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Julie and Jarad discuss the trickster nature of the devil in folklore and why you better read the fine print if you make a deal with him. Jarad introduces some folklore about witches and offers to buy Julie a cowbell. Also some weird frogs and St. Augustine get thrown into this weird, witchy brew.

Sources:

Robert Johson Crossroad

Robert Johnson: The man, myth, legend and legacy

The Appalachian Devil: Crossroads Dealer, Mischief-Maker, and Chain Thrower

@TheAppalachianSon

Why Does Satan Like the Violin So Much

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

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This podcast has adult language and topics and stories related to Hell and the devil. We occasionally discuss death, suicide, and other unpleasant topics, usually related to religion, folklore or mythology.

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Julie and Jarad meet once a week to talk about all things Hellish, from horror to true crime to theology and justice.

We discuss how and why our culture has been shaped by Christian ideas about Hell and the Devil—and whether all those ideas are even Christian in the first place.

There will be snacks. For the cats. Feel free to bring your own and join us on the last train out of hell.

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

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In which:

Julie and Jarad fall down a super deep borehole right into Hell.

We discover that we have listeners besides that one crow by Jarad's apartment.

Jarad finds hard evidence that Julie is actually Lilith.

Satan has digestive issues and a hole in the ceiling.

Sources for this week's episodes:

BBC: The Deepest Hole We’ve Ever Dug

The Untold Truth of the Well to Hell

Listverse.com 10 Earthly Entrances to the Afterlife

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro, intermission and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

Julie and Jarad natter on about The Harrowing of Hell with more chutzpah than actual knowledge. If Jesus can break people out of Hell, does that change theology? If you don't like the story about Hell's biggest jailbreak, what's wrong with you? Is time real? Does it matter? Is the crow that lives outside Jarad's window our one true listener?

These questions and more are not answered in any meaningful way.

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

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This is an audio recording of the story Jarad and I discuss in Episode 8, The Bite: When Fairies Attack!

Going forward, we plan to have audio recordings of stories and a few other fun bonus episodes for patrons, but right now, this is for everyone to enjoy.

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

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Jarad asks Julie about his favorite Things Get Weird in Whistlestop story, The Bite. What happens when you make fairies mad? Things get weird. Also we learn that it's always best to go where the moon is happy.

If you haven't read the Whistlestop stories, this episode does have a few spoilers. We will have an audio recording of the story up by the end of the week if you'd like to listen to that first. Things Get Weird in Whistlestop is available through any of your favorite bookstores, an e-book is also available.

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

Julie and Jarad go back on the timeline to the point where people started to say, "Hey! Life isn't fair. Wouldn't it be cool if there was some way to make it fair after we die?"

Come for the scenery, Jarad's incessant whining, and the discussion about how every idea gets ruined by power hungry chaos goblins - even Hell.

We used Bart Ehrman's Heaven and Hell, a history of the afterlife and a very old copy of Bullfinch's Mythology to guide us on our way.

https://www.amazon.com/Heaven-Hell-Afterlife-Bart-Ehrman/dp/1501136739

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1

Julie and Jarad discuss Nosferatu and rate it on the Hellometer Scale. Jarad's obsession with Bill Skarsgård is tested by prosthetics and an ugly fur hat. Julie's exasperation with the illegal and misogynistic activities of evil entities is exposed. The cats almost but don't eat a cricket.

This episode, like all our episodes is not recommended for children (or people without a strong tolerance for nonsense.) Today's show is a discussion of a horror movie, so keep that in mind.

Meet us here at Perdition City Station every week for another excursion into Hell.

Hosted by Julie Price Carpenter and Jarad Johnson.

Podcast artwork by Carmen Jones; intro and outro music by Essie Lee; episode artwork by Julie Carpenter; this is a production of Sacred Chickens.

Produced by Julie Carpenter

Follow Julie: @sacredchickens.bsky.social and Substack

Follow Jarad: https://substack.com/@jaradjohnson1