Ep. 391 - New Orleans Absinthe and Ghosts
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
The Green Fairy is the nickname for a once illegal liquor known as absinthe. There are a few places in New Orleans where one can get a shot of absinthe. The most famous place is the Old Absinthe House, but there are also the Mahogany Jazz Club and Pirate's Alley Cafe. These locations have not only that spirit, but some human spirits too. We figured, why not put together a legendary drink that claims to cause hallucinations with tales of ghosts? Join us for a jaunt down the streets and alleys of the French Quarter in pursuit of a special fairy and the ghosts connected to it! The Moment in Oddity was suggested by Justin Rimmel and features unexplained sleeping deaths that inspired Wes Craven and This Month in History features Jones and Morrison dying on same day, two years apart.
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Music used in this episode:
Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios
(Moment in Oddity) Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod
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(This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios
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New Orleans on Parade by Tim Laughlin
Marching Leaf Rag by 5 Alarm Music
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:16.0 | History tells the story of the world and of our lives. |
| 0:21.0 | Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 0:26.0 | Music |
| 0:32.0 | Broadcasting from the center of poverty and the supernatural in central Florida. |
| 0:39.0 | It's the history goes bump podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Music |
| 0:48.0 | Hello, you spooktacular people. Welcome to this 391st episode of the history goes bump podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | Ghost tours for the theater of the mind. I'm your host Diane. |
| 0:57.0 | And this is Kelly. |
| 0:58.0 | Kelly, on this episode, we're going to be visiting the city that we just visited New Orleans. |
| 1:03.0 | I loved our trip. We had so much fun. |
| 1:06.0 | And we're going to talk about something very specific to New Orleans. |
| 1:09.0 | And for those of you who are in the steam punk, of course, this is a drink that you know well. |
| 1:14.0 | And it just so happens that there are a few places in New Orleans that serves it up. |
| 1:18.0 | And also serve up some ghosts. Excellent. |
| 1:21.0 | Now, I can't imagine I'd ever be able to get you to try that. |
| 1:24.0 | No. And for a couple of reasons that we will explain later. |
| 1:29.0 | Before we get into that, we want to welcome into the spooktacular crew Amy, who spells her name A-I-M-E-E. |
| 1:35.0 | Jeff, Lisa, Miranda, Robin with a Y, Rita, Bill, welcome back, Barbara, Catherine with a K, |
| 1:43.0 | Brody with an I, Sarah with an H, and Emily. |
| 1:48.0 | Thanks so much for joining us in the crew. |
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