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Horrifying History is a society and culture podcast created and hosted by Brenda Ganske that explores the dark, unexplained, paranormal, and supernatural events of the past.  Brenda's been creating gripping podcast episodes since 2019. Each episode explores urban legends, folklore, or haunted locations, then dives into the historical facts, true crime elements, and science-based studies behind them.  There's something for every podcast junkie! Topics covered include haunted history, paranormal phenomena, true crime, Victorian poisoners, alien abductions, and eerie historical mysteries (such as the Black Donnellys, Jack the Ripper suspects, and the Menendez brothers).  Find and follow Horrifying History on Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple, or join the Horrifying History Society for ad-free episodes, bonus weekly content, and store discounts!   Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Show Sources Haunted Cars, Yahoo Autos America's Most Haunted Roads: 9 Spooky Drives Across the Country, The Hartford, Allie Johnson Decorate your car for Halloween. Inspiration from TikTok user       Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Kicking off Halloween with my first podcast friend, Edward October, tonight. No one tells a story as well as he does. So, sit back and enjoy as he shares the story of the Creekfield Woman. Please give his work a follow here: OctoberpodVHS.com | YouTube | @OctoberpodVHS Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

As the days get shorter, the evenings colder, many begin to plan their mid-winter escapes. They reserve a chaise lounge in a tropical locale, a spot to soak up sunshine and relax before spring warms the air.  Others search for something besides a tan or surf lesson when they travel, maybe seeking out sites where tragedies have occurred to better understand some of what National Geographic calls "humanity’s darkest chapters."  It's called dark tourism, and if the pre-Halloween energies have you seeking out the strange and curious and tragic and macabre, listen close. Your next vacay destination awaits. Let's get into it.  The definition of dark tourism from National Geographic is–visiting sites associated with death, tragedy, or the macabre–draws millions of travelers seeking historical education, remembrance, and a deeper understanding of humanity's darkest chapters. The top dark tourism destinations across the globe span centuries of history and can be categorized by types. These include: Holocaust & Genocidal Remembrance. These include Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp memorial site in Poland where around 1.1 million people were murdered during World War II and Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum in Cambodia, which preserves the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge regime which killed somewhere around two million people in the 1970s. Kigali Genocide Memoria in Rwanda is the final resting place for over a quarter of a million victims of the1994 Rwandan Genocide.  The Traveling Dane, 20 Dark Tourism Destinations Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

From Google: The Woman in White (or the White Lady) is a legendary female ghost dressed in a flowing white gown or bridal wear, whose worldwide appearances are almost universally rooted in tragic tales of lost love, betrayal, or violent death Some legends portray her as a silent entity, or omen of misfortune. Others describe encounters where she asks travelers for assistance before mysteriously disappearing. Show Resources/Links: White Ladies, Wikipedia Vanishing Hitchhikers, Ghosts of the World, YouTube Resurrection Mary, The Hitchhiking Ghost of Archer Avenue, Chicago History Museum, Jojo Galvan Ghost Riders in Tokyo Taxis, Hyakumonogatari.com Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

We covered a LOT of ground in the conversation. Sam is fabulous, and both of us have stayed away from socials for the summer, so this was a happy reunion. We were both hyper and giddy by the end.  The first fifteen minutes  of the conversation is a lovefest for our mutual friend, Monique Pliakos. Her work at Innerstandings Hypnosis, and her reiki, are all top-notch, 100% ethical and she and her family are rare-wonderful-authentic-jewels. The rest of the conversation is a VIBE as they say. And Sam's unwillingness to tackle fixed stars is going to send me back to my friend, Pete the Blue Collar Spiritualist soon, to make sense of Pleiades and those legendary sisters in the sky. After the mics cut, we wrapped up and caught up a little more. Sam will be back, I promise. He is one of my favorite people. Find Sam on Substack here. Book a reading with Sam by emailing him at [email protected] (and also, feel free to share your experiences with the Mercury/tarot experiment there!  