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 HA...
Mar 02, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 171
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...
Feb 23, 2021•59 min•Ep. 170
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!...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 169
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 f...
Feb 02, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 168
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...
Jan 26, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 167
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 screens...
Jan 19, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 166
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...
Jan 12, 2021•34 min•Ep. 165
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...
Dec 29, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 164
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 an...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 163
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 u...
Dec 15, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 162
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...
Dec 08, 2020•1 hr 13 min•Ep. 161
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 Pant...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 160
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...
Nov 17, 2020•48 min•Ep. 159
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:/...
Nov 10, 2020•37 min•Ep. 158
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...
Nov 03, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 157
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...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 156
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 wi...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 155
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 ...
Oct 13, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 154
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 Pant...
Oct 06, 2020•42 min•Ep. 153
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 Pantr...
Sep 29, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 152
[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...
Sep 22, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 151
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/3iuJZiM Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ WE HAVE ...
Sep 15, 2020•39 min•Ep. 150
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 all the love and support over the past three years, and cheers to three more! -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Ch...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 149
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 another Q&A for our 3rd podiversary, so send us your burning questions and any spooky stories you love ...
Sep 01, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 148
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.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophou...
Aug 25, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 147
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 @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com....
Aug 11, 2020•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 146
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 @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com....
Aug 04, 2020•37 min•Ep. 145
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.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail...
Jul 28, 2020•38 min•Ep. 144
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 mark, but we recap what you missed when our recording cut out!) -- WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: ...
Jul 21, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 143
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 your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com....
Jul 14, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 142
