Paranormal Pajama Party
Isn't it weird how often the horrors in our favourite scary stories tend to look a lot like, uh… ladies? Join me as I dig up the social and cultural contexts behind classic ghost stories and legends to challenge the often one-dimensional portrayal of women in horror.
Podcasting since 2024 • 29 episodes
Paranormal Pajama Party
Latest Episodes
“Aliens”: Game Over, Men – Game Over
In this thrilling conclusion to our two-part series on the “Alien” franchise, Paranormal Pajama Party dissects the 1986 classic sequel, "Aliens."We’re talking about Ellen Ripley’s groundbreaking portrayal of a female action hero...
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Season 2
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Episode 26
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55:02
“Alien”: In Space, No One Can Hear Dudes Scream
*MASSIVE CONTENT WARNING FOR THIS ONE:* This episode contains well as explicit descriptions of fictional sexual violence that is 100% a metaphor for real-world sexual violence, plus discussion of pregnancy, extremely traumatic births, death in ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25
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29:13
Green Ladies and Glaistigs: Skeletons in the Walls
This week on Paranormal Pajama Party, we're heading to Scotland to meet its green ladies and glaistigs.Discover the tragic tale of Dame Lilias Drummond, whose ghostly presence still haunts Fyvie Castle centuries after her untimely death....
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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35:02
Rangda: Queen of the Demons
This episode explores the complex figure of Rangda, a fearsome demon queen in Balinese mythology.Tourists may be familiar with Rangda’s frightening face, as a version of a ritual dance based on the Balinese myth of the widow-witch Calon ...
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Season 2
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Episode 23
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33:32
The Cult of True Womanhood: “The Fall of the House of Usher”, Part 2
This episode is the long-promised part two of our exploration of “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was doing his thing In 19th-century America, at a time middle- and upper-class white women were being encourag...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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29:33
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