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The Mystery Machine
Hi, this is Jenny again. We saw the Mystery Machine on the Ohio Turnpike this summer. Well, we saw it in camping-trailer form, at least. The man who drove the auto attached to…
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Snakes on a Plantation
I listened to a few episodes of The Nod last month. The Nod, by Gimlet Media, is a podcast about Black life hosted by Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings. I highly recommend The Nod‘s…
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The War On Christmas. Also, Happy Solstice!
People get outraged over how other people celebrate December. Centuries ago, people got outraged over how other people celebrated December. Here’s an episode from New England Legends Podcast which explains all this: When…
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3 Après-Halloween Folklore Podcasts
Today I read on Facebook that “marriage is just sharing the same germs” or something to that effect. Anyway, I’ve been laid up with a cold since Thursday night. I spent these days…
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Four Angry Mobs
Today is November 29, and I still listen to ghost/history/lore podcasts during each work commute. This week, I found the American Hauntings Podcast. I think highly enough of it to write this essay…
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Dance With Me On the Dark Side
Hi, I’m back! I have to recommend two more podcasts that I liked so much that I listened to them multiple times. I downloaded both of these…
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“Do You Like My Little Lie?”
Here is a podcast episode that I listened to yesterday during the storm. The story haunted me all night. The story is “Do You Like My Little Lie?” from the podcast “Strangers,” which…
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“Kinnikinnick Nick VS The Bear”
Bears. I think of a few family members when I think of bears. Some of them loved bears, and some just remind me of bears. Today at lunch, I listed to a…
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Pre-Halloween Horrors
A few weeks into my junior year of college, one of my classmates, “Gwen,” passed away alone in her dorm room. Natural causes, from a longtime medical condition. On the same floor…
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Hurricane Podcast Recommendation
Since Hurricanes Harvey and Irma are current events, I wanted to recommend a podcast episode that I really enjoyed this summer. I’m talking about the podcast “Undiscovered,” by Science Friday, and this…