The Macabrecast

We have another spooky creature to talk about this week! Holly brings us back to chat about the Ol' Higue, a creature we referenced in our episode with Yelena about the White Witch of Rose Hall. We will also be chatting about the similarities of this creature to others like the Sucouyant, the Asema, and the Lagaroo. Get ready to learn all about these Latin American and Caribbean vampires!

Is it a bird? A cryptid? No, it's Mothman! Brooke will be telling us all about Point Pleasant's most famous resident. Mothman has always been a mysterious figure and we will dive into all the theories about where this creature comes from and why he's depicted with such a great figure.

Welcome to part two of the Phoenix Goddess Temple! Be sure to check out part one for the origin and reception of the Phoenix Goddess Temple from Arizona. This week we will be wrapping it up with information about the arrests and the trial related to the Phoenix Goddess Temple. 

And here we are again with another two part episode! This time, Holly will be walking us through the origin and downfall of the Phoenix Goddess Temple from Arizona. Let's learn together what it means to be a goddess and what exactly was going on at the Temple! These episodes will also have us talking about important topics like the decriminalization of sex work. 

We have another haunted episode! This week Holly is bringing us back to Norway after a listener request and will be covering the Dalen Hotel. This hotel has it all from the famous English Woman haunting to historic architecture. 

Welcome back to the second part of Brooke's buried alive series! Check out Episode 52 on premature burial if you haven't already listened. This week, Brooke will be telling us all about the different safety coffins created to make sure the "dead" really can talk. 

We’ve decided to be more forgiving to ourselves (and our listeners) in 2024. This episode will be the first of a two part series with Brooke on Premature Burial and Safety Coffins. In this episode we focus in on all the horrifying ways people have been buried alive throughout history! Let’s get hivey!

We are so excited to close out Black History Month with an episode dedicated to Dr. Pauli Murray! Dr. Pauli Murray was born in the US in 1910 and would become an integral part of the civil rights movement. As a Black fem-presenting person, they championed ideas like intersectionality, worked alongside people like Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Thurgood Marshall, and even became ordained.

Take a listen to this overview of their enduring legacy and check out their autobiography, Song in a Weary Throat: An American Book, to hear more.

After a much needed holiday season break, we're FINALLY back for another episode! This week, we talk extreme dehydration, asceticism, and dive into the history of the Shingon Monks from Yamagata, Japan who used take self sacrifice to a whole new level.