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Maybe this duo hasn’t monetized their show quite yet, and if that’s the case, perhaps they could choose a time other than the witching hour to record their macabre podcast?

From Salon • Mar. 15, 2026

The witching hour has begun, a disquieting moment for them to have nothing to do.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2024

Dusk is the witching hour at Accra Zoo.

From BBC • Jul. 8, 2023

As Farage conducted a countdown to the witching hour, he ventured some wild “we happy few” Shakespearean claims about the significance of the moment in our island history.

From The Guardian • Feb. 1, 2020

She longed to duck underneath them and lean out of the window to see what the world looked like now that the witching hour was at hand.

From "The BFG" by Roald Dahl