Ep 325 - Hell House, by Richard Matheson

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2018

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week we revisit a classic Spooktober trope, the haunted house! Richard Matheson's Hell House definitely does not belong in the upper echelon of haunted house fiction - though it's a page-turner that forwards some interesting theories about the causes of haunting, it's also gratuitously sexually violent in some ways that don't feel great!

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	Hey everybody welcome to Overdood.
0:42.9	It's a podcast by the books you've been meaning to read.
0:45.2	My name is Craig.
0:46.4	My name is Andrew and we are here in Spooktober.
0:50.2	It's still with us.
0:51.8	We're sliding down.
0:53.5	It's Wayne Dog Days of Spooktober.
0:56.0	Both of the Weirdog Days of Spooktober are coming to a close this week.
1:00.8	Andrew what did you read?
1:02.3	I read this book called Hell House by Richard Matheson.
1:06.0	Okay that sounds good.
1:07.3	I want to hear about that but first I want to know what you're dressing as for Halloween.
1:12.9	Oh boy I do not have plans to dress up for Halloween this year.
1:17.1	Oh dang.
1:18.1	Is that a funny answer?
1:19.4	So scary.
1:20.4	Oh the kids coming to your door just go.
1:22.9	I don't know it's Andrew.
	...

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