Southern Demonology

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Southern Demonology is a podcast that explores angelology, demonology, ghosts, spirits, and monsters from antiquity to the modern day through an academic lens. Get bonus content on PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/southerndemonology. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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03.27.2023

I have a hot take on demonology as a field. It may be unpopular, especially with so many books out there that claim to provide ALL the knowledge about the hierarchy of hell and what foods and leisure activities demons ...

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03.27.2023 Misfortunes & Demonological Hot Takes I have a hot take on demonology as a field. It may be unpopular, especially with so many books out there that claim to provide ALL the knowledge about the hierarchy of hell and what foods and leisure activities demons ...
03.20.2023 Nephilim, the Prophecy, and Undeath I've explained before how the research behind the movie The Prophecy propelled me into hunting down the origins of the angelic script it depicted. However, did the cheap knock-off sequels to this movie get anything right at all? To answer, ...
03.13.2023 Escapades in Japan As promised in last episode, tune in to listen to the tales and tribulations of a month long excursion to Japan, including but not limited to hot springs, varying interpretations of societal rights, the latest urban legends from the land ...
03.06.2023 Floating Head Apocalypses and Fictional Reasoning Welcome to Season 3 Episode 1 of the Southern Demonology Podcast! Wondering where your elusive host JJ has been? Curious about paranormal anime? Or simply want to know how the new movie Mean Spirited was? Tune in for all of ...
12.05.2022 Paranormal Rundown with Father Birdsong What happens when you throw in JJ (the host of the Southern Demonology podcast), Vic (host of Trailer Trash Terrors podcast), and David (an extremely experienced paranormal researcher) into a virtual space and allow an Excel spreadsheet filled with thousands ...
11.07.2022 Halloween Special Pt II with Christy Welcome back to the final part of our Halloween conversation with the amazing Christy where she shares two final spooky tales, the first involving a cursed object that's been in her family's possession since the 1950s and the second involving ...
10.31.2022 Halloween Special Pt I with Christy The long wait is over, and Halloween is once again upon us! To commemorate, I have invited Christy--the phenomenally awesome academic who taught us all about Aramaic Incantation Bowls in Episodes 38 & 39 and one of my besties from ...
10.28.2022 Southern Demonology Bites! 04 Here we are with the very last Bites! episode for October 2022. This one is all about some of my favorite horror movies and shorts. If you enjoyed this little limited run series, then please let me know! You can ...
10.24.2022 Halloween DON'Ts! Beyond two pieces of huge news, this episode offers another great entry to our listener inbox feature (share your own at https://southerndemonology.com). Yet the main topic for today's episode is a direct contrast to the Bites! limited run series. While ...
10.21.2022 Southern Demonology Bites! 03 In this penultimate episode of Bites! for this lovely October, let's examine Zombie films and why they are near and dear to my heart! We look at One Cut of the Dead, Zombie for Sale, Pontypool, the Girl with All ...
10.17.2022 Paranormal Roundup with Trailer Trash Terrors Welcome to this very special joint episode ran with Trailer Trash Terrors where Victor, David, and I allow an Excel spreadsheet to determine which set of topics we discuss! In this episode, we talk about everything from Ouija Boards, epistemology, ...
10.14.2022 Southern Demonology Bites! Welcome to the second episode of Southern Demonology Bites!, the limited run series that explores horror movies to help you get in the spooky season mood! Today we explore Deadstream, a new horror comedy from Shudder. And while we are ...
10.10.2022 The Kingdom of Hell Part II Today we continue our conversation with Father Michael Birdsong. In this episode, we go over some of the specifics around exorcism along with some of his experiences over the years. We also touch on a pretty controversial topic which is ...
10.07.2022 Southern Demonology Bites! Welcome to the inaugural episode of Southern Demonology Bites!, a limited run series airing in the month of October that takes a look at horror movies that will help you get in the mood for spooky season! In this episode, ...
10.03.2022 The Kingdom of Hell We’re kicking off October with a bang with the first of a two part interview with Father Michael Birdsong, a long time exorcist, on his perspectives on spiritual warfare, the nature of the demonic, and exorcism. Father Birdsong is also ...
