Sewers of Paris Ep. 256 - Hocus Pocus/Rantasmo

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Hello, and welcome to The Sewers of Paris! Apologies for this episode posting a few days late - I’m on the road all this month, but I finally made it to a spot with wifi, and as we draw to the close of October, I wanted to bring you an episode from the Sewers of Paris vaults that asks the question - why is Halloween so gay? The topic is Hocus Pocus, Eerie Indiana, and Black Mirror.

Back in 2015, I spoke with Jamie Mauer, who you may know as the Needs More Gay culture critic Rantasmo. He grew up loving unsettling stories, like a lot of gay men. For those of us who feel pressure to hide their true selves, horror and fantasy - and particularly Halloween - provide a chance to trade one mask for another, be someone new, and scare everyone else for a change.