It's the second week of March Madness and the final eliminations of the 32 bracket! Joining them this year are good friends: Jennifer Smith and Elizabeth Sagewood. From possession to influence to just plain bad, the gang will debate and decide which kid or kids are evil enough to move to the next round. Tune in next Sunday for the Sweet 16 & the Elite 8 brackets!

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Happy March Madness to those who celebrate! The Ghouls are so excited to kick off the start of the elimination with the "West Coast" side of the 32 bracket! Joining them this year are good friends: Jennifer Smith and Elizabeth Sagewood. From possession to influence to just plain bad, the gang will debate and decide which kid or kids are evil enough to move to the next round. Tune in next Sunday for the second half of the bracket and see if your favorite evil kid makes it to the Sweet 16!

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Happy Valloween! This week the Ghouls get sentimental and mushy and celebrate all things love between a woman and... well... not your average partner. Zombies and Shakespeare are the perfect combo in 2013's Warm Bodies. While a snappy musical number and a very charming creature made the Ghouls fall in love with 2024's Your Monster.

A ton of inspiration for this episodes came from the current monster romance trend on BookTube. Check out Lauren at Happy Haunts Library for great recommendations for spooky romance and fantastic cryptid romance reads! Want more romance and monsters? Check out another favorite Booktuber: Spicykatz Reads!

Suggested reading: Melissa Barrera's Your Monster Emboldened Me to Embrace My Feminine Rage by Sofia Aguilar.

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The ghouls are trying something new this year. Every month they are dropping one episode on the same topic: The incredible horror auteur Mike Flanagan. Marissa and Jacki start by diving into Flanagan's style, discussing the themes, style, and actors who make up the Flanagan Cinematic Universe. They gush over his first two first full-length films, Absentia and Oculus.

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After a long winter break the Ghouls are back with a few of their favorites to talk about upcoming movies, series, books, and all that horror has to offer in 2025. Liz, Jen, and Lizzie join the panel this time and bring with them so many titles to add to the "must watch" and "must read" list.

Thank you to our amazing panel of guests:

Liz Williams of The Scariest Things Podcast - Check out Scariest Things: Website & Instagram Liz recently started a new reading prompt account on Instagram called Reader's Roulette

Jennifer Smith aka Literary Love 123 YouTube & Instagram If you have a middle school or high school student at home, check out Jen's literature, poetry, and folklore classes on Outschool

Lizzie Sagewood aka Elizabeth Sagewood YouTube & Instagram Join her Haunted Victorian Book Club for gothic reads new and old. Lizzie also just launched a new YouTube channel called Movie Milestones where she discovers new blockbusters and vintage favorites.

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Happy Holidays! The Ghouls took a bit of a break in December, as they prepped for the arrival of Krampus and all those other folks! So Jacki and Marissa are ending the year with some reflection. 2024. It was a year. The ghouls push through the existential dread of this year to find the good, the bad, and the horrific. Jacki and Marissa list their favorite horror content of the year. They also list their “No thank you!” worst of the year lists. Will your favorite horror of 2024 make the list? Listen along to find out. They also talk about their favorite non-horror pop culture goodness of 2024. 

SPOILER ALERT! LISTS LIS

Jacki's Top 10 of 2024

1. Late Night with the Devil

2.Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees- Patrick Horvath

3. Boys in the Valley- Philip Fracassi

4. Abigail

5. The Reformatory-Tananarive Due

6, The Exorcism

7, Oddity (Shudder)

8, Tarot

9. The First Omen

10. Bitter Waters (Dr. Greta Helsing Novel)- Vivian Shaw1. Late Night with the Devil

2.Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees- Patrick Horvath

3. Boys in the Valley- Philip Fracassi

4. Abigail

5. The Reformatory-Tananarive Due

6, The Exorcism

7, Oddity (Shudder)

8, Tarot

9. The First Omen

10. Bitter Waters (Dr. Greta Helsing Novel)- Vivian Shaw

Marissa's Top 10 of 2024

1. Marvel's Agatha All Along

2. Smile 2

3. The Substance

4. Infested

5. Heretic

6. MadS

7. Strange Darling

8. The First Omen

9. Oddity

10. Immaculate

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Frequent guest Lizzie Sagewood joins the Ghouls as they conclude Gothic November with two modern entries into the genre: The Others and Crimson Peak. Lizzie tells of her time living in a haunted gothic home, the trails of motherhood and mental health are discussed and how kick ass women can fall for the wrong guy. What are some of your favorite modern gothic movies?

Find Lizzie (Elizabeth Sagewood) on YouTube and Instagram! Join The Haunted Victorian Book Club hosted by Lizzie!

On December 6th, join Geekscape for 24 hours of your favorite podcasts and podcast hosts talking about the holidays and raising money for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Coastal and Northern New Jersey. Our goal is to raise $2000 to make one new match and support the match for one year! With your help, we can make a positive impact on the future through one-on-one mentoring. Click here to make a donation!

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This month Jacki and Marissa are exploring gothic horror films. They start out with 2 black and white classics, The Innocents and The Haunting, The ghouls explore the history of the gothic as a style, and talk about the ambiguity of both of these films.

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Happy Halloween! It's all treats and no tricks this year. To celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of the original NoES, the Ghouls are watching and chatting about all of the films in the series. In Part 2, they finish the OG series, watch Freddy vs Jason and ugh, the 2010 remake.

Listen to Jacki's 2019 birthday episode to here all of their thoughts on Wes Craven's New Nightmare.

Friend of the show and former guest, Christ North, started a podcast called Sanctum Sanctorum! Along with his cohost Joey, they debate comic book-based films and geek culture and how they collide with Christ culture in today's world. Find them on Youtube, social media and your favorite podcast app!

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Happy Halloween! It's all treats and no tricks this year. To celebrate the upcoming 40th anniversary of the original NoES, the Ghouls are watching and chatting about all of the films in the series. In this first part, they talk about movies 1 - 4.

Want to hear more about a few of the movies? Catch Jacki on an episode of Fright School where they discussed NoES 2: Freddy's Revenge.

Take a ride in the way back machine to listen to the Ghouls talk about NoES 3: Dream Warriors and NoES 4: The Dream Master

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