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Unpacking The Eerie

A podcast exploring true crime, the occult, conspiracy theories & other unknowns via dark humor, and a psychosocial/social justice lens.

You can find us on Spotify & Apple Podcasts!

16/01/2024

It's been over 100 days since Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians in Gaza began. At the writing of this post at least 23,469 Palestinians have been martyred in Gaza with 59,604 injured and almost 2 million displaced (85% of Gaza's population). Our Ghosty Giver Beneficiary for this winter is Anera ( )-- an organization that since 1968 has been helping refugees and other individuals impacted by conflicts taking place in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan.

Anera is currently working with individuals located in the Gaza strip to mobilize resources for immediate emergency relief. They are doing this by delivering hot meals, food parcels, water, hygiene kits, blankets and mattresses. They are also organizing pop-up health clinics that are offering free medical supplies, activities for kids and distributing vouchers for winter clothing.

Anera staff are and have been doing this by buying food from within the Gaza strip itself as well as coordinating the little bit of aid that has been permitted to enter the area since October. They have teams in Egypt and Jordan that are supporting them in organizing shipments of essentials for those that are currently living under horrific conditions.

Thank you to our Patrons who allow us to make financial contributions to causes that are close to our heart.

If you haven't yet listened to our episode on how you can support those affected by the ongoing genocide in Gaza, we invite you to take a listen or to look at the resource list in that episodes description on ways you can plug in.

In solidarity. 🇵🇸🍉

20/12/2023

Have you peeped our Free Palestine Action Checklist? Curated with our fellow neurodivergent bi***es in mind, items are categorized into digestible sections & listed as a checklist for those who’d like to copy it & save to their Google drive 🍉 Wishing you all a holiday season filled with abundant care, restoration & resistance. And may we remind everyone celebrating Xmas that Jesus was Palestinian.

30/09/2023

Ever wondered what lies beneath the lakes you hang out at? Shaena does! And this week she takes us on an exploration under the depths of Lake Washington. Join us and learn about the ancient frozen forest that has existed deep under Lake Washington for decades. The eerie sunken dwellings of the largest lake in King County is sure to give you goosebumps.

16/09/2023

✨new minisode out✨
We’ve returned to Malaysia to explore an iconic urban legend and spiritual embodiment of feminine rage, The Pontianak. Join us as Akshi shares about her origin story and how the continuation of her lore offers significant commentary about patriarchal violence and survivor empowerment. She also takes time to discuss the utility of the horror genre as a medium to unpack the above and moooorree.

27/07/2023

❗️NEW EPISODE❗️
Melancholia, Menstrual Derangement & Bad Whiskey Pt. 1

In the late 1800s, America would become home to a new wave of “mental health” institutions we now know as asylums. The Weston State Hospital (aka The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum) was one of many of these “state of the art” facilities. This episode Is all about how aspirations for palatial, elite experiences for (white) mentally ill patients quickly descended into the picture that you probably have of these places - carceral sites of unspeakable cruelty. There was so much information on this, we’ve decided to break it up into 2 parts. In part one, you’ll learn about why Weston State Hospital is considered one of the most haunted places in the country, the history of asylums as a whole and the social-political climate that led to the extreme rise of people incarcerated in these institutions.

Available anywhere you get your pods 🎧

06/12/2022

‼️FINAL EPISODE ‼️ OF 2022 & our Psychedelic Nightmare series just dropped! Our fifth segment of this series examines the story of a lesser-known, but absolutely fu**ed, Japanese cult that was responsible for the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack in March 1995 that killed 14 and injured over 5,000 innocent civilians. Aum Shinrikyo was a cult led by Shoko Asahara, another narcissist externalizing all his issues on the world around him. This episode, we explore Shoko's childhood, the cults origins and also delve deep into its doomsday philosophies that combined a hodge-podge of religious philosophies with Nostradamus-esque beliefs. This story is a wild one with lots of twists and turns tied to religion, Japanese culture, chemical weapons development and more. We touch upon concepts of Shiva, Shakti, & karma in Hinduism, malignant narcissism in cult leaders, and highlight survivor stories and PTSD from the subway attack. You'll see how this story links back to all four others, creating an unlikely and disturbing tie that spans four decades, three cults and three countries while involving multiple government agencies and of course Albert Hoffman's Problem Child -- L*D

30/11/2022

we love you sm 🖤 can’t believe it’s been 2 years! thanks for supporting our humble project & staying w us. also love that most of you have the adventurer music personality (as we do).

pls tag us/shoot us a dm if we happened to make your Spotify wrapped 🤗

06/10/2022

⚡️NEW EPISODE RELEASED TODAY⚡️
Segment 4 of Psychedelic Nightmare brings us to one of the most well known cult murders in American history. We’re talking about Charles Manson’s racist, L*D fueled doomsday conspiracy and the young people he convinced to execute what we know now as the Tate Murders. Join us as we unpack the evolution of this cult, historical context of the time, the dynamics of grooming, and how mainstream media consistently positions the murder of these Hollywood elite above the horror of Manson's white supremacist agenda. We also take some time to uplift the legacy of the Black Panther Party (who the cult unsuccessfully framed for these murders).

