Mystery Shack Lookback

Charley Marlowe; Ella Cesari; Shelby Sessler
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Gravity Falls' slow reveal of mysteries bred a unique, tight-knit community, where Charley Marlowe and Ella Cesari first met. In their podcast "Mystery Shack Lookback", they provide a historic timeline of Disney's first continuity-driven cartoon. A time capsule for old fans and a book club for new ones, they talk spoiler-free about the episodes, expanded universe media, and outdated fan theories.

  1. 5 YEARS OF MYSTERY SHACK LOOKBACK!!

    Jun 23 ·  Bonus

    5 YEARS OF MYSTERY SHACK LOOKBACK!!

    Ah, The Hall of Conspiracies. Today we've got the most mysterious thing yet: ... Charlotte, Ella, and Shelby?? Join fandom scholar Abby Kirby as they trap us in a glass case to talk about the Gravity Falls fandom for our five year podcastiversary, and for Abby's new book! Follow Abby for more details about the book: https://bsky.app/profile/abbykirby.bsky.social https://www.tumblr.com/abaisanacademic https://www.tiktok.com/@thefandomteacher No current release date on the record, read more about the TV Matters series it will be a part of: https://www.intellectbooks.com/tv-matters Citations: Einwächter, Sophie G.: Preserving the Marginal. Or: The Fan as Archivist, in: Beltrame, Alberto, Giuseppe Fidotta & Andrea Mariani (Hg.): At the Borders of (Film) History. Temporality, Archaeology, Theories. Udine: Forum, 2015, S. 359-369. Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Download "My Heart's in Gravity Falls": https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/track/my-hearts-in-gravity-falls-20-ft-pryin-brian Intro theme song instrumental by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian "Stanford" thumbnail font by TsunamiHolmes: https://tsunamiholmes.tumblr.com/post/621743237851398144/after-many-hours-of-tedious-work-i-can-finally Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryshackpod.bsky.social https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    1h 21m
  2. 55: This Is Not A Website Dot Com

    06/24/2025

    55: This Is Not A Website Dot Com

    If you have no idea what this is about, listen to our episode on The Book of Bill featuring Alex Hirsch! Do beware: it’s a long one. https://youtu.be/rj_8qLhfE-w?si=2xWbxJI8759hb4Jc Explore the website for yourself: https://thisisnotawebsitedotcom.com/ Follow Sara: https://bsky.app/profile/pyramidserum.bsky.social Follow Chloe: https://twitter.com/tsunamiholmes Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Check out Keyan Carlile's Cipher Hunt documentary, featuring the Curators: https://youtu.be/FjF7HpQQvRc?si=dMxo8pZIN9xlUtLg Download our soundtrack: https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/ Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Intro theme song instrumental by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian "Hall of Conspiracies" theme by https://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/post/664143564235800576/back-when-i-was-working-on-guide-to-neil Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan in Hall of Conspiracies intro Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryshackpod.bsky.social https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    2h 48m
  3. 54: The Book of Bill ft. Alex Hirsch, Hana Hyperfixates, and Bill Cipher

