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Stories and analysis of folklore, history, folk history, weird history, weird folklore, and spooky stuff in general. Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

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    ALIENS! Congressional Hearing and the Story of Stefan Michalak

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2023 66:54


    Recently, the US congress held a hearing concerning multiple sightings of unidentified flying objects around US territory spanning decades. The discussion was mostly about national defense and whether or not these aircraft pose a threat to national security. However, the witness testimonies presented during the hearing strongly suggest that these aircraft are not... of this world. I go over the important parts of that hearing, and go on to tell a story about a man who experienced something real weird near a lake in Canada. The event known as the Falcon Lake Incident. LINKS FOR ME: Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist https://www.youtube.com/@backalleyalchemist6120 Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy9000 Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.podcast@gmail.com Sources: Here are the 5 most memorable moments from Congress' UFO hearing https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/are-5-memorable-moments-congress-ufo-hearing-rcna96476 video of the hearing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYS5SAYM2CE https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng Memorial Article for Stefan Michalak https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86572549/stefan-michalak Statement by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, June 26, 1967 https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/unusual/ufo/Documents/1967-06-26.pdf Pamphlet on the encounter: https://biblio.uottawa.ca/atom/index.php/my-encounter-with-the-u-f-o-michalak-stephen-pamphlet https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/collection/engage-learn/podcast/Pages/ufo-falcon-lake-incident.aspx https://www.snopes.com/articles/464156/falcon-lake-extraterrestrial-encounter/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    The BunnyMan: True Horror Story, or BullS***t?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2023 62:01


    The story of the BunnyMan or BunnyMan Bridge has gained a lot of popularity in recent years. It all started with an article published in 1999. Or was it a news story from 1970? Or a terrifying series of events in 1904? Let's figure it out! Main Source Material: Conley, B. A. (2023, July 16). FCPL curated content: Fairfax county history: The bunny man unmasked. The Bunny Man Unmasked - Fairfax County History - FCPL Curated Content at Fairfax County Government. https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman Blitz, M. (2016, October 21). The scary, weird, somewhat true story of the fairfax “Bunny man.” Washingtonian. https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/10/23/the-scary-weird-somewhat-true-story-of-the-fairfax-bunny-man/ Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Youtube.com: BackAlleyAlchemist Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.Podcast@gmail.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    Chaos and Cryptids!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2023 43:52


    Bullshitting and talking about a few interesting cryptids tonight! Let me know if you like the more casual format, or if you miss the more intense episodes. I also need to know how you feel about the butthole mouth. Sources: https://www.wlwt.com/article/the-loveland-frogman/37871711 https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2013/10/06/valerie-lariviere-cryptic-cryptid-tales/41766459007/ https://southernmostghosts.com/monsters-of-the-deep-the-luscas/ Email: backalleyAlchemist.podcast@gmail.com Youtube: @backalleyalchemist6120 Tiktokt: AlleyAlchemy9000 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    Prophecies!!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2023 56:03


    I'm gonna tell you my favorite story and another story that's real cool, and we're gonna talk about PROPHECIES!!! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    Haunted Organs!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2023 66:22


