Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast

This episode is best viewed on YouTube on S.B. Pearce's channel. Find it in the Strange Bluegrass Playlist.

Join S.B. Pearce as she attends the 2nd annual Battletown Witch Festival in Brandenburg, Kentucky. Hear the tragic story of Leah Smock, a gifted young lady accused of witchcraft. Ultimately, her life ended at the tender age of 21, and she bears the title of being the last witch burned in the United States. The festival was created to celebrate her life and to mourn her untimely, and grisly death. 

You'll meet Lady V, High Priestess of Louisville, watch the Sisters of the Dancing Moon perform the German witch dance called Wolfshager Hexenbrut, see the adult costume contest, and listen to Kay Hamilton, descendent of Leah and Kentucky author who wrote the definitive book on her ancestor, Burned As A Witch: The Legend of Leah Smock. You can also browse the wares of many fine local artists, many of which cater to a particular pagan path. 

Join S.B as she speaks with Annie Hamilton Emond with the Meade County Tourism Bureau about their unique festival in Brandenburg, KY. The festival celebrates the unique life and tragic death of Leah Smock, the last witch burned in the United States