Episodes

  • 9: Cheesman Park

    9: Cheesman Park
    Jun 25 2024
    Cheesman Park is a popular escape for Denver residents who seek a peaceful escape from the city during their busy days. But as night falls, it is known to be one of Denvers most haunted locations...

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    This podcast is researched, hosted by, and produced by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Photograph for podcast art is by Ivy Boyd, font and design from Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://kekbfm.com/haunted-colorado-denver-cheesman-park/#:~:text=Denver%2C%20Colorado's%20Cheesman%20Park

    https://nerdist.com/article/poltergeist-true-story-inspired-movie/

    https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/denver-house-inspired-horror-film

    https://denverterrors.com/cheesman-park/

    https://collider.com/poltergeist-haunted-history-explained/#:~:text=Zelda%20Rubinstein%20returned%20as%20well,Gary%20Sherman%20breaking%20his%20leg
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    10 mins
  • 8: Victorian Cemetery Picnics

    8: Victorian Cemetery Picnics
    Apr 30 2024
    Relaxing in a cemetery may sound odd to some, but to the Victorians, it could be a peaceful place to spend a spring or summer today. This trend has even gone through a resurgence in recent years...

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    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.foodandwine.com/lifestyle/how-to-respectfully-picnic-in-a-cemetery#:~:text=Victorians%20would%20gather%20in%20cemeteries,that%20it%20became%20a%20thing

    https://blog.billiongraves.com/cemetery-superstitions/

    https://connectingdirectors.com/55122-cemetery-picnics

    https://www.midnightsocietytales.com/2014/03/29/victorian-valhallas-cemetery-picnics/
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    12 mins
  • 7: The Poltergeist of Greyfriars Kirkyard

    7: The Poltergeist of Greyfriars Kirkyard
    Apr 23 2024
    Greyfriars Kirkyard is home to the legend of a horrifying poltergeist, said to harm visitors which has resulted in attempted exorcisms...

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    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://ewh.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Greyfriars-Kirkyard.pdf
    https://greyfriarskirk.com/history/
    https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/632836/greyfriars-kirkyard-ghostly-history
    http://www.eatdrinktravel.com/most-haunted-graveyard-in-the-world-greyfriars-kirkyard/
    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/george-mackenzie-s-mausoleum
    https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Colin+Grant+was+talking+to+the+spirit+world+when+he+unexpectedly...-a060820879
    https://angusfolklore.blogspot.com/2019/02/bloody-advocate-mackenzie-monster-or.html
    https://darkhauntings.wordpress.com/2017/07/27/greyfriars-kirkyard/
    https://edinburgh.org/blog/tales-from-beyond-the-grave-in-edinburgh/#:~:text=In%201999%2C%20a%20homeless%20man,ghost%20of%20“Bluidy%20Mackenzie”
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    16 mins
  • 6: The New Orleans Casket Girls

    6: The New Orleans Casket Girls
    Apr 16 2024
    When ships full of pale women and their caskets arrived in New Orleans, vampiric suspicions began to arise... but what was the real story behind these "Casket Girls"?

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    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://wams.nyhistory.org/settler-colonialism-and-revolution/settler-colonialism/casket-girls/
    https://www.nola.com/300/300-unique-new-orleans-moments-casket-girls-shipped-to-new-orleans-for-molding-into-refined/article_2038e39e-0290-535f-875b-a0de5f93aee8.html
    https://locationsoflore.com/2022/08/06/casket-girls-new-orleans-vampire-tale/
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/casket-girls
    https://scrcexhibits.omeka.net/exhibits/show/sihistory/settlement/french/frwomen#:~:text=Many%20French%20explorers%2C%20traders%2C%20and,were%20relatively%20independent%20and%20influential
    https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5597&context=etd
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    15 mins
  • 5: Birth of the Modern Funeral Home

    5: Birth of the Modern Funeral Home
    Apr 2 2024
    Kells Irish Restaurant and Pub in Seattle sees it's fair share of patrons, but many might not know of this buildings pivotal roll in the creation of the modern-day funeral home, AND that it is reportedly haunted...

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    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://seattle.curbed.com/2018/10/31/18048486/pike-place-butterworth-haunted-history
    https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2012/03/butterworth-mortuarys-exquisite-corpses-april-2012
    https://www.irishstar.com/culture/food-drink/kells-irish-pub-haunted-bar-31231270.amp
    https://www.etymonline.com/word/mortuary
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    11 mins
  • 4: Rosalia Lombardo

    4: Rosalia Lombardo
    Mar 19 2024
    This incredibly well-preserved, 100+ year old corpse of a little girl has gone on to be known as "Sleeping Beauty", but some believe there is an eerie, paranormal side to her...

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    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.palermocatacombs.com/explore/rosalia-lombardo

    https://allthatsinteresting.com/rosalia-lombardo

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosalia_Lombardo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOhSd0ugmI4
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    10 mins
  • 3: The Old Stone Cutter

    3: The Old Stone Cutter
    Mar 5 2024
    The "Deaths Head" symbol, featuring a skull with feathered wings, is an iconic and classic example of New England funerary art. But did you know that we have still not identified who the prolific craftsman is who created this beloved piece of headstone imagery?

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    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/iconography-gravestones-burying-grounds

    https://symbolism.magnoliasandpeaches.com/?p=3479

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funerary_art_in_Puritan_New_England

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    13 mins
  • 2: Grave Bells and Safety Coffins

    2: Grave Bells and Safety Coffins
    Feb 20 2024
    It is said that premature burial was so prolific in the medieval and early modern period that bells (attached to the body buried below via a string) were used to alert someone that the recently buried were still alive. Some claim that this is where the terms "saved by the bell" and "dead ringer" came from...but is this true? What other means did we come up with to prevent something as scary as being accidentally buried alive?

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    Website and blog: www.thetaphophilediaries.com

    This podcast is produced, researched, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay. Art designed in Canva.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://worldneurologyonline.com/article/apparent-death-and-coma-in-the-18th-century/

    https://wellcomecollection.org/works/xp7pmd7s/items?canvas=7

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/people-feared-being-buried-alive-so-much-they-invented-these-special-safety-coffins-180970627/

    https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/05/origin-phrase-dead-ringer/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety_coffin

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/charles-f-mills-grave-bell

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/users-guide-to-definitive-death
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    16 mins