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2 episodes with Mary Worth
2 episodes with Mary Worth
2 episodes with Mary Worth
It's back?!? Whatever is back?!? Oh my god no!!! YES!!! Jason is joined by his friends Lisa Sally Haynes and Nick Rehak to discuss the comic strip Mary Worth, how President's Day sales works, and the tale of the mysterious chair in a pond!! It's like they never left! Check out all of our podcasts on our home website www.rabbitholepodcasts.com Support us by giving us a dollar! patreon.com/rabbitholepods Questions, comments, concerns? Email Jason at whateverjasonsoto@gmail.com
Let's finish off 2024 with one of my most hated movies ever, based on the comic strip I hate more than Mark Trail and Mary Worth. It's Dondi, a film that will kill you dead. Important links: Theme song: Strip Search by Neal Gardner. Visit B&S About Movies and email me at bandsaboutmovies@gmail.com. Donate to our ko-fi page.
Ever tried to scare yourself into seeing a bloody screaming woman in the mirror? Well…we might have!! This week Emma tells the haunting legend of Bloody Mary and who she might be. Why is she in our mirrors at every sleepover? Why do we want to see her anyway? And was she so reprehensible in life that she's been doomed to a death of scary servitude? Come find out this week if we are successful in our attempts to scare ourselves! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: The Mother Source on Bloody Mary, her pop culture references, Hanako-san, and Elizabeth Bathory Curious Archive about Mary I Snopes History Collection Lake County Journal on Mary Worth
Today - Are you a fan of the supernatural, yet you can't seem to find any ghosts no matter what you try? Seances, dark closets, and repeating “Mary Worth” have all failed. Well, there's good news. Entrepreneur and software developer Christopher Whitney has created an app to help you locate ghosts directly from your smartphone.Support the show: https://www.myheraldreview.com/site/forms/subscription_services/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
June Brigman June Brigman is an artist known for her lovely work on comic books like Power Pack and the X-Men, comic strips Brenda Starr and Mary Worth, and for being one of the absolute nicest people in comics. Todd talks with her about her life and her work and her time teaching. He also, unconsciously, says “great” a lot. Like, a lot. I didn't count them.
What came first: Bloody Mary the drink, Bloody Mary the game or Bloody Mary the Queen? Fatou and Maz discuss bad cramps, tuberculosis, Catholic scholasticism, revenge letters and more! Email: DinnerPartyHistoryPod@gmail.com Where to Find Us: Fatou's Instagram Fatou's Tiktok Maz's Instagram
Are your sleepovers complete without the chilling game of Bloody Mary? The game's origins are steeped in mystery, intrigue, and eerie folklore. In this episode, we unravel the stories of three historical women who potentially inspired this bone-chilling game. From the turbulent reign of Queen Mary the First to the bloodcurdling tales of Elizabeth Bathory and the enigmatic Mary Worth, we walk you through the bloody corridors of history.Imagine a time when King Henry the Eighth severed ties with the catholic church, setting in motion a series of events that shaped the course of history. Delve into the reign of his daughter, Queen Mary I, infamous for her attempts to restore Catholicism and her reign of terror. You will also hear about the chilling tales associated with Elizabeth Bathory, a noblewoman speculated to have bathed in virgin blood for eternal youth. Then, peruse the life of Mary Worth, whose narrative sways between hero and villain, adding an intriguing layer to the Bloody Mary folklore.Do you know about the Toxler's fading effect? This episode dives into its connection with horror genre in relation to midnight rituals. Exploring its representation in classic horror films, and the modern depiction of the Bloody Mary ritual in popular video games, we take a chilling journey into the murky depths of horror lore. So, buckle up for an episode that promises to keep you on the edge of your seat, daring you to face the enigmatic and horrifying history of Bloody Mary. Tune in now, if you dare!lunaticsproject.comGet Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Listen to the paranormal playlist I curate for Vurbl, updated weekly! Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback. Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.Check out the work of our friend Sheldon Higdon here.SourcesThe Myth of Bloody Mary by Meilan Solly on SmithsonianMagazine.com History.com article, How Henry the VIII's Divorce Led to Reformation by Sarah Pruitt.History.com article, What Inspired Bloody Mary's Gruesome Nickname? By Una Mcilvenna.The Ghost in My Machine article on Bloody MaryA Mental Floss Article by Emily Petsko Bloody Mary: Why We Think We See Faces in The Mirror Wikipedia and Britannica.comThanks to April Brenker for research help! Support the show
How did you invoke Bloody Mary when you were a child? What is the folklore and do you really know who was the real Bloody Mary? There are many myths about how to invoke Bloody Mary by chanting in a mirror. This has been a well-practiced game by children to be able to see her appear as a ghost. Sometimes she appears standing behind you or holding a baby. It is even said she will steal your soul. Could she have been Mary Worth, the witch in the woods providing tinctures and herbal remedies? Could she have been Queen Mary I of England as she was titled the nickname, “Blood Mary,” after she tortured and killed hundreds of Protestants? Join the Witches in an exploration of who could have been the real Bloody Mary. Connect with the Goddesses: https://www.goddesswitchwomb.com Follow us on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/goddesswitchwomb/ Follow us on TikTokhttps://www.tiktok.com/@goddesswitchwomb Divine Feminine Membership: https://mysticharmonymysteryschool.teachable.com/p/membership
The legend of Bloody Mary tells the story of a ghostly figure who appears when summoned in front of a mirror. According to folklore, Bloody Mary was a witch named Mary Worth.Mary's reputation had spread throughout her village, with many assuming her to be a witch as she lived in a small cabin within the forest and sold tinctures and herbal remedies. The locals kept their distance from her, fearing that any interaction with her would result in a curse on themselves or their animals. Those who used her remedies were shunned by the community, leaving Mary to live a life of isolation.Before long, young girls began to vanish mysteriously. Despite their best efforts, the villagers scoured every inch of the area, but found no trace of the missing children. A group of brave souls even dared to venture towards Bloody Mary's cabin in hopes of finding answers but the witch denied any involvement in the disappearances. Strangely, Bloody Mary's appearance had changed drastically; once elderly and worn, she now appeared more youthful and feminine, but despite their suspicions, there seemed to be little they could do.Subscribe to our PATREONEMAIL us your storiesFollow us on YOUTUBEJoin us on INSTAGRAMJoin us on TWITTERJoin us on FACEBOOKVisit our WEBSITEResearch LinkStory One Retelling of this storyStory TwoStory Three Retelling of this storyThanks so much for listening and we'll catch up with you again next week for some more true, scary stories.Sarah and Tobie xx"Spacial Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Castle of Spirits library is chock full of true reader-submitted paranormal accounts spanning 25 years, and in this bonus podcast episode, the Ghostkeepers dip into that burbling cauldron to serve up three real-life encounters with the infamous luminary of urban folklore, Bloody Mary.In "My Sister's Slumber Party," a fun night of scary-story telling ends in the appearance of a shadow person. "Just a Legend?" describes a school bathroom conjuring ritual gone wrong. And in "Bloody Mary Experience," two childhood friends reunite for a trip down memory lane...and end up having a quite unusual experience before a darkened mirror.Links:My Sister's Slumber Party (story)Just a Legend? (story)Bloody Mary Experience (2) (story)The Legend of Bloody Mary (podcast episode)Visit the award-winning Glass Spider Publishing to get your book into the hands of readers worldwide. www.glassspiderpublishing.comDiscover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Librarywww.castleofspirits.com/ghost-storiesSubmit your own true paranormal storywww.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838.Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspiritsTheme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Bloody Mary is a rite of passage for children throughout the world. It is a divination ritual best played in a darkened bathroom with a mirror, a candle, and a small group of friends that invariably ends in screams. Often attributed to such infamous historical luminaries as Queen Mary I, Mary Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth Bathory, she is known by a variety of monikers: Mary Worth, Mary Whales, Mary Jane, Black Agnes, Svarte Madame, Hell Mary, and Toire no Hanako-san. But what's the truth behind the legend? And are there any scientific explanations that support the phenomenon? Ghostkeepers Vince and Jane endeavor to uncover the who, why, and how of this enduring figure of international folklore.Links:Bloody Mary (article)Why the Bloody Mary Illusion Works (The Modern Rogue YouTube video)Visit the award-winning Glass Spider Publishing to get your book into the hands of readers worldwide. www.glassspiderpublishing.comDiscover 4,600+ true ghost stories in the Castle of Spirits Librarywww.castleofspirits.com/ghost-storiesSubmit your own true paranormal storywww.castleofspirits.com/submit OR call 801-436-7838.Watch us on YouTube and follow us on Instagram and Facebook @castleofspiritsTheme Music: "Lightless Dawn" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licensehttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Almost everyone has heard the urban legend of Bloody Mary. As the story goes, this ghastly, murderous spirit can be summoned through your mirror if you stand in the bathroom, turn off the lights, and repeat her name aloud. Some versions of the story claim that she'll drive her summoner insane — while others state that she'll kill or maim them. Ever since this urban legend was first documented in the 1970s, it's shown incredible staying power. For decades, children across the world have reported hearing