Hey high how are ya! Come join your hosts Haley & Jake for the first ever episode of The Horror Comedy Potcast. This week we smoke a caviar joint and dive into the history of the haunted house attraction, exploring the events that shaped our society and the scares we conjured up to escape them, Haley tries to convince Jake that Scareapy is a valid option for stress relief, and we tell a few creepy stories from the dark corners of the internet! Don't forget to drink some water!

Note: We didn't have mic stands when we recorded this and it shows. We do have them now. Stay tuned for higher quality audio.

Sources for this episode:

• A Brief History of the Haunted House

By Chris Heller

SMITHSONIANMAG.COM

• NPR Fresh Air Interview with Lee Jackson,

Author of 'Dirty Old London': A History Of The Victorians' Infamous Filth

NPR.ORG

• Dean ME (2015). Selective suppression by the medical establishment of unwelcome research findings:

The cholera treatment evaluation by the General Board of Health, London 1854. JLL Bulletin: Commentaries on the history of treatment evaluation

Varsitytutors.com

• WIKIPEDIA:

Info on Lyceum Theater, chamber of horrors, Opération Corse, haunted attractions, racism in horror movies, gender in horror movies, & 1969 in the United States

• Stall Waste Production and Management

https://lpelc.org/stall-waste-production-and-management/

• World War 1 Timeline – 1915

by Ben Johnson

www.historic-uk.com

• IT’S ALIVE: THE LITTLE HAUNTED HOUSE THAT MADE THE MADNESS.

BY DAVID DRAPER

https://modernhorrors.com/

• The Great Depression Origins of Halloween Haunted Houses

Becky Little

History.com

• Trick or Treat: A History of Halloween

By Lisa Morton

• The Grand Guignol: Horror’s Gory Church

DEVIN FARACI

Birthmoviesdeath.com

Thank you to Patrick de Arteaga @ patrickdearteaga.com for the theme song, and Burgh records, Freesoundlibrary, & Soundbible for the ambient sounds.