    12/22/2024

    54: The Book of Bill ft. Alex Hirsch, Hana Hyperfixates, and Bill Cipher

    IT'S FINALLY HERE! It's a Spittle Day miracle! Join us as we discuss the biggest Gravity Falls fandom event in years, THE BOOK OF BILL, with series creator Alex Hirsch, aptly-named Hana Hyperfixates, and the always loathsome Bill Cipher himself. This episode clocks in at FIVE HOURS long, so grab a slice of milk and settle in for a long winter's podcast! Please check out Hana's channel if you have not: https://www.youtube.com/@hanahyperfixates as well as Hana's Gravity Falls goodie bags supporting Gaza relief: https://mysterytwinbags.bigcartel.com/ Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow Alex: twitter.com/_AlexHirsch Do NOT follow Bill CIpher Watch "How NOT To Draw Grunkle Stan": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FP_4l_FFasQ Check out Sam aka RadicalBears' Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RadicalBearsCartoons Art of Hana and Alex in thumbnail by http://stephreynaart.tumblr.com/ Artist Master Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CNJc-28NQ9s_BkBrEtjuVeBv4pNJqsHk_zBcpWG_XRI/edit?usp=drivesdk Rectangles Master Doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JhWYoycmQrL3k31kKBqkl2Z0Km3155mauNP8-XpKofA/edit?tab=t.0 Check out Saskia's kandi bracelets (Gravity Falls themed ones coming soon! commissions open!) https://www.depop.com/kandibysaskia/ Check out Ella's Phantom of the Paradise anniversary zine: https://potpzine.carrd.co/ Hear Ella's guest spot on the Not One Right Way podcast: https://notonerightwaypod.alitu.com/episode/8118a0a2-fdcc-4bda-8e9a-f81c824adf56  Hear Charley's recent guest spot on Escape From Vault Disney: https://escapefromvaultdisney.libsyn.com/wandavision-s1e6-all-new-halloween-spooktacular Follow the podcast In Each Retelling to hear Charley and Ella in two upcoming Hanukkah episodes: https://ineachretelling.buzzsprout.com/ Check out Keyan Carlile's Cipher Hunt documentary, featuring the Curators: https://youtu.be/FjF7HpQQvRc?si=dMxo8pZIN9xlUtLg Thank you to https://www.youtube.com/@STRANGEONS for voicing The Axolotl And huge thanks to Dalton Broback for editing part of the Hall of Conspiracies segment for us: https://bsky.app/profile/daltonbroback.bsky.social Download our soundtrack: https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/ Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Intro theme song instrumental by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian "Hall of Conspiracies" theme by https://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/post/664143564235800576/back-when-i-was-working-on-guide-to-neil Alex Hirsch as Grunkle Stan in Hall of Conspiracies intro Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryshackpod.bsky.social https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    5h 15m
  4. ReGEMbering #1 - Gem Glow/Laser Light Cannon

    12/01/2024

    ReGEMbering #1 - Gem Glow/Laser Light Cannon

    Our new monthly Steven Universe podcast is coming to Patreon, but this one is free! Episode 2 is ALREADY AVAILABLE at https://www.patreon.com/posts/regembering-2-117060837 New episodes available monthly! Thanks to Shelby for editing this episode (THEIR FIRST EVER PODCAST EDIT) as well writing and performing the opening and ending theme. Pledge to Patreon.com/MysteryShack at the $3 tier to gain access to monthly episodes of ReGEMbering$10 tier to sit muted in the Discord call while we record and type messages that we can read in the podcast$40 tier to guest on the podcast once a year (you only need this for one pay period)

    53 min
  5. 53: Gravity Falls Vinyl Soundtrack

    11/10/2024

    53: Gravity Falls Vinyl Soundtrack

    After two years, we return with NEW Gravity Falls media, starting with the Gravity Falls vinyl soundtrack! We discuss it with HK, aka ThatGFFan! Follow HK: https://www.youtube.com/c/ThatGFFAN Download the new soundtrack for this very podcast at https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/ Art of HK in our thumbnail by https://bsky.app/profile/stephreynaart.bsky.social Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Check out Ella's Phantom of the Paradise anniversary zine: https://potpzine.carrd.co/ Download "My Heart's in Gravity Falls": https://ellacesari.bandcamp.com/track/my-hearts-in-gravity-falls-20-ft-pryin-brian Intro theme song instrumental by http://twitter.com/PryinBrian "Stanford" thumbnail font by TsunamiHolmes: https://tsunamiholmes.tumblr.com/post/621743237851398144/after-many-hours-of-tedious-work-i-can-finally Audio cleanup by https://twitter.com/AdamNewVA Patreon shoutouts by Matt Chapman Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/  Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mysteryshackpod.bsky.social https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    1h 56m
  6. Garden Wall Recall 5 - Into the Unknown / The Unknown

