The Raising Spirits and Wildlings Podcast

So sorry this one is super late, meant to get it out before the holidays, but ya know life happens. Donna takes us to Appalachia to meet a terrifying creature that will definitely give you nightmares!

Happy Halloween! Donna tells us the curse of Giles Corey and the Salem Witch trials. While his death is famous, his curse is less well known. Donna and I disagree on whether he got his comeuppance or not. 

We are in the BAHAMAS, not really, but that's where the story starts. We are back together after a 6 month hiatus. We check out an elusive cryptid K found in her office bathroom! Super weird creature that is a hybrid of a human and an owl, yes please!!

Epsiode 53 we are in the Sheltand Islands! Donna gets the worst present in the mail ever! We discuss the unfairness of getting old, and once again Kirstin laughs herself into peeing. We meet the Wolver, a kind cryptid who helps those in need.

Welcome to Rhinelander, Wisconsin the home of the Hodag. A completely made up cryptid that is so beloved by its community it is the official mascot. A story of a scam artist and his one of a kind legend!

We are in the American South West to meet with a Cactus Cat! She's hysterically fun, I'd love to hang with her!! She likes a good time but don't get on her bad side!!

This one is a hoot!! We travel to Scotland to meet with the Bean-nighe, warning: there's a lot of tittie talk. This poor misunderstood woman predicts death but having to do laundry all day, I'd be pretty homicidal too. 

HI guys and ghouls! we are in Illinois this week visiting the Enfield Monster, who could in actuality be just an escaped kangaroo, but K's theory is that it may be something the government created and couldn't control. 

Welcome back! We are in Louisiana this week to visit with a freak of nature, The Honey Island Swamp Monster. Would you believe a chimp and an alligator "got it on"? Makes you think....

Sorry for the poor audio on this one, K was having mic trouble but it's Donna's story and it's so good! These little holiday goblins are hysterical! 

This time we are back in Ohio to check out the creepy factor at the Kings Island in Mason, OH. We talk the perfect gift for people who love Cryptids, seasonal cocktails and the importance of running boards on a truck!

Hi All! We are back in Maryland and this is a real treat! Was this a real cryptid or was it an elaborate story told to keep the revenue agents out of the mountains during prohibition? Which ever story you believe it was good enough to catch the attention of the Smithsonian, the Washington Post AND Teddy Roosevelt!

Welcome back to another hilarious episode, this time we are in Germany visiting with an adorable cryptid. Donna finally likes my cocktail but tries to deny Jackalopes are real. Have a listen and a laugh!

Raising Spirits and Wildings Podcast - Episode 43 The Yara-ma-yha-who, in Australia. This is one for the record books, K says He's just her type and Donna explains he's not quite the Casanova K thinks he might be. This guy is HYSTERICAL!! Oh and K pees herself again....

Hi All,  We are back! This is an apology episode for the long delay and an explanation.

Welcome back, this maybe my favourite cocktail yet, and the story isn't bad either. We are back in Ireland to hear about this legendary folklore who is mischievous and sometimes downright gross, lol.  We also talk parenting and K asks for advice from fellow parents on how to broach the subject of losing a parent to a child.  

Think you're clever enough to figure out the cipher and find the buried treasure? K takes us to Virginia, England and through out the southwest of the US in three short tales of buried treasure.

Hey Hey! We are back with another hilarious episode, this time Donna takes us to Australia to visit the oldest cryptid in the down under. K can't decide if they are real or just a bunch of drunk Aussies seeing things. Either way there is a crazy cool tale that ties into K's favourite wine (19 crimes). Have a listen, we hope you enjoy. 

Thanks to one of her listeners we covered an orphanage in Northern Ohio. The truth is ALMOST as bad as the myth. There is a rather unfortunate delay in this recording which leads to some hilarious misunderstandings. ENJOY!!

Welcome back, this time we are in Sweden as Donna butchers another language and tells us the story of a friendly lake monster. Just don't be a Karen and you should be all good.

