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This week Elizabeth tells the chilling and haunting story of the Villisca Axe Murders in Villisca, IA. A spooky way to end Spooktober!

This week for Spooktober, Elizabeth dives into the mysterious story of the Van Meter Visitor, from Van Meter, IA.

Join Elizabeth Weyers in this week's Spooktober episode where she discusses a devil in the mid-west and the Exorcism that happened in the small town of Earling, Iowa.

Join Elizabeth Weyers in this week's Spooktober episode where she talks tales and lore about the most famous creature that only might exist and the terrifying tales from a small Iowan town decades ago.

Welcome to OddBallers Podcast's Spooktober! Today Elizabeth is joined by friend Abbey Fouts as they discuss the best and worst of fall and Halloween. Stay tuned all month for minisodes and Halloween Specials!

Happy International Podcast Day!

This Episode of Small Business September Elizabeth is joined by Elizabeth! Elizabeth Hess of Alternative.Womens.advocate the Instagram page, joins OddBallers to discuss her journey of PCOS and to finding cleaner products and a health plan that works for her. You can find Elizabeth Hess on Instagram @Alternative.Womens.Advocate Enjoy!

Small Business September is Backkkk!!! Join Elizabeth Weyers as she sits down with Execitive Director of Weyers Music Studio and Chair of the Community Arts Project. AKA - Elizabeth's side gig and project!

In this episode, Elizabeth makes a list of excuses and reasons that OddBallers has been on a hiatus for, well, months. A formal apology for what has been going on and the absence of a fan-favorite podcast!

Elizabeth is back with another episode of OddBallers Podcast where she dives into the religion, beliefs, and death rituals of Ancient Egypt. What happened when an Egyptian died? Where were they buried? How was the body prepared? And what happened when their burial sites were disturbed.

Elizabeth is back with another episode of OddBallers Podcast where she dives into the dynasties and origins of Ancient Egypt. Who they were, and who they became. The Pharaohs, gods, goddesses, the fertile ground of the Nile, and Biblical tribulations settle in for another episode of the podcast that you missed!

Elizabeth and OddBallers Podcast are back for season three! Thank you so much for the patience that you as listeners have had with our host Elizabeth as she was ill and working through some of life's situations. She is excited to be back and is ready for the Podcast to start airing again on March 10th, 2023! Join us where ever you listen for the first episode of season three talking about Ancient Egypt! Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @OddballersPodcast

Join Elizabeth as she jumps into the history of the Modern Prometheus and the writer behind one of the original classical horror novels Frankenstein. This is the final episode of the year!

This Week Elizabeth explores the Anatomy Act, Galvanism, and the Murders of Burke and Hare.

Halloween Special!!

Between the years of 1879 and 1922 in America, a series of Axe Murders rattled towns and cities across the nation. From Georgia to Oregon, Kansas to Iowa, Washington to New Orleans, Louisiana. The work of Axe Murders was enough to put fear into many. But what if all of these murders in just 43 years were all from the same person? Join Elizabeth as she explores the Axe Murderer responsible for over 61 murders and many more attacks, including the New Orleans AxeMan.

Join Elizabeth Weyers as she explores the monstrous past and story of Madam Delphine Lalaurie and her slaughterhouse in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Join us on a road of horrors worse then you can imagine. Happy Spooktober!

Today Elizabeth continues Small Business September and talks with an unsuspecting coach. A Leadership coach. Erin Lego uses the Enneagram to help coach leaders about their leadership styles and their personality. To learn more about Enneagram head to https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ To follow Erin Lego go to https://www.erinlegocoaching.com/ or follow her on Instagram @ErinLegoCoaching If you are interested in taking the Enneagram assessment click this link - https://erinlegocoaching.cloverleaf.me/l/oddballers

