Strange Familiars

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. 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 6 notes and links: Alison: https://www.etsy.com/shop/odpeacock Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Matt Deterior: http://mattdeterior.bigcartel.com instagram: @MattDeterior Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com 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“. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 5 notes and links: Thomas White: https://www.amazon.com/Thomas-White/e... Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 4 notes and links: Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Joshua Cutchin: https://www.amazon.com/Joshua-Cutchin Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com 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“. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 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-... ) Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com 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". Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. 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 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 Contact us at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com 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. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Sarada: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtBySarada Tara Vanflower: https://www.amazon.com/Tara-Vanflower/e/B007MMUS5Q Jo Cosgrove: http://www.etsy.com/shop/barnaclebone... Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath - which is our band. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices