Holiday Horrors: Christmas Crimes
Occulture Shock Podcast
BE WARNED - This episode is VERY true crime heavy and thus, involves a lot of dark and distrubing material - CONSIDER YOURSELF WARNED. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, Seekers! We are in the "between times" right now - the Rauhnächt - where the veil is thinnest between the world and the dead & The Wild Hunt walk the Earth. Which makes this the PERFECT time to discuss some infamous true crimes that occured on, and around, Christmas Day. Let's keep the tradition of telling scary stories during Christmas alive with this week's podcast episode!
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Holiday Horrors - The Lost Days of Christmas
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! You've heard the Christmas carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," but have you ever asked yourself... Why? Why twelve days? And what was it about those days that make them such a big deal in the first place? On today's podcast episode, we look into that VERY thing (and it's both super weird and kinda' MEH (all at the same time). I break down what is: Historicaly documented Folklore Theory Why the number twelve keeps cropping up throughout the holidays even though no one can agree on why it does. It's a fun one! Especially if you love chaotic folklore (and keeping your...
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Holiday Horrors: Christmas' Monsters - Krampus and Grýla
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! It's a new month, so a new mini-season of topics! Since it's December and the holidays are right around the corner, I'\m going to stick with "weird holiday histories and traditions." First on our list comes straight out of the Alpine regions of Northern Europe - Krampus and Grýla. In the mountains of Austria and the lava fields of Iceland, the gifts the winter spirits came with were horns, claws and a very clear message: behave....or else!
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Nightcap Noire: The Hidden Crimes Behind Holiday Cocktails
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! Today we are pulling the curtain back on one of the holiday's most traditional and beloved drinks, and its filthu cousin, the Rife with bacteria, potentially poisoned by disgruntled family members and the cause of one of the largest (and most hilarious) riots in U.S. military history, I present to you, the final installment of our mini-series, Nightcap Noire: The Hidden Crimes Behind Holiday Cocktails. Be careful this holiday season (especially when it comes to imbibing) and thanks for getting weird with me, -Jess
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Nightcap Noire: The Cocktail That Outlived Boston Politics - Ward 8
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! This week, in our podcast mini-series, Nightcap Noire - The Dark History Behind Your Favorite Cocktails, we are taking a gander at the infamous Ward 8. A drink that somehow managed to survive longer than the political system that created it. Old-guard Bostonians liked to hole themselves up in Locke-Ober; a formal, male-only dine and drinks establishment that has a reputation for haughty exclusivity. The fact that a drink created and named after Martin Lomasney's blue-collar ward made it onto the Locke-Ober menu caused some folks suspect that something suss was happening down at...
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Nightcap Noire - The Black Dahlia Murder
Occulture Shock Podcast
Good evening Seekers, I thought I'd try out a new series theme for the rest of November (and maybe a little into Dec. if it feels right) and that is: Nightcap Noire - A series that explores famous cocktails based on gruesome true crimes and the histories behind them. Los Angeles, 1947. A body in a vacant lot. A dark legend in the making. Elizabeth Short, soon to be known as The Black Dahlia, wanted to be seen... And Hollywood promised her that would happen. This episode of the Occulture Shock Podcast follows the investigation from the Biltmore Hotel's involvement and homage cocktail: The Black...
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White Mischief - The Happy Valley Murder
Occulture Shock Podcast
Seekers! Here's a true crime story that I've been sitting on for a while: The Mysterious death of J and the scandalous lifestyles of the a group of British elites in Kenya during the early 20th century. In 1941, a car was found idiling on a desolate road just outside of Nairobi. Inside? A British aristocrat with a bullet in his brain. This week's episode dives into one of the most notorious true stories to come out of the 1940s: the murder of Lord Erroll (Josslyn Hay), his not-so-secret love affair with (the wife of ), Jock's sham of a court case and the inevitable unraveling of the...
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From Nob Hill to Hill House - The Mysterious Murder of an San Francisco Heiress And The Birth of American Horror
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! Well, I'm still rockin' that podcast angle this week! After last week's podcast, I ended up falling into quite a deep Shirley Jackson internet history hole and discovered that Mrs. Jackson is connected (however tenuously) to an infamous and unsolved murder case of one of the most important American heiresses within the U.S.'s Gilded Age "royalty." was the wife of prominent robber baron/ railroad tycoon and founder of , . She was also the victim of a notorious case of murder by poison! This week's podcast is a twisted game of "six degrees of Kevin Bacon," but with Shirley...
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The Haunting Mind of Shirley Jackson
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! This week, we take a look at the author who inspired modern day horror writers such as Stephen King and Guillermo Del Toro by turning her ordinary suburban American life into quiet horror. lived in a house full of noise - four children, a controlling and flandering husband and a typerwrite on a kitchen table within the middle of it all. From that chaos she wrote fantastic short stories and novels revolving around the seemingly calm surface of the suburbs and the evil truth bubbling just underneath, such as is, , and . This episode unpacks her marriage, her fascination with...
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The Hot Mess Romantics
Occulture Shock Podcast
Hello Seekers! Last week we went into the connections between the top 3 Romantic writers of their era: , and But that just SCRATCHES at the surface of these lunatics (and their friends). This week's episode goes more "behind-the-scenes" of what famously went down at that villa in Switzerland (hint: It wasn't all writing. There was also a fair bit of sex, drugs and rock n' roll), as well as, everyone's messy personal lives and Percy's creepy and slightly paranormal death at a very young age. I hope you enjoy today's more personal episode regarding the illustrious 3 and thanks for getting...
info_outlineBizzaros, welcome to the first Mini Mystery episode! Jess will be diving into some recent weird news. Enjoy!