Episode 34: The Women of Dracula, Part 1
The real horror in Dracula isn't the vampire – it's Victorian fear of female sexuality. Explore how Lucy Westenra's story reflects 19th-century panic over women's independence in this feminist literary analysis of Stoker's Gothic classic.
Episode 33: Hagsploitation
Explore the twisted world of "hagsploitation" horror – where ageing women become monsters. Discover how Hollywood legends Bette Davis and Joan Crawford transformed Hollywood's ageism into psychological terror, creating a subgenre that both exploited and empowered women past their "prime."
Episode 32: The White Witch of Rose Hall
Two women. One real. One invented. Both remembered as monsters. What does it say that Annie Palmer – the White Witch of Rose Hall – and Delphine LaLaurie are the most infamous slaveholders in history… and both are women?
Episode 31: Botan Doro
The ghostly sound of wooden sandals clicking down a dark street – kara-kon, kara-kon – has haunted Japanese audiences for more than 300 years. The source? A beautiful woman and her servant, who carries a peony lantern, searching eternally for her lost love. But this isn't just any ghost story – it's one of Japan's most influential supernatural tales.
Episode 30: Wise Wives and Witch Hunts
Discover how King James VI's insecurities sparked the North Berwick Witch Trials – the first of Scotland's brutal witch hunts. When storms hit his wedding voyage, he blamed witches—leading to torture, execution, and a Bible translation that shaped centuries of misogyny. A dark tale of fragile masculinity meets divine right.
Episode 29: Monsters and morals
Meet the shishiga, the siguanaba, Umm al-Duwais, and the Deer Woman. These female monsters from across the globe have a shared duty: They warn, protect, and punish – but this time, they’re targeting men.
Episode 28: Chloe, Cleo, and the Myrtles Plantation
Chloe, the world-famous ghost of an enslaved girl lynched for poisoning a white woman and two children, has put the Myrtles Plantation on the dark tourism map. If that sentence felt problematic to you, I promise, it gets worse.
Episode 27: Hillary Clinton and the Lizard People
Paranormal Pajama Party returns with a look at conspiracy theories, gender, and power, exploring how women in politics are often demonised. Listen to the Season 3 premiere now.
Ladies, Listen To This Before You Build Your Crow Army
Explore ghost stories and paranormal legends with a feminist twist on season three of Paranormal Pajama Party.
“Get Away From Her, You Bitch!”
As I think about the "Alien" series more, I keep coming back to its use of a gendered term as the go-to insult. It seems weird for a feminist movie franchise. Why does it keep popping up in powerful moments? Read on to reclaim language with Ripley.
MU/TH/UR Doesn’t Always Know Best
Let's talk about a freaky maternal figure who didn’t get the recognition she deserved in the Alien episode: MU/TH/UR, the Nostromo’s artificial intelligence system.
Episode 26: “Aliens”
We're off again with Ripley, this time headed into the hive. From an iconic feminist action hero to the Xenomorph Queen's monstrous power, learn how the sci-fi horror classic Aliens redefined feminine strength.
Episode 25: “Alien”
We're dipping our toes into the feminist undercurrents of Ridley Scott's Alien in this eye-opening episode. We dissect how this sci-fi horror classic subverts genre expectations, forcing viewers to confront uncomfortable truths about gender and power. Discover why Alien remains a powerful statement on women's experiences, cleverly disguised as a monster movie.
Episode 24: Green Ladies and Glaistigs
Discover Scotland's eerie green spectres: from mischievous glaistigs to tragic green ladies. Explore the folklore, superstitions, and ethical questions surrounding these female phantoms that haunt Scotland's ancient castles and fuel its paranormal tourism industry.