The ODDentity Podcast

S7 Ep. 6: INTERVIEW: Jonathan Johnson of WV Paranormal

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to the final episode of the season. You are listening to The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth MediaNetwork, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. As is custom, this episode features an interview. Thisweek I welcome Jonathan Johnson of West Virginia Paranormal. West Virginia Paranormal Investigations was founded in 2007 by cousins Jonathan Johnson and Richard Riley as a way to further understand the world of ghosts, hauntings, and the paranormal. I had a great chatJonathan and his group have uncovered some pretty amazing stuff. We talk about the team's investigations of some famous (or rather infamous)haunted places along with a discussion of some lesser-known locations and Jonathan talks about how he got into paranormal investigationsin the first place. If you've ever wanted to know more about how paranormal investigations actually work, you're in for a treat. 
 
A huge thank you to Jonathan and the crew at West Virginia Paranormal. Cheers to many more investigations and stay safe out there! That's it for this week and this season, dear listeners. The ODDentity Podcast will take its usual summer hiatus but will return in thefall with more tales of the creepy, weird, and paranormal.
Until then. Stay Spooky.
 
Show Notes:
https://www.facebook.com/WVPara/
https://www.youtube.com/user/wvpara
Email: wvparainvestigations@yahoo.com

Off Week Weird #5: Walled Up

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another Off Week Weird, brought to you by The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky. This week, I revisit the topic of immurement, another topic that was covered way back when I had a cohost and really deserves to be recorded in the new format. So, find a comfy arch and flatten yourself against the wall while I brick you in. Don’t worry. I’ll bring some pancakes to slide through the food slot a little later.
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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/immurement-history
https://www.ranker.com/list/people-who-were-immured/cheryl-adams-richkoff
https://books.google.com/books?id=A5i95b_FHvoC
 
Link to the original article.
https://hauntheads.wordpress.com/2017/05/30/immurement-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/

S7 Ep. 5: Chilling at Chillingham

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 episode contains subject matter that may be unsuitable for some listeners. Discretion is advised.
There's a lot to read here, so the TL/DR version is:
Buy a shirt: bonfire.com/oddmaste
Episode 6 might be delayed. If it is, it will drop in July as I've got a lit rag to publish in June. I'll keep you posted. :)
I'm re-recording some of the cohosted content from the podcast's past so it better reflects the new format.
Not the TL/DR version:
As you know, this podcast has been around since 2017 and has gone through a couple of cohosts. In an effort to make sure the content from cohosted episodes gets some play (I removed the cohosted episodes as they were low audio quality and don’t represent what the podcast is today) I’ve gone back through the archives to ferret out some of the research that really shouldn’t fall to the wayside. There are hours upon hours of research sitting in the old Haunt Heads binder and I want to make sure it sees the light of day. To that end, I’ll be recording some of these as solo episodes so they’ll match the current format and sound quality. Way back when there weren’t too many ear holes tuned in and I’m hoping that hearing these tales in the new format will bring you weird and wonderful joy.
Before we get started, I just wanted to let you know that a new shirt is available on the Bonfire site. I think it’s one of my favorites so far. The shirt reads, “ODDmaste /noun/ the oddness in me honors the oddness in you.” Do I do yoga? No. Have I ever done yoga? No. But if you’re into yoga or not and you're certifiably odd like me, you’ll agree that this shirt is a must-have for any oddball. Makes a great gift for that loveable weirdo in your life. Visit bonfire.com/oddmaste to purchase!
On to a little podcast housekeeping. This is episode 5 which means there are only two episodes left before the end of the season. I have someone lined up for our episode 6 interview, but if the timing doesn’t work out just right, that episode might have to get bumped for a few weeks. There’s also another Off Week Weird coming your way next week, so keep your eyes peeled for that. Bumping episode 6 back might mean the end of the season won’t come until July 5th. I also run a literary journal and will need the month of June to get the spring/summer issue in order.
Last but not least, at the end of this episode there will be an advert for a pod on the PodMoth Network as well as an ad for the Fireside Phantoms Podcast. Take a moment to give those great pods a listen and subscribe if you haven’t already.
Link to original article: https://hauntheads.wordpress.com/2017/05/09/chillingham-castle-most-haunted/
Sources: 
https://chillingham-castle.com/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryMagazine/DestinationsUK/Chillingham-Castle/
https://historycollection.com/the-chilling-history-of-chillingham-castle/
 

