Episode 41: Paranormal Happenings in Our Lives
A Touch from the Past
This week, Clark and Jen share recent paranormal happenings with each other. One includes a butt-slapping ghost and the other is a ghost that is mad about their resting place being paved over in Pomona, CA.
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Episode 41: Paranormal Happenings in Our Lives
A Touch from the Past
This week, Clark and Jen share recent paranormal happenings with each other. One includes a butt-slapping ghost and the other is a ghost that is mad about their resting place being paved over in Pomona, CA.
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Gallus Meg of North Carolina
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We had the pleasure of talking to Aubrie Williams of and Stephen of the about the Ghost Tours they did in Wilmington, NC and ghost stories of Delaware County, PA aka Jen's birth place. She and Stephen have matching birth goblets from the hospital. Thank you so much for listening. Please give us a rating and review on Apple Podcast to help other Goths find us and share the scare.
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Jen and Clark's Halloween PSA
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This week we are doing something a little different. We are going to be talking about some of the fun Halloween events going on around SoCal. Please go support your local haunt and haunt shop where ever you are.
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St. Francis Dam Disaster
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Hold on tight, this week Jen and Clark talk about The St. Francis Dam disaster. The dam that was supposed to give life to Los Angeles quite literally washed away communities and spelled doom for hundreds as it ripped through the Los Angeles area. As always you can follow us on Instagram for more creepy content. Your hosts are Clark Canez and Jen Curcio, the episode is edited by Clark. The intro music was created by Le Cos. Please give us a rating and review to help other Goths find our podcast!
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The Queen Mary
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Pack your bags because we’re going on a cruise… on the most haunted ship in the world, the Queen Mary. Built to be the most luxurious liner in the Cunard Line, the Queen Mary has seen it all. From her time as a warship known as the Grey Ghost to her time as a haunted hotel, she has a lot of paranormal activity to offer up.
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Pico House
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The Pico House is one of the oldest landmarks in Los Angeles. It was built by Pio Pico, the last Governor of California while it was under the rule of Mexico. The building’s purpose was to be the most luxurious hotel and it opened in 1870. Security staff claim to hear footsteps coming from the upper floors and seeing shadowy figures lurking. Like most of the haunted locations we cover, the Pico House had a very real, very tumultuous past.
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The Jet Propulsion Lab's Satanic Beginnings
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Aaaand we are back! And we're talking about JPL's satanic beginnings. Jack Parsons, the godfather of rocket science himself, was deeply involved with Aleister Crowley's Church of Satan. Jack was so intertwined with the group that the church did rituals in his Pasadena mansion where JPL was started.
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The Disappearance of Jean Spangler
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Jean Spangler was a triple threat in Hollywood, she could sing, she could dance, and she could act.
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The Drum Barracks With Jonathan Bradley Welch
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This week we talk to storyteller, and producer, Jonathan Bradley Welch of The Stonewall Democrats about the Drum Barracks, LA’s only Civil War era fort. We also talk about The Unsolved Mysteries tv show, trinkets from beyond and the 2020 U.S. election.
info_outlineWe went to the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA. It was the first time since March that we actually ventured out to explore and something was going down in this mortal realm. There were half a dozen cops and the biggest fire engine we have ever seen. Perhaps a ghost was born that day, but hopefully not.
Clark immediately snapped into improv mode and tried to slip in with the firefighters. Jen followed with a shocked grin on her face, behind her mask. Like a good establishment does during a pandemic, the Roosevelt was incredibly strict and did not let us in to “meet our friend who is a guest.” But mad props to Clark for keeping those improv skills sharp.
The Roosevelt Hotel opened in 1927 and was the location of the first Academy Award ceremony, it also hosted many after-parties for movie premiers. The Spanish Colonial architecture and lavish interior decor exemplified the lure of Hollywood glitz and glamour.
Some of the mortal guests included Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift, and Matthew McConaughey. Two of those three people have died and are allegedly still guests of the hotel. Listen now to hear about how these glamour ghosts of the Golden Age haunt the hotel guests now.
If you have a paranormal story you’d like to share, please email us at [email protected] and tell us all about it. Please rate and review us on Apple Podcast, follow us on social media at the links below, and have a spooky weekend!
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A Touch from the Past podcast is hosted, produced, and edited by Clark Canez and Jen Curcio.