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Haunted Spouse

Hysteria or Haunting? Madness or Murder? Each episode, the haunted spouses explore a haunted house film or tale through literature and psychology. They discuss macabre tropes, intersectionality and power dynamics, and trace the genealogy of the haunted house, all while trying not to get too spooked.

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Hysteria or Haunting? Madness or Murder?  Each episode, the haunted spouses explore a haunted house film or tale through literature and psychology.

 

They discuss macabre tropes, intersectionality and power dynamics, and trace the genealogy of the haunted house, all while trying not to get too spooked.

 

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The Amityville Horror (1977)

Saturday Mar 05, 2022

The Amityville Horror (1977)

Saturday Mar 05, 2022

The Haunted Spouses throw several more logs on the fire and settle in with Jay Anson's 1977 book, THE AMITYVILLE HORROR. They discuss themes of suburban horror, play a new game, and go over some of the reasons why this book may not, in fact, be a true story.

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Things Heard & Seen (2021)

Saturday Feb 05, 2022

Things Heard & Seen (2021)

Saturday Feb 05, 2022

The Haunted Spouses set sail for Netflix's THINGS HEARD AND SEEN, discussing how the film serves as both an homage and a subversion of 70's and 80's horror. They also cover poetic justice and the ways in which haunted houses can be metaphors for abusive relationships.

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Benighted (1927)

Friday Jan 21, 2022

Benighted (1927)

Friday Jan 21, 2022

The Haunted Spouses take shelter in J. B. Priestley's 1927 novel, BENIGHTED. They discuss its foundational contributions to the "old dark house" genre, the idea of houses as metaphors for the human mind, and themes of the living vs. the dead.

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The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Thursday Jan 06, 2022

The Cat and the Canary (1927)

Thursday Jan 06, 2022

The Haunted Spouses pounce on the 1927 silent film adaptation of THE CAT AND THE CANARY, discussing its place in the "old dark house" genre, as well as how that genre gives rise to the tropes seen in haunted house stories. They also discuss heeled slippers, potential influences on Scooby Doo, and Laura La Plante's fantastic eyebrow acting.

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Winter Break

Thursday Dec 23, 2021

Winter Break

Thursday Dec 23, 2021

The Haunted Spouses take a break until the new year. See you again on January 6, 2022!

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”The Turn of the Screw”  (1898)

Saturday Dec 11, 2021

”The Turn of the Screw” (1898)

Saturday Dec 11, 2021

The Haunted Spouses eerily peek through the window at Henry James's 1898 novella, THE TURN OF THE SCREW. They discuss unreliable narrators, the Satanic Panic, and James's love of punctuation. Note: A dark miasma led to a series of colds in the Haunted Spousehold the week this episode was recorded. They hope to return to their regular states of full(-ish) health by their next episode, which airs January 6, 2022.

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Betrayal at House on the Hill - Roundtable

Thursday Nov 25, 2021

Betrayal at House on the Hill - Roundtable

Thursday Nov 25, 2021

This Friendsgiving, the Haunted Spouses are joined by ghostly guests to discuss Avalon Hill's BETRAYAL AT HOUSE ON THE HILL board game. They discuss its numerous haunted house tropes as well as how the game's mechanics make you feel like you're a part of the story.

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The Winchester House

Friday Nov 12, 2021

The Winchester House

Friday Nov 12, 2021

The Haunted Spouses take on the tale of Sarah Winchester's famed mansion, as told by the WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE attraction and the film WINCHESTER (2018). They discuss the legend's impact on the haunted house genre, what the film got right, and what it got very wrong.

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The Haunting of Hill House (1959)

Saturday Oct 30, 2021

The Haunting of Hill House (1959)

Saturday Oct 30, 2021

The Haunted Spouses pay a visit to Shirley Jackson's genre-defining novel, THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE (1959), discussing its themes of agency, identity, and humanity's seemingly conflicting needs for community and solitude. They also lay out their thoughts on what sets haunted house stories apart from other horror genres, as well as the ways privilege can influence what themes we find the most scary.

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Disney‘s Haunted Mansion Ride

Thursday Oct 14, 2021

Disney‘s Haunted Mansion Ride

Thursday Oct 14, 2021

The Haunted Spouses hop into their doom buggies and take a ride through Disneyland's HAUNTED MANSION attraction. They discuss its history, technology, and "narrative," as well as how the ride's creation is, itself, a haunted house story.

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