The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

Welcome to Ouija Broads: Skid Road! We kick things off with the tale of Henry Yesler, Seattle's city father who's really more of a city vodka aunt, his adventures, his influences, the Seattle he knew, and the intriguing women he loved. 

Liz tells Devon about the sharks of Puget Sound, with a focus on the very weird six-gills and their mysterious behavior.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Devon tells Liz about three of the newest green options for body disposal in Washington State. Blunt discussion about dead bodies in this episode, including some of the grosser stuff, so steer clear if that's not your thing.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Liz tells Devon the tale of Spokane hometown boy Rainbow Man. CW: Some violence mentioned, and Rollen was not the most mentally well dude.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

A very brief guide so new listeners know where to find episodes 1-8 and what we recommend for a starting point. 

Devon takes a little trip south to Locke, California - a Chinese settlement in the American West.  Secondary topics: Some cannabalism with your Bloomsday Run; explain Leavenworth to the peoples; us full-time Moravians; a little accidental Jeff Goldblum impression; dissing Deadwood; a call to action for listeners.   Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

It's just a bop and I like having access to it on my phone. A public domain bop! It's the Ambassadors Orchestra, Me and the Man in the Moon. 

Liz narrates the second half of the Starvation Heights tale, including the resistance of the Williamson sisters, Hazzard's trial, her exile, her return, and the psychic residue at her property.  CW: Starving skinny people, enemas, medical abuse, death! And discussion of weird beliefs around food and eating disorders.  Secondary topics: Orthorexia; breatharianism; multi-level marketing.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Liz terrorizes Devon with the tale of Linda Hazzard, the "starvationist" who ran a ghoulish sanitarium just outside Olalla, Washington. Content warning: Scary controlling lady, medical abuse, lots of death, enemas, calorie restriction, gynecology stuff. Also a siren pops into the background of Devon's audio at one point, super sorry.  Secondary topics: The emperor of maladies; a new sideshow act is invented; sounds like a brewery, smells like a bakery.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Taking a week off between seasons, Liz lets you know where to find all our content - and reads you an entry from Isabella Bird's Diary, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains.  Completionist's Guide to Ouija Broads: https://ouijabroads.com/2018/02/05/completionists-guide-to-ouija-broads/ Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/  

One time, Liz asked Matt if he ever would sub in if Devon was sick or unavailable. Matt was very into it and prepared an episode about Washington State's native son Mario. And how could we leave something delicious like that just sitting on the shelf? So Liz and Matt taped this episode for you, and here it is to brighten up your Tuesday with a surprise treat.    Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/  

What do you get when you ban pinball in a town that loves gambling and has a robust organized crime community? Why, the Portland Pinball Wars, of course. Along the way we will make stops at one of the nation's first female mayors, Chinatown's lottery, a burlesque battle, mob-era Vegas, and young Bobby Kennedy.  Secondary topics: A storm in Portland; cornflakes; our crime names; a belated Harold Balazs hot tip. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/  

Devon gives her Bachelors of Fine Arts a real workout in this episode that talks about public art in Washington (mainly Spokane) and Harold Balazs.  Secondary topics: How Liz furnished her first apartment; Mitsubishi Electric Koalas; like a bag of sand; Cthulu, Chihuly, let's call the whole thing off.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Liz tells Devon about the influential Spokane millionaire who vanished into thin air. Plus, an update on Sarah "Hecla" Smith!  Secondary topics: Names that should come back; what Pretty Woman was about; psychics and ransoms; plans for 2018.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Devon lays out the concept of leylines to an extremely skeptical Liz, and they discuss notable sites associated with leylines in the Northwest - including Prosser's Gravity Hill, the Oregon Vortex, and Spokane itself.  Secondary topics: Educate yourself!; we miss Miss Cleo; the fuck is orgone; the legend of the Chrysist Gem; blue and black or white and gold.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

 Liz tells Devon about a contemporary Rocky Mountain treasure hunt, and then the second half of the episode is a really earnest discussion about Kennewick Man/The Ancient One and NAGPRA Secondary topics: A floating foot update; grab all the bananas; a ghost story from the Burke.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Liz inducts Devon into the mysteries of Polybius, an (urban) legendary Portland arcade game.  CW: A medium-length discussion about 90s-era playground HIV/AIDS mythology.  Secondary topics: Brains aren't good at maybes; my uncle who works at Nintendo; men in black; how urban legends work the way they do. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Devon introduces Liz to one of the Northwest's weirdest, most unfortunate sports.  Secondary topics: The Other Washington; hunt it up, Sin!; calamari dreams; Broads fail at accents; reverse octopus wrestling; shark digression; the Tacoma Narrows Bridge; prescriptive vs. descriptive language discussion.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Liz and Devon explore the strange world and the stranger legends of the Alaskan Glacier Ice Worm. Audio fuckery happened, so that's why Devon doesn't say much in the second half.  Secondary topics: Sleepover madness; a sprinkle rave; the best festival; a fascinating listener story.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/

Liz introduces Devon to Stagecoach Mary Fields, a woman who should be on our money.  Secondary topics: The worst bidet; cigars; punchin' punchcard; casting the adaptation; Mary's later years among the sasquatch.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird: https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/theouijabroads/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theouijabroads/