Acid Cat Spirit Hour
77 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 5 ratingsA lighthearted conversation about life's eccentricities, conspiracies & mysteries.
Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Episodes
Rollercoaster Tycoon - Alfred Lowenstein's Freefall, Airtime & Alleged Death | ACSH Ep. XXVII
May 21, 2021 01:36 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBOn the Fourth of July, 1928, Belgian financier and European economic impresario Alfred Lowenstein disappeared from his own flight in private plane over the English Channel. His alleged corpse was found days later, poorly identified and buried in an unmarked grave by his estranged wife. The at-the-time third wealthiest man in world's death is marred by questions and conspiracies, ranging from his death being arranged by New York crime boss Arnold Rothstein, who too would die later that year, ...
Operation Big Screamer - Barry Seal, CIA, DEA & JFK? | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XXVI
May 12, 2021 00:26 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBFor over two decades, Barry Seal, aka Ellis MacKenzie, was a prolific drug smuggler, working for many notable cartels, the biggest and best known being Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel. He was also an inside man with the CIA and DEA for most of his criminal activities, and many even link him to being the second man in the assassination of JFK by his flight school buddy, Lee Harvey Oswald. Give it a listen and tell us what you think in the comments below.
The Corrupted Blood of Zul'Gurub - World of Warcraft's Blood Plague & Coronavirus | ACSH Ep. XXV
May 04, 2021 20:56 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBIn September of 2005, an error in the coding of a plague in World of Warcraft caused a real uncontrolled outbreak of a deadly pandemic across the game world. Effecting almost the entire player base, the Corrupted Blood Plague had more in common with our real life pandemic a decade and a half later than it appears on the surface. Join us today as our friends Brittany and Bryan from Switching to Game Chat join us to talk us about the video game virus that had IRL consequences.
The Reverse Curse of Esperanza - Mr. Burnham & Magical Mayan Meteorite | Acid Cat Spirit Hr Ep. XXIV
April 27, 2021 23:23 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBLegend tells of an ancient meteorite called the Esperanza Stone that fell to earth over Yaqui, Mexico covered in inscriptions and carvings from the Gods above. Adorned in seemingly Mayan symbols, Maj. Frederick Burnham, a man who served as inspiration for Indiana Jones and the Boy Scouts of America, invited Charles Holder, a writer for Scientific American out to see the stone and write about it in 1910. Since the day of that discovery, Holder, Burnham and most of his heirs, would go ...
Fifty Shades of Greys - Travis Walton's Wild Ride | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Episode XXIII
April 20, 2021 21:47 - 1 hour - 72.2 MBOn November 6th, 1975, Travis Walton and his co-workers saw a bright light, claiming it was a UFO, while thinning the Sitgreaves-Apache Wilderness in southern Arizona. Travis approached it and when he touched the craft, he was gone in a flash. Five days later, he shows back up, face down, only miles from where he was last seen, while his co-workers sat in jail on alleged murder charges. He's told the story a few times, and we can't help but feel like he's omitting a detail or two. Join...
Cloudy With a Chance of Sky Meat - The Kentucky Meat-eor Shower | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XXII
April 14, 2021 16:46 - 1 hour - 55 MBRight around noon on March 3rd, 1876, the skies over Mud Lick, Kentucky filled with falling chunks of meat. Some claimed it was a sign from the Gods, others took it home and cooked it for dinner. A local hunter said he reckoned it was bear meat, but a local butcher said it wasn't anything he'd ever had, and a fancy New York Times writer claimed it was the remains of an alien fallen to Earth. Officially said to be the result of several vultures disgorging themselves before flight, we don't th...
Take it Easy - Hotel Monte Vista, Good Morning Ghosts & John Wayne | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XXI
April 07, 2021 15:29 - 57 minutes - 132 MBDespite being built not even a hundred years ago, the Hotel Monte Vista is a favorite of travelers, celebrities, and ghouls alike; often being called "the Most Haunted Hotel" in the American southwest. The hotel may only have 70 rooms, but it has a haunting for every preference. Looking for a friendly bar ghost? We got it. Maybe you want a cursed rocking chair that moves on it's own, or maybe your more of a phantom-baby traditionalist? Well the Monte Vista has those too. Almost any gho...
