Monday, 31 October 2016
Morbid Cuiriosities - Haunted Hallowe'en Special!
HAPPY HALLOWE'EN!
On this spookiest of all days, George and Rosie are taking a break from their regular scheduled programming to get ghostly, and tell you all about a selection of haunted hangouts around the world.
George introduces one of the Voodoo queens of New Orleans - Rosie takes a look at ghastly goings-on at Bethlam Royal many years ago - George raises a glass to Edgar Allan Poe - Rosie fancies a spooky sandwich (or salad). And a chilling cheeseburger. And a poltergeist-pizza...
Links of interest:
- St Louis Cemetery #1, New Orleans:
http://www.saveourcemeteries.org/st-louis-cemetery-no-1/
- Marie Laveau, Voodoo Priestess extraordinaire:
http://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2012/07/marie-laveau.html
- Barthelemy Lafon, engineer and architect-cum-pirate and smuggler
http://www.knowla.org/entry/1198/&view=summary
- Edgar Allan Poe's grave, and the Poe Toaster:
http://www.eapoe.org/balt/poegrave.htm
- Perhaps-tenuous proof of a ghost in a Pizza Hut bathroom - skip to 3:45 for the ghost reveal!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4DncMB5GZw
https://ia601500.us.archive.org/8/items/MorbidCuriositiesEpisode6/Morbid%20Curiosities%20Episode%206.mp3
Labels:
apparitions,
baltimore,
bedlam,
bethlam royal,
cemeteries,
death,
death-positive,
edgar allan poe,
educational,
ghosts,
halloween,
haunting,
liverpool street,
moribund,
poe toaster,
spirits,
st louis cemetery
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