We are back with another Small Business September! This year are theme is coaching, which seems very obvious for the first guest of the month. Today Elizabeth interviews Deatra Tasler Owner and Fitness Coach Deatra Tasler on her small business, Balanced Fitness. Talking about mental health, physical health, and lifestyle changes to make your life and body feel better. Deatra can be found on Facebook Balanced Fitness or on her website at https://www.balancedfitnessco.com/?fbclid=IwAR29UTJaQIJg6fUU3-MMRHn_pMEsgU2qC596itraU5QF-DyFBNonhe19mMM

Exploration is in our DNA, we starve for adventure and the places that we can go even if it is the literal ends of the earth. The Arctic was a place that many explorers found to be the next greatest frontier and it was one of the most difficult and deadly. In this episode of OddBallers Elizabeth explores the Arctic and learns what it took to reach the north and south poles including references of Arctic Exploration in literature and her own family ancestry.

Exploration is in our DNA, we starve for adventure and the places that we can go. But the early explorers cannot be overlooked the Sumerians, Persians, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. They built the foundation for modern-day exploration. Today Elizabeth shares the stories of the early group of people who were known as savages, barbarians, and pirates. Known as the Vikings.

The Texarkana Moonlight Murders, a term coined by the contemporary press, was a series of unsolved serial murders and other violent crimes committed in and around the Texarkana region between Arkansas and Texas in the spring of 1946. They were attributed to an alleged unidentified serial killer known as The Phantom of Texarkana or simply the Phantom Killer or Phantom Slayer. This hypothetical perpetrator is credited with attacking eight people, five of whom were murdered, in a ten-week period. In this episode of Oddballers, Elizabeth breaks the podcasting hiatus and returns with the dreadful tale of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders. Follow OddBallers Podcast on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

I am Burned Out! An episode about normalizing burnout, prioritizing mental health, and learning how to say no. Follow OddBallers Podcast on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

Plagiarism dates back far and wide, and the event of Lord Byron was only one of history's examples, Helen Keller, MLK, Johnny Cash, Melania Trump all famous plagiarists. Plagiarism can get you expelled from schools, end up in courts, and end up getting sued. But what about freelancing, ghostwriting, and the most famous (potential) plagiarist in history. Was it really the father or playwright, the experts of the sonnet, the literary icon that is William Shakespeare? Or is this just something rotten that the media has cooked up? We will find all of this out today and more when we talk with Drake University Professor, and Shakespeare Scholar Jeanette Tran. Thank you Jeanette Tran for your time! Follow OddBallers Podcast of Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

Plagiarism dates back far and wide, and the event of Lord Byron was only one of history's examples, Helen Keller, MLK, Johnny Cash, Melania Trump all famous plagiarists. Plagiarism can get you expelled from schools, end up in courts, and end up getting sued. But what about freelancing, ghostwriting, and the most famous (potential) plagiarist in history. Was it really the father or playwright, the experts of the sonnet, the literary icon that is William Shakespeare? Or is this just something rotten that the media has cooked up? We will find all of this out today and more when we talk with Drake University Professor, and Shakespeare Scholar Jeanette Tran. Thank you Jeanette Tran for your time! Follow OddBallers Podcast of Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

The one thing that we all share is grief, death, and fear. And in Celtic mythology, the real fears in general, come from death and grief. Grief is the only thing that we all share, and where there is grief, there is death, and where there is death there is The Banshee. The Banshee is one of the most famous and one of the most used of the creatures of Irish folklore. The modern idea of the Banshee can be seen all across modern popular culture. But what is a Banshee? Follow OddBallers Podcast of Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

In the northwest lands of Europe, the old world of great barbarian people spread across the vast areas of Western and Central Europe. These people transitioned this land into the iron age. they were a culture among the greatest technologies of the ancient world and laid the foundation of Western European civilization. These people were Craftsmen of metal, makers of chariots, builders of roads, experts in agriculture and pastoralism, and were great warriors of unparalleled courage, feared by even the Romans, who they sacked in 290BC. At the Zenith of their power, their territory extended from the British Isles to Turkey on the Eastern front. They were the Celts. Follow OddBallers Podcast of Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

