Hello, you sputacular people. Welcome to this 628th episode of the History Ghostbump

podcast. Ghost Tours for the Theater of the Mind. I am your host, Diane. And this is Kelly.

And for half a minute, I forgot, who the hell am I? What's your name? I do, however, remember

what we're doing. Are you ready for some thrills and chills and rides? Oh, boy. What amusement park are we

going to? It's called Lagoon, and it's in Utah, and it's really, really old, but it's got some very new

rides, and you couldn't pay me to get on some of these. Oh, I'm game. Okay, so there's a scale for roller coasters, one to six.

One being, I guess it's kind of moving around a little bumpy, to six is the extreme, like, hold on to your butt, you might die.

And it has several six roller coasters here.

Fair enough. We'll see. Also has some ghosts. Excellent.

History tells the story of the world and of our lives. Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.

Broadcasting from the center of Oddity and the Supernatural in Central Florida.

It's the History Goes Bump podcast.

And now, this moment in Oddity.

Yeah. This moment in oddity. The moment in oddity was suggested by Chelsea Flowers.

Most people have been to a church service at one time or another,

even if they're not a regular congregant.

Those giving the sermons, generally known as priests or pastors, will usually deliver their message from a pulpit. These can be as simple as the race platform to very elaborate artistic designs.

The ocean holds a strong place in Christian iconography. From the Book of Jonah to the Icthees fish representing Christ,

anchors as a symbol of hope and scalloped shells representing baptism.

Churches of the modern day do not typically have ocean-related representations such as these in their place of worship.

However, in the 18th century in Central Europe, a trend evolved in the creation of some very unique forms of pulpits.

They are known as sea pulpits, generally consisting of giant fish, whales, and boats.

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