Dear Uncle Tacitus - the Disappearance of Princess Isabeau Zinsmeister | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XX
March 30, 2021 22:44 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBAt just five years old, Luxembourg Duchy Isabeau Katharina Zinsmeister disappeared in 1884 from a remote hunting lodge while on a hunting trip during a private family visit to the United States. There are numerous theories on what happened to her: some believed she was murdered, some that she was abducted and kidnapped, although no ransom note has ever been received, while others suggest that she was eaten by wild animals. Her disappearance has been a source of never-ending trauma and...
The Mountain of Light - The Cursed Kor-I-Noor Diamond | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XIX
March 24, 2021 21:21 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBOnce considered to be the largest diamond in the world, the Ko I Noor stone from India is one of legend, myth, and of course curses. Said to give the owner great wealth if they are a woman, the diamond is said to have stopped any man trying to gain power with with violence, disease, and despair. Are diamonds truly a girl's best friend? Is the Kor I Noor cursed to kill men? Find out today with Caleb and the Colonel, here, on the Acid Cat Spirit Hour.
The Nazi Curse of Little Bastard - Racecars, Obi-Wan Kenobi & Auras | Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XVIII
March 17, 2021 00:44 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBOn the night of September 30th, 1955, James Dean would get behind the wheel of his Porche 550 Spyder, "Little Bastard" for one of the first and the very last time. Dean wasn't the last person to fall victim to alleged curse of the car, as anyone who seemed to come into contact with the car was hurt or killed in some way. Find out about the curse of little bastard, and it's very real ties to Nazi Germany, and so much more today on the Acid Cat Spirit Hour.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XVII - Since My Baby Left Me | Elvis and the story of Heartbreak Hotel
March 09, 2021 05:05 - 1 hour - 56.2 MBIn 1956, Elvis Presley released what would be hist first huge hit, and once of the biggest singles of all time, Heartbreak Hotel. The song has a sinister inspiration, from a suicide note to a crime spree, join us today for a trip down Lonely Street.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XVI - Rotten to the Corps | Who shot Meriwether Lewis?
March 04, 2021 00:02 - 59 minutes - 54.9 MBIn 1809, the famed explorer and generally unlikable man, Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis & Clark fame) stumbled into the lobby of a Tenessee Inn, shot twice, stabbed, and quite thirsty. Though ruled a suicide, his death is marred with incongruities and inconsistent evidence and testimony that leads many to believe he was in fact murdered, but by whom? Find out today, y'all!
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep XV - The Demons of Ape Canyon | Fred Beck & the Apemen of Mount St. Helens
February 23, 2021 17:04 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBIn 1922, Fred Beck, along with four other men, followed a mystic vision to gold claim in the gorges surrounding Mt. St. Helens in Washington state. For the next two years, they would encounter the "demon-apes" told to inhabit the mountain, culminating in a shoot-out the night of July 16th 1924. Hear all about it this week, like subscribe and enjoy y'all.
