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David is joined by folklorist Dr. Lynne McNeill to discuss Digital Folklore! A topic that spans culture, anthropology, sociology, and modern legends, Digital Folklore is a growing and evolving phenomenon happening right in front of us. Dr. McNeill, professor at Utah State University, is an expert on folklore and folklore in an online context in particular. She discusses Internet legend origins, settings, proliferation and more. How do these things fit in a cultural perspective? What makes something folklore and what does it look like online? Flora asks these questions and more in a very informative, spirited conversation on this episode of Blurry Photos! P.S. Don't forget to nominate Blurry Photos for the Chicago Reader's Best of Chicago 2020! (scroll down to the "City Life" drop down menu and scroll down to find "Best Podcast") Find Dr. Mcneill's books here: Folklore Rules: A Fun, Quick, and Useful Introduction to the Field of Academic Folklore Studies Legend Tripping: A Contemporary Legend Casebook Slenderman is Coming: Creepypasta and Contemporary Legends on the Internet Music Myst on the Moor - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Blurry Photober wraps up with the annual ghost stories episode! This year's ghost stories episode will be a bit different, as Flora has selected several poems of the spooky and silly variety to share. Some spooky, some silly, some philosophical, all poetry! It's a nice little after dinner mint, with the dinner being lots of heavy subjects this month. Cleanse your palette with a short but sweet culturally-charged episode! And stay tuned for more interviews and explorations on Blurry Photos! Don't forget to join the Blurry Photos Discord Server! Watch me stream games on Twitch! Music Myst on the Moor, Danse Macabre, Come Play with Me, The Hive, Wizardtorium - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• https://poets.org/poem/stolen-child
• https://poets.org/poem/haunted-oak
• https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-haunted-wood/
• https://poets.org/poem/hag
• https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/thomas-hood/marys-ghost-a-pathetic-ballad-20374
• https://poets.org/poem/murderess
• https://poets.org/poem/vampire

 

The horror continues in Blurry Photober with a mega episode about the Barnabet axe murders. Flora is joined by authors Alan Gauthreaux and Dr. Daryl Hippensteel as well as numerous Louisianans to explore the ghastly tale of the Barnabet axe murders. Southwestern Louisiana was terrorized in 1911-12 by brutal axe murders. One young woman was pinned with not only perpetrating them, but possibly masterminding more. Hoodoo and Voodoo were found to be involved, which the media picked up at the time and ran with. Hear the shocking story and how it ended, told via news articles and criminal justice perspectives. And make sure to head to Alan's YouTube channel for much more content and grab Alan and Daryl's books! Just remember, for this episode of Blurry Photos, content is very graphic. Listener discretion is advised. Featuring the voice talents of Brea Joy as Clementine Barnabet Get a copy of Dark Bayou by Alan and Daryl Check out Alan's Bloodstained Louisiana Grab a copy of Italian Louisiana by Alan and Daryl Check out Alan's channel True Crime: Man's Dark Imagination Don't forget to join the Blurry Photos Discord Server! Watch me stream games on Twitch! Music Myst on the Moor, Dirt Rhodes, Zombie Voodoo - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• The Advertiser, “"BERNABET CONVICTED",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 27, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/14.
• The Advertiser, “"ARRESTED AS SUSPECT",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 28, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/33.
• Lafayette Advertiser (La.). “Ax Fiend At Beaumont. - Mother and Three Children Killed While They Sleep - Crime Similar to Louisiana Murders.” Feb. 23, 1912, p. 1.
• Lafayette Advertiser (La.). "Ax Fiend Again. - Kills Family of Five in San Antonio. - Total Victims Now Forty.” Apr. 16, 1912, p. 1.
• The New Orleans Times Picayune, “"New Grand Jury Will Investigate Mysterious Killing",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 28, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/46.
• El Paso Herald (Tx.). “Voodoo’s Horrors Break Out Again.” Mar. 14, 1912, p. 13.
• The Crowley Signal. “"WOMAN AND FOUR CHILDREN MURDERED IN CROWLEY LAST NIGHT.",” Who Did It?: Clementine Barnabet and the Louisiana-Texas Ritual Ax Murders, accessed October 30, 2020, https://whodidit.omeka.net/items/show/36.
• The Weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.), 13 April 1912. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccnsn88064323/1912-04-13/ed-1/seq-2/>
• Seven, Team. Axe Murderers. True Crime Seven. July 19, 2019. Web. https://truecrimeseven.com/axe-murderers-6-horrific-true-crime-stories-1-common-tool/
• Female Serial Killer Index. Clementine Barnabet Study Collection. Feb. 21, 2016. Web. http://female-serial-killers-index.blogspot.com/2016/02/clementine-barnabet-study-collection.html?m=1

