Happy New Year!

*We've got PA news with The Era of Taylor Swift, The Utz Plant Machete Incident, and the Old Man Killed His Wife Over the Vet Bill.

*The Days of Weirdmas are:

7: Dead Geese in Lawrence County

8: Maids Swill Milking

9: Extensive Beer Can Collection

10: The Haines Shoe House

11: Pennsylvania Stonehenge

12: Bowman's Treasure

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* Outro music: "Fire Place" by HoliznaCC0

We have a special two-part episode to celebrate Yule and the end of 2023! In Part 1, Kiki and Kayla discuss 12 Quick and Quirky Facts about the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, followed by 1 through 6 of 12 Days of Weirdmas: Pennsylvania Edition.*Days of Weirdmas:

1: Missing Ornithologist

2: Dead Pigeons in Philly

3. Rotisserie Chicken Man

4. Cannelton Pig Lady

5. Collar Bomb Heist

6. PA Toilets

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*Our featured music is from The Mary Veils with the song "Esoteric Hex".

Join us as we finally discuss the ghosts of Gettysburg with the foremost authority on the region's ghost stories and history, Mark Nesbitt! *

* Ghosts of Gettysburg Tour

* Self-Guided Ghost Tour - Fredericksburg, VA

* Self-Guided Ghost Tour - Savannah, GA

* Mark's Book Shop

We're on another road trip this episode with stops off in West Virginia, New Jersey, and Connecticut.

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*Our featured music is from Hex Automata with the song " You Can't Kill the Devil".

As we prepare for the coming Yuletide, we've decided to give our listeners an early gift by releasing an older Patreon Episode in which Cord and Kiki gave JC a surprise quiz on episode content!

In this Special Halloween extra episode, we cover some current events related to a Colorado Funeral Home and the insane law against fortune telling in Pennsylvania that has led to some unneeded drama for a small business owner in Hanover, PA.

* Our featured music is from Jhariah with " Bad Luck".

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In an extra episode just for Spooky Season, we take on the connection between the paranormal and staircases. We cover some of the most famous photographs of ghosts on staircases, a few weird staircase myths and romantic legends, and the famous "stairs to nowhere" in the Winchester House. To round out the episode, we discuss three films featuring staircases as well as some horror films with iconic staircase scenes!

* Our featured music is from Bonnie and the Mere Mortals with their song " Call of the Void"

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A corpse road, prevalent in the United Kingdom's history, refers to ancient routes used for carrying the deceased to burial grounds, ensuring safe passage for mourners. In this episode, we'll get into the history of Corpse Roads in the UK, their counterparts here in the States, The Right to Roam law, superstitions and customs of transporting the dead as well as ley lines and dowsing rods.

* Our featured music is from Panic Priest with this song " When Daylight Disappears".

In this special Friday the 13th episode we bring you some cursed films and a list of devastating deaths that have occurred on movie sets. Do we need stunt folks to continue these sacrifices? Do we require real guns on film sets? Are helicopters to blame for the most deaths in film and TV? We discuss all this and more!

* Our featured music today is from BITE! with their song "Run From the Devil".

*Welcome to Spooky Season 2023 and our special guest co-host for the entire season, The Mushroom Maiden, Kayla!*

*In this episode we take on Haunted Churches in New Orleans, and Pittsburgh, PA. We also discuss the Church Grim throughout history and cultures.

* Our extended show features 3 film reviews dealing with haunted churches or a church:

- Kayla : Stigmata (1999)

- Kiki: The Church (1989)

- Cord: The Nun (2018)

* Our featured music is by Year of October with their song "The Hounds".