The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

Polybius

Liz inducts Devon into the mysteries of Polybius, an (urban) legendary Portland arcade game. 

CW: A medium-length discussion about 90s-era playground HIV/AIDS mythology. 

Secondary topics: Brains aren't good at maybes; my uncle who works at Nintendo; men in black; how urban legends work the way they do.

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Octopus Wrestling

Devon introduces Liz to one of the Northwest's weirdest, most unfortunate sports. 

Secondary topics: The Other Washington; hunt it up, Sin!; calamari dreams; Broads fail at accents; reverse octopus wrestling; shark digression; the Tacoma Narrows Bridge; prescriptive vs. descriptive language discussion. 

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The Ballad of the Ice Worm

Liz and Devon explore the strange world and the stranger legends of the Alaskan Glacier Ice Worm. Audio fuckery happened, so that's why Devon doesn't say much in the second half. 

Secondary topics: Sleepover madness; a sprinkle rave; the best festival; a fascinating listener story. 

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Stagecoach Mary

Liz introduces Devon to Stagecoach Mary Fields, a woman who should be on our money. 

Secondary topics: The worst bidet; cigars; punchin' punchcard; casting the adaptation; Mary's later years among the sasquatch. 

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The Oregon Trail

Liz and Devon travel the trail - both the story of the actual Oregon Trail and the landmark video game it inspired. 

CW: Menstruation, body fluids, everything you could die of on the Oregon Trail. 

Secondary topics: Palm trees and whale sharks; nomenclature; scurvy; Devon objects to the presence of caulk on the trail; the Oregon Trail generation; land-office business; sunbonnets and Lestat;  Dungeons and Dragons.

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Afterglow Vista

Liz tells Devon about one of the stranger structures in Washington. 

CW: We talk a bit about kids dying, but not in a glib way.

Secondary topics: Dead people houses; Mr. Bean ghosts; the obligations of rich people; grave design; a word from Worst Foot Forward. 

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Listener Stories, Pt. 2

Devon and Liz read listener stories about St. Ignatius Hospital, Lincoln Park and the Hahn Mansion, strange celestial encounters, and introduce their Patreon.

Secondary topics: Beginner's luck; the Broads try ghost apps; old jingles; Devon's nemesis visits. 

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Ghost Town/Ghost Town

Giddyup, pardner, and listen to Devon's cowboy tales from the ghost town full of ghosts: Bannock, Montana! 

Secondary topics: Elementary-school/post-apocalyptic survival skills; town full of weird perverts; Wild West naming statistics; a digression to Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane; Liz's financial plans; Devon loves Richard Dreyfuss; the cowboy fantasy. 

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The Prince of Thulia/Don Barne Quinto

Liz explains that we're all actually living somewhere very different than we think we are, by way of three episodes in the life of Gerald Wayne Barnes. 

Secondary topics: ASMR, tinglies, and elementary-school witchcraft; quite the afternoon; the free state of Socorro; Bailey's allowance; baby Broad ambitions. 

Photo from the USC Archive, by way of Hoax.org.

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Manresa Castle

Devon tells the story of the Manresa Castle in Port Townsend. 

CW: Suicide = ghosties. 

Secondary topics: Dungeons; an Ireland digression; Bishop Castle; Liz processes some Shelf Road-related trauma; a hotel for ghosts; Devon's review of Ghost Adventures; women love being ghosts; ghost Olympics; full-time Victorian lady. 

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