Occult Connecticut

WILLIAM BEADLE; a family man, driven by God. The wonderful Andrü Mars joins me to discuss the life & times of a Revolutionary era patriot who believed that the Almighty was smiling down on him. We're talking about some seriously dark subject matter today, so hold onto your carving knives and listen to the true tale of the Beadles; a financial and spiritual tragedy which led to America's first recorded mass-murder-suicide. KENNETH ANGER: *http://sensesofcinema.com/2005/feature-articles/invocation_demon_brother/ RESOURCES: *'Psycho USA: Famous American Killers You Never Heard Of' by Harold Schechter *http://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/revolutionary-currency-crash-made-william-beadle-mass-murderer/ *https://www.wethersfieldhistory.org/articles/william-beadles-last-will-and-testament/ *https://www.wethersfieldhistory.org/articles/the-story-of-the-murder-of-the-beadle-family-by-william-beadle/ *https://www.wethersfieldhistory.org/articles/william-beadles-last-will-and-testament/ *https://chs.org/2015/08/the-first-documented-mass-murder-suicide-in-north-america-wethersfield-connecticut-1782/ *https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N14090.0001.001/1:3?rgn=div1;view=fulltext *https://connecticuthistory.org/the-beadle-family-murders-today-in-history/

What in the HELL is a GLAWACKUS? Is it a dog-cat? A lynx-bear? A panther... bird?? And what do lumberjacks have to do with this, anyways? Mickey goes to the depths of his bestiary with the help of dear friend and fellow magickal miscreant, TJ Heath! PHIL HINE; https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8mNKzp-wE0ZcDdialFQR2xZcTQ/view RESOURCES; ‘Spooky Trails and Tall-Tales Connecticut’ by Stephen Gencarella ‘Fearsome Critters’ by Henry H. Tryon ‘Mysterious Creatures: A Guide to Cryptozoology’ by George M. Eberhart https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25603581/hartford_courant/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25603052/hartford_courant/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25603349/hartford_courant/ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25603314/the_philadelphia_inquirer/ https://www.courant.com/community/glastonbury/hc-xpm-2014-08-21-hc-glastonbury-glawackus-legend-20140820-story.html https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25594520/headline_glawackus_created_beastly/ https://www.nytimes.com/1940/08/19/archives/glawackus-roams-again-at-least-connecticut-residents-sight-a.html and a special thank you to ‘Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts’ by Laura Brenlla, which I found in a bookstore for my child, promptly searched for Connecticut, and found today’s monster

THE OCCULT! What is it? Is it a religion? A cult? An excuse to sacrifice babies and hex the weak? Could it maybe, just maybe, be an assortment of abstract methods of spiritual practice and self improvement? We ask Christopher Lee, Nat Friedland, and, of course, your host Mickey to help guide us through this maze of mysterious questions. Resources are too numerous to list, and this episode was written without direct reference to any book or reading but rather from personal experience. Some recommended online resources, however, include; https://www.llewellyn.com/ http://english.grimoar.cz/?Loc=idx&Lng=2 http://www.sacred-texts.com/ http://www.bota.org/ http://www.occultconfessions.com/resources http://www.magick.me/ http://www.reddit.com/r/occult/comments…d_where_to_start/

VAMPIRES! Are they real? Do they haunt Connecticut? Or is your small farming community just dying from some kind of plague? Find out here! EPISODE RESOURCES: https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-news-connecticut-vampire-20190731-oo4trsxg3vakflfiddzvipepri-story.html http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/jewett-city-vampires/ https://todayincthistory.com/2019/03/08/march-8-the-19th-century-connecticut-vampire-panic/ https://www.connecticutmag.com/the-connecticut-story/belief-in-connecticut-vampires-motivated-by-fear-and-love/article_ab5555a7-ea13-59b6-9aae-2b2b2b18c479.html http://pooryorickjournal.com/vampires-in-griswold-connecticut/ https://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20111026/NEWS/310269916 https://www.norwichbulletin.com/article/20111026/NEWS/310269916 Vampires, Burial and Death: Folklore and Reality - Paul Barber, 1988 Vampires and Death in New England, 1784 to 1892 - Michael Bell