Your heart pounds. The air is pressed from your lungs, leaving you breathless. Your mind races as you try to recount how you fell so easily into this situation. You’re experiencing a human crush. No, we’re not talking about adolescent infatuation. Human crushes are tragic incidents wherein a crowd surges and compresses, sometimes killing its…
https://soundcloud.com/paregoricon/ep-49-blood-phobia In this short, solo episode, Jack talks about blood, injection, and injury phobias, and what makes them unique. TRIGGER WARNING: blood, needles, injury. Sources Diehl, R.R. (2005). Vasovagal syncope and Darwinian fitness. Clin Auton Res (2005) 15: 126. doi:10.1007/s10286-005-0244-0 Han, B. I., Oh, H. J., & Ph, D. (2006). Case report: Successful treatment of vasovagal…
Learn the shocking possibilities of what the brain can do without your knowledge. Blindsight, covert recognition, and automatic writing all fall into the same strange realm of The Undermind. It’s the part of our brain that processes information without our conscious knowledge or control, and it’s far more powerful than you’d expect. Sources:…
What would you do if the ground simply dropped out from under your feet? What if your bedroom suddenly collapsed into a crumbling pit, burying you alive? What if a chunk of your neighborhood simply dropped into an abyss? If a sinkhole opens up near you, you might have less time to answer these questions than…
COMING OCTOBER 1ST “Up in the mountains there’s a cluster of towns…” Rough Hollow is a serialized fiction podcast set in Gothic Appalachia. It’s part horror, part drama, and undeniably weird. Rough Hollow is everything you always wanted out of a dark mountain saga and then some. Don’t tune in expecting the tired old banjos…
In today’s episode, we finish our coverage of the dark, passionate world of Appalachian Murder Ballads. We discuss classic woman killin’ tunes such as Pretty Polly, Omie Wise, then move on to the tale of a murderous woman with The Ballad of Frankie Silver. We finish with some words about In The Pines and thoughts…
In today’s episode, we explore the twisting, gruesome world of Appalachian murder ballads. Jack, J.J., and special guest Marie, explain what identifies a murder ballad from other kinds of regional folk songs, then go into detail about the crimes behind the lyrics. In Part 1 of 2, we cover the “sweetheart” murder ballads Pearl Bryan,…
The Paregoricon crew continue their playthrough of Until Dawn! For our new viewers, it’s never been easier to start watching our let’s play as we have conveniently compiled it into a single playlist in the “Let’s Play” section of the website. Highlights of this episode include us weighing the life of an individual against the safety of…
Long ago in Home of Truth, Utah, a boy was born. He grew up there, his childhood steeped in fringe faith, restless spirits, and high desert lonesomeness. After many trials and struggles, he eventually became the World’s Greatest Author: Dr. Chuck Tingle. In today’s episode, Jack and J. J. lovingly explore the brilliant, strange,…
Jack and J. J. cover the many perils of acting, on stage and in front of a camera. We begin with the tragedy that befell the Great Lafayette, one of the greatest magicians of all time. Then we move on to the remarkable deaths of various film stars including Martha Mansfield, Tyrone Power, and…
In 1971, D. B. Cooper hijacked a plane and made off with $200,000 worth of random money. He was never seen again. In today’s episode Jack and J. J. dissect all the details of the case. We also sort through possible suspects, and scream about ties and statistics. Sources: D. B. Cooper via Wikipedia “D.…
Between 1992 and 2003, women in Baton Rouge were disappearing. Some were attacked in their homes and brutally stabbed to death. Others were kidnapped, savagely raped, strangled, and dumped in a nearby canal. The murder weapon and style of attack varied, as did the trophies removed from each crime scene. Authorities suspected they had…
Andrew Kehoe was an engineer, a failed farmer, a treasurer of the school board, a husband, son, and mass murderer. With few accomplishments to his name and deeply in debt at 55, Kehoe made a bloody mark on history when he detonated a bomb at the Bath Consolidated School on May 18, 1927. In this…
Now’s a great chance to check out our Let’s Play of Until Dawn! When the rigors of research, editing, and recording become exhausting, we also like to hang out and play video games. You can start at the beginning if you go to our Youtube channel and find the Prologue. Episodes will be released sporadically,…
This grueling episode recounts the horror of America’s worst school attack. Not Columbine, not Virginia Tech, not Newtown; but the bombing of the Bath Consolidated School. On a beautiful day in May, 1927, Andrew Kehoe blew up the school in Bath, Michigan. 38 elementary school children and six adults were killed in the attacks.…
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