Communist Plot

Talking about some Kirkyards, the Witches Well, and the all around fantastic vibes of Edinburgh. 

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Edinburgh recommendations from this episode:

Food: Sheep Heid Inn Country Pub & Restraunt, Mòr Bakehouse (the sausage roll), Copper Still (v. good cheese plate), The Witchery (bougie meal), Civerinos (pizza), Black Medicine Coffee Company

Things to See: The People's Story Museum, The National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh Castle, Arthur's Seat

Places to Shop: Black Moon Botanica (magick shop), Lighthouse Bookshop, The Witchery Shop

Resources/Further reading:

Duddingston Kirk Website

Canongate Kirkyard via EdinburghExpert Blog

Canongate Kirk Website

Greyfriars Kirk Website

The MacKenzie Poltergeist via the City of the Dead Tours

I visited eerie Edinburgh tomb at Greyfriars Kirkyard that's 'haunted' by poltergeist - here's what happened by Ena Saracevic

Calls for memorial to victims of Scotland's witch trials via The Scotsman

De Clara Goessenplaats from the Arcadia Coven Blog

Joseph joins Phoebe once more to talk about Montparnasse Cemetery, Montmartre Cemetery, and Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.

Phoebe apologizes profusely for mispronouncing every single name in this episode.

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Pictures from Montparnasse

Pictures from Montmartre

Pictures from Père Lachaise

Joseph joins Phoebe to talk about the Pantheon in Paris. We are very jetlagged in this one so please forgive our low energy.

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Talking with Joseph about going to the Paris Catacombs!

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In today's episode Phoebe talks about two cemeteries she visited on her trip to Japan last year with a brief overview of Japanese burial practices and discussion of a very interesting article about Necrosociality.

Pictures from Aoyama Cemetery in Tokyo and Higashi Otani Cemetery in Kyoto are here on our Patreon!

References

Where to Bury the Dead? A Pressing Dilemma for a Diversifying Japan by Suzuki Kantarō

The Unconnected Dead: Muenbotoke (Ep. 106) from Uncanny Japan

Necrosociality: isolated death and unclaimed cremains in Japan by Jieun Kim

A Daughter of the Samurai: On the Strength, Tradition, and Rebellion of Etsu Inagaki Sugimoto by Karen Tei Yamashita and Yuki Obayashi

Issues of Urania via the Digital Transgender Archive

Higashi Hongan-ji Temple

In a turn of events that will not surprise longtime listeners, what was supposed to be a short informational teaser turned into a discussion about some recent fake goth discourse in which we definitively answer the question: Can you be a conservative goth? (Spoiler: No. No you can't.)

If you like listening to us ramble, this episode's for you. If you don't come back next week for an episode about some graveyards in Japan.

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See you next week, comrade!

For lack of better content, here's an episode that's mostly a powerpoint presentation on goth fashion I did in grad school. Listen and follow along!

The presentation is here.

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Other links:

Nashville Scene Death Issue

The Three Nashville Cemeteries You Can Not Miss by L.A. History Girl

Pictures of Midway Plantation Slave Cemetery

Elizabeth is here to talk about people being scared to death and then read you a ghost story! Happy Halloween!

Resources:

Scared to Death: Emotional Stress Causing Fatal Myocardial Infarction With Nonobstructed Coronary Arteries in Women

Scared to Death: Fatal Encounters with Ghosts

The Cemetery and the Fear of the Dead

A brief overview of space burials--who's up there already, how can you join them, and all the ethical dilemmas you may want to consider.

References and Further Reading:

Ethical Dilemmas of Space Memorial Services by Zhanna L. Malekos Smith

Biden Administration to Consult with Navajo About Human Remains on the Moon By Marcia Smith

This Texas company has sent remains of 'Star Trek' actors, others to space by Eric Lagatta

⁠Rest in Space: What happens to human ashes in space? Do they return to Earth?⁠

How many astronauts have died in space? By Jake Parks

⁠EUGENE M. SHOEMAKER: A Tribute⁠

In Event of Moon Disaster Speech

Celestis Website

Beyond Burials Website

TV Tropes: Burial in Space

XKCD What If: Space Burial

Without vultures, fate of Parsi ‘sky burials’ uncertain by Baba Umar

⁠Help Moutaz and His Family in Gaza⁠

Catching up on some things we've been up to this past year, recapping a few summer cemeteries, and getting back into the swing of things.

New episodes coming at you on Saturdays this season.

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