Bizarre States: Resurrected
Join Jessica Chobot as she resurrects the BIZARRE STATES podcast from the beyond! A monthly dive into the world of the paranormal, weird and macabre! Welcome back, Bizarros!
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This week we're heading deep into the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. A million acres of twisted pitch pines, bogs and legends that refuse to die.
For over 250 years, locals have whispered about a winged, hoofed creature living within the wilderness: The Jersey Devil.
But here's the plot twist: one of the most famous supposed eyewitnesses wasn't a farmer or a trapper. It was Joseph Bonaparte, Napolean Bonaparte's older brother...
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Step into the world of the unseen as we explore the strange history of dowsing rods in this episode of: Do You KNow Where Your Ghost Hunting Techniques Come From?
From their origins in Germanic medieval mines to their controversial use in modern warfare, this episode uncovers the folklore and the alleged science behind this mysterious practice.
Join me as I ask the question: Is dowsing a functional skill or a testame...
Today's, "Do You KNow Where Your Ghost Hunting Techniques Come From?" episode is focusing on: Trigger Items.
From ancient libations to Victorian scéance tables stacked with dolls and jewelry to teddy bears wired with ghost-tech, objects have always been used as "bait" for the dead.
Find out the strange occult history behind the modern use of "trigger items" and how this particular technique to draw out the dead goes back way furthe...
Do you know where your ghost investigation techniques come from?
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This week's episode of Occulture Shock kicks off a new series I'm calling: Do you know where your ghost hunting/investigating techniques come from?
And we're starting with one of the most misunderstood investigative tools out there: the spirit box!
You've probably seen it on TV (I've handleed a few on my old shows), or in ghost investigation videos. It'...
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On today's Occulture Shock Podcast: Arcane Algorithms, we dive ibnto the fascinating intersection of psychedelics, counterculture and the dawn of the tech revolution.
This episode explores how visionary thinkers, inspired by mind-expanding experiences, laid the groundwork for the digital age.
Discover the untold stories of how these unconventional influences shaped the innovative spirit that drives today's technology...
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Today on the Occulture Shock Podcast, host Jessica Chobot follows a trail of punch cards and metaphysics garbed in science. We're headed straight into the mind of Charles Babbage: mathematician, inventor...and a cranky scientist with the heart of a mystic.
This episode isn't just about the origins of computing. It's about how a man obsessed with order was equally obsessed with the notion that the Universe remembered ...
You've most likely heard about the Vatican's Secret Archives: full of old forgotten scrolls and tomes that the church has deemed dangerous for one reason or another.
But....did you know about their forbidden time machine?
On this week's episode of the Occulture Shock Podcast, host Jessica Chobot, looks into the mysterious case of the Chronovisor, its disapperance and the priest who said he used it to witness Christ's crucifixion.
Occulture Shock podcast host, Jessica Chobot, investigates the evolution of measurement and mathmatics. From its ancient mystical roots to its modern day applications. How measurement was once a sacred act, deeply intertwined with spirituality and cosmic beliefs, and how it has now transformed into a tool for control and effeciency in modern society.
We traverse history: including ancient Egypt, Greece, the Renaissance and the Enli...
In pt. 2 of 2 of Hollywood's Occult Blueprint, host Jessica Chobot , pulls the curtain back on Hollywood: from the invention of the first movie camera to the swingin' 60s and The Manson murders all the way to 1980s Satanic Panic and today's horror leanings via A24, Midsommar and The Witch. Hollywood has always had the weird, wild and the occult waiting in the wings.
In this Pt. 1 of 2 podcast episodes, Jessica Chobot pulls the curtain back on Hollywood: from sceance rooms and spirit photography to Jack Parsons and JPL in Pasadena to the 1980s Satanic Panic and Dark Disney all the way up to today's A24 phycological thrillers - Hollywood has always had the weird, wild and occult watching from behind the scenes.
Jess invite's her friend Jacob Strunk to join her on this week's podcast to discuss the JFK conspiracy theories, her new obsession w. the CIA and an experiment to turn this podcast into a video.
New evidence has been revealed which may help identify Scotland's serial killer: Bible John and finally close this unsolved case.
This Week, Jessica lists some of her favorite CIA conspiracy theories from the fairly well-known MK Ultra program, to the ongoing debate surrounding whether or not the CIA created the Abstract Expressionist art movement.
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When the LAPD investigate Mary Otis Blackburn and her cult for embezzlement they stumble upon a sacrificial burial site underneath the floorboards of a Venice Beach cottage.
We continue our journey across the states and return to the state that started it all for us - California! So many stories to choose from! We choose to focus on Synanon, the rehabilitation center that started with good intentions but then quickly turned into a violent and dangerous cult.
Bizarros! Welcome back! This week Jess continues the journey across the states and hittig: Arkansas! How did a medical fraudster create one of the most haunted hotels in North America? Find out the absolute bonkers backstory to The Eureka Springs Hospital and Spa.
HAPPY NEW YEAR BIZARROS!! Welcome to the first episode of 2024, AND WHAT AN EPISODE IT IS! Jess and Aristotle catch up a bit at the top before diving into one of the strangest murder stories we've ever heard in all our time of making this show! Be warned, the details are gruesome and maybe triggering. Enjoy!
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