Episodes

  • The Macabre Memoranda Vol. 4 The Black Death

    The Macabre Memoranda Vol. 4 The Black Death
    Sep 14 2024
    Content warning for human and animal death!

    Celebrate this Friday the 13th with the history of the bubonic plague, and theories behind how it reached such deadly tolls in medieval Europe...

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced and edited by Ivy Boyd. Hosted and researched by Ally, Ivy, and Laurel Boyd. Music is by Geoff Harvey and UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://historycollection.com/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/
    https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/06/in-the-middle-ages-devil-fearing-christians-killed-cats-which-carried-the-unintended-consequence-of-increasing-the-rat-population-and-the-spread-of-the-black-death/?chrome=1
    https://www.historytoday.com/archive/black-death-greatest-catastrophe-ever
    https://www.epidemic-histories.com/plaguedoctor#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20earliest%20prints,not%20represent%20a%20specific%20doctor.
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    48 mins
  • The Taphophile Diaries Episode 15 - Lilly Gray (Victim of the Beast)

    The Taphophile Diaries Episode 15 - Lilly Gray (Victim of the Beast)
    Aug 27 2024
    Many believe that Lilly Gray, who's headstone reads "Victim of the Beast 666" was, in fact, possessed and killed by a demon. Thanks to the work of some dedicated historians (and decent record keeping) we now have a better picture at the meaning behind this eerie, beastly epitaph...

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced, researched, hosted, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras and UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://tinany.medium.com/lilly-gray-victim-of-the-beast-58eff9613b60
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10550322/lilly-edith-gray
    https://www.fox13now.com/2016/10/31/the-mystery-of-lilly-gray-victim-of-the-beast-unearthed
    https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/55606
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/666_(number)
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    9 mins
  • The Taphophile Diaries Episode 14 - The Girl in the Shadow Box

    The Taphophile Diaries Episode 14 - The Girl in the Shadow Box
    Aug 20 2024
    Imagine your husband falls in love with another woman in Italy. He proposes, but she turns him down. He longs for her so much that he commissions a statue to be built in her likeness, and he uses it as his very own headstone...

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced, researched, hosted, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras and UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-girl-in-the-shadow-box
    https://bellefontainecemetery.org/2021/09/28/herman-luyties/
    https://www.stltoday.com/news/archives/oct-14-1921-statue-of-grief-for-grave-in-predicament-luyties-statue-nearly-placed-at/article_68497474-5408-11ee-807f-737e0e2e61f1.html
    https://accessgenealogy.com/missouri/biography-of-dr-herman-c-g-luyties.htm#google_vignette
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/3100/herman-carl_georg-luyties
    https://missourigravestones.org/view.php?id=742279
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Monteverde
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monteverde_Angel
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_Mora
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    13 mins
  • The Taphophile Diaries Episode 13 - The 13 Headstones at St Thomas University

    The Taphophile Diaries Episode 13 - The 13 Headstones at St Thomas University
    Aug 13 2024
    Episode 13 coming out on Tuesday, August 13...why not go with the theme? This week, Ivy shares the legend behind the 13 headstones at St Thomas, and the strange phenomena that visitors claim to experience...

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced, researched, hosted, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras and UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://news.stthomas.edu/publication-article/hidden-spaces/
    https://minnesotasnewcountry.com/the-legend-of-the-disappearing-graves-at-st-thomas-university/
    https://97rockonline.com/steps-to-hell-washington/
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    11 mins
  • The Macabre Memoranda Vol. 3 The Great Molasses Flood

    The Macabre Memoranda Vol. 3 The Great Molasses Flood
    Aug 13 2024
    Content Warning for topics involving human death.

    Also known as the Boston Molassacre, this tragic piece of New England history highlights the extreme dangers of corporate greed, negligence, and just how dangerous a substance like molasses can be...

