Julia Brown said to be a Voodoo priestess that summoned a hurricane to take out a whole town when she died and Julia Bulette, a prostitute in Virginia City, NV during the silver boom and known as the Queen of the Comstock. 

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A Tale of Two Julias: A Voodoo Priestess and the Queen of the Comstock Lode

Forensic Mythology explores various myths and legends from different cultures around the world--both ancient and modern.

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This episode covers various goddesses associated with fertility (as well as beauty, sex, love, war, and childbirth) and their relation to spring holidays as well as a brief history of the breast. 

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Fertility Goddesses and Easter

This episode covers several women who one way or another found themselves being pirates AND information about the famed pirate island in the Caribbean, Tortuga. Also, the audio quality is questionable in some places due to various tech disasters and multiple attempts at recording as well as our slow decent into rage.


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Tortuga and Pirate Ladies

This episode explores Inca use of ritual human sacrifice and the mummified remains that were left behind in the Andes Mountains of Peru.

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Inca Mythology: Child Sacrifice and Peruvian Mummies


It's spooky season again! This episode covers the tale of Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle Company, her tragic life, and the allegedly haunted house she built in San Jose, CA--which served as an inspiration for the haunted mansion ride at Disneyland.



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Winchester Mystery Mansion

It's spooky season again! This episode covers the tale of Sarah Winchester, heiress to the Winchester Rifle Company, her tragic life, and the allegedly haunted house she built in San Jose, CA--which served as an inspiration for the haunted mansion ride at Disneyland.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A Tale of Two Julias: A Voodoo Priestess and the Queen of the Comstock Lode

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