The Nowhere Dispatch

Lucas Strough
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This is a podcast about creepy, mysterious and dark stories from across the East Texas region and from the lives of myself and my friends. Enjoy.

  1. Episode 49 - Chipita's Ghost

    10/31/2021

    Episode 49 - Chipita's Ghost

    Are curses real, or are they only coincidence and suspicion? A look at beliefs about curses and their occurrence in local and state history.

    37 min
  2. Stories for the Haunting Hours

    10/31/2020

    Stories for the Haunting Hours

    The witching hour is upon us once again, listeners. 2020 has been a frightful year and I haven't done much work on the podcast. But if I'm going to record at all, it's going to be the annual Halloween episode. Tune in to hear a few tales of the dark, morbid and macabre...Happy Halloween!

    26 min
  3. Episode 48 - Lights Above The Pines - East Texas UFOs

    08/02/2020

    Episode 48 - Lights Above The Pines - East Texas UFOs

    For hundreds of years, Texans have been reporting sightings of strange crafts and alien visitors across the Lone Star State. Some of the most incredible of these encounters have taken place right here in East Texas. Tune into this episode of the Dispatch to learn about mysterious sightings, unexplained aerial phenomena and otherworldly visitors here behind the Pine Curtain.

    30 min
  4. Episode 47 - Stories for the Dusk and Shadows

    11/01/2019

    Episode 47 - Stories for the Dusk and Shadows

    The time of spooks and shadows has descended upon nowhere once again, listeners. In this third installment of my spooky stories episodes, tune in to hear six tales of ghosts, mysterious figures and the morbid, fascinating burial and mourning traditions of the South. Just in time for Halloween, follow me across Texas and the South with these macabre stories to get you in the mood for the eeriest (and best) season of the year.

    44 min
  5. Episode 46 - Blood on the Pines - Infamous East Texas Murders

    10/01/2019

    Episode 46 - Blood on the Pines - Infamous East Texas Murders

    Murders leave a legacy. Even out here in the middle of nowhere, they leave echoes, reaching across time and through memory to haunt us. The stories of infamous murders are shared and shared again as a way of preserving the lives of those taken too soon, as a way of warning others and as a way of making sense of sudden tragedy. In this episode, I'll share with you stories of three infamous East Texas murders and the strange circumstances surrounding them. Tune in, and remember the stories of those who were struck down before their time.

    41 min
  6. Episode 45 – Strange Medicine - Folk Magic in East Texas and the South

    08/03/2019

    Episode 45 – Strange Medicine - Folk Magic in East Texas and the South

    Some magic is born of necessity. Instead of a wand or staff, folks were more likely to use a forked twig or a piece of silverware. Instead of elaborate potions and elixirs, common people would use water, herbs and river stones. Instead of an ancient, leather-bound grimoire or tome, more people than you’d expect would look to the Holy Bible for spellwork. This magic is as real to the people who practice it as making a phone call or bandaging a paper cut is to you or me. It’s been practiced since the dawn of humankind, it’s still practiced today and it’s been going on right here in East Texas from the very beginning. In this episode, tune in to learn about the strange history of folk magic in East Texas and the South and some of the legends about these mysterious practices.

    37 min
  7. Episode 44 - From Midnight Until Dawn - Texas Executions

    06/04/2019

    Episode 44 - From Midnight Until Dawn - Texas Executions

    For more than 200 years, Texas has used the death penalty to punish its worst criminals and to dissuade others from committing similar crimes. From hemp rope and gallows poles to lethal injection, the Lone Star State has made history in this grim practice and now executes more prisoners than any other state in the country. The practice has changed over time and the process has never been as simple or straightforward as some might think. On this episode of the Dispatch, I'll tell you about the long and dark history of capital punishment in Texas and several death penalty cases which made their way to this part of the state.

    1h 3m
  8. Episode 43 - John Joe Gray and the Trinidad Standoff

    04/08/2019

    Episode 43 - John Joe Gray and the Trinidad Standoff

    In 1999, a man named John Joe Gray was arrested near Trinidad, Texas. He resisted arrest and was booked but never returned for his court date. He returned to his property and fortified it into a compound. What followed was the longest armed standoff in US history. Tune in it this episode of the Dispatch to learn about the standoff, Gray's allegiance to sovereign citizen and separatist groups and the state of the country then, and now, that leads to situations like this.

    46 min
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This is a podcast about creepy, mysterious and dark stories from across the East Texas region and from the lives of myself and my friends. Enjoy.

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  • Creator
    Lucas Strough
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2021
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright Lucas Strough
  • Show Website
    The Nowhere Dispatch