the tale — with different variations — and enacting the ritual themselves. Some even claim to have actually seen Bloody Mary in the mirror. But how did this creepy story start? Though its exact origins are unknown, there are several real women throughout history who've been linked with this terrifying ghost. They include Mary Worth, an alleged witch who was burned at the stake in the 17th or maybe 19th century, Elizabeth Bathory, a 16th-century Hungarian noblewoman who allegedly killed and tortured hundreds of women and girls, and even the English queen Mary I, who earned the nickname "Bloody Mary" for burning hundreds of Protestants alive in the mid-1500s. Wherever and however this unsettling urban legend began, it remains one of the world's most widely-known ghost stories to this day. Now, let's explore the legend itself, its murky origins, and the women who just might be the real-life Bloody Mary. https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary credits: https://allthatsinteresting.com/podcast-credits Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Our hosts discuss the soap opera newspaper comic strip Mary Worth and Annie proves the fact that Wilbur Weston is the worst man in comics.Annie recommends The Comics Curmudgeon and Mary Worth and Me. Mary Worth can be found online at King Features Syndicate's Comics Kingdom.Show notes (in PDF form) for this episode in particular can be found here for our $5+ patrons. Find bonus content and general shitposting on our Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Josh Fruhlinger is better known to the internet as the Comics Curmudgeon, and for something like 15 years, he's been riffing on the oddities of newspaper comics at https://joshreads.com/ (joshreads.com). If you want to know which Mary Worth character got into a fight with a cat, Josh is your guy. Today on Follow Friday, Josh talks about four of his favorite people he follows online: Someone who's an expert in a very specific niche that he loves: Numble, https://twitter.com/numble (@numble) on Twitter Someone he's followed forever: Katie Notopoulos, https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos (@katienotopoulos) on Twitter Someone he's jealous of: Annie Rauwerda, https://twitter.com/anniierau (@anniierau) and https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki (@depthsofwiki) on Twitter, http://instagram.com/depthsofwiki (@depthsofwiki) on Instagram, and https://www.tiktok.com/@depthsofwikipedia (@depthsofwikipedia) on TikTok Someone he just started following: WHH Haters Posting Their L's Online, https://twitter.com/WHHHLsonline/ (@WHHHLsonline) on Twitter Thank you to our amazing patrons: Jon, Justin, Amy, Yoichi, Elizabeth, Sylnai, Matthias, and Shima. On https://www.patreon.com/followfriday (our Patreon page), you can pledge any amount of money to get access to Follow Friday XL — our members-only podcast feed with exclusive bonus follows. That feed has an extended-length version of this interview in which Josh talks about someone who makes the internet a better place: Today in Tabs writer Rusty Foster. Also: Follow Josh on Twitter https://twitter.com/jfruh/ (@jfruh) and read the Comics Curmudgeon at https://joshreads.com/ (joshreads.com) Follow us @FollowFridayPod on https://twitter.com/followfridaypod (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/followfridaypod/ (Instagram) Follow Eric https://twitter.com/HeyHeyESJ (@heyheyesj) on Twitter This show is a production of Lightningpod.fm, hosted and produced by https://twitter.com/heyheyesj (Eric Johnson) Music: https://www.fiverr.com/yonamarie (Yona Marie) Show art: https://www.fiverr.com/dodiihr (Dodi Hermawan) Social media producer: Sydney Grodin
It's our second Mary Worth live table read! But we cover so much ground before that. Before we even get to our main topics, we talk Valentine's Day rituals, high and low butt cracks, and goat yoga. Then Jay presents his latest Greatest Thing on the Interwebs ("Titanic 2: Jack's Back") and Becca presents installment 4 of "Don't Hug Me, I'm Scared" (RIP, Spaghetti/Squid Guy?). And finally, Tice directs a gender-blind performance of the recent storyline from the funny pages' "Mary Worth", in which loathsome narcissist Wilbur Weston gets into a turf war with his lady-friend's cat and gets dumped for it. Will Mary Worth do the horrible thing and help patch things up between the two of them? Of course, she will, but not without suffering through a karaoke fight. Becca Harney as Wilbur, Jay Tilley as Mary/Estelle, Tice as Various. Listen as we all increasingly overact thanks to the strip's erratic use of bold-face. You'll learn nothing, except maybe that interior monologue always sounds like Bane.
HALLOWEEN WARNING: This episode contains some pretty grim elements including a curse and (most likely fictional) harm to children. Listener discretion is advised. The extraterrestrial comedy podcast where we probe Bloody Mary because it's pumpkin season babbyyyyyyyy. On special occasions such as Halloween, we take a break from the aliens and #probe more widely paranormal events. Today, we ask who is Bloody Mary? Is Bloody Mary the allegedly true herbal witch of the 1200's Mary Worth, or Queen Mary Tudor of 1500's England? Or maybe both? Both origin stories are probed to completion. We also cover a true sighting from a reputable internet source. Along the way, we get slightly sidetracked by a conversation that wasn't really scary but was definitely disturbing. We also debate what we'd do if Mary came for us (guess which one of us would poop their pants). Finally… Will Moonwalker summon Bloody Mary live? Don't mess with the spirit world. All that and more on this week's file. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/butitwasaliens Store: https://butitwasaliens.co.uk/shop/ Some Bloody Mary sightings: https://the-line-up.com/9-chilling-bloody-mary-stories Probe us: Email: butitwasaliens@gmail.com Instagram @ ButItWasAliensPodcast Twitter @ ButItWasAliens Facebook: @ ButItWasAliens - join Extraterrestrial Towers Music: Music created via Garageband. Additional music via: https://freepd.com - thank you most kindly good people.
In Miss X's childhood, it seemed to be the thing for children to tell others to stand in front of a mirror, recite words, and they would 'see' Mary Worth, a folklore figure that we delve into tonight. How did this tradition develop, and why? Was this a real person?? Whether or not you heard of the very strange ritual or not, listen to Night Owls radio to find out more.
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A roller-coaster episode for sure! First, Jay shares the story of "Remember the Titans" star Ethan Suplee, and talks weight loss and body dysmorphia as a continuation of his Jay-brain series. Then, Tice directs Becca and Jay through a dramatic reading of a recent storyline of Mary Worth, the long-running newspaper drama-strip about a shade-throwing old biddy fixing everybody's problems. This plot brings back memories for Jay, as it features a handsome dude who just can't stop trying to rescue dysfunctional young women, and everyone takes note of a trope in Mary Worth in which every time someone below middle-class is shown, they are surrounded by squalor, filth, decay and splintered relationships. The story escalates into a coffee-tossing slap-fight, and Tice gets so into the role of fowl-mouthed Shawna that he drops a bomb that makes Becca drop her knitting!If you want to catch up on the best of Mary Worth, or see the comics we are reading, go to The Comics Curmudgeon, where Josh reads the comics so you don't have to. His commentary on this Mary Worth plotline can be found here.And the full clip of Ethan Suplee discussing body dysmorphia and his weight loss journey on The Joe Rogan Experience can be found here.
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(https://followfridaypodcast.com/alexandra-petri (A full transcript of this episode is available at FollowFridayPodcast.com)) Washington Post humorist and avowed pun enthusiast Alexandra Petri writes columns with headlines like, "Are you a https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/01/are-you-brood-x-cicada-or-just-someone-emerging-pandemic-isolation/ (Brood X cicada), or just someone emerging from pandemic isolation?"; "We must get https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/04/09/we-must-get-everyone-america-yacht-protect-them-gun-violence/ (everyone in America a yacht) to protect them from gun violence!"; and "I do not wish to learn anything more about https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/19/jan-6-commission-republicans-wealthy-husband-near-death/ (my wealthy husband's near demise) (which would have been sad)." Her interests extend far beyond comedy and wordplay, however. Today on Follow Friday, she talks about being a diehard fan of newspaper comics, what she learned from visiting a UFO convention, why philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau was a "nightmare person," and more. Alexandra also talks with Eric Johnson about four people she follows online: A self-proclaimed https://joshreads.com/ ("comics curmudgeon") who has hot takes about Mark Trail and Mary Worth; an https://twitter.com/AstroKatie (astrophysicist) studying how the universe might suddenly end (whatever!); a https://www.youtube.com/user/Aylingater77 (mysterious YouTuber) who reads creepy stories from Wikipedia and Reddit; and a https://twitter.com/meakoopa (literature phD) who also celebrates trashy movies like 2019's "Cats." Follow us: - Alexandra is https://twitter.com/petridishes (@petridishes) on Twitter, https://www.facebook.com/petrifying/ (@petrifying) on Facebook, and https://www.instagram.com/thisusernameisterrible/ (@thisusernameisterrible) on Instagram - This show is @followfridaypod on https://twitter.com/followfridaypod (Twitter), https://www.instagram.com/followfridaypod/ (Instagram), and https://www.tiktok.com/@followfridaypod/ (TikTok) - Eric is https://twitter.com/heyheyesj (@heyheyesj) on Twitter Like the show? Please visit https://lovethepodcast.com/followfriday (LoveThePodcast.com/FollowFriday) and leave a review on any of the platforms listed there. Your review encourages new listeners to take a chance on Follow Friday. Subscribe to https://bumblecast.fm/newsletter (the free BumbleCast email newsletter) — big news coming soon! Theme song written by Eric Johnson, and performed by https://www.fiverr.com/yonamarie (Yona Marie). Show art by https://www.fiverr.com/dodiihr (Dodi Hermawan). Additional music by https://www.purple-planet.com/ (Purple Planet Music).
