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Welcome to America's Most Haunted House... or is it? Tonight, we’re partying at the Myrtles Plantation, where the famous ghost of an enslaved girl named Chloe is said to roam the halls.

But as we unpack this classic Southern ghost story, we'll discover something far more unsettling than any supernatural presence – the way America uses ghost tourism to process (or avoid processing) its history of slavery.

From gift shop dolls of murdered enslaved people to invented haunted histories, we'll explore how plantation tourism often makes real historical trauma more “palatable” for visitors – and why that's exactly what we shouldn't be doing. Plus: Why is it okay to run ghost tours at plantations, but not at other sites of historical tragedy?

Get ready for a thought-provoking episode about ghost stories, historical memory, and America's complicated relationship with its past.

Key moments:

• 1:17 - An encounter with Chloe at the Myrtles Plantation
• 6:34 - The Myrtles Plantation's early history
• 8:59 - America's Most Haunted House
• 13:23 - Slavery in the Mississippi-Delta
• 21:11 - The problematic truth about Chloe and Cleo
• 24:08 - How America deals with its dark history

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Hillary Clinton and the Lizard People | 27

Put on your tinfoil hat and grab your favourite pantsuit – “Paranormal Pajama Party” is back! In the Season 3 premiere, Steph connects the dots between confused Victorian lemur scientists and modern-day conspiracy theories about lizard people running the world. (It makes more sense than you'd think.)

Join us for a wild ride through the peculiar world of reptilian conspiracies, where we discover how theories about shape-shifting aliens somehow wound up tangled with gender politics and presidential pantsuits. Steph digs into why powerful women like Hillary Clinton keep getting cast as everything from robots to reptiles – and what our monster-making tendencies reveal about society's complicated relationship with female leadership.

From David Icke's cosmic energy smoothies to Hollywood's hangup on sinister women in power suits, this episode unpacks how conspiracy theories reflect our deepest anxieties about changing power structures. It turns out that when marginalised people start climbing the political ladder, our collective imagination gets pretty creative.

Listen now for a fascinating exploration of gender, power, and why some people think our world leaders might need a heat lamp to survive.

Key moments

• 1:16 – The Lizard King
• 8:56 – Where the reptilian conspiracy theory came from
• 19:47 – Real-world consequences of the reptilian theory
• 30:15 – Examining Hillary Clinton's complicated feminist legacy
• 39:45 – Female politicians and the double bind
• 42:09 – Politics, gender, and pop culture

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I get it. It’s hard to be a woman. Almost as hard as it is to be a monster.

Get ready for a spine-tingling third season of Paranormal Pajama Party!

This fortnightly podcast explores folklore and the horror genre with a feminist twist. Each episode uncovers chilling tales of female phantoms, femme fatales, and supernatural beings, shedding light on the societal fears that often shape these spooky stories.

From haunted houses to vengeful spirits, Paranormal Pajama Party shoves a flashlight into the dark corners of folklore and legend, examining how society's anxieties about women manifest in these paranormal tales. The podcast is a must-listen for any fan of horror, the supernatural or women's history.

Catch up on the first two seasons now on your favourite podcast app or at paranormalpjparty.com. New episodes drop soon, so be sure to subscribe for your weekly dose of ghostly lore and feminist insights.

Don’t forget: Ghosts have stories. Women have voices. Dare to listen.

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