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Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps HorrorLand #5: Dr. Maniac vs. Robby Schwartz, which achieves the distinction of being the worst book they've read for the podcast (so far). Along the way, they discuss questionable fashion choices, Ice Capades, unhinged male villains, veggie burgers and nachos, bizarre catchphrases, the blending of the main story with the HorrorLand plot, the Gingerbread Man, imaginary family members and missing...

Winter is upon us, so let's revisit some seasonal horror!

 Andy and Alyssa take a detour into the Fear Street series with Ski Weekend (1991). They discuss a notable lack of skiing, gender troubles, balaclavas, elaborate schemes, terrible driving, Tom Bombadil, ravines, unclear warnings, Vertigo (1958), bullet eating, lodge horror, snowed-in horror, Slasher: Guilty Party (Season 2, 2016), The Hateful Eight (2015), The ...

In honor of the new Netflix series, we're re-releasing our episode about Christopher Pike's The Midnight Club.
In this episode,  Andy and Alyssa venture into their first non-Stine book: Christopher "Kevin" Pike's The Midnight Club (1994). They discuss conversation ventures into chain letters, Starvation Heights, Boccaccio's Decameron (ca. 1353), deals with the devil, Edgar Lee Masters's Spoon ...

This week, Andy and Alyssa discuss Goosebumps Series 2000 #22: Full Moon Fever. Along they way, they talk  monster prejudice, Halloween rampaging, aphorisms, Deliverance, Dr. Satan, frickin' mermaids, scary old men, The Hunt for the Wilderpeople, sideshows, The Phantom of the Opera, lunacy and moon pseudoscience, family dinner and messed up hungers, imaginary friends, caged animals, curses, tainted candy, Tom Petty, and ethica...

 Andy and Alyssa talk with Alan Doucette, prop master for every episode of the Goosebumps TV series! As Alan takes them behind the Goosescenes, they discuss Adam West and other childhood heroes, the multitasking life of a prop masters, starting fires, angering snakes, tarantula fangs, how to get orange pumpkins in winter, Animorphs, Witchblade, Canadian film and television, and the importance of secure working conditions for making...

On this Guestpunk episode, Andy and Alyssa talk with Alex of the Gattsy on Goosebumps podcast  about the TV adaptation of Calling all Creeps. The message is media rare. You can find Gattsy on Goosebumps on any podcast platform, and you can follow Gattsy on Goosebumps at @goosebumps.podcast on Instagram and follow Alex on Twitter and Instagram at @latterature_ .  

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At long last, Andy and Alyssa return to Goosebumps Series 2000 with #21: The Haunted Car. Along the way, they discuss  Home Improvement, cars, Jocelyn from Bob's Burgers, The Virgin Suicides, ghost missions, dangerous dads, The Conjuring, Dr. Death, faking expertise, Catch Me If You Can, evil sexy cars, Stephen King's Christine (of course), Titane, mystery girls, Zoje Stage's Wonderland, declaring oneself evil, Edgar...

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #8: The Curse of the Creeping Coffins. Along the way, they discuss art and science; Liz & Dick; desecrated graves; tile puzzles; seraphim; Elvira; Last Night in Soho; co-op living; real estate schemes; transing characters; the yellow pages; humane ghost trapping; The Most Dangerous Game; settler colonialism (again); visual aids; word games; Princess Di; Heaven’s Gate; Rol...

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #6: Beware of the Purple Peanut Butter. Along the way, they discuss Ritter sport; childcare costs; Staying Out of the Basement; undercompensated academic labor; counting by fives; Persephone; Peppermint Patty; broken windows theory; George Washington and George Washington Carver; Officer Jenny; bovine growth hormones; Go Ask Alice; Jefferson Airplane; the circus; cotton candy...

This week, Andy and Alyssa read Give Yourself Goosebumps #5: Night in Werewolf Woods. Along the way, they discuss their new relationship to the closet; 30 years of Goosebumps (shorturl.at/HIQ34); wolf dance parties; nerds; Robert “That F*ckin Guy” Frost; Shark Week; pewter figures; triskaidekaphobia; Warhammer; The Boy 2; howling; trailblazing; guano; psychedelic horror; and gendering characters. // Music by Haunted Corpse // Follo...

Andy and Alyssa read Goosebumps Series 2000 #20: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid. Along the way, they discuss anagrams; Arkham Horror; goths; Gertrude Stein;  RPGs; Mazes and Monsters; Stranger Things; Through the Looking Glass; chess piece gender; Choose or Die; Stay Alive; A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court; The Sand Kings; destroyed towns; The Avengers; If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler; I, the Divine; starting over; withhold...