Find Monique Pliakos on Substack here, or Innerstandings Hypnosis business here.  If you are curious to work with Mercury AND tarot together, here is Sam's gentle guidance; "Set aside Wednesdays (any time from sunrise to before sunrise Thursday), and Saturday nights (any time after sunset to before sunrise Saturday) for this experiment. You can read for yourself or for others.  Prior to the reading(s) - set your intention to respectfully invite Mercury - light a candle: any color, whatever you feel or know to be correct - light incense: traditionally frankincense, but could be any scent you associate with sanctity or clarity - recite the Orphic hymn to Mercury: https://sacred-texts.com/cla/hoo/hoo32.htm Do your reading(s) and journal your observations. Clean up your candle and incense after the reading(s). You don't need to banish before or after. This isn't Goetia or anything involving forcing spirits or demons into your service. You are inviting a Celestial who governs magic and tarot. It's not like are forcing Them to show up, then kicking them out of your space when you're done (seriously, please don't try that). Anyway, after several weeks of such ritualized readings, compare and contrast them to your typical readings.  To take this further, explore where Mercury is in your natal chart. Are there any correlations to how Mercury shows up (if at all)." ************* If you want to check out the 80s movie we were shown as school kids, Reading, Writing & Reefer, here's the link.             Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Foggy Seattle mornings are this author's favorite writing companions. I love curling up with a notebook and pen on the couch, cat beside me, dog at my feet, to jot down traces of a dream or a story outline or ideas for the podcast.  This mini-episode was born in that cozy space. As I was researching Mount Shasta, giving the place a fresh deep dive for the new book, I remembered something, Shasta Lake. As we drove past this lake from I-5 I'd watch houseboats peeking out the window like a soldier in a foxhole, wondering how ANYONE could float on that creepy body of water.  In one instance, Dad pulled over where there was a boat launch because someone needed a restroom. A family wearing matching red striped tee shirts loaded supplies onto a boat, and their joy was obvious. To me, it felt like the opening shot of a horror movie, Spielberg-esque, a glimpse of a picture perfect family, set up to lull the viewer into a feeling of safety before it all goes to hell in a hand basket. Well, I'm not the only one that feels uneasy at the site of Shasta Lake. And recently, someone found a prosthetic leg in the waters. Oh, and if this place doesn't give YOU nightmares, it might after you hear a creepypasta from YouTube about a fisherman that goes missing and claw marks on the side of his abandoned boat. Let's get into it! Shasta Lake 101 Located in Northern California not far from Redding, it is the state's largest reservoir. A manmade creation between 1935-45 in tandem with the construction of Shasta Dam that spans the Sacramento River, it covers 30,000 acres of what was once a valley. When Shasta Lake is completely full it can reach depths of 500 feet. Shasta Lake is known as the 'houseboat capital of the world' and is a water sport playground. Besides fishing, skiing, swimming, and wakeboarding, visitors love exploring the Shasta Lake Caverns and seeing the massive Shasta Dam from the water. Shasta Lake, a massive manmade reservoir - but what was the valley before it was drowned? Links to episode sources. Please give these amazing journalists and creators some love! Underground Good, Jessica Foster, taking care of the disinterred and her son, too, Shasta Scout A Long History Shadows Fight Over California's Shasta Dam, The State of Science spotlight, Science Friday (originally published by The Spiritual Edge at KALW Public Radio, Judy Silber, lead reporter for "The Spiritual Edge" from KALW in San Francisco, California Dam drowned a railroad town, but also many villages and 26 cemeteries After a century of displacement, Shasta Indian Nation sees hope in dam removal, OPB (a true fisherman's tale) Fisherman Vanishes on Lake Shasta Under Strange Circumstances, UNK Files, YouTube Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Longtime friend of the show, Pete the Blue Collar Spiritualist, had a deep experience and he stopped by to share the details.  Trigger warning that we speak about suicide at around the 35 minute mark. Other topics we cover in order include: Sun/Moon DanceFasting and DreamingBreaking the FastTalking through the ceremoniesDreaming in an altered stateDancing to heal humanityFragility of life and deathCrossing over JustinPea the FairyOne more experience - vampiric energiesLinks to the work this group is doing!Pete on TikTok Rick's book Links to Sun-Moon Dance/House of Mica Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