    Ever hear of haunted organs? When people undergo drastic changes in their behavior following an organ transplant, is it because of some complicated relationship between the body and the soul, or is it just some crazy biology? Find me on youtube for the video version, and if you're into it, I'd love some patrons! Contact Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.podcast@gmail.com Youtube.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Twitch.tv/BackAlleyAlchemist Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy9000 REFERENCES “10 Unbelievable Organ Transplant Stories That Are Actually True.” ScoopWhoop, 13 June 2016, www.scoopwhoop.com/news/unbelievable-organ-transplant-stories-that-are-true/. De Pasquale C, Veroux M, Indelicato L, Sinagra N, Giaquinta A, Fornaro M, Veroux P, Pistorio ML. Psychopathological aspects of kidney transplantation: Efficacy of a multidisciplinary team. World J Transplant. 2014 Dec 24;4(4):267-75. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v4.i4.267. PMID: 25540735; PMCID: PMC4274596. DiMartini, A. F., Dew, M. A., & Trzepacz, P. T. (2005). Organ transplantation. Focus, 3(2), 280-303. https://focus.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/foc.3.2.280 Egyptian civilization - religion - mummification. (n.d.). Retrieved March 5, 2023, from https://www.historymuseum.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/ejiereijrjrrgrgrgrg Kemp, Charlene lowe. “Organ Transplant and the Unexplained.” Paranormal Hauntings, 22 Jan. 2022, paranormalhauntings.blog/2022/01/22/organ-transplant-and-the-unexplained/. Kessler M. Aspects psychologiques de la transplantation rénale avec donneur vivant [Psychological aspects of living-donor renal transplantation]. Nephrol Ther. 2008 Feb;4(1):52-4. French. doi: 10.1016/j.nephro.2007.07.010. Epub 2007 Dec 3. PMID: 18061550. “Memory Transference in Organ Transplant Recipients - Namah Journal.” Namahjournal.com, 2011, www.namahjournal.com/doc/Actual/Memory-transference-in-organ-transplant-recipients-vol-19-iss-1.html. Pearsall, Paul, et al. “Organ transplants and cellular memories ” Nexus Magazine April/May 2005;12:3 . “Religious Attitudes about Donation.” Www.utsouthwestern.edu, 2022, www.utsouthwestern.edu/education/medical-school/departments/transplant-services-center/faqs/religious-attitudes.html#:~:text=Jehovah. Sylvia, Claire, and William Novak. A Change of Heart : A Memoir. Little, Brown, 1997. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    Talkin' shit with Morning Orange Tarot

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2023 74:53


    Special guest! Tonight, I just had a chat with Holly of Morning Orange Tarot. She does divination for a living, and also we grew up together in our weird, spiritual family. Figured it would be fun to get together on Discord and just kinda talk about dreams, spirituality, and whatever came up. She's damn near the opposite of myself while still being basically the same. Follow her on social media and if you'd like, you can book a real inexpensive tarot reading with her! Website: morningorangetarot.glossgenius.com TikTok: @morning.orange.tarot Instagram: Morning.Orange.Tarot And you know where to find me, but just in case: Patreon.com/backalleyalchemist youtube.com/backalleyalchemist TikTok: AlleyAlchemy9000 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    McMurder Station: Winter be Wildin'

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2023 58:30


    This is my first time recording video along with the podcast, so I apologize to audio only listeners for all of my references to the camera. This episode was supposed to come out in December, but here we are. It's about how the cold, and the darkness, and isolation make our brains and bodies all out of whack. Look for it on YouTube in the days following the upload here if you're interested. Episode: https://youtu.be/KvC2tGeZ8Kw Also, here's a website where you can watch a live feed from Antarctica: https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/mcmwebcam.cfm Sources: (In no particular order. Screw your format, I already graduated!) Joyner, Christopher Clayton; Chopra, Sudhir K. (28 July 1988). The Antarctic Legal Regime. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 67. ISBN 90-247-3618-8. Zimmer, M., Cabral, J. C. C. R., Borges, F. C., Coco, K. G., & Hameister, B. D. R. (2013). Psychological changes arising from an Antarctic stay: Systematic Overview. Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas), 30, 415-423. Impact of isolation on nueroanatomy and neurobiology of the brain. Richard Smeyne. 2019. Brainfacts.org. https://www.gq.com/story/insaine-in-antarctica-excerpt Pysiological and psychological responses and adaptation to cold. By the Physiological Society. Published March 2016. The Society For Neuroscience. Links for me: Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5op1wT6-RGhb2OPRlPnnw Twitch.tv/backalleyalchemist Contact Email: backalleyalchemist.podcast@gmail.com Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy9000 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/backalleyalchemist/support

    Deviant Burials and the Dearg Due (Re-Upload: Volume Adjusted)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2022 72:06


    I deep dive about weird burials, vampires, some science about decay, and a retelling of the story of the Dearg Due. This is a re upload because I became aware that the volume on my original file was garbage. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Deviant Burials and the Dearg-Due (Reboot)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2022 72:22


    A reboot on my episode about the Dearg-Due. I went real deep into vampires, burial rights, and learned some stuff about forensic anthropology. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    What is a Tulpa and why is it NOT a ghost pony you can bang?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2022 46:25


