In this mini recap of Episode 45: Ghosts and Graveyards, we return to Chicago’s Horror House with Moses and Vinny to revisit a conversation that wandered through haunted spaces, spectral science, and the psychology of belief. We unpack the weird intersections of folklore and neuroscience—from sleep paralysis and sleepwalking killers to crows that teach each other faces and the surprising genetics we share with bananas.
Along the way, we revisit our favorite ghost stories and friendly spirits—Casper and Gus, Poltergeist and Event Horizon—and add fresh notes on epigenetics, inherited memory, and why cats might just see what we can’t. It’s a cozy, curious séance of an episode: part fact-check, part ghost story, and part love letter to the strange science of what haunts us.
Links for Horror House
Check out what the RHR crew is creating:
Joe:
Red Line: Chicago Horror Stories Anthology featuring a new story by Joe!
Chicago Writers Association Podcast:
Essay by Joe: From Beyond Press: Specific Knowledge: Jotham Austin, II, PhD on Transformations in Fiction
Joe explores how many calories it would take to transform into monsters across sci-fi and horror—think 222 Big Macs and tubs of Cherry Garcia.
Georgia:
Printmaking Class at Promise You ArtHouse on November 11th. Click here for Details or scan the QR code in image to register!
It’s science for Weirdos
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Future Events:
Joe will be reading November 1st at Printer’s Row Wine, Chicago, IL at 2pm
6 writers, 10 minutes each, with intermission wine bar open, poetry and prose
Upcoming Episodes
Episode 46 – Slashers (Recorded at Reeds Local, Avondale, Chicago)
Guests: Jesse Andrus (Slasher Sauces) and Melissa (Co-owner of Reeds)
Blades and booze collide as the crew unpacks the legacy of slasher films—from 80s VHS carnage to modern horror meta-commentary—live from a local bar with some spicy hot sauce.
Episode 47 – Who Goes There? The Thing and The Shape of Paranoia
Guests: Todd Thyberg and Bill Halliar
A deep-dive into the horror of isolation, distrust, and shapeshifting terror through the lens of The Thing. Expect philosophical chills.
Links, Resources, and Topics Mentioned in mini and/or full episode:
Links and Mentions:
‘Sleepwalker’ Acquitted of Murdering Mother-in-Law After 15-Mile Drive
New study :Exposure to childhood maltreatment is associated with specific epigenetic patterns in sperm
Gus Was a Friendly Ghost is a children’s picture book by Jane Thayer, first published in 1961, with illustrations by Seymour Fleishman
Books & Short Stories
Joe reading
Films & TV
Nick watching:
Georgia and Joe watching:
Video Game
Nick playing
Artists, Comics, and Movements
Joe reading
Images from the Crew
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