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.
Episode 21: “The Fall of the House of Usher” (part 1)
Edgar Allan Poe, known for pioneering gothic literature, had a fixation on beautiful dead women in his works. This motif reflects his personal losses and the cultural glamorisation of tuberculosis, a disease often associated with beauty and death in his time.
Episode 16: The Ciguapa
The ciguapa, who lives deep in the forest of the Dominican Republic, symbolises resistance against oppression. She challenges historical narratives… by tearing them apart.
Episode 14: Sarah Whitehead, The Bank Nun
The second season of Paranormal Pajama Party kicks off with the haunting story of Sarah Whitehead, the Bank Nun. An unmarried woman in Regency England, she was doomed to a life of poverty by a sexist system. No wonder her ghost is still mad.
Episode 13: The Tower of London (part 2)
Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, remains one of history’s most fascinating figures. Her story of a world-changing romance, political intrigue, betrayal, and a tragic end, has preoccupied the public imagination for centuries. Who was the real Anne? And what does her ghost’s popularity say about our culture?
Episode 11: Beatrice Cenci
Beatrice Cenci, born in 1577 into a noble family, suffered horrific abuse from her father. Unable to obtain justice, Beatrice orchestrated his murder to escape his tyranny. Despite public sympathy, she and her family were executed, but her legacy as a figure of courage and defiance endures in art and literature.