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I promise we wrote and recorded this before we had any idea about the South Park Labubu episode but if you watched that and wanted some more backstory, why not check out our latest episode!

THEY’RE BURNING THE LABUBUS. The Association is in session and we’re discussing the Labubu craze, the people crying demon, and the Gothic history of moral panics. Guest starring Lauren’s Labubus, obviously. Apple: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/26fk...

This evening’s meeting of the Ghoul Guides Association is Lauren’s thought on Wednesday season 2 so far, as well as some recommending reading if you’re looking for some more dark academia, mystery or weirdness. Spotify link (or find us on other platofrms!) open.spotify.com/episode/6IkC...

A coworker said to me ‘you watch horror right’ and I explained that actually, I don’t, @mazgoing.bsky.social explains the plots to me on the Internet because I get too scared.

What do zombies have to do with masculinity, empire and identity? Everything, it turns out! Listen now on your favourite podcast platform or head over to our YouTube for our review of 28 Years Later (2025) featuring special guest @kathleenh42.bsky.social and a discussion of the franchise so far

If you listened to our recent episode and felt a craving for Butter, it’s on the half price offer in Waterstones! A confronting exploration of femininity and consumption that will leave you uncomfortably hungry. This isn’t an ad, we just can’t walk past a Waterstones without going inside okay.

In case you missed it, there’s a new episode up from us! Other podcast platforms are available - and you can also find us on YouTube. open.spotify.com/episode/6HER...

Have you read Asako Yuzuki’s ‘Butter’ yet? This week at the Ghoul Guides Association, @laurenjnixon.bsky.social reviews the global bestseller and recommends some more reading! #GothsAssemble

Ghouls, what does the sublime, the British Empire and custard creams all have in common? Pteridomania, baby! On this meeting of The Ghoul Guides Association, Lauren deep dives the Victorian cult of the fern - and its Gothic influences. Listen now: open.spotify.com/episode/30WD... #GothsAssemble

The June edition of our new horror movie round up for the easily scared, So, You Don’t Like Horror is now live on Spotify and other reputable podcasting platforms, as well as our YouTube! #GothsAssemble #HorrorReviews open.spotify.com/episode/5W6S...

‘The Gothic at War: Masculinity in Conflict, 1760 – 1818' by @laurenjnixon.bsky.social‬ is an in depth exploration of how the Gothic literature boom of the late-eighteenth century was a response and reaction to the expansion of the British empire. 📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-got...

I’m (Lauren) pleased to announce the safe arrival of my first child, ‘The Gothic at War’, weighing 75 pounds. It was a long and difficult birth but worth the effort. If you want to support my sweet child, why not order a copy for you library: www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-got... #AcademicChatter #Gothic

Hey guys! Did you know Silvia Moreno Garcia is joining us for the RtG conference this year? Thought you might enjoy!

Minutes of recent Ghoul Guides Association meetings: - moustaches, pros & cons - human wet wipes - rich people: cult? - Lauren mentions Silvia Moreno Garcia, repeatedly. Our review of Nosferatu (2024) and thoughts on Sirens (2025) inc. what to read next up now! open.spotify.com/show/24nPZ5p...

In case you missed it, the Ghoul Guide Association is back in session both in podcast form and on YouTube: youtu.be/2Dd-KiEzNoQ?... #HorrorChat #PopCulture #GothsAssemble

Are you a would be horror fan, who loves something spooky but finds on screen gore sends you squeamish? Well, do we have thing for you. Check out the first ep of our new monthly series, So, You Don’t Like Horror?, now: #horror reviews for the scared shitless open.spotify.com/episode/7Cky...

Hi, we’re the Ghoul Guides and we’re officially back from hiatus which means the Ghoul Guides Association is back in session. If you want to learn more about us and join or not so secret #gothic pop culture society, check out our trailer/explainer: open.spotify.com/episode/6gnz... #GothsAssemble

AND if you haven't checked it out already don't miss our new Lore Dump minisode (available on your favourite podcast platform). In the first episode, Lauren explains exactly how #Gothic came to be as we know it: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/GmF5HR0CDEb #GothsAssemble #AcademicChatter

New episode! This time Mary delves into the early modern era to explore the #Gothic history of witch trials, a King with a vendetta, a self-proclaimed Witch Finder General, and Lauren's dubious family history: Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gho... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp8L...

The heavy rain drowned our internet connection and prevented the upload of Friday's episode, but we will not be silenced! The first part of our latest mini-series, Witching Hours, is now available. Podcast: spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ZjSm4DkX6Db YouTube: youtu.be/cy6rwmtsFLU?...

