Spoop Hour

Hi Spoopingtons! Sorry for the delay in updating you on what's going on (oop). Enjoy a brief check-in from Courtney about where we've been and what's coming next (all good news, we promise)! Happy holidays, and we hope to be speaking to you in the new year!

In this enthralling minisode, we talk what flavor baby Sasha is having, some toe-based horror, snacks, and spooky things about Venice, Italy. Plus a listener story about a scary thing a child said and a chewed up hammock. CW/TW: Some mild body horror/toe mentions from about 10 minutes until 14:45.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Oh man, it's an episode on omens this week! Explore ways in which omens impacted the ancient world, including predicting Alexander the Great's death, the Roman Senate consulting the Sibyllinee Books, and more. Then listen to tales of more recent omens about rats, bats, and whistling at night. Plus listener stories about spooky baby nonsense and superstitions!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

This week, we've got a very special, formerly top-secret announcement from Sasha that determines the course of the WHOLE EPISODE. We also have a game, talk changelings, hear tales of spooky things heard through certain devices, and  more. Grab your iron scissors and get ready!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

It's a spooperstitious episode this week as we take a look at common superstitions! We recap Sasha's appliance gremlins & Courtney's Disaster Friday, then take a look at walking under ladders, stepping on cracks, breaking mirrors, and more to find out what makes them unlucky. Then we make up some new superstitions for modern times involving the devil and his dirty feet. (CW: there is some discussion of medical issues and related things from about 10 minutes to 22 minutes.)   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Hey remember us??? Spoop Hour is BACK with a catchup episode about what we did on our spoop vacation. Get the scoop on crime relevant to us, what TV shows we watched, new hobbies, extremely cursed houses with secret basement residents, and, of course, the Snacket. Thank you for your patience and we're glad to be back!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Spoop Hour isn't dead, just sleeping! We're taking a month (ish) long hiatus so Courtney and Sasha can recharge their batteries. This is the official announcement of said hi-boo-rnation because we didn't want to catch anyone off-guard. Much love and we'll talk to you soon!

We're talking holiday thingies this week, like the convoluted reason we kiss under mistletoe, three winter celebrations that aren't Christmas, and why we leave cookies and milk out for Santa. Plus the festive game Lo, Saturnalia and a listener story about a maybe-haunted baby. (Sorry the ep is late! Courtney was afflicted with a terrible malaise and had to retire to her fainting couch until her ill-humors cleared. This meant she put off editing. ) -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

What would you do if you were Spiderman? Can you will garlic butter into existence? What is the plural of Krampus? We ask the hard questions this week in a mega-sized minisode! Recap monsters of holidays past, then hear the short story Dark Christmas by Jeanette Winterson.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We're finally answering the question everyone wants to know: Do all psychics hate Sasha? We got a handful of psychic readings off Etsy this week, so hear us talk about our past lives (including one spent on the lost civilization of Atlantis), messages from guardian angels about self-care and saying no, and a friendship reading that answers if we really shouldn't be friends or if those other psychics were just grumps. Plus a listener story about French folk magic and spooky things kids say about their past lives!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We embrace our inner Swifties (sorta) with an episode on folk magic this week! First, we share some musical thoughts about recent sad-music-to-listen-to-in-the-woods, then we've got a listener story about UFOs and omens. Join us on our dive into brujería, folk magic practiced in Latin America and parts of the Caribbean, and then finally learn a few ways to incorporate witchery into your kitchen for the upcoming holidays. -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Welcome to the first episode of the extended spoopy season! We rock talk on shadow people, the mysterious and upsetting phenomenon with numerous paranormal and scientific explanations. Plus we decree Thanksgiving a spooky holiday and put out the call for Halloween pet (and human) pics.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Better late than never, it's a Spoop Hour minisode! We talk belatedly decorating for Halloween, the spookiness of being sick, and swap creepy stories and things kids have said. Can you spoop us? (Probably.) Send your ghost stories our way and we'll read them as an extension of the spooky season!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We're trekking north to revisit the spoop of New England! Ed and Lorraine Warren make an appearance for the exorcism of Maurice Theriault, then we meet the scientist/spiritualist John Hammond Jr and his bizarre collection of gadgets. Finally, we explore the Bennington Triangle and its mysterious disappearances from 1945-1950. Happy spooky season, y'all!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com  

