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DAY 9: The Conjuring (ShortHand’s 13 Days of Halloween)

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🗓️ 27 October 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In the last 13 days before Halloween, a different ShortHand will rise from the archives for 24 hours only – before disappearing back into the vault. Get exclusive access to every ShortHand episode ad free only on Amazon Music Unlimited.

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In 2013, horror blockbuster The Conjuring packed out cinemas worldwide, terrifying moviegoers with its alleged ‘true story’ of a house haunted by malevolent demons. But the real truth behind the tale is far sketchier than we might think – with marital discord, pissed-off neighbours, and a ghost-busting power couple spearheading a very unfair smear campaign against a 19th century farmer’s wife. This is the ShortHand.

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0:29.0

Hello, I'm John Robbins, comedian and host of Wonderry's How Do You Coke podcast.

0:34.3

I'm also, Plot Twist, an alcoholic.

0:36.7

I've written a book, Thirst, 12 drinks that

0:39.1

changed my life, published by Penguin. Thirst is a book about alcohol. It's mystery,

0:44.5

it's terror, it's havoc, it's strange meditations. But John, I hear you cry. Isn't that a rather

0:49.8

odd book to write for a sober man who more than anything wants to stop thinking about alcohol?

0:54.4

Well, yes, but I had to go back to find out why the one thing I know will kill me still calls out

1:00.1

across the night. It's the story of what alcohol did for me and what alcohol did to me.

1:05.5

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1:10.6

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1:17.7

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1:22.6

question, how do you cope? From confronting grief and mental health struggles to finding strength in failure,

1:29.6

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1:35.3

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1:40.6

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