THE POX and PUSS PODCAST : An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker Experience

Pox Holiday & Puss In Boots
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The Pox and Puss Podcast is a not-so-serious exploration of the Appalachian Trail Thru-Hiker experience. We interview hikers and adventurers from all walks of life.

  1. 07/29/2024

    Pox & Puss Presents: In The Pines - Wrong Turn (2021) - Movie Commentary Watchalong

    Back in 2022, Pox Holiday made a fateful promise on the first episode of In The Pines Podcast: He would watch "Wrong Turn," the 2021 horror reboot about a group of Appalachian Trail hikers facing off against a terrifying mountain clan, but only if we'd record it all.  Well, we followed through on that terrible idea and it landed with a meaty thud. Join us as we dive headfirst into the backwoods terror of "Wrong Turn." We'll dissect the stupid plot, cringe at the gore, figure out who Mathrew Modean is, and debate whether this reboot lived up to the original or should even exist at all. Expect plenty of laughs, WTF moments, actual screams, and our questionable life choices as we endure this cinematic ordeal together. What the critics are saying... 5.6/10 - IMDb 65% - Rotten Tomatoes 46% - Metacritic Watch Wrong Turn on... ⁠Hulu⁠ ⁠Prime Video⁠ ⁠Paramount+⁠ ⁠YouTube TV⁠ Our Socials: ⁠@InthePinesPod⁠ ⁠@HeyThatNikki⁠ ⁠@poxholiday⁠ #WrongTurn #HorrorMovie #Podcast #MovieReview #HorrorPodcast #TrueCrime #BackwoodsHorror #InThePinesPod #DennisMartin #AppalachianTrail #Appalachia

    2h 11m

  2. 10/04/2022

    Pox & Puss Presents: BONUS - Eric Rudolph and the Appalachian Trail Bandit

    We are only a few days away from celebrating the Pox & Puss Podcast's 10th anniversary. So, in honor of that day, we bring you b-b-b-b-bonus content from In The Pines, where Pox talks about his 1998 thru-hike and the cast of fugitives and bandits he met along the way. During the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, GA, Eric Rudolph detonated a 100lbs pipe bomb in Centennial Park. One person was killed and 111 were injured. Three more bombs went off in the weeks and months following the Olympic bombing. What took place after that was an all-out manhunt along the Appalachian Trail and in the Nantahala Gorge. The FBI was looking for Rudolph as far away as the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. Pox Holiday was thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail in 1998, around the same time Eric Rudolph disappeared into the mountains for almost 7 years. Pox was even questioned by a member of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park because he looked like a fugitive. In this episode, you will hear untold stories about the search for a domestic terrorist and his accomplices that never made it into a newspaper article or a television report. _____________________________________________________________ Sources https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/eric-rudolph  https://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/27038-2003-the-end-of-eric-rudolph-s-run https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Rudolph https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantahala_School https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocoee_Whitewater_Center https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski#Incarceration https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell  https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/rudolph/bio.htm https://www.blueridgeoutdoors.com/features/the-hunt-for-eric-rudolph/ https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/fbi-probes-unabomber-connection-tylenol-killings/story?id=13638602 https://www.ourmidland.com/news/article/Eric-Rudolph-Timeline-7106329.php https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna7398701  https://history.capitolbroadcasting.com/media-assets/into-these-hills-documentary-about-the-hunt-for-eric-rudolph/ https://www.police1.com/police-heroes/articles/former-security-guard-richard-jewell-memorialized-a-hero-ivkeQ57uGKNAQuVw/ https://baxterstatepark.org/general-info/ https://www.operationmilitarykids.org/types-of-military-discharge/

    1h 59m

  3. 08/02/2022

    In The Pines - 09 - Benjamin Peter Ashley and the Pacific Crest Trail

    On August 16th, 2016, a man covered with desert dirt, who looked as if he’d been hiking for days, walked into a rural California convenience store and bought $100 worth of junk food and water. Located near the Pacific Crest Trail, the convenience store owner was no stranger to dirty hikers. However, this man happened to match the description of a suspected murderer wanted by the police. In less than an hour, the man would be shot dead as he was walking back to the Pacific Crest Trail. This is the crazy story of how Benjamin Peter Ashley terrorized the remote canyon communities of Central California and used the Pacific Crest Trail to elude authorities for weeks. Sources: How a suspected killer eluded police on Pacific Crest Trail - CSMonitor.com Exclusive: Benjamin Peter Ashley's Hostages Explain How They Were Able to Escape - ABC News (go.com) Benjamin Peter Ashley: Desert Trip Almost Turns Deadly For California Teens Held Hostage By Drifter Tonight On 'Dead Silent' - Inquisitr

    47 min
  4. In The Pines - 08 - Geraldine "Inchworm" Largay: with guest Puss In Boots

