Alt-cult Nation Podcast

Hey friends and freaks! This is a bonus episode that's also an introduction to Alt-cult Evening, where we talk about personal experiences with the paranormal and all-around weird shit! In this episode, Tessa and Taylor share a couple of their own paranormal experiences with their beloved listeners...dare to listen?!

This week's episode wraps up the girls' discussion on Aileen Wuornos, or who they refer to as The Hitchhiking Hoe. They talk about her victims, her trial after she obviously got caught, and what a lying sack of shit this woman was while trying to get away with murder! Thankfully, Aileen Wuornos got what she had coming to her in the end.

This week's episode is another two-parter! Tessa and Taylor discuss the very dark and twisted childhood and upbringing of Aileen Wuornos, who is one of America's most notorious female serial killers. Part 1 leads up to how Wuornos reached a point in her life where she turned to killing some of the men who picked her up on the side of the road while she prostituted herself. Stay tuned for the second part to hear more about her victims and the following trial of Aileen Wuornos.

In this week's episode, Tessa and Taylor discuss the very dark and violent history of the land that houses Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in Princeton, West Virginia. What was supposed to be a happy, fun place for the coal mining families in the area turned out to be much more dangerous than the owner could've anticipated. One thing is made clear in this episode...it's referred to "the amusement park of death" for a reason!

In this week's episode, the girls talk about Dr. William Bass, a forensic anthropologist, and how he established the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee. The FAC is popularly know as "The Body Farm" and has helped advance forensic anthropology and sciences greatly since it was established in 1980.