Episode 85 THE PIG-FACED LADY OF CAMPBELL COUNTY It’s late at night as you drive down the dark and desolate road, a light fog is covering the pavement obscuring the road ahead. Something seems to be walking down the roadway towards you, you stop your car and shine your lights at it- it’s a woman. Not any woman, it is a lady carrying an axe and wearing a pig’s head! Before you can get out of there, she’s banging at your door and wants your head. Tonight Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the urban l...
Apr 05, 2023•46 min
Episode 84 THE HAUNTED HALLS OF THE ART ACADEMY The Cincinnati Art Academy gave many well-known artists their start. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss some of the other, netherworldy inhabitants on both the old and new (although older) campuses. If you went to Art Academy, tell us your paranormal story! PROTECT TRANS YOUTH! https://action.aclu.org/send-message/protect-trans-youth-stop-hb-68?fbclid=IwAR16CptpOTWCx0g_wakY_LHfqJZdKGy1gqcb-Vubrzm_k8ffopsyuCeHv5Y Email us your hometown haunt story and ...
Mar 29, 2023•49 min
Episode 83: HAUNTED TUNNELS OF THE DUNHAM TB HOSPITAL Prior to antibiotics being discovered to treat Tuberculosis, Santoria, or Sanatoriums, were established all over the United States in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss one on the edge of Price Hill with a series of haunted tunnels! Sources: https://ohiomemory.org/digital/collection/p267401coll34/id/10020/ https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/liblog/2016/05/the-intriguing-history-of-cincinnatis-dunham-hospital...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr 7 min
Episode 82 DEAD MAN'S CURVE OF CLERMONT COUNTY There are many roads with the moniker 'dead man's curve' but Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss a curvy road in Clermont county with an aggressively scary spirit! Sources: https://www.clermontsun.com/2006/10/12/local-historian-releases-video-about-haunted-clermont-county https://creepycincinnati.com/2011/11/11/clermont-county-dead-mans-curve/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Route_125 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_State_Route_222 Show News...
Mar 15, 2023•49 min
Episode 81 BEAST OF BUSCO Inspired by cryptid madness from the inaugural Frogman Festival, Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about a giant turtle lurking in an Indiana lake. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_Busco Weird Indiana https://www.facebook.com/groups/285631680401/ https://indianapublicmedia.org/momentofindianahistory/churubusco-turtle-days/ https://www.wcpo.com/entertainment/local-a-e/habits-cafe-relocating-to-nearby-spot-in-oakley-square Show News: On March 18, 2023, we will...
Mar 08, 2023•56 min
Episode 80 HABIT'S CAFE Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the legendary restaurant and bar, Habit's Cafe and the new trope of the man in white! Sources: https://www.wlwt.com/article/its-the-end-of-an-era-for-longtime-oakley-square-bar-restaurant/27230756 https://www.citybeat.com/food-drink/oakley-fish-house-from-the-team-behind-teak-otr-offers-a-menu-of-fresh-seafood-with-options-for-landlubbers-too-12266622 https://oakleynow.com/Oakley-History https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2021/10/08/2...
Feb 22, 2023•56 min
Episode 79: LUCY RUN CEMETERY Kat, Jen, and Christina continue discussing their trip to Clermont County and their visit to the legendary Lucy Run Cemetery. Is the Lucy the area is named for a real person or a myth? Sources: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21566050/charles-robinson https://hauntedhocking.com/Haunted_Ohio_Clermont_County.htm https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/clermontcounty/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/21566050/charles-robinson https://www.findagrave....
Feb 08, 2023•46 min
Episode 78 CLERMONT COUNTY INFIRMARY Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the infirmary and potters field that the current courthouse and jail have been built on top of. Ghostly figures are said to occasionally roam the halls there looking for why their graves, and eternal rest, were disturbed. Sources: https://www.ohioexploration.com/paranormal/hauntings/clermontcounty/ https://clermontcountyohio.gov/2016/12/01/boy-scout-cleans-up-potters-field-in-clermont-county/ http://clermont-county-history.org/...
