeah, and the guy in the cemetery with knives. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, the hilarious Benjamin Tier joins Avalon among the tombstones for some terrifying tales from Pennsylvania (read it like Transylvania in a spooky dracula voice). They discuss hex doctors, witchcraft, the Pennsylvania Dutch, and places where there may or may not be room for one more. They also talk about the guy who has been attacking people in the cemetery where they are recording, how to take over a town with voodoo dolls, and the trauma that stems from having a premonition of your own death. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
We're back! After an unannounced and unplanned hiatus / extended bout of existential dread, Emily Faye Coleman and Randall Lawrence rejoin Avalon around the cemetery to talk about Ed and Lorraine Warren, James Wan, and how they watched all of the movies in The Conjuring Extended Cinematic Universe! Beware! The spookiest thing in this episode is probably the audio quality. We were trying something out and it was about as successful as The Nun. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week, Chad Johnson joins Avalon around the campfire for spooky tales of Virginian ghosts! They discuss rabbits of unusual size, cheap motels and hinkypunks. They also talk about creepy twins, wind chimes, wind chimes made of creepy twins, a van where no van should be, and the nature of reality itself. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week Dahlia Belle joins Avalon among the gravestones for some terrifying tales from 'Spoo New York'. They discuss poisons, being hunted for sport at a rich person's Halloween party, and some of the lesser known vampires of New England. They also talk about the importance of calcium, household carcinogens, and being bad at cannibalism. Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week Dylan Jones joins Avalon among the gravestones for some spooky tales from New England for some reason. They discuss terrifying tales of abandoned houses, spooky seamen, and all the things that happen on rag rock. They also talk about ghost hunters, charlatans, and not believing in something to the point that it makes those around you believe in it more. Check out No Purpose Flour on YouTube! Find out more at http://boohahapod.com
This week James Wood joins Avalon around the digital campfire for some spooky tales from his home state of Texas. They discuss naked ghosts, donut-handed boogeymen, and horrible things that happen under pecan trees. They also rag on Kentucky, the movie Wild Wild West, and other scary podcasts with hosts who may or may not be doing impressions of Ira Glass.
Episode Notes This week, in part two of our season premiere spooktacular, Emma Jonas rejoins Avalon around the campfire to hopefully find a story that's better than the last ones. They also discuss abandoned hotels of northern California, why Jeff blows, and transactional encounters with the devil. Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.co
This week we're back around the campfire for a spooktacular season premiere two parter! The hilarious Emma Jonas joins Avalon around the campfire for some spooky tales from Yellowstone. They also discuss mud volcanoes, Bernie Sanders, arm pit smells, and biological terrorism.
Episode Notes This week Tory Ward joins Avalon around the campfire for some spooky tales from the great white north! Tory is from Oregon, but as we all know, Oregon's ghosts are garbage, so it's a Canadian Spooktacular! Get ready for some terrifyingly Canadian tales of real estate agents, writer's retreats, and troublesome uncles! Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.co
This week the third third of VHS Vengeance Nick Puente joins Avalon among the gravestones for spooktacular tales of Texan ghosts, googas, and extended family members who may or may not be Baba Yaga. They also discuss forts, that big weird ball from that show The Prisoner, and the best priceless sherries for luring assholes into dungeons.
This week, Emily Faye Coleman joins Avalon around the lantern for our second annual BooHaHalloween Spooktacustravaganza, recorded live at Lone Fir Cemetery in beautiful Portland, Oregon! This year, we're reading selections from Jezebel's yearly listener scary story roundup, and oh boy are they genuinely terrifying when you're reading them in a cemetery at night! Happy Halloween and as always, VOTE LIKE YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT BECAUSE IT VERY WELL JUST MIGHT. Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.co
This week's BooHaha was recorded with two thirds of the VHS Vengeance crew live at the Clinton Street Theater, which is awesome, and you can and should donate to support the theater here: https://donate.cstpdx.com/. Aaron Wagner and Michael Garcia join Avalon around the campfire to discuss spooky tales of Californian Ghosts and Wisconsonite Ghouls. They also talk about failed explorers, bunny gore, and spelunking as an extended metaphor for sexual congress. Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.co
This week, Anda Arroway joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about Indiana's terrifying ghosts, ghouls and VPs. They also discuss buying a jail, bridge-related sexual tension, and Bobcat Goldthwait.
This week, Michael Garcia joins Avalon around the campfire for an experimental in-person recording. Among other things, they discuss Northern California, meth, dead babies, and the hideous three-headed camel god that watches us all from the distant shifting sands.