It's always a treat to catch up with author, Terry Persun. We sat down to talk about Backrooms and went deep, quick. From the need to grow empathy muscles to create believable fictional characters to changing bad moods to AI thievery to advances that are bringing higher quality of life to many.  If you know of a cool technical or scientific advancement, email Terry at Entertainment Engineering! You may be featured.  *Also, no, Jenn did not lose Jesse like Bobby from Backrooms. Jesse is thriving, taking time to rewrite his fiction novels, maybe dabbling in some new screenplay writing projects, and can be found on Substack talking with friends about physical media, movies, TV, and more.  Entertainment Engineering Terry Persun's LEE CHASE books on Amazon  CU-Led Project Targets Osteoarthritis Reversal, Human Trials by 2028  The retainer that is a mousepad: https://www.augmental.tech/ Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Rain DeGray is a writer/photographer/educator and her new project is, well, here's Rain describing it, "Am starting a new photography project, something I have never tried before, and will be documenting it here as I go. Gone back to the land. Expect many trees and much sky."  ***If the subject of AI triggers you, please skip ahead to the 18:00 minute mark*** Topics Include Living better now than Aztec royaltyRain's current projectWhat motivated her to move back eastWorking with her unique and exquisite brainHer process - which sometimes means a commitment of a year or more"If I'm not making, it throbs like a tooth."The security loopholeSubstack project - POD book incomingDelving into abandoned spacesThe doll. The doll. The dollTelevision is a binkyYounger generation is OVER fake BSCottage coreA hopeful message to end onLinks to Rain's Work: Rain DeGrey on Substack Her Deliberate Disconnection website! Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Well, Jesse and Jenn's friend, Pete, known as Blue on socials, stopped by to talk about the liminal and it was such a mind-blowing conversation! The topics veered from goddesses to working with stars and planets to experiences we've had with time travelers.  We love Pete, and if you are new to him, his energy is authentic fire. He has classes available for FREE on YouTube and has an active TikTok and Substack that is fantastic. We already cannot wait to have him on again, but in the meantime, we will, like you, listen again to this juicy and inspiring conversation! Find all of Pete’s links to classes, books and more here... Blue Collar Spiritualist website Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Our recent conversation with Daniel Rekshan was unforgettable. In fact, the synchronicities, the general flow, and the subjects we covered had Jesse pretty much gobsmacked for the bulk of the hour. Jenn would label this one an instant classic, and hopes you find it worth a listen and a share and maybe even a five-star review! Daniel Rekshan writes about himself and his creation, D-SETI; "I’m the founder of D-SETI. I’ve had lucid and strange dreams of aliens all my life, feared it was alien abduction, then discovered through dreamwork and academic research that the common, yet often unacknowledged, phenomenon of shamanic dreaming. I hope that D-SETI Dreamwork can help provide you insight and transformation about your dreams, nightmares, and extraordinary experiences. If you have had dreams of ETs, experiences of the extraordinary, and D-SETI inspires you or intrigues you, please feel free to get in touch with me."  Here are some of the topics we covered: Dreaming Missing Time APORTS Aliens/ET encounters  Shamanic dreaming Dualism Liminal spaces and the discomfort that comes with them The Custodians by Delores Cannon Use of AI And Daniel's new book that is in the works now! Plus: Body markings Collective dreaming The Bodhisattva path The Morrigan Shamanic funks D-SETI Dreamwork - The Dream Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence! Dreamwell app  Guest Links: Daniel's MAIN website - D-Seti.org Write to Daniel direct (and share a photo of any skin markings) - [email protected] Find Daniel on YouTube HERE Other Links: Daniel Rekshan, Arcane Research Society Books by Daniel Rekshan, Goodreads Daniel Rekshan on Instagram Delores Cannon's The Custodian, Amazon Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