    07/05/2022

    In The Pines - 08 - Geraldine "Inchworm" Largay: with guest Puss In Boots

    This week, Nikki and Pox dive into the 2013 disappearance of Appalachian Trail hiker, Geraldine "Inchworm" Largay. We also have our first guest: Puss In Boots from the Pox & Puss Podcast. Sources: https://www.centralmaine.com/2013/07/28/over-rugged-terrain-a-mystifying-hunt-for-missing-hiker/ https://www.pressherald.com/2016/05/25/report-geraldine-largay-kept-journal-during-weeks-lost-in-maine-woods/document/ https://www.warrendoyle.com/blog

    1h 12m

  5. 03/07/2022

    In The Pines - Lake Lanier

    Lake Sidney Lanier is an artificial lake that was created in the 1950s by building Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in northern Georgia. The 38,000-acre lake lies on top of the ruins of towns and farmland of over 700 families. Today, the lake has over 11 million visitors every year, about the same number of annual visitors as the Louvre. Lake Lanier is also one of the deadliest lakes in the USA. 500 people have drowned and many of their bodies have never been recovered. What is killing so many people in this lake? Underwater debris? Crazy currents? Could it be the ghosts of the Cherokee Nation who were driven out during the Trail of Tears? Maybe it's a curse caused by the people of Oscarville, whose once-thriving town is now at the bottom of a 200' deep lake. Sources: Water levels and elevation above sea level: https://lakelanier.com/lake-lanier-water-levels/ Sherpa Guides: https://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/wildlife_viewing/northeast_ga_mtns/22.html Alan Jackson – Chattahoochee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW5UEW2kYvc Things I Learned Last Night: https://tilln.com/season-4/lake-lanier-haunted/#:~:text=The%20History%20of%20Lake%20Lanier&text=Originally%20built%20in%201956%2C%20the,charted%20to%20become%20Lake%20Lanier The Haunting of Lake Lanier: https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/issue-113-summer-2021/the-haunting-of-lake-lanier Lake Lanier: A Georgia lake's deadly history has some people seeing ghosts - CNN Oxford American | The Haunting of Lake Lanier The truth behind Lake Lanier – The Lanier Times The cursed Lake Lanier in Georgia — StrangeOutdoors.com Mysteries and Death at Georgia’s Cursed Lake | Mysterious Universe OSCARVILLE: Uncovering The Black City Buried Under Lake Lanier | NewsOne https://newsone.com/4185919/lake-lanier-black-city-oscarville/  https://justice.tougaloo.edu/sundown-towns/using-the-sundown-towns-database/state-map/     SUPER INTERESTNG LINK/SUNDOWN TOWNS AND COUNTIES MAP   https://www.history.com/news/georgia-racial-expulsion-stacey-abrams  https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/history/truth-behind-oscarville-once-prosperous-black-town-now-covered-lake-lanier/    https://peachatl.com/the-city-beneath-the-lake/  https://lakelanier.com/history/

    1h 36m

  6. 01/31/2022

    In The Pines - Dennis Martin - Premier Episode

    Welcome to Pox Holiday's newest podcast: In The Pines. We're giving you the premiere episode in the Pox & Puss feed, but you will be able to find future episodes in the "In The Pines" Podcast feed here: https://anchor.fm/inthepinespod "In The Pines" will be a monthly podcast focusing on the mysteries, crimes, and the unexplained that could only happen in the American Wilderness. Pox's co-host is Nikki from "The Appalachian Crime Trail" podcast. Our first episode discusses the 1969 mysterious disappearance of Dennis Martin. Follow us

    1h 19m

  7. 04/07/2021

    71 - I Do This Now

    What can we say? It's been a hell of a year, right? Ugh. We pick right up where we left off, two yahoos just dicking around on microphones, talking about the Appalachian Trail. - There are people who will drift in and out of your thru-hike. - Following the Siren Song of slack packing. - We didn't horde things through the pandemic, YOU DID! - Dial makes coconut water soap? You're damn right they do. - Sometimes you have to sit in a bus and do new things. - Hey Coke Zero and Walmart, are you listening?

    58 min

  8. 08/10/2020

    Pox & Puss Presents: Korean Baseball with Brad and Pox

    Back in May, with very few sports on TV, Pox Holiday started recording and watching late-night Korean Baseball Organization (KBO) games on ESPN. After watching a few KBO games, Pox knew he had to contact the only friend he has who has been to a few of these games: past Pox & Puss Podcast guest, Brad! Trust us, once you've watched a KBO game or two, you'll probably have a lot of questions. Questions like, "Why are there so many cheerleaders and DJ's?" or "Is that a 7' tall dinosaur named 'Swole Daddy'?" or "Does everyone there have these dances memorized?" or "Didn't that guy used to play in the United States?" Brad takes time out of his morning to teach us about KBO customs, traditions, and beer delivered on backpacks. Yes folks, it's just a one-off episode about Korean Baseball with two guys who know very little about baseball, and even less about the KBO, but one guy lives in South Korea. This was recorded back in late May 2020, so some information, statistics, our opinions, etc. have changed.

    22 min
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