Stephanie McNew

The Highly Spirited Podcast

Society EN ↓ 170 episodes

The Boozy and Boos-y biweekly podcast filled with cocktail histories and spooky stories

Author

Stephanie McNew

Category

Society

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Latest episode

Jul 16, 2025

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Episodes

Nostalgic November Episode 2 10.11.2023

All November I will be re-airing some of my favorite past episodes. Today’s is The Corpse Reviver and The Greenbrier Ghost

Nostalgic November Episode 1 03.11.2023

All November I will be re-airing some of my favorite past episodes. Today’s is the second episode ever of The Highly Spirited Podcast- The Mint Julep and The Headless Horseman

Midnight Margaritas and Witches 27.10.2023

Happy Halloween Weekend!! Drink up Witches! Also check out a great contest on Instagram being hosted by @GothicGlowCandleCo and @MonkeyCultCoffeeCo!

Scorpio Season! 23.10.2023

My book; Drinking with the Stars pairs a cocktail with each zodiac sign, and now it’s Scorpio’s turn! https://a.co/d/cbOlXWB

The Outer Galaxy Cocktail and Haunted Indiana 20.10.2023

What does Indiana and an Alien cocktail have in common? A very old and obscure horror movie.

The Pharaoh’s Curse Cocktail and Cursed Movies 13.10.2023

Happy Friday the 13th!!! Let’s get into the spirit of today with a cocktail from my new book; Monster Mixology and then talk about some movies that seemed to be cursed even before they started filming. Grab a copy of Monster Mixology right here : https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJSSXVLB?ref_=cm_sw_r_apin_dp_G792F4AV3GSB17XTD01J&fbclid=IwAR0pETqdH-Zb7FlQ_WD3JUqivcFySndGIqkuPZgOCxmc_2NMnahp0s7DK5w_aem_A...

The Witches Brew Cocktail and Wicked Women 06.10.2023

A cocktail from my latest book; Monster Mixology and a look at America’s earliest female killers

Chatham Artillery Punch and Haunted Savannah 29.09.2023

Quite possibly one of the booziest drinks I’ve ever covered paired with one of America’s most haunted cities

Libra Season! 23.09.2023

Thank the stars were out of Virgo season, let’s a drink!

The Cherry Bounce and Haunted Bridges 21.09.2023

The Cherry Bounce takes about a month to create, so while it’s doing it’s thing, let’s go explore some haunted bridges!

The Wishmaker Cocktail & Djinn 15.09.2023

Be careful what you wish for! Today we’re jumping into a pretty, blue cocktail and the magical world of Genies

The Cable Car Cocktail & The Winchester Mystery House 08.09.2023

This cocktail is a riff on the classic sidecar, make one then venture down the winding hallways of the Winchester Mansion with me

The Lake Water Cocktail & Haunted Lakes 01.09.2023

‘Come on in; the water’s fine!’ - A ghost in a haunted lake, probably. Enjoy this episode on haunted lakes and have a safe Labor Day weekend!

The Rickstacy Cocktail and The 27 Club 25.08.2023

This might be the first episode I’ve ever gotten emotional in. But we start with a very boozy cocktail and end with some lives of very talented people that were ended way too soon

Drinking With The Stars- Virgo Season 24.08.2023

Entering Virgo Season with a Mercury Retrograde. Just have an old fashioned and buckle up loves

The AMF and Haunted Universities 18.08.2023

This ‘cocktail’ is BS but the Hauntings at these universities are very real

The Blood Moon Cocktail and Werewolves 11.08.2023

Werewolf history paired with a very fitting cocktail

The Tequila Sunrise and Haunted Arizona 04.08.2023

Did you know Mick Jagger loved this cocktail? Well, you’ll learn that he did today. This should say haunted Jerome, AZ and haunted Tombstone, AZ because those are the only two cities I managed to get through, there will definitely be an AZ Part 2 at some point, because there’s so many more haunts I just couldn’t get to in today’s episode! But I hope you enjoy these Wicked Wild West Towns as much a...

The Man ‘O War Cocktail and Shipwrecks 28.07.2023

Today we learn that the Man O’ War Cocktail was named after a winning race horse and not an ugly jellyfish, then we dive into some sunken ships

Drinking with the Stars- Leo Season 23.07.2023

Happy Birthday you good haired, charming, loyal, egotistical maniacs

The Mummy Cocktail and The Curse of The Mummy 21.07.2023

What’s a Mummy’s favorite type of music? Wrap music! Terrible jokes aside we have a fantastic episode today featuring an easy, breezy cocktail and some Egyptian history along with some possible Curses of The Pharaohs

The Tombstone Cocktail and Old Louisville 14.07.2023

The Tombstone Cocktail is appropriately named because of where it was created. Then I recap a walking ghost tour of Old Louisville mostly consisting of Victorian homes on 3rd and 4th streets and St. James Court

Drinking With The Stars - Cancer Season 09.07.2023

Turned a shower thought into an audio book

Re-airing of The Stars and Stripes Cocktail and Gettysburg Ghosts 03.07.2023

Happy 4th of July week! The Battle of Gettysburg took place over July 3rd-5th 1863, those bloody and violent days lead to these days still being Gettysburg’s most active with paranormal activity. This episode first ran in 2022.

The Aperol Spritz and The Hat Man 30.06.2023

It’s great day to have a cocktail, a ghost story and a Birthday!🎉 (Happy Birthday to My Mom! And to Myself!)

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