Occultor

Occultor

By MK MillerReligion & SpiritualitySpirituality
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Occultor episodes

  • EP17: Preserved Bodies

    Mummies, fossils, and casts, oh my! This episode covers some of the various ways the human body can be preserved, both intentionally and unintentionally. From Egyptian mummies to modern science exhibits, we'll explore some of the weird science that can keep us around for longer than usual.

    35 min
  • EP16: Ley Lines

    Whew, prepare for a ranty episode! Ley lines are a truly fascinating theory about the way energy, electricity, and gravitational forces travel through the earth. There's a lot of different ideas for how they work, why they exist, and how best to find them. This ramble of an episode covers that, some alien theories, and thoughts about those giant corkboards with maps, newspaper clippings, pins, and string.

    24 min
  • EP15: Weeping Women

    Weeping women are one of the storytelling archetypes that seem to appear in legends, folk tales, and mythologies across cultures all over the world. The similarities between the different stories are shocking, but there's enough of a difference to show the nature of the region and the environment the myth developed in. This episode explores some different versions of the weeping women.

    30 min
  • EP14: The Malleus Maleficarum

    The Malleus Maleficarum, or the 'Hammer of Witches', was a book from which much of the chaos and hysteria during the witch trials stemmed. To understand what lead up to its publication, this episode looks into attitudes towards witches and magic through history. We then get into this nasty piece of work and the witch-killing craze it helped spur on.

    25 min
  • EP13: Superstitions

    Superstitions exist everywhere, in every time and culture. Even the most reasonable of us seem to have a lucky number or a shirt that we wear when we need an extra boost of fate. Walking under ladders, the number thirteen, broken mirrors, horseshoes, four-leaf clovers...they all have a superstitious association and a history as to why.

    26 min
  • EP12: Black Eyed Kids and Men In Black
    Black-eyed kids are certainly spooky. These eery creatures aren't quite human, can cause unnatural harm, and carry with them a dramatic sense of fear that those who have encountered them are plagued by. Close by their side, perhaps as parents or handlers, are the men in black - and not the movie sort. This one's a wild one!
    20 min
  • EP11: Spring Heeled Jack

    Way back in Victorian London, before Jack the Ripper made his reputation, mysterious and pervy Spring-Heeled Jack was lurking. He was a slap-happy (literally), overly handsy guy with a weird sense of humor. This episode covers some of his attacks and a few theories on who or what he is.

    20 min
  • EP10: Good Ghosts
    I'm taking a break from conspiracies and death to give you guys some good ol' fashioned ghost stories. 
    A ghost story is never a bad choice, but these spooks are extra sweet. This is a Halloween collection of nice, helpful spirits.
    21 min
  • EP9: Kurt Cobain
    This episode is marked as explicit because it contains mentions of suicide, the details of crime scenes, and other heavy things, so listener beware. I won't be offended if you have to sit this one out.
    I'm certain almost everyone has heard of Nirvana, and most have probably heard of Kurt Cobain's death. While some still know it as a tragic suicide, there are a lot of details that just don't add up. Like, REALLY don't add up. A good portion of the evidence (at least, what wasn't mishandled by the cops) points to it being something much more sinister.
    Please note that this episode is meant with the highest level of respect. Suicide is a serious topic. If you are struggling, please reach out. US National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
    30 min
  • EP8: Auras and Dicyanin

    This episode is short one because of audio issues, but its a really interesting, sciencey, conspiracy-theory-style topic so hopefully it's still juicy enough. 

    Dicyanin dye, supposedly used to see auras, is the center of a pretty massive hoax. Auras, however, go beyond that, and this episode covers a bit of both.

    15 min

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Hosted by MK Miller, Occultor is a weekly dive into the strange and unusual. Here can be found everything from cryptid lore to occult history.