The Macabrecast

That's no moon! Or maybe it is, but it's just hollow? This week Brooke will take us on a wild journey through the Hollow Moon conspiracy theories and give us the science behind the moon's actual composition. This will be a winding road full of time travel, aliens, lizard people, and some very astounding book titles. 

**At the end of the episode we had some technical issues, so unfortunately our cabinet picks didn't get recorded! Be sure to look here for this week's choices** Join us for Holly's first foray into setting up the recording! We missed Shahri's commentary on this episode about the US' legally haunted house in New York. Holly tells us all about the Ackley Family and their experiences in this haunted...

This week we're back to reviewing terrible historical figures from our modern perspective. Brooke gives us a short summary of Pope Innocent VIII's politically motivated reign, and we discuss his incredibly morbid death, which he's famous for!

We’re back after our post-spooky season break with a Shipwreck story! Holly will tell us ALL about the 6 boys, aged 13-16, stranded on the island of Ata. Spoiler alert: it’s a survival story!

*sound warning, you'll notice the audio gets distorted around the 35 minute mark. It only lasts for about a minute thankfully, but thanks again for listening.*   This week to finish out our Spooky Season episodes Brooke gives an overview of the Fae. We'll be talking about everything from the meaning of the word and related words to how they are classified and how some fly!

**We've got a sound warning! You'll notice about one minute of distorted audio in this episode. Don't worry, it gets better and thank you for listening.** This week let's talk about a Bolivian festival called the Festival of the Skulls or la Fiesta de los Natitas! Holly talks about the origins of the holiday and tells us about all the ways the Natitas (skulls) have been a part of their communities...

We've talked about the Headless Horseman, now let's talk about some ghosts! Holly will be taking us to Italy this week to the haunted Island of Poveglia. This Island near Venice was a plague Island, a body dumping ground, and home to a mental institution. There's no shortage of spirits who have unfinished business here.

It's our favorite time of year again! Welcome to Spooky Season with the Macabrecast, we've got a great one to start us off. Brooke covers a very special Halloween figure to her: the Headless Horseman. We'll be talking about all the ways the Headless Horseman has shown up across literature and even delving into some mythological figures!

Happy one year anniversary to the Macabrecast!! Thank you all for joining us on this wonderful adventure through the macabre. The horrors persist in this episode about the accident in Mount Gambier. Brooke unlocks a new fear for Holly while she tells us all about the tragic cave diving accident in 1973 that would claim the lives of some of the divers. This story has sink holes, nitrogen narcosis,...

This week, join us for the second part of a two-part episode where we talk about the tragic murder of Sandra Rivett. Holly goes over Sandra's life, the lives of Lord and Lady Lucen, and the strange circumstances around this murder. Get ready for a tale of disappearances, odd letters, and intrigue. 

This week, join us for a two-part episode where we talk about the tragic murder of Sandra Rivett. Holly goes over Sandra's life, the lives of Lord and Lady Lucen, and the strange circumstances around this murder. Get ready for a tale of disappearances, odd letters, and intrigue. 

Need a new career path? We might have one for you to consider! Get "bready" for Holly to tell us all about what it meant to be a Sin Eater and all the gruesome details that go with it.

We're back in the Midwest with another cryptid! Meet the Beast of Bray Road, a truly stinky sight to behold. Let's talk mangey bears and burial grounds! Get ready to clutch your pearls and blame it on the devil.

Get ready for a whirlwind history recap with Brooke as she covers the making of the Paris Catacombs! We’ll talk geology, burial methods, goth parades(?), and architecture. Come decay with us! 

Holly takes the creepy cake this week with the Nasnas. This disturbing cryptid tale will include slapping feet, high pitched screams, and Brooke’s breaking point!

We're back for week #2 featuring our friends and mentors Yelena and Traynor! It was a joy hosting them, and we hope they'll join the Macabre-gang again in the future.  As a suggestion from Traynor, Brooke covers the Radcliffe Highway Murders. Two families, nearly all decapitated, and no clear motive for the kill. And, as a little side quest, Traynor explains how the writer Thomas De Quincey influe...

We're honored to present our first guest episode! Please enjoy a two week sequence where our friends and mentors Yelena and Traynor join us for some chilling tales. As a suggestion from Yelena, Holly covers the White Witch of Rose Hall--a haunting plantation in Jamaica. Murder, torture, colonization, this episode is not for the faint of heart. 

Hot springs, hot mud, hot mess. The gang is back in Iceland, but this time for a ghostly tale of revenge. The ghost of Gunnuhver will not disappoint you, and she may still be clinging to the edge of the mud pit--ready for revenge!

Welcome back to the land of fearsome creatures! Guided by the illustrious William T Cox, Brooke tells us the tale of the Hugag, another mysterious critter in the Midwest. A harmless creature with a very dysfunctional body.

For our second Pride themed episode, Brooke covers the much anticipated Pirate Queens, Mary Read and Anne Bonny. This episode is about a couple swashbuckling women who fall in love while in secretly in drag!

Happy Pride from the Macabrecast! For Episode 28, we venture through queer history. Holly honors four queer couples with interesting lives, deaths, and tombs! 

Welcome back to a second SOAPisode as Holly tells the story of Leonarda Cianciulli—Italy's Soap Maker of Correggio. Trust us when we tell you, you're not ready for this one.

This week Brooke takes us to Crescent Lake, Washington for murder and scientific phenomena. If you’d like to know how a corpse becomes soap, then you’ve come to the right place!

Brooke kicks off our 25th episode with the Lier Sykehus. We'll be heading to Norway to talk about the history of this asylum and the conditions that their patients had to endure. This place may not be haunted, but it's definitely haunting.

This week's episode may be about the Love Canal, but it's not going to have anything to do with love. Holly walks us through Love Canal's tragic history--a community near Niagara Falls that became a chemical dumping ground and devastated the residents.