600 years ago England has torn apart in a series of bloody battles in a game over the throne. In the course, of 30 years the crown changed heads 7 times, and over 10,000 were slaughtered. It was one of the bloodiest and most turbulent times in English history. It was known as the Wars of the Roses. These wars were pivotal in England's history and the outcome of this last great medieval war would determine the course of Europe and perhaps even the world, leading to one of England's greatest dynasties. The Tudors. The battles in this conflict were more than just battels, however, the politics and the murders, the treachery and affairs and betrayals all played vital roles in the outcome of what was not more than a mere squabble and disagreement over the future of England and who would sit on the throne. Follow OddBallers Podcast of Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

600 years ago England has torn apart in a series of bloody battles in a game over the throne. In the course, of 30 years the crown changed heads 7 times, and over 10,000 were slaughtered. It was one of the bloodiest and most turbulent times in English history. It was known as the Wars of the Roses. These wars were pivotal in England's history and the outcome of this last great medieval war would determine the course of Europe and perhaps even the world, leading to one of England's greatest dynasties. The Tudors. The battles in this conflict were more than just battels, however, the politics and the murders, the treachery and affairs and betrayals all played vital roles in the outcome of what was not more than a mere squabble and disagreement over the future of England and who would sit on the throne. Follow OddBallers Podcast of Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit: Elizabeth Weyers

Who is your OddBallers Podcast host?? Who is she? What is her journey into making OddBallers Episodes, starting her podcast, how does she spend her time, and was college worth it? Follow Elizabeth Weyers on Instagram @eaweyers. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credits to Elizabeth Weyers Thank you to all the supporters, welcome to season 2 of OddBallers.

OddBallers will be back for a Season 2 starting February 2022! New topics, new guests, and the same great oddities! Join us for Season 2 of OddBallers. Follow us on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast This is OddBallers. Writer and Journalist Elizabeth Weyers dives deep into popular culture, and media to explore any and all topics odd and interesting. From witch hunts, to trending skincare routines, schizophrenic writers, and blood-sucking demons turned sexy pop-culture icons. We will talk about the biggest trends, tales, and oddities of the world. Join us for a new topic every month to learn a little something odd about the world we inhabit.

Christmas is the time of giving, the time of cheer, a great festive holiday where trees are decorated, lights are hung, and chestnuts are roasted by an open fire. Christmas is a time of merry gentlemen, eggnog, rewatching Christmas Vacation for the 1000000 times, spreading time with family, and yeah also that big guy in the red. Santa, Old St. Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Papa Noel, no matter what you call him or where you are from, the legend of a man building toys and delivering them to children on Christmas Eve is one that is a staple of Holiday legends. Some stories have the elves and reindeer that live at the north pole like the Tim Allen Santa Clause movies. Some show a more humble approach to the folklore of Santa with the holiday favorite Santa Claus is coming to town. No matter the story of good old saint nick that you enjoying during the wintertime the story of a large man in red squeezing down your chimney to drop gifts for all of the good little boys and girls of the world there is a story that turns the jolly story of Santa on its head. And it starts in Germany and the Alpine region. While good Kris Kringle was out putting smiles on the faces of the young children of the world giving them small gifts and, well I know his story, another was out doing the complete opposite. Created as the counterpart to the kindly St. Nick who was out delivering sweets and treats to the good, his opposite was out dealing with the naughty kids. His name was Krampus. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Resources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Jamestown was one of the first American colonies and one that is only briefly mentioned in school and in American History. I imagine it is because it is full of betrayal, loss, religious turmoil, politics, death, and so many dark and grizzly mysteries and stories that we might just want to forget about it. Or paint over it much like Columbus. But like another colony in America, one that was only a few miles to the South of Jamestown some 17 years earlier called Roanoke and we are still reveling in the mystery of what happened to them after the colony just vanished. Did Jamestown settlers heed the warning that Roanoke's legacy left behind? Or are they also going to be doomed to a grizzly and grim fate? Join Elizabeth Weyers as she explores the story of Jamestown. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Resources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/new-archaeological-research-jamestown-reveals-identities-four-prominent-settlers-discovery-180956028/ https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/jamestown https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-pocahontas-180962649/ Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

