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**The New Witches**

A podcast about modern witchcraft, the paranormal, and true crime. As witches with diverse perspectives, Maria & Laura break down topics for beginner witches and chill-seekers alike, with laughs along the way.

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20. Mommy & Clide Pt. 1 + Poltergeist Stories Jul 22, 2020

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New Spooky Episode is out! For our true crime addicts, Maria is covering Part 1 of the story of con artists Santé and Kenny Kimes, otherwise known as Mommy & Clide. These two were grifters who would eventually escalate their crimes to kidnapping and murder. Laura presents her research on poltergeists, their history, covering the Amherst Poltergeist and even her own personal poltergeist experience. Laura presents some interesting theories as to where poltergeists come from, so for all of you ghost geeks, you're gonna wanna listen to this episode! Let's get Spooky!

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19. Interview with Augur and Omni Witch, Phillip Turner Jul 15, 2020

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Happy Witchy Wednesday, fellow witches and witchlings! Augury is the interpretation of omens, and with us on the podcast is Phillip Turner, an Omni Witch to explain his practice as an Augur to us! Laura is joining Maria again in hosting the show and learning all about this fascinating form of divination. Also Laura's dog Domino makes a vocal cameo appearance! Let's get witchy!!
You can find Laura on Instagram @hauntedvalkyrie
You can find Phillip on Amino at http://aminoapps.com/p/bepjas

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Listener Stories #3 Jul 13, 2020

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Three's a party! Maria is joined by Laura and Marie With The Good Hair for our THIRD Listener Stories episode! Watch out for some explosive laughter and excessive mimosa drinking. We have such an excellent array of stories–paranormal, witchy, and our first true crime story submission! It's Story Time!

Follow Laura on Instagram at https://instagram.com/hauntedvalkyrie

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18. The House of David Cult + The Mississippi House Jul 09, 2020

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We got our true crime research expert Anna back for another spooky episode! Listen in to learn what each of our stripper names would be—Anna's is badass and Maria's is well ... not so great! Also we're wondering if we don't get into heaven, is there like an "econo-heaven" for good-but-not-great people? For true crime Anna presents us the story of The House of David Cult, and Maria gets paranormal with The Mississippi House. It's truly the episode of the Houses!
Link to The House In Between (2020): https://www.amazon.com/House-Between-Steve-Gonsalves/dp/B086PMKNBP/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=the+house+in+between&qid=1594268217&sr=8-1

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17. Dream Work for Beginners, with guest host Laura Pagliaro Jul 01, 2020

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Happy Witchy Wednesday! This week's topic is an epic one: dream work. We've brought back guest host Laura Pagliaro to talk about dream work, it's importance in witchcraft and how to incorporate it into your practice. Not to mention we go into how to take your dream work a step further with lucid dreaming! And once again, Maria is startled in the middle of an episode recording. Stay Witchy, y'all!

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16. Hans Schmidt + The Phoenix Theater, with guest host Anna Myers-Gallagher Jun 24, 2020

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In this episode, we just can't stop talking about horses for some reason! We are talking about horse surgeons, the Etsy dark web, a brief history on the electric chair, and Maria's first concert! We welcome our guest host Anna who brings us the true crime story of Hans Schmidt, a murderous Bavarian priest; and Maria covers the hauntings of The Phoenix Theater in Petaluma, California, a building that has literally risen from the ashes and collected a few spirits in its long history. Let's get spooky!

Link to follow Melanie's illustration account: https://instagram.com/greydaysgirl

Stream "The Current War" film on Amazon Prime: https://www.amazon.com/Current-War-Directors-Cut/dp/B085FP951H

"The Killing of Marilyn Monroe" Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-killing-of-jonbenet-the-final-suspects/id1469962833?i=1000446549395

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15. Interview with Norse Pagan Völva, Laura Pagliaro Jun 17, 2020

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Show Notes:For this Witchy Wednesday episode, Maria interviews Laura Pagliaro - a practicing Norse Pagan Völva (Old Norse seer, not a German a car) and one of our Patreon members! Laura gives us a look inside her practice and her journey towards Norse paganism, as well as some additional insight on the listener story she submitted in our previous episode! Her and Maria also delve into religion, divination, dream work, the paranormal, and shadow work. Also, spoiler alert: Thor does not look like Chris Hemsworth, wut?! Listen in to learn more about this ancient, fascinating, and in Maria's opinion, beautiful form of paganism. And of course, Stay Witchy!

