Episodes

  • The Haunted Ackley House

    The Haunted Ackley House
    Jul 8 2024
    We briefly discuss pre- and post-Revolutionary War history in Nyack, New York, the location of the first legally haunted house in the United States. We dissect and discuss the Ackley family’s allegations of three poltergeists that coexisted with them in their Rockland County home, for over twenty years, before failing to disclose the hauntings to a prospective buyer. This established the GhostBusters Ruling case in 1991, and changed the course of real estate disclosure laws in New York state. CW/TW: This episode discusses paranormal (or specifically poltergeist activity). We can’t be held responsible for your nightmares. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Available on RadioGardenState Available on Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “History of Nyack, NY” (visitnyack.org) Article: “How This Victorian Home Because America’s First Legally Haunted House” by Hadley Mendelsohn (housebeautiful.com) Article: “Inside the Spooky Dream Home: This $1.85-million Mansion Was the Focus of the 1991 Ghostbusters Ruling” (thestar.com) Article: “Our Haunted House on the Hudson” by Helen Herdman Ackley (rd.com) Article: “Colonial Foodways” by Ed Crews (colonialwilliamsburg.org) Article: “Research: Rockland in the Revolutionary War: Significant Events in Rockland” (rocklandhistory.org) Article: “Helen Ackley’s Haunted House on the Hudson” by The Delaware Paranormal Research Group (deparanormalresearchgroup.com) Article: “There’s a House in Hudson Valley That’s So Terrifying It Was Legally Declared Haunted by New York State” by Lea Monroe (onlyinyourstate.com) Article: “Selling a Haunted House? Here’s What You Need to Know” published on NBCNewsYork.com Article: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving (gutenberg.org) Poem: “The Hour and the Ghost” by Christina Rossetti (poetry.org) Podcast: Strange Phenomenon (Interview with Cynthia Kavanagh, daughter of Helen Ackley) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Mini Episode: The Keepers: Case Updates

    Mini Episode: The Keepers: Case Updates
    Jul 1 2024
    We discuss how The Keepers (2017) documentary frames the major figures involved in the case. We discuss updates on the case–exhumations to the collection of DNA evidence, and recent rape allegations against Father Gerry Koob. CW/TW: This episode discusses sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, and murder. Graphic details will be discussed. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Radio Garden State Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “FBI to Exhume Woman’s Body After Netflix Docuseries Examined Whether Her 1969 Murder Was Linked to Baltimore Nun’s Killing” (CBSNews) Article: “Exhumation in Unsolved 1969 Killing Raises Hopes for Answers” by Christine Hauser and Emily Schmall (NYT) Article: “Women Say ‘Keepers’ Figure Was Unnamed Rapist in Catholic Abuse Report” by Justin Fenton and Julie Scharper (The Baltimore Banner) Documentary: The Keepers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Sister Cathy Cesnik

    Sister Cathy Cesnik
    Jun 24 2024
    Drew Hudson solo hosts and comparatively timelines and details Sister Cathy’s and Joyce Malecki’s deaths. Drew interpretively analyzes the late nun’s poem and letter to Father Gerry Koob which reveals a more intimate relationship between them. The episode ends with Drew naming two main suspects that may have been primarily or tangentially involved in Sister Cathy’s death. CW/TW: This episode discusses sexual abuse, sexual assault, rape, and murder. Graphic details will be discussed. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “FBI to Exhume Woman’s Body After Netflix Docuseries Examined Whether Her 1969 Murder Was Linked to Baltimore Nun’s Killing” (CBSNews) Article: “Women Say ‘Keepers’ Figure Was Unnamed Rapist in Catholic Abuse Report” by Justin Fenton and Julie Scharper (The Baltimore Banner) Article: “What Did Sister Cathy Know In The Keepers, Netflix’s Harrowing True-Crime Series?” by Elena Nicolao (Refinery29) Facebook Group: The Keepers Official Group - Justice for Catherine Cesnik and Joyce Maleki Website: Diocese of Wilmington Report: My Report on the Baltimore Report by Leslie C. Griffin Documentary: The Keepers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 48 mins
  • Mini Episode: Scandal in Setauket

