A Bad Neighborhood: Recent Episodes
M & Karen
Hosts M and Karen talk about past ghost experiences and chat about the horror culture! A grand chill time short enough to listen to over a car ride. Banner art by @PizzaPizzaArt on Twitter.
Karen fills M in on the historical facts of the disappearing town of Roanoke.
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Here we get to hear what sort of nasty business the Illuminati is up to! Remy walks Karen and M through his top 3 conspiracy theories, and then they explore some Illuminati websites to discuss.
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Karen and M have Remy in today to discuss... what the hell is the Illuminati, like, really?
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Karen and M discuss the hoax of spirit sex and the fetish of spectrophilia.
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Karen and M answer a question from Remy: what are their weirdly specific fears?
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⚠️CW: Brief mention of fictional child death from 24:43 to 26:35. ⚠️
Karen and M discuss the Search and Rescue Woods creepypasta series, an 8-part NoSleep original work.
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Read the SaRWoods series [here].
Karen and M discuss their standards for haunting as they breach the topic of season 3.
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⚠️ CW: ABUSE OF ALL KINDS IS DISCUSSED ⚠️
FINALLY... the finale episode of Season 2. Our guest host Remy takes the reins and tells us about our own home-grown cults.
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Guest host Remy brings the deets on why we (an all-encompassing "we") are frightened by creepy dolls (or dolls in general)!
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Karen & M discuss a few famous hoaxes from history, exploring PT Barnum's Fiji Mermaid exhibit, the utilization of ectoplasm in the era of psychics (and the psychic mafia), and finally, the ever-mysterious Hodag!
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Karen's sources can be found here: [link] They are linked offsite due to being so extensive.
M's sources:
Boese, Alex. “The Feejee Mermaid.” Museum of Hoaxes, hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_feejee_mermaid. Accessed 26 Aug. 2021.
Leggett, David. “The Weird and Wonderful World of Chimaera Taxidermy.” Catawiki, 23 July 2018, www.catawiki.com/en/stories/5423-the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-chimaera-taxidermy.
Szalay, Jessie. “The Feejee Mermaid: Early Barnum Hoax.” Livescience.Com, 9 Sept. 2016, www.livescience.com/56037-feejee-mermaid.html.
Wikipedia contributors. “Fiji Mermaid.” Wikipedia, 20 Aug. 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_mermaid.
M tells Karen and guest TigerHussle about the rise and fall of Slenderman's popularity. They talk about his origin, reception, and the various crimes that took place in Slendy's name.
TigerHussle's Links
Twitter
Spotify
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Sources:
Bogart, Nicole. “Ohio Mom Claims Daughter Stabbed Her in Slender Man-Inspired Attack.” Global News, 9 June 2014, globalnews.ca/news/1382889/ohio-mom-claims-daughter-stabbed-her-in-slender-man-inspired-attack.
Creepypasta.com. “Narrators UNIGHTed Charity Drive & Streaming Project.” Creepypasta, 15 Sept. 2019, www.creepypasta.com/narrators-unighted-charity-drive-streaming-project.
Gabler, Ellen. “Charges Detail Waukesha Pre-Teens’ Attempt to Kill Classmate.” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2014, archive.jsonline.com/news/crime/waukesha-police-2-12-year-old-girls-plotted-for-months-to-kill-friend-b99282655z1-261534171.html.
Murray, Rheana. “Teen Inspired by ‘Slender Man’ Set House on Fire: Police.” ABC News, 5 Sept. 2014, abcnews.go.com/US/teen-inspired-slender-man-set-house-fire-police/story?id=25262814.
Parsons, Zack. “Please Do Not Kill Anybody Because of Slenderman.” Somethingawful.Com, Something Awful Forums, 4 June 2014, www.somethingawful.com/news/slenderman-not-real.
Slender Man Wiki Contributors. “The Slender Man Wiki | Fandom.” The Slender Man Wiki, theslenderman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Slender_Man_Wiki. Accessed 15 Aug. 2021.
“Splendorman.” YouTube, uploaded by Neil Cicierega, 1 Nov. 2010, www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MXYC_jX2Wc.
Surge, Victor. “Create Paranormal Images - The Something Awful Forums.” The Something Awful Forums, 10 June 2009, forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post361861415.
Wagner, Troy. “Marble Hornets.” YouTube, 20 June 2009, www.youtube.com/user/MarbleHornets.
Wikipedia contributors. “Slender Man.” Wikipedia, 27 July 2021, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man.
Karen brings out research connecting various animals and the beliefs in their paranormal prowess.