In school, we were taught that in 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue, and then a century and a half later in 1620, the Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock. But what about all of the stuff that happened in between. I am here to let you know that after Columbus's voyage of murder, rape, slavery, and colonization, the mysteries and dark discoveries of the New World did not slow down any. Because in between the two most well-known points in the “founding” of America, we have another timeline. One of the new colonies, starvation, wars, lots of mysteries, and of course lost colonies as well. The legacy of Roanoke Island and its colonists remains a mystery. Although archaeologists have tried to figure out one of the oldest mysteries of America there have been no satisfactory answers. What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Join Elizabeth Weyers as she explores the story of Roanoke. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Let's get spooky! Trick or treating, spooky ghouls, foggy cemeteries, and Spooky scary skeletons, all things that we as Americans associate with Halloween. That grand old holiday at the end of October that you either love or you hate, desperately. I have never met someone who is just meh about Halloween. You are either all in or all out. I am definitely all in. Horror movies, costumes, scary stories, and the brisk chill on the autumn nights. Halloween is a custom, a holiday, a tradition, Halloween is a requirement in my household. It always has been. From the fake cemeteries and screaming portraits, and bloody decals stuck to every window, mirror, floorboards, and toilet seat. Halloween is not a small feat for my family. But Halloween looks different for everyone. Some people go all out, others just go trick or treating and put up some inflatables. Some use it as an excuse to go party dress up, and others might sit in a pumpkin patch all night waiting for the Great Pumpkin to stop by. But no matter how we choose to do Halloween, we can't deny that we have turned it into a pop culture movement. But where did Halloween come from you might ask? Join Elizabeth Weyers in the telling of the origin of Halloween. Follow Us on Instagram and Facebook- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween https://www.history.com/news/halloween-folk-legends Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Join Elizabeth Weyers as she interviews a practicing Hellenic Hereditary Hedge Witch. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

After the 200 years of persecution and witch hysteria known as the burning times fizzled out in Europe it took a transatlantic flight to the new world, America. There it poisoned a small village in Massachusetts known as Salem. In the year 1692, the social, political, and economic climate of Salem was as rocky as Massachusetts bay and they plummeted into the vast darkness of rooting out the devil in their new world much like their predecessors in their homeland. But centuries later, we have turned the ugly image of the witch into nothing more than a Halloween costume and scary movie antagonist and have reverted back to the old origins of the witch, rooted in nature a benign practice. Join Elizabeth Weyers as she interviews a practicing Hellenic Hereditary Hedge Witch. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

The origin of witches starts even before King Saul and the Old Testament. These ancient deities were called creation goddesses and were all-powerful beings. Witches have not always been seen as evil and gruesome before even the story of King Saul deities and entities existed in mythology and lore and history that were more benign. But how then did this benign image of a witch turn maligned, and why is that the only image of it we know today? Let's talk about witches, and the power struggles between the church and the monarchy. Follow Oddballers on Instagram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Happy International Podcast Day podcasters, listeners, and enthusiasts! Find out how you can be a part of the celebration by going to https://internationalpodcastday.com Follow Oddballers Podcast on Facebook and Instagram @Oddballerspodcast

