Strange Familiars

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Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

Intro and background music by Stone Breath – which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song at the end of this episode is “The Coming Fires” from the Stone Breath album “The Ætheric Lamp“.

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Barnum's Cannibals Apr 19, 2017

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Episode 6: We tell the true story of P.T. Barnum's Fiji Cannibals. After being taken from Fiji and exhibited in sideshows and dime museums around the United States, one of these men died in York, Pennsylvania. Newspapers reported that two other "cannibals" attempted to eat his corpse. What really happened?...and where is the Fiji Cannibal's body? We visit Potter's Fields, and discuss sideshows, circuses, Circassian women, and more. Our guest is Alison Renner.

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Episode 6 notes and links:

Alison: https://www.etsy.com/shop/odpeacock

Matt Deterior: http://mattdeterior.bigcartel.com instagram: @MattDeterior

instagram: @strangefamiliars

Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song at the end of this episode is "Song to the Folding Leaves" from the Stone Breath album “Children of Hum“.

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Haunted Roads Apr 06, 2017

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Episode 5: We talk about Haunted Roads - both the general idea and symbolism of haunted roads, and some specific haunted roads. Our guest is Thomas White.

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Episode 5 notes and links:

Thomas White: https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-White/e...

instagram: @strangefamiliars

Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song at the end of this episode is “The Night Birds Psalm" from the Stone Breath album of the same name.

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The Witch Diggers Mar 22, 2017

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Episode 4: In our fourth episode we tell a strange story of bigfoot creatures and other weirdness from 1892 in Indiana and compare it with some modern bigfoot reports. Our guest is Joshua Cutchin.

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Episode 4 notes and links:

Joshua Cutchin: https://www.amazon.com/Joshua-Cutchin

instagram: @strangefamiliars

Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song at the end of this episode is "The Vision of the Face in the Well" from the Stone Breath album “The Shepherdess and the Bone-White Bird“.

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Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell, part three Mar 08, 2017

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Episode 3: Our first cycle of episodes will explore some local legends from York County, Pennsylvania beginning with Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. In episode 3 we journey back to Toad Road and discuss ghosts, bigfoot, the Hidebehind, cryptids, iron furnaces, missing persons, and more - including some very dark, very real true crime stories which took place in the area.

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Episode 3 notes and links:

Much of the research for this episode was done for our first book, Beyond the Seventh Gate ( http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Seventh-... )

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Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song at the end of this episode is "The Hidebehind" from the Stone Breath album "CRYPTIDS".

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The Singing Corpse Feb 22, 2017

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Episode 2: Our first cycle of episodes will explore some local legends from York County, Pennsylvania beginning with Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. In the second episode we travel north along the Codorus Creek into York City and go to Prospect Hill Cemetery where we talk about the Singing Corpse, mystery lights, synchronicity, red glowing eyes, and other strangeness - and we are rewarded with a photographic anomaly.

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Episode 2 notes and links:

Much of the research for this episode was done for our first book, Beyond the Seventh Gate https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Seventh-Gate-Exploring-Strangeness/dp/153538333X/

Sarada http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada

Michael Anderson http://drekka.bandcamp.com

Martyn Bates http://www.eyelessingaza.com/mb.html

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Strange Familiars is a production of Dark Holler Arts, LLC. Music, art, podcasts, books, and more. http://www.darkhollerarts.com

Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com

The song which closes this episode was The Singing Corpse which can be found on the Stone Breath album CRYPTIDS.

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Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell / Hex Hollow Feb 11, 2017

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Episode 1: Our first cycle of episodes will explore some local legends from York County, Pennsylvania beginning with Toad Road and the Seven Gates of Hell. In the first episode we talk a little about Toad Road and the Seven Gates, where they are, what they might be, and what they are not. We disprove some urban legends and head to Hex Hollow for discussions about powwow, witchcraft, ghosts, will-o-the-wisps, cryptid creatures, and the famous "hex murder".

If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars

Episode 1 notes and links:

Much of the research for this episode was done for our first book, Beyond the Seventh Gate (https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Seventh-Gate-Exploring-Strangeness/dp/153538333X/)

The Phillip Smith interview was done by Catherine Diehl.

Lon Strickler can be found at: http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com

Tara Vanflower: https://www.amazon.com/Tara-Vanflower/e/B007MMUS5Q

Jo Cosgrove: http://www.etsy.com/shop/barnaclebone...

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