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A dangerous game where children summon a pissed off spirit…Mirrors that are portals to a ghostly realm…Watch out- Mary Worth is going to get you…This is the legend of Bloody Mary- your favorite slumber party gameHOSTED BY: Aimee BrooksCHECK OUT THE WEBSITE:https://www.creepypodcast.comBONUS PODCASTS, VIDEOS AND POSTS FOR PATREON FANS:https://www.patreon.com/creepypodcastCONNECT:https://www.instagram.com/creepypodcast/https://www.instagram.com/missaimeebrooks/https://www.facebook.com/Aimee-Keeps-It-Creepy-Podcast-108668844044575https://twitter.com/Creepy_PodcastWIN STUFF:https://www.creepypodcast.comFOR THE MOST AMAZING ARTISAN CANDLES, check out A Candle Story:https://www.acandlestory.comIF YOU HAVE A CREEPY PARANORMAL OR TRUE CRIME STORY THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE ON THE SHOW, PLEASE EMAIL A BRIEF DESCRIPTION TO: info@creepypodcast.comA special thanks to the following people who make this show possible with their profound creativity:PRODUCER: Rick La FondSOUND ENGINEER: Jason CrowDon’t forget to keep it creepy!
Bloody Mary is probably a name you have heard before or even a spooky game you played as a child. In this episode we are diving into the history of "Bloody Mary" to find out just where it may have originated. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thecrypticcorner/support
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We’ve all heard about the legend of “Bloody Mary”. She’s the evil bitch that visits your woman once a month, usually when you have vacation plans and turns your girl into a monster for a week or so. Oops… wrong. Wrong story. That’s my fault. Sorry, Ladies.No! Bloody Mary is a ghost of sorts that is said to appear when you look into a mirror and say her name three times. There are quite a few variations of the story. Some say she tries to drag you into the mirror. Others say that you don’t even need a mirror. You can just go into a dark closet and summon her. Either way, let’s see what we can find on this sinister old bag.History claims that the ritual was performed by a young woman with a mirror and a candle walking backwards up a flight of darkened stairs, which sounds extremely dangerous. I wouldn’t recommend this while drinking THAT VOUDOUX!. As the tale mentions, it was Bloody Mary, also known as the tormented spirit of Queen Mary I. Her evil soul had been trapped in the mirror for burning over 280 protesters at the stake in the middle ages and she would predict these young ladies futures. As the woman ascends the stairs, backwards mind you, with a candle in one hand and a small mirror in the other, she's hoping to see that Bloody Mary will show her the reflection of her future husband's face. However, if she sees a skull, odds are… that bitch gonna die before she gets married.As time goes on and people progress, or progressively get dumber, the tale of Bloody Mary changed. It was no longer the evil Queen Mary I. No, this new woman was “Mary Worth” and you no longer had to walk backwards up stairs, with candles, in the dark while looking for your husband’s face. Now, you had to enter a darkened room with a mirror and say one of the following: either “I believe in Mary Worth”, “Bloody Mary” or my favorite “FUCK YOU BITCH I AIN”T AFRAID OF YOU!” I made up that last one, but you should still try it. Now, the amount of times you need to repeat her name changes from three to thirteen. Which, 13 being a historically evil number kind of makes sense. So, who the fuck was Mary Worth?There isn’t a ton of information on Mary Worth but what I did find is that during the civil war, in Chicago, there once lived a witch named, you guessed it… “Mary Worth”. Legend has it that she used to live on the old wagon road and would abduct slaves, keeping them in her barn, doing whatever it is that witches do to slaves in that time period. Maybe they were sex slaves. Maybe they were making brooms for the other witches. Or maybe, just maybe… she skinned them alive and used their flesh to keep her youthful appearances. No one really knows…As it always happens, the locals got fed up with Mary’s bullshit and yoked that sex craved cannibal up by her new broomstick and tied her to a fucking stake. They lit that fucker up and Mary was heard screaming “HOLY SHIT THIS IS HOT!” I’m paraphrasing, of course. Actually, as she was burning, she cursed the villagers and told them that whoever dared to utter her name in a mirror, her spirit would return to wherever they summoned her from to exact her revengeAs the story goes, they buried Mary on her own farm and some decades later, a farmer and his wife had purchased the land where she had been laid to rest, building their home on the very foundation where Mary’s barn once stood, the barn where she once practiced her supposed “black magic”. Not having any fucks to give, the farmer cleared the land to grow oats.Strange things started happening around their home, especially after the farmer moved a stone from the yard that was suspected of being Mary Worth’s unmarked headstone and put it around his house, as a stepping stone. Dishes began to fall and break by themselves, objects moved on their own and even the farmer's wife had been locked in the barn without any indication how it happened. The farmer began to give a fuck or two and attempted to return the stone to where he had found it, hoping to end the curse. Unfortunately, this was not the case. The house burned to the ground in 1989 and several houses have been burned down since then, whenever someone attempts to build and live on Mary’s land.So what happens in this version of the tale? Legend says that if you say her name three times in a mirror she’ll appear, take your soul for her own and rip yours to shreds in the process. She’ll leave your soul to burn, just like she was left to burn by the villagers and worst of all, you’ll be subjected to an eternity trapped in the mirror.Speaking of mirrors, let’s discuss some mirror based folklore and legends that have transpired throughout the ages. Why are mirrors linked to so many different superstitions and tales? We know that in Snow White, that shitty bitch the queen would look into her magic mirror and get some updates on the future and seemingly get lied to. Would have been great if she asked “Who’s the fairest of them all?” and the mirror just started laughing and blurted out “Not you, you ol hag!” Anyway.Being able to use a mirror to foretell the future seems to have been first mentioned in the bible, in 1st Corinthians 13 where it says: “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” Some people a hell of a lot smarter than I am seem to think that has something to do with a mirror n shit. I dunno. I’m not a doctor.In 1787, the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote about standing in front of a mirror, eating an apple with a lit candlestick in order to make a spirit appear. Sounds right. During Halloween in the British Isles, they used to believe that they could look into a mirror and perform a nonverbal ritual to see whom you would marry, in the future. Probably a middle finger or something. There also used to be a superstition that all mirrors had to be turned away or covered if a deceased person were being transported nearby. Some thought it was out of respect, others believed the uncovered mirrors would open a gateway into hell, it’s self. Kind of like how Jeff feels when he enters best buy.Breaking a mirror, it is said, will bring you 7 years of bad luck. Moody must have destroyed an entire mirror store when he was younger. This superstition goes back to the Romans who thought life renewed every seven years, thus if you broke a mirror, your soul would be fucked for that time period. However, the slaves of early America believed that you could gather the pieces of the broken mirror, and soak them in a south flowing river for 7 hours in order to lift the 7 year curse. Another remedy says that you could grind the shards into a fine powder, eliminating any reflections, what-so-ever and snorting them through a Hundred dollar bill. It’s said you could bury the fragments, as well. Please don’t snort mirror dust, people. That part was a joke. Many times, a very twisted spirit attaches to the mirror. Many mentally sick people, like psychopaths, have a narcissistic disorder. They spend a lot of time looking at themselves in mirrors. They’re vain, vapid and evil.Mirrors capture the essence of these people. When an evil person projects that much energy into their image, it’s bound to get locked into the mirror. A link to the spirit is now forged. - ghostly activities.com… thought this was interestingMirrors once held a very prominent part of the world of magic. Practitioners of magic would use the mirror for “Scrying”, basically eavesdropping on someone, somewhere else, and for communicating. Catoptromancy, or enoptromancy, was a ritual where mirrors were used to predict the future. In ancient Greece othey would lower a mirror on a thin thread towards a body of water until the edge of the mirror barely touched. They would then gaze into the reflections of both the mirror and the water, predicting the future and that there would be 6 more weeks of winter.You know what they say about Vampires and Demons, right? They cannot see their reflection in a mirror because mirrors were once considered to be able to show a person’s “real soul”. Well, if you don’t have a soul, you won’t see your reflection. Makes sense. Or does it? I don’t know. Moving on.According to “Weekinweird.com”, here are a few more superstitions involving mirrors:• If a new couple first catch sight of each other in a mirror, they will have a happy marriage.