EPISODE 116 - Seul Choix Lighthouse vs. The Sargasso Sea
EPISODE 116 - Seul Choix Lighthouse vs. The Sargasso Sea by Boos and Brews

EPISODE 116 - Seul Choix Lighthouse vs. The Sargasso Sea by Boos and Brews
Sorry guys. This week we’re all too sick to release a new episode for you all. APRIL FOOLS!!! We are still sick, but we’re back and bringing you an episode from one of our fave topics, A Ghost Hoax! Vanessa switches the salt for the sugar first with the tale of the Amityville Horror, where the horrific murder of 6 family members just wasn’t enough of a headline grabber, so let’s add some “demonic” shit too, paired with Lagunitas Brewing Company Hop Stoopid IPA. Then Melissa covers the toilet sea...
Slip into your sari and warm up that curry, ‘cause this week the BnB crew is headed all the way to Haunted India! Melissa avoids those holy cows first with the story of Bhangarh Fort, an area abandoned because of shadow-based famine and murderous rocks, paired with San Fernando Brewing Company’s Grapefruits of Wrath IPA. Then Vanessa tries to get discovered with the tale of Ramoji Film City, where you can make movies with you favorite form of daredevilry or have your costume torn to shreds by an...
Pluck that four leaf clover and boil up some po-ta-toes, because this week the BnB crew is headed to a land that's magically delicious... and full of ghosts! So in honor of St Patrick's Day (or what we "professional drinkers" call amateur hour) we're doing Haunted Ireland! Vanessa gets the first pint with the story of Leamaneh's Castle and the estate's HBIC, Máire Rúa or Red Mary, who likes to cut off tits and murder husbands, paired with Mother Earth Brew Co's Call Me Ginger Blonde Ale. Then Me...
Jump on your kangaroo and head for the outback, because this week the BnB crew is heading down under for Haunted Australia. Melissa says g’day first with the story of the Princess Theater, where they did horse shows (not THAT kinda show, your dirty bird!) and have an opera singer that just won’t leave. Then Vanessa grabs her swim trunks and heads out for Devil’s Pool, where hell hath no fury like a watery woman scorned. Both gals picked Pikes Peak Brewing Company’s Devil’s Head Red American Ambe...
Grab that order from the kitchen and pray your 8-top doesn't ask for separate checks, because this week the BnB crew is taking our listeners out to dinner for Haunted Restaurants! Vanessa's order is up first with the tale of Stokes Adobe, California's first (not a) doctor's office turned Qdoba, paired with Golden State Cider's Bay Brut unfiltered hard cider. Then Melissa's grabs her tray to deliver the story of Poogan's Porch, a restaurant named after a dog named after Steve Coogan's poop, paire...
Dust off your ceremonial robes and prepare for a clandestine meeting, because today the BnB crew are gettin’ kooky with more Conspiracy Theories! Melissa dons her tin foil hat first with the tale of President Eisenhower’s secret whippit parties with aliens, paired with Track 7 Brewing Co’s Nukin’ Futz Peanut Butter Chocolate Cream Porter. Then Vanessa emerges from her underground bunker for the many stories of the Denver airport and how the NWO/Illuminati/Nazi alien lizard people are all the sam...
Break out your official seal and get ready to veto that bill, because this week we’re going to abuse all our power and do Haunted Presidents : Second Term. Vanessa gets sworn in first with the ghost of the US Capital Building’s Statuary Hall including John Quigley Adams, paired with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s American Beauty Pale Ale. Then Melissa takes her oath on the steps of the Tennessee Capital Building where a feuding architect and his money guy hang out with James K Polk, paired with Ar...
Shave every inch of your body and bust out the shapewear, ‘cause this week the BnB crew is getting all romantic and shit with Haunted Valentines! Melissa picks us up for our first date at the Tonic Room in Chicago, where you might be sacrificed to the devil but they have a nice jazz trio, paired with Allagash Brewing Company’s White Witbier. Then Vanessa takes us to a very romantic garage right down the street where the mafia executed the St Valentine’s Day Massacre, paired with Heineken’s Birra...
Today, in celebration of all the meteorologist rodents out there (and we know there are MANY) the BnB crew is bringing you some stories to scare Punxsutawney Phil right back into his hole. That’s right, we’re doing Haunted Pennsylvania! Vanessa comes out of her den first for the tale of the Sachs Covered Bridge, where some Civil War soldiers were turned into human piñatas filled with Tootsie Rolls, and then into ghosts, paired with Firestone Walker Brewing Co’s Union Jack IPA. Then Melissa takes...
