Podcasts Culture Lez Geek Out!cast Episode 89: Sh*t That Freaks Us Out

Episode 89: Sh*t That Freaks Us Out

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 5 a.m.

In honor of\xa0spooooky\xa0Halloween Andi and\xa0Lise\xa0talk about things that freak us out, including some urban legends, folklore, and other creepy things: mirrors and the\xa0Bloody Mary legend;\xa0La\xa0Llorona\xa0(the weeping woman);\xa0Delphine\xa0LaLaurie\xa0Mansion;\xa0The Legend of Sleepy Hollow/Headless Horseman; when something you think is normal isn\u2019t;\xa0skinwalkers.\xa0

Shout-outs!\xa0Andi is seriously obsessed with \u201cThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow\u201d by Washington Irving\xa0(find it at\xa0Project\xa0Gutenburg). And check out the 1998 movie\xa0Sleepy Hollow\xa0with Johnny Depp for an interesting forensic-ish\xa0take. And if you want,\xa0Andi\u2019s\xa0take on Sleepy Hollow is\xa0The Secret of Sleepy Hollow, available at\xa0Ylva\xa0(and all the places!).\xa0

Lise\xa0is finishing up The Good Place on the\xa0teevee;\xa0fun, insightful, brilliant. And she\u2019s coping with the\xa0cray\xa0by watching episodes of My Little Pony while Andi is finding inspiration from historical accounts of women who were leaders in the French Resistance during the WWII Nazi occupation.\xa0 Sonia\xa0Purnell\u2019s\xa02019 release\xa0A Woman of No Importance: The\xa0Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II is amazing. And check out Lynne Olson\u2019s\xa0Madame\xa0Fourcade\u2019s\xa0Secret War: The Daring Young Woman Who Led France\u2019s Largest Spy Network Against Hitler\xa0(2019).\xa0