Trendy Lobotomy Podcast

Tori Selznick and Krysti Adams

Old friends discuss local legends starting with the ones they know from their home state. Legendary people, places, and random facts about Indiana abound here. While we started in Indiana, the world is full of legends and we want to explore them. Laughter, history, and spooky facts included. We like getting down to the bottom of these legends and giving both the facts as well as the lore. If history and interesting stories, sometimes with a spooky bent, are up your alley, so are we! We like telling each other stories and hope you will like them too! Oh, one more thing, you want ghosts? That's how you get ghosts... read less
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Megasode 3.0: The Limb Episode
Mar 8 2023
Megasode 3.0: The Limb Episode
Tori starts off the latest megasode with several movie references and the Old Joliet Prison. Yet another prison with deplorable conditions, ghosts, and movie scenes. Also, they buried limbs in the cemetery there. Krysti comes around with Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Add in a vampire, a battle site, a horny gravesite, and you want ghosts? Because that’s how you get ghosts. Chuck comes round with a Central American cryptid, the mysterious Aluxes, or the little people of Mexico. These Mayan legends have stuck around to this day. Malcolm brings us to Scotland and the Culloden Battlefield. The last stand of the Jacobites against the British Duke of Cumberlands troops. A series of poor tactical choices and being outgunned made this the site of an absolute massacre. There seems to be an echo of this battle that ripples through every year on the anniversary. Happy bday to Tori, she got the gamut of fun stories right up her alley for this episode.Our Sources: Tremeear J. In: Illinois Haunted Route 66. Charleston, SC: Haunted America; 2013., Taylor T. Wicked Northern Illinois: The Dark Side of the Prairie State. Charleston, SC: History Press; 2010., jolietprison.org, americanghostwalks.com, thehauntedplaces.com, nbcnews.com, xyuandbeyond.com, Offbeatfrance.com, Pansperfect.com, Britannica.com, Frenchmoments.eu, Rfi.fr, Aesu.com, Littlehouseofhorrors.com, Stpierrebakery.com, Citywonders.com, Huffpost.com, leparisdepatrick.com, https://www.nts.org.uk/, spookyscotland.net, hauntedrooms.co.uk, bbc.com, wikipedia.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
Where We Learn it's Not a Kilt if You Are Wearing Underwear
Mar 1 2023
Where We Learn it's Not a Kilt if You Are Wearing Underwear
Krys leads off with the tale of Versailles and it’s royal history. This palace is one of the most extravagant palaces on the face of the planet. Throughout the upheaval of the French Revolution this was a physical example of the divide between haves and have nots. Time slips, ghosts, and perhaps even the Queen herself visits from beyond the brave. Some of the furniture still there is some of the originals as well. You want ghosts? Tori picked another haunted castle, this time in the UK, Chillingham Castle. This 12th century monastery turned castle is one of the most haunted castles in the world. Being on the border between Scotland and England, this castle has actually seen battle. Add in some torture, executions, and other violent death, the sheer amount of ghosts is impressive. The castle is now an inn, would you want to to stay there with some of the previous denizens? Our Sources: En.chateauversailles.fr, Aesu.com, Thelittlehouseofhorrors.com, Marie Antoinette Ghost Stories - Amy’s Crypt - Youtube.com, historic-uk.com, chillingham-castle.com, great-castle.com, castrumtocastle.com, hostunsual.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
Rumors of a Phantom and a New Definition of Petty Officers
Feb 15 2023
Rumors of a Phantom and a New Definition of Petty Officers
