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S1.E96 - W is for Washington: Twilight culture, Haunted Highways, and Creepy Cryptids

·1 hr 39 min·5 clips

The Campbell House legend centers on three murdered children, a kidnapped fourth child, and a portrait said to follow visitors.

1. The Pandemonium Witches covers Washington State, mixing Twilight references, haunted sites, and state trivia. 2. Kat, Rachel, Em, and Meg are the hosts, and Rachel’s migraine and Emily’s absence are mentioned as the episode starts. 3. The episode asks what Washington looks like when you combine Forks, the evergreen state, and reported hauntings. 4. The hosts name Olympia as the capital and call Washington the “evergreen state.” 5. They list 29 federally recognized tribes in Washington and mention the ALA-recognized Duwamish, Wanapum, and Chinook. 6. Kat says totem poles are associated with Seattle because men took one from Alaska in 1899 and brought it back as the “Seattle Totem.” 7. The state section also names Chuck Close, Gary Larson, Jimi Hendrix, Bing Crosby, and Bill Gates as Washington figures. 8. The episode says Washington has 7.786 million people as of 2022 and says the state has the most sunglass sales in the United States. 9. The Black Diamond Cemetery, founded in 1884, is described as holding more than 1,200 graves from Wales, Italy, Australia, Russia, Germany, and other places. 10. The cemetery section adds miners killed in explosions in 1902, 1910, and 1915, along with reports of lantern lights, heavy boots, whispers, and temperature drops. 11. Bodie, Washington is described as a late-1880s ghost town in Okanogan County that faded after the Gold Rush era. 12. The Bodie segment mentions abandoned buildings, a cemetery, mining accidents, disease outbreaks, and preserved possessions left on plates inside houses. 13. The Campbell House is identified as a mansion built in 1898 for mining magnate Amasa B. Campbell in Spokane’s Brownes Addition neighborhood. 14. The house history includes the Eastern Washington State Historical Society, the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture, and rumors about family tragedy. 15. The episode says a burglar murdered three Campbell children and kidnapped a fourth child in the early 1900s, while also noting that Helen later lived into adulthood. 16. The Campbell House section also describes whispers, giggling, locked doors opening, a music box playing itself, and portraits that seem to watch visitors. 17. The tone is casual, joking, and self-aware, with the hosts interrupting themselves for snacks, pets, and side comments. 18. The format moves quickly between state facts, local lore, and personal reactions, with Kat often reacting to the places she has visited. 19. Listeners who like Pacific Northwest history, haunted sites, and Twilight references will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want a tight, serious, single-topic history lesson may skip it.

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A shaggy haunted-house story that stays funny, pointed, and respectful.

The Pandemonium Witches take a haunted-house story and give it some pace, opening on puppy chaos before moving through shifting furniture, doors that open on their own, and a music box that reportedly plays by itself.

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You want a haunted-house detour, feral banter, and a place where the furniture supposedly moves itself.

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