Tackling a classic of Voodoo movie-dom, Derek, David, and Zenger took a look at The Serpent and the Rainbow for this roundtable. The boys are joined by the amazing and incredibly knowledgable Dr. Emily Zarka to discuss the Serpent and the Rainbow and other zombie lore! Dr. Zarka hosts Monstrum, a show about legends and lore on PBS. She shares insights on zombie folklore and discusses what she thinks worked in the film and what didn't. Make sure to check her show out and don't forget to give the lads some love as well. Find Derek at Monsters Among Us Find Zenger at Zeng This! Music Myst on the Moor - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Flora is back with the second part of Vengeful Ghosts! Blurry Photober keeps rolling with Vengeful Ghosts part 2 and several tales of spirits claiming revenge through law. Hear the story of Maria Marten and the Red Barn murder. Take an ear gander at a murder tale from old England. See what you think about Fisher's Ghost from Australia and Teresita Basa from Chicago. And learn about the odd circumstances surrounding the death of Zona Shue Heaster from West Virginia. David presents these cases and their outcomes to wrap up this 2-part episode of Blurry Photos! Don't forget to join the Blurry Photos Discord Server! Watch me stream games on Twitch! Music Myst on the Moor, Apprehension, Arcane, Awkward Meeting, Behind, Crypto, Danse of Questionable Tuning, Dark Dance, Leaving Home, Long Note Four, Ominous, Phantasm, Waltz of the Carnies, Danse Macabre - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• Webster, John. The Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft. J. M. Printers. London. 1677. Pg. 298-300
• Monroe, Heather. The Curious Murder of Zona Shue, the Greenbriar Ghost. Medium. Feb. 14, 2020. Web. https://medium.com/@hlemonroe/the-curious-murder-of-zona-shue-the-greenbrier-ghost-33a4058f9d13
• Anderson, Belinda. The Greenbriar Ghost. Greenbriar County CVB. 2020. Web. https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost
• Rodgers, Garry. How a Ghost's Evidence Convicted a Murderer. Huffington Post. Feb. 19, 2016. Web. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-a-ghosts-evidence-con_b_9252062
• Curtis, James. An Authentic and Faithful History of the Murder of Maria Marten. Thomas Kelly. London. 1828.

Kick off Blurry Photober with a 2-part episode all about vengeful ghosts! The souls of those wronged and/or murdered in life have a way of avenging their mistreatment as vengeful ghosts. Flora runs you through a short list of these types of spirits in the first of a 2-parter. Go continent hopping and learn some highlights from many different cultures. Learn some important lessons from the Churel, Ngozi, La Sayona, Chindi, and more. Keep that roving eye under control, and for goodness' sake don't plot divorce against your spouse. Hear these tips and lots more on this episode of Blurry Photos! Don't forget to join the Blurry Photos Discord Server! Watch me stream games on Twitch! Music Myst on the Moor, Asian Drums, Awkward Meeting, Birch Run, Blue Sizzle, Cambodian Odyssey, Digya, Indore, Night of the Owl, Sancho Panza gets a Latte, Temple of the Manes, Unnatural Situation, Danse Macabre - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• Ansky, S., and Golda Werman. The Dybbuk and Other Writings by S. Ansky. Edited by David G. Roskies, Yale University Press, 2002. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt32bvcc. Accessed 13 Oct. 2020.
• Ball, Charles. Fifty Years in Chains. H. Dayton, Publisher. 1859. https://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/ball/ball.html
• Michaelson, Jay. Demons, Dybbuks, Ghosts, & Golems. My Jewish Learning. Web. https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/demons-dybbuks-ghosts-golems/
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• https://alchetron.com/Phi-Tai-Hong
• https://enacademic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/11757501
• http://yokai.com/kuchisakeonna/
• http://yokai.com/funayuurei/
• http://yokai.com/oiwa/
• http://www.scielo.org.za/pdf/ids/v45n1/10.pdf
• https://www.anticipationvilla.com/post/2016/10/27/jamcian-ghosts-the-duppy
• https://www.wattpad.com/776281359-big-book-of-mythology-spanish-edition-sihuanaba
• https://wildhunt.org/2020/04/column-la-sayona-a-legend-about-revenge-treason-and-motherhood.html
• https://www.theoi.com/Daimon/Nemesis.html
• https://gnosticwarrior.com/lemures.html
• https://seeksghosts.blogspot.com/2014/04/scandinavians-myling.html
• https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/dibbuk-dybbuk