Krysti leads off with the Opera Garnier Paris and its illustrious history. This opera house spurred rumors of a phantom, has an underground lake, and is all sorts of fancy to boot. This historical building fields 400+ performances per year and was built to be a safe place for the elite to see performances without coming under attack. This was the opera house that spurred the Phantom of the Opera novel. Krys also covers the Rue de Chantres and its gruesome story. Tori goes back to her roots and covers, you guessed it, a cemetery.  Arlington National Cemetery in Fort Myer, VA has long been a draw when you visit Washington D.C. The history of this cemetery tells us that the owners of the grounds before it became the cemetery backed the wrong team. This cemetery has one of the most stringent requirements for burial out of all the national cemeteries. So. Many. Stories. And don't mess with petty quartermasters...Our Sources: Operadeparis.fr, Paris.info.com, Worldstrides.com, Messynessychic.com’ Newyorktheaterguide.com, Nytimes.com, Expat-almanac.com, Amyscrypt.com, Peacockplume.fr, Solosophie.com, arlingtontours,com, smithsonianmag.com, nps.gov, arlingtoncememtery.mil, onlyinyourstate.com, panicd.com, seeksghosts.blogspot.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
Singing Ghosts and LARPing Army Geeks
Jan 27 2023
Singing Ghosts and LARPing Army Geeks
Krysti starts us off with the story of Tippecanoe Place in South Bend, IN. This residence was built by the Studebakers and was one of the fanciest homes in the city at the time. Cue some poor money handling and the property was then sent through a series of owners till it's current iteration as a restaurant today. And what have we learned about old houses that have changed hands many times? You want ghosts…you know the rest. Tori tells a story she has been hinting about for months at this point, The Battle of Sharpsburg, otherwise known as Antietam. This was the single most bloody one day battle of the Civil War and opened the door for Lincoln to enact the Emancipation Proclamation. This battle was absolutely brutal and was technically a draw but it was the battle that sent Gen Robert E Lee hightailing it back down South. Needless to say, the land remembers and seems to make sure that we do too. And of course Tori had to mention the cemetery. Also, the Confederates learned the lesson of not leaving battle plans just lying around.Our Sources: Publichistory.iupui.edu, Tippe.com, Indianahauntedhouses.com, Enterprise.com, Michaelkleen.com, battlefields.org, history.com, nps.gov, militaryghosts.com, ghoststory.co.uk, fhwa.dot.govOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
New Year, New Friend, and Lots of Civil War Soldiers
Jan 18 2023
New Year, New Friend, and Lots of Civil War Soldiers
Happy Season 3 lovies! We are back to you with more stories and some new voices! Matthew Barron visits us and hangs for an episode. Matthew is a local author and check out our Insta for a pic of his books! Tori goes first and tells of yet another cemetery, Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. This cemetery had a prior incarnation as a horse racing track. This is one of the only places in the city that is actually high ground. Matthew tells us of the local legend and tv personality, Sammy Terry! This legendary horror host is the longest running horror host in the US. Those of us Gen X and younger have childhood memories of him but he continues to delight viewers to this day. We drop into the world of tropes and why antiheroes/monsters are what most of us identify/ sympathize with. Krys continues on smartly with the Barbee Hotel. Cue more gangster cameos from our fair state, this hotel had a long history with those who had shady business practices. And of course there is a murder, many ghost stories, and some unsolved crimes to round out this hotel. Tori finishes up with Locust Grove State Historical Site and White Oak Flats Cemetery  in Gatlinburg(that’s for you Alan).Our Sources: Atlasobscura.com, gonola.com, nola.com, onlyinyourstate.com, ghostcitytours.com, roadtrippers.com, wate.com, southernghoststories.net, usghostadventures.com, lastateparks.com, louisianatravel.com, Indianahauntedhouses.com, Prezi.com, Goshennews.com, Dead Files Season 4 Episode 13 IntoleranceOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
Bertha and the Movie Curses
Dec 28 2022
Bertha and the Movie Curses
