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Episode 21: Poltergeists and You --- Fun Facts about Noisy Ghosts

Noelle walks us through the ghost classification of “Poltergeist”.

This story contains:

1. A Deep Dive into Poltergeists (Rumble Ghosts and PK!)

2. Teenage Girls are likely the conduit for Poltergeist activity (Periods and Puberty!)

3. The Enfield Case (“You’re not Welcome here, Warrens!”)

4. Fun with hoaxes and Other Such Things (“I’m so shy – put me on TV!”)

5. A Drew Barrymore Impression that NEVER happens (But, two incredibly stupid ghost stories from Jay. BOO!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 20: Ghosts of Alcatraz

Jay walks us through the ghost stories of Alcatraz.

FACTOID: The Spanish named the island Alcatraz – which means: “The Island of Pelicans.”

This story contains:

1. Native Americans Ghosts (Some say the Natives used the Island as a prison!)

2. Ghosts from the Spanish Prison (The Spanish also used the island as a prison!)

3. Ghosts from the Civil War Prison (Yep - another prison!)

4. 1930s -1960s: Federal Prison (The worst prison of them all!)

5. The Hole, Cell 14-D, and Other Terrible Places (MANY ghosts in many locations! PLUS: the ghost of Al Capone plays his banjo in the bathroom!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 19: The Haunting of the Hotel Chelsea

Jay walks us through the haunting of the Hotel Chelsea – New York’s (in)famous hotel.

This story contains:

1. The Hotel Chelsea (Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll!)

2. The Ghost of Dylan Thomas (Go gentle into that goodnight, Dylan!)

3. Andy Warhol (Chelsea Girls – Edie Sedgwick and Holly Woodlawn!)

4. Arthur Miller, Jasper Johns, and Madonna (Star f*#king!)

5. Sid and Nancy (Drugs, Murder, and Ghosts!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 18: Sleep Paralysis and the Paranormal

Noelle walks us through the Sleep Paralysis – a phenomenon that effects 8% of the population experiences.

This story contains:

1. ISP (The Hatman!)

2. RISP (Out of Body Experience!)

3. The Witch Hag (Chest Sittin’ Lady!!)

4. A Nightmare on Elm Street (Relevant!)

5. Alien Abduction (10 Ways You Know You’ve Been Abducted!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 17: The Lost Colony of Roanoke – and Other Ghosts

Jay walks us through the Lost Colony of Roanoke... and then Jay and Noelle lose it - in what can only be called: the most “tippled” episode of High Spirits!

This story contains:

1. Pilgrims (Ahoy, America!)

2. A settlement that vanished completely (Like that Malaysian Airline!)

3. Theories and Conversations regarding the Great Mystery (Uh-oh – we’ve had too much to drink!)

4. Jay completely goes off the rails (What’s the difference between North Carolina and Virginia?)

5. We’ll edit it all out in post-production (We don’t edit!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 16: The Mysterious Case of Doris Bither

Noelle walks us through the sad-ass tale of Doris Bither - a drunken lady who was haunted forever.

This story contains:

1. A lady down on her luck (Falling down the class pyramid!)

2. A lady who moved her 4 kids to a haunted house (GET OUT!)

3. A lady who’s - how you say? - intimate with her ghosts.(Spectrophilia!)

4. A Professor who’s basically a dick and a half (Condescending!)

5. Fightin’ Points of View (The spirits weren’t Asian and the house wasn’t condemned!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 15: The Fox Sisters and Spiritualism

Jay walks us through the phenomenon of two young women – and the religion that was created around them.

This story contains:

1. Religious zealots (Of course!)

2. Two young women who communicate with ghosts (Fox Sisters!)

3. Fame and fortune and everything that goes with it (That’s a QUEEN lyric!)

4. The Fox sisters recanting the very basis of the religion (Uh-oh. Is this all fake?)

5. Houdini v. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Famous men go at it!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 14: Goatman of Holy Hill, WI

Noelle walks us through the cryptozoological phenomenon of: GOATMAN!

This story contains:

1. Goatman (Weird!)

2. Teenagers at risk (Stop making out!)

3. A crazy creature in an average area (Wisconsin!)

4. Dead people (Are they ghosts?)

5. Is it a Yeti? A Sasquatch? Something else? (Goatman!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Iroquois Special – Featuring NEIL ARSENTY

Noelle hosts ** very special guest ** NEIL ARSENTY!

This story contains:

1. Neil (YAY!)

2. Noelle drinking 40 oz. of Whiskey (YAY!)

3. The Iroquois Theater Disaster (Fire!)

4. Over 600 deaths on Dec. 30th 1903. (Death Trap!)

5. Ghosts (Suicide Alley!)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

Episode 13: Ed and Lorraine Warren – The Smurl Case

Jay and Noelle walk us through Paranormal Celebrities: Ed and Lorraine Warren!

This story contains:

1. Ed and Lorraine Warren: GhostWorld™ Celebs (Bow down, b%tches!)

2. Ed and Lorraine had a cutesy romance and they founded the New England Society for Psychic Research (Work hard, play hard!)

3. The Smurl Family lived in their haunted house in PA for… I dunno, 15 YEARS! (D’fuq?)

4. The Warren’s were like – this place is haunted and full of demons (Duh!)

5. Everyone else (including the Catholic Church) – was like – Smurls: Get. It. Together. (Did the Smurl’s get it together? I dunno. The safe bet is no. You know how they LOVE to procrastinate.)

Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzz.

PS. "GET. OUTtttttttttttttttttttttttttt."