AC 00132 - Live from Ret-Con 2025 - Devil's Rock
Arcane Carolinas
Behold the return of an old "friend"! Recorded live at Ret-Con 2025 Links: (Charlie's newest entry in our series of nonfiction volumes!) (Michael's latest horror novel!) Upcoming Live Appearances: (Williamsburg, VA - September 26-28, 2025) - Michael solo (he'll be on panels and in the vendor room selling books) (Durham, NC - October 10 & 11, 2025) - Michael solo (he'll be selling books and giving away AC swag!) (Winston-Salem, NC - early November, dates TBD) - Michael solo (he'll be doing a reading and signing books) Follow us! ...
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AC 00131 - Live from Ret-Con - Killer Monkeys from Mars!
Arcane Carolinas
Join Charlie and Michael on a deep-dive into the bizarre world of primate agression, recorded live at Ret-Con 2025! OUT NOW: Arcane Carolinas Volume 3 by Charlie Mewshaw! Foreword by Jason Tapp of SpookyCLT! Links: (Charlie's newest entry in our series of nonfiction volumes!) (Michael's latest horror novel!) Upcoming Live Appearances: (September 11, 2025) (Williamsburg, VA - September 26-28, 2025) - Michael solo (he'll be on panels and in the vendor room selling books) (Durham, NC - October 10 & 11, 2025) - Michael solo (he'll be...
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AC 00130 - Live from Ret-Con 2025 - The Grafton Monster
Arcane Carolinas
What's big, weird, and extremely niche? The Grafton Monster, that's what! Join us for the first of a THREE-PART live episode recorded at Ret-Con 2025! Also, a couple of tickets got returned by some folks who can't make it on Thursday, September 11, for the Arcane Carolinas Spooky Season Kickoff, so grab 'em while you can if you want to go! OUT NOW: Arcane Carolinas Volume 3 by Charlie Mewshaw! Foreword by Jason Tapp of SpookyCLT! Links: (Charlie's newest entry in our series of nonfiction volumes!) (Michael's latest horror novel!) Upcoming Live Appearances: (September 11, 2025)...
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2025 Spooky Season Kickoff Reminder
Arcane Carolinas
Just a quick reminder for folks who may not see the Facebook posts: our Spooky Season Kickoff is at in Durham, NC, on September 11! Tickets are free, and there are only a handful left. It'll also be a launch party for Arcane Carolinas Volume 3!
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AC 00129 - Stay Humble Out There
Arcane Carolinas
We know plenty of legends based on and built around real people, from the Hunter of Purgatory Mountain to Lavinia Fisher to Hezekiah Jones. But how often do we see a legend spring up around a person as events unfold? Join Charlie and Michael for the summer road trip episode about a notorious driver and a couple of legend-encrusted vehicles! Links: (Michael's new horror novel!) Upcoming Live Appearances: Spooky Season Kickoff @ Arcana Durham (September 11, 2025) (Williamsburg, VA - September 26-28, 2025) - Michael solo (he'll be on panels and in the vendor room selling books) Follow...
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AC 00128 - Arcane Carolinas Case Files for April 2025
Arcane Carolinas
Join Charlie for two AC Case Files interviews regarding strange experiences, one on the coast of North Carolina and one on the streets of Pittsburgh, PA! Links: (Michael's new horror novel!) Upcoming Live Appearances: (maybe? - Michael solo - June 6 & 7, 2025) (Charlie Solo - June 13 & 14, 2025) (Michael solo - July 11-13, 2025) Follow us! Contact us!
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AC 00127 - Do Not Trespass at Salem Black River Church
Arcane Carolinas
Salem Black River Church near Maysville, SC, is one of the oldest churches in South Carolina and has a rich history as a place of worship and community. From it sprang many other local institutions and activists of tremendous importance also. But the Internet holds that today it is a place of disturbing phenomena from hauntings to monsters. Is any of that true? Go creepin' around with Michael and Charlie as we talk about why no one should trespass at Salem Black River Church! Links: Upcoming Live Appearances: - Michael definite, Charlie tentative (April 8, 2025)...
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AC 00126 - The Ill-Tempered Ghost of Bertie County NC
Arcane Carolinas
Bertie County, NC, is a place of rural beauty--and possibly of an angry ghost engaged in some questionable parenting from beyond the grave! Join Michael and Charlie for a deep dive into the history of one of the state's oldest counties, a fun spooky legend, and the many ways this legend connects to the history of the community where it's set. Links: Upcoming Live Appearances: (January 9, 2025) - Charlie & Michael together (February 21-23, 2025) - Michael solo (February 28-March 2, 2025) - Michael solo (March 13, 2025) Durham South Regional...
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AC 00125 - Lydia's Bridge
Arcane Carolinas
Late on a rainy, foggy night, as you drive through the early settlement of Jamestown, NC, a young woman may flag you down in hopes of refuge from the weather and a ride to her home. This is a familiar legend in the Carolinas, but it isn't unique. Is there real history behind this instance of the well-known tale of a hitchhiker from beyond? And just how common is this story? Join Charlie and Michael for a fun discussion full of surprises and deep research! Links: Upcoming Live Appearances: (January 9, 2025) - Charlie & Michael together (February 21-23, 2025) -...
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AC 00124 - Let's Sidebar This Item of Drone Business
Arcane Carolinas
Look, up there in the sky! It's a drone! It's an alien! It's... live-action folklore in the making! Join Charlie and Michael for a quick, informal chat about the wave of "drone"/UFO/UAP sightings being reported (and sometimes recorded, and maybe sometimes manufactured) nationwide! Originally this was the intro to the next episode, but we went on long enough we thought this deserved to be its own thing. Happy holidays, and thanks for listening! Links: (6 ABC, Philadelphia, PA) Upcoming Live Appearances: - Charlie & Michael together (February 21-23, 2025) - Michael...
info_outlineDid you know a sprawling network of anti-Confederate organizers formed in the Piedmont of NC at the outset of the US Civil War? Join Michael and Charlie for a history deep-dive into a little-discussed corner of the reality of political organizing in the south during that era!
Note: the sound is different on this one because we got to use an awesome podcasting studio and record face to face!
Don't forget, Arcane Carolinas: Volume 2 is out now!
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Upcoming Live Appearances:
- SPOOKY SEASON KICKOFF @ ARCANA DURHAM - Michael and Charlie (September 26th - Durham, NC)
- South Carolina State Library in Columbia, SC - Michael solo (December 12, 2024)
Links:
- "The Heroes of America in Civil War North Carolina"
- Civil War in the North Carolina Quaker Belt
- "William W. Holden and 'Disloyalty' in the Civil War"
- "Heroes of America" (NCpedia)
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