What have we done to ourselves?!? This week’s beer inspired stories were harder to find than anticipated, so each of the gals did two smaller stories. MORE STORIES FOR YOU! Melissa pops her bottle first with the tale of the Velvet St Melon Heads and how they are all descended from a Dracula who loved cantaloupe a little too much, and then reads us a small but deeply troubling selection from “The Haunted Vagina” which has no hauntings and waaaaaaay too much vagina. Melissa was given Firestone Wal...
EPISODE 105 - Tennessee State Prison vs. Carnton Plantation by Boos and Brews
My buddy! My buddy! Wherever I go, he goes... unfortunately. Because this week the BnB crew is ruining your happy childhood memories with two twisted tales of Haunted Dolls! Melissa sits down to play with Annabelle, who might have been turned evil by her human cream filling, paired with Ninkasi Brewing Company’s Dawn of the Red Red IPA. Then Vanessa sets up a tea party for Peggy, who will make you wanna rage but in a “very very awesome” way, paired with Samuel Smith Old Brewery’s Pure Brewer Org...
Bonne année, les amis! We’re starting the year off right with a crusty baguette (the sex move, not the sandwich maker) and some stories of Haunted France! Vanessa is the first to take up sidewalk painting with the tale of the Bastille, where raining jizz started the French Revolution and Jean the Ghost is proud of you for it, paired with Szech ‘n Brett Farmhouse Ale from Logsdon Farmhouse Ale. Then Melissa gets out of the city for a visit to Château de Châteaubriant, or the house of house of Lan...
As the holiday season drags to a end, all this time spent around your beloved family has probably got you thinking about murder. Could you get away with it? How many people could you take out? Who should you start with? Well, the BnB family is here to tell you not to murder your family, but murder WITH your family! Bondage and bonding for all with our two tales of serial killer families! Melissa draws first blood with the Harp Brother\Cousins, famous American land pirates who have a rather bruti...
It’s the most wonderful time of the year... because it’s time for the annual Very Special BnB Christmas Special! This year we are bringing you two delightful holiday gifts in the form of two delightfully bad holiday stories; the first a twisted take on a Christmas classic (we’re coming for you O Henry!) and the second a completely original story from an online script generator (so you KNOW that’s gonna be good). Spend Christmas with your BnB family, and some of our most beloved characters! ‘Caus...
... And they said it wouldn’t last! This week the BnB crew is celebrating our CENTENNIAL! 100 frickin’ episodes, you guys!! That’s so many bad jokes and terrible accents and loosely muffled beer burps, and you guys have been here for all of it... Lord only knows why. To commemorate this momentous occasion we took a break from our normal ghostie goodness to answer some questions from our listeners. How did Engineer Bob and Podcast Mom meet? What are some of our fave ghost stories? Can you help me...
Ponte el sombrero y agarra tu piñata, because this week we’re headed south of the border for Los Fantasmas Mexicanos: Parte Dos! Vanessa hits the immigration checkpoint first with the tale of La Casa de Tía Toña, where a sweet old lady murders children amongst feral chihuahuas with shotguns, paired with Evil Twin Brewing’s Imperial Mexican Biscotti Cake Break Stout. Then Melissa gases up her coche for the story of La Rumerosa Highway, where you can get you a man who has those pesos (even after d...
Clean the litter box and grab your pooper scooper, ‘cause this week the BnB crew is bringing us Animal Ghosts! Melissa goes for a potty break first with the tale of the Red Owl of Hermitage, a bird who’s a little bit racist and oddly sexual, paired with Modern Times Beer’s Ice Pilsner. Then Vanessa straps on a harness for an undead trio of a goose, a chicken and a bear (oh my!), paired with Goose Island Beer Co’s Goose Four Star Pils. Who will win in the battle of poop shoes VS grumpy bears? Lis...
Camp out for some doorbusters and get ready to riot, ‘cause in honor of Black Friday the BnB crew are bringing us Shopping Ghosts! Vanessa is first in line with the tale of the Manhattan Murder Well, where a drowned woman screams, men get away with murder, and you can buy reasonably priced Scandinavian fashion, paired with Dry River Brewing’s Floria Saison. Then Melly gets a great deal with the story of the Seattle’s Pike Place market where you can buy carrots from munchkins and get directions f...
Shhhhh! Lower your voice and minimize the porn on your internet browser, 'cause this week we're getting some book learnin' from Haunted Libraries! Melissa checks out first with the tale of the Peoria Public Library, which is built on cursed land and has some very well dressed ghosts, paired with Evil Twin Brewing's D is for Dewberry Gose. Than Vanessa learns to read with the story of the Julia Ideson Building, where the midnight violin concerts are free if you don't mind the ghost puppo, paired ...
