Rituals

Cool aunts, saints’ body parts, and inescapable demonic possession — this episode has truly got it all. Christine and Em rewind the true* story behind the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist. Is it a tale ...

12 Sep 202249min

It's magicians vs. mediums in today’s episode! Em and Christine conjure the life of Harry Houdini and his relentless crusade against his enemies, aka 20th-century Spiritualists. What was at the root o...

5 Sep 202243min

He was a showman, psychic, and tabloid publisher we *really* wanted to like... until he started befriending Nazis and advising Hitler. Today Em and Christine unpack the life of “Europe’s greatest clai...

29 Aug 202241min

A mysterious lady invites you over to check out her magical cabinet. Wyd? Well, one option is to go back to her place and conjure the ghost of a long-dead sorcerer! Today, Christine and Em are conjuri...

22 Aug 202243min

Now *that* is a malevolent look... This week Em and Christine take an around-the-world tour of Evil Eye lore! How much power is there in a hostile stare? And what happens if you’re on the receiving en...

15 Aug 202248min

A proponent of free love in the 1800s? Sign us up!!! This week, Em and Christine introduce a man who lived *many* lives. He was a barber, doctor, occultist, spiritualist, and writer whose pen name was...

8 Aug 202238min

In the 1940s, an actual rocket scientist tried to summon the goddess of sexuality. Why? To turn her into a flesh-and-blood human being, naturally! This week, Christine and Em open the book on the stra...

1 Aug 202243min

This week Christine and Em head into 1880s London to hobnob with the city’s occult heavyweights — which *mayhap surprisingly* includes a Nobel Prize-winning poet! This Irish writer was unapologetic ab...

25 Jul 202237min