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418: Your Urban Legends 102 - Ghost Cat Distribution System

Release Date: 12/11/2024

Spirits

Perky little ears and a terrifying visage, we’re talking this week about the god of mummification, Anubis! Featuring a zoology corner where we learn about jackals that aren’t actually jackals, watch a guy REALLY go through it, and more as we discuss our little rotty prince. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, decay, murder, infidelity, animal attacks, cannibalism, body desecration, castration, incest, sexual acts, pregnancy and birth. Housekeeping - See us LIVE! Buy a ticket to our March 23 live show in Portland at...

Valentine's Day

Spirits

Valentine’s Day has changed over the past millennia or so. From a martyred saint, to a feast day, to courtly love and gifting roses and chocolates, where did our current Valentine’s Day traditions come from? Hint: British postal reforms are more important than you’d think! Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, religious persecution, torture, beheading, violence, execution, feces, and sex. Housekeeping - See us LIVE! Buy a ticket to our March 23 live show in Portland at . And if you live in or around NYC, RSVP to our...

Ghost Fingers Are the Worst! | Your Urban Legends 104

Spirits

It’s confirmed: You can use Spirits as a tool for surviving in the wilderness. Also featuring another appearance of the Hat Man, cryptids from the Ozarks, and a horrifying parade of cats. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of mental illness, gun violence, misogyny, and drug use. Housekeeping - See us LIVE! Buy a ticket to our March 23 live show in Portland at . And if you live in or around NYC, RSVP to our free cocktail popup at - Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends the by Nghi Vo - Books: Check out our...

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You Just Lost the Game | Spirits x American Hysteria

Spirits

Sorry to tell you, but you just lost The Game. In our first ever crossover episode with American Hysteria, we do a deep dive into the mind game with origins in Cambridge, early internet culture, and other memes of the age like the Cool S. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of 4chan, sexual content, and drug use. Housekeeping - See us LIVE! Buy a ticket to our March 23 live show in Portland at . And if you live in or around NYC, RSVP to our free cocktail popup at - Recommendation: This week, , hosted by ! - Books: Check...

424: The Beast of Gévaudan (with Gigi Griffis)

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Animal attacks on the French peasantry, a mysterious beast, and a years long hunt. We’re joined by author Gigi Griffis as we discuss The Beast of Gévaudan, her book We Are The Beasts, and re-writing monsters as saviors. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of death, child death, animal attacks, animal death, misogyny, war, natural disasters, and blood. Guest is the author of , , , , and (as seen on Netflix), among other things. She is a sucker for little-known histories, unlikable female characters, and all things...

423: Food Superstitions

Spirits

Have you ever spilled some salt and tossed it over your shoulder? Broken a wishbone with friends and family? Have you ever wondered WHY we blow out candles on birthday cakes? We dig into some of our favorite and curious food superstitions from around the world! Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of enslavement, racism, pregnancy and birth, animal death, colonization, poisoning, sex, and death. Housekeeping - Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends this and this for folks impacted by the L.A. fires. If that’s you,...

422: Your Urban Legends 103 - Fight Off Ghosts, Stay Hydrated!

Spirits

We can’t buy a minor league baseball team, but we could rebrand one into something spooky with your help! Also featuring your stories of recurring childhood nightmares, another haunted field trip, and the worst thing a kid could say at a sleepover. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of drowning, death, murder, suicide, divorce, extreme injuries, blood, spiders, gun violence, and animal death. Housekeeping - Recommendation: This week, Amanda recommends a silly phone game like . - Books: Check out our previous book...

421: Bastet

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We’re starting the new year off right: With a goddess who is leading with both her cat face and her titties - Bastet! That’s how we all should enter the new year in my opinion. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of sexual content, nudity, death, child death, animal death, poisoning, pregnancy, birth, and misogyny. Housekeeping - Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends not making New Year's Resolutions. - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at - Call to Action: Check out ! ...

420: Hot Frosty

Spirits

We return with Myth Movie Night to explore a wild, very silly Netflix Christmas movie: Hot Frosty. We discuss dick scarf physics, bad business practices, Mean Girls references, and the horniest ice sculptor in the world. Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of drug use, global warming, illness (cancer), death, sexual content, and imprisonment. Housekeeping - Recommendation: This week, Julia recommends . - Books: Check out our previous book recommendations, guests’ books, and more at - Call to Action: Check out ! - ...

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Sometimes you move into a new place and there’s a cat waiting for you. Sometimes that cat is a ghost. Who are you to question why that is? We’re also haunted in this episode by nurses, pranksters, and a creepy boy in a “tiny attic”.

Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of car accidents, earthquakes, sexual innuendo, gaslighting, and fire.

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