Okay. We can get started. Yes. Okay. Hello. Okay. Well, we're back. Yes, we are. Hi, everyone. I'm your host, Hadley Mendelsohn. And I'm your other host, Alyssa Furentino.

And you are officially listening to Dark House Season 2. You guys asked, we listened, we are really happy to announce we are no longer a limited series.

So if you've ever listened to a Dark House episode before, then you probably already know

we simply cannot stop talking in general, but mostly about haunted houses, design, and local

history slash folklore. So the fact that we had awesome listeners around the world, really,

who also couldn't get enough of this stuff is more than a dream

come true. It's like we finally found our little community and sense of belonging.

And we're so excited to be back and to share more stories with you, which we will be dropping

every other Wednesday through the end of the year. So get excited. Yes, get excited. It turns out

that there is no shortage of creepy houses across the U.S., but we have so many more places to explore.

And we will be bopping all around the country this time. We did that last year, but we have more room to explore now.

Before we get too far into all the fun stuff we have planned for the coming months,

let's just take a second to reintroduce Dark House.

Yeah, good idea.

Take it away.

Okay.

So for those of you who are listening for the first time, here's how it essentially all started.

Hadley and I met when we started working together at House Beautiful in 2018,

and we very quickly realized that we are both obsessed

with ghosts and the paranormal. We locked eyes like you do with a loved one, and you're like,

you like this too, and you just feel very seen. I will say we're each drawn to the topic for

pretty different reasons. I studied American Studies slash history and creative writing in college, and

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