Krys drives home the holiday spirit with another beastie that was used to scare children into behaving before Santa Claus was here. Gotta love the boogeymen that were used to keep people in line. Breakout the sage and costumes to get rid of the holiday boogeymen. The holdout for these mostly forgotten spooks are some of these festivals that stick around to this day. Tori comes with a bit of a different story this year and covers a broad topic, cursed movies. Leading off first we have Superman and it’s line of broken actors and assorted folks involved in the franchise over the years. Next up Poltergeist, I figured y’all were waiting for that. Add in some Apocalypse Now, The Omen, Rosemary’s Baby, The Crow, The Exorcist, The Passion of the Christ and as a bonus, Roar. Some fun random facts for you! Have some good holidays and we love you all!Our Sources: Ranker.com, Austrainadaptation.com, Tourmycountry.com, Boroughsofthedead.com, kqed.com, biography.com, snopes.com, slashfilm.com, americanhauntingink.com, vanityfair.com, collider.com, looper.com, faroutmagazine.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
When Inflatible Turkeys Attack
Nov 30 2022
When Inflatible Turkeys Attack
The story of the Manresa Castle has all the great backstory a hotel should. Priests, old money family, a curse or two, add in some vacationing nuns and we have all the energy we need to make this a haunted hotel. This beautiful hotel is also attached to the small family graveyard. Krysti picked a good story! Tori went for two lighthouses on opposite shores in the US. Terrible Tilly right off the coast of Astoria, OR is Tori’s next story. This piece of rock on the coast was will and a tough way of making a living. There is spooky shit there as well. Jump to Execution Rocks Lighthouse on the Long Island Sound. This lighthouse has some horrendous circumstances that happened…stay tuned to hear the spooky, #youwantghostsOur Sources: Manresacastle.com, Nationalparkreservations.com, Tripadvisor.comHauntedrooms.com, Hauntedhouses.com, Pennisuladailynews.com, Ptleader.com, Historygoesbump.com, Scenesfromthelilypad.blogspot.com, cownestack.org, atlasobscura.com, thetravel.com, longislandlighthouses.com, lighthousefriends.com, nypost.com, weekinweird.com, traveloregon.com, oregonencyclopedia.org, clatsopnews.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
Why Sure Not?
Nov 23 2022
Why Sure Not?
Tori leads off with Tennessee State Prison and it’s lovely history. Like most old prisons, this was a place of punishment, not rehabilitation, and brutal as hell. This jail has been partially blown up, held hostage, rioted, and to finish it out a class action lawsuit. The last inmate left in 1992 and the place has been in several movies including The Green Mile. In 2020 a tornado destroyed most of the complex but spooky shit abounded. Krys covers Hotel Jerome in Aspen, CO. The president of Macy’s Department Store, Jerome Wheeler, showed up in Aspen in the 1880s and poured money into several businesses including the Hotel Jerome. This hotel was supposed to rival the Ritz in Paris. This hotel changed hands many times and continued to house guests till this day, some of which will never leave. Tori comes back with Kirkwin, WY, a bona fide ghost town. Sounded like Tori was tired while telling this story. Also Schitzel? Schnitzel? One of those names…#orbsarebullshit Bring out the cemetery, El Campo Santo Cemetery in San Diego. Yet again #youwantghostsOur Sources: onlyinyourstate.com, wyohistory.com, Kirkwin the impossible journey, ghostswandgravestones.com, weirdca.com, hiddensandiesgo.com, atlasobscura.com, correctionsi.com, tnstateprsionfil.com, ghostcitytours.com, nashvilleghosts.com, Coloradoencyclopedia.org, Aubergeresorts.com, Aspenwalkingtours.com, The-line-up.com, Hauntedrooms.com, Aspentimes.com, Gshsbrimstone.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
Plausible Deniability and the Sound of Krys's Brain
Nov 16 2022
Plausible Deniability and the Sound of Krys's Brain
