The Ghoul Gang

The Ghouls are back after a mid-winter break to discuss the past month's surprisingly anti-climatic alien invasion. Join Grace and Caroline as they walk through a timeline of February UFOlogy, explain why you should NEVER disagree with an Uber driver and practically beg the tall greys to get it over with and abduct them already. What are you WAITING for!?!? 

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This week, the Ghouls explore the terrifying topics of tragedy, death, inhuman acts, and - most frightening of all - a cappella pop song covers. That's right, it's the Glee curse episode!! The hit TV sitcom may have seemed like high camp easy watching, but behind the scenes, the drama was deadly. Grace and Caroline walk through the three most high profile victims of the Glee curse: Corey Monteith, the hottest Canadian to ever wear ...

In this chaotic grab bag of an episode, the Ghouls indulge in a spoiler-heavy recap and review of M3GAN, a film that will without a doubt be remembered as the #1 movie of the entire 21st century. If you haven't yet had the pleasure of watching M3GAN slay both literally and metaphorically on the big screen, you need to get a grip and buy a ticket already. Do not even THINK about coming into our DMs to yell about spoilers!! You've be...

Happy Ghoul Year! As the premiere of M3GAN and Jen Shah's prison sentencing hearing loom brightly on the horizon, Grace and Caroline are back from their respective holiday vaycays refreshed, relaxed and ready to talk through the best and worst horror content they consumed in 2022. Asides range from 2022's best Twitter moments to an exploration of niche true crime podcast drama and a quick turn into the Moscow Murders insanity. Fer ...

After spending the weekend entranced by robotic renderings of their beautiful faces, the Ghouls have pulled themselves back into reality to discuss all things AI. From the gorgeous, unsettling horror of AI art to virtual influencers, Google's sentient chatbot LaMDA and her emo mystic priest boyfriend, this week Grace and Caroline are exploring all the fun, messy and terrifying implications of the computerized surveillance state we ...

The Ghouls are seeing double this week as they discuss the chilling concept of doppelgängers. From Catherine the Great to Honest Abe himself, millions of people throughout the centuries have reported coming across an identical, spectral version of themselves or someone they love. All too often, these unsettling sightings have deadly connotations.

Are these twin phantoms the result of residual energy, or something more sinister? How...

Load up your plate with all the fixings and take a seat at the kid's table. This week, the Ghouls are headed home for the most problematic of America's many problematic holidays bearing festive stories of mass death - perfect to share with the extended family over a piping hot mouthful of mashed potatoes!

Grace recounts the excessively dark, twisted and terrifying tale of the Chundawat family's reincarnation gone wrong, while Carol...

With Grace out sick this week, it's Caroline's solemn duty to fill the void in your earbuds with some spooky November content. So grab a weighted blanket, pour yourself a hot toddy, curl up in front of the fireplace and join the loneliest little Ghoul in Chicago for a dramatic reading of a very personal ghost story. While a condensed version of this essay was published by VICE in 2016, no one but Caroline and the VICE editorial tea...

The Ghouls are back after a post-Halloween break to chat hometown horror, Chicago style. That's right, this week we're diving into all the scariest parts of Windy City living. First up, Grace covers the real life deaths, haunts and likely murders that inspired the cursed 1988 film Poltergeist III, set in downtown Chicago's iconic John Hancock tower, a very haunted skyscraper and unlikely muse of noted Satanist Anton LaVey. Caroline...

Trick or treat, ghoulies! In celebration of Halloweekend, Grace and Caroline hop on their mics for a quick bonus chat featuring two very seasonally-appropriate tales of Tennessee horror from listener Myrssa. Next up, the Ghouls pay homage to their new queen, M3GAN, the queer icon and third Olsen twin whose murderous dance remix videos have taken up most of the space in their tiny pea brains for the past three weeks straight. If thi...

'Tis the season to be spooky, and on this, the hallowed of all weeks, the Ghouls are gearing up for the 31st. In the top half of the episode, Grace and Caroline share their favorite looks from Halloweens past and swap a few real life Halloween horror stories of decapitation, secret messages, poisoned candy, Canadian beach riots and the infamous Clown Panic of 2016. 

Don't let the title of this episode fool you... The Ghouls would N...

The Ghouls are taking it back to their roots this week with a tour through all the cryptids, ghosts and arsonists-turned-murderers that roam the mountains in their ancestral homelands of Scotland and Norway. Caroline talks trolls, merMEN, hot, hollow-backed woodland nymph(omaniac)s and Norwegian black metal, while Grace embarks upon a spooky journey through Scotland's sordid history of castle-based murder, from boiling and child ki...

Hauntober continues in full force! First up in this absolute monster of an episode, the Ghouls recap Ellie and Caroline's weekend excursion out to Evil Intentions, a haunted house in the sleepy lil Halloween town of Elgin, Illinois, which is operated out of an abandoned casket factory. Caroline gives Grace an overview of the haunt and chats with three exceedingly charming actors about the paranormal history of the building and thei...

It was the best of haunts, it was the worst of haunts. Actually, it's bedtime, cuz the Ghouls are wiped TF out from a weekend of pure terror and suspense. On the pod this week, Grace and Caroline recount all the horror, ghosts and jump scares they witnessed during their back-to-back trips to two infamous Chicagoland Halloween destinations: The Old Joliet Haunted Prison and HellsGate. They also interview a duo of incredible haunt ac...

We've been on the run, drivin' in the sun, looking out for number one... That's right ghoulies, this week Grace and Caroline are hopping on Highway 101 and speeding into Hollywood's most haunted locales. On their trip through the star-studded City of Angels, the Ghouls discuss the spirits haunting Johnny Depp's infamous Viper Room, John Belushi's death and alleged afterlife as a friendly ghost at the Chateau Marmont, Whitney Housto...

This week, the Ghouls take it back to spooky season basics with a tour through a few of the world's most cursed and haunted objects. Join Grace and Caroline as they explore Post Malone's brush with the infamous Dybbuk box, the great Hope Diamond's glamorous trail of death, an ancient statue containing the spirit of a death goddess, and as usual, several asides into the life and times of the Ghouls favorite (and least favorite) ghos...

From Teal Swan's icy glare to the DayLife Army's 'Tumple' of sex magick, this week the Ghouls are diving into the deep end (pun very much intended) of the modern day cults anyone can join online. Listen now to learn which Ghoul briefly dated a member of the Rainbow Family, which Ghoul believes the ritual sacrifice of babies "isn't a very profitable business model," and why everyone needs to go watch SyFy's short-lived, CreepyPasta-...

Take the spookiest ride of your life as the Ghouls discuss the sticky, smelly, gory and ghosty underbellies lurking beneath your favorite low budget theme parks -- from Six Flags to Coney Island and all the way up to Wisconsin Dells. In this episode, Caroline recounts a few violent rollercoaster, waterslide and drop ride deaths and injuries, while Grace introduces us to the spirits of those who met their untimely demise enjoying a ...

Are the Ghouls serious about committing to a weekly schedule?? Only time will tell! For now, join Caroline and Grace as they break down their favorite 2022 summer horror blockbusters. Topics range from 'Stranger Things,' HBO's ode to the teen slasher, 'Pretty Little Liars Original Sin,' Apple TV's 'Blackbird,' 'Prey,' 'Nope' and the little known French film 'Incident in a Ghostland.' Asides include chaotic dives into the original P...