Join Elizabeth Weyers with another small business September episode with a woman in business. We are here today with the owner of Custom Threads and Design. An embroidery and screen printing company out of Woodward, Iowa. She is a very busy woman, between setting up the Woodward Farmers' Market, Homeschooling her kids, she is also a business owner. This episode is all about how to embroider, and how to screenprint, and what is the biggest challenge for this industry, all right now on OddBallers. Please Welcome, Melissa Rothfus Founder and Owner of Custom Treads and Design. Find and follow Custom Threads and Design on Facebook at @customthreadsanddesign or head over to their website at customthreadsanddesign.com Follow Oddballers on Instragram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

OddBallers Podcast introduces Small Business September! Highlighting small businesses from all walks of life. The 2021 theme is Women in Business. Join Elizabeth Weyers as she shares a never before heard completely raw and uncut Interview with founder, owner and instructor of Showtime Dance and Tumbling Studio Carlene Mehls Coleman.  Find and follow Showtime Studio on Facebook at @ShowtimeDanceAndTumblingStudio or head over to their website at showtimedanceandtumbling.com  Follow Oddballers on Instragram and Facebook @OddBallersPodcast Music Credit--- Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

OddBallers Podcast introduces Small Business September! Highlighting small businesses from all walks of life. The 2021 theme is Women in Business. Join Elizabeth Weyers as she interviews CEO and Founder of Skylar Grace Company, Skylar Cunningham so find out just what it takes to create and run a business during college, covid, and the age of social media. To check out Skylar's products head to https://www.skylargraceco.com Be sure to follow her on social media as well! Instagram @skylargrace_co Facebook @skylargraceco TikTok @skylargraceco Follow Us on Instagram AND FaceBook- @OddballersPodcast Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

What is trending? How about the Olympics, mental health, Covid-19, Horror Movies, and much more. Join Elizabeth Weyers will fan the favorite University of Iowa Graduate and Writer Abbey Fouts as they discuss the biggest topics in the news. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

At first glance, you might see Colorado as just another state in the western part of American. But with a closer look, it has as exciting of a past as places like New England or Washington D.C. and New Orleans. The history that Colorado has to offer is more than just the history of our past, it holds the history of the planet deep in the mountains. Geologists for centuries have rushed to colorful Colorado to get a glimpse at the rocks that the planet is created with. But Colorado also has a history that is different than most, a history of travelers, miners, and people migrating through. It was home to many, but normally not for long. The constant motion and migration of people to the area made Colorado a western hub for mining, traveling, and darkness. Because it does seem that wherever humans go to settle darkness follows them. The history of Colorado at a second look is full of darkness. Starvation in harsh winters, murders of neighbors, stories from the mines, and myths of tiny creatures that wander through the aspen trees and up the mountainsides. From the darkness to the happy tunes of John Denver's Rocky Mountain High and C.W.McCall's Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado is a lot of things, Mysterious and everlasting are only two of those things. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Silver_Boom Trails, Tails, and Tommyknockers Stories from Colorado's Past by Myriam Friggens Haunted Old West by Mathew P. Mayo A Quick History of Leadville By Christan J. Buys Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

What lies deep in the mountains. Beyond the tree line and up to where the oxygen is thin. What stories and bits of the past have frozen to the rocks and have been forgotten, or turned to legends and reduced to stories we tell children around the campfires to scare them into eating their vegetables? What are they? What stories have we forgotten? Colorado is built on tall tales and legends, stories that have been twisted from the truth, but what really happened in those mines and on the trails to mountainside ghost towns? What was Colorado like before the modern world of campers and jeeps, computers, and technology took over? What if we were able to go back in time and see what it was like in the heydays of Colorado? Maybe we would be faced with the glitz and glam, or maybe tragedy. Or maybe we too would be reduced to a legend like the town of Buckskin Joe. Regardless of where we would end up, there is no denying that in the 19th century Colorado was in its prime, a wealthy and popping state with a flood of people trying to get rich, to get away from illness, and to escape to the mountains. The Colorado Silver days were anything but that of legends, they were a time to never forget. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/elizabeth-%E2%80%9Cbaby-doe%E2%80%9D-tabor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Doe_Tabor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Silverheels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Silver_Boom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Tabor#:~:text=Horace%20Austin%20Warner%20(%22Haw%22,Hollywood%20biographical%20movie%20Silver%20Dollar. Trails, Tails, and Tommyknockers Stories from Colorado's Past by Myriam Friggens A Quick History of Leadville By Christan J. Buys Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Happy Independence Day! Just some fun facts about fireworks that you may not have known, but you will be all the smarter for it! Lowkey catfishing you in this episode but it's short and sweet and fun, and I hope you find it banging! Enjoy! Join Elizabeth Weyers in a message about Fireworks! Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://www.celebratesafely.org/history-of-fireworks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireworks Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

