The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

Devon details the questionable doings of the father of Spokane, James Glover, and the paranormal reputation of the Glover Mansion.  CW: Infertility, involuntary psych hospitalization, murder, child death.  Secondary topic: A contextual consensual type situation; a dead president debacle; GhostbusterGals.com; the cellar; Devon tricks Liz into singing; things that made hormonal Liz cry.  Patreon:  h...

Liz and Devon discuss incidents when humans and sasquatch crossed paths to less than salubrious effect. The Ape Canyon attack at Mt. St. Helens' is discussed, as well as other close encounters.  Secondary topics: Puritan Bailey; five little Yosemite Sams in a box; the Legolas-Gimli film; calculating years; lies; Bigfoot taxes; the Broads imagine their life among the sasquatches.  Patreon:  https:/...

Devon surprises Liz with a little-known story of a Pacific Northwestern sideshow performer with a strange talent.  CW: Brief mention of suicide.  Secondary topics: Inside a turtle's mouth; the Spokane connection; the Looff carousel; shopping for carousel horses; Charles Looff's mustache; the Berenstain bears; EGG; close call of a close call. Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website: ...

Topics covered include the caviar of mushrooms, Louis Daven-dort's salad, geoducks, fries with tartar, Seattle teriyaki, makgeolli, signature food brands of Washington, the Mystery Soda Machine, huckleberries,   Secondary topics: Nausea; the Hole-In-The-Wall; hipster donut shops that ruin a good thing; a baby Broad cameo.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads...

Devon teaches Liz the important life lessons imparted by the Bandage Man of Cannon Beach, Oregon.  Secondary topics: Any John Travolta character; Slenderman; black-eyed children; The Game; the Broads attempt to puzzle out the difference between ghosts, cryptids, and urban legends; Madame LaLaurie and Colin Dickey's Ghostland; the Contraception Fairy that we didn't know we needed; Liz's non-encount...

Nobody starves in this episode! Liz and Devon explore the unique (and strange) foodways of Washington State. Topics covered include indigenous cuisine and where to find it, Starbucks, Cougar Gold cheese, Washington wine, the Walla Walla sweet onion, Rainier cherries, the Seattle roll; the Crab Louie salad. Secondary topics: Liz and Devon design their bikini barista looks; the elusive Cosmic Crisp;...

We were trying to do an episode about Northwestern food and then this other episode busted in on us like a grizzly bear. And we were trying to get away from starving but ended up talking about starving again! The stories of Christopher McCandless, Carl McCunn, and Timothy Treadwell are discussed/dragged. CW: Death by Alaska, starvation.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  http...

Devon takes a little trip south to Locke, California - a Chinese settlement in the American West.  Secondary topics: Some cannabalism with your Bloomsday Run; explain Leavenworth to the peoples; us full-time Moravians; a little accidental Jeff Goldblum impression; dissing Deadwood; a call to action for listeners.   Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Sh...

It's just a bop and I like having access to it on my phone. A public domain bop! It's the Ambassadors Orchestra, Me and the Man in the Moon. 

Liz narrates the second half of the Starvation Heights tale, including the resistance of the Williamson sisters, Hazzard's trial, her exile, her return, and the psychic residue at her property.  CW: Starving skinny people, enemas, medical abuse, death! And discussion of weird beliefs around food and eating disorders.  Secondary topics: Orthorexia; breatharianism; multi-level marketing.  Patreon: ...

Liz terrorizes Devon with the tale of Linda Hazzard, the "starvationist" who ran a ghoulish sanitarium just outside Olalla, Washington. Content warning: Scary controlling lady, medical abuse, lots of death, enemas, calorie restriction, gynecology stuff. Also a siren pops into the background of Devon's audio at one point, super sorry.  Secondary topics: The emperor of maladies; a new sideshow act i...

Taking a week off between seasons, Liz lets you know where to find all our content - and reads you an entry from Isabella Bird's Diary, A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains.  Completionist's Guide to Ouija Broads: https://ouijabroads.com/2018/02/05/completionists-guide-to-ouija-broads/ Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  https://ouijabroads...

