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.