Occultor

With 160 rooms tangled into a four-story eclectic mess, the Winchester manor is a sight to behold. And, thanks to the historical significance of the company, it's also a good topic to cover - even before you mix in a healthy dose of uncountable angry spirits.

Beast? Innocent victim? Somewhere in between? This listener-chosen episode talks about Medusa and goes through the evolution of this popular myth through the centuries.

We're starting off season 2 with a fun cryptidish episode, one about the little beasties who plagued WWII pilots and inspired a famous children's book author in one of his first books.

Part two is here! Animals L to Z with myths, lore, and legends about all of them. Yes, even for Q, U, and X!

This week's episode is white, flavorless, and can kill you within 20 minutes...well, okay, it might be two of those things.  Episode 21 is on poisons, their origins, and what exactly they do to the human body when taken. You can't pretend that you haven't been curious! I did the research so you don't have to have it on your search history. This week, we cover arsenic, cyanide, deadly nightshade, strychnine, and hemlock.

Apotropaic symbols are any marking or symbolic charm used to protect from misfortune, harmful entities, or evil in general. This episode covers a few different kinds, the reasoning behind them, and how they have evolved over the centuries.

Mummies, fossils, and casts, oh my! This episode covers some of the various ways the human body can be preserved, both intentionally and unintentionally. From Egyptian mummies to modern science exhibits, we'll explore some of the weird science that can keep us around for longer than usual.

Whew, prepare for a ranty episode! Ley lines are a truly fascinating theory about the way energy, electricity, and gravitational forces travel through the earth. There's a lot of different ideas for how they work, why they exist, and how best to find them. This ramble of an episode covers that, some alien theories, and thoughts about those giant corkboards with maps, newspaper clippings, pins, and string.

The Malleus Maleficarum, or the 'Hammer of Witches', was a book from which much of the chaos and hysteria during the witch trials stemmed. To understand what lead up to its publication, this episode looks into attitudes towards witches and magic through history. We then get into this nasty piece of work and the witch-killing craze it helped spur on.

I'm taking a break from conspiracies and death to give you guys some good ol' fashioned ghost stories.  A ghost story is never a bad choice, but these spooks are extra sweet. This is a Halloween collection of nice, helpful spirits.

This episode is marked as explicit because it contains mentions of suicide, the details of crime scenes, and other heavy things, so listener beware. I won't be offended if you have to sit this one out. I'm certain almost everyone has heard of Nirvana, and most have probably heard of Kurt Cobain's death. While some still know it as a tragic suicide, there are a lot of details that just don't add up. Like, REALLY don't add up. A good portion of the evidence (at least, what wasn't mishandled by the cops) points to it being something much more sinister. Please note that this episode is meant with the highest level of respect. Suicide is a serious topic. If you are struggling, please reach out. US National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255

This episode my be history-heavy, but it's worth it. John Dee was very smart man who did a lot to progress science, math, and cartography, but later in his career he became involved the occult. Now, this is what he is best known for!

All around the world, spread across centuries, are cases where human beings have apparently burned themselves up from the inside. What do we know, and how can we explain these victims' deaths?

The Necronomicon is a staple of occult sections in bookstores worldwide, but how much do we really know about its history?

A brief introduction to Occultor

One of the most contradicting people, Jim Jones, lead this group from 1954 to 1978. It all ended as one of the most infamous cults in history, with the death of 900 people in a mass murder-suicide after the abuse and illegal activity was found out.

The Jackalope: a creature that just seems like it really should exist, shouldn't it? And maybe it does! Jackalopes topple the gentle symbolism of their tamer, antlerless cousins and instead are highly dangerous creatures of the most remote deserts.

Another chance for me to do voices as I read old, delightfully disturbing fairy tales! This episode features Death's Messengers by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, The Story of Blue Beard by Charles Perrault, and The Tinder-Box by Hans Christian Andersen.

As a recent reappearant into modern culture, Rasputin is almost a legend. There was a real dude behind the myths, yes, but honestly, the truth isn't much saner. It's definitely not boring!

Bit of a lengthy title, but that's the topic for this episode! Founded around 2001 and ended around 2007, this little-known doomsday cult has a very interesting story.