Acid Cat Spirit Hout Ep. XIV - King Neptune | The Kidnapping of Shergar the Champion Racehosre
February 10, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBOn February 8th, 1983, armed men in balaclavas rushed the stable boy at Ballymanny Stud farm in Ireland and kidnapped the winningest racehorse in Europe. Then they ransomed it. Who done it? The IRA? Muammar Gaddafi? Find out more this week.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XIII - The Rare Dominican Fat Bear | the Assassination of Kim Jung-Nam
February 02, 2021 20:58 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBIn 2017, after nearly fifteen years in political exile, son of the late Kim Jung-Il and half-brother to current North Korean Dictator Kim Jun-Un, was assassinated in broad daylight in the middle of the Kuala Lumpur airport by two women claiming to be on a camera prank show. We know this one is out there, so tune in, tune out, drop out, drop top, soda pop.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep. XII - The Joe Rogan Experience | the Brothers McKenna & Stoned Ape Theory
January 27, 2021 01:19 - 1 hour - 57.4 MBIn his 1993 book, Terrance McKenna outlined a theory, hypothesis, that the evolution of consciousness in humans was heavily aided by early man consuming psilocybin containing mushrooms. Today, we cross examine some of those claims and the Colonel shares his...numerous experiences with psilocybin and other hallugens.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour XI - The Great Faded Giant | Government UFO Sightings, Dogfights & Nukes
January 23, 2021 01:22 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBMy hometown of Great Falls, Montana has a long storied history of UFO sightings over the nuclear missile silos at and around the local Air Force base, Malmstrom. From baseball teams, to full missile crews and pilots, hundreds of witnesses have claimed to all see the same UFO. A UFO fixated on the nuclear weapons stored below. Learn something weird today.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep X - Call me God | The Beltway Snipers
January 16, 2021 01:03 - 1 hour - 60.4 MBTRIGGER WARNING for non-fatal violence against a child at 33:00 to 35:00 or so. From February of 2002 and until October of that year, two men tore across America on a reckless and seemingly motivation-less crime spree resulting in the murder of over a dozen people and leaving nearly as many critically wounded.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep IX - Integer Hangover | Y2K, 2038, iPhones & the Epochalypse
January 08, 2021 16:07 - 1 hour - 140 MBAfter a slightly cursed break, Caleb and the Colonel return this time to talk about, well, time. Keeping the time working on your favorite electronic can be a lot more work than you think, and for most of our devices, 2038 will be the end of their lifespan. Find out why today!
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep VIII - Tier in Review/Year in the Rearview | 2020 Year Review and Tier List
December 31, 2020 23:36 - 1 hour - 83.8 MBIt's been a long, and somehow incredibly short, year. This week, Caleb and Colonel are going over all the major events they can recall from 2020, and putting to the time honored tier list.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Episode VII - 16,000 Missing Alaskans | Alaskan Triangle, HAARP, Vile Vortex
December 31, 2020 23:33 - 58 minutes - 107 MBThis week we dive deep into the woods of the Alaskan Triangle. Military flights go missing, House Majority Leaders go missing, 16,000 people in the past 40 years have gone missing. Everyone seemingly goes missing in this large patch of mostly untamed Alaskan wilderness. Is it sasquatch or similar cryptids? Or the large scale electro-magnetic facility DARPA built and swears to no longer use? Find out today, on the Acid Cat Spirit Hour.
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep VI - Press Any Button to Continue | Catastrophe Crow, Polybius
December 31, 2020 23:27 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBIn the 1980s in Portland Oregon, kids playing video games start getting sick. Was it a secret psy-op lasted for 31 days or vaporware?
Acid Cat Spirit Hour Ep V - The Man Who Stared | Jim Channon & the 1st Earth Battalion
December 31, 2020 23:23 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBThis week Caleb and his Dad are off to psychedelic super soldier boot camp with Jim Channon and his First Earth Battalion. Jim saw a future where problems could be solved with the power of Heart, like the self-proclaimed Captain Planet he was.
Charity for Sport
December 14, 2020 02:03 - 1 hour - 64.1 MBWith capitalism's favorite holiday fast approaching, this week we are talking turkey about treasure. Gifts are great and all right, but nothing like a pandemic economy to have to window shopping for riches. Join us as we talk treasure hunts big, small, and of course, fake.
In Pill Form
December 14, 2020 01:45 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBCaleb and the Colonel return for week three of the Acid Cat Spirit Hour. This time around, we are talking about medical advancements and oddities. You would know that, but I had to scrap the intro in the edit, so let's hope you read this description.
GhostBlusters
December 14, 2020 01:11 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBWelcome back to your new favorite family channel for episode two, and this week we are telling ghost stories and asking ghost questions. Caleb is a big believer in spirits, his dad is a little less so.
Apocalypse How?
December 14, 2020 00:56 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBWhere better to start than the end? In this 60ish minute light-hearted take on the End of Days and it's origins, Caleb and his Dad brace for the coming end by reviewing previous premonitions and debate destruction levels and causes. Join us in our old haunted attic, won't ya?