The ODDentity Podcast

The ODDentity Podcast

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  • INTERVIEW: Folklorist Gail de Vos

    Hello dear listeners, welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast. This week, I sit down with Folklorist Gail de Vos and we talk all things contemporary legend and folklore. We had a great chat. Hope you enjoy it!

    Gail's Book: The Watkins Book of Urban Legends

    https://watkinspublishing.com/book_author/gail-de-vos/

    Featured Podcast: Getting Down and Wordy

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1581316249

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    57 min
  • S12 Ep. 5 Listener Stories

    Hello dear listeners, welcome to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast. This week, I bring you listener stories, usually reserved for the first episode of the season. I hope you enjoy these spooky tales and that you continue to tune in for more of the creepy, weird, and paranormal. 

    Sources:

    Listener content

    Zapsplat (background): https://www.zapsplat.com/music/weve-got-a-lead-an-arpeggiated-soft-lead-progresses-into-an-exciting-buildup-of-cinematic-drums-rhythmic-strings-and-distorted-guitar-breaks-to-a-strong-pulsating-low-end-bass-w/

    23 min
  • S12 Ep.4: Sierra Mountains

    Hello dear listeners and welcome back for more of the odd content you crave! This week, I bring you something I've never tackled before: Bigfoot. In the early 1970s, in a remote deer-hunting camp deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Ron Morehead and Al Berry captured a series of bizarre vocalizations that became known as the Sierra Sounds. And these sounds are like nothing you've heard before...or maybe you have?

    Sources

    • Forest Grove “phantom scream,” mechanical whistle noise: local investigations and official statements (Reddit, story.californiasunday.com)
    • The Hum phenomena (Taos, ambient low-frequency hum): studies and surveys (Wikipedia)
    • Eyewitness Reddit accounts from Oregon, Arkansas, Georgia, Maryland, and Montana (Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Reddit)
    • Analysis of bear calls in woods as plausible natural origin for shouting-like sounds (wildmountainechoes.com)
    • Skyquakes and unexplained deep booms in remote areas (Wikipedia, Rarest.org)
    • Morehead & Berry historical background, technical details, University study findings (BFRO)
    • Berry’s personal narrative on the camp encounters and scientific efforts (ronmorehead.com)
    • BigfootBase overview summarizing the recording timeline and vocal types (squatchable.com)
    • Critical commentary on “Samurai chatter” and expert linguistic analysis (bigfootevidence.blogspot.com)
    • Reddit discussions containing direct quotes from witnesses and skeptics (Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Reddit, Reddit)
    • Transcript: https://theoddentitypodcast.wordpress.com/

      Featured Podcast: Thick Thighs & Creepy Vibes Podcast

      https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thick-thighs-and-creepy-vibes/id1736179086

      20 min
    • S12 Ep3: Extra Chunky Weather

      Hello dear listeners! I apologize for the long delay in new content, but I'm finally back! This time around, I introduce you to the Kentucky Meat Shower and a bunch of other weird weather phenomena. Look up and examine the clouds if you dare. Just...you know...keep your mouth closed.

      Podcast Ad: Beyond the Shadows

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      Sources

      https://www.wate.com/news/kentucky/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-147-years-passed-since-the-kentucky-shower-of-flesh/#:~:text=The%20'Great%20Kentucky%20Meat%20Shower':%20147%20years%20passed%20since,likely%20fresh%20when%20it%20fell.

      https://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/

      https://yr.olemiss.edu/piece/kentucky-meat-shower/

      17 min
    • S12 Ep. 2: Listener Stories

      Hello dear listeners. This week I bring you a spooky collection of listener stories. Some listeners may find these tales disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.

       

      *Listener stories forwarded to me from Reddit are the property of the Redditors and will be removed upon request.

      20 min
    • S12 Ep. 1: Weird Science

      Hello dear listeners and welcome back for season 12 (yeah, this pod has been around a minute) of The ODDentity Podcast. I hope this episode finds you well and I thank you for your continued support. 

       

      This episode contains a club that's actually not a club at all, another asylum filled with ill-served patients, and radioactive oatmeal.

       

      Featuring: The Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy podcast

      https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/brutal-bizarre-and-boozy-podcast/id1642538109

       

      Sources:

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Plutonium_Files

      https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/fernald-quaker-oats/

      https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2024/07/that-time-quaker-oats-fed-orphans-radioactive-oatmeal-for-reasons/

      https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/01/us/settlement-reached-in-suit-over-radioactive-oatmeal-experiment.html

       

      15 min
    • S11 Ep. 6: INTERVIEW: Wicked Wiccan Sisters

      This week, I sit down with the Wicked Wiccan Sisters and discuss haunted places and paranormal psychology. I think you'll really like this one, particularly if you've experienced paranormal happenings yourself or have had a visitation from someone who has passed on. 

      Huge thanks to WWS for sitting down with me.

      This is the last episode of the season. The podcast will now go dark for a few weeks while I organize and do some research. Stay tuned and, as always, Stay Spooky!

      Featured Pod: Freaky Fridays

      https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/freaky-fridays/id1553779633

      More About WWS!

      https://www.instagram.com/wicked_wiccan_sisters/?hl=en

      https://www.facebook.com/groups/362308145005841/

      https://www.tiktok.com/@wickedwiccansisters

       

      32 min
    • S11 Ep. 5: Been There, Saw That

      Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast, a proud member of the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week I re-introduce you to the humble chainsaw, a tool that is more than capable of felling an oak tree but in its early form, could be just as effective during childbirth.

      Sources:

      https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/everyday-myths/why-were-chainsaws-invented.htm

      https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/30/europe/ireland-symphysiotomy/index.html

      https://allthatsinteresting.com/why-were-chainsaws-invented

      Featured Pod: Rowan & Pine

      https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rowan-pine-a-spooky-folklore-mythology-podcast/id1632401774

      15 min
    • S11 Ep. 4: In a Dark Wood

      Hello dear listeners and thanks again for tuning in. This week I present to you a haunting tale by Bernard Capes entitled “The Thing in the Forest,” published in 1915. At this point in the season, I’ll be taking a little break to focus my attention on my other passion project, my literary journal. The slush pile is quite deep, per usual, so I’ll be returning after the summer issue drops on July 1. At that point, only two episodes remain for the season. A researched episode and my end of season interview. Stay Spooky and I’ll be back soon. 😊

       

      Digitized Copy “The Thing in the Forest”: https://dn790001.ca.archive.org/0/items/fabulists00capeiala/fabulists00capeiala.pdf

       

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      https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-moustachioed-podcastio/id1516217740

       

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      Some Background music provided by:

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      https://stocktune.com/free-music/whispers-in-the-void-24438-35445

      12 min
    • S11 Ep. 3:Dicyanin Goggles and Walter Kilner

      Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, we dig into the origins of one of the more interesting pieces of ghost hunting equipment, and ghost hunting history. So put on your shades, squint into the darkness with me, and keep your eyes peeled!

      Check out The Lost Signal Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-lost-signal-podcast/id1465964518

       

      PodMoth Media Network: https://podmoth.network/

       

      SHOW NOTES:

      Kilner: The Human Aura https://archive.org/details/humanatmosphereo00kiln/mode/1up?view=theater

      https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/5589163

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_John_Kilner#cite_ref-Obituary_1-1

      https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/kilner-walter-john-1847-1920

      https://www.aiprinc.org/human-aura/

       

      17 min

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    The ODDentity Podcast: Janine Mercer discusses tales of the paranormal, urban legends, folklore, and (occasionally) true crime, with just the right amount of sarcasm and humor. Send me your paranormal stories! [email protected].