Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 14: Do Ghosts Say Cheese? Talking Spirit Photography
Set up your darkrooms, kids, because we’re going ghost snappin’!
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 17: Step into the Spirit Cabinet: Medium Frauds and Cottingley Fairies
Spiritualists, Fraudulent Mediums, and the Cottingley Fairies: You can question the trustworthiness of spirit mediums all you want, but we still wouldn’t recommend fucking with the Fae. Ever.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 13: Oracle Cards, the Cool Aunt of Tarot
We asked for Ouija board stories in the Patreon FB group, and holy hellcats, did they deliver. As Stefan would say, this one has it all!
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 16: Talking Tarot: Pick a Card, Any Card…
Tarot History, Tarot Cards, and Pamela Colman Smith: Shuffle the deck and determine your fate! Unless, of course, you’re a woman called Pixie in the 1900s.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 12: Rule 37: Do Not Fuck With the Ouija Board
We asked for Ouija board stories in the Patreon FB group, and holy hellcats, did they deliver. As Stefan would say, this one has it all!
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 15: Please Step Away from the Talking Board
Talking boards, spirit boards, Ouija boards: so many names, and so many ways to contact the beyond and/or open up a demon portal to hell.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 11.5: Halloween Bonus: The Ripper Theories
There have been rumors bouncing around for a while that H. H. Holmes may have taken his thirst for killing well beyond his Murder Castle in Chicago. So far beyond, in fact, that some believe he’s not just the White City Devil, but also none other than Jack the Ripper himself!
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 11: The H. H. Holmes Victims
H. H. Holmes was rumored to have committed an astounding 200 murders in total. But, does that number even make sense?
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 14.5: Halloween Bonus: The Oddities at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair
Down to its name, the 1893 World’s Fair: The Columbian Exhibition was as problematic as it was dazzling.
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 14: H. H. Holmes, Making a Murder Castle
S01E14: The life of serial killer H. H. Holmes (Herman Webster Mudgett) and the creation of His Murder Castle. (Part 1 in a 4-part Halloween series, including 2 main episodes and 2 episodes for our supporters on Patreon!)
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 10: Holy Shit, a Real Witch Bottle!
Honestly, is there anything else to say?
Actually, yes. We say plenty more about the witch bottles and alllll of our favorite fictional witches!
The Bones & Bobbins Podcast, Season 1, Episode 13: When Witches Were Waltzing
S01E13: Samhain and Halloween history, witchcraft crafts (corn dollies/corn mothers, witch bells, and candles), and creating your own witchcraft altar.