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Episode 83: Heaven’s Gate Sep 12, 2018

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Episode 83: Heaven’s Gate Jay walks us through the mass suicide of the Heaven’s Gate Cult and its paranormal handprint. 1. On March 26, 1997 police discovered the bodies of 39 members of the group. (Members wanted to reach an extraterrestrial spacecraft following Comet Hale–Bopp.) 2. The group rented a 9,200-square-foot mansion in a gated community of San Diego-area called Rancho Santa Fe. (They paid $7,000 per month in cash.) 3. Authorities found the dead lying neatly in their own bunk beds - faces and torsos covered by a square purple cloth. (All were dressed in identical black shirts, sweat pants, and black-and-white Nikes.) 4. People at the site have seen what appear to be ghosts – but, many say they’re not human! (Aliens?) 5. People say they look like Greys. (Aliens!) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 82: Jane Addams Hull House Sep 06, 2018

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Episode 82: Jane Addams Hull House Noelle walks us through the hauntings of Jane Addams Hull House. 1. This is the story of Jane Addams. (She’s the “Mother of Social Work.”) 2. Addams was very wealthy – but, she was inspired to use her money and influence to help people. (She co-founded Hull House with Ellen Gates Starr in 1889!) 3. The house is a mansion located in Chicago. (Located at 800 S. Halsted. That’s Halsted and Polk!) 4. At its height, Hull House was visited by 2,000 people a week. (AND MORE!) 5. Hull House was involved in city and statewide campaigns for better housing, improvements to public welfare, stricter child labor laws, and the protection of working women. (In 1912, Addams helped start the Progressive Party. Oh… and a DEVIL BABY LIVES AT HULL HOUSE!) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 81: The Ghosts of Hawaii Aug 29, 2018

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Episode 81: The Ghosts of Hawaii Jay walks us through the Ghosts of Hawaii. !!! Special thanks to friend of the show – Renee Hansel – for the suggestion !!! 1. 2,335 American soldiers died and 1,143 were wounded at Pearl Harbor. (December 7, 1941.) 2. Many Hawaiians expect supernatural to occur during a certain moon phase known as pō Kāne – the 27th night of the lunar month. (Pō Kāne is associated with the night marchers!) 3. Nightmarchers are the deadly ghosts of ancient Hawaiian warriors. (As a nightmarch approaches people hear loud war drums in the distance, then smell a foul and musky “death-like” odor!) 4. Pele is the goddess of fire and volcanoes. (She’s also known as "She who shapes the sacred land.") 5. The Green Lady lives at Wahiawa Botanical Garden. (She has jagged teeth, hair covered in seaweed, and green fish-like scales!) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 80: Cryptozoology Aug 15, 2018

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Episode 80: Cryptozoology Noelle walks us through Cryptozoology. We’ve got Mermaids, Big Feet, Werewolves – oh my! 1. Pseudoscience that aims to prove the existence of entities from the folklore record and animals. (You can call them Cryptids. Miss Jackson if you’re nasty!) 2. The term cyrtid was coined by J.E. Wall in 1983. (Fun!) 3. Few cryptozoologists have a formal science education. (Education is super over-rated, guys! Just make stuff up!) 4. Come for Chupacabra and stay for the Lizard People. (Grab a nice frothy beverage and enjoy the Enfield Monster!) 5. No fossils. No remains. No footprints. No remnants. (Boring! Just bring your imagination and let’s go to the woods!) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 79: Bobby Mackey’s Music World Jul 23, 2018

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Episode 79: Bobby Mackey’s Music World Noelle walks us through The Most Haunted Night Club in America: Bobby Mackey’s Music World. 1. Originally, it was built as slaughterhouse in the 1850s. (Satan lives in the basement!) 2. Rich gal Pearl Bryan was killed by her A-Hole boyfriend. (Did we mention Satan?) 3. Bobby and Janet Mackey purchased the building in the spring of 1978. (Ghosts! Ghosts! Ghosts!) 4. Here live the spirits of Johanna and an angry man at the bar. (Deleted lyrics from Billy Joel's "Piano Man.") 5. THERE ARE GHOSTS IN THE BASEMENT! (But, you knew that, because you listen to HIgh Spirits Chicago Podcast and you know that ALL basements are haunted.) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 78: Witches Jul 16, 2018