Link to Jackson Crawford's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXCxNFxw6iq-Mh4uIjYvufg

Link to "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman: https://www.amazon.com/Norse-Mythology-Neil-Gaiman-audiobook/dp/B01M1DYSHD/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1TAK7PFDDVHL3&dchild=1&keywords=norse+mythology+neil+gaiman&qid=1592368296&sprefix=norse+mythology+neil+%2Caps%2C226&sr=8-3

Follow us @thenewwitches on Instagram and Twitter, find us on Facebook under The New Witches Podcast, visit our website thenewwitches.com or subscribe to our Patreon patreon.com/thenewwitches to help support us and this podcast! As a simple disclaimer: it should be noted that Maria and Melanie are by no means professionals; they are amateurs using this podcast as a creative outlet and a fun way to connect with like-minded people. Your actions are your own, so don’t blame us if you try to astral project and see some crazy shit and are shook forever.

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Listener Stories #2, with guest host Marie With The Good Hair Jun 13, 2020

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Episode Notes:Aliens, Lucifer, and Nightmares, Oh My! We've got ominous astral projections, our first alien abduction story, phone calls from Satan himself, and scary dreams (but were they really dreams?)... While Melanie takes a break from the podcast to attend to a family matter, we will be switching to a weekly cadence on Wednesdays during her absence, and (like this episode) Maria will be hosting with guest hosts until Melanie's return. In this Listener Stories episode, we welcome our adorable guest host Marie With The Good Hair! We've got some exciting episodes coming up with interviews and more guest hosts to come! You'll also hear about Marie and Maria's time living together in a haunted duplex and they get far too giggly... We hope you enjoy it and if you do, please leave us a review!

Follow us @thenewwitches on Instagram and Twitter, find us on Facebook under The New Witches Podcast, visit our website thenewwitches.com or subscribe to our Patreon to help support us and this podcast! As a simple disclaimer: it should be noted that Maria and Melanie (and Marie) are by no means professionals; they are amateurs using this podcast as a creative outlet and a fun way to connect with like-minded people. Your actions are your own, so don’t blame us if you try to contact ghosts so you have a ghost lover only to realize you’re Celine Dion in the music video of “It’s All Coming Back to Me.”

Do you have a personal witchy/paranormal/true crime story you’d like featured in an upcoming listeners episode? Send it in through our Contact Page, or email us at thenewwitches@gmail.com.

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14. Mental Health + Black Lives Matter Movement Jun 10, 2020

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In this episode, lovely listeners, we are focusing on mental health and the Black Lives Matter movement. We’re getting a little vulnerable—delving into a little bit of our past struggles with mental health, and how we each manage it today. We also share our opinions on the BLM movement, and talk about what we (and you) can do to be an ally and support the Black community during these times and going forward. These have been crazy times. We hope you find something positive in this episode to help you get through it.

BLM Resources:

BLM Movement Links to Support & Donate to: 1. https://blacklivesmatter.com/ 2. https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/ 3. https://civilrights.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf 4. https://unitedwedream.org/ 5. https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd 6. https://www.blackvisionsmn.org/ 7. https://www.naacpldf.org/ 8. https://thelovelandfoundation.org/ 9. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd 10. https://www.aclu.org/ 11. https://colorofchange.org/ 12. https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home 13. https://www.cuapb.org/who_we_are 14. https://eji.org/ 15. https://fairfight.com/ 16. https://www.brennancenter.org/ 17. https://cpj.org/donate

The resource for a majority of these links here: https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/money-and-power/g32730417/george-floyd-blm-how-to-donate-help/

Follow us @thenewwitches on Instagram and Twitter, find us on Facebook under The New Witches Podcast, visit our website https://www.thenewwitches.com/ or subscribe to our Patreon https://www.patreon.com/thenewwitches to help support us and this podcast!

As a simple disclaimer: it should be noted that Maria and Melanie are by no means professionals; they are amateurs using this podcast as a creative outlet and completely wasting valuable space. You should not take anything we say as fact, fiction, or really anything of importance. Remember your actions are your own, but we are always here if you need any help or guidance. Your Mental Health is important to us.

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13. Murder of Selena + Hotel Stockton Jun 08, 2020

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In this Spooky episode, Maria fangirls in a major Latina way, and we talk about butt wine and donut diets! Also, we’re covering the life and death of Selena Quintanilla, the queen of Tejano music, and the ghosts that haunt the Hotel Stockton. This was one of our favorite episodes to record, so we hope y’all like it, too! Let’s get spooky!

What's Inside Your Butthole: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_1KHj87XrQ

As a simple disclaimer: it should be noted that Maria and Melanie are by no means professionals; they are amateurs using this podcast as a creative outlet and completely wasting valuable space. You should not take anything we say as fact, fiction, or really anything of importance. Remember your actions are your own, don't blame us if you actually enjoy this podcast. (This is meant to be lighthearted and funny, if you don’t have a sense of humor then this podcast isn’t for you)

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