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

Spoop Half Hour: Palazzos on Palazzos

Jul 5th, 2022 41m 14s

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

Spoop Half Hour: Palazzos on Palazzos

Jul 5th, 2022 41m 14s

Rats, Bats, and Sacred Chicken

Jun 21st, 2022 59m 14s

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 recen

Oops! All Knives

Jun 7th, 2022 1h 15m

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

The Devil’s Gonna Crawl in Your Mouth

May 24th, 2022 1h 4m

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 f

We’re Back, Baybeeee!

Apr 26th, 2022 1h 1m

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

Eat a Vegetable: Break Announcement

Jan 11th, 2022 14m 52s

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 lov

Kiss Around the Poo Stick

Dec 28th, 2021 1h 6m

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

Spoon-Lickin‘ Krampi

Dec 14th, 2021 1h 3m

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 Chr

Hot and Nice and Witches in Love

Nov 30th, 2021 1h 4m

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), m

What the Folk

Nov 16th, 2021 1h 7m

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 int

Attack Salt

Nov 2nd, 2021 1h 4m

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 th

Spoop Half Hour: Oh My Gourd

Oct 22nd, 2021 33m 14s

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 w

Wonka-Tesla-Gatsby Baby

Oct 5th, 2021 1h 4m

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, w

Tell That to ET‘s Finger

Sep 14th, 2021 1h 6m

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 yea

Three Ghosts, Five Stars

Aug 31st, 2021 1h 3m

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 f

You Can't Escape the Blood Muffin

Aug 17th, 2021 1h 5m

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

Pastles and Calaces

Aug 3rd, 2021 1h 6m

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 (a

Yes All Castles

Jul 20th, 2021 1h 3m

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 hou

Spoop Half Hour: Things that Go Lump in the Night

Jul 6th, 2021 36m 42s

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

Give Puck Little a Treat

Jun 22nd, 2021 1h 5m

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

We've Been Outside

Jun 8th, 2021 1h 8m

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 providin

Potent Potables

May 25th, 2021 1h 7m

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 know

Big Strega Nona Energy

May 11th, 2021 1h 7m

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 ca