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Episode 78: Witches Jay walks us through the history of witches. 1. Witchcraft of some sort has probably existed since humans first banded together in groups. (Prehistoric art depicts magical rites to ensure successful hunting! 2. 1400 BC: the Oracle of Delphi was the most important shrine in all Greece. (People came from all over Greece and beyond to have their questions about the future answered by the Pythia.) 3. 700 BC and 100 AD: The Druid tradition is the closest thing to what we perceive to be modern magic / witchcraft. 4. After the publication of the Malleus Maleficarum, Pope Innocent VIII issued a declaration of witchcraft in 1498. (For more than 100 years, the book sold more copies of any other book in Europe except the Bible.) 5. A tour of witches: Hecate, Baba Yaga, Morgan le Fay, Moll Dyer, Bridget Bishop, and more! (Witches! Getting ‘er done.) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 77: Hotel Monte Vista - Flagstaff, Arizona Jun 14, 2018

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Episode 77: Hotel Monte Vista - Flagstaff, Arizona Noelle walks us through one of Arizona's most haunted hotels, the Hotel Monte Vista. 1. Allegedly, Flagstaff got its name because the founders stripped a pine tree to fly an American flag. (Creative!) 2. By 1886, Flagstaff was the largest city on the railroad line between Albuquerque and the west coast of the United States. (You go, Flagstaff!) 3. The Hotel Monte Vista opened on New Year’s Day, 1927 with 73 rooms. (Cost in today’s money would be about $2.9 Million!) 4. Haunted rooms include 210, 220, 305, and 306. (Murder! Rocking Chairs! Bon Jovi!) 5. There’s a baby crying in the basement. (Advice: stay out of basements if you want to avoid ghosts!) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 76: Tombstone Ghost Town Jun 08, 2018

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Episode 76: Tombstone Ghost Town Jay walks us through one of the most famous locations of the Wild, Wild West: Tombstone. 1. Tombstone is a historic city in Arizona, founded in 1879 by prospector Ed Schieffelin. (Silver Mining!) 2. Its population grew from 100 to around 14,000 in less than seven years. (It’s best known as the site of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral!) 3. A woman in a long white dress has also been spied on Tombstone streets. (Seamstress!) 4. Big Nose Kate’s Saloon. (That’s what it’s really called. Oh, And it’s haunted.) 5. The Birdcage is reputed to be one of the most haunted places in Tombstone: allegedly continuing to host as many as 31 ghosts. (SNEAK PEEK: two prostitutes got into a brawl, and one got the upper hand by repeatedly stabbing the other in her chest with the sharp heel of her stiletto.) Sweet Dreams XOXOZzzzzzzz.

Episode 75: Vampires! May 30, 2018

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Episode 75: Vampires! Noelle walks us through the Paranormal’s hottest, sexiest, blood-thirstiest beast: the VAMPYRE. 1. Vampires are ancient. (But they still LOOK good!) 2. You can spell the word “vampire” - but, WHY BOTHER? (It’s Vampyre from here out, kids!) 3. Vampyres have roamed Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas for centuries. (I bet they know how to order the best things at the finest places!) 4. There are so many vampyre myths it can be hard to keep track. (BUT KEEP UP!) 5. Hey, you! Have you ever seen “True Blood”? (WATCH THAT SHIZZZ. * Hi, Eric Northman. How’s it going, Boo?) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

Episode 74: Bachelor's Grove Cemetery May 12, 2018

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Episode 74: Bachelor's Grove Cemetery Jay walks us through one of Chicago’s Most Paranormal Sites, Bachelor's Grove Cemetery. 1. Bremen Township, Cook County, Illinois, in Chicago's southwest suburbs. (Hometown story!) 2. The land surrounding Bachelors Grove Cemetery was originally settled by English homesteaders around 1833. (The cemetery contains 82 plots!) 3. 1920s and 1930s, this isolated site became a dumping ground for victims of Chicago's organized crime syndicate. It was the perfect place to dump traitors and snitches. (Cool!) 4. Around the 1960s, the site was rumored to be extremely haunted. (SO. MANY. GHOSTS!) 5. Officers that have patrolled the woods at night have reported seeing evidence of black magic and occult rituals in and around the graveyard. (Satanic Panic! *Sssssssstupid!*) Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.

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