16. Lavender Apparitions

 


Happy Halloween everybody! As good Halloween gays, Leigh and
Gretchen bring you a special, spoopy episode for Halloween. In
the first half, they bring tales of gay and lesbian ghosts and
lavender apparitions of all kinds, though of the kindly and
perhaps a bit cheeky variety rather than bloody or scary. For the
second half, they interview Joe Applebaum, one of the producers
of Queer Ghost Hunters, a paranormal investigation series on
YouTube focused on finding and talking to queer ghosts. So grab
your bucket of candy and get ready for some spoopy fun on History
is Gay!

Outline

0:00 – Introduction


6:41– Socio-Historic Context: Spiritualism


11:23 – Lavender Apparitions and Queer Ghosts


45:16 – Leigh and Gretchen Plan Their Hauntings


52:23 – Fun Segment: Pop Culture Tie-In


54:47 – How Gay were They?


56:31 – Interview with Joe Applebaum of Queer Ghost Hunters


1:44:47 – Closing and Where to Find us Online


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The music used in this episode is “Hammond Horror” by Keschco
from the Free Music Archive, and sound effects were by Mike
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