We're back for part two of our BooHaNoonified-Pandemic-Crossover-Spectacular! Emily and Sara from Afternoonified join Avalon for a two-part episode, recorded three months ago and last week, respectively. This week's episode has slightly more existential dread and pee talk than normal. Enjoy! Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
We're back! And this week we're rekindling our campfire and profusely apologizing for disappearing into the woods for three months with a BooHaNoonified-Pandemic-Crossover-Spectacular! Emily and Sara from Afternoonified join Avalon for a two-part episode, recorded three months ago and last week, respectively. Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Max Fortune joins Avalon around the campfire for some spooky tales of Oregonian ghosts, monsters, and potentially mythical apes. They also discuss imps, sports that no longer exist, fecal transplants, and the pandemic currently sweeping the world, of course. But don't worry, they keep it pretty light.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Michael Garcia re-joins Avalon around the campfire for some "spooky" tales from Reno and Lake Tahoe. And then things go wildly off the rails. They also discuss houseboat fires, Doctor Sleep, and how to line your home with bedsheets so you can vomit with impunity.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Jamie Carbone joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about spooky tales of West Virginian ghosts, mineshafts, and witchcraft. They also discuss late-stage capitalism, sonic-the-hedgehog alter egos, and exactly what it is that the man-witches do on scraggle mountain.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Shane Hosea joins Avalon around the campfire for terrifying tales of Oregonian ghosts, oily loggers, and phantom lights. They also discuss socialism, incidental firestarters, and exactly what constitutes a triangle.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Randall Lawrence rejoins Avalon around the campfire for the exciting conclusion to our first ever Two-Part-Rambling-Tangent-Extravaganza! So strap in for a whole lot of tangents and movie talk and then eventually some ghosts or something probably.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Randall Lawrence joins Avalon around the campfire for spooky tales of Californian ghosts... and things go off the rails so fast and so far that we had to split it up into BooHaHa's first ever Two-Part-Rambling-Tangent-Extravaganza! So strap in for a lengthy discussion of Woody Harrelson's wigs, drinkable metals, things that may or may not be gay porn, and Tommyknockers.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Avalon's dad joins him around the campfire for some spine-tingling(ish) tales of Oregonian ghosts, bigfoots, and psychics. They also discuss Vancouver Washington's most dangerous play structures, the difference between time travel and epilepsy, and the now infamous Leonetti haunted mansion.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Emily, Sara and the whole So Below crew stop by to douse Avalon's campfire in fetid holiday nogs, puddings (both figgy and plum), and the most moralizing, "You See, Timmy" ghost story ever told...It's the best adaptation of a Christmas Carol since the one where Bob Cratchit was played by a frog!Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Nick Puente rejoins Avalon around the campfire for some spooooky tales of Texan ghosts and (possibly giant) knife-handed, stone-skinned, child-eating monsters. They also discuss Sam Elliott, horses, and the Klingon prison moon of Rura Penthe.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week (last week really, Avalon went on a road trip and then got the plague) Emma Jonas joins Avalon around the campfire to discuss the ghosts and spooks of Northern California. They also discuss Avalon's dog Fawn, the best candy bar, and Teddy Roosevelt.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Emily Faye Coleman re-re-rejoins Avalon around the campfire to round off The BooHa-Halloween-Campfire-Spook-taku-strava-ganza! So break out your copy of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark and read along! They also discuss the Parker Brothers cinematic universe, famous cat-people, and pitch a sequel to Ferris Bueller's Day Off.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Michael Garcia re-re-re-rejoins Avalon for part two of the BooHaHa Halloween Campfire Spook-taku-strava-ganza! They discuss Scary Stories (that one could, in theory, tell in the dark), as well as needy neighbor witches, spatious backseats, and new dogs that may or may not be dogs…Also this week, BooHaHa joins So Below Media! So Below is the awesome brainchild of Emily Faye Coleman, who you will remember as the creator and previous host of this very show! They have a growing library of increasingly awesome shows and you should definitely check them out!Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Kat Buckley joins Avalon around the campfire for the first installment of this year's Halloween Spook-taku-strava-ganza! They kick things off with a couple classics, and also talk about how to outrun an alligator, the ergonomics of a hook hand, and David Bowie's sex orb.And please send @boohahapod and @awkwardlyours pictures of your tailypo and make sure to use #showusyourtailypo. Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Kyle Adams joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about Floridian ghosts. They also discuss Florida's terrifying wild life, why you should always move the bodies, and Batman.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Kevin Johnston joins Avalon around the campfire to discuss the ghosts and urban legends of Nevada. Also to have a puppy playdate. They also talk about mineshafts, kennedys, and the best Terminator.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Micheal Garcia (re)joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (the book). They also discuss Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (the movie) in extensive, spoilerific detail.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Avalon’s mom joins him around the campfire to talk about Italian ghosts and witches (maybe, it’s kinda hard to tell). They also discuss culture shock, lake monsters, and poorly translated BooHaHa stories.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Emily Faye Coleman (re)joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about the ghosts of Oregon, catacombs, Ben Feldman, horror movies, The Addams Family, and other wildly divergent tangents. They also discuss what qualifies as “Deep East Portland” and what to do with a waterbed filled with newspaper.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Hunter Donaldson joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about the ghosts of Arkansas, artisanal ice cream, and tangents. They also discuss river monsters and dog boys.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Michael Garcia joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about the ghosts of Northern California, lake monsters, and demonic babies. They also discuss scotch guard, gunslingers, and which permits one needs in order to take a sea bride.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Molly Smithson joins Avalon around the campfire to discuss North Carolina ghosts and witch cats. They also discuss the mystery of the Moon Eyed People (and Moon Pies).Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Nathan Hart joins Avalon around the campfire to discuss Florida ghosts and the legacy of William Howard Taft. They also discuss skunk apes, haunted dolls, and a shark maybe.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Zoë Proval joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about LA ghosts and pitch a sister podcast. They also discuss mob run comedy clubs which are also abortion clinics, and hotels that should really just be burned down at this point.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, Carolyn Main joins Avalon around the campfire to talk about Portland ghosts. They also discuss lake ladies, laughing devils, dog-faced-boys, and the harbormaster of a manmade lake.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.
This week, James Bosquez joins Avalon around the campfire to discuss the Donkey Lady of San Antonio, what fire does, haunted mansions with problematic names, murderous ghost children, and what to do when you see your best friend’s ghost at a punk show.Find out more at https://boohaha.pinecast.coThis podcast is powered by Pinecast.