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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| 0:00.0 | Wondry Plus subscribers can listen to RedHounded early and ad-free. |
| 0:04.6 | Join Wondry Plus in the Wondry app or on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:08.7 | What if I told you that the crime of the century is the one being waged on our planet? |
| 0:13.5 | Introducing Lawless Planet, Wondry's new podcast exploring the dark side of the climate crisis. |
| 0:19.7 | Uncover shocking tales of crime and corruption threatening our world's future. |
| 0:24.5 | Follow Lawless Planet on the Wondry app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 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 | If that's of interest to you or someone you know, thirst, 12 drinks that changed my life, |
| 1:10.6 | is available to pre-order now, |
| 1:12.6 | online and from all good bookshops. |
| 1:17.7 | I'm John Robbins, and on my podcast, I sit down with incredible people to ask the very simple |
| 1:22.6 | question, how do you cope? From confronting grief and mental health struggles to finding strength in failure, |
| 1:29.6 | every episode is a raw and honest exploration of what it means to be human. It's not always easy, |
| 1:35.3 | but it's always real. Whether you're looking for inspiration, comfort, or just a reminder that you're not |
| 1:40.6 | alone in life's messier moments, join me on How Do You Cope? |
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