Oddity Poddity: A Paranormal Podcast

Food, drink and ghosts are a few of my favorite things (top 3, actually). In this episode, I present you with the haunted history of Muriel's, Lafitte's Blacksmith Tavern and The Court of Two Sisters, all located in the French Quarter, as well as food and drink recommendations at each.   Sources: Personal experience! Also: www.muriels.com http://www.lafittesblacksmithshop.com https://nol...

I recently found a mysterious book in my library that I'd never seen before. It's called The Demon Hunter's Handbook and it was written by a cat named Abelard Van Helsing.  Although I don't recall applying for or accepting such a job, and I'm not sure how the HR department slid this handbook onto my home bookshelf, I read it anyway. And now wish I hadn't. Because appa...

Well,  maybe they won't exactly eat  your soul. They will definitely nibble some holes in it though! Today we discuss 6 pieces of art that are famously haunted, cursed, or both. These paintings, sculptures and vases do everything from making you flunk your algebra midterm to outright killing you and your entire family just for laying hands on it. Hit up Google for the visuals, but please don&...

It's the 97th anniversary of the day that freakin' jerk named the Cecil Hotel opened and the mouth of Hell opened with it. She seemed so cool at first, but she turned into a psycho real fast. Just like me! Almost from the beginning, the Cecil drew in desperate souls and quickly became a vortex of misery, violence and despair.  In this episode, I chronicle the  dozens of deaths that occur...

Thanks to the pandemic, there's been a fresh wave of end times furor and a super annoying trend of people creating memes declaring that the Covid-19 vaccine is the dreaded Mark of the Beast. Read your Bibles, people! This ain't it. But history tells us who it probably is, which is what  we discuss in this episode. And don't worry, he's already dead. Listen, get angry with me, l...

Each year, hundreds of people attempt to climb Mount Everest. Each year, someone dies trying. More than 200  bodies remain there, making the mountain a graveyard in the sky. In this episode, we look at why the climb is so deadly and the lives behind some of the most well-known climbers who still reside on Everest. Do you love to cry? Do you think my voice is nasal but not quite nasal enough? Well...

Shiver me timbers, it's a ghost ship! Hands down, the RMS Queen Mary holds the title of America's Haunted. In this episode, we cover her glory days as The Grey Ghost, a wartime vessel who murdered friend and foe alike, her time as a luxury cruise liner with a penchant for drowning her guests, and how throwing people around until they broke their necks earned her the nickname "Rollin...

What the human eye can't see, a Tesla cam can...as long as you have enough battery. Take a joyride with me in my electric car to a graveyard in the boondocks. What could go wrong???  Range Anxiety is  original fiction by Moi! Support the show

Everyone has heard of Tall Man, the freaky deaky urban legend that some kids take a little too seriously. But I bet none of you know about our Tall Man. This ghost, or collection of ghosts (there's definitely more than one) likes to hang out in my cousin's bathroom and scare the bejesus out of visitors. Is he a dead confederate soldier? The lost soul of a Mennonite? The wandering apparit...

It's HALLOWEEEEEEEEEN! Can you tell I'm excited?!? In this episode, we cover 3 horrific and TRUE tragedies that occurred on Halloween night, as well as the origins of Halloween and some weird 'ween traditions that thankfully died a natural death and are no longer with us. Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikespohr/13-tru...

In 1996, Texas journalist Brian Bethel encountered two children who demanded to be let inside his car. What made him yeet out of there instead of helping them was the fact that the kids had solid black eyes. After sharing his story, similar tales from people who were approached by Black Eyed Kids began to fill the internet. Are BEKs simply an urban legend? Or are they supernatural beings that need...

The Ursuline nuns came to New Orleans hoping to better the city. But did they accidentally unleash demons as well? In this episode, we investigate the origin of the evil influence on Ursulines Ave - and some believe the origin of vampires in the United States - the Ursulines Convent. https://www.kmmcfarland.com/blog/new-orleans-vampires-and-the-ursuline-nuns https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/...

Grisly threads tie four horrific murders together on the block of Rue Ursulines in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Is the origin of this evil influence housed in one of the oldest buildings in Louisiana? Part 1 of 2. https://www.hnoc.org/publications/first-draft/amid-roaring-twenties-new-orleans-brutal-french-quarter-murder-shocked-city https://downtherabbitholewithshannon.blog/2017/09/26/the-s...

The 1886 Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, holds the title of America's Most Haunted Hotel. In this episode, we explore its bloodied past,  the ghosts that roam its halls and the madman who was responsible for sending countless souls to rest inside its walls. Show notes/citations: https://www.americasmosthauntedhotel.com/   https://www.iloveureka.com/post/theodora-the-eternal-hotel-...