255: The Conjuring and Haunted Houses (Myth Movie Night)
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 27 October 2021
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
We’re talking demons, haunted houses, and horror tropes as we watch 2013’s The Conjuring. And asking the important question: How long would YOU live in this haunted a house?
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, misogyny, mental health/mental illness, violence against women, animal death, possession, suicide, murder, child endangerment, drowning, child death, human sacrifice, home invasions, colonialism, and body horror.
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Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.6 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.4 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.4 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.4 | In this episode 255, the conjuring and haunted houses for Myth Movie Night. |
| 0:13.6 | Happy Halloween, y'all. |
| 0:14.9 | Happy Halloween! |
| 0:15.9 | It's going to be so much fun to get to talk about this. |
| 0:18.9 | I really thought this was one great movie choice for us, and two great conversation that |
| 0:23.1 | we had about just tropes that we find problematic, and also the history of haunted houses. |
| 0:28.1 | Some things that are fun, you know? |
| 0:29.6 | Spirits Podcast. |
| 0:30.6 | Spirits Podcast. |
| 0:31.6 | We can love things critically. |
| 0:32.8 | And of course, if you are listening to the state comes out, we are having a live show |
| 0:36.2 | too night. |
| 0:37.2 | Wow, wow, wow. |
| 0:38.2 | I can't believe it. |
| 0:39.2 | I'm so excited. |
| 0:40.4 | And whether or not you join us live or you join us later, you can get tickets at spiritspodcast.com |
| 0:45.3 | slash live, even if you're listening to this like a year from now. |
| 0:48.3 | You can go back and watch our Halloween 2021 live show. |
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