We're revisiting ALIENS this week! Launch the fun with the game Call Mulder and Scully, delve into the Kentucky Goblins, and hear why we now think that Sasha was abducted by aliens. Plus some speculation about that UFO footage released last year, doppelganger sightings, and astral projection. It's out of this world! -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Gather 'round, we're trading spooky campfire stories this week! We've got bumping coffins, vanishing heads and bears, historical witch curses, and the vinder viper. Plus we talk about the scariest thing of all: how time has essentially frozen for the past two years.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We're taking a spin around the color wheel this week as we explore the folklore of colors! Did you know haint blue, most commonly seen on porches in the southern US, has a spooky backstory? Or how about why we associate black, orange, and other colors with Halloween? GREAT NEWS we have the answers, plus a listener story about a haunted house. Grab your gourds and have a listen!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We're touring EVEN MORE spooky castles this week, like Bran and Corvin Castles in Romania, Japan's Himeji Castle and the ghostly woman who haunts it, and a whole mess of castles in Italy. Get ready to hear about the Hope Diamond of buildings (aka the Palazzo Dario in Venice), a Canadian museum with castle vibes and weasel skulls, and more!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We tour some haunted castles this week, taking a look at Leap Castle, Edinburgh Castle, Fyvie Castle, Chateau de Brissac, and more! Women in colors, ghostly musicians, and dungeons abound, plus a listener story about growing up in a haunted house that may have been a mystic portal.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We have a lumpy minisode for you this week where we rock talk on medical shenanigans, cephalopods, and spooky not-twin twins (sometimes called twin strangers). Do you know about your doppelganger? Tell us!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We are getting to know tricksters this week with folklore about Anansi, Puck/Robin Goodfellow, and Japan's kitsune. Plus a dive into Br'er Rabbit and the disastrous and racist Song of the South that contributed to his ruination. It's a tricksy good time, plus an angel at the DMV and snacks! -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

It's hot ghoul summer and we're talking about the weather! We've got the forecast on thunderstorm folklore around the world, Japan's good weather ghost, and the secretly hardcore explanation for rainbows (happy Pride!). Plus a listener providing support for Dionysus as a queer feminist icon.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We're spilling the tea on beverage spookiness and folklore this week! From superstitions surrounding beverages like tea, wine and alcohol, and water, to haunted wineries, mythological entities associated with booze, & more, get thirsty for knowledge.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We hope you brought your appetites: we're talking cooking magic, food folklore, and edible ways to bring magic into your life this week! We talk our girl Strega Nona the original pasta witch, how to practice kitchen witchery, herbs to eat to calm anxiety, bring prosperity, and more, and a couple ghosts who were in the mood to cook. Plus we sympathize with some villains (Ben Barnes in a cape, anyone?). Grab your knife and fork and let's go!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

We're talking plant folklore this week, from the Norse lore surrounding mistletoe to different magic-use plants and more. Plus a very salaciously shaped fruit from the coco de mer tree and ethical concerns around use of white sage (know before your burn, people!). It's basically an hour long herbology class from two people who know nothing.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

What is the deal with gargoyles? Find out this week as we talk the history of both the architectural feature and the monster itself. Plus meet our new feminist obsession Sheela-na-Gig, some pop culture gargoyles on iconic buildings, and some gargoyles in pop culture. (Spoiler alert: guess which video game makes an appearance!)   We mention Nichelle Nichols this episode. We found out after recording that there are currently fundraising efforts dedicated to helping Nichelle as she suffers elder abuse. Donate here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/shields-up-nichelle-nichols   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com    