Feb 01, 2023•53 min
Episode 77: BIBLIOSPIRITS Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the library patrons who never leave and may even recommend a book or two by tossing it from the stacks. Sources: https://cincinnatirefined.com/arts-design/history-of-the-mercantile-library-downtown-cincinnati-established-in-1835 https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/10/28/phantoms-among-folios-guide-to-haunted-libraries/ https://mercantilelibrary.com/about-us/ https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2015/10/28/phantoms-among-folios-gui...
Jan 25, 2023•1 hr 7 min
EPISODE 76: CINCINNATI CURIOSITIES WITH GREG HAND WARNING: Listener discretion is advised! Kat, Jen, and Christina talk to Greg Hand about his new book, Cincinnati Curiosities: Healing Powers of the Wamsley Madstone, Nocturnal Exploits of Old Man Dead, Mazeppa’s Naked Ride, and More. Show News: We will be at the inaugural Frogman Fest this March 4th at Great Wolf Lodge Conference Center in Mason, Ohio. We will have copies of both issues of the Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities comics anthology i...
Jan 18, 2023•1 hr 12 min
THE CHILLING HISTORY OF BURNET WOODS WARNING: Listener discretion is advised as we talk about the morbid topics of suicide and murder. Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the dark history of the park bordering the University of Cincinnati's campus. Sources: https://medium.com/@kate.plaugher/better-burnet-673207e28fe2 https://www.cincinnati-oh.gov/cincyparks/visit-a-park/find-a-parkfacility/burnet-woods-trailside-nature-center/ https://greenumbrella.org/burnet-woods#:~:text=Protected%20by%20Cincin...
Dec 21, 2022•54 min
Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the party history of 1313 Vine Street, home of many a club and tavern. Also, who wants to be in a Hometown Haunts book club? Sources: http://www.diggingcincinnati.com/2014/01/the-history-and-names-of-1313-vine.html https://usghostadventures.com/cincinnati/1313-vine-st/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLHUPpc6Ljo https://www.soapboxmedia.com/features/55soapdishwhatliesbeneath.aspx https://creepycincinnati.com/2011/11/16/cosmopolitan-hall-the-warehouse-nightclub/...
Dec 15, 2022•59 min
Episode 73 GHOST HUNT AT ARNOLD'S BAR Kat, Jen, and Christina are joined by Kris to talk about their wild night Ghost Hunting at Arnold's Bar! Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (Twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (Instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (Facebook) Follow Kat: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Follow Christina: https://www...
Dec 08, 2022•1 hr 24 min
Episode 72: LISTENER HAUNTS Kat, Jen, and Christina read listener personal haunting stories and letters. Plus, it is another crazy pet episode! Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at midnight! Follow us on Social: @cincabinetcurio (twitter) @cincycabinetofcuriosities (instagram) Cincinnati Cabinet of Curiosities (facebook) Follow Kat: https://www.patreon.com/redcatcomics/posts Follow Christina: https://ww...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr
Episode 71: UFOS OVER NORWOOD In 1949, a UFO was witnessed at a church festival in Norwood. The story only gets stranger from there. Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the Norwood UFO Searchlight Incident of 1949. Sources: https://www.archives.gov/news/articles/project-blue-book-50th-anniversary https://handeaux.tumblr.com/post/125509404067/mysterious-sphere-floats-above-1949-norwood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Grudge https://www.ufocasebook.com/1949norwoodufo.html Back Christina's Kickst...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Episode 70: THE ANCHORAGE WITH JAMES WILLIS Kat, Jen, Katie, and Christina go on a ghost tour at the Anchorage Estate in Marietta, Ohio with James Willis. There was a LOT of activity and Jen and Katie had some perhaps unwanted tagalongs throughout the house. This is not an episode to listen to in the dark. Check out James new book Southern Ohio Legends & Lore with Loveland Castle on the cover! https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467151115?gclid=Cj0KCQjwqoibBhDUARIsAH2OpWg2CJulVJa4...
