Granny witches, folk healing, mountain magic, whatever name you may know it by, these practices have been swirling around the Appalachian mountains for centuries. Minda and Jenna sit down with North Carolina folk healer Nikki Chester to discu

Crying, Laughing, & Fondling Llamas: Nancy Weil takes on Grief

Aug 14th, 2023 59m 17s

Find Nancy's grief group : https://www.facebook.com/groups/hopeafterheartacheAnd The Laugh Academy : http://www.thelaughacademy.com/The Dead Girls bring in Nancy Weil, an expert on using laughter to combat grief and loss. Recently, Jenna lost h

The Angels of Sean Ross Abbey: Part 2

Mar 7th, 2023 53m 21s

Part 2 of our interview with Gerry and Barbara. The story continues to unfold with the addition of Philomena Lee and her dear son Michael/Anthony. Pictured: the baby burial site or Angel Plot at Sean Ross Abbey

The Angels Of Sean Ross Abbey: Part 1

Mar 1st, 2023 1h

Illegal adoptions. Mass infant graves. Sadistic nuns. Such are the tales from one of Ireland's 18 infamous mother baby homes, in operation from 1920 through 1970, the Sean Ross Abbey. With the discovery of 796 children believed to be buried in

The Canadian Constantine: Exorcist Jarred Neil Part 2

Oct 25th, 2022 57m 57s

Chosen as a Messenger from above, Jarred is a world renowned exorcist and haunted house specialist, natural born shaman, medium and clairvoyant. He is also an author of a book titled Jarred Heaven’s Messenger which has a 5 star rating on Amazon

The Canadian Constantine: Exorcist Jarred Neil Part 1

Oct 25th, 2022 55m 38s

That Hoodoo That You Do: Comedian Apple Brown Betty

Oct 21st, 2022 1h 3m

Minda & Jenna chat with the enormously talented and wickedly funny Apple Brown Betty about Hoodoo (not to be confused with Voodoo), comedy and hearing from family beyond T he Veil. Brown Betty will make you laugh out loud and think deep though

Hometown America: Drugs & Murder in Mayberry Pt.2

Sep 21st, 2022 1h 1m

Part 2 of Minda & Jenna's powerful interview with Chad Nance and Carissa Joines, the filmmaking team behind the upcoming docuseries Hometown America. We continue to unravel the hidden depths of the opioid crisis and it's effects on America's f

Hometown America: Drugs & Murder in Mayberry Pt. 1

Sep 16th, 2022 1h

Check out the sizzle reel for "Hometown America" : Hometown America - Sizzle Reel from Calico Bonnet Productions on Vimeo.

Mothman: West Virginia's Most Eligible Bachelor

Aug 4th, 2022 1h 12m

Glowing eyes, impressive wingspan, possible lover of lamps.......... Mothfans rejoice! Minda and Jenna chat with Mothman expert Steve Ward about his theories on Point Pleasant, WV's most elusive resident. Bizarre apex predator or interdemention

Amy Baxter: "Not the Owner's Daughter"

Jul 28th, 2022 1h 10m

Trigger warning: Death, Suicide, Trauma Amy Baxter is a licensed California Funeral Director and Embalmer whose passion is restorative art. She specializes in restoring traumatic cases involving homicides, suicides, and car accident victims

Robert the Doll: The Dead Girls Dish with David L. Sloan

Jul 11th, 2022 1h

For 117 years, Key West, Florida has been home to one of America's most haunted objects: Robert the Doll. An extensive history filled with terrifying and unexplained phenomenon's, alleged curses and Ozzy Osbourne, Robert the Doll has drawn ma

Queerly Departed: The Dead Girls Chat with Death Doula Cas

Jun 28th, 2022 1h 45m

The Dead Girls talk with NYC drag king and professional death doula Cas aka Vigor Mortis about embracing mortality, voicing final wishes, and navigating the death industry as a minority. A death doula (also sometimes called end-of-life doula, o

Whalecorn: The Dead Girls chat with Zac Amico

Jun 28th, 2022 1h 9m

Minda and Jenna sit down with comic, actor, filmmaker, and possible Freddy Krueger apologist Zac Amico. Strap in for musings on representation in horror, stories of life on the road, and a proprietary recipe for stage poop.#pride #horror #filmm

Netflix and Hill: Hilliary Begley & Bridgette Martin

Jan 4th, 2022 1h 9m

Minda and Jenna chat with the Feral Hogs Comedy Team, Hilliary Begley and Bridgette Martin. You may recognize Hilliary as Aunt Lucy from the Netflix smash hit “ Dumplin’” with Jennifer Aniston. It’s a wild ride with comedy, body positivity and

Bladder Stoned: Tupper Stevens & the Urology Museum

Dec 17th, 2021 35m 49s

Did you know tucked away in Maryland there is a museum devoted entirely to Urology? Jenna did! Minda and Jenna are joined by Tupper Stevens, an expert and guide for the Urology Museum. In the not to distant past, a bladder stone removal was muc

Murder in Miniature: The Mother of Forensics, Frances Glessner Lee

Dec 10th, 2021 56m 50s

Minda & Jenna sit down with the incredible Bruce Goldfarb, author of 18 Tiny Deaths: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Invented Modern Forensics and the executive assistant to the OCME of Baltimore, MA. Bruce tell us about Frances Glessner Lee

Flared Base: Adventures in Forensic Pathology with Lauren Polli

Nov 8th, 2021 1h 6m

Trigger warning: sensitive subjects, death, miscarriage Lauren Polli is a pathologists’ assistant from North Carolina trained in surgical pathology, autopsy, and making people laugh. You can find her in the hospital laboratory dissecting hum

The Thicc and the Dead: Zombie Erotica Author Isabelle Drake

Oct 26th, 2021 58m 24s

Isabelle Drake is the fiction alias of Melissa Ford Lucken. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston College’s program at Pine Manor College and an MA in Special Education from Eastern Michigan University. She teaches creative writing a

Get a Whiff of This: Dead Girls Talk Cadaver Dogs

Oct 10th, 2021 51m 56s

Minda and Jenna welcome Dr. Ben Alexander to the show to talk about man's best friend, dead or alive. Everything you never knew about cadaver dogs, search and rescue and fraud in the body recovery industry.

Everyone’s a Hotdog

Sep 23rd, 2021 49m 29s

Minda and Jenna speak to Dr. Damon de la Cruz, author of Turning Art into Science: Applying Chemistry to Funeral Service. He’s also part of the development team behind the apps Embalm Calc and MorTraqr (available in the App Store)Damon takes us

Buckle Up for Underwater Ghost Towns

Aug 13th, 2021 54m 23s

North Georgia has more than forty lakes, and not one is natural. Buildings drowned where they stood. Entire towns flooded to bring in cheap power to North Georgia. Gravesites moved to accommodate the Army Corps of Engineers. We talk to author

Dead Girls go South of the Border

Aug 12th, 2021 55m 39s

It's an undeniable landmark of the Southeast. Anyone who has traveled up and down Interstate 95 has been bathed in it's cool, neon glow. South of the Border is nothing short of legendary and we chat with filmmaker Nate Mallard in the famed la

Memento Mori, Sharkey Style

Jun 25th, 2021 1h 4m

Frozen cats, bricks made from human bones and the legality of exhuming remains. Funeral Director and Mortuary Lawyer Michael Sharkey answers all our questions and more!