The idea of magic is something that humans have searched for throughout all of history. They have hoped that magic was something that exists, to look into the future, change the past and help them along in the present. To defeat enemies, manipulate love, and gain power greater than any other. But in the search for this magic, humans learned that they would not find it alone and so they began to find the ones that would help them find it. Ones that they named gods and deities. Now, I am going to speak from the views of a Christian right not saying that that is what I am, but I in no way want to offend anyone when I say that these gods and deities were not necessarily ones that they should have looked towards, at least in perspective from a religious world. The magic that these people possessed was not magic at all but a belief in something bigger than them, a belief that something bigger than them would get them what they wanted but instead it led to fear. These “gods” they worshiped instilled a sense of fear in people. From the Romans to the Egyptians, Greeks, and Mayans, their beliefs all relied on their gods being angry and being the all-powerful gods. No rain, meant they were angry, no food, was a threat, and the death of someone was a sign. These people were fearful of the ones that they instilled power into. Some, however, were not as fearful of their religions, in fact, they used the fear that others had to their advantage and they worked to become powerful themselves. People are blindly following their leaders, someone who they do not even know, someone who says they were appointed by God, or maybe even was God. And Have we learned? No. we still are! I would say that this was not the first time humanity has blindly followed a leader and it will not be the last time no because if you are a Christian, you know that there is one more “divine leader” that is anything but divine going to come down to deceive humanity. And will we fall for him? Will we know who he is? Are we going to blindly follow the Antichrist? Join Elizabeth Weyers as she discovers more about the Nostradamus Effect and the coming of the antichrist. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://www.historyhit.com/why-were-the-early-middle-ages-called-the-dark-ages/ https://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture https://www.google.com/search?q=divine+right+of+kings&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS901US901&oq=divine+right+&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0j0i433j0l3j69i60l2.6979j1j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

We are obsessed with death and dying. But we also fear it. We are trying to find ways to get out of it, ways to alter science and live longer, to be brought back, ways to defy the great gift of life we were given. It is a radiant addiction that humans have, and the only thing that humans seem to be more obsessed with is death, which is to figure out what comes next. What happens after death despite what religion you are or what you believe in or don't believe in is a common thought to wonder what happens after you die. Is it the only pearly gates or a fiery inferno? Or do we simply not exist? What of Nirvana, or Heaven? The idea of an afterlife makes the idea of death more bearable, for when we die and for when our loved ones do. The notion that they are in a better place, and that we might see them again makes the fact that they are dead a little more bearable. But regardless of the way that we go or what afterlife that we believe in, if any, most religions have a common theme that our life will come to an end as we know it in some kind of cataclysmic armageddon that will lead to the coming of evil. And in the Christian Faith, that evil is known as The Anti-Christ. But, in order to figure out who this antichrist is and when they will be coming to start the beginning of the end we first have to understand the Devil and the religion in which he originates. But the Devil is a trickster and is waiting to pounce on the opportunity to fool us all, so we will have to go back to the beginning. The beginning of Christianity and retrace the steps of this fallen angel to figure out what kind of grip he has on our world today, and perhaps deceive the great deceiver himself. Join Elizabeth Weyers as she discovers more about the origin of Christianity and the Stain of Evil in our world Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://www.history.com/topics/middle-ages/saint-joan-of-arc#section_3 https://www.historyhit.com/why-were-the-early-middle-ages-called-the-dark-ages/ https://www.vox.com/culture/22358153/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-conspiracy-theories-explained https://thesatanictemple.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

