The ODDentity Podcast

Hosted ByJanine Mercer

(Explicit) The ODDentity Podcast is a bi-weekly podcast that delves into the weird, wonderful, and delightfully spooky.

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S6 Ep. 12: Interview: Psychic Medium and Author Michelle Belanger

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This week, I welcome Michelle Belanger to the podcast. Michelle was gracious enough to give me over an hour of her time and I am so grateful for the opportunity to interview her. I hope you enjoy this episode!Ā 
Season 7 will begin shortly. Stay tuned…

S6 Ep. 11: Fright and Delight

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This week, with Halloween fast approaching, I dug through the archive of listener submitted stories and came up with some real doozies. Some contributors have asked I not use their real names and some names have been omitted from the stories youā€™re a…

S6 Ep. 10: Interview: Melinda Mitchell

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Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your weekly foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky.
I know I usually only do one interview per season, but I took in…

S6 Ep. 9: Home

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Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your weekly foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky.
This week, Iā€™ll introduce you to Daniel Dunglas Home, a Scottish…

S6 Ep.8: Ripping (Part 3)

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Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your weekly foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky.
After completing the research on Jack the Ripper last week, I ca…

S6 Ep. 7: Ripping (Part 2)

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Hello dear listeners and welcome back to another episode The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network. This week we tackle the second installment of the Jack the Ripper series, delving into the list of victims and the communications the Ripper …

S6 Ep. 6: Ripping (Part 1)

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Hello dear listeners, and welcome back to another episode of The ODDentity Podcast on the PodMoth Media Network, your weekly foray into the weird, wonky, and sometimes downright spooky.
This week Iā€™ve decided to tackle the tale of Jack the Ripper, th…

S6 Ep. 5: Talking Board

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This week, weā€™ll take a look at the mysterious talking board that has horrified and titillated users since 1891. Youā€™d be hard-pressed to find someone who hasnā€™t had an experience with this particular novelty and surprised to find that there are indi…

S6 Ep. 4: Monstrous

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This week, Iā€™ll introduce you to Mary Toft, an English woman from Godalming, Surrey, who in 1726 became the subject of considerable controversy when she seemingly gave birth to rabbits.
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Shout out to Ed from Ontario for suggesting this one. Apologie…

S6 Ep. 3: Demented

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This week, Iā€™ll introduce you to Elizabeth Cochrane, a young woman who went undercover and posed as someone with mental illness in order to expose abuses within the local asylum. She was an interesting and ambitious young woman who helped a lot of pe…

S6 Ep. 2: The Heretic

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This week, Iā€™ll be taking you to St. Nazianz, a haunted Wisconsin town founded by a heretic priest and a ragtag group of cult followers. Itā€™s been a while since I covered a topic close to home and I figured it was about time to bring it back. This on…

S6 Ep. 1: Palms Up

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This week, Iā€™ll be talking about the practice of palmistry, its origins, and one of the more famous palmists, Chiro. Palmistry has a long and interesting history and is still practiced today. I think youā€™d be hard-pressed to find an outdoor carnival …

S5 Ep. 12: Old Sweet

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This week, I bring you an interview with Cindie Harper, an author and the Director of Historical Research and Paranormal Documentation of Sweet Springs Resort Park Foundation and Sweet Springs Sanitarium in Sweet Springs, West Virginia. Cindie is als…

S5 Ep. 11: A Burking We Will Go

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This week, we tag along to the local cemetery with the resurrection men, men who dug up fresh corpses for the purposes of medical study. Weā€™ll examine the history of body snatching, the purpose, and practice, and learn about Burke and Hare, two notor…

S5 Ep. 10: Urban Legendary

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Hello ODD Pod Listeners, and welcome back to another episode.
This week, I tell the tale of the Vanishing Hitchhiker and unravel the urban folklore that surrounds this fascinating legend. Itā€™s an old story, some written accounts dating back to 1948, …

S5 Ep. 9: Big Bad Bodie

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Hello ODD Pod listeners and welcome back!
This week, I bring you an in-depth look at Bodie California and the ghostly history that still lingers within some of the dilapidated buildings. I realized recently that I hadnā€™t taken you to a haunted locati…

S5 Ep. 8: The 13th Child

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This week, I bring you the tale of a favorite cryptid of mine, The Jersey Devil, and the folklore that surrounds this fascinating creature. This show suggestion has been hanging around for a little while and I thought with all the unknowns weā€™re deal…

S5 Ep. 7: Electronic Biceps

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Spiritualism and mediumship, two topics I keep coming back to as this podcast progresses. This week, I bring you the tale of the charlatan who swindled Mary Todd Lincoln and his connections to a presidential assassin and tales of other first ladies w…

S5 Ep. 6: Q & A

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S5 Ep 6: Q & A
This week I answer listener questions about me, the podcast, and my creepy collection. I welcome my dear friend Patti Wolf to ask away and peel back my crusty layers. šŸ˜€
This episode contains MANY excellent questions, a chat about anxi…

S5 Ep. 5: Through A Glass, Darkly

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S5 Ep. 5: Through A Glass, Darkly
Hello ODDPod listeners and welcome back to another episode. This week, Iā€™d like to introduce you to Mary Worth, otherwise known as Bloody Mary (depending on who you ask) and the urban legends surrounding this common …