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EPIDSODE 120: THE POPE LICK MONSTER WITH JAY B. KALAGAYAN Tonight Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome back Jay Kalagayan, the writer of the new graphic novel THE GOAT: POPE LICK CREEK MONSTER, a new cryptid adventure horror comic book with illustrations by Ethan Pope. FOLLOW AND GET JAY’S COMICS HERE: www.messedcomics.com https://www.facebook.com/MeSseDComics/ @messedcomics.bsky.social https://ko-fi.com/creativemussel Follow us! Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 119: HAUNTED DOLLS An article about Annabelle, the infamous haunted doll, coming to Scarefest in Lexington prompted Kat, Jen, and Christina to talk about creepy haunted dolls. The conversation takes a bizarre turn to Zombies and eating brains! Sources: https://www.wlky.com/article/annabelle-doll-lexington-kentucky-scarefest/69072425 https://allabout-japan.com/en/article/1357/2/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_doll https://www.quesnelmuseum.ca/node/264 https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-is-why-we-think-dolls-are-creepyutm_sourcetonicfbus/ https://minicon.alaskarobotics.com/comics-camp/ Follow us! Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 118: HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR PART 2 Kat, Jen, and Christina read MORE haunting stories from listeners in the second of 2 GIANT episodes! Plus, we talk a little about Kelton House Museum and Gardens, a well known haunted location in Columbus, Ohio, which just burned down. Sources: https://www.wosu.org/arts-culture/2025-10-24/for-the-love-of-ghost-stories-a-look-at-two-of-columbus-haunted-historic-homes https://columbusunderground.com/kelton-house-assessing-damage-after-explosion-and-fire-bw1/ Follow us! Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 117: HALLOWEEN SPOOKTACULAR PART I This is a very spooktacular episode of the show since we’re recording it just shy of our five year anniversary. Scare-a-versary? In October of 2020, Christina, Jen, and I gathered around our microphones and recorded the first episode of the Hometown Haunts Podcast, then known as the Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities podcast, a sister project to the comics anthology of the same name. Kat, Jen, and Christina read haunting stories from listeners in the first of 2 GIANT episodes!. Follow us! Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 116: HAUNTED PUGET SOUND Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss haunted places in Kat’s neck of the woods in Washington in honor of Christina's visit in July. Haunted places discussed: The Edmonds Theater The Edmonds Masonic Lodge (Which became the Opera House) Point Wilson Lighthouse Sources: https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20031022/haunt22n/edmonds-theater-one-of-several-local-haunts-awaiting-thrill-seekers https://www.theedmondstheater.net/about/ https://myedmondsnews.com/2021/07/ghosts-spooks-opera-and-masons-the-edmonds-masonic-lodge/ https://myedmondsnews.com/2024/04/history-helping-preserve-the-historic-edmonds-opera-house-part-1/ https://myedmondsnews.com/2022/08/behind-the-scenes-a-brief-history-of-the-edmonds-theater/ https://uslhs.org/travel/accommodations/point-wilson-vacation-rentals/keeper-quarters Follow us! Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 115: HAUNTED PAINTINGS Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss four haunted paintings just in time for Halloween! Note that if you are listening to audio only, the paintings are in the YouTube broadcast if you want to see and judge for yourself! Sources: https://blogs.libraries.indiana.edu/iubarchives/2023/10/26/happy-spooky-season/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_reportedly_haunted_paintings https://www.galvestonunscripted.com/bernardo-de-galvez-how-galveston-got-its-name https://grandgalvez.com/ghost-tours/ https://www.pevsnersuffolk.co.uk/Yaxley/ News: Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 114: STORIES FROM ITALY, JUNEAU, AND GHOSTS, OH MY!  Catch up on Kat, Jen, and Christina's Spring travels and the ghosts of Juneau! Sources: https://www.nps.gov/articles/khns-princess-sophia.htm https://www.juneauempire.com/news/spirits-from-shipwreck-still-spooking-downtown-business/ Haunted Inside Passage: Ghosts, Legends, and Mysteries of Southeast Alaska  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Princess_Sophia#cite_note-Forgotten_voyage-17 https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/forgotten-voyage/ News: Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts RedCatComics.com Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/  Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Morocco September 2026! https://christinawald.blogspot.com/2025/09/join-me-in-morocco.html Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 113: THE MYSTERIOUS MURDER OF BILLY FEE WITH BRANDON WAGNER It was a hot, sticky night in August 1890 when Billy Fee fell into the dark depths of the Ohio River. No one confessed to his murder, no one was even charged. So maybe this is why his ghost has been seen lingering along the shoreline haunting all those who approach. Tonight Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome back guest artist Brandon Wagner to the show to discuss this cold case and his short story, the ‘Shanty Boat Murder Mystery’, in the new Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities comics anthology. Email us your hometown haunt story, and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 112: UFO Chase It is 5 in the morning when two Portage County Ohio sheriff deputies stop at the side of the road to investigate an abandoned car. Suddenly, they hear this strange humming noise, and when they turn around a giant UFO is hovering overhead. The UFO rises from behind the trees and hovers over them, drenching the ground around them in light. