Alt-cult Nation Podcast

This week's episode is a fun ACE episode for the listeners! Tessa and Taylor share their own weird experiences, from Tessa's haunted bathroom while both girls experience glitches in the matrix. With a dash of their creepy kids, they're talking about a whole array of things!

In this week's episode, Tessa and Taylor discuss the cryptid (or phenomenon?) of what's known as the "Not Deer". While the grammar is confusing, it's pretty self-explanatory; "Not Deer" look like deer...but aren't deer. Are they a cryptid that's not well-known or just the spread of chronic wasting disease through the deer population?

In this week's true crime case, Tessa and Taylor discuss the Creepypasta legend of Slenderman, and how this fictional story influenced two twelve-year-old girls to attempt murder! What should've been a normal sleepover party for three best friends ended in a horrific turn of events when two of them lured the other into the woods to commit this crime. 

Tessa and Taylor are back at it again! In this brand new episode, the girls return to talk about creepy games to play, some by yourself while others can be played with a group. But one thing all of these games have in common...something spooky or creepy is bound to happen! Join them if you want to be tempted to play these games just like Tessa and Taylor are.

In this week's episode, the girls talk about Dr. William Bass, a forensic anthropologist, and how he established the Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee. The FAC is popularly know as "The Body Farm" and has helped advance forensic anthropology and sciences greatly since it was established in 1980.

There wasn't a dull moment as the girls discovered QAnon wasn't what they originally thought...In this week's episode, Tessa and Taylor explore the origins and beliefs of QAnon, the conspiracy theory...cult? With most of the focus on PizzaGate and Donald Trump as a savior, this topic was a bit difficult to cover, but quite interesting.

In this week's episode, the girls take a look at a highly publicized trial of its time: the murder trial of Jodi Arias. Jodi Arias and Travis Alexander had a short-lived tumultuous relationship that ended with him being brutally murdered...by none other than Jodi. Tessa and Taylor discuss the history of this couple's lives, the murder, and Jodi's twenty different stories leading up to and during the trial. 

In this week's episode, the girls discuss a heavily prevalent creature/deity in Slavic Folklore--Baba Yaga. She's known as an old crone, who lives in the middle of the woods and loves to prey on children...but she has many more layers to her. Tessa and Taylor talk about her characteristics, two Russian folktales that feature Baba Yaga, and the pop culture references to her.

Childhood best friends, Tessa and Taylor, who obsess over anything and everything weird share their discussions with the world. Join them every week while they explore a new topic ranging from the paranormal, cryptids, legends to creepy history, serial killers, and the occult.

In this week's episode, Tessa and Taylor discuss the disappearance and mysterious deaths of Dutch tourists, Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon, who went missing in Boquete, Panama in April 2014. After a botched investigation and very little information to go off of, the deaths of these young women in Panama's rainforests remain a mystery to this day...was it a tragic hiking accident or did someone else claim the lives of these women?

This week's episode is extra special with a guest joining Tessa and Taylor--their best friend, Heidi! The girls explore the mythology of mermaids, from Greek to Japanese mythology, almost every culture has their own folktales surrounding these humanoid aquatic creatures. They also discuss possible mermaid encounters, some dating back to the 1600's, while others have been more recent.

Tessa and Taylor return in this week's episode doing something they love--searching for Hell on Earth! This week, the girls take a trip to (underground) France as Tessa dives into the history of the Catacombs of Paris; while Taylor shares the creepy stories she found surrounding ghosts and other strange activity that's occurred in the labyrinth of tunnels underneath the city!

In this week's episode, Tessa and Taylor discuss the background and beliefs of Congregation for the Light, a "religious group" (aka a cult) that's still active with locations in New York, Atlanta, and Washington, D.C. This modern-day cult involves a doomsday on Earth, reincarnation, and arranged marriages--oh my! 

In this week's episode, the girls take a trip back down to West Virginia to discuss the legend and folklore of the Mothman. Residents of Point Pleasant, WV experienced sightings of a strange flying creature, as well as other odd experiences that ended with a disaster in the late 1960s. Is the Mothman a bad omen or simply misunderstood?