Trendy Lobotomy Podcast

Tori Selznick and Krysti Adams
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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...

  1. AUG 17

    Some Sh**ty Stories

    Send us a text   Krysti leads off with the tale of Clipperton Island. This island is now the home to poisonous crabs and that’s about it. This island was “owned” by many countries by the end of its saga. This island was the source of mass amounts of guano which was in high demand for fertilizer. There were fights between countries over this itty bitty island. This led to Mexico claiming the island and leaving a contingent of folks to guard it. These settlers get stuck due to things like WWI and the Mexican Revolution. This also prevented the supply ships from coming. All the things proceed to go wrong and bat shit crazy is a term for a reason. This island is now a French island. Tori takes us to Edinburgh Castle. This castle has been in use since AD 638. This castle has been a source of conflict between the English and the Scottish. The Scots did retain it and is home to the Lia Fail and the Honours of Scotland. This castle has been the home to kings, queens, sheriffs, and soldiers. The castle itself is made of limestone, we’ve talked about limestone and stone tape theory before. And guess what? This sucker is haunted with many ghosts.  Our Sources: historydefined.net, damninteresting.com, historicmysteries.com, historic-uk.com, edinburghcastle.scot, great-castles.com, thelittlehouseofhorrors.com, mercattours.com Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.  Support the show

    42 min

  2. AUG 4

    How Do Your Scream Without a H...

    Send us a text Tori leads off with King’s Chapel Burying Grounds. This is the oldest cemetery in Boston and has some disturbing tales that go along with it. Krys regales us with the Matamoros Cult killings in the late 80’s. This was a jurisdictional nightmare due to this being on the border between the US and Mexico. This cult was present and caused all sorts of chaos in Mexico in the 80s. This cult mixed both drug running and religious belief. The head of this cult was bribing the authorities to look the other way for the drug running and then told his followers that he was making them invisible. As you can imagine, this ended badly. Krys tells us of the Red Onion Saloon in Alaska. This is still standing in Skagway to this day. This saloon is still in operation at this point but the brothel part of the business is now a museum. Not shocking…it’s haunted.  Our Sources:nightlyspirits.com, bostonghosts.com, nps.gov, thefreedomtrail.org, newsnationnow.com, cvltnation.com, nypost.com, history.com, skagwayshoretours.com, jahernandez.com, alaska.org, pizzatoday.com, redonion1898.com Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show

    26 min

  3. MAR 30

    Battle Weary Orphans

    Send us a text Krys tells of the Gettysburg Orphanage. This was started due to a picture of a family of a perished soldier in the area. Sergeant Amos Hurniston was the soldier that started this by dying with the picture of his fam. The orphanage was built to house the orphans of Union soldiers. While this began as a noble idea, this soon turned into something more sinister. Yeah, not good and a breeding ground for ghosts. Tori takes us to another battlefield, Yorktown. Seemed like it was time for Revolutionary War battlefields. This was the most well known as the last land battle of the Revolutionary War. This was a siege that finally gave the US its independence. Fun fact, The World Turned Upside Down is an actual British drinking song and not just a Hamilton reference. You want ghosts, they got ghosts.  Our Sources:nps.gov, battlefields.org, colonialghosts.com, agreatbighunkofworld.com, pastlanetravels.com, gettysburgbattlefieldtours.com, achs-pa.org, usaghostadventures.com, gettysburgghosttours.com, truthorscares.com, civilwartalk.com, therebeghosts.com, imdb.com Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com  Support the show

    32 min

  4. MAR 16

    The Al Dente Episode

    Send us a text Tori leads off with the Capuchin Crypt in Rome. The monks used the bones to make works of art throughout the Crypt and the chapels therein. The next one was the Palermo Capuchin Crypt. This one is even creepier because the whole place is full of mummies. You heard me right, mummies. This was apparently a very big status symbol to be a mummy interred in the crypt. Guess what y’all, there are ghosts and they like hanging out with prettiest mummy in the world. Krys tells us of the Witches Village. This site has striking parallels with Salem in the States. This was yet another story about demonizing women. This strife ended up pitting villagers against their neighbors. Triora stands to this day and they embrace history both bad and good. Tori comes back with the island of Poveglia. Now you want ghosts, all of these places are how you get ghosts. ‘Nough said… Our Sources: romesite.com, palermocatacombs.com, walksofitaly.com, atlasobscura.com, littlehouseofhorrors.com, sightseeing-experience.com, italy-trails.com, agriturismolegrandole.com, thegrandwinetour.com, beautifulliguria.com Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com  Support the show