• To see an image of her future husband, a girl was told to eat an apple while sitting in front of a mirror, then brush her hair. While doing so, an image of the man would appear behind her shoulder.• If you feel sorrowful or troubled while home alone, with no one to talk to and no apparent way to control your depression, stand before a mirror and gaze into your eyes. Your anxiety should disappear.• Ancient Chinese believed that mirrors frightened away evil spirits who were scared by their own appearance. If the mirror was broken, the protection was lost.Needless to say, there are a vastly larger number of negative superstitions related to mirrors, including such things as:• If a mirror falls and breaks by itself, someone in the house will soon die.• Someone seeing their reflection in a room where someone has recently died, will soon die themselves.• Actors believe that it is bad luck to see their reflection while looking over the shoulder of another person.• Ideally, no mirror should be hung so low that it “cuts off” the tallest household member’s head (doing so may cause headaches).There’s even a curse about a “black mirror” that can assist with “Scrying”, kind of like a crystal ball, that once peering into it can show you your dark future. It’s been known to show a person’s decomposing self and in others, just a complete sense of dread and disdain.I read someplace when i was younger that if you have a mirror or mirrors that are constantly dirty or foggy that it's a sign they or the house is hauntedSince we’re talking about lore involving mirrors, and with the reboot of this iconic movie coming out soon, we have to mention “Candyman”. The movie is partly based on the legend of Bloody Mary. You stand in front of a mirror, say the name “Candyman” 3 times and he comes out and guts you with his hook. Pleasant. I absolutely love the original but… I don’t want to talk about THAT Candyman. If you scare easily or don’t like to hear about true crime and it’s horrible realization that people can do the most vile things imaginable, perhaps you should turn this episode off, or at least skip ahead. You’ve been warned.Dean Arnold Corll was born on December 24th, 1939 in Fort Wayne Indiana. His parents moved to Pasadena, TX and divorced shortly after. At a young age, Corll’s mother and stepfather started a candy company called “Pecan Prince” where Corll worked with his younger brother, even while still in school. He was an ok student who didn’t misbehave, was kind of quiet and loved playing the trombone in the brass band.Graduating in 1958, Corll’s family opened an actual candy shop. He briefly moved away but returned to Houston in 1962 to help his family with the candy business. Shortly after, his mother divorced his stepfather and started her own candy business named “Corll Candy Company” where Dean was appointed vice president until a teenage male employee went to his mother claiming that Corll had made sexual advances at him. Momma fired her oldest boy for being a fuckin creep and he was drafted into the US Army shortly after.Following his time in the Army, Corll returned home and momma allowed creepy Dean to have his job back. In 1965, the company moved to a different location, right across the street from an Elementary school. Corll would give candy to the kids from the school, paying special attention to the young boys. Of course, the neighborhood started calling him “Candy Man” and his and momma’s candy company would employ young teenage boys as part of their small workforce. Creepy Dean acted even more creepy and provocative toward some of these employees, going as far as putting in a pool table in the back of the candy factory to bring in more young males, as well as the boys working there.In 1967, 28 year old Corll met 12 year old David Brooks and became friends. THE FUCK! They hung out all of the time and by 1969, Corll was paying young Brooks to allow him to um, do things to his, ya know… nether region... DOUBLE FUCK! I told you guys…This is rough. whew! Ok. That’s enough of that. Bottom line, Brooks and another kid, Elmer Henly, eventually were convinced to help super fuckin creepy pedophile Corll abduct, torture and murder no less than 28 13-20 year old young men between 1970 and 1973. They would lure the dudes back with hopes of money, drugs and alcohol where super, extra, fucked up and twisted creepy pedophile Corll would sexually assault, torture and kill them. Some of these victims were Brooks and Henly’s fucking FRIENDS!! I fucking hate this guy.Well, there is some good news in this. On August 8th, 1973, Henly and another buddy of his, who was supposed to be Corll’s next fucking victim, picked up another friend of his, Rhonda Williams, a 15 year old girl who had just been beaten by her drunken piece of shit dad, and henley, his buddy and Rhonda all went back to Corll’s house. Yeah, Corll flipped his psychotic lid when he saw that Henley brought a female to his house and Henley had to explain that she had just gone through some shit and just needed a place to chill. Corll relaxed and allowed them to party at his place until the 3 youngins all passed out.When they awoke, super fucked up and beyond creepy pedophile Corll had them all tied up, bound and gagged screaming that he couldn’t believe that Henley would bring a chic to his house and how he was going to kill all three of them. He even attempted to force Henley to cut off Rhonda’s clothes and rape her! But…Henley quickly grabbed Corll’s pistol and told him that he’d gone too far. He pleaded with Corll saying that he couldn’t keep doing it and allowing him kill all of his friends. Corll’s response? “Kill me Wayne”, as he walked closer. “You won’t do it”. BANG…One shot to the head but it didn’t penetrate.Corll walked closer, still.BANG! BANG!He hit Corll in the shoulder.Corll ran away into the hallway where he hit the wall and stumbled over.Creepy, piece of shit, pedophile, scumbag, shithead Corll died right where he landed. Naked and bloody.The end of the REAL Candy Man.I know that I left out quite a bit about this mother fucker but we’re a comedy podcast and the details of this shit is just too fucking dark. There are plenty of true crime podcasts that discuss this piece of shit, in great detail, so you passengers can research that if you’d like. But in all seriousness, FUCK THIS ASSHOLE. he Midnight Train Podcast is sponsored by VOUDOUX VODKA.www.voudoux.com Gamer Glamwww.facebook.com/gamerglamer Find The Midnight Train Podcast:www.themidnighttrainpodcast.comwww.facebook.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.twitter.com/themidnighttrainpcwww.instagram.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.discord.com/themidnighttrainpodcastwww.tiktok.com/themidnighttrainp And wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts. 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S5 Ep. 5: Through A Glass, Darkly Hello ODDPod listeners and welcome back to another episode. This week, I'd like to introduce you to Mary Worth, otherwise known as Bloody Mary (depending on who you ask) and the urban legends surrounding this common childhood experience. The ODDentity Podcast is brought to you on a weekly basis by host Janine Mercer. The podcast is written, produced, and edited by Janine Mercer (unless otherwise stated), and the music is provided by Garage Band. Find the odd pod on Twitter and Instagram @oddentitypod and on Facebook as The Oddentity Podcast. You are welcome to email suggestions for future episodes to theoddentitypodcast@gmail.com and if you'd like a transcript of this episode, one will be available at theoddentitypodcast.wordpress.com. Please take a moment to leave a 5* review on iTunes and, if you haven't already, please make sure to mash that Subscribe button to be sure you're in the know when a new episode drops. Sincerest thanks to those who have promoted The ODDentity Podcast to their family, friends, and coworkers. Every little bit helps! Sources: https://www.liveabout.com/bloody-mary-in-the-mirror-3299478 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/making-sense-chaos/201408/monsters-in-the-mirror-no-really-literal-monsters https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87625/brief-history-chain-letter https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/money/news/a41819/holiday-wine-exchange-facebook/ https://www.inverse.com/culture/sir-john-tenniel-illustrations-most-haunting-punch-alice-in-wonderland https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/ https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary Dundes Article http://home.iscte-iul.pt/~fgvs/Dundes%20bloody.pdf [Bloody Mary in the Mirror: A Ritual Reflection of Pre-Pubescent Anxiety Author(s): Alan Dundes Source: Western Folklore, Vol. 57, No. 2/3 (Spring - Summer, 1998), pp. 119-135 Published by: Western States Folklore Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1500216 Accessed: 29/2/2020 3:12:37 PM CST]
