#143 - Leila Taylor Returns! Author of "Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread"

The Witch Wave

Pam Grossman

Arts, Visual Arts, Spirituality, Other, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Leila Taylor is a Brooklyn-based writer, speaker, and designer whose work focuses on the intersection of history and horror and the gothic in contemporary culture. She’s the author of Sick Houses: Haunted Homes and the Architecture of Dread (out Feb 11, 2025) and Darkly: Black History and America’s Gothic Soul, her essays have appeared in Us: The Complete Annotated Screenplay, The Repeater Book of the Occult, The New Urban Gothic: Global Gothic in the Age of the Anthropocene, and the graphic novel Bitter Root.

On this episode, Leila discusses the captivating power of haunted houses, the aptly named Brutalist architecture movement, and the irresistible appeal of the “witch house.”

Pam also talks about apotropaic house magic, and answers a listener question about amulets and talismanic jewelry.

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0:00.0	This episode of The Witch Wave is brought to you by Ritual and Shelter.
0:05.5	Looking for a magical place to shop and hold space, check out Ritual and Shelter in Homewood, Alabama.
0:13.8	Browse through their bookshelves covering topics of magical history, theory, and practice, as well as tarot cards and oracle decks from well-known
0:23.6	artists and even decks created by local witches in Alabama.
0:28.2	From teas, tonics, and tinctures to toad skulls and turmaline towers, you can find all of these
0:36.2	and so much more on their witchy website, Ritualshelter.com, or in person.
0:43.6	So lather up that flying ointment and travel down to ritual and shelter in Homewood, Alabama, or check them out online at ritualshelter.com. Did you run out of flying ointment? Well, they have that too.
0:59.3	Hello, my friend. I am often asked about how people can get even more witch wave and more magic
1:05.8	in their lives overall. And I have the answer. You can join me over on the WitchWave Patreon. This is how you can
1:15.2	hear from me and my other magical guests on a weekly basis via my WitchWave Plus bi-weekly
1:23.0	bonus episodes. And you get the regular WitchWave ad-free, and you get detailed show notes
1:31.4	for all of it. And all Patreon members also get access to my monthly ritual workshops, which
1:39.2	you can attend live or watch the recording of at your leisure throughout the month. Rewards for some tiers also
1:46.9	include magical merch and contests where you can win Witchley prizes, as well as early heads-up
1:53.8	about my workshops before they sell out, and opportunities to work with me one-on-one.
2:02.5	And all backers get access to our exclusive digital coven,
2:07.4	where you can connect to a community of other wonderful witchwave witches around the world.
2:14.5	So head on over to patreon.com slash witchwave and sign up. It's a magnificent way to get more
2:21.8	magic in your life and to support the show. Thank you so much. The world is filled with
2:33.4	bewitching people, and you might be one too.
2:36.5	Welcome to the podcast where art is magic, magic is real, and reality is stranger than dreams.
2:43.6	I'm Pam Grossman, and this is the witch wave.
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