S1 Ep70: April 24 and St. Mark's Eve, a.k.a. Spying on Future Ghosts Day

04/24/21 • 6 min

This episode comes from the post, "Why did people spy on future ghosts on St. Mark's Eve?"
After stumbling across an article on ViraLuck called "15 Weird Forgotten Holidays We Should Totally Bring Back,” I totally added April 24, St. Mark’s Eve, to the Weird Holidays & Observances page.
St. Mark's Eve doesn't sound very weird or unusual, but what some folks do on it is --or used to do. Not sure it's a thing anymore.
But between the 17th and 19th centuries in some parts of the world it was a thing to sit in a church porch between 11 p.m. and 1 a.m. and watch for "future ghosts."
What are future ghosts? The ghosts of people who will die in the coming 12 months.
But there is some other lore associated with St. Mark's Day too. That's what we explore in this episode.
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S1 Ep69: Talking the Ed Gein Shock Docs Special with Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza

I had a lot of questions for Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza after watching an advance screener of the Shock Docs special, Ed Gein: The Real Psycho, which begins streaming on discovery+ April 9.
Luckily, I had the chance to ask them!
Had they ever worked together before? Nope. (And what a first case to team up on!)
Did they ever expect they'd investigate anything having to do with Ed Gein, and were they expecting his mom to be so intense, even from the other side?
These are just a few of the questions I asked them.
Listen to see what else we discussed, including why:

Cindy keeps reiterating to anyone who asks why this was one of the craziest and most emotional cases she's ever worked on, and
Steve has the utmost respect for Cindy and wouldn't hesitate to work with her again.

Episode Image: Courtesy discovery+
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S1 Ep71: The Feminine Macabre and Charles Dickens' Haunted Mirror

The Feminine Macabre, curated by Amanda R. Woomer with a foreword by Patti Negri, is a woman's journal of all things strange and unusual. It contains 30 pieces by women in the paranormal, including one from me, "How to Conjure the Spirit of Charles Dickens in the Haunted Mirror at the Omni Parker House."
That's what I read in this episode.
Also, as noted in this episode, I promised to share Amanda's link in case you're interested in checking out the book or any of the other spooktacular things she does at Spook Eats. Visit her at spookeats.com.
Want more Haunt Jaunts? Jaunt with us online anytime at HauntJaunts.net, or socially on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. And if you liked what you heard, remember to subscribe too. (Reviews are also always appreciated!) Host & Guide: Courtney Mroch, Ambassador of Dark & Paranormal Tourism Intro Music: Pumpkin Demon by WinnieTheMoog Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6866-pumpkin-demon License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Outro Music: From https://filmmusic.io "Some Amount of Evil" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Episode Music: "Fairytale Waltz" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
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