    Mini Episode: Scandal in Setauket
    Jun 17 2024
    We discuss the sexual abuse allegations and lawsuit, brought by Lew H. Crispin III, three years after Rev. Canon Paul Wancura’s death, detailed in Episode 9. CW/TW: This episode discusses sexual abuse and murder. Graphic details will be discussed. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Tik Tok: @severed_podcast YouTube: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “Scandal on a Wealthy Island: A Priest, a Murder and a Mystery” by Amanda M. Fairbanks (NYT; no paywall) Article: “Spotlight on Abuse: Episcopal Priest Paul Wancura” (embedded summons; anglicanwatch.com) Article: “Shelter Island Homicide Unsolved After Six Years: Island and County Police Report Case Still ‘Active’” by Ambrose Clancy (shelterislandreporter.com) Website: The Meneo Law Group (meneolawgroup.com) Website: Levy Konigsberg (levylaw.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    39 mins
  • #TBT | Exorcism & Possession with Religious Studies Prof. Darryl Caterine

    #TBT | Exorcism & Possession with Religious Studies Prof. Darryl Caterine
    Jun 13 2024
    In this #TBT episode, Prof. Caterine talks with us about American Catholicism, Catholic rituals, and exorcism and possession. We explore these connections to pop culture and the Netflix documentary, The Devil on Trial (2023) Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Tik Tok: @severed_podcast YouTube: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Rogue Media Network Sources Journal article: “Psychosis in a Patient with Anxiety Related to COVID-19: A Case Report” by J. Hauracaya-Victoria et al. Psychiatry Res. 2020. EPub 2020 May 7. PMID: 32388178; PMCID: PMC 7203023. Book: The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape edited by Darryl Caterine and John W. Morehead (Routledge; Reading Religion.org 2019). Book: The Exorcist Effect: Horror, Religion, and Demonic Belief by Joseph P. Laycock and Eric Harrelson (Oxford UP; 2024). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    47 mins
  • Rev. Canon Paul Wancura

    Rev. Canon Paul Wancura
    Jun 10 2024
    We discuss the mysterious, unsolved case on Shelter Island, New York, involving the deceased priest, Rev. Canon Paul Wancura. Drew finds a prior case involving sexual abuse and murder, incorporates the psychology of island living or island mentality, and explores the purported home invasion crime to Rev. Wancura’s death. For information/tips: If anyone has information, you can contact the Suffolk County Crime Stoppers or submit an anonymous tip–call 1-800-222-TIPS. Provide any tips on the P3 Tips APP via the App Store or Google Play or P3Tips.com. The information provided is confidential. CW/TW: This episode discusses sexual abuse and murder. Graphic details will be discussed. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Tik Tok: @severed_podcast YouTube: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “Scandal on a Wealthy Island: A Priest, a Murder and a Mystery” by Amanda M. Fairbanks (NYT; no paywall) Article: “First Slaying Washes Away Shelter Island’s Innocence” by Dale Russakoff (WaPo; no paywall) Article: “Shelter Island Feels Chic, Relaxed and Timeless” by Steven Kurutz (NYT; no paywall) Article: “Year in Review: Shelter Island Homicide Case Still Unsolved After Five Years” by Ambrose Clancy Article: “Police–Cash Reward for Tips on Silver Beach Burglaries” by Ambrose Clancy Article: “Islandness of the Mind: The Study of Islanders” by Ilan Kelman, Ph.D. D (PsychologyToday.com) Article: “Beloved Episcopal Priest, 87, Mourned as New York Police Seek His Attackers in Home Invasion” by David Paulsen Article: “Police Report Another Silver Beach Burglary Two Weeks after Brutal Crime in the Area” by Ambrose Clancy Article: “Shelter Island Homicide Unsolved After Six Years: Island and County Police Report Case Still ‘Active’” by Ambrose Clancy Article: “Year in Review: Shelter Island Homicide Case Still Unsolved After Five Years” by Ambrose Clancy Article: “That Murdered ‘Priest’ and Accusations of ABuse: But This Wasn’t Another Catholic Case” by Terry Mattingly (bishop-accountability.org) Article: “Spotlight on Abuse: Episcopal Priest Paul Wancura” (embedded summons; anglicanwatch.com) Journal Article: “Social Psychological Perspectives on Islandness: Identities, Vulnerabilities and Precarities” by Kate Matheson et al. Concepts, Theories, & Introductions: Island Studies Journal 19(1). Website: Shelter Island, New York (shelterislandtown.gov) Website: United States Census Bureau (Shelter Island; Suffolk County, NY) Website: Cape Resports (caperesorts.com) Website: Caroline Episcopal Church (carolinechurch.net) Website: Canon Wancura Obituary (2018) (legacy.com) Website: Shelter Island, New York Violent Crime Rates and Map (shelterislandreporter.timesreview.com) Website: Lucien Piccard | Our Story (lucienpiccardusa.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 54 mins
  • Mini Episode: The Satanic Panic