Break out the holy water and polish your crucifix, 'cause this week the gals are traveling south, like pretty far south, like super far south into the bowels of hell itself for this week's episode, Demons! Vanessa gets possessed first by the demon Ba'al Berith (he's Barry), Satan's notary and a fairly informative guy when it comes to exorcisms of 15th century French nuns, paired with Brasserie La Choulette's La Choulette Framboise. Then Melissa's head goes for a 360 spin with her new buddy, Beel...
Have your personal assistant alert the paparazzi, cause this week the BnB crew is hobnobbing with some famouses as they bring us Dead Celebrites. Melissa gets discovered first with stories of the King himself, Elvis Presley, who’s ghost enjoys eating and shitting, paired with Wells & Young’s Ltd’s Banana Bread Beer mixed with Belching Beaver Brewery’s Peanut Butter Milk Stout. Then Vanessa steps into the limelight with the tale of Joan Crawford, who was a badass bitch (or maybe the demon ins...
Since everyday is pretty spooky when you do a podcast about ghosts, the BnB crew decided to continue their yearly tradition of Halloween monsters and give us all a tasty treat of Cryptids: Part Two! Vanessa hands out her candy first with the tale of the Mothman, a creature who’ll might be an alien, or might be pure evil, but is definitely not a moth, paired with Prairie Artisan Ales’ Phantasmagoria Double IPA. Then Melissa gets us all hopped up on sugar for the story of the Batsquatch, part bat,...
Man the oars and grab the war horn, because this week in honor of our beloved Engineer Bob we’re doing the most metal of ghost stories... Viking Ghosts! Melissa goes to battle first with the story of the Deacon of Dark River, a man who shows up for a date even if he forgot his skin, paired with Einstök Beer Company’s Icelandic Toaster Porter. Then Vanessa takes up the battle axe with the tale of L’Anse aux Meadows, with their good luck Vikings and long held grudges, paired with Einstök’s Iceland...
Grab your saddlebags and be sure to get a sitter for the twins, because we’re headed back to the fresh mountain air of Haunted Colorado - Part Two: Coloharder. Vanessa’s the first to hit the range with the tale of the Old Glendale Stagecoach Station and it’s beautiful love story involving butt sex and snakes, paired with Brouwerij West’s Ask the Dust IPA. Then Melissa takes us for a weekend away at the one and only Stanley Hotel for a smattering of ghosts and even more snakes, paired with Pikes ...
Break out the cigar store Indian and the feather headdress (and whatever other culturally appropriated items you have), ‘cause this week the BnB crew is going native with Indian Burial Grounds! Melissa paints with all the colors of the wind for the tale of Montclair University, a school that will take you on a haunted hike if you can pass your Tree Bark final, paired with Rogue Ale’s Kulture Clash Kombucha Wild Ale. Then Vanessa uses her peace pipe to hotbox the teepee with the story of Grey Clo...
Board the mothership and get ready for some light probing, because this week the BnB crew are taking you into deep space for Aliens - Part Two: Alien Harder. Vanessa beams up first with some facts (they’re FACTS!) about The Hollow Earth Theory, including the fact Santa is an alien and is causing global warming, paired with Elysian Brewing Company’s Space Dust IPA. Then Melissa’s is abducted with the tale of the Kelly-Hopkinsville Goblins, a sexy mix of yoda and Tinkerbell and Superman who will s...
Feed the gators and gas up the airboat, because this week the BnB crew is headed to the most penis shaped state of all the states... that’s right, we’re doing Haunted Florida! Melissa gets a helping hand with her story this week from listener Curtis for the tale of the Jefferson Correctional Institution, where the guards fear to tread down Butt Licker Hallway after dark, but you get free shiv’s on Wednesday’s, paired with Robinsons Family Brewer’s Iron Maiden Trooper Extra Special Bitter. Then V...
Load up on buffalo meat and be sure to caulk the wagon, cause this week we’re hitting the trail to Haunted Oregon! Vanessa is the first to head westward ho with the tale of The Wolf Creek Inn, where you might catch a glimpse of the elusive Squach-pire or less elusive Baganses nipples, paired with Ex Novo Brewing’s Quaker Shaker Coffee Oatmeal Stout. Then Melissa fights off a bad case of dysentery with the story of The Hot Lake Hotel, a medi-spa turned looney bin turned old folks home built on hu...