FEED TAKEOVER! Boosed Podcast: Amanda, in the Library, with the Haunted Doll

Hello, dear listeners. This week, some of the PodMoth podcasts are swapping feeds in order to give the sister pods on the network an opportunity for an audience boost. If you enjoy this podcast, please subscribe! New episodes of this podcast will return on the 17th. Stay tuned and, as always, Stay Spooky!
 
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THROWBACK EPISODE: Seven Bridges of Grant Park Investigation

This week in honor of National Paranormal Day on May 3rd, I present to you a throwback episode, way back when this podcast was known as Haunt Heads, prior to rebranding. This episode takes you to Seven Bridges of Grant Park in Milwaukee. It’s an older recording, but the content is interesting. See how many strange sounds or voices you can pick out that aren’t part of the ambient noise. I found some tidbits and attached them to the end of the episode so you can hear what I heard (or didn’t hear) during our excursion. The other voices you hear are that of Mimi and Bill Stephen. Mimi was my cohost way back when and we had a lot of fun podcasting together.
Without further delay, here is Season 1, Episode 17 of Haunt Heads. Seven Bridges of Grant Park. Stay Spooky!

Off Week Weird #4: Metal Messiah: Number 5 Meets Jesus

Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another Off Week Weird from The ODDentity Podcast, a proud member of the PodMoth Media Network. For more awesome podcasts, head on over to podmoth.network. There’s something for everyone on PodMoth.
On this off week, I wanted to introduce you to John Murray Spear, an advocate of many things and an inventor who endeavored to create god in the form of a machine. It’s like if the robot from Short Circuit met Jesus. No, seriously.
Show Notes:
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Sources
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/571569/spiritualist-god-machine
https://www.thoughtco.com/inventions-nineteenth-century-4144740
https://web.archive.org/web/20110623202324/http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/johnmurrayspear.html

S7 Ep. 4: Mass Hysteria

This week, I bring you strange tales of dancing in the street that continued long past the point of injury and defied all logic, at least at the time.
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SHOW NOTES:
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Bosch Painting: http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/stone.jpg
Sources:
https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/cure-folly-or-removing-stone-madness/2000-03#:~:text=Some%20involved%20medical%20intervention%20%E2%80%94%20bleeding,cause%20the%20affliction%20of%20madness.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/44449765?mag=when-dancing-plagues-struck-medieval-europe&seq=7#metadata_info_tab_contents
https://web.archive.org/web/20121013075434/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/08/01/dancing-death-mystery.html
https://daily.jstor.org/when-dancing-plagues-struck-medieval-europe/
https://web.archive.org/web/20141108120740/http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)60386-X/fulltext
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/258521
https://www.treehugger.com/strange-cases-mass-hysteria-4864276
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/secrets/witches-curse-clues-evidence/1501/
https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dancing-plague-of-1518
https://brainblogger.com/2011/05/27/extracting-the-stone-of-madness-the-search-for-the-cure-to-insanity/
Bauer, Patricia. "Dancing plague of 1518". Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2020, https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518. Accessed 31 March 2021.

Off Week Weird #3: Who's Your Mummy?

Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another Off Week Weird, jammed into your earholes by The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network. This week, I introduce you (or perhaps reintroduce you) to Peter Kurten otherwise known as the Vampire of Dusseldorf. 
This episode of the Off Week Weird contains subject matter that might not be suitable for all listeners, particularly those under the age of 13. Listener discretion is advised.
Show Notes:
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Sources:
Murderpedia.org
Berg, Karl (1945) [1938]. The Sadist. London: Broadway Press. pp. 159–289. ISBN 978-9-333-35227-7.