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**Sources:
Psychics and Law Enforcement**
The Use of Psychics in Homicide and Missing Persons Investigations by William J. Smithey
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FCJEI/Programs/SLP/Documents/Full-Text/Smithey,-William-J-paper.aspx
Pets and the Paranormal
Can Pets See Ghosts by Madeleine Aggeler https://www.thecut.com/2020/10/can-pets-see-ghosts.html
Animals and the Paranormal: The Montreal Ghost Tracking Group by Paranormal Citings Blogger and Patrick Zakhm
https://www.mlive.com/paranormal/2010/03/animals_and_the_paranormal_the_1.html
Debunking Hyena Lore by warrenworthington3
https://warrenworthington3.tumblr.com/post/126920557768/the-pack-the-myths-and-facts-behind-the-maasai
Dog Folklore by Mimi Matthews
https://folklorethursday.com/folklife/5370/
Special Guest TigerHussle joins Karen and M to talk about the Clown Sightings of 2016.
Does anyone remember the constant clowns in the news and sweeping across social media? It seems that there's more than one wave of clowns...
TigerHussle's Links
Twitter
Spotify
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Sources:
- BBC. (2016, October 6). 'Killer CLOWNS' in Canada: Why are These sightings spreading? BBC News. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37567132.
- CBS Interactive. (2016, September 21). Georgia girl, 11, arrested with knife at school says she FEARED clown attacks. CBS News. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-girl-arrested-knife-school-feared-clown-attacks/.
- Chan, M. (2016, October 4). Mob of Penn state Students FLOOD streets to hunt for clowns. Time. https://time.com/4517709/penn-state-clown-hunt/.
- Field, C. (2017, October 7). Clowns in woods try to lure children with money, residents say. WYFF. https://www.wyff4.com/article/clowns-in-woods-try-to-lure-children-with-money-residents-say/7024131#.
- Haubursin, C. (2016, October 11). Why clowns are the real victims of the clown craze. Vox. https://www.vox.com/2016/10/11/13227812/creepy-clowns-explained.
- Maitland, T. A. (2016, October 11). Waikato clown attacks, no laughing matter. Stuff. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/85198339/waikato-clown-attacks-no-laughing-matter.
- May, A. (2016, August 4). Creepy clown with BLACK BALLOONS wandering Wisconsin. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/08/04/creepy-clown-black-balloons-wandering-wisconsin/88063684/.
- McGann, H., & Said-Moorhouse, L. (2016, October 10). Creepy clown craze sweeps the globe. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/10/world/creepy-clown-sightings-global/index.html.
- Office of the Press Secretary. (2016, October 4). Press briefing by press Secretary Josh EARNEST, 10/4/2016. National Archives and Records Administration. https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2016/10/04/press-briefing-press-secretary-josh-earnest-1042016.
- Press, A. (2016, October 3). Police: Virginia TEEN asked clown on social media to kill her teacher. Fox News. https://www.foxnews.com/us/police-virginia-teen-asked-clown-on-social-media-to-kill-her-teacher.
- Press, T. A. (2016, September 30). Man arrested in stabbing death of boy with clown mask. pennlive. https://www.pennlive.com/news/2016/09/man_arrested_in_stabbing_death.html.
- Romano, A. (2016, October 12). The great clown Panic of 2016 is a hoax. but the Terrifying side of clowns is real. Vox. https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/12/13122196/clown-panic-hoax-history.
- Romano, A. (2016, October 12). The great clown Panic of 2016 is a hoax. but the Terrifying side of clowns is real. Vox. https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/12/13122196/clown-panic-hoax-history.
- Wikimedia Foundation. (2021, July 19). 2016 clown sightings. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_clown_sightings.
Karen and M review their language surrounding psychopathy and sociopathy in a brief message.
Today's episode is brought to you by Karen's experiences with psychics in Sedona! We take a quick look over different kinds of psychics and discuss our psychic-related experiences.
The Use of Psychics in Homicide and Missing Persons Investigations by William J. Smithey
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FCJEI/Programs/SLP/Documents/Full-Text/Smithey,-William-J-paper.aspx
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This episode has content that may disturb sensitive viewers.
CW: Mentions of rape and descriptions of the homicide.
Karen & M discuss the Kobe Cannibal and the injustice of him walking free after killing and eating Renée Hartevelt.
If for some reason you are unable to click on the links, please check the blog post at this URL.
https://clorinspats.com/2021/08/09/s2e3-issei-sagawa/
Skip to 41:35 is you want to learn about the world's tallest mallard (Long Boi) instead.
SOURCES
[1] “Issei Sagawa”. Wikipedia. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa
[2] “Renée Hartevelt - Biography”. IMDb. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9721880/bio
[3] “'Paris Cannibal' Sagawa reminisces over his grisly crime”. Japan Today. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
[4] (This is the photo source). Snow in Hades. Tumblr. Retrieved July 7, 2021. **This source contains graphic imagery and nudity.