 

The boys are back with another roundtable, this time on the 2018 film The Meg! Generously falling under the umbrella of ancient surviving cryptid, The Meg is a sci-fi action movie about terrible giant sharks. And the terror doesn't end there. David, Derek, and Justin all weigh in with thoughts and opinions on how this film measured up. One Justin's favorites, did D&D agree? Or did they find it rather fishy? Tune in to find out if the shark satisfied Flora's need for giant murder machines. Derek from Monsters Among Us and Zenger from Zeng This! have opinions up to the gills. Watch and listen to see if you agree, or listen and decide to watch or not! Music Myst on the Moor - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Pack your granola bars, air mattress, and an extra set of pants, it's time to get back outdoors for another installment of Campfire Ghost Stories! Flora reads 4 tales of terror and a poem by a selection of famous authors for the 8th edition of Campfire Ghost Stories. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Guy de Maupassant, and Alfred Noyes are among the writers for an early 20th century flavor to this one. A ghostly kiss of death, a highwayman, an out of control car, and more await your ears! It's a fun episode to play at home or in the great outdoors as you sit around a fire and get spooked at every twig snap and owl hoot. Grab a cold one and don't forget the crane janglers for this fun episode of Blurry Photos! Music Myst on the Moor, Night of Chaos, Return of Lazarus, Danse Macabre - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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• Doyle, Arthur Conan. How It Happened. 1918.
• Maupassant, Guy de. The Phantom Hag. 1904.
• Noyes, Alfred. The Highwayman. 1906.

Blurriever and patron David S becomes the show's first Tsoukalos Sound-level supporter and got to jump on a BullPhone call with Flora! David shares his personal experiences from a very haunted west coast town and Flora learns about some Santa Cruz history in this BullPhone. From shadowy figures and recurring spectres to hairless coneheads in the basement, David tells of many hauntings from the places he's called home. There's even a lady in black who stands in the surf on the beach! Don't forget, if you have lots of stories to share or weird news to discuss, you too can be on a BullPhone! The Snort Scream and Tsoukalos Sound levels on Patreon will get you a recording session with Flora, so check it out if you're interested. Pick up a copy of Flora's new audiobook narration, Living Among Bigfoot: Collector's Edition Vol. 1-5, now on Audible! If you don't have an Audible account, you can sign up through the Blurry Photos Audible Affiliate link for a free 30-day trial membership - you get a free audiobook of your choice and Flora gets a book sale! Feel free to cancel any time and still keep the audiobook. Don't forget to review the narration of the book!

• Patreon BullPhone levels
• Audible Trial link
• Living Among Bigfoot Book link

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Dr. Jeffrey Anderson returns with a handful of stories on unexpected consequences of hoodoo! That old adage, "be careful what you wish for," is in full effect in these real stories of unexpected consequences of hoodoo. Dr. Anderson tells several accounts of folk magic gone wrong. If you're familiar with the W. W. Jacobs short story The Monkey's Paw, you might recognize some of the traits inherent in these tales. Drawing from real life encounters and articles, Dr. Anderson discusses how folk magic hasn't worked out for some folks. Flora talks about cultural significance and the different topics the stories inspires from episodes past. It's a fun and fascinating dialogue on culture and sociology in this episode of the podcast!

• Grab a copy of Dr. Anderson's book Conjure in African American Society!
• Grab a copy of Dr. Anderson's book Hoodoo, Voodoo, and Conjure: a Handbook!

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