This month, we're talking ideologically-driven haunted houses with a book report from Anna on Inside Killjoy's Kastle and a deep dive into the phenomenon of hell houses. Content note, we touch on the themes of these spaces, which include homophobia, gun violence, abuse and violent bigotry, so tread carefully if these themes are hard for you to hear about. 

Inside Killjoy’s Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings (UBC Press)

Affecting Activist Art: Inside KillJoy’s Kastle, A Lesbian Feminist Haunted House (InVisible Culture)

We Are Monsters: On “Inside Killjoy’s Kastle: Dykey Ghosts, Feminist Monsters, and Other Lesbian Hauntings” (LA Review of Books)

Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? Here's Why That Question Has Been Picking Up Steam Since the 1960s (Time)

Remember Scream in the Dark? Here are 9 facts about the granddaddy of Lancaster County Halloween attractions (Lancaster Online)

Scaremare (Liberty University)

"Signaling through the Flames": Hell House Performance and Structures of Religious Feeling (American Quarterly)

A Hell House Divided: Performing Identity Politics through Christian Mediums of Proselytization (BYU ScholarsArchive)

Evangelical Hell Houses Are Waking Nightmares (Vice)

Church's Haunted House Draws Fire (New York Times)

Stairway to Hell (The Atlantic)

Judgement House Scripts