Dark Ozarks

Dark Ozarks Podcast: with Lisa Livingston Martin & Alex Martin.. We discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week? JOIN US on Youtube as well. Thank you for supporting Dark Ozarks to promote history.. We truly appreciate you! ~~ Lisa &A...

Project Identification, Piedmont, Missouri & The Real Time Scientific UFO Field Study: Dark Ozarks Podcast: with Lisa Livingston Martin & Alex Martin.. We discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week? JOIN US on Youtube as well. Thank...

Dark Ozarks Podcast: with Lisa Livingston Martin & Alex Martin.. We discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week? JOIN US for Wednesdays Live at 8pm Eastern/ 7pm Central on Youtube Live Thank you for supporting Dark Ozarks to promote histo...

Countdown of the Most Haunted Mansions in the Ozarks. Why we view the Victorian mansion as haunted, plus our pick of the 10 most haunted mansions in the Ozarks (Tell us if you think we are right or which mansions you would put on the list). Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dar...

Josh and Lisa have a candid discussion with award-winning author, Jason Offutt. In his own words: "Jason Offutt grew up on a farm near the little town of Orrick, Missouri. In his life he’s been a farm hand, journalist, photographer, bartender, and the mayor of that same small town. Jason now teaches journalism at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, and keeps the world safe from the f...

Ghosts of Joplin, Missouri: Part 1 (Secrets, Opulence & Gangsters). From The Connor Hotel, to Peace Church Cemetery, Bonnie & Clyde, to Civil War Spectres and the Dalton Gang, Joplin's ghost tales have been around as long as Joplin itself. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in...

Lake of the Ozarks Part 2 (Route 66, Murderers on the Run & Phantoms of the Lake). From a long gone resort touting magnetic water, to the Legend of Joe's Cave, to young lovers on the run from the law and the noose, to Murder Unpunished at Devil's Elbow, to a Phantom Church in the Lake, and a Mysterious Boat Crash Where the Victims May or May Not be Accounted for, Hollywood has nothing on the L...

Lake of the Ozarks (Phantom of the Ozarks, Giants & Vice). From a criminal mastermind hiding at Ha Ha Tonka Spring, to Giants to Small Town Notorious Vice Wars, Hollywood has nothing on the Lake of the Ozarks noir tales. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What q...

Lake of the Ozarks (Phantom of the Ozarks, Giants, Vice & Submerged Cemeteries). From a criminal mastermind hiding at Ha Ha Tonka Spring, to Giants to Small Town Notorious Vice Wars, Hollywood has nothing on the Lake of the Ozarks noir tales. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in t...

The Ouachitas Part 2 (Lost Treasure, Shootouts & Healing Waters) From Lost Spanish Gold, Jesse James and the Hot Springs Shootout, to Al Capone, Moonshine and Legends of Minsters and Ghost Elves, the Ouachitas have many dark tales, and connections to the Ozarks. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are...

The Ouachitas (Monsters, Ghosts & Murder) Part 1 . From the Fouke Monster, to the Phantom Killer, and Ghosts, the Ouachitas have many dark tales, and connections to the Ozarks . Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week?...

From Little Egypt to the Ozarks (Witches, Ghosts & Gangsters). The Little Egypt area of Illinois, also known as the Illinois Ozarks shares much history, lore and culture with the Ozarks, for some very interesting reasons, although there are also facts lost to time. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There A...

Pirates, Quakes & Swampcraft. Nefarious Pirates and Highwaymen plied their trade into the Ozarks, Natural events reshaped the land into nightmarish scenes and the river boats were beautiful and deadly, while the swamps were another scene of ethereal forces. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Ea...

Witchcraft, Shamanism & Sacred Plants (Maybe You Should Eat that Mushroom). There is a long and rich history of healing arts with plants in the Ozarks, and it is interconnected with folk magic, yarb doctors, granny women, witchcraft and shamanism. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers...

Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma! (in the Ozarks). A significant portion of the Ozarks lies in Oklahoma, and we cover some of the noir history and lore that proves that Oklahoma is a part of the Ozarks . Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like a...

Ghosts, Devils and Magic in African-American Belief Systems. Modern paranormal discussions and pop culture are influenced by these traditional beliefs in a number of ways. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week? Thank you...

Seances & Spiritualism and Their Role in Modern Paranormal Culture. How Science and Serious Thinkers supported Spiritualism and then attacked what they had advocated: how Spiritualism unsettled the social order of the 19th Century and paved the way for women to broaden their participation in society. Modern paranormal cultue is still following many precepts of and wrestling with the same issue...

There's Monsters! Yes, monsters made their way from the Old World to the Ozarks, where there were already monsters lurking. From Monstrous Dogs, Cats, Hogs, Birds to even Flying Humanoids, they have been encountered deep in the heart of the Ozarks, if you believe the telling of the stories. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you exp...

There's Monsters! Yes, monsters made their way from the Old World to the Ozarks, where there were already monsters lurking. From Monstrous Dogs, Cats, Hogs, Birds to even Flying Humanoids, they have been encountered deep in the heart of the Ozarks, if you believe the telling of the stories. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you exp...

Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Who's the Spookiest of Them All? (or Magic, Fairy Tales, and Ghosts). Mirrors have a long history in the supernatural, including examples in the Ozarks. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week?...

From Shallow Graves to Watery Depths (or Why Is There a Horse in That Lake?). Celtic Lore is Alive and Well in the Ozarks. From the Mythology of Water, Death, War and Magic, you don't have to look too hard to find its influences and examples in the Ozarks. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy An...

Tricksters & Thieves (and Rabbits) Oh My! The Trickster has been with us ever since we started telling stories around a fire; and maybe longer. Whether you know him as Loki, Coyote, Lil Abner, Jack the Hero, Jesse James, or even the Ozark Howler, the Trickster hides in plain sight in the Ozarks. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not wha...

The Hillbilly isn't who you think he is, and he played a pivotal role in the United States from the American Revolution, to the Settling of the Ozarks, The Civil War & more. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expect. Remember, There Are No Easy Answers in the Dark Ozarks. What questions would you like answered next week? JOI...

"ParaPop!: How Pop Culture Affects Our Perception of History & the Paranormal" (what you think about Abraham Lincoln, Ghosts, and the Ozark Howler Has An Awful Lot to do with P.T. Barnum, WWII abd the Exorcist Movie. We take on Supernatural, Black Eyed Kids, Twilight and more as well. Josh & Lisa discuss noir tales from the Dark Ozarks, including the connections that are not what you expec...

Special Feature Interview: Lisa Interviews Sterling Mathis, owner of Hotel of Terror in Springfield, Missouri. Opening in 1978, Hotel of Terror is one of the longest continuously-operating haunt attractions in the United States. The building is also a historic building, built in 1912 and was the Texas Hotel. Dark Ozarks fans may also be interested to hear that the building is really haunted as wel...