Haunted Houses 2: Totally Goth

About this episode

This episode explores the history and cultural significance of haunted houses and gothic architecture.

The world's spookiest spooky history podcast is still talking about haunted houses! When did houses get so scary? And why is everything so totally gothic, all the time? Let's go on a haunted hayride and learn about 18th century architecture, giant helmets, Irish manor houses, and hermaphroditic horses in the second episode of Super Scary Haunted Homeschool, Season 2! This episode was created and recorded by bestselling author, Grady Hendrix, Chris LaMartina of The WNUF Halloween Special , and...

People in this episode

Host: Grady Hendrix

Topics covered

• haunted houses
• gothic architecture
• spooky history
• 18th century
• Irish manor houses
• architecture
• cultural history

Keywords

• haunted houses
• gothic
• spooky history
• architecture
• Irish manor houses
• 18th century
• hermaphroditic horses

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The WNUF Halloween Special

Places: Ireland

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