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Sisters Get Scared

Sisters

Two scardey-cat sisters read and recap horror novels.

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45:04

E66 ᐧ Crossroads

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/06/13

Lindsay and Barbara recap Laurel Hightower’s almost-good novella about a mother who’ll sacrifice anything to bring back her dead son. Featuring: A hot neighbor, baby sign language, and notes about how the book should have ended.

53:56

E65 ᐧ Misery

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/06/06

READ THIS BOOK. Lindsay and Barbara dig into the terrifying depths of Stephen King’s iconic novel about a romance author and his utterly unhinged number one fan. Featuring: Slug sister, amateur amputation, and a book in the book.

50:48

E64 ᐧ Lone Women

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/05/30

READ THIS BOOK. Lindsay and Barbara recap Victor LaValle’s scary awesome book about homesteading women in 1800s Montana. Featuring: Italian vacation travel plans, second-grade concerts, sisters-as-monsters, blood baths, and more!

43:32

E63 ᐧ She is a Haunting

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/05/23

Lindsay and Barbara chitchat for 17 minutes before digging into Trang Thanh Tran’s novel about an anxious teen living with her dad for the summer in a super-haunted manor in Vietnam. Featuring: Our mother’s awards sweep at the senior center art show, French-colonialism-as-cringey-hobby, zombie-ant fungus, and buying bras at Costco.

49:59

E62 ᐧ The Tell Tale Heart

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/05/16

Lindsay and Barbara discuss Edgar Allen Poe’s iconic short story about a perfectly sane not at all wackadoo murderer. Featuring: Uncomfortable Poe facts, the taste of stone fruits, wild speculation, and how Lindsay’s dog is “a whore for cheese.”

01:07:09

France! – ft Our Mom

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/05/01

Sorry! We’ve been taking our time getting back into the swing of the pod. To make up for it, Lindsay and Barbara describe their recent trip to France. Featuring: How Lindsay and her spouse got trapped in Charles De Gaulle Airport, our mom’s new car, train wine, Barbara's abandonment trauma, and more.

47:07

E61 ᐧ Interview with the Vampire

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/04/19

Lindsay and Barbara chat about Anne Rice’s iconic vampire novel. Featuring: Childhood trauma, shroom-level sensory fascination, confusing vampire mysteries, a prelude to our sister trip in France!

44:33

E60 ᐧ Woman, Eating

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/04/04

Lindsay and Barbara talk through Claire Kohda’s not-at-all-scary “literary vampire novel.” Featuring: A Baba Yaga puppet, the crushing hierarchies or working in a contemporary art gallery, and overcoming indoctrinated shame about the fact that you crave human blood.

39:31

E59 ᐧ The Troop

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/03/28

READ THIS BOOK — if you dare! Lindsay and Barbara recap Nick Cutter’s totally terrifying tale of a scout troop stuck on a camping trip with PARASITES. GAH! Featuring: The best (worst?) body horror we’ve ever read.

38:37

E58 ᐧ Cackle

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/03/21

Skip it. Lindsay and Barbara discuss Rachel Harrison’s too-cute-n-cozy book about a woman who gets dumped by her boyfriend, moves upstate, and befriends a witch. Featuring: Cute spiders, chicken-bone-pretzels, and Napoleon’s height (5’2”).

01:00:37

E57 ᐧ Just Like Home

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/03/14

Maaaybe read this book? Lindsay and Barbara talk through Sarah Gailey’s super dark and twisted tale of a woman returning to the childhood home she used to love, a home infamous for being the torture chamber of her dad’s serial killing spree. Featuring: What to wear in France, six-fingered flesh monsters, and inspo for a sitcom concept.

59:59

E56 ᐧ The Last House on Needless Street

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/03/07

READ THIS BOOK! Lindsay and Barbara gush over the mind-bending magic of Catriona Ward’s story about a serial killer and the people in their orbit. Featuring: The thing about the rug, Olivia the religious cat who won’t swear, whirly-dos, and what-the-fucks.

01:14:35

E55 ᐧ We Need to Do Something

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/03/02

Lindsay and Barbara discuss Max Booth III’s engaging novelette about a troubled Texas family waiting out a storm in their bathroom. Featuring: getting drunk on mouthwash, eye-roll-worthy fart humor, high school magic, and whether or not our Mom knows what Reddit is.

51:29

E54 ᐧ Ghost Eaters

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/02/21

Sisters divided! Lindsay and Barbara can’t agree on whether Clay McLeod Chapman’s tale of drug-induced haunting is hella great or totally meh. Featuring: a nothingburger-turned-cult-leader, a faceless mushroom baby crawling in the walls, tech unions, and whether it’s more terrifying to imagine being late for your first day on the job OR eating your own eyeball.

45:31

E53 ᐧ Come Closer

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/02/15

Maybe skip this one? Lindsay and Barbara talk through Sara Gran’s maybe-missable, maybe-fine novel about demonic possession, Adam’s other other wife (no, not Lillith), and ineffectual anti-demon shampoo.

51:00

E52 ᐧ How to Sell a Haunted House

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/02/07

READ THIS BOOK! Lindsay and Barbara dig into Grady Hendrix’s latest tale about two siblings dealing with the death of their parents and the terrifying haunted puppet they left behind. Featuring: Getting stabbed in the eye with a sewing needle, radical puppet theaters, stuffed animal trauma, and countless other delights.

01:04:03

E51 ᐧ Brother (& M3GAN)

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/01/31

Lindsay and Barbara first discuss the PG-13 film phenomenon M3GAN before diving into Ania Ahlborn’s ultra-depressing and scary novel about a family of Appalachian serial killers. Featuring: Movie-talking, rabbit murder, cannibalism, and other heinous acts.

59:36

E50 ᐧ Sundial

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/01/27

READ THIS BOOK! Lindsay and Barbara discuss Catriona Ward’s fantastically bananas scary sister pseudo-sci-fi ghost novel. Featuring: A ghost dumpster puppy, secret apple bite language, unethical genetic experimentation, and despising your sociopath husband who’s also your sister’s ex-lover?

49:09

E49 ᐧ The Hacienda

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/01/17

READ THIS BOOK! Lindsay and Barbara talk through Isabel Cañas’ brilliant tale about a haunted house, a priest-witch, and forbidden love in the months after the Mexican War of Independence. Featuring: A pineapple cocktail, getting straight As in band, a secret sister, a psychopath ghost wife, and a really good ending.

44:40

E48 ᐧ Movie: Friday the 13th

Sisters Get Scared ·

2023/01/12

Lindsay and Barbara watch the iconic 1980 film that launched a thousand sequels. Featuring: Calendar facts! Surprise Kevin Bacon, baby-bellbottoms, terrible instant coffee, and lots of us screaming.

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