In the lost sequel to the Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (jk jk), we are talking cryptids! Specifically, the Fresno Nightcrawler/possibly an enchanted pair of pants and the Flatwoods Monster/an owl??. We spoop ourselves out with a Featured Creature, a discussion of the spookiness of dark forests, and more.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

SASHA'S BACK! Join us for a minisode going over what's changing at Spoop Hour (nothing scary, we promise!), the liminal space of the return to physical school, and the Dark Watchers that you ABSOLUTELY should not read about at 3am. Grab your dumb brains and let's go!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! spoophour.threadless.com

Andrew from FriGay the 13th joins for the latest episode of the Sashiatus, so we're talking LGBT+ ghosts! From the original Mister Belvedere Clifton Webb to Liberace to Harvey Milk, who now haunt the places they used to roam, to the maybe secretive Ladies of Llangollen and the Gay Ghost superhero who isn't, it's a fun time of talking about the ghosts inside us all.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! spoophour.threadless.com

This week on the sashiatus, Kelly from Boobies & Noobies hangs out to talk love magic! We've got magical remedies to sexy problems, love potions, FMK with pop culture witches, and witch-themed romance novels, so grab your mercury chaser and give us a listen.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! spoophour.threadless.com

The Sashiatus continues with special ghosts the Believer Skeptic Podcast! Chris and Cody come bearing tales of spooky and mysterious churches, so get spooped with tales from the mysterious staircase in the Lorretto Chapel, Leap Castle's Bloody Chapel, the horrifying Egg Hill Church, and more. Plus we yearn for a haunted Church's Chicken, encourage solid estate planning, and have a spooky update from Sasha.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! spoophour.threadless.com

It's the first episode of the Sashiatus AND Spoop Hour's first ever Galentine's/Palentine's episode! Join special ghost Dr. Alysa Lucas (of Best Forevers and Fataliteas) and Courtney for a discussion of spooky friend stuff! From ghostly friends conveying messages or just hanging out, tips for making new witch friends, and a game testing your knowledge of historical friendships, be ready to pal it up good.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! spoophour.threadless.com

Tour some spooky hospitals this week, from one near where we went to school to a few in Michigan to the awful Pennhurst Asylum and other haunted hospitals on the East Coast. Plus not one but TWO listener stories, including a ghostly grim preventing a car accident and an inopportune appearance from the Phantom of the Opera.   (CW/TW: There is a discussion of child abuse when covering the history of the Pennhurst Asylum occurring from 51:14 to 59:32.)   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! teepublic.com/stores/spoop-hour/

We're covering ghosts this week! From ghosts who came back to save people's lives (spoiler alert: one of those people is Dolly Parton) to ghosts who encouraged people to re-evaluate their choices, it's a cavalcade of ghosts doing stuff. Plus we've got a spooky listener story about a creepy government building and speculation about why we can't do a heist.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

We rock talk on haunted government buildings this week, from the myriad of ghosts haunting the US Capitol (bathtub ghosts! bloody stairway ghosts! librarian ghosts! all the ghosts!) to those in Philadelphia (hope you like the Hamilton soundtrack) and Nashville, Tennessee. It's more ghosts than you would expect to participate in the political process. Stay safe this week, and enjoy!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

In this minisode, we recap the good luck traditions we tried to employ to usher in a good 2021, plus talk about how the spookiest of all things is an attempted insurrection by white supremacists. And hear about haunted doorknobs in Courtney's new house, a gingerbread monolith in San Francisco, and an incredible listener story about a ghostly piano player!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

In a minisode that wasn't, we're giving you a rundown of a ton of lucky traditions for the new year from around the world! Get ready to throw water on your friends, smash some plates, eat a bunch of grapes, and gather some lucky charms. Plus things to look forward to in 2021!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

