Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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Summary:
We interview horror author Grady Hendrix about his latest book, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. The discussion covers maternity homes, occult paperbacks, fears of satanic feminism from centuries gone by, and so much more!
Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.
Producer for this show:
Our producing supporter this month is Achija Branvin Sionach, and we’ll be sending you our cursed bookmobile full of haunted tomes to select a favorite as a token of our gratitude soon!
Sources
Links for our guests:
(see newworldwitchery.com for shownotes with links)
Find out more about Grady at his website
Pick up Witchcraft for Wayward Girls at bookshop.org and other online stores
Learn more about maternity homes in The Girls Who Went Away by Anne Fessler
Read the Letterboxd review that sparked Grady’s story
Additional links (recommended by Grady Hendrix):
Trevor Hoyle – The Stigma
Mary MacLane – I Await the Devil’s Coming
Sylvia Townsend Warner – Lolly Willowes
Books and Things:
Please consider ordering our collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic from 1000Volt Press! It’s available for purchase on Bookshop, Amazon, or from your local bookstore!
You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the recent release Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic as well (also available on Amazon)!
Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.
Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)
If you have feedback you’d like to share, email us at compassandkey@gmail.com or newworldwitcherypodcast@gmail.com or leave a comment at the website: newworldwitchery.com . We’d love to hear from you! Don’t forget to follow us at Twitter! And check out our Facebook page! For those who are interested, we are also on TikTok now. You can follow us on Instagram (main account, or you can follow Laine as well) or check out our new YouTube channel with back episodes of the podcast and new “Everyday Magic” videos, too (as well as most of our contest announcements)!
Promos and Music:
Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket (#35954).
Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the New World Witchery Threadless shop or by joining our Patreon supporters. If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast, now available through all the podcatchers! Please think about checking out our Audible Trial program. Visit Audibletrial.com/newworldwitchery to get your free trial of Audible, where you can download over 180,000 titles (including some narrated by Cory). Your purchases help support this show, and there’s no obligation to continue after the free trial
Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/newworldwitchery
Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/nwwitchery
Follow us on Facebook: facebook.com/newworldwitchery
Subscribe to our podcast: newworldwitchery.com
Summary:
We interview horror author Grady Hendrix about his latest book, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls. The discussion covers maternity homes, occult paperbacks, fears of satanic feminism from centuries gone by, and so much more!
Please check out our Patreon page! You can help support the show for as little as a dollar a month, and get some awesome rewards at the same time. Even if you can’t give, spread the word and let others know, and maybe we can make New World Witchery even better than it is now.
Producer for this show:
Our producing supporter this month is Achija Branvin Sionach, and we’ll be sending you our cursed bookmobile full of haunted tomes to select a favorite as a token of our gratitude soon!
Sources
Links for our guests:
(see newworldwitchery.com for shownotes with links)
Find out more about Grady at his website
Pick up Witchcraft for Wayward Girls at bookshop.org and other online stores
Learn more about maternity homes in The Girls Who Went Away by Anne Fessler
Read the Letterboxd review that sparked Grady’s story
Additional links (recommended by Grady Hendrix):
Trevor Hoyle – The Stigma
Mary MacLane – I Await the Devil’s Coming
Sylvia Townsend Warner – Lolly Willowes
Books and Things:
Please consider ordering our collaborative book Conjuring the Commonplace: A Guide to Everyday Enchantment and Junk Drawer Magic from 1000Volt Press! It’s available for purchase on Bookshop, Amazon, or from your local bookstore!
You can now buy Cory’s book, New World Witchery: A Trove of North American Folk Magic! (also available from Amazon) and the recent release Llewellyn’s Complete Book of North American Folk Magic as well (also available on Amazon)!
Please note that clicking on links may provide some monetary compensation to New World Witchery.
Image via Pixabay (Used under CC 2.0 License, modified by New World Witchery)
If you have feedback you’d like to share, email us at compassandkey@gmail.com or newworldwitcherypodcast@gmail.com or leave a comment at the website: newworldwitchery.com . We’d love to hear from you! Don’t forget to follow us at Twitter! And check out our Facebook page! For those who are interested, we are also on TikTok now. You can follow us on Instagram (main account, or you can follow Laine as well) or check out our new YouTube channel with back episodes of the podcast and new “Everyday Magic” videos, too (as well as most of our contest announcements)!
Promos and Music:
Title music is “Woman Blues,” by Paul Avgerinos. All music is licensed from Audio Socket (#35954).
Please consider supporting us by purchasing our promotional items in the New World Witchery Threadless shop or by joining our Patreon supporters. If you like us AND you like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, you will love our new show: Myth Taken: A Buffy the Vampire Slayer Podcast, now available through all the podcatchers! Please think about checking out our Audible Trial program. Visit Audibletrial.com/newworldwitchery to get your free trial of Audible, where you can download over 180,000 titles (including some narrated by Cory). Your purchases help support this show, and there’s no obligation to continue after the free trial
