The First Great Ghost Boom happened in the late 19th century, then ghosts were largely considered kids' stuff for the first half of the 20th century. But now, The Second Great Ghost Boom explodes right at the start of the Seventies. And the dark heart of this spooky supernova is...The Amityville Horror!!! The world's spookiest spooky history podcast takes on the scammers, con artists, parapsychologists, ghost hunters, demonologists, and hysterical homeowners that make up the cast of characters in the horror genre's most controversial tale.

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, produced and directed by Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and edited and engineered by John Walker.

By the middle of the 20th century, horror was officially for kids. So it was a weird time for serious women to start seriously running from houses, but between Shirley Jackson's landmark novel, The Haunting of Hill House, the gothic romance boom, and Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, the exodus was on. Ladies, get ready...get set...and GO! Run for your lives! The ghosts are already inside your head! And the most dangerous horror of all shares your bed!

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, produced and directed by Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and edited and engineered by John Walker.

The party's over! The decline and fall of haunted houses has arrived. After the First Great Ghost Boom ended, scams, hoaxes, and ouija boards telling people to kill made it all a bit seedy, and people stopped believing in the supernatural. However, a few self-proclaimed "ghost hunters" turned haunted houses into mainstream entertainment, and few did it better than Harry Price. Join us for a deep dissection of the haunting of Borley Rectory, the rise of the occult detectives, the exploitation of Sarah Winchester, and the end of everything.

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, produced and directed by Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and edited and engineered by John Walker.

In episode 4 of the world's spookiest spooky podcast the time has come to discuss your tables, chairs, knick knacks, jewels and why they're haunted. Because everything is haunted and if you don't believe that then you're lying. Includes real talk about ghosts unionizing, Terence Conran, yellow wallpaper, screaming skulls, morbid architects and their terrible sons.

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.

The world's spookiest spooky history podcast reaches episode 3 and that means it's time to tackle that most haunted time of the year: Christmas! Ever since Shakespeare, Christmas has been all about ghost stories, but why? We'll tell you! Let's dive into the middle of the 19th century and learn about seasonal spirits and the first Great Ghost Boom.(Featuring far fewer mentions of incest than Episode 2. But not zero.)

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.

The world's spookiest spooky history podcast is still talking about haunted houses! When did houses get so scary? And why is everything so totally gothic, all the time? Let's go on a haunted hayride and learn about 18th century architecture, giant helmets, Irish manor houses, and hermaphroditic horses in the second episode of Super Scary Haunted Homeschool, Season 2!

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.

Season 2 of the world's spookiest spooky history podcast begins! This time we're talking about Haunted Houses! But before we can bust ghosts we all have to agree on what ghosts are in the first place: solid air? Hallucinations? Transparent dead people? Catholics? Who Ghost? Why Ghost? How Ghost? When Ghost? Such question! But we have answers! So let's finally learn: What Ghost?

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.

Season 1 ends as we reach...The TWILIGHT of the Vampires! Join us at this terminal moment as vampires achieve their sexiest, most sparkly form and consciously uncouple from disease forever. Who is hottest: vampire or werewolf? And why was everyone wrong about Twilight? Prepare to declare your allegiance: Team Edward or Team Jacob?

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer Mike Walls of Audio Esoterica.