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.

In episode 4 of the world's spookiest spooky podcast the time has come to discuss your tables, chairs, knick knacks, jewels and why they're haunted. Because everything is haunted and if you don't believe that then you're lying. Includes real talk about ghosts unionizing, Terence Conran, yellow wallpaper, screaming skulls, morbid architects and their terrible sons.

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.

The world's spookiest spooky history podcast reaches episode 3 and that means it's time to tackle that most haunted time of the year: Christmas! Ever since Shakespeare, Christmas has been all about ghost stories, but why? We'll tell you! Let's dive into the middle of the 19th century and learn about seasonal spirits and the first Great Ghost Boom.(Featuring far fewer mentions of incest than Episode 2. But not zero.)

This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and sound engineer John Walker.