Super Scary Haunted Homeschool

As the '70s began, motion picture vampires were d-e-a-d dead. How would they survive the disco decade? By moving to the small screen, starring on Broadway, and trying to be funny. In the process, they fulfilled their true destiny and finally became romantic heroes.

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.

We're back! Welcome to the House of Hammer! This tiny British film studio resurrected Dracula in 1958 and gave movies the most iconic image of the vampire since Bela Lugosi in 1931! There's also a lots of talk about the menace of dope and the illegal international vampire trafficking business. 

This episode marks the podcast's RETURN after a two-year break. It now has professional technical quality, an entire cast to do the voices, sound effects, and music thanks to its director and producer, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special fame, and its sound engineer, Mike Walls of Audio Esoterica.

We're going to the movies! Three vampire movies planted the seeds for the 20th century's gallery of glampires and we'll tackle them all in this episode. It's time for some nookie with Nosferatu, drama with Dracula, and cold vampin' with Vampyr. Bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, continues his history of vampirism and to make his argument he throws in plain talk about syphilis, sexually insatiable women, hideous war wounds, gas attacks, super-clean underwear, and poetry.

(Note: This episode is the last one recorded during lockdown, so it's the last one to be so technically rough.)

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay  debunking the legends of notorious real-life vampires, Vlad the Impaler and Elizabeth Bathory. Who turn out to have nothing to do with vampires after all.

Saturday Schools are special, shorter episodes of SSHH that focus in excruciating detail on one particular facet of vampire lore.

It's a monster-sized marathon of mayhem as Super Scary Haunted Homeschool finally tackles Dracula! Also, emotional vampires, feminism, Baby Mozart, sapphic bloodsuckers, the prom king and queen of Vampire High School, and why tall people are degenerates. Except for George Washington. Award-winning author, Grady Hendrix, takes you on an educational and emotional (edumotional?) journey to the bloody heart of 19th century vampirism. You'll never be the same.

(Note: This episode was recorded during lockdown, so it's technically rickety.)

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay telling you about the world's two first, most ancient vampires. 

Saturday Schools are special, shorter episodes of SSHH that focus in excruciating detail on one particular facet of vampire lore.

In episode two of Super Scary Haunted Homeschool we continue our coursework on VAMPIRES!!!! Will the suffering never stop? In this episode, we discuss almost 200 years of Vampire History, from the very first vampire on record (1725) to the last filthy bloodsucker dug up and crushed like a tick (1893), we're there every horrible step of the way with brief stops to visit Karl Marx, Vlad the Impaler, and Voltaire. Also, what's the matter with Rhode Island? Award-winning author, Grady Hendrix, takes you on an educational journey. 

(Note: This episode was recorded during lockdown, so it's technically pretty rough.)

Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong, but we think you're crazy for making us write an essay telling you about China's hopping vampires. Fortunately, we listened to the very first Saturday School episode of Super Scary Haunted Homeschool so we knew all the answers. 

Saturday Schools are special, shorter episodes of SSHH that focus in excruciating detail on one particular facet of vampire lore.

It's the very first episode of Super Scary Haunted Homeschool and Season One is all about VAMPIRES!!!! In this first lesson, we sit down and discuss Vampire Geography. What horrible vampires come from which terrible countries? Geographic information comes courtesy of Mrs. Favell Lee Mortimer, the 19th century's worst and yet most popular travel book writer, and all the ridiculous yet true facts about vampires come courtesy of award-winning author, Grady Hendrix. Let's get educated! 

(NOTE: This episode was recorded during lockdown and it's technically very rough, but it has a lot of heart!)