Nov 02, 2022•1 hr 18 min
Episode 69: INVISIBLE WOMEN WITH LEANNA RENEE HIEBER Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome back author Leanna Renee Hieber to talk about her new book A HAUNTED HISTORY OF INVISIBLE WOMEN: TRUE STORIES OF AMERICA'S GHOSTS Co-authored with Boroughs of the Dead founder Andrea Janes. https://www.leannareneehieber.com/ Back Christina's Kickstarter here: mysketchingobsession.com Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on our next episode! hometownhauntedmail@gmail.com Drops every Wednesday at...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 51 min
Episode 68: TALES FROM THE HOLLER WITH MARK MUNCY AND KARI SCHULTZ Kat, Jen, and Christina welcome author Mark Muncy and artist Kari Schultz to talk about their new book Eerie Appalachia! Mark discusses the road to creating this book and his own personal family holler cryptid! Kari talks about creating the art, her approach to illustrating based on scant descriptions, and her favorite materials. The book is cram-packed with tales of cryptids and weird lore. Get it here: http://www.eerieflorida.c...
Jun 29, 2022•1 hr 38 min
Episode 67: TALK TO THE ANIMALS II Welcome back Mediums Monica Lira and Cindy Huff Cindy Huff and Terri Noftsge run Animal Communication and Wellness Services. http://www.acwservices.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Animal-Communication-Wellness-Services-192388917459640/ Cindy is a Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) practitioner and has training in canine and equine massage. Terri is also an HTA practitioner and has additional training as a Medical Intuitive. She is also a trained Alexander ...
Jun 01, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Episode 66: CINCINNATI'S 1860s URINAL CRISIS Kat, Jen, and Christina imagine just how stinky Cincinnati was in the late 1800s. It is definitely NOT pretty! Sources: Cincinnati Magazine, historian Greg Hand’s Cincinnati Curiosities tumblr blog, Cincinnati Enquirer, News: Kat will be at the 2022 Anime Central convention in Chicago, Il this upcoming May 20-22, I’ll have copies of both Cincinnati Curiosities comic anthologies plus copies of my brand new printed comic- Witches and Sorcerers. Find me ...
May 11, 2022•36 min
Episode 65: THE HAG RIDING YOUR CHEST Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the creepy phenomenon of sleep paralysis. Sources: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_hag https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis https://www.healthline.com/health/sleep/old-hag-syndrome#definition https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00028/full https://the-toast.net/2014/02/24/sleep-paralysis/fbclid=IwAR3Eri46ER7QC-J8bmq2sxX-V-oQt6TNax7_ZWuFJg4plInuV40Wc4wUAIM Six Bomb Boards: The Death Row Art S...
Apr 27, 2022•48 min
Episode 64: THE DEVIL MONKEY OF DUNKINSVILLE Kat, Jen, and Christina go down the cryptid rabbit hole with the weird tales of the devil monkey! Sources: https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2001/09/14/residents-can-t-stop-monkeying/50263120007/ https://www.laconiadailysun.com/news/local/family-s-pet-monkey-seized/article_5012d7ca-a10c-5493-86dd-c723ed5b0f46.html https://lists.ibiblio.org/pipermail/monkeywire/2001-September/000136.html Email us your hometown haunt story and we will read it on...
Apr 13, 2022•1 hr 9 min
Episode 63: UFOS IN THE QUEEN CITY Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about Cincinnati's robust quantity of UPF sightings! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantell_UFO_incident https://www.archives.gov/research/military/air-force/ufos https://mufon.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_the_United_States The Des Moines Register (Des Moines, Iowa) 09, January 1948 (FRI) page 6 Tell How Piolet Died Chasing Saucer https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/ufos-uapswhatever-we-c...