The Morrigan has come into my life this last year. Sightings of giant ravens, power that I mine in my anger and hurt, potent enough to scorch a path to healing. She is known to be difficult to work with, and I shouldn't say 'she' it is they. The Morrigan is a title. As I have been studying about this Irish goddess, I've learned The Morrigan is many in one, and probably one of the most misunderstood deities in history.  I am currently reading a book on The Morrigan titled, Priestess of the Morrigan by Stephanie Woodfield. I know I am fated to read this book because yesterday two things happened that showed up in the pages I would read in bed.  First, I dreamt of running up and down a spiral staircase for exercise, stopping only to refresh my water bottle with ice chips. And on page 75 Woodfield writes about working with The Morrigan, channeling them in a trance saying, "It is like walking down a long spiraling staircase, each step taking you down deeper and deeper. One cannot skip from the first step to the bottom landing.  Later in the day as I was running an errand, I was stopped at a traffic light. Above were hundreds of black birds. They were diving and swooping and circling as one mind, it seemed. Well, page 52 shares the dream one of her cohorts recorded, telling Stephanie, "Yes, you were singing. I told you, it's all sorts of strangeness. Macha was singing too. I wrote it down. You were singing about blackbirds–  "They will help you if you let them  A flock of blackbirds flying A cloak of feathers on you Bringing strength when times are trying" When I was buying this book in a Denver witch store, the cashier told me to be careful, that working with The Morrigan is no joke. That's the kind of response they illicit. Early pages of the book I'd purchased, Priestess of the Morrigan, resonated. Here's the passage; "There seems to be a general feeling that the Morrigan is angry all the time, always in battle fury mode. Always ready for blood. That this imagery must be the totality of her personality. I have been a priestess of the Morrigan for over 20 years now, and it still surprises me how often I come across these ideas, how superficially we view the gods. Still, after all this time, all we see is war in her, and even then, all we see is the romanticized ideal of war. Not the truth of it. Not the truth of her." (the author feels one of the faces of the Morrigan stir in her and speak, saying, "I am more...I am so much more...Show them." She writes, "When then reading is done, I still feel Badb's shadow upon me. Offerings are made at our makeshift hotel room altar next to the coffee maker, and I ask her why her children cannot see past this one face, one aspect of her. Badb speaks again:" "'If you want war, I will give it to you. If you wish to fight endlessly, I will give you what you want, because you have asked me. I will fill your belly so full of blood that you will beg to see my other faces. The lesson will be as easy or as difficult as you wish it. Some will destroy themselves and never see me fully. It speaks to what you are, not to what I am." Sources Priestess of the Morrigan, Stephanie Woodfield (on Amazon) https://medium.com/@jwrhoday25/the-morrigan-goddess-of-death-transformation-sovereignty-and-the-psychological-alchemy-that-59d791f9244b JW Rhoday's article on The Morrigan, Medium The Irish Morrigan, Goddess of Death and Guardian of the Dead, Druidry   Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

In my exploration of angels, there is an angel that has avoided being named to me until now. What I've been finding out is that he is the most misunderstood, shunned creature of God out there. With nicknames like, "Shadow of God" is it any wonder why this angel is surrounded by controversy. Is he a fallen angel? Or one of the Seraphim order doing God's work in secret? Did he in fact build the Ark of the Covenant? Let's get into it.  Bezaliel (Bez-A-liel) 101 First off, the basics. I found this from Digital Bible, "Bezaliel, whose name is Hebrew in origin and means "Shadow of God," is often mentioned within esoteric and Jewish mystical traditions. If you've heard the phrase 'esoteric and mystical traditions' but couldn't define it, I found this. It is another way of saying 'mystery tradition' or the seeking of hidden or inner meaning.  