One time, Liz asked Matt if he ever would sub in if Devon was sick or unavailable. Matt was very into it and prepared an episode about Washington State's native son Mario. And how could we leave something delicious like that just sitting on the shelf? So Liz and Matt taped this episode for you, and here it is to brighten up your Tuesday with a surprise treat.    Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/o...

What do you get when you ban pinball in a town that loves gambling and has a robust organized crime community? Why, the Portland Pinball Wars, of course. Along the way we will make stops at one of the nation's first female mayors, Chinatown's lottery, a burlesque battle, mob-era Vegas, and young Bobby Kennedy.  Secondary topics: A storm in Portland; cornflakes; our crime names; a belated Harold Ba...

Devon gives her Bachelors of Fine Arts a real workout in this episode that talks about public art in Washington (mainly Spokane) and Harold Balazs.  Secondary topics: How Liz furnished her first apartment; Mitsubishi Electric Koalas; like a bag of sand; Cthulu, Chihuly, let's call the whole thing off.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  ht...

Liz tells Devon about the influential Spokane millionaire who vanished into thin air. Plus, an update on Sarah "Hecla" Smith!  Secondary topics: Names that should come back; what Pretty Woman was about; psychics and ransoms; plans for 2018.  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/   Facebook:  https://www.faceb...

Devon lays out the concept of leylines to an extremely skeptical Liz, and they discuss notable sites associated with leylines in the Northwest - including Prosser's Gravity Hill, the Oregon Vortex, and Spokane itself.  Secondary topics: Educate yourself!; we miss Miss Cleo; the fuck is orgone; the legend of the Chrysist Gem; blue and black or white and gold.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouij...

Devon tells Liz about some of the Northwest's notable curiosity shops, like Ye Old Curiosity Shoppe, Archie McPhee, Marsh's Free Museum, and Wonders of the World. Along the way we discuss Fiji Mermaids, the Wallingford Beast, The Thing, cave bears, and mummies. Well, one mummy that Liz gets really fixated on. Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Facebook...

 Liz tells Devon about a contemporary Rocky Mountain treasure hunt, and then the second half of the episode is a really earnest discussion about Kennewick Man/The Ancient One and NAGPRA Secondary topics: A floating foot update; grab all the bananas; a ghost story from the Burke.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  https://ouijabroads.com/s...

Liz inducts Devon into the mysteries of Polybius, an (urban) legendary Portland arcade game.  CW: A medium-length discussion about 90s-era playground HIV/AIDS mythology.  Secondary topics: Brains aren't good at maybes; my uncle who works at Nintendo; men in black; how urban legends work the way they do. Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  h...

Devon introduces Liz to one of the Northwest's weirdest, most unfortunate sports.  Secondary topics: The Other Washington; hunt it up, Sin!; calamari dreams; Broads fail at accents; reverse octopus wrestling; shark digression; the Tacoma Narrows Bridge; prescriptive vs. descriptive language discussion.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  h...

Liz and Devon explore the strange world and the stranger legends of the Alaskan Glacier Ice Worm. Audio fuckery happened, so that's why Devon doesn't say much in the second half.  Secondary topics: Sleepover madness; a sprinkle rave; the best festival; a fascinating listener story.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  https://ouijabroads.co...

Liz introduces Devon to Stagecoach Mary Fields, a woman who should be on our money.  Secondary topics: The worst bidet; cigars; punchin' punchcard; casting the adaptation; Mary's later years among the sasquatch.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/   Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/OuijaBroads/ Twitter...

Liz and Devon travel the trail - both the story of the actual Oregon Trail and the landmark video game it inspired.  CW: Menstruation, body fluids, everything you could die of on the Oregon Trail.  Secondary topics: Palm trees and whale sharks; nomenclature; scurvy; Devon objects to the presence of caulk on the trail; the Oregon Trail generation; land-office business; sunbonnets and Lestat;  Dunge...

Liz tells Devon about one of the stranger structures in Washington.  CW: We talk a bit about kids dying, but not in a glib way. Secondary topics: Dead people houses; Mr. Bean ghosts; the obligations of rich people; grave design; a word from Worst Foot Forward.  Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/ouijabroads Website:  https://ouijabroads.com/ Shop Weird:  https://ouijabroads.com/shopweird/   Faceboo...