The Fear of asylums runs deep in our culture as Americans, and really runs in the bones of most of humanity. You have to admit there is something creepy and odd about abandoned buildings with peeling paint, chipped windows, that are overgrown, outdated, and neglected. By the looks of our media and entertainment we seem to tell a different story, we seem to keep one of the darkest and most overlooked parts of our history alive through movies, books, and TV. We as a population have seemed to determine that stories that take place inside mental health facilities will not be scary as they seem to always depict a place that is seemingly a prison facility rather than a hospital. Symbolically they represent a lack of one's control whether that is inside one's mind or from those who refuse the consistent pleas of sanity. The psychological horror genre thrives in this setting and the fluorescent-lit corridors and rotting buildings that we see today and horrible conditions that the history of these locations give us; it is no doubt that asylums are the perfect setting to stack terrifying tales. And that is exactly what the horror genre is supposed to do right? Reflect fears and failings of society, and it has worked for the last century through the depictions of Asylums, and I suspect that it will continue to do so for years to come because what it depicts is the truth, reality, history, real. What is scarier than the horror genre if not reality. Join Elizabeth Weyers as she discovers why humans are so interested in this particular horror setting. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/mental-health/473223-fear-of-insane-asylums-runs-deep-in-our-culture https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/asylums-in-horror-from-the-cabinet-of-dr-caligari-to-bedlam-and-beyond https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonehearst_Asylum https://medhum.med.nyu.edu/view/285 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkham Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

The mind is a curious place, and the human mind is one that is far from being understood, even with today's modern medicine we cannot seem to figure it out. The brain is so complicated that it does not even understand itself. But oh have we tried to understand the mind, to learn its facets, to fix it, change it in some way. Today even with our modern medicine and technology mental health is still a sensitive subject and affects 1 in every 5 adults in America alone. But we have not always thought of mental health in this way, there is a dark past that echoes in the halls of the hospitals and facilities we use today. Only a few decades ago people suffering from mental illness were considered freaks, or moronic, or insane, or other nasty slurs that I would rather not say. And it is good to see how far we have come but we cannot deny that the politeness and human treatment of people suffering from mental health illness is something that is relatively new. Join Elizabeth Weyers as she tells the story of the history of the mental health institution and peers into the dark past of America to look for the lesson history is waiting for us to learn and finding out just how far we have come. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Research- https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/how-nellie-bly-went-undercover-to-expose-abuse-of-the-mentally-ill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_tfPWAq-8 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital https://cvltnation.com/horrifying-psychiatric-treatments-from-the-age-of-reason/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conversion_therapy https://www.talkspace.com/blog/history-inhumane-mental-health-treatments/ http://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Woodward_State_School_%26_Hospital Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers

Every day has become a "Celebration" in our world, cake, ice cream, and sugar have become a routine part of our diet that we cannot seem to get rid of. They are like a bad ex that we just keep coming back to. Learn how Liv Whisler combats late-night-cravings, squashes her lactose intolerance, and changes the way that we look at diets, weight loss, and heath, creating an end goal that is more about a happy body than an altered body because your value as a person does not go down as the scale numbers go up. Join Elizabeth Weyers for another great episode of OddBallers as she is joined with entrepreneur, health coach, social media influencer, and volunteer fire-fighter Liv Whisler as they continue to discuss Health Oddities and promote healthy and happy bodies. Follow Us on Instagram- @OddballersPodcast Also, Follow Liv Whisler on Instagram- @liv.whisler Works Discussed: Dr. David's "Grain Brain"  Music Credit-- OddBallers Theme- Elizabeth Weyers