Krys skips the spooky stuff this year but makes Tori squee with the Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death. These were teaching tools made by Frances Glessner Lee to teach forensics. This lady was the shit and the Patron Saint of Policemen or the Mother of Forensics. The Nutshells debuted in 1943 and were saved by a former student. These helped investigators get it right for once. Tori tells the story of the rope swing and how we have a weird tie to a serial killer. Fox Hollow Farm and the tale of Herb Baumeister, the suspected I-70 killer. This man picked up gay men in Indianapolis and brought them to our next of the woods in Carmel. This house confused the fuck out of me, but it had a pool in the basement. He was caught due to his becoming scared of his behavior and agreeing to a search of the property. 11 sets of remains were identified and found on the property. Unfortunately Herb escaped and killed himself in Ontario. FYI, you want ghosts…the house is haunted.  Krys continues with the Gruenwald Historic House in Anderson, IN. This living history museum is on a Delaware Tribal Burial Ground. Not shockingly enough, this place is haunted. #youwantsghostsOur Sources: Alanehunter.com, Americanart.si.edu, Atlasobscura.com, Deathindiorama.com, indystar.com, murderpedia.com, the-line-up.com, zillow.com, Thisisindiana.angelfire.com, Encyclopedia of Haunted Central Indiana, Thegruenewaldhouse.com, Heraldbulletin.com, Onlyinyourstate.com, Bestonlinepsychics.netOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show
A Nest of Alien Zombie Shadow Squirrels
Nov 2 2022
A Nest of Alien Zombie Shadow Squirrels
Krys leads off with King’s Tavern in NAtchez, MS. Outlaws galore frequented this tavern in it’s heyday and gave it a shady reputation. Main takeaway? You want ghosts?! Because that’s how you get ghosts…Add in a spooky crossroads, some dumb criminals, and infanticide, you get King’s tavern. Tori takes us to Missouri and to the Zombie Road. Enter into a land of tropes, shitloads of paranormal phenomenon, maybe, just maybe…Bigfoot? Dare the shadow squirrels and flying tombstones. Krys comes back with Mt. Nebo Cemetery in Alabama. This cemetery is home to some unusual headstones and other interesting stories from the past. Tori rounds us out with a good ole monster, the Wendigo. Uncanny mimic and people eater, this monster used to be a human itself.Our sources: dangerousroads.org, Weird Ghosts, onlyinyourstate.com, ksdk.com, stlmag.com, legendsofamerica.com, allthatisinteresting.com, Theactivettimes.com, Savingplaces.org, Hauntedhouses.com Reallyhaunted.com, Libguides.hindscc.edu, Onlyinyourstate.com, Weird U.S., Al.com, Ruralswalabama.com, Theclio.com, encyclopediaofalabama.orgOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.comSupport the show
Spoopy Megasode: Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
Oct 26 2022
Spoopy Megasode: Why is a Raven Like a Writing Desk?
—-------------------NO CHICKENS WERE HARMED IN THIS EPISODE—----------------------------Our thanks to Julie Gearing for her rendition of The Raven for our spooky episode! Tori leads off with the tale of Frankenstein Castle and some of the many myths that have been attached to the spot. This castle may have been some of Mary Shelley’s inspiration for the tale of the monster but it looks like some of this may have been pure speculation. Add in some magnetic weirdness and a dragon, you got ghost stories! Krys covers one of the most beloved and puzzling of classic horror writers, Edgar Allen Poe! Krys tells us of his interesting upbringing and even more interesting ways of making money to try to stay at school. Good old Edgar did some interesting things to get discharged from the army as well. His love life was more of a train wreck as well. The man was a bit more complicated than at first glance as well. Krys goes into the mystery of his death as well. Malcom is with us and regales us with the tale of Goodie Hanna Hovey AKA Hanna Cranna. This is where the chicken is involved as well. He coins the phrase “Karen Curse” with the tale of this witch. All is all, don’t forget, HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON!Our Sources: Poetryfoundation.org, Britannica.com, Poemuseum.org, Smithsonianmag.com, Americanliterature.com, Nps.gov, eapoe.org, YouTube.com - Weird History - Bizarre Facts You Didn’t Know About Edgar Allan Poe, the-line-up.com/frankenstein-castle, atlasobscura.com, thetravel.com, hauntedconneticut.com, thefearchannel.com, themissinglink.comOur theme music: “Danse Macabre - Busy Strings" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod and at Twitter @TrendyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.comSupport the show