The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

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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Ghost Trains/Train Ghosts

After a rocky start, Liz tells Devon a selection of train ghost/ghost train tales from the Northwest and a special guest appearance by Colorado! (It's another one where we flip the big lever that says Suspension of Disbelief, but we've had a lot of verifiable history lately, so let's get spooooky.) Sorry about the bit of rustling at the end. 

Show notes here.

Secondary Topics: Feelings about trains; the Carolina Classic Can Opener; Devon has a train rant; feelings about gas stoves*, hidden talents of Broads; 

*Please note that after we finished recording this, Devon discovered that she had left the gas stove on and the flame had burned out and so her apartment was slowly filling with gas through this entire episode. She lived. 

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The Gray Lady

Devon spins the eerie tale of the ghost that haunts the Heceta Head Lighthouse. 

CW: Suicide, which seems to generate a lot of ghosts.

Secondary Topics: Devon's trip to the International Cryptozoology Conference and museum; Liz is easy to startle; why ghosts are grey and why Liz won't be; kid-Broad logic vs. reality; bathroom vampires; sea lion caves; power the world with ghosts. 

Shanghai Tales

Liz puts on her Portlandian hat and tells Devon the tales of Portland's crimping years and its "Shanghai tunnels." If you don't want to hear all about Reed College culture and urban legends, skip to about twelve minutes in. 

CW: Shanghaiing is an old-timey name for human trafficking, let's be real. 

Secondary topics: Reed legends; marriage advice; recruitment/roundup techniques; Devon tells a family story; tattoo disclosures; impulse control problems. 

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