Hey Campers, get away from the mirror and back over to the fire, we got some stories to tell. This week we cover one of the oldest folk legends to ever spice up a sleepover or ruin a perfectly good white shirt , Bloody Mary. We also tell you about another heavy hitter as we cover the deadliest shape of them all, the triangle...well the Bermuda Triangle, and all the mysteries surrounding it.CAMPSTRANGE.COMINSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK / TWITTER
Bloody Mary , an origin storydrop on by and have a look at Bizarre podcasts brand new websiteWww.bizarrepodcast.comhere you listen to every episode ever released, contact the show and read the blog also available on all good podcast apps in your android also available on apple podcastshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bizarre-podcast/id1441262859https://www.facebook.com/groups/2262776690459186/https://www.instagram.com/bizarrepodcast/https://twitter.com/bizarre_podcastHere are some links to the articles i researchedhttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bloody-mary-story/https://people.howstuffworks.com/bloody-mary-legend.htmhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-maryhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troxler's_fadinghttp://mythical-and-paranormal-blog.blogspot.com/2012/05/mary-worth-and-origin-of-bloody-mary.html?m=1https://youtu.be/K7bgUPh4sHo AndroidBloody Mary (not the drink ) is possible one of the better known urban legends out there , but if your not familiar with the spooky game , let me give you a bit of insight .Its a game, that if played correctly can summon a evil terrifying ghost of a woman who will haunt your dreams forever or worse.To play the creepy game you are required to stand in a dark room , your only source of light coming from a singly lit candle, and then you gaze into a mirror , and begin to say aloud, her name ,three times , 'Bloody Mary , Bloody Mary , Bloody Mary Then as you peer into the mirror the ghost of Mary is supposed to appear behind you , some times appearing as a corpse , a witch, or completely covered in blood. Some times holding a dead baby She will then either strike you down dead , or let out a soul chilling scream from the other side of the mirror, curse at you,or even lunge out of the mirror to claw away at your eyes , strangle you and drink all of your blood , or be dragged into the mirror where you will spend the rest of your days living on the other side of the glass.The story is pretty much universal , but there are some differences from different regions For example in some regions it is said that Mary's name has to be spoken not 3 times but 13.Also the chant is said have different versions such as "I BELIEVE IN MARY WORTH""KATHY COME OUT ""BLOODY MARY I STOLE YOUR BABY""BLOODY MARY I KILLED YOUR BABY"Mary has also been known to have many more different names , according to snopes.com Here are a few •Bloody bones •Mary Worthington •Mary whales •Mary Johnson•Mary Lou •Mary Jane •Sally•Kathy •Agnes•Black Agnes •Aggie •Svarte madame As terrifying as this game sounds, it is still a popular game to play especially in teenage circles, you get the impression its with girls mainly ,but of course boys do play as well .And especially at this time of year , which is Halloween when i wrote this article .I was having a look at some popular urban legends , and this one seems to first on the list most of the time.And it got me thinking , everything has an origin , which also got me wondering , what is the origin of Bloody Mary , And if the ghost of this malevolent entity can be explained by science and the working of the brain , or is there some supernatural force at play .So lets dive right in and find out some of the possible origin stories that created this urban legend , this disturbing game , or possibly a real being .and look at some reasons it all could be baloney .In early versions of the game , the whole reason behind playing was for young girls to get a peek into there future and be given a glimpse of their future husband.In this version of the game you were suppose to play in a dark house , like the modern version you would light a candle and peer into a mirror , but this time it would have to be a hand mirror , because this version required you to be looking into the mirror whilst walking up the stairs backwards.If all went well the player would see the face of there future husband in the glass.But there was also a chance of seeing a screaming skull or the Grim reaper , which indicated death before you had the chance to meet your husband to be .So where does the Bloody Mary legend come from , is she based on one particular person ,Well actually there are a few possibilities starting with a witch called Mary worth.Now you remember that alternative chant i mentioned earlier?"i Believe in Mary worth"Well it would seem that a Mary Worth was the name of a witch who lived on the old wagon road ,in Chicago , Illionois during the civil war .The story goes that Mary would kidnap runaway slaves and keep them in her barn and practice her satanic rituals on them which always ended in death ,When the locals eventually learned what Mary was doing they took the law into there own hands , which resulted in the witch being dragged from her farm house and burned at the stake , on her own property ,and the corpse was left there for the birds to pick away at what ever was left.Some time later the the witches farm land was purchased by a farmer and his wife , it is said that the couple built there new home where the witches barn used to be .One day the the farmer came across a stone when digging out a field , he thought the stone would make a great stepping stone and relocated it else where on his property which seemed to cause absolute mayhem They started to experience strange happenings such as getting locked in the house or barn , items being thrown around there home, Realising that they probably removed a grave stone of the witch , the farmer decided to replace the stone , only problem was , he couldn't remember where he had gotten it from in the first place , so the paranormal activity continued until the house was burned to the ground in 1986 due to arson.Many believe that Mary worth is the origin of bloody Mary.But there are a few other theories.Another woman believed to be Mary isQueen Mary the 1st .Who reined over England in 1953 until her death in 1958.It was in this time that Mary ruthlessly ,had several hundred Protestants murdered, in an attempt to restore Christianity in England.It was because of this she was given the name Bloody Mary by the public , especially the protestants .Also its worth mentioning that queen Mary never had children and suffered many false pregnancies up until the day she died.Maybe this is the reason some use the chant "Mary i have your baby "Or "Mary i killed your baby "Whilst staring into the mirror .Because of her ruthless ways and cruel intent Queen Mary is often thought of when they think of the urban legend .Another theory is that the the Hungarian countess Elizabeth Bathory who was born in 1560 and murdered at least 650 young women between 1585 and 1609.Guinness world records, actually says that she is the most prolific female murderer ever .Many of the her victims where young servant girls and peasants girls who were lured to there doom with a promise of payment , or just abducted .the girls were mainly , 10 to 14 years old.When the countess was eventually brought to court for her crimes , grim detail emerged as to what happened to the hundreds of young girls who were brutally slaughtered .An incredible 300 witnesses came forward, and gave some shocking details .Bathoroy was said to have carried out the following cruelties on the young girls .Beatings, burning of there flesh , mutilation of the hands , she liked to bite chunks of flesh from there face , arms and legs and other places , she liked submerse them in freezing cold water and pur honey all over them followed by biting ants.It was also said the the countess was known to bathe in the blood of virgins in a attempt to keep her youth , although the tales of the bathing in blood came long after the trial and there is no evidence of this in the actual court files .However the bathing in blood might explain the link with the Bloody Mary legend and the spirit appearing covered in blood,Bathoroy was placed in solitary confinement and kept in a set of rooms which where bricked up inside cachtice castle ,with only small slits for ventilation and food . fours years later she died in that bricked up room , Another theory is that the origin of the bloody Mary game may not have started centuries ago , but in more modern times,But this is more of a Urban legend in its self .This tale begins when a young woman named Mary worth was involved in a awful car crash , leaving her face horribly mutilated. Before the crash it is said the young woman was very beautiful and would stare into her reflection every day.But after the crash, looking in the mirror became a painful experience for Mary and she eventually started to loose her mind , and one day decided to walk into the mirror and terrorize her victims from the other side .Its probably safe to say this didn't happen , did it ?
