Rats, Bats, and Sacred Chicken

Spooooooky! Rising from the Great Beyond (aka real life stuff taking over and pushing podcasting by the wayside), it's Courtney and Sasha with a life update/spooky things that have happened/general chat. Sorry we were away so long! We both had a LOT happen that made podcasting a bit unfeasible.   Note: This episode was recorded at the end of February before Courtney's health started acting up again. (I'm largely fine, but it does negatively impact my ability to do stuff.) There is a heads up about this at the start in lower audio quality than the bulk of the episode. Content heads up: Baby/birth trauma and medical talk: 5:46-13:17 (medical, NICU, etc) Medical/surgical talk, mental health issues: 13:48-23:15

Hi Spoopingtons! Sorry for the delay in updating you on what's going on (oop). Enjoy a brief check-in from Courtney about where we've been and what's coming next (all good news, we promise)! Happy holidays, and we hope to be speaking to you in the new year!

In this enthralling minisode, we talk what flavor baby Sasha is having, some toe-based horror, snacks, and spooky things about Venice, Italy. Plus a listener story about a scary thing a child said and a chewed up hammock. CW/TW: Some mild body horror/toe mentions from about 10 minutes until 14:45.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Oh man, it's an episode on omens this week! Explore ways in which omens impacted the ancient world, including predicting Alexander the Great's death, the Roman Senate consulting the Sibyllinee Books, and more. Then listen to tales of more recent omens about rats, bats, and whistling at night. Plus listener stories about spooky baby nonsense and superstitions!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

This week, we've got a very special, formerly top-secret announcement from Sasha that determines the course of the WHOLE EPISODE. We also have a game, talk changelings, hear tales of spooky things heard through certain devices, and  more. Grab your iron scissors and get ready!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

It's a spooperstitious episode this week as we take a look at common superstitions! We recap Sasha's appliance gremlins & Courtney's Disaster Friday, then take a look at walking under ladders, stepping on cracks, breaking mirrors, and more to find out what makes them unlucky. Then we make up some new superstitions for modern times involving the devil and his dirty feet. (CW: there is some discussion of medical issues and related things from about 10 minutes to 22 minutes.)   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Hey remember us??? Spoop Hour is BACK with a catchup episode about what we did on our spoop vacation. Get the scoop on crime relevant to us, what TV shows we watched, new hobbies, extremely cursed houses with secret basement residents, and, of course, the Snacket. Thank you for your patience and we're glad to be back!   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

Spoop Hour isn't dead, just sleeping! We're taking a month (ish) long hiatus so Courtney and Sasha can recharge their batteries. This is the official announcement of said hi-boo-rnation because we didn't want to catch anyone off-guard. Much love and we'll talk to you soon!

We're talking holiday thingies this week, like the convoluted reason we kiss under mistletoe, three winter celebrations that aren't Christmas, and why we leave cookies and milk out for Santa. Plus the festive game Lo, Saturnalia and a listener story about a maybe-haunted baby. (Sorry the ep is late! Courtney was afflicted with a terrible malaise and had to retire to her fainting couch until her ill-humors cleared. This meant she put off editing. ) -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com

What would you do if you were Spiderman? Can you will garlic butter into existence? What is the plural of Krampus? We ask the hard questions this week in a mega-sized minisode! Recap monsters of holidays past, then hear the short story Dark Christmas by Jeanette Winterson.   -- SUPPORT SOME QUALITY SCHOOL STUFF with this fundraiser and we'll send you some stickers! Just email us a screenshot of your donation and we'll take care of the rest. Food Pantry: https://bit.ly/2RpZ4X1 OR https://amzn.to/3iqY7cJ   WE HAVE A PATREON. Check it out here: https://www.patreon.com/SpoopHour Find us on Twitter/Instagram @spoophour and send your spooky stories to spoophour[at]gmail[dot]com. Want Spoop Hour merch? We've got that too! www.spoophour.threadless.com