    It was gonna be simple. But it's never simple. Tulpas, Tibetan Buddhism, Meditation, Spuritual grifters, and Bronies. Hear my brain explode in real time! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Sleep Demons

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2022 39:39


    A look at sleep related Demons around the world, and an explanation on why it's a universal terror --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    WHICH TRIAL!?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2022 44:30


    I gotta talk about Greg Locke and the Early Modern Witchcraze right now. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Loch Ness

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022 23:04


    Loch Ness, it's monster, and why people are scared of the dark. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Waxing on Wanderers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2022 29:37


    An off-the-cuff episode about wanderers in folklore. I'm mostly waxing philosophical about wandering and traveling and what it means to people. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Extra Christmas Episode Featuring Krackstar.com owner/artist Devvan K.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2021 25:54


    More convo about the history of christmas. and some other stuff. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Spooky Solstice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2021 40:06


    Some history behind the holiday of Christmas and my favorite midwinter deities! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Man Made Monsters

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 60:17


    The people who make the monsters are the real freaks, bruh --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    (Short) Krampus: Saint Nick's Creepy Counterpart

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2021 13:24


    KRAMPUS! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Special episode: Reanimation Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2021 55:03


    Sources are not in proper format, but here they are anyway! http://faculty.webster.edu/corbetre/haiti/voodoo/terms.htm ZOMBIES 2. https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/10/are-zombies-real 3. Mar Drugs. 2015 Oct; 13(10): 6384–6406. Published online 2015 Oct 19. doi: 10.3390/md13106384 PMCID: PMC4626696 PMID: 26492253 Tetrodotoxin, an Extremely Potent Marine Neurotoxin: Distribution, Toxicity, Origin and Therapeutical Uses Jorge Lago, Laura P. Rodríguez, Lucía Blanco, Juan Manuel Vieites, and Ana G. Cabado* Paul Long, Academic Editor 4. Zombies and Tetrodotoxin TERENCE HINES Volume 32, Issue 3 SKEPTICAL INQUIRER --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Moon Crazy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 69:52


    Support here or on Patreon at: Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Sources: www.livescience.com?oldest-rock-art-supernatural-beings.html www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/weirdos-werewolves-and-full-moon/ Irving-Pease, Evan K.;Ruan, Hannah; Jamieson, Alexandra; Dimopoulos, Evangelos A.; Larson, Greger; Frantz, Laurent A. F. (2018). "Paleogenomics of Animal Domestication". In Lindvqvcist, C.; Rajora, O. (eds.). Paleogenomics. Springer, Cham. pp. 225-272. doi10.1007/13836_2018_55. ISBN 978-3-030-04752-8. https.//www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/early-modern-witch-trials/ www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge/content/view/S0883769400041701 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Leif Erikson Day Special: Norse Mythology and "Viking" History

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 52:03


    Decided I would take this opportunity to talk about one of my favorite subjects: Scandinavian history and Norse Mythology. Happy Leif Erikson Day, nerds! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Source Materials: Gardeła, Leszek. "‘Warrior-women'in Viking Age Scandinavia? A preliminary archaeological study." Analecta Archaeologica Ressoviensia 8 (2013). Polygyny, Concubinage, and the Social Lives of Women in Viking-Age Scandinavia. Ben Raffield, Neil Price, and Mark Collard. Viking and Medieval Scandinavia 2017 13:, 165-209 The Poetic Edda. The Mythological Poems. Translated by Henry Adams Bellows. Norse Mythology, by Neil Gaiman History.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    A Series of Witches: Black Annis, Baba Yaga, and Jenny Greenteeth

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2021 25:20


    The sound quality on this one is a bit rough. Patreon: Patreon.com/BackAlleyAlchemist Medium: Medium.com/YamunaHrodvitnir Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.Podcast@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

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    Wendigo: Native American Monster and Metaphor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 21:48