    01/01/2024

    Garden Wall Recall 5 - Into the Unknown / The Unknown

    We close out the year by closing out Garden Wall Recall, finally facing the Beast and all that entails. Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Watch OTGW episodes 9 & 10 "Into the Unknown" & "The Unknown": https://www.hulu.com/series/over-the-garden-wall-7955110c-56cb-45b1-9eae-68550344128b?entity_id=e67c69c3-a788-406d-af27-7d6bbf0f9bc7 Read the Over the Garden Wall art book: https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-over-the-garden-wall-2017 Intro theme song instrumental by http://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/  Intro Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Kevin MacLeod Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    1h 2m
  7. Garden Wall Recall 4 - The Ringing of the Bell / Babes in the Wood

    10/31/2023

    Garden Wall Recall 4 - The Ringing of the Bell / Babes in the Wood

    Celebrate Halloween with perhaps the scariest episode of Over the Garden Wall followed by possibly the silliest, featuring Mary McKeon of "Into the Falls: A Gravity Falls Podcast" and fandom scholar Abby Kirby! Check out Mary's Gravity Falls podcast Into the Falls: https://anchor.fm/into-the-falls-podcast Follow Abby: https://twitter.com/abbyekirby Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Watch OTGW episode 7 "The Ringing of the Bell": https://www.hulu.com/watch/e67c69c3-a788-406d-af27-7d6bbf0f9bc7 Watch OTGW episode 8 "Babes in the Wood": https://www.hulu.com/watch/da634852-0a4c-497b-9621-2c86bc1655e0 Read the Over the Garden Wall art book: https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-over-the-garden-wall-2017 Intro theme song instrumental by http://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/  Intro Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Kevin MacLeod Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    57 min
  8. Garden Wall Recall 3 - Mad Love / Lullaby in Frogland

    10/05/2023

    Garden Wall Recall 3 - Mad Love / Lullaby in Frogland

    Another spooky month means more GARDEN WALL RECALL, this time with Charley's wife Niya (notable artist/catgirl) and friend Web (singer/streamer/magical girl)! We discuss the episodes "Mad Love" and "Lullaby in Frogland," with thieving horses and nude amphibians abound! Episode edited by Elizabeth Nordenholt from Podcat Audio: podcataudio.com Follow Niya: http://tomatomagica.carrd.co/ Follow Web: https://www.youtube.com/@webemez https://twitter.com/AnEnzmann Support us on Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/MysteryShack Check out our merch store: https://crowdmade.com/collections/mysteryshacklookback Watch OTGW episode 5 "Mad Love": https://www.hulu.com/watch/01b0e538-b870-48d4-ade0-2002ae573705 Watch OTGW episode 6 "Lullaby in Frogland": https://www.hulu.com/watch/4f312f7a-8598-483e-8a65-4f9a8ea78c8e Read the Over the Garden Wall art book: https://archive.org/details/the-art-of-over-the-garden-wall-2017 Intro theme song instrumental by http://simandthedimbulbv2-0.tumblr.com/  Intro Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Kevin MacLeod Join our Discord Community: https://discord.gg/ZTRu7qyZcR Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mysteryshackpod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mysteryshacklookback/ https://pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback Email us at mysteryshacklookback@gmail.com

    1h 14m
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Gravity Falls' slow reveal of mysteries bred a unique, tight-knit community, where Charley Marlowe and Ella Cesari first met. In their podcast "Mystery Shack Lookback", they provide a historic timeline of Disney's first continuity-driven cartoon. A time capsule for old fans and a book club for new ones, they talk spoiler-free about the episodes, expanded universe media, and outdated fan theories.

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  • Creator
    Charley Marlowe; Ella Cesari; Shelby Sessler
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    72
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Mystery Shack Lookback Podcast
  • Show Website
    Mystery Shack Lookback

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