Redefining Podcasts.
Whether our parents warned about strangers with candy in windowless vans, or creepy clown gangs, or a deranged loner hiding in the woods; we were all subjected to cautionary tales in one form or another. Scare tactics are integral to parenting, apparen… Read More …
Halloween is often described as the one night of the year when spirits can return to the earth and interact with the living. That’s a very simplified version of a vast, multicultural tradition that has existed, in one form or another, since the earliest written records. Spirits, vague ideas of otherworldly intruders, have been visiting for centuries, and over the years they’ve been understood as ancestors, demons, eerie informants, and hostile haunts. Join us this week as we explore Halloween rituals through the ages and the evolution of the otherworldly visitors they invited to join. We conclude the episode by shifting our focus from the living’s relationships with the dead, to their relationships with Death itself, as we discuss Santa Muerte.
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Halloween is often described as the one night of the year when spirits can return to the earth and interact with the living. That’s a very simplified version of a vast, multicultural tradition that has existed, in one form or another, since the earlies… Read More …
It’s the time of year when well-meaning suburbanites stage miniature shock and awe campaigns on their front lawns. The sweet retirees on the corner are building a graveyard. Across the street, a soccer mom is arranging a life-sized skeleton in a lawn c… Read More …
It’s the time of year when well-meaning suburbanites stage miniature shock and awe campaigns on their front lawns. The sweet retirees on the corner are building a graveyard. Across the street, a soccer mom is arranging a life-sized skeleton in a lawn chair. The is a zombie invasion, comprised of wax dummies just one block down. So who would notice, could notice, the body hanging from a noose fastened to a tree? It’s just one more macabre Halloween decoration, right? If it wasn’t, if it was a corpse, that would ruin all the fun; that would make us question everything we know and love about this harmless holiday. Well, according to the legend of ‘The Halloween Hanging,’ it was a corpse; and that is exactly what we will be questioning on this episode. We will explore some dark territory, looking staged suicidal hangings, homicidal hangings and the history of hanging as a method of execution. We will also discuss the phenomena of crime scene staging, and try to reach our own verdict on the case of the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau.
Special Guest Story Teller Robert Chauncey, Creator of The Tunnels Podcast Check it out Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tunnels-podcast/id1139556079?mt=2 Read More …
It’s the time of year when well-meaning suburbanites stage miniature shock and awe campaigns on their front lawns. The sweet retirees on the corner are building a graveyard. Across the street, a soccer mom is arranging a life-sized skeleton in a lawn chair. The is a zombie invasion, comprised of wax dummies just one block down. So who would notice, could notice, the body hanging from a noose fastened to a tree? It’s just one more macabre Halloween decoration, right? If it wasn’t, if it was a corpse, that would ruin all the fun; that would make us question everything we know and love about this harmless holiday. Well, according to the legend of ‘The Halloween Hanging,’ it was a corpse; and that is exactly what we will be questioning on this episode. We will explore some dark territory, looking staged suicidal hangings, homicidal hangings and the history of hanging as a method of execution. We will also discuss the phenomena of crime scene staging, and try to reach our own verdict on the case of the mysterious death of Rebecca Zahau.
Special Guest Story Teller Robert Chauncey, Creator of The Tunnels Podcast Check it out Here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-tunnels-podcast/id1139556079?mt=2 Read More …
Pull up a chair, x-Ray that Snickers bar, and pour yourself some wine; it’s time to talk about poisoned candy.
Trick or Treat.
It didn’t begin as a question. In the early days it was a threat, more, ‘do it, or else,’ than ‘what do you have for me… Read More …
Pull up a chair, x-Ray that Snickers bar, and pour yourself some wine; it’s time to talk about poisoned candy.
Trick or Treat.
It didn’t begin as a question. In the early days it was a threat, more, ‘do it, or else,’ than ‘what do you have for me… Read More …
We are pleased to announce a month of spooky Halloween legends, here on Just A Story!
We kick off the celebration of the month of hocus pocus and haunts by discussing the origin of the American ghost story’s form and traditional substance. Join us… Read More …
We are pleased to announce a month of spooky Halloween legends, here on Just A Story!
We kick off the celebration of the month of hocus pocus and haunts by discussing the origin of the American ghost story’s form and traditional substance. Join us… Read More …
We are pleased to announce a month of spooky Halloween legends, here on Just A Story!
We kick off the celebration of the month of hocus pocus and haunts by discussing the origin of the American ghost story’s form and traditional substance. Join us… Read More …
We may take its existence for granted today, but the birth of the birth control pill was a long labor of love, belief, and scientific ingenuity. It seems no matter what side of the argument you may be on, we all have strong feelings about contraceptive… Read More …
We may take its existence for granted today, but the birth of the birth control pill was a long labor of love, belief, and scientific ingenuity. It seems no matter what side of the argument you may be on, we all have strong feelings about contraceptives and reproductive rights. Join us this week for a discussion of how the Pill went from an idea, to an experiment, to a controversy, to a right; over the last century. We’ll meet the colorful cast of characters who made it their mission to make motherhood a choice, explore common myths about birth control and the various ways we’ve tried to keep the stork away throughout history.
EXPLICIT WARNING (We talk about sex….)
A wonderfuly vulgar opening from Unbuttoned History, check them out: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unbuttoned-history/id633437365?mt=2