Greetings, comic strip enthusiasts! In this episode, Worthiteers Chris (@AceComics) and Reggie (@reggiereggie) peer into the salacious world of Santa Royale when they read a run of Mary Worth comic strips from 2006 by Karen Moy and Joe Giella! After picking apart the history of Mary Worth, and detailing this strip's trappings, they read every daily strip from July 2 to October 17, 2006, in which a new person moves into the neighborhood–and Mary Worth's life! Then, our newsies talk about other times comic strips tackled subjects taken from the headlines of the day, and even reveal a current storyline in Funky Winkerbean, which has yet to be resolved (as of this recording!) It's a real nail-biter, you don't want to miss it! weirdcomicshistory@gmail.com chrisandreggie.com @cosmictmill chrisisoninfiniteearths.com
Content note: mention of suicide, anti-semitism In this week's belated episode, I talk about the witches of Whitewater, the Morris Pratt Institute, and how traditional views of what's 'weird' shift throughout time. Don't forget to check out the True Crime Podcast Festival in Chicago. Look, I know it's not until July, but it was SNOWING today and I need something to look forward to in my new older age. Photo of the Morris Pratt Institute from Wisconsin Historical Images Resources Second Salem Whitewater college paper on hauntings Spine-tingling tales from a weird site Roots of Whitewater's witch lore Whitewater Historical Society on the Morris Pratt Institute WPR piece on the MPI MPI site In Frightening Times, Witchcraft Rediscovers Its Political Roots You can’t control the government—but you can hex it Why millennials are ditching religion for witchcraft and astrology Intimate photos of modern-day witches across America 9 Myths About Witchcraft That Modern-Day Witches Like Me Are Tired of Hearing Anti-Semitic Legends Why Do Witches Wear Pointy Hats? Transcript Welcome to another edition of the Spooky Sconnie Podcast, the podcast that talks about everything, wonderfully creepy, spooky, criminal, and weird in the state of Wisconsin. I'm your host, Kirsten Schultz. And before we dive in to today's very interesting topic, I do just want to remind everybody that I will be at the true crime podcast festival in Chicago that's coming up in July on the 13th. It's a Saturday, it's just the one day, but it's like all day. We did get some more details that um, there's going to be a meet and greet portion of the event with a kind of a relaxed atmosphere and that podcasters are going to be around in the main hall, um, so that you can come meet with us and hang out. So you know, come hang out. The website for that is tcpf2019.com and you can get your tickets and see all the cool stuff going on. I apologize for this episode being late. Um, yesterday was my birthday and I chose to go get drunk and eat a hamburger instead of recording my podcast. But also I have just started a new full time job and my schedule's been a lot busier because of that and because of some of the other volunteer stuff I'm doing. So I just didn't have time to record. I mean I probably did, let's be honest, but I didn't really. ----more---- So, um, for today's episode we're going to be talking about the witches of Whitewater and as I was digging into this, it's really interesting and it's part of why I do a lot of research on the topics I'm covering because if you just kind of take a cursory Google search, um, things you'll find are, you know, like haunted stories of, of people relaying information from another person about like the campus of UW-Whitewater or being haunted and things like that. And a lot of that stuff is actually not entirely true - surprise. And so what I'm going to be talking about today is more about not only, you know, things that are supposedly haunted but also debunking some of the other issues like I do. In the late 19th century, whitewater began being referenced to as the Second Salem and why water is really interesting because it's about an hour from both Milwaukee and Madison. So it's a little bit more south of both of those cities. Um, and it's right at the edge of the kettle moraine state forest. So there's kind of a lot of greenery and a lot of stuff that's already kinda spooky. Anyway, so the tales about Whitewater being haunted popped up. Um, as I said, it was the late 19th century - the late 1800s hundreds - and that was about the same time that the Morris Pratt institute was built in town. The institute was known for Teaching Spiritualism, and that was a really popular belief during the 1800s and incorporated things like seances and mediums and a lot of the spooky stuff we discuss today, Ouija boards, et Cetera. So there were regular lectures at the institute about, um, paranormal items, psychic items, and they also taught people how to be better and mediums, which is interesting. The building supposedly also had an all white room that was used to conduct seances and, um, a couple of the articles that I found had some really influential people involved, um, within Whitewater itself. So as somebody who's an archivist or historian for Whitewater, another person who's a historian that really focuses on the area as well. Um, so I'll be quoting them throughout this episode too. Morris Pratt was someone who was born in New York and he built the institute in Whitewater in 1899 ish is what it was finished. It wound up being a three story building, had two auditoriums and one of those was big enough to hold 400 people. Morris Pratt's dive into spiritualism was interesting. It was around 1840s and 50s when he became interested in it. And that's a pretty popular, um, subject for that time period. There have been a lot of podcasts to kind of go over what spiritualism is, what it isn't the rise of spiritualism so I'm not going to go into that because this would be another really long episode. Um, but during that time period, not only did Pratt get really interested in spiritualism, he really got serious about practicing it. In the 1880s, he met with a medium here from Wisconsin named Mary Hayes-Chynowith and she really focused on using her skills to heal and then also give advice to rich people naturally. She had, um, told Pratt to invest in land in northern Wisconsin and that land turned out to have some of the richest iron ore in the state. And Pratt got super rich. Um, naturally it probably didn't take her to, to convince him to do this. The state of Wisconsin was really going through a large population boom at the time. People moving in, a lot of lumber jack-related things and companies getting set up here and you know, people were finding iron ore already in the far north part of the state. So yeah, Pratt took the time to find land and uh, and bought it and had an iron ore mine and became extremely rich. And I guess in those conversation with Chynowith, he promised that if he ever like made it rich because of her assistance that he would somehow invest in teaching spiritualism to others. So he began building what he referred to often as the 'temple of science' in Whitewater using the profits from the sale of his mining stock. Of course the residents of Whitewater weren't super enthused like at all. And then would always refer to as Pratts folly, which I think is interesting. In April of 1888, um, that's when the, they broke ground and began to actually construct the building. And by December the building was getting closer to completion and editor, an editor of a local paper, the Whitewater Register, got a grand tour. So, um, he was really very hush hush about what this building was actually supposed to be for - a lot of rumors began circulating throughout the community and you know, people knew he was very into spiritualism, but a lot of people didn't really understand what that was. And so there were a lot of rumors flying around, a lot of gossip about what does this man, what is he doing here? What is he doing to our town? Who is he going to windup inviting into the town? And even as he's giving this newspaper editor the tour, he's really vague about it, right? So what he says is that he 'hopes it may prove a useful factor in the education, morally, mentally, scientifically, and philosophically of that class of society that needs it most.' The editor summarized it as 'let us give him the credit he deserves of making the splendid improvement, which adds to the beauty and business of our city. And having done it without a selfish motive,' which I think is a nice touch. But of course the following year, um, when it opened, things were not as great. And I just want to go back. I think I said 1899 when it opened was 1889. Um, so April of that year they published an opening - Um, you know, a little thing that said they were opening in the register. So it was the opening and dedication of m Pratt sanitarium and hall of Psychic Science. And actually what's happening this weekend, April 26th, 27th and 28th, the announcement didn't wind up being written by the editor of the newspaper, but it was something that like Pratt and his pals had submitted and had publish. The next issue though of the newspaper talked a bit about the dedication of the building and it wasn't great. It didn't go well. Um, the dedication wound up being buried within the newspaper was very short and the editor was not thrilled with what he'd heard of the ceremony. He was really critical about the spiritualists that were speaking there and of how, um, critical they were of organized mainstream religion at the time. So that was kind of, I think, their motive behind hiding really the, the report on the dedication. So, you know, that wasn't a great start. Things were still really tense. In December of that year, Pratt had issued a challenge to the clergy within the city, um, and wanted to debate them on religious issues and he publishes it in this newspaper that isn't thrilled with him and I don't know how he keeps being able to do that. Um, he proposed a debate topic and it was 'resolved that the so called teachings of Jesus Christ as found in the new testament are immoral and their tendencies.' So, you know, no one really jumped into that debate. So you can imagine in January of the next year, he again issued an invitation for people to come to the institute and see what it was like. He was a lot more friendly at this point though, probably realizing that he had come off real standoffish the year earlier. So his call this time was to 'both young and old, the president and professors of our schools, the clergy, lawyers, doctors, and business men to meet . . . for a social and intellectual feast, and if they see fit to lay out a plan for future work to build up and maintain a higher state of civilization.' Yeah. Other than that, there really wasn't much within the newspaper about what was going on at the temple. Um, it was either because Pratt was being really reserved and quiet or because of the editor and their run-ins. Given the way the building was set up, it wound up being used for a lot of lectures and meetings and it really wasn't at the time set up as a school or a college, but more like where spiritualists from around the country you could come through as they were like going on speaking tours and um, that people could come and meet them and hear what they had to say, or that spiritualist relatively locally, you could also come and meet and mingle together. There was always an evening lecture on Sundays that was open to everybody, so that tended to be then those kinds of lectures were scheduled. By early 1902 Pratt was now 80 years old and the temple wasn't sure it was going to do. He decided to about that time period form something called the Morris Pratt Institution Association and then gave the temple to them and they made plans to run the temple, um, as a more formal spiritualist school that not only had classes on spiritual isn't, but also general education. And they did this rather quickly. So by late June of 1902, the