[5] “Issei Sagawa "The Japanese Cannibal" (lost Renee Hartevelt death footage 1981)”. Lost Media Archive. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
[6] “Poetic justice: is the Japanese cannibal finally paying a price?”. Post Magazine. Retrieved July 7, 2021.
Youtube clip we talked about
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Karen regales M with cryptid lore surrounding the Appalachia area. We talk Mothman, Whitey, Chessie, and more!
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Karen & M discuss what the definition of what a serial killer is and how the current serial killings in Little Rock, AR are affecting the community.
Source List:
Serial Killer Statistics
LRPD seeking out information on suspect in serial knife attacks that have left 3 dead
Little Rock Police Scramble To Identify Suspected Serial Killer After Multiple Stabbings
Local superhero ShadowVision vows to take down the Little Rock slasher
Real Life Superhero ShadowVision
Police see link in four knife attacks, three fatal, since August in central Little Rock
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WARNING: LOUD AMBIENT NOISE - WE RECORDED THIS IN A VEHICLE
An intermediary episode where Karen and M discuss a ghost tour they went on and how they're like 99% sure the guy was just taking them on a ride.
Check out the full blog post for pics!
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Listen in on this intermediary episode to find out why M and Karen are so obsessed with the spooky stuff. Childhood fears, the absurdity of them all, and how it's affected us in the future.
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This week, we have a special guest!
Remy is a critical care nurse who works graveyard at a local hospital. Apparently, hospitals are super haunted.
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We finally enter the house with ghost stories! M details some experiences they had while sharing a room with their younger brother and then we get Karen's own sleep paralysis experiences.
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A short diversion as we return to the subject of ghosts! M and Karen discuss hauntings in the workplace.
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Where M tells Karen about how they dealt with the anxiety of being haunted, most especially ways to keep bad things away from them.
*A message from M: It doesn't escape me that in the same episode we condemn appropriation and assimilation, I discuss my own forays into appropriating practices as a teenager. Rest assured that I have now educated myself and separated myself from trying to appropriate spiritual practices that I haven't got any business utilizing. I now use these as a small springboard to help educate and inform other people and help them seek information for themselves as well. I have provided some links to some of the topics discussed here. Thanks you for listening, as always.
Resources:
American Indian Religious Freedom Act
Hoodoo — What is Hoodoo?
Morijio (盛塩)
William & Mary Ghost Tours
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Karen and M do a thorough breakdown of Ted the Caver, discussing the probably unintentional imagery and the very probable jokes seeded into the story itself. Plus, at the end, they both have a realization while recording that has them both gasping at the implications.
Links mentioned:
Ted the Caver Webpage
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html
DarkSomnium Reading of Ted the Caver
https://youtu.be/zauWt2WxL2o
Music and Sounds:
Dark Fantasy Studios
http://darkfantasystudio.com/
It turns out that speaking goes by a lot more quickly than drawing, so we outpaced the comic and decided to do something a little different this time around!
In this week's episode, we chat about the first creepypasta: Ted the Caver, which was published in 2001. We touch on the factual elements of it, the effect the story has had on horror storytelling now, twenty years later, and some potential influences of the story.
Links mentioned:
Ted the Caver Webpage
https://www.angelfire.com/trek/caver/index.html
DarkSomnium Reading of Ted the Caver
https://youtu.be/zauWt2WxL2o
Are You Scared of the Holidays?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crbAdEpF7UI
Music and Sounds:
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magedu
https://freesound.org/people/magedu/
Dark Fantasy Studios
http://darkfantasystudio.com/
This week we wax nostalgic about the real Bad Neighborhood, talking a little about the history and the various ghostly occurrences that would take place in the neighborhood. All in all, we were very suburban kids who were bored as all hell.
Glascock Cemetary:
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=779
Photos of the Grave Markers:
https://www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2201760/memorial-search#srp-top
Sound:
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magedu
https://freesound.org/people/magedu/
nixeno
https://freesound.org/people/nixeno/
tyops
https://freesound.org/people/tyops/
shelbyshark
https://freesound.org/people/shelbyshark/
kwahmah_02
https://freesound.org/people/kwahmah_02/
This episode, we cover our own personal haunted houses and talk about what makes a haunted house, including things such as EMF and poor wiring. There's a tickle of horror movie talk in there as well.
Where M mentions "in the prior episode", it's referring to the lost first episode of the podcast (which we talk about in number 1).
You can support the podcast at M's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/clorinspats
The first tentative episode of A Bad Neighborhood! Here, we introduce ourselves and get to talking about M's first ghost encounter from when they were a wee lad. We also start to examine how mental health and culture influences ghost experiences.
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