Send us a text

After a tough week in this dystopian hellscape, Julie and Jarad discuss why everyone has to meet the devil—and why this is probably a good thing. They also discuss how chasing the appearance of goodness can lead to doing some really bad things. (And somehow they manage to drag Nathaniel Hawthorne into the conversation. Poor Nathaniel Hawthorne. He didn't ask for this.) This episode is a little shorter than normal, but they will back to their typical garrulousness and obstreperousity  next week.

Sources:

Young Goodman Brown

Ethics and Hypocrisy and Young Goodman Brown

A Summary and Analysis of Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown

The Master and Margarita

Help Free Adrian Guarneros-Paz from ICE

UPDATE: Adrian is at home but will still require legal help even though he is through the first phase of his legal fight. 

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

This week Jarad contemplates his "Hell on Earth" and why the universe seems to dislike his pants. Our cohosts discuss how Satan got so involved in magic in the Middle Ages and how that led to attitudes and misconceptions that haunt us to this day. They also discuss how sometimes people invoke Satan to make the bar for being "good" really, really, really low.  Come for the camaraderie as we try to get through this thing called Hell. Stay for the jokes about medieval art and incels.

This episode contains an overview of witch trials with some (though not terribly detailed) discussions of torture. 

Sources:

Witchcraft in the Middle Ages, Medieval History

The Magicians of Solomon, Bartered History

Suffer Not a Witch to Live, Text and Canon

Magic, the Christian Church, and the Illusion of Control, The Medieval Monk

Malleus Maleficarum

The Beginnings of the Witch Persecutions, Sacred Texts

The Phallus Tree Phenomenon

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

Julie and Jarad discuss some news stories about Hell, say a prayer for 2026 (to be addressed to the god of your choice, or none at all), and discuss their own brushes with the infernal realms this year.

Here are the stories we discussed: 

Gates of Hell Update - Was the Last Train Out of Hell Prophetic?

If Kirk Cameron Isn't Safe, How Can You Be? by Joe Boyd

How Christian Nationalism Uses the Fear of Hell to Control People, by Tim Whittaker

The Master and Margarita, by Mikhail Bulgakov

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

In this episode, Julie and Jarad discuss Brom's book, The Yule Lord, where Krampus goes head to head with Santa with some weird results. Along the way, we are annoyed by cats and come up with pithy slogans for possible Christmas merch way too late in the season.

Join us and find out what happens when Santa and Krampus square off. (There will be spoilers ahead...so read the book first if that bothers you. If, like Julie, you feel that spoilers are a sort of super power ability to see into the future, plow ahead.)

Sources: 

The Yule Lord, by Brom

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

This week Julie and Jarad explore the dark side of Christmas discovering that Christmas has a shadow that won't be denied. And maybe, we need a little Krampus after all. So join us to talk about Santa's furry helper with horns, but behave...because Krampus is out here getting weird with the birch sticks if you're naughty.

We have lots of sources this time, so here goes:

The Devil in Design: The Krampus Postcards/ written and designed by Monte Beauchamp

Blab!

The Origin of Krampus, Smithsonian Magazine

German Girl in America: Belsnickel

German Girl in America: Knecht Ruprecht

Britannica: Santa

World Mythos: Krampus

Britannica: Yule Festival

Winter Solstice, History.com

Krampus: Origins and Development of a Winter Devil, Folklife Today

We also briefly referenced this Tia Levings Interview:

Tia Levings: An Insider's Account of Pete Hegseth and Doug Wilson's Cruel Religious Movement, on Culture, Faith, and Politics with Pat Kahnke

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

It's another field trip! Pack a water bottle and a first-aid kit.

Take the Bus from Hell to Heaven with our brave cohosts. In this episode, Julie discusses how The Great Divorce, started her on a path out of the church. (Probably not the author's intent, but this podcast is rife with unintended consequences, as evidenced by the lives of the hosts.)

Along the way, Julie and Jarad rescue Crowley, discuss the importance being able to consider other viewpoints, and explore whether God is more like your granddad or a big, dark void. They also manage to get off at a few wrong bus stops on the way back.

Sources: The Great Divorce, by C.S. Lewis

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

Julie and Jarad discuss the ways that supernatural stories can challenge the religious systems we're born with and force us to consider whether we can actually know everything about something so much bigger than we are. Come for the ghost stories, stay to see what it's like to be in Julie's head. Find out whether or not Jarad managed to summon a demon when he was nine. (Spoiler: the jury may still be out.)

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

Julie and Jarad discuss their findings from their first season, whether or not Crowley is an entity from the dark lord, and then ask themselves how they can change Hell. (Jarad is leaning towards hiring a new decorator.)

Come wrap up season one with us. You can use this episode to fondly remember your own favorite episode, compose a letter of stern disagreement, or even use it as a starting point for choosing episodes if this is your first time listening.

You can contact us at [email protected] or get in touch at Perdition City Station Instagram.

Season 2 starts next week!

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

In this episode, Jarad and I discuss The Witch of Briar Hollow, by Wes Wickley. Among our many tangents, we talk about what it means to be evil and whether it's even possible to write a horror story that fully embraces the traditional morality of folklore. The tropes and motifs that represented good and evil seem to be in flux right now and writers need to walk a fine balance. 

Sources:

The Witch of Briar Hollow

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

Send us a text

We have our first guest, horror lover and expert Josh Brandon and we ask the question: Why in the world don't evangelicals LOVE horror films? Maybe they should. 

After Josh gives us a brief intro into Hell in Horror films, we get into how some horror films have carried on Puritan morality traditions, how they treat women, and whether we're going to Hell for secretly (or not so secretly) being pleased when some characters die. We also discuss the future of horror. Where do you think horror movies and tropes are headed? Let us know.

Sources: 

How religion and horror movies come together to form 'a very powerful experience.'

The Complete History of Horror Movies

Slasher Lore Is Way Deeper Than You Think

Hollow 

Support the show

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.