    24 min

  5. FEB 23

    Friendly and Tortured Ghosts

    Send us a text Krys opens us up with tale of Jekyll Island Club Resort. This island off the coast of Georgia and has one hell of a history. Many huge names frequented the island and there are stories that abound of their time in both the past and present of the island. You want ghosts? Tori shows up to the party armed with three different cemeteries. The Granary Burying Ground, Nashville City Cemetery, and Copp’s Hill Burying Grounds. The former and later of those three are both in Boston and have direct ties to the Revolutionary Wars. Nashville City Cemetery was a ground breaking cemetery that was not segregated.  Our Sources: historichotels.org, cosmosmariners.com, usghostadventures.com, hauntedus.com, jekyllisland.com, thefreedomtrail.org, salemwitchmuseum.org, cityofboston.gov, ghostcitytours, bostonghosts.com, thenashvillecitycemetery.org, tnvacation.com, nashvilleghosts.com, ghostcitytours.com, ghostsandgraveyrrds.com, battlefields.org, nps.govboston.gov Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com  Support the show

    45 min

  6. FEB 9

    S.4 Ep.4 Return of the Soundboard Gremlins

    Send us a text 105. Return of the Soundboard Gremlins Tori leads the scene of a well known murder, the Black Dahlia. The Sowden House has been a fixture of LA since the 1920s. This house was designed by Lloyd Wright. This houses sordid history has fascinated people both in LA and beyond. Krys tells us the tale of Nellie Butler. Want a famous ghost, we got you.  Krys continues with us the story of Axe Murder Hollow. Hitting up the urban legends with this one. Can we say trope? Our sources: la.curbed.com, Nightmare Houses- The Sowden House, History Goes Bump ep.305 The Dahlia House, laconservancy.org, californiabychoice.com, housebeautiful.com, americanghostwalks.com, newengland.com, goerie.com, eriereader.com, theramblernews.com,  creepypasta.com Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com  Support the show

    53 min

  7. FEB 2

    The Ghost of Executive Function

    Send us a text TAKE TWO!!!!! Krysti leads off with the Curran Theater in San Francisco. This was a hotbed of crime as well as the theater arts. From murder to catching criminals in front of the building, guess what, you want ghosts, that’s how you get ghosts. Tori comes in second with terrible pronunciation and Dragholm Castle in Zealand Denmark. This castle survived several iterations and has a shady past. It’s been known to have over 100 ghosts. Several tropes show up in this story, including a lady in white, a gray lady, a mad squire, and prisoner bishop. Tori keeps it going with the Skirrid Inn in Wales, which at being over 900 years o;d has seen it’s share of history and ghosts. Krys finishes us off with the Watson-Curtze Mansion at Hagen History Center. This mansion on Erie’s millionaire’s row has it’s own checkered past, not to mention it’s share of ghosts. Our Sources: atgenentertainment.com, sanfranciscotheatres.blogspot.com, Kqed.com, weirdca.com, sfghosthunt.com, sfweekly.com, goerie.com, eriebuildings.info, hauntedrooms.com, eriehistory.org, Huz Ghost Stories Podcast, nps.gov, britannica.com, youtube.com, littlefhouseofhorrors.com, relaischateaux.com, skirridinn.com Our theme music:     Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com  Support the show

    39 min

  8. JAN 12

    Not a Star Wars Creature

    Send us a text Tori leads off with Taunton State Hospital in Massachusetts. Not surprisingly this hospital didn’t have a great reputation. But guess what it does have, you got it, ghosts. Parts of this hospital are still in operation today. Krys follows up with the Presidio and its illustrious history. This has been a landmark of San Francisco for years upon years. From pet cemeteries, to military bases, to apartments, this place has it all. Tori rounds it out with El Campto Santo Cemetery. This cemetery has every reason to be become haunted. Our Sources: presidio.gov, presidioassociation.org. sfweekly.com, yelp.com, Sfghosthunt.com, Sftourismtips.con, backpackerverse.com,sfghosts.com, nps.gov, kqed.org, https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1121370/, mass.gov, nps.gov, abandonedamerica.us, thetravel.com, suecolletta.com, usghostadventures.com, hiddensandiego.com, ghostsandgravestones.com Our theme music:    Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse Macabre - Busy Strings by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Support our show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trendylobotomypodcast  Find us at FB/Instagram @TrendyLobotomyPod as well as our blog trendylobotomypodcast.blogspot.com Support the show

    29 min
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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...

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  • Creator
    Tori Selznick and Krysti Adams
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2025
  • Episodes
    113
  • Rating
    Explicit
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