13 O’Clock Episode 11 – “Real” Demonic Possession and Exorcisms

1 Nov 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The power of Christ should compel you to listen to episode 11 of the 13 O’Clock Podcast, wherein Tom and Jenny break down a few notable cases of supposed demon possession, like the tale of Roland Doe/Robbie Mannheim (basis for the film/novel The Exorcist) and Anneliese Michel (basis for The Exorcism of Emily Rose). We also discuss a few notable murder cases in which demon possession was an actual defense (yeah, that didn’t work out so well) and a few other bits and bobs about so-called “demonic” hauntings.

Download the audio file from iProject Radio here, or watch the YouTube version here. Also, don’t forget to follow the 13 O’Clock Podcast blog, subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter.

13 O’Clock Episode 10 – Nazis and the Occult

25 Oct 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Oh, those Nazis. Murderous fucksticks? Sure. But also, allegedly, seekers after the mystical powers of the universe, man. On this episode, Tom and Jenny (but mostly Tom, because he loves this shit) have a rambling discussion about the rumored occult underpinnings of the Third Reich, from the Thule Society and the mysterious Vril, to the experiments with psychic powers and super-soldiers, to the Nazi Bell UFO, to the supposed archaeological expeditions to find the Holy Grail, the Spear of Destiny, and the entrance to a hollow earth.

Talking Poltergeists on Conspirinormal and Buttercup of Doom

24 Oct 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Perhaps, like me, you need something to cheer your black heart a little after last night’s grim-as-fuck Walking Dead premiere. In the interest of healing, please take a listen to two, count ’em, TWO shows on which the God of Hellfire and I flap our jaws about poltergeists and ghost hunting shenanigans. Click here for the Conspirinormal podcast and here for the Buttercup of Doom podcast. Incidentally, episode 10 of our own 13 O’Clock podcast will be up tomorrow.

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13 O’Clock Episode 9 – Serial Poisoners and Jack the Ripper Suspects

18 Oct 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

The name of Jack the Ripper is known the world over, but what is less well known is that Victorian-era London was a general cesspit of crime and degeneracy, and that Jack the Ripper wasn’t even the only serial killer prowling the cobblestoned and gaslighted streets. On this episode, Tom and Jenny discuss two of the cruelest and most insidious: George Chapman and Dr. Thomas Neill Cream, both avid poisoners of women, and both, incidentally, suspects in the Jack the Ripper case.

13 O’Clock Episode 8 – The Original Night Stalker

11 Oct 201611 Oct 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Most people have heard of Richard Ramirez, the infamous serial killer known as the Night Stalker. But what many people don’t know is that a decade before Ramirez commenced his reign of terror, a much more brutal and prolific serial killer and rapist stalked the upper-middle-class neighborhoods of California, from Sacramento to Irvine. This man, known alternately as the East Area Rapist, the Golden State Killer, the Diamond Knot Killer, or The Original Night Stalker, has never been apprehended, and may still be on the loose. On this episode, Tom and Jenny discuss his horrific crimes and speculate as to why he was never caught. 2016, in fact, marks the 40th anniversary of the Original Night Stalker’s first known crime, and the FBI have redoubled their efforts to track the guy down, offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to his capture and conviction.

13 O’Clock Episode 7 – The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist

4 Oct 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

On this episode, Tom and Jenny discuss the case that started it all. Jenny was primarily a horror writer until Tom told her about a horrifying poltergeist experience he had endured in 1982, when he was thirteen years old. Objects moved in impossible ways, creepy noises like human voices came out of thin air, and an eerie presence seemed to watch him and his family at every turn, and followed them to a total of three locations. Tom gives a rundown of some of the phenomena, using current pictures of one of the locations in order to jog his memory. Tom and Jenny also discuss the poltergeist activity that rekindled at their own home more than thirty years after the original incidents. If you’d like to know more about the case, Tom and Jenny’s book, The Mammoth Mountain Poltergeist, is available in print and ebook, and now in audio book as well.

13 O’Clock Episode Five: Eerie Espionage – Numbers Stations, Somerton Man, Isdal Woman

17 Sep 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

Everybody loves suave superspy James Bond, but sometimes international espionage can be a hell of a lot less glamorous, and even downright disturbing. On this spooky spy-themed episode, Tom and Jenny discuss the creepy weirdness of numbers stations, plus the intensely fucked-up and mysterious unsolved murders of probable secret agents The Somerton Man (aka the Tamam Shud case) and The Isdal Woman.

And to listen to lots more unsettling examples of numbers stations, visit The Conet Project, and if you’re interested in recent attempts to crack the Tamam Shud code, check out this Reddit thread.

13 O’Clock Episode Four: Enturbulating Scientology with the Angry Gay Pope

9 Sep 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

On this super-sized episode, Jenny and Tom risk lawsuits, assassination attempts, and the butthurt disapproval of Tom Cruise by poking fun at the weird and wacky world of Scientology with infamous Scientology protester The Angry Gay Pope, who has spent the past eight years trolling the ludicrous “church” and documenting every hilarious second of it on his magical YouTube channel, The End of Scientology. Listen, laugh, visit his site, and donate to his Patreon so he can continue his glorious takedown of this loony and dangerous cult.

13 O’Clock Episode Three: Mysterious Memory: The Mandela Effect and the Reincarnation of the Pollock Twins

2 Sep 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

On the third episode of the 13 O’Clock Podcast, Jenny and Tom explore some of the stranger outposts of human memory. First, they discuss the so-called Mandela Effect, whereby many people seemingly remember certain historical facts “incorrectly.” Is the past changing in subtle ways? Are some people overlapping from alternating timescales? Is there a glitch in the Matrix? Or is human memory simply faulty and fallible in various predictable ways?

In the second segment, they delve into the eerie case of the Pollock Twins, sometimes put forth as solid evidence for reincarnation. Were these famed girls really the reborn iteration of their dead sisters?

In between, Tom and Jenny also digress into a few of their own amusing childhood memories, involving Evel Knievel, child drunkenness, and the possibility of being one’s own grandpa.

13 O’Clock Podcast Episode Two: Satanic Panic!

27 Aug 2016 / Jenny Ashford / Leave a comment

In the 1980s, the moral scolds of America were suddenly whipped into a frenzy, convinced that everything from Dungeons and Dragons to heavy metal music to Saturday morning cartoons were irrefutable proof that an organized cabal of Satanists was roaming the land, kidnapping and molesting children, sacrificing puppies, and eating juicy babies with a side of devilled eggs. On the second episode of the 13 O’Clock Podcast, Tom and Jenny break down (and make fun of) the tragicomic period of recent history known as the Satanic Panic.