It's K's turn to tell a tale and it's a cool one! We head to Portugal to try to understand what happened to a ship whose crew disappeared. We cover the theories and folklore, what do you think happened?

Hey, Hey!! Welcome back! This time we are in Michigan, CT and Ohio. Donna tells us a tale of the Melonheads. K gets caught up on the logistics of head size, Donna reminisces on old TV shows, and we introduce the Connecticut Bullfrog cocktail. ENJOY!!

Hi all, Welcome back! K's stepmom visited from Bogota and K took the opportunity to ask her about myths and stories she was told as a child, and there are some real gassers!! 

Welcome back!! This episode we are back in England and a quick trip to Sierra Leone. We visit a little figurine that gets up to some mischief and stumps researchers as to where he came from. 

Hey! Hey! We are back with the second half of world superstitions. There are some good ones and we have a couple of laughs. Listen along and have a chuckle

Hey Hey! Sorry for the delay, but ya know, life happens. This is part one of world superstitions. We visit Africa, India and the Americas. Some of these are just really out there, others make total sense to me. Have a listen and a laugh and let us know what you think!

Welcome back! We are headed to Germany and neighboring countries to meet the Mare, an embodiment of a nightmare, or is it just misunderstood? Honestly some of her actions seem pretty reasonable to me. We trademark the world's most effective alarm clock, and Kirstin has weird dreams about Donna. Enjoy!

Episode 30: We head to NJ to meet the New Jersey Devil, Wildling #3 tells us all about this weird creature that we can't decide might be a demon or possibly some seriously creative taxidermy. You decide! Sorry for the sound quality, I will try to be less loud in the future.

We are going all over the world, and all through time to visit animals that have been accused of committing crimes from the ridiculous to the very perilous. Join us for some laughs and guffaws.

This week we are going to Poland to visit the Rusalka, a Polish mermaid water sprite. K tells us about her roadside find, Russian poetry, dark Disney movies that formed the Gen X mindset and having teenagers that eat like locusts. Enjoy!

Welcome back, we are back in London to meet up with a Victorian creeper called Spring-heeled Jack, this guy is a piece of work! He likes creeping on women, breathing blue flames and wearing helmets and metal fingers. A bunch of hysteria? or an actual person? Donna's cockatiel, Brumby, interrupts the podcast with her insightful thoughts and K tried to imagine what Jack was thinking with his fashion sense. 

Welcome back! we are back in Scotland for some adorable folklore or the Fairy Cat and the Fairy Dog. These guys might seem cute but can also be the harbingers of DEATH, so beware!! 

We are back in DC and Maryland with this episode of a cursed statue. It's a sad tale but also creepy as hell. Some people are just a little TOO obsessed with death and what we leave behind. We chat ABV differences with DC trying to get you drunk, with the cocktail for this episode. 

Welcome back! This time we are headed to the Middle East to meet up a massive elephant eating bird! We have a non alcoholic cocktail for our Muslim listeners, called Arabian Nights. Is it just an over exaggerated fish story OR an extinct creature? 

This one is super creepy, the description alone of this character is terrifying! This episode comes with a great cocktail, the Penicillin.  Donna continues her tradition of horrifying stories, will she EVER do a happy story? I'm definitely gonna have nightmares. We chat new years resolutions, do you have any?

As we prepare for the New Year we chat superstitions and traditions. Some sound dangerous, others just silly. So get your hot guy, grapes and suitcase and give it a listen!

Happy Holidays to all the bad kids out there, this episode is all about the anti-Santa, cause you know every Ying has to have a Yang, and these guys are a lot more fun than Santa. We literally travel the world cause almost every country has a version of this folklore. K's husband gets an updated nickname, Donna keeps Halloween alive year round and we give you two stories and two cocktails to enjoy!!