    Mini Episode: The Satanic Panic
    Jun 3 2024
    Harry solo hosts and gives an overview of the Satanic Panic era of the 70s and 80s. He highlights important moments and the role that heavy metal music played. Not to miss this talk about pop culture, movies, TV, daytime talk shows, and more. CW/TW: Profanity Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Tik Tok: @severed_podcast YouTube: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “Satanic Panic” (Wikipedia) Article: “Better by You, Better than Me” (Wikipedia) Article: “Aleister Crowley” (Wikipedia) Article: “The Dark Lord’s Rise and Fall in 1980s Heavy Metal” by Janice Headley (KEXP.org) Article: “6.66 Hot Points of the ‘80s Heavy Metal Satanic Panic” by Mike McPadden (VH1.com) Blog: “Satanic Panic: America’s War on Heavy Metal in the 1980’s” by Kieran Fisher (Heavyisheavy.com) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    45 mins
  • Arne Johnson

    Arne Johnson
    May 27 2024
    Drew solo hosts on the Arne Johnson case (or The Devil on Trial documentary streaming on Netflix). Drew explores possession and what necessitates an exorcism, in general, and as it applied to 11-year-old David Glatzel, and his family, who firmly believed he was possessed. The conversation also considers the parasitic relationship of Ed and Lorraine Warren on the Glatzels, and the murder of Alan Bono for which Arne Johnson stood trial in October 1981. CW/TW: This episode focuses on demonic possession and murder. Graphic imagery and details of the case and crime will be discussed. Listener discretion is advised. Email: severedpodcast@gmail.com Website: severedpodcast.com Facebook: facebook.com/severedpodcast Instagram: @severed_podcast Tik Tok: @severed_podcast YouTube: @severed_podcast Hosts: Harry Chambers + Drew Hudson Logo Art: Drew Hudson Theme Song Composer | Podcast Editor: Harry Chambers Show Concept | Researcher | Lead Writer: Drew Hudson Rogue Media Network Sources Article: “The True Story Behind the Netflix Documentary The Devil on Trial” by Laura Zornosa Article: “The Defendant in a Murder Puts the Devil on Trial” by Dudley Clendinen Article: “A Differential Diagnosis of Demonic Possession” by Joe Pierre, M.D. Article: “The Real History of Exorcisms That You Don’t See in Movies” by Melissa Sartore Article: “Exorcism” published by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (usccb.org) Article: “Sominex: 25mg Tablet Antihistamines” published on WebMD Journal Article: “Demon Possession: Chapter 7 of ‘Counseling and the Demonic” by Rodger K. Bufford Book: Hauntings, Possessions, and Exorcisms by Adam C. Belai Documentary: The Devil on Trial Documentary: Shock Docs: The Devil Made Me Do It Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 13 mins