Big Easy Spirits

Big Easy Spirits profiles Mary Oneida Toups, the 1928 Meridian, Mississippi native who moved to New Orleans at 40 and became the "high priestess of the French Quarter." The hosts trace her marriage to Albert Toops, a Decatur Street bar owner and Freemason, and note that Dr.

["Big Easy Spirits episode 58, \"Who Murdered Vanessa?\", starts with Scientology, Shelly Miscavige, and Cecil Hotel chatter before turning to Vanessa Bodden\u2019s 1989 murder in Gentilly, New Orleans.", "Vanessa was 19, living with her family and training to become a medical assistant, when she vanished after a late-night porch argument with Charlie and Scott.", "A worker later found her body in an abandoned building\u2019s back storage shed, and the episode says she had been raped, her throat cut, and burned.", "Danielle Hernandez and Detective Winston Harbin are now pushing the cold case with DNA testing, a white-car sighting, and an NOPD evidence purge that erased Vanessa\u2019s rape kit along with files from more than 55 open investigations."]

Big Easy Spirits starts with banter about Nutella and pineapple, tajin, crawfish boils, SNL, ER, Scientology, and Jared Leto before turning to New Orleans.

Ashley turns a listener suggestion from Chris in Maryland into a New Orleans haunted-hotel route through Hotel Provincial, the Dauphine Orleans Hotel, and Audubon Cottages.

Big Easy Spirits episode 55 opens with a Heaven's Gate furniture link joke that turns into a Google-search punchline about the cult and the film.

A casual conversation about working from home and Netflix habits, unrelated to the show's true crime theme.

Two friends chat about making a smoothie, fixing blinds, and feeling accomplished.

The hosts engage in casual conversation about weather and birthdays before transitioning into the show's true crime and haunted history content.

The hosts chat casually before diving into a true crime or haunted history story set in New Orleans.

The hosts engage in casual banter about personal weeks and global events before transitioning into the show's true crime and haunted history content.

The hosts discuss the Black Lives Matter movement and police brutality, promoting Black-owned businesses and urging listeners to take action.

The hosts discuss their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, including empty store shelves and self-quarantine, in a casual conversation.

The hosts discuss a cursed recording attempt and then talk about a documentary on Aaron Hernandez, blending true crime with personal tragedy.