newspaper reported that the meeting of the trustees was really successful and that public interest was really high, um, about turning the building into a school. And so at that time is when it was actually formally, um, renamed as the Morris Pratt Institute. The full course of study consisted of two different areas. So the first area was general education stuff - so grammar, rhetoric, writing, lit, history, geography, all the good stuff, right? And that was pretty typical of what people were expected to learn at secondary schools throughout the country. Um, and was really helpful, I think at this point because there really wasn't an extended organized school system. The second area of study was only open to people who were practicing spiritualists and it included things like psychic research, comparative religion, evolution. And Bible study as it relates to the principles of spiritual wisdom. Like, dude, I want to take those classes. Tuition was really, really reasonable. It's $50 a year. Um, and then plus you got a room that was $1.50 to $2 a week. Only girls were allowed to board at the meeting or at the building, excuse me - while dudes were boarded in private homes instead. And even though there was a separation between Gen ed and um, spiritualism - it didn't give degrees. Um, you could not get a college degree from the institute. It was more set up like a, like a boarding high school. They could become really well versed in being a medium, um, giving lectures, working as a spiritualist, but also could, you know, have a really nice firm background in their studies from which to um, ease into college or something else later on. And this was really, they saw themselves as offering ways for people to pursue self improvement activities. That was, whether they were spiritualists or not. And I couldn't find anything about how many people actually took the institute classes to become mediums and to just go through, um, you know, the Gen ed curriculum. But, um, there was an article in 1917 that reported students that had come to the institute, um, from all parts of the United States. The, the, the current number was about 25 people in the school of the time, mostly coming from the Midwest. As I said earlier, the community kind of just keeps being really unsure about how they feel about the institute. Um, you know, on the one hand it was this really helpful space and provided needed education and was relatively low cost a boosted the city's economy. And on the other hand, you know, it was still weird. It was not normal. Um, one thing I saw some of the students at the State Teacher's College, which was also in Whitewater, would go to the Sunday services just to like make fun of everything. And it seems like the institute became kind of a running joke throughout the town During the Great Depression in the 1930s, the institute really struggled and wound up closing its doors, but it did move to Milwaukee. There's a local historian named Carol Cartwright and I found several interviews with her about the institute and about like haunted Whitewater. And she thinks that Whitewater residents were distrustful of the Institute for a couple of reasons. So one is that spiritualism was much more popular in larger cities than isolated kind of rural areas. And Whitewater, even though it's grown to a sizable city, at least in Wisconsin, which is not saying much, um, it's still really rural. It's still pretty. And you know, if people want to do something cultured or something fancy, they would just drive to Milwaukee or Madison. Like the Whitewater is not a fancy place. Um, it's still today. So, and then the fact that only spiritualists could go to seances or attend certain programs made everybody wonder what was actually happening. Like what is going on? Are they devil worshipers? Are they sacrificing babies? All of those kinds of things. And of course, once the school stopped operating there, everything became embellished. It turned into like, oh yeah, like some of the other students at other places would come and mock this place too. Oh yeah, no, we totally saw witches from that place, like practicing witchcraft. So I dunno. Um, this building was torn down in 1962 but before that it served as a women's dorm and the forties and 50s. Um, Cartwright said “You can imagine how those stories picked up steam. There’s a lot of confusion between who the spiritualists were and what they were doing as opposed to other occult practices. Many of the spiritualist mediums were women. They were engaging in nontraditional activities for women, so making that step from mediums to witches was easy for some people to take." Before the institute was established, there were actually already rumors of witches throughout Whitewater. I mean, it's probably true of just about everywhere. Gotta be honest. Um, but one of the legends, um, talks about the fact that there was an active coven in the late 19th century that had ceremonies and tunnels and kept an altar either in the field behind, um, one of the dorms at university or in one of the cemeteries. And supposedly all these things are like buried where they once stood. So like the altars buried where they were, that once stood. And then like there's several dead coven members that are supposedly buried around there. I don't know. Um, it's an interesting place. One of the other legends talks about the three cemeteries in Whitewater and proposes that they form a triangle known as the witches triangle. A home buildings and land on the sides of the triangle are supposedly haunted and um, one of those cemeteries called Calvary Cemetery has Gates that supposedly close on unsuspecting freshmen that sneak in at night? So there's, um, Calvary Cemetery, Oak Grove Cemetery and Hillside Cemetery are the ones that are supposedly positioned in a perfect isosceles triangle. Um, there are stories from Oak Grove Cemetery. Um, it said that it was the final resting place of this ax murderer named Mary Worth. And legend says on Halloween night she can be spotted among the tombstones. And it's interesting because that's supposedly from Oak Grove and then Cartwright shared that according to another legend, she's buried in an unmarked crypt in Hillside. And the problem is though, there's literally no evidence she ever existed, not in city directories, not in the census, no birth or death certificates, nothing. And that's not - it's hard, right, because it's not that uncommon for people to like not have many written records during that time period by Wisconsin actually did pretty well with some of those things. So Cartwright believes that the stories circulated for so long that like eventually a composite of somebody named Mary Worth just kind of popped out of them. Another story is about the stone water tower in Stairin Park. Stories say witches would surround the tower at night and perform rituals in the park. An iron fence was put up around the tower with barbed wire spikes pointed inward as if it was trying to keep something in rather than people out. The tower sits just south of Wells Hall, which is also said to be super haunted since being built in the late sixties. And that's actually not the only student housing hall that has questioning stories. Um, in 1981, the Alpha Sigma Sorority heard loud noises coming from their basement while they ate dinner. Bricks of the basement floor were scattered around everywhere when they went to check it out, revealing a tunnel that had never been seen before. Story of that goes on to talk about the tunnel system having been used by witches as a way of traveling between the town's oldest mansion sized homes without being spotted by civilians. And here's the other interesting thing, right? That actually exists. Um, the tunnels are probably, um, from the underground railway, from hiding people from them, um, from, from, you know, slave owners trying to find these people and, um, and as a part of the system that moved them up towards Canada, it's just really interesting. Um, yeah, everything I saw said that, you know, those exist. I don't know. I'm going to take that with a grain of salt. The most recent story about witches took place in 1982, three students supposedly witnessed a late night ritual on the beach, near Whitewater Lake, and during the ritual it appeared as if a huge object was coming out of the lake and when they saw that they split naturally. Another interesting, um, rumor is that there's a locked book in the special collections section in the basement of Anderson Library. We're immersed say that the dark contents of the book have driven three students and a professor to commit suicide. Supposedly one person who borrowed the book wound up being locked in an insane asylum. Because of that, the book is not hidden under locking key at there is now hidden under locking key at the library. If you ask to see the book, supposedly you'll be expelled. Um, and a librarian at the, this location [acutally an historian named Weston] helps clear that up: "The only locked book we own is actually a Catholic hymnal. We think the stories about it come from the fact that up until 1989, 100 years after the Morris Pratt Institution was founded, the storage we used for the book was a locked cage because it’s the only storage unit we had. A locked book in special collections got this image of being dangerous. However, none of the people who have ever talked about this Catholic hymnal have given us a publisher, a title, an another, no date, nothing.” It's unknown if this mysterious book remains unlabeled for reasons or if it's just a coincidence. In 1909 there were large ice flows in the lake in June. There's a lot of weird stuff that happens in Whitewater. In 1923 some fishermen said their boat turned over and they were dragged underwater by a creature with large tentacles. They had a really hard time getting back up and when they came back up, they were supposedly covered with small bite marks. In fall 2003 while hiking the trails near Calvary, a professor and several other people supposedly saw a strange flying objects. They were sure it was an alien and posted fliers asking others who had seen it to let them know. Of course it wouldn't be, uh, a story full of shitty haunting rumors if I didn't share that supposedly many of this, these disturbances are caused by the development of the city and the ruining of Indian burial grounds. We've already talked about this, right? How that's bullshit? And some fucking colonialist narrative that does not need to be continually perpetuated by anybody? Okay, cool. One of the interesting things I found too, um, in articles that I read were some personal story is related to these hauntings and spooky things. So I wanted to share some of them cause I thought they were interesting. This first one is from someone named Jeff: "I live in Whitewater, and according to legends, the whole town is haunted. The university that is in town was originally built as a school for mediums and research into the paranormal. I have been told that all possible ways to leave town require going over running water and that the cemeteries form a five-pointed star when looked at from above. There is a hill behind the student dorms that is supposed to where a coven of witches (evil ones, of course) meet. Also, an apartment building was once the residence of a guy who fancied himself a master of the black arts, and is haunted. Whitewater has been referred to as the "Second Salem." I can attest that some areas of town just really give me the creeps. The problem is this: There is reputed to be documentation telling about the weird things in town. However, the town council has made sure that none of that exists in town anymore." I don't know. I just seems to me that sometimes some of these people don't question anything they hear like at all. I don't understand that. Anyway, I like this, this next story a lot better. There a man named Dave Saalsa - It's s