Merry everything, spoopingtons! Just in time for Christmas, we're covering unusual winter and Christmas traditions from around the world. Get to know Courtney's new favorite tradition Caga Tió from Catalonia, crunch into Kentucky Fried Christmas in Japan, and learn why you should tie your table legs together in the Czech Republic. It's a holiday spooptacular!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

Bring your appetites for an episode on holiday food folklore! Warm up with the game Lookin' Like a Holiday Snack, then find out what foods to eat on Christmas and New Year's to have an auspicious year. Then get the deets on the lore behind the tasty treats of Hanukkah (including Judith, a cheese-and-sword-wielding woman we have no choice but to stan). Pull up a yule log and enjoy some eggnog!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

We tackle WEIRD DEATHS this week! From the medical mishap deaths of Galileo, Henry VIII, and Napoleon to the strangest spooky murder that Courtney has never heard of, it's all about spooky and just plain odd end of life situations. Plus Sasha and Courtney Versus the Monoliths (aka our thoughts on the weird monoliths popping up at the moment).   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

If you're celebrating American Thanksgiving this week (safely, we hope!), give thanks that you haven't been accused of witchcraft in Puritan times! We take a look at two major historical witch trials with the Pendle witches and the Salem witch trials. Plus we bring back the vintage game Does That Make Me a Witch Though? -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

We're covering buglore this week, and in true, buggy fashion, we had a technology issue! We lost the first 50 minutes of Sasha's audio () because of a mic bug, so you may notice the conversation seems a little one-sided for the first 38 minutes of the show. But around minute 38, we get back on track to talk about bee lore, spiders weaving the universe, praying mantises, and the good luck of ladybugs! -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

It's minisode time! Hear us wax poetic about a stinky Featured Creature, endlessly praise Outer Realms Candles, then tour the haunted offerings of Lancaster, England. Thank you for your patience with our soft melty brains! -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

It's a Halloween cool down this week on Spoop Hour! Given that there's some stuff going on in the US today, we're taking it easy with lighthearted ghost stories, including Rinky the friendly Ice Arena ghost and a man who just wants two pairs of undies, and some fun Halloween games. Test your Samhain trivia, play Would You Rather, and kick back with us!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

Just in time for Halloween, it's part 2 of our vampire megasodes! Get to know some fictional female vampires including Carmilla, Oneiza, and Brunhilde, plus the upsetting details of Vlad the Impaler's reign in Wallachia. Then get some tips for warding off vampires and info about why they work! You'll never look at the Count from Sesame Street the same way again. --SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHourFind us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

Get a brief history of the vampire this week as we travel through time, lore, and pop culture of society's favorite bloodsuckers. From Lilith and the Mesopotamian roots of the vampire to modern pop culture icons from Interview with a Vampire, it's everything you could ever want from a small piece of the rich tapestry that is vampire lore. Plus some illnesses that inspired the modern symptoms of vampirism and the notable case of Mercy Brown in Rhode Island!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

To celebrate both Spoop hosts entering/remaining in their 30s, we're tackling spooky stories from the 1930s in honor of our birthday week!  From the haunting of Alma Fielding and Resurrection Mary to the rise of the Universal Monster movies, we spoop ourselves out. And we nominate ourselves to consult on the Monster Cinematic Universe (y'all want to watch a movie about the Wolf Man being an Instagram influencer, right?)   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

We're taking a little break this week, so check out this previously Patreon-exclusive content: the first installment of Courtney Reads Twilight (So You Don't Have To)! Hear us learn that Bella has a personality (it's just being mean), wax poetic about the creepy Cullens, and marvel how anyone makes it through this book.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

It's the thrilling conclusion of our tour of haunted theatres around the world! From an opera house in China that went full Poltergeist to Virginia's various spoopy offerings to an UNPRECEDENTED man in a color haunting a UK stage, it's everything you could ever want AND Courtney's flawless impression of a goat to boot.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest.Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.

[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 stickers! Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.  

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 Graders: https://bit.ly/3iuJZiMFood Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   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 spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com.