Photos:
1) 3 Manson Cult members, Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten, and Patricia Krenwinkel, and a photo of Charles Manson in a red tint
2) Members of the Manson cult
3) Site of the Tate Murders
4) newspaper headline highlighting Sharon Tate & the murders
5) crime scene photos at the LaBianca home
6) 2015: Manson, 80 years old, and his girlfriend, 26-year old Afton Elaine Burton

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29/07/2022

🗣NEW EPISODE OUT🗣
“The CIA needed a place to test dangerous and potentially addictive drugs. Isbell had a large sample of people who were in no position to complain. Participants were compensated with heroine and morphine - the same drugs for which they were supposedly receiving addiction treatment.”

Learn more about the roll out of these L*D-fueled experiments and how they came to a close in part 2 of our MKUltra series. We also talk about popular conspiracies tied to these experiments and the psychology behind conspiracy-based beliefs.
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14/06/2022

👀 exciting news 👀 unpacking the eerie merch available SOON on our website. stay tuned 😉

20/05/2022

✨these earrings delete billionaires✨ - .basement

v excited to scare men away at the bars w these bad boys - 💁🏻‍♀️shaena

18/05/2022

💥NEW EPISODE OUT💥 We’re back with a horrifying story and, this time, we’re taking you to the small town of Aberdeen in New South Wales Australia. “If I don’t show up to work, it’s because she killed me,” John Price told his co-workers as he prepared to separate from his relationship with Katherine Knight. The next day his neighbors rang the alarm when he never arrived at work without a call — Katherine had murdered….and cannibalized him. This episode, we trace back Katherine’s relationship histories that preceded the killing and explore the question “what the f**k happened to you, Katherine?” Join us as we discuss “personality disorders”, break down the impact of childhood DV and how patriarchy is still the devil in this story.

Available anywhere you get your podcasts 🎧

17/05/2022

New episode dropping tomorrow! The way we tried to cover something less heavy & found one of the most gruesome stories yet 😩 stay tuned wherever you get your podcasts 😮‍💨
Unpacking the Eerie is a podcast where dark ass s**t & liberatory values meet. Hosted by 2 politicized social workers in the PNW.

11/03/2022

This , we're bringing it back to our episode on Richard Ramirez. In addition to dissecting his story, we share the stories of survivors and the impact his terror had on their lives.

In December 2020, we released our Hotel Cecil series -- a 3-part collection that highlights cases somehow connected to this cursed-ass Los Angeles hotel. If you haven't already, take a listen to our Lethal Location series 🎧

04/03/2022

Is still a thing? Whatever, we're throwing it back to one of our earliest episodes. In December 2020, we released our Hotel Cecil series -- a 3-part collection that highlights cases somehow connected to this cursed-ass Los Angeles hotel. If you haven't already, take a listen to our Lethal Location series 🎧

02/03/2022

✨NEW EP OUT✨
When people hear “witch hunts” and “witch trials”, what often comes to mind are the Salem Witch Trials. What people don’t know is that what we know as “witch hunts” have occurred in many other parts of the world, and in some countries, are still happening today. In our second collaborative episode, Bex Carlos, host of the podcast , joins us as we explore lesser known stories about witches & witch hunts. Learn about the impact of colonialism in Mexico and it’s creation of brujería due to the Spanish Inquisition, the colonial persecution of yuta in the Ryukyu Kingdom (now known as Okinawa), as well as the horrors that women in rural parts of India are still experiencing as a result of witch hunts driven by greed and patriarchal violence. Join us as we explore how the insidious nature of capitalism, colonialism and patriarchy all play a key role in these three stories and the power of ancient spiritual traditions and community in resisting colonial and patriarchal oppression. .

01/01/2022

HAPPY 2022 from your hosts 🖤 We closed 2021 with an all time total of 3,900+ downloads from 28 countries and over 500 cities. In addition, we were able to donate over $400 to causes close to our hearts thanks to the generosity of our patreon patrons. We appreciate you sooo much for supporting & listening to our lil passion project 🛸👻

07/12/2021

Wowie this year we posted 10 episodes/minisodes & reached 10 countries! 21 of you listened to us more than any other podcast & we were lucky enough to be there w 4 of you on your birthdays 🎂 our streams went up over 300% and our followers went up over 250%. Thanks sooo much for all your support — we ♥️ you

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