    Original Paper: https://yamunahrodvitnir.medium.com/wendigo-the-monster-born-of-starvation-and-greed-32a191b846dd Patreon: Patreon.com/YamunaHrodvitnir References Eflin, J. (2014). Incursion Into Wendigo Territory. Digital Literature Review, 9. Jusiak, K. (2015). “The Embodiment of the Taboo: the Images of Wendigo in Literature and Their Rendition in Modern Media”. Teicher, M. I. (1960, April). Windigo psychosis: a study of a relationship between belief and behavior among the Indians of Northeastern Canada. Seattle: WA: American Ethnological Society. Willoughby, C. (1908). Wooden Bowls of the Algonquian Indians. American Anthropologist, 10(3), new series, 423–434. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org/stable/659862 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Demon Dogs in Folklore

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2021 31:55


    Patreon: Patreon.com/YamunaHrodvitnir (I swear to fuck I changed the name to BackAlley Alchemist, but technology hates me.) Email: BackAlleyAlchemist.Podcast@gmail.com Medium: Medium.com/YamunaHrodvitnir --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

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    Klabautermann: Maritime Folklore

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 17:04


    Source article found at : Yamunahrodvitnir.medium.com patreon: patreon.com/yamunahrodvitnir --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Changelings: Showing us that Humans suck

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2021 24:51


    OG article on my Medium. Medium.com/YamunaHrodvitnir Patreon: Patreon.com/YamunaHrodvitnir --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Skinwalkers: Not Quite Cryptids

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2021 24:49


    Patreon: YamunaHrodvitnir Medium (where original material was posted): YamunaHrodvitnir Sources Lenhardt, C. (2016). Wendigos, Eye Killers, Skinwalkers: The Myth of the American Indian Vampire and American Indian “Vampire” Myths. Text Matters, 6(1), 195–212. Smith, M. (2013). Legends, Lore & True Tales of the Chattahoochee. Arcadia Publishing. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Why is Friday the 13th?

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2021 21:55


    A look into why Friday the 13th became such a pervasive superstition. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Bloody Mary: the Mystery of Ritual and Myth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 20:41


    A look into the legend of Bloody Mary, the ritual associated with the legend, and why the two are associated with one another. Patreon: Yamuna Hrodvitnir Medium: Yamuna Hrodvitnir Tiktok: AlleyAlchemy Sources: Brunvand, J. (1996). American Folklore: An Encyclopedia. Garland Publishing, Inc. Craughwell, T. (2005) Urban Legends: 666 Absolutely True Stories That Happened to a Friend… of a Friend… of a Friend. Black Dog and Leventhal Publishers, Inc. Dundes, A. (1998). Bloody Mary in the mirror: A ritual reflection of pre-pubescent anxiety. Western Folklore, 57(2/3), 119–135. Ellis, B. (2004). Lucifer Ascending: The Occult in Folklore and Popular Culture. University of Kentucky Press. ISBN 978–0–8131–2289–2. Hutton, R. (2001). Stations of the Sun: A History of the Ritual Year in Britain. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978–0–19–285448–3. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    The Witch of East Somerton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 20, 2021 22:26


    Some history about witch trials, the Early Modern Witchcraze, and a story about a certain witch who got her revenge in death. Medium account: YamunaHrodvitnir Patreon: YamunaHrodvitnir Sources: Amy Alize. "Norfolk Folklore: St. Mary's Church and the Witch's Wooden Leg." October 1, 2015. https://thefairytaletraveler.com/2015/10/01/norfolk-folklore/ George Lincoln Burr. "The witch-persecutions" Translations and reprints from the original sources of European history; v. 3, no. 4, 1907 Dr. Hanna Worthen, University of Hull. "Early Modern Witch Trials: Introduction" The National Archives. Kew, Richmond. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/early-modern-witch-trials/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

    Dearg-Due: Making a Monster

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 20:10


    First full episode! This is the story of The Dearg-Due. She is considered the oldest known lady vampire in European folklore, and her story is absolutely tragic. Her story shows how trauma and suffering can forever change even the most innocent soul, and how isolation and suffering can transform anyone into a monster. Heartbreak, revenge, betrayal, and spooky monsters lay within. TW: abuse, violence, food restriction, and self harm. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

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    Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2021 5:26


    A quick introduction. Some information about me, what this podcast will be about, and how to get a hold of me on social media. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/backalleyalchemist/support

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