09.26.2022 A Conversation with Hospice Nurse Julie If I was ever going to have a fanboy moment, then this episode would be it. None other than Hospice Nurse Julie joins us for an in-depth conversation about her experiences while working as a hospice nurse, how her rise ...
09.19.2022 The Shadows Were Laughing What happens when your family home, a place where laughter and love is meant to reign supreme, is instead darkened by the presence of a malign entity that leaves only darkness and hatred in its wake? Join us this week ...
09.12.2022 I Renounce Thee Part II Join us as we conclude David's incredible and terrifying encounter with a demonic entity. In the last episode he revealed one night in a camping trailer that brought about three separate events. In this conclusion, he goes over the continued ...
09.05.2022 I Renounce Thee What if an act of kindness introduced the demonic into your life? Join us for part I of our interview with David, a paranormal researcher, who shares not only his extensive field experience but also how one frightening night brought ...
08.29.2022 Buddhism & the Paranormal Part II In this episode, JBird delves deep into his experience of falling into the role of performing cleansings of people’s homes. He relates three of these, the last of which was so chilling that he even began exploring Christian Demonology to ...
08.22.2022 Buddhism and the Paranormal Ever wanted to know more about Buddhism? How about its views on ghosts, hell, and the implications that may have on awakening or reincarnation? Then look no further. I was able to get a practicing Indo-Tibetan Buddhist who is also ...
08.15.2022 The Demon Folklorist Part II Join us for last part of our interview with Victoria, aka the Demon Folklorist, as she speaks about demonic pacts, categorization, and her writing process. You can find her on Twitter @demonfolklorist or via her website at https://demonfolklorist.com. Her thesis, ...
08.08.2022 Demon Folklorist Join us for our interview with Victoria, aka the Demon Folklorist, as she speaks about her own personal case of possession and how she used that experience along with her academic background to create a new categorization of the demonic. ...
08.01.2022 Demonic Infestation and So Much More Part II This episode airs the final segment of the interview with accomplished author Anna Maria Manalo. Here she discusses some of her favorite stories she's gleaned from all over the globe, some of the fascinating entities from Filipino folklore, and what's ...
07.25.2022 Demonic Infestation and So Much More Welcome to episode 60, and what an episode it is! Today I get the distinct honor of interviewing accomplished author Anna Maria Manalo who has three published works: Portal, the Way through the Woods, and Haunted Heirlooms. She has a ...
07.18.2022 Ghosts and Necromancy in the Hebrew Bible In previous episodes, there have been several guests who have professed to not believing in ghosts as that is what the Bible states. Yet is that claim true? In today's episode, we take a deep dive into what the Hebrew ...
07.11.2022 I See You Jonathan Dugan, a Christian Seer or Discerner of Spirits, has been witness to the demonic ever since he was three years old. Only later in life did he realize that he had the spiritual gift of discernment of spirits. A ...
07.04.2022 Aokigahara: the Suicide Forest In honor of Japan partially opening its borders to the wider world, today we take a look at one of the scariest places not only in that nation but perhaps the world: Aokigahara (青木ヶ原). Listen in to learn about some ...
06.27.2022 Misfit in Hell Part II Episode 56 concludes our interview with KL McDaniel, aka Kathy, author of the book Misfit in Hell to Heaven Expat. Here she tells us how she transcended from heaven, the path she took to overcome her homesickness for the beauty ...
06.20.2022 Misfit in Hell Curious about Near Death Experiences or NDEs? Ever wondered what hell might be like? In this episode, satisfy both by listening to an interview with MK McDaniel, author of Misfit in Hell to Heaven Expat, as she relates the experience ...
06.13.2022 Jersey Devil & Sprintsteen Welcome back to the second and final part of the interview with Rocky from Macabre World! Did you ever want to learn more about funerary rites? Or the Fayum Mummies? How about human bone jewelry? If so, then this episode ...
06.06.2022 Lovecraft and King In this exciting, skunk-involved episode (trust me, you'll just have to listen to find out about that), Rocky from the Macabre World Podcast and I discuss everything from language to Ed and Loraine Warren. A former member of a rather ...
05.30.2022 He Who Sees Shadows Part II Ever wanted to learn how to do paranormal research yourself? Or about spirit guides? Then listen in to the second part of the interview with Brandon from Cookeville Ghost hunters where he goes over those topics and quite a few ...