a a l s a - and he remembers walking his dogs one evening across the wooded lawns of Whitewater's Hillside Cemetery. The animals completely stopped and stood extremely still, and Dave looks up to see what the dogs are looking at, but he doesn't see anything - until he sees it, right? He says “Right across from a crypt, I saw this full-bodied apparition of a woman. She was floating up the hill.” The owner of the Quiet Huts Sports in Whitewater - That's Dave's job - wasn't sure what it was he saw, but people who come to his store have shared really similar stories of encounters at that cemetery. “I don’t know,” Dave said. “I don’t discount it. I’ve talked to people who have seen firsthand some strange things. There are logical explanations for things, but there are also legitimate goings-on that can’t be explained away.” His longtime interest in local history really became ignited when he was a student at Whitewater in the 1970s he was working on this class project and wound up interviewing a local historian for it and heard a lot of local budgets, including the head of Mary Worth, who we've already talked about. Um, you know, one of the articles that I found earlier that I referenced like earlier in the podcast was that she was an ax murderer. Here, she's supposedly a self proclaimed witch, and Dave learned in this conversation with the historian that Mary Worth put a curse on a Whitewater manufacturer of wagons, and the company's owners died not long afterwards. People now living at the former house of one of those owners named Lucius Winchester have reported here in footsteps without seeing anyone and light switches mysteriously turning on and off. Dave has heard of a coven that still supposedly practice and local cemeteries according to local cemetery workers, circles of stones can be found around the properties and a pyramid shaped cap that topped the monument on the gravesite of Morris Pratt was stolen at some point back. “Back in 1971 when I was still a student, on Halloween night, one of the students broke into the crypts at the cemetery, stole a coffin and brought it to the fountain on the mall. We have to admit we have a rich history in Whitewater of all kinds of things, from stops along the Underground Railroad to a school for spiritualism, whose founder promised to connect people with the departed," Dave said, and there you have it. Is Whitewater haunted? Are there still really witches? I have no idea. I think it's plausible. Um, I think that most places probably have more occult-related activities than anyone realizes. But I also think that the notion of which is being creepy, people with pointy hats who were all black and hang out in cemeteries is outdated. That's not what a witch is anymore. Witches are everyday people. Witches are people who use their powers for good and for evil. And you know, the mark of a witch is not necessarily the ridiculous, the overdone antisemitism of, you know, witch drawings of days past. And I think too, one thing to note as we talk about witchcraft is that within the last few years, More women and other femme people have gotten involved in witchcraft. And it's not anything like, it's not a bad thing. Um, for them, it represents a way to take control of your life. In a way to honor nature sometimes. Um, like for people who engage more in Wicca related activities. It's also I think, um, a giant fuck you to people like Donald Trump, um, who dislike the idea of women having power or of, of anybody of any, um, gender identity that is not a cis male having power. And it's really helped people find others who are likeminded, right? Just like listening at creepy podcasts, um, you run into somebody and you're like, oh, I love purity podcasts, do you, and that's an instant bond, that's instant shared experience that you have. And it's the same with being on a running team or going biking with the same friends every week. Oh. Um, you know, being a part of online patient activity groups or you know, things like that are all ways to build shared experience and community. And just some of us take weird routes to it, or I shouldn't say weird, I should say nontraditional routes to finding community. And I think we have to remember that those, those ideas changed throughout time, right? Back during Morris Pratt stays, they probably never would have thought of the Internet. They would never have thought that anybody would be listening to like a podcast. Um, so what seems nontraditional in society's view - and something maybe impossible in the views of people around when Morris Pratt was still alive - that's changing and that changes with every generation. And as we grow and we figure out what we like and don't like, um, we, we tend to push society the way that we're thinking depending on how many numbers we have to, to influence that push. But, um, all of that is to say which is they're not at all like the sisters from Hocus Pocus, they are not all like the wicked witch. Um, they can be everyday people that just liked to do cool things. I'm not a witch, but also like I have friends who are, and you know what, that's kind of awesome and we just have to step back and realize that being a, which isn't anything different than, you know what it's been for the last several hundred years because I, for the fact that it's a lot more different than the societal ideologies related to being witches are right, the stigma associated to being a witch. So I'll put some links in the show notes. Um, not only the links I referenced and pulled a lot of texts from, from the episode like I always do, but also some links about witchcraft and about what witches look like now and what they do now. Um, and more people becoming witches in the wake of Donald Trump's election. So that's, that's Kirsten's rant corner for this episode. Um, I'm not sure what I'm going to do next week. I'll probably try to pull another cryptid out. I think The Beast of Brey Road looks like a good possibility, although I have a busy couple of weeks, so we'll see how that goes. Maybe something slightly shorter again, but stay tuned. Make sure you checkout the true crime podcasts festival in Chicago. If you are in the Midwest. Um, I would love to see you and hang out and I'm going to try to get some goodies to have at the table. If I have a table, I don't know exactly what's happening with that yet, but you know I'll have some goodies on me with the logo on it. Um, so that you can maybe win some, maybe purchase some, however you'd like to handle that. And um, the other update I have is the thing I'm going to be doing a couple of minisodes a month, maybe if I could swing it after this month is over and call them badger bits. Um, and just do like a really quick, not like biography but kind of have some influential Wisconsin related people. I think that Kinda sounds fun and I stole it from my husband, so I tend to stay a lot of things from him, but he freely offered it, so whatever. So you know, stay tuned for that if that's something you're interested in. And for now, have a wonderful couple of weeks until I speak with you again. You just listened to the Spooky Sconnie podcast. It is produced every two weeks by me, Kirsten Schultz. The intro, outro music is from Purple Plant. You can find show notes and more over at spookysconnie.podbean.com, including a transcript in case you missed anything. Take a minute and rate and subscribe if you can. You'll help more people see the show by rating and you won't miss a single episode if you subscribe, and that's pretty dope. You can support the show over at patreon.com/spookysconniepodcast and you can email me anything you'd like me to know at spookysconniepodcast@gmail.com. Meantime, sleep tight. Don't let the badgers bite. Bye.
Bloody Mary is presently known as a children's game with dangerous consequences, but who was the original Bloody Mary? In this episode, Skye discusses the three women who are believed to have influenced the Bloody Mary myth: Queen Mary I, Elizabeth Bathory, and Mary Worth. Support the show (http://patreon.com/hmct)
Our first interview!!! And it is with June Brigman!!! And it was sooooo cool!! Join us for this very special episode as we get the amazing opportunity to speak with the co-creator and first artist of Power Pack. June was kind enough to answer questions about how she got her start as an artist, her start into comics, and her start on Power Pack. My daughter also helps us get June to open up about important questions, like what Jack’s voice sounds like, how long Julies rainbow lasts, how adorable is Katie, and the number of animals June lives with. Seriously, it is adorable. And why are we talking about cats again….this is like the second episode in a row. Well, it probably won’t continue Make sure you check out June’s gallery (http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=1321), her work on the daily comic strip Mary Worth (http://maryworthcomics.com/), and her upcoming comic book Captain Ginger (http://www.comicsahoy.com/series/captain-ginger). Also, shout outs to the people we mentioned in this episode: Ahoy Comics Ahoy Comics ( @AhoyComicMags ), Jay and Miles Xplain the X-Men ( @XPlaintheXmen ) and Nicole Chung ( @nicole_soojung ). And don’t forget to support us on Patreon, https://www.patreon.com/JeffandRickPresent Eighties Action by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3703-eighties-actionLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Episode watched: #49 "A Pretty Woman Has Venom" In this episode, the job is simple: romance the serial black widower whose husbands all died in mysterious circumstances and steal her jewels. What Lupin DIDN'T count on was falling in love. Also, snake assassinations. This week we talk about tales from Green Jacket, welcome to the drunkcast, smooth boxing jazz, the most australian man in the world, The 13 Ghosts of Daisuke Jigen, Chekov's cliffs, waking up in a different anime, Pink Jacket Mac Tonight, immigrant from Mary Worth, third wheel Jigen, Sean's drunk fallout lore, heavily referenced background characters, armor up for bed, Netflix and kill, ultimate buffoon, naturally occurring cobra pit, and sad grass.
Marge plays matchmaker with her mother and Abe, while Bart gets into collecting animation (with Homer's credit card).All that, plus we explain hot dog jingles, ancient medicine, and Mary Worth. Download now as our kneecaps fill up with fluid!
I've been thinking hard, lately, about reviving this neglected feature - and now it's time to put thought into action! In this new Ms. Tree Theatre, I'll be recapping & commenting on the 1st 3 installments of the Eclipse Magazine story arc that introduced Max Allan Collins' & Terry Beatty's iconic private investigator, Ms. Michael Tree! Download this episode HERE!Scroll down to see a few images from these issues below, and check out previous episodes of I'm the Gun on iTunes & Google Play!Podcast promo: Wild Pod: A Wild Dog Podcast Thanks for listening!Intro/outro music: 'Theme From Ms. Tree' by Cruisin'Prophetic words on a honeymoon-- and I believe herFirst killThe value of a name: this Mary Worth has no good adviceWhat secrets are held in the little black book?
We welcome special guest Josh Fruhlinger, proprietor of the popular and long-running blog The Comics Cumudgeon, as well as the author of a recent novel, The Enthusiast, to discuss Jennifer Egan's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Goon Squad. We also talk to Josh about the successful Kickstarter he ran to fund his own book, building an online audience, his enthusiasm for trains, and Mary Worth's love life. For more, visit us online at bookfightpod.com.
The trend friends are reunited to talk about what real moms want, Professor X's hair, and a very sexually inappropriate school. Plus, culinary questions in Ask Agata, and an uncomfortable Mary Worth in July's Funny Pages. Also, hoe-downs.
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