The ODDentity Podcast

Hello dear listeners, welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast. This week, I sit down with Folklorist Gail de Vos and we talk all things contemporary legend and folklore. We had a great chat. Hope you enjoy it! Gail's Book: The Watkins Book of Urban Legends https://watkinspublishing.com/book_author/gail-de-vos/ Featured Podcast: Getting Down and Wordy https://podcasts.apple.com/us/...

Hello dear listeners, welcome to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast. This week, I bring you listener stories, usually reserved for the first episode of the season. I hope you enjoy these spooky tales and that you continue to tune in for more of the creepy, weird, and paranormal.  Sources: Listener content Zapsplat (background): https://www.zapsplat.com/music/weve-got-a-lead-an-arpeggiated-so...

Hello dear listeners and welcome back for more of the odd content you crave! This week, I bring you something I've never tackled before: Bigfoot. In the early 1970s, in a remote deer-hunting camp deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California, Ron Morehead and Al Berry captured a series of bizarre vocalizations that became known as the Sierra Sounds. And these sounds are like nothing you've hea...

Hello dear listeners! I apologize for the long delay in new content, but I'm finally back! This time around, I introduce you to the Kentucky Meat Shower and a bunch of other weird weather phenomena. Look up and examine the clouds if you dare. Just...you know...keep your mouth closed. Podcast Ad: Beyond the Shadows https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/beyondtheshadowspod/ Sources https://www.wa...

Hello dear listeners. This week I bring you a spooky collection of listener stories. Some listeners may find these tales disturbing. Listener discretion is advised.   *Listener stories forwarded to me from Reddit are the property of the Redditors and will be removed upon request.

Hello dear listeners and welcome back for season 12 (yeah, this pod has been around a minute) of The ODDentity Podcast. I hope this episode finds you well and I thank you for your continued support.    This episode contains a club that's actually not a club at all, another asylum filled with ill-served patients, and radioactive oatmeal.   Featuring: The Brutal, Bizarre, and Boozy podcast https://p...

This week, I sit down with the Wicked Wiccan Sisters and discuss haunted places and paranormal psychology. I think you'll really like this one, particularly if you've experienced paranormal happenings yourself or have had a visitation from someone who has passed on.  Huge thanks to WWS for sitting down with me. This is the last episode of the season. The podcast will now go dark for a few weeks wh...

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast, a proud member of the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week I re-introduce you to the humble chainsaw, a tool that is more than capable of felling an oak tree but in its early form, could be just as effective during childbirth. Sources: https://science.how...

Hello dear listeners and thanks again for tuning in. This week I present to you a haunting tale by Bernard Capes entitled “The Thing in the Forest,” published in 1915. At this point in the season, I’ll be taking a little break to focus my attention on my other passion project, my literary journal. The slush pile is quite deep, per usual, so I’ll be returning after the summer issue drops on July 1....

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, we dig into the origins of one of the more interesting pieces of ghost hunting equipment, and ghost hunting history. So put on your shades, squint into the darkness with me, and keep your eyes peeled! Check out...

Hello dear listeners, this week I bring you a chat with Matt Westmoland, a fellow podcaster on the PodMoth Network, as we discuss Mary and Carl Bach and Mary's untimely demise as well as the odd addition to a museum in Bowling Green, OH. Show Notes: https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/travel/2018/02/dark-tourism-when-tragedy-meets-tourism https://daily.jstor.org/the-gruesome-history-of-ohios-fing...

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to a new episode! I'm so pleased to begin the journey into season 11 with all of you! This episode is all about the past and the energy it holds and how that energy interacts with and affects us. I hope you enjoy. The Ugly Radio: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ugly-radio/id1515895095 A lo-fi, sci-fi audio theatre anthology series made for late night...

Hope you have a safe and spooky Hallowe'en! The ODDentity Podcast will return in the new year with more tales of the creepy, weird, and paranormal. Until then, have a safe and Happy Hallowe’en and, as always, stay spooky!   Show Notes Some spooky sounds from freesound.org https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/207632/ https://freesound.org/people/SergeQuadrado/sounds/567203/

Hello dear listeners and a very happy spooky season to all of you! This week, I bring you my customary interview for the end of season 10. I'm joined by Nathan R. Stenberg of the Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Society for an in depth conversation about the past and current views on disability in the US and the work currently being done to change laws that inhibit disabled people. We also talk...

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to a new episode! This time around I wanted to share something kind of special considering my brush with death. Please enjoy this original folklore tale created by yours truly.  Also, please note that this is episode 5. The next episode will feature an interview, as is custom. At that point, I'll see where I am in terms of recovery, but I may take a break from...

Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, I offer a tale that weaves together spiritualism, Harry Houdini, and a detective named Rose Mackenberg. As you may remember from a past episode, Houdini wasn’t a fan of spiritualists. He saw them as charlatans...

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Hello, dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, I introduce you to the strange world of early medicinal cures, some more odd than others, and enlighten you with the details of a strange arrangement that came to benefit women all over the world. Show Notes:...

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, I bring you The Well by W.W. Jacobs, a charmingly twisted little tale. You’ve likely heard of The Monkey’s Paw (if you haven’t, you should get on that,) but The Well may have slipped past your radar. Well, here...

Hello and welcome back for season 10! This week, I bring you creepy listener stories centered around customer service/retail sales. They're sure to give you creepy vibes and make you rethink ever doing front-facing customer service work. For more great pods, check out https://podmoth.network/ Ad: Fuck My Work Life Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f-k-my-work-life/id1555824690 WordPres...

In the season finale, I talk to Michael Colby of the podcast Jack Billings Presents: Haunted Apartment Complex. We cover a few topics from ghost hunting to cryptids, making this one glorious romp of an interview! Michael's unquenchable thirst to experience paranormal happenings is fascinating and, honestly, his stick-to-it-tiveness is both refreshing and perplexing. Particularly for someone like m...

Hello dear listeners! This week, I share an episode of the F**K My Work Life Podcast in which I regale the hosts with some of the craziness experienced at work. It's a hoot! Not for the squeamish, though. Listener discretion is advised! Find more awesome pods on my network! https://podmoth.network/ This week's ad: Getting Down and Wordy! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/getting-down-wordy/id1...

In this episode, I delve into the Victorian tradition of storytelling and what caused those who lived during the time period to be so entranced by the practice of telling ghost stories.  Huge thanks to those who sent messages of condolence and supported me during the last little while. You know who you are and you are loved and appreciated. Find more great podcasts here: https://podmoth.network/ F...

Happy Halloween, dear listeners! I hope your tricks and treats abound! I'm still feeling a little overwhelmed so I'm sharing this awesome episode with all of you. I always have a blast when I record with Saturdays Are for the Ghouls and this discussion is no different. We share some of our favorite urban legends and discuss the backgrounds of some of these tales. It's a super fun episode all 'roun...

Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network. Your bi-weekly foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week I bring you vampire legend and lore and the strange connection it shares with early understanding of disease and affliction. While I have your ear, I also wanted to let you know that I’ll be teaching t...