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Tales of Taboo

Paranormal Confessions

Tales of Taboo

Ali Weiss

Society & Culture

4.8725 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Happy Halloween - my favorite time of year! To celebrate, this week we've got a fascinating collection of anonymous stories about our listeners' spooky, WILD encounters with the Paranormal. Ghosts, UFOs, suspicious rotating orbs, lanky men in black top hats (the Babadook?) - you name it, you'll hear about it. While I myself have never had an encounter with non-earthly beings, I fully support each contributor's experience. There's so much in this life that's beyond our understanding - who actually knows if aliens exist or something cool happens to our spirits when we die?! No one. So whether or not you believe in it all, I hope you'll listen with an open mind and heart. If nothing else, knock the lights off, grab some candy, and enjoy the ride :)

~ Tales of Taboo is produced and narrated by Ali Weiss. Follow Ali on Instagram & TikTok @aliweissworld. Audio production by Zoe Kuhlkin. Theme song by Chris Stathopolous. Cover photo by Erika Flynn. Cover art by Kristen Montenegro. GOT A SECRET TO GET OFF YOUR CHEST? Share your own confession - or thoughts and feedback - at [email protected].

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The My degenerate angels, I'm so excited. It's the happiest, most wonderful time of the year. And no, it's not Christmas.

0:38.8

It's Halloween.

0:41.2

My only religious holiday.

0:43.4

The thing that keeps me going all year round, even when times are tough.

0:48.1

Because I mean, like, what's not to like?

0:51.1

It's the day, or I guess, like, weak, that everyone is allowed to dress as outlandish

0:58.1

or slutty or bizarre or berserk as they want without any sort of societal judgment.

1:06.6

It's pure creativity and joy and expression and fantasy I could go on.

1:12.8

The most important thing is that real life becomes irrelevant.

1:16.5

And I just think that that's so cool that we get one day where all of us anal humans are just like,

1:25.1

nothing matters.

1:26.4

I personally have spent the last six years relishing in the fact that

1:31.5

for once during this very limited precious time, the fact that I naturally look like a drag queen is

1:37.4

actually an asset. So I go one step further and completely transform myself into the tragic blonde that I internally identify

1:47.4

as. So I'm talking like lace front wig, colored contacts, lightened foundation that also covers my

1:56.7

eyebrows, handcrafted costumes, everything. Who have I done in past years? I've done. Anna Nicole

2:04.1

Smith, Britney Spears, John Bonae Ramsey, and even the Milkmaid statue from Clockwork Orange. Truly

2:13.7

iconic if I do say so myself and you can go to my Instagram page to see the photographic evidence.

2:20.2

And you know what? Beyond the costumes, I also love the fact that everybody becomes obsessed with all things spooky and demented, which makes me feel less alone in my obsession with the macabre.

2:37.2

Like, people ask to see disturbing shit during this time.

2:41.4

They put themselves in harm's way.

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