Welcome to Episode 20!! Sorry for the delay, but like happens and we promise to do better in the future. This week we head back to Scandinavia to meet the Nisse/Tomte a folklore creature associated with Yuletide. He's an opinionated, vengeful creature you don't want to get on the wrong side of. Thanks to Joe and Cassy Lynn who suggested this story!

This is a special mini episode, the wildlings take over the podcast and cover a sneaky spirit from Scotland and a mythological creature that is honorable and courageous. Please join us as our littles help us out this week! 

Welcome to episode 18! We head to Wales and Tasmania. We meet a rap battling horse skull Yuletide tradition. Then we learn about a beautiful gentle creature that may or may not be extinct?

Welcome to Episode 17, Because it's Thanksgiving week and we are thankful for our listeners, you get two stories in one episode. We head to Iceland to meet an evil Catholic Bishop with a "red skin" book and then we are off to England to check out a bitter man and his beloved cursed chair.

Back to Japan for Episode 16, this time we meet K's nemesis but also alter ego.  We talk phobias, K gets all the chills and we feel sorry for K's poor harassed husband. 

We head back to Japan for a hilariously perverted creature who loves BUTTS. These creatures are straight up weirdos who can be fended off with cucumbers and wrestling. Come down the rabbit hole with us as we have another hysterical episode.

This time we head to Greece to talk curses, Typhon (the most badass monster) and the Greek Me Too movement. The cocktail is Ouzo Lemonade, I'd try it! Donna and K learn something new and we discuss having dragon heads as fingertips and how hard it would be to use the bathroom...

Welcome to episode 13, which we thought of calling Donna's terrible, horrible, very bad day. We cover pet fiascos, a pathetically sad cryptid that reminds us of our own teenage years. This may be the funniest episode yet and we are thinking that this cryptid needs to be our podcasts mascot. Can we call our fans Squonkers?

Join us as we head to Appalachia and meet the Wampus Cat. We talk about K's dislike of being outside, Donna makes K pees her pants....again with stories of booger masks and booger dances. We literally had to cut 13 minutes of K laughing hysterically at Donna's story, it's a riot, give it a listen.

Come along as we head to Scandinavia to meet a creature that can't keep its hands to itself, we talk fall themed beers, strange funeral games, don't forget to say White Rabbit on the first of the month, K gets jealous over Donna's apple donuts (Apple House in Linden, VA),  and lazy mom costumes. Happy November!!

We are back with another Halloween episode for this week. We talk about the terrifying urban legend of Northern Virginia. We shop for year round Halloween décor, a possible mascot for the podcast, and the story of gutted rabbits and teenagers. We chat 70's/80's Halloween costumes vs. costumes OUR kids wore.

Happy Halloween week to all! this week we are in Florida and Scotland and Ireland. Turns out Washington Irving didn't come up with the idea of the headless horseman, he borrowed the story and made a new version. Die Hard's, John Maclean has to defeat his son with a small penis and his unfortunate horse, (what is up with killing horses?) and then we travel to Florida and we feel like shit for a poor former slave midwife, who went 'effin crazy and started killing babies. So many buckets of blood... who's up for a visit to this bridge on a full moon?? We talk movies that scarred us as kids, apparently Donna is impervious to fear.

Join us as we head to India, France, England and finally Washington DC as we trace the perilous path of the Hope Diamond and all of its victims.  Kirstin reveals her husbands post mortem wishes and we gain a new appreciation for the USPS workers.

What is the one alcoholic beverage you can never go back to? Come along with us as we head to British Columbia to track down the Ogopogo. All this guy wants is some smoked salmon and sage, I mean can you blame them? We get CRINGEY about things touching us in the water!! There are SO many sightings of water creatures the world over how can you doubt it?  Does K sound like a sex worker? Does Donna sound like a shrill troll? We also cover the superstition of White Rabbit/Black Hare, don't mess with this!!  Thank you to our new listeners in Nebraska, Texas, California, South Carolina, and Australia!!! Thank you so so so much!