"And how often was he thrown into complete dismay by some rushing blast, howling among the trees, in the idea that it was the Galloping Hessian on one of his nightly scourings!" Washington Irving, THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW #31DaysOfHalloween

"My cognizance of the pit had become known to the inquisitorial agents-the pit whose horrors had been destined for so bold a recusant as myself-the pit, typical of hell, & regarded by rumor as the Ultima Thule of all their punishments." Edgar Allan Poe, THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM #31DaysOfHalloween

‘It was not a haunting. It was possession and not even that, but something she couldn’t even begin to describe. The creation of an afterlife, furnished with the marrow and the bones and the neurons of a woman, made of stems and spores.’ Mexican Gothic, Silvia Moreno Garcia #31DaysOfHalloween

What better way to spend Friday the 13th than at Mayhem film festival in Nottingham! And managed to sneak in dinner with my Ghoul Guide partner in crime Lauren 🖤

“I've got to warn ya! You're doomed if you stay! Go. Go! […] You're doomed! You're all doomed!!” #31DaysOfHalloween #FridayThe13th #Mayhem

"The ruin of Whitby Abbey, which was sacked by the Danes, and which is the scene of part of "Marmion," where the girl was built up in the wall. It is a most noble ruin [...] there is a legend that a white lady is seen in one of the windows." Bram Stoker, DRACULA #31DaysOfHalloween

"Wouldst thou like the taste of butter? A pretty dress? Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?" THE WITCH #31DaysOfHalloween

I love all of Syd Moore's witchy books, and THE DROWNING POOL is all about the local Leigh-on-Sea legend of Sarah Grey the sea-witch. And if you want to know more about Syd Moore's witch books, I wrote a blog post about them a few years ago: sheffieldgothic.home.blog/2018/08/21/t...

"'Why the Drowning Pool?' [...] 'I guess it had something to do with local witches' [...] 'That's why locals say it was haunted. By the restless souls of the witches and innocents drowned there.'" Syd Moore, THE DROWNING POOL #31DaysOfHalloween

"When He woke, He found himself extended upon the pavement of the Church: It was Illuminated, and the chaunt of Hymns sounded from a distance [...] The Lamps had been lighted during his sleep, and the music which he heard was occasioned by the Monks." Matthew Lewis, THE MONK #31DaysOfHalloween

"The whole church took on something fantastic, supernatural, horrible; eyes & mouths were opened, here & there; one heard the dogs, the monsters, & the gargoyles of stone, which keep watch night & day, with outstretched neck & open jaws, around the monstrous cathedral, barking." #31DaysOfHalloween

Grab a brew in your favourite gothic mug, new Ghoul Guides just dropped, with some book recs for spooky season! #GothsAssemble #podcast #GhoulGuides

New episode of the Ghoul Guides Association has dropped! And in this episode (thanks to one of listeners for the request) Lauren and Mary discuss some of their fav Gothic books. 🎧 Podcast: podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gho... 📺 Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Tka...

"Upon the ground within it stood a large chest, which he went forward to examine; and, lifting the lid, he saw the remains of a human skeleton. Horror struck upon his heart, and he involuntarily stepped back." Ann Radcliffe, THE ROMANCE OF THE FOREST #31DaysOfHalloween

Poe's short story 'The Black Cat' was also (very, very loosely) adapted into a 1934 horror film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi! 🐈‍⬛

"In speaking of his intelligence, my wife, who at heart was not a little tinctured with superstition, made frequent allusion to the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as witches in disguise." Edgar Allan Poe, THE BLACK CAT #31DaysOfHalloween

I'm talking about Englishness, murder by cheese wheel, and transgression in Midsomer! Join us on 15th October, for more affordable Gothic entertainment, from the comfort of your screen.

"The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me." Thomas Gray, ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD #31DaysOfHalloween

"You're lost, you're angry in the woods! And no one here is here to help you. There's a f*cking witch and she keeps leaving sh*t outside your door. There’s no one here to help you! She left little trinkets; you f*cking took one of them! " THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT #31DaysOfHalloween

I'm pleased to share my review of Jordan Peele's #horror anthology, Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror. If you're thinking of grabbing a copy, Peele's book hits shelves today, and I do recommend it. gnofhorror.com/a-review-of-...

I've updated the book group page! You can see what we're reading into November now! Please note: This week's book group has moved to Thursday (because I realised I can't be in two places at once!) romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...

"You may think this all strange nonsense; it may be strange, but it is true, and the ancients knew what lifting the veil means. They called it seeing the god Pan.” Arthur Machen, THE GREAT GOD PAN #31DaysOfHalloween

"William Peveril [...] became the erecter of that Gothic fortress, which, hanging over the mouth of the Devil’s Cavern, so well known to tourists, gives the name of Castleton to the adjacent village." - Walter Scott, PEVERIL OF THE PEAK #31DaysOfHalloween

New episode of the Ghoul Guide Association podcast featuring yours truly - and this week we're talking about Dybbuk possession and Dibbuk boxes! Watch on youtube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzHU...) or listen to the podcast version (podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gho...).

Happy first day of Halloween! And welcome to our new Ghoul Guides Bluesky. As always, you can watch or listen to the Ghoul Guides Association on youtube (www.youtube.com/@TheGhoulGui...) or your fav podcast platform. And stay tuned for more Gothic treats this spooky season 🎃 #31DaysOfHalloween