Back to the angel, or Shadow of God, at hand. While some sources suggest that he is a fallen angel, others propose that Bezaliel is an archangel who belongs to the order of angels known as Seraphim, famous for their six wings and their close proximity to God.  In the grimoire "A Dictionary of Angels," writer Gustav Davidson includes Bezaliel as one of the many non-canonical angels. In some interpretations, Bezaliel is portrayed as an angel who fell from grace, although the specifics behind his fall are not elaborately explained.  Seeking more information, I found it on YouTube. Myth Cast from YouTube asks... What if there was an angel so mysterious, so powerful and so hidden...that even Heaven and Hell don't fully understand him? Meet Bezaliel - the 13th Watcher and Angel of Shadows.  In their short video linked in the show notes, they say that Bezaliel is mentioned as one of the Watchers, the 13th Watcher to be specific. Because of the nature of his work, he is not accepted in Heaven or Hell, and is begrudgingly envied by the other angels for the secret tasks he sets about doing for God, in the name of God.  Mentioned in the Book of Enoch, a book banned from the conventional bible, he is a figure of great mystery and intrigue. Show Sources: Bezaliel, the Fallen Angel of Shadows, Myth Cast, YouTube Bezaliel: The Intriguing Study of a Fallen Angel, Digital Bible Bezalel (their spelling) on Wikipedia The Complete Book of Enoch Ark of the Covenant, Pastor Russell Mckinney's blog Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!

Bezaliel In my exploration of angels, there is an angel that has avoided being named to me until now. What I've been finding out is that he is the most misunderstood, shunned creature of God out there. With nicknames like, "Shadow of God" is it any wonder why this angel is surrounded by controversy. Is he a fallen angel? Or one of the Seraphim order doing God's work in secret? Did he in fact build the Ark of the Covenant? Seeking more information, I found it on YouTube. Myth Cast from YouTube asks... What if there was an angel so mysterious, so powerful and so hidden...that even Heaven and Hell don't fully understand him? Meet Bezaliel - the 13th Watcher and Angel of Shadows.  In their short video linked in the show notes, they say that Bezaliel is mentioned as one of the Watchers, the 13th Watcher to be specific. Because of the nature of his work, he is not accepted in Heaven or Hell, and is begrudgingly envied by the other angels for the secret tasks he sets about doing for God, in the name of God. Mentioned in the Book of Enoch, a book banned from the conventional bible, he is a figure of great mystery and intrigue. More from Reddit: His features are shrouded in darkness by a cloak that he wears at all times, and no method thus far has been able to reveal his face. He carries a sword that no one has ever seen him unsheathe, and a book that no one else has ever read, neither of which can be opened by any person besides him. Neither of these were present at the time of his fall, which confuses angels and demons alike. Bezaliel can manipulate darkness, and he can make it tangible and very, very deadly. He can also summon shades and compel them to do his bidding. Lastly, he can teleport between areas of shadow, and become nearly invisible within them (though looking carefully enough will show that something is there). Bezaliel speaks tersely, using few words and short sentences - not because he's stupid, but because he dislikes wasting time. He will serve any demon or human who can offer him a fair deal, but he also has a talent for making the other person regret it somehow. Bezaliel's true goal is unclear to everyone else, as he has favored both Heaven and Hell at times. But it is clear that he has some plan, and that his actions have taken on a new urgency since the Hazbin Hotel opened, and IMP grew to a bustling business. Show Sources: Bezaliel, the Fallen Angel of Shadows, Myth Cast, YouTube Bezaliel: The Intriguing Study of a Fallen Angel, Digital Bible Bezalel (their spelling) on Wikipedia The Complete Book of Enoch Ark of the Covenant, Pastor Russell Mckinney's blog  Art Bell, location of the Ark of the Covenant Nick Cave, Mercy Seat, YouTube Send us Fan Mail If you are searching for a fresh, binge-able podcast, this might be the one for you! Support the show Thanks for listening, reviewing, sharing, and giving support (even just good thoughts) to the show. It keeps me going. 3 Jennifer Buy Curious Cat Podcast a Coffee!