Apr 06, 2022•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back Mediums Monica Lira and Cindy Huff Cindy Huff and Terri Noftsge run Animal Communication and Wellness Services. http://www.acwservices.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Animal-Commu... Cindy is a Healing Touch for Animals (HTA) practitioner and has training in canine and equine massage. Terri is also an HTA practitioner and has additional training as a Medical Intuitive. She is also a trained Alexander Teacher and applies her training to animals as well as humans. They also do...
Mar 30, 2022•1 hr 10 min
Episode 61: HISTORY OF THE CINCINNATI ART CLUB Kay Worz and Marlene Steele from the Cincinnati Art Club join Kat, Jen, and Christina to discuss the second oldest art club, open since 1890, in the United States and their next exhibition of their first female members! FIRST WOMEN of CAC Exhibition Fri, March 11, 6pm – Fri, March 25, 9pm http://www.kayworzfineart.com/ http://marlenesteelefineart.com Please help the Ukrainians in Crisis: World Kitchen https://wck.org/ Animals Displaced https://www.i...
Mar 09, 2022•54 min
Episode 6-: LAST CALL FOR THE DEAD AT ARNOLD'S BAR Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the haunted history of Arnold's Bar, a Cincinnati Landmark open for over 160 years! Also, the discussion veers from the Fresno Nightcrawler https://youtu.be/fMv85lRAmuk to killer robots! https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw And FINALLY! A hometown Haunt... Sources: https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/arnolds-bar-and-grill-is-a-hot-spot-for-paranormal-activity-owners-say https://www.arnoldsbarandgrill.com/history.htm https:/...
Mar 02, 2022•1 hr 4 min
Episode 59: IDA GRAY NELSON ROLLINS, DDS Did you know that the first black female dentist in the United States is from Cincinnati? Kat, Jen, and Christina discuss the incredible career and life of Ida Gray Nelson Rollins, DDS! Sources: https://handeaux.tumblr.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Gray https://aaregistry.org/story/ida-gray-nelson-dentist-born/ https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/ida-gray-was-a-pioneering-cincinnati-dentist-who-earned-national-fame/ https://en.wikipedia.or...
Feb 23, 2022•48 min
Episode 58: PRIVY SECRETS WITH BOB GENHEIMER Kat, Jen, and Christina talk with Bob Genheimer about urban archeology and a mystery he uncovered in the privy stacks of Cincinnati! Bob is the George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology at the Cincinnati Museum Center. He has been doing archaeology of the Cincinnati area since 1974 and holds both a BA and MA in Anthropology from the University of Cincinnati. He was an archaeologist with Miami Purchase Association (now Cincinnati Preservation Association...
Feb 09, 2022•1 hr 8 min
All is uploade: Episode 57: TALKING ABOUT SPIRIT GUIDES Kat, Jen, and Christina talk with Kris Smith about Spirit Guides, Camp Chesterfield, and seeing the dead! See Kat Speak! UC Communiversity on March 15th, 2022 from 6:30-8PM. Cost is $39, but includes copies of both anthologies and an opportunity after the talk for me to sign them. The class includes ghost stories, the techniques with how I find and research new and old stories, and our process of sharing them with the public through a comic...
Feb 02, 2022•1 hr 36 min
Episode 56: THE AMAZING LIFE OF LAFCADIO HEARN Kat, Jen, and Christina talk about the extraordinary life and work of Lafcadio Hearn, who started his literary career in Cincinnati, moved onto New Orleans, and finished by uncovering stories of strange things from Japan in the 1800s. Sources for tonight’s show: The Cincinnati Enquirer, Wikipedia, Manga Nippon Mukashi-banashi, Kwaidan, Ghosts and the Japanese: Cultural Experience in Japanese; Death Legends by Michiko Iwasaka and Barre Toelken, Explo...
Jan 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min