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced and edited by Ivy Boyd. Hosted and researched by Ally, Ivy, and Laurel Boyd. Music is by Geoff Harvey and UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.boston.gov/news/100-years-ago-today-molasses-crashes-through-bostons-north-end
    https://www.britannica.com/topic/Great-Molasses-Flood
    https://www.boston-discovery-guide.com/great-molasses-flood.html#:~:text=A%20total%20of%2021%20men,to%20be%20pulled%20out%20themselves
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    35 mins
  • The Taphophile Diaries Episode 12 - Stull Cemetery (Gateway to Hell)

    The Taphophile Diaries Episode 12 - Stull Cemetery (Gateway to Hell)
    Jul 16 2024
    Witch hangings, murder, satanic rituals...Stull Cemetery is so famous for its horrifying legends that it inspired shows like Supernatural, and was visited by a famous pop star who claimed to have encountered a demon there...

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced, researched, hosted, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.lecomptonkansas.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bald.Eagle_.Vol16.No1_.Spring.1990.pdf
    https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24632912/anna-a-wittich
    https://www.newspapers.com/article/1004514/sylvester-stull-postmaster/
    https://kjhk.org/web/2016/10/29/douglas-countys-gateway-to-hell/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stull,_Kansas
    http://genealogytrails.com/kan/douglas/stullcemetery.html
    https://theghostinmymachine.com/2019/06/05/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-stull-kansas-cemetery-gateway-hell/
    https://www.ancientpages.com/2018/08/25/mystery-of-the-stull-cemetery-a-gateway-to-hell/
    http://www.paranormalscholar.com/gateway-hell-mysterious-legend-stull-cemetery-satans-staircase/
    http://www.weirdus.com/states/kansas/stories/gateway_to_hell/
    https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/stull
    https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kansas/ks-creepy-hell-stull/
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    25 mins
  • The Macabre Memoranda Vol. 2 The Silent Twins

    The Macabre Memoranda Vol. 2 The Silent Twins
    Jul 13 2024
    Content Warning for topics involving human death.

    Welcome to The Macabre Memoranda! Join hosts Ally, Ivy, and Laurel on the 13th of each month for a new story. "The Silent Twins" have been heavily mythologized over the years, so the hosts, who all have a twin, discuss the truth behind their story as told and researched by Laurel. (Ivy's twin.) Were these girls actually possessed by demons? Or perhaps they were psychic...or could there be more to the story? Let's find out!

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced and edited by Ivy Boyd. Hosted and researched by Ally, Ivy, and Laurel Boyd. Music is by Geoff Harvey and UNIVERSFIELD from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    Silent Twins: Without My Shadow (TV Movie, 1994)
    https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-67716241.amp
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_and_Jennifer_Gibbons
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The Taphophile Diaries Episode 11 - The Vandalizing of Bathsheba Sherman's Grave

    The Taphophile Diaries Episode 11 - The Vandalizing of Bathsheba Sherman's Grave
    Jul 9 2024
    When Ed and Lorraine Warren investigated a haunting the Perron family home, they claimed that the evil spirit responsible was that of Bathsheba Sherman - a witch who committed herself to Satan, and killed her own child before killing herself. Her grave faced near-constant vandalism because of these claims, but how true are they?

    Instagram: www.instagram.com/ghostnightmedia

    This podcast is produced, researched, hosted, and edited by Ivy Boyd. Music is by Dmitry Taras from Pixabay.

    Sources used for this episode:

    https://www.valleybreeze.com/news/historians-wanting-to-honor-bathsheba-sherman-raise-funds-to-repair-headstone/article_60381b78-a657-11ed-9282-ab63cb3d5841.html
    https://medium.com/phenomenon-the-paranormal-publication/will-the-real-bathsheba-please-stand-up-separating-fact-from-fiction-in-the-paranormal-51c39b61bacb
    https://medium.com/the-shortform/the-true-story-behind-the-conjuring-movie-e19f7818be9a
    https://allthatsinteresting.com/true-story-of-the-conjuring-perron-family-enfield-haunting
    https://globalnews.ca/news/8247260/bathsheba-search-for-evil-andrea-perron-interview-the-conjuring/
    https://skepticalinquirer.org/2017/02/dispelling-demons-detective-work-at-the-conjuring-house/
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    19 mins