e394. Spirits and Spectacles: The World of Haunted Houses

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We’ve all had a discussion or an argument about popular culture. Sometimes it happens on Facebook, Tumblr or Twitter. Maybe it was in a literature, history, philosophy or psychology class in college. Perhaps it was at the local comic book shop. Or maybe it was at a bar and you ended up stabbing someone with a bottle or bludgeoning them with a pool cue. All of these discussions are exactly the same. The tenured professor at an academic conference deconstructing Batman through a Derrida lens is really doing the same thing as a bunch of teenagers passing a joint around in their mother’s basement. One just uses bigger words and the other swears more. Honestly, though, we’re not sure which. So why not bring them all together? Vox Populorum is a blog and podcast devoted to pop culture criticism. We believe that the best way to understand culture is to discuss it. Please join our weekly round table of media critics, academics and fans for engaging discussion about movies, novels, comic bo

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e394. Spirits and Spectacles: The World of Haunted Houses

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e394. Spirits and Spectacles: The World of Haunted Houses

Happy Halloween! As we move towards the end of Spooky Season this year, we realized that there is an interesting cultural phenomenon that we’ve never even considered on the show before but that is something of a classic pop culture phenomena — The Haunted House. Hannah recently visiting a haunted house for the first time in her life… well maybe… and she wanted to talk about the fascinating culture behind them. So on this episode, she and Mav are joined by haunted house enthusiast, returning guest Brooklin Minicone-Esola to talk all about her experiences frequenting and even working in haunted houses, and the appeal that they show for the public. It’s a fun conversation so check it out and let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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