Wired.com presents the Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

Hello and welcome to episode 2008 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

Today on the show we'll be discussing the way that witches are portrayed in horror books and movies

and this will involve spoilers for the recent movie The Witch directed by Robert Eggers,

so just be aware of that, and I'm joined by three guests.

So first up we've got Grady Hendrix making his eighth appearance on the show.

He's the author of such books as Occupy Space and Satan loves you, and his novel Horror

Store about a haunted Ikea is being developed for television by Gail Berman, producer of Buffy

the Vampire Slayer and Angel.

His new novel, My Best Friend's Exorcism, is out now. So Grady, welcome to the show.

I'm excited to be here talking about witches.

Then next up we've got Theresa Delucci making her fifth appearance on the show.

Her Game of Thrones reviews appear on tour.com and her Hannibal reviews appear on Boing Boing.

Follow her on Twitter at T Delucci.

So Theresa, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me back.

I appreciate being invited to talk about witches.

And also joining us today is Catherine Howe.

She's the editor of the Penguin Book of Witches,

and her debut novel was the New York Times bestseller,

the Physic Book of Deliverence Dane about the Salem witch trials. Her other novels include the House of

Velvet and Glass, conversion, and the appearance of Annie Van Cindran.

And she also appeared on the National Geographic Channel TV show Salem Unmasking the Devil.

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