05.23.2022 He Who Sees Shadows Yes, your eyes are not deceiving you! Southern Demonology has finally updated its logo! The demon head featured was illustrated by the illustrious Adela Overbey, and I cannot thank her enough! The website even has a new parallax scrolling banner ...
05.16.2022 The Evils of Evil Archaeology Welcome to Episode 50! Yes, 50! I know, I cannot believe it either! Here we undertake the horrid task of reviewing an even more horrid book, Evil Archaeology by Heather Lynn, and why it should be avoided at all cost. ...
05.09.2022 A Demonologist Speaks Part II Southern Demonology is celebrating its second Patreon subscriber by sponsoring a giveaway of a t-shirt featuring one of our designs from our merch store to two lucky winners! Simply go to https://gleam.io/GIuOq/southern-demonology-tshirt-giveaway to view the 13 different ways to enter! ...
05.02.2022 A Demonologist Speaks (Plus Giveaway!) Southern Demonology is celebrating its second Patreon subscriber by sponsoring a giveaway of a t-shirt featuring one of our designs from our merch store to two lucky winners! Simply go to https://gleam.io/GIuOq/southern-demonology-tshirt-giveaway to view the 13 different ways to enter! ...
04.25.2022 Should Shudder Be Shuttered? Welcome to Episode 47! Here we take a look at the streaming media landscape, Shudder in particular, and in the process review five of the recent bombs the horror streaming subscription service has recently released (The Seed, The Host, Nights ...
04.18.2022 Visages of Angels Ever wonder what angels looked like or how their imagery evolved over time? Join JJ on this very special episode where we discuss the types of angels found in the Hebrew Bible (complete with etymology), their primary duties, and how ...
04.10.2022 Philosophies of Translation On this week's episode, we go back to the academic side of the house and explore the various philosophies of translating, whether the source be spoken or written. We then finish up with a portrait of an academic who is ...
04.04.2022 Tales of the Perfectly Possessed 3 In addition to hearing the final part of Victor's tales of his encounters with the perfectly possessed, this time with Magda, I reveal some of the improvements that Southern Demonology has been undergoing and the results. Would you like to ...
03.28.2022 Tales of the Perfectly Possessed 2 Hearing about true cases of demonic possession is a rare thing. To encounter personal accounts about perfect possession--those beings who willingly accept a demonic host and become a symbiotic being with it--is much, much rarer. This episode continues my conversation ...
03.21.2022 Tales of the Perfectly Possessed Hearing about true cases of demonic possession is a rare thing. To encounter personal accounts about perfect possession--those beings who willingly accept a demonic host and become a symbiotic being with it--is much, much rarer. In this episode, I interview ...
03.10.2022 A True Demonic Haunting Today we hear about one of our discord member's tale of a demonic haunting that started off in a beauty salon and ended up in her house with dire repercussions for her and her entire family. Also, check out Southern ...
03.02.2022 Upcoming Topics Ever want to know what topics Southern Demonology will cover for the year 2022? Listen to this, and all shall be revealed along with two horror movies to steer clear of and one radio program! Would you like to ask ...
12.31.2021 Aramaic Incantation Bowls Part II And here is part two of my interview with the amazing Christy where she delves further into the topic of Aramaic Incantation Bowls, how skulls and curses get into the mix, and a little information about the Mandaeans. Would you ...
12.24.2021 Aramaic Incantation Bowls Part I Happy Holidays! Today we are joined by Christy, a fellow academic and best nerd friend, to discuss not only what pitfalls and stumbling blocks one may face in faith when studying religion but also to showcase some of her work ...
12.20.2021 Yokai and Kyoto Interview In episode 37, I go over some stats for Southern Demonology and announce that I will be holding a live talk on Wisdom, the social audio platform, on Wednesday, December 22 Eastern Time. If you'd like to join, simply find ...
11.21.2021 The Debate Story For episode 36, we take a lighter turn and retell the greatest story about debate that has ever been devised: the Debate Story! Would you like to ask questions or leave feedback for the episode with either your voice or ...
10.31.2021 Halloween Special Did you know that we are a guest host on the Your Worst Friend Podcast for their Halloween episode? In addition to suggesting the perfect horror movie to watch for Halloween (and what makes it so good), I also share ...

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