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This episode begins a special multi-part series giving you the complete true story of The Manson Family as told by the people who lived it!

It's true that members of The Manson Family committed at least 9 known murders and attempted at least several more and this is why they became infamous. But where did it all begin? That's what we're diving into on this episode featuring guest co-host Mack and Liv from the podcast Death by Champagne.


Tonight we'll discuss the childhood of Charles Manson as well as some of his followers. We'll learn how Manson met the first member of what would become The Family and the techniques he used to gain favor with others. We'll learn a bit about his musical ambitions and get hints as to where all this is leading. 

We'll also discuss daddy/daughter role play and how NOT to name a child. All this and more in The Manson Family pt 1


Featuring the voice talents of Tristyn Sepersky, Jackie Marchetti, Mary Widow, and Quinton Kappel


Music by Charles Manson as performed by the SAS Players

Sources for this episode include Manson by Jeff Guinn, Helter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi and Curt Gentry and the following websites:
Cielodrive.com
Mansondirect.com

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Your host, Eric Dwinnells, is taking some time off to prepare for a special series of episodes to be published throughout August. But he'd never leave the Spookaroos high and dry! So this week we present a remixed episode with an all new intro! In the intro, Eric explains the plan for the next few weeks plus he tell us all about his film debut, starring* in Adam Sandler's upcoming Halloween movie, Hubie Halloween! Then it's time to go all the way back to episode #4....

Did you know that if you play "Stairway to Heaven" backwards, you can hear Robert Plant talking about making a deal with the devil and encouraging you to do the same? It's true!...well...not really, but certain groups wanted you to believe that for a time. They called this process backmasking (or back masking). And it wasn't just Led Zeppelin  many groups were accused of hiding satanic messages in their music using this technique. Groups accused include The Beatles, Queen, Judas Priest, AC/DC and even Weird Al Yankovic! And some of them were actually guilty! Kinda.

Join Eric and his guest cohost, Brian Toney, as they talk about the history of backmasking from how it started innocently as a studio trick pioneered by non other than John Lennon all the way up to the Satanic Panic of the 1980's. Was there any truth to the accusations? Is such a technique even possible to master? Can our subconscious be affected by hearing backward messages? Find out in this rocking episode of Spooky A S!

Spooky A S theme song by Occultic Overtones
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We all know that the assassination of President Lincoln has figuratively haunted the collective conscious of the US since the day it happened in 1865...but some claim it's reach goes far beyond that one moment in time. Tonight we examine the Ghosts of Ford's Theater...both the figurative and literal!

Learn of the fate of Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth and the haunted life of the man who may (or may not) have shot him, Boston Corbit. And how did this remarkable event effect the man sitting next to Lincoln at that fatal moment? What madness overcame Henry Rathbone?

We'll also discuss the alleged curse that hangs over Ford's Theater and, for our grand finally, we'll discuss famous encounters with ghost of Lincoln himself!

Music by Occultic Overtones