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the UFO chase that inspired Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Sources: https://thepennsylvaniarambler.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/the-great-ufo-chase-part-two/ https://www.timesonline.com/story/news/local/2018/10/18/famous-86-mile-ufo-chase/9513751007/ https://thepennsylvaniarambler.wordpress.com/2022/02/20/the-great-ufo-chase-part-one/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 111: THE LADY IN BLACK It is an early misty morning in Cincinnati’s Eden Park and you’re taking in the quiet serenity when you notice you aren’t alone in the park. Just before you standing before you is a lady dressed in black from head to toe in what looks like vintage clothes. She stares sad and mournful over the rippling water of Mirror Lake. You approach her, but before a sound could pass your lips she evaporates into the mist around you. You have just encountered the Lady in Black of Eden Park, one of Cincinnati’s famous ghosts. Kat, Jen, and Christina are joined by Lauren Sparks to discuss Lauren and Jen's story in Issue 3 of Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities! Find Lauren on all socials @WingedElfGirl Sources: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/10/27/ghost-eden-park-definitely-out-there-90-years-after-she-murdered/790591001/ https://www.cincinnati.com/picture-gallery/life/2019/08/20/photos-bootlegger-george-remus-1920-s/2059903001/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77879089/augusta_imogene-remus News: Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities: Haunts and Horrors is finished! We will be having a book launch party on February 28th from 7-9PM with Indie Northern Kentucky small press bookstore and the Cincy+ NKY Comics Club. We’ll have book signings, live comic readings, and original art on display from the anthology. Also, Corpse Flower Press will again have a table at the Frogman Festival in Loveland March 1-2! Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Christina's Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/christinawald.bsky.social Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 110: DO YOU DARE? HALLOWEEN GRAVEYARD DARES HALLOWEEN EPISODE! Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss three creepy Graveyard Dares. Sources: https://www.vermonter.com/ghosts-and-legends-black-agnes/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Aggie https://www.law.com/nationallawjournal/almID/1202675184739/ https://www.visitindiana.com/blog/post/haunted-cemetery-in-indiana/ https://www.butlercountyconnect.com/news/2020/jan/02/a-butler-county-urban-legend-is-busted-the-truth-b/ News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 109: Scary Stories with Jen and Kat Jen and Kat discuss their experiences at Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky and The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio. News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 108: The Faceless Woman of the Woods Outside of Mammoth Cave in Southern Kentucky is the small unincorporated town of Chalybeate in Edmonson, County. It is a sleepy town, too small even to have its own post office. But there is one resident who has never left, she lurks in the forests around the town as a reminder of a bygone era- the Faceless Woman of the Woods. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss con experiences, horror movies, and the Faceless Woman. Sources: https://theclio.com/entry/104905 Ghosts Across Kentucky, William Lynwood Montell, The University Press of Kentucky, 2000 News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

Episode 107: The Ohio Grassman “Don’t go into the tall grass, or the Grassman will get’cha” a beast that lurks in the tall grasses and forests of Ohio who stories serve as Boogyman tales to young children. Eye witnesses have reported seeing the creature stalk across yards and farmland, or hear it’s chilling howls at night. Tonight Jay Kalagayan and Tim Fuller join Kat, Jen, and Christina to talk about their humorous Grassman take in issue 3 of Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities This episode may dive into explicit content, listener discretion is advised. Sources: http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/gallia-cntyOH.htm News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb

EPISODE 106: THE ROEBLING BRIDGE SEA SERPENT The mighty Ohio River flows through the heart of the Cincinnati region. Without it, the area would not exist as we know it today. The Ohio holds many secrets from her long history and many legends have been born from it, such as ghost ships, mysterious murders, and creepy cryptids. Join Kat, Jen, and Christina for tonight's exciting episode about the Roebling Bridge Sea Serpent of 1878. Sources: https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/citywiseblog/sea-serpents-ohio-river-cincinnati-monsters/ https://handeaux.tumblr.com/ News: Join Christina's SKETCHING AND PAINTING WORKSHOP in Tuscany, May 2025! https://www.lisastatkus.com/christina-wald-a-sketching-obsession-in-tuscany-may-7th-16-2025/ Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! [email protected] Follow us on Social: @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat Klockow: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Kat's Web Toon Spiritus Maximus: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/spiritus-maximus-resurrected-/list?title_no=906177 Follow Christina Wald: https://www.instagram.com/christinawald_art/ Christina’s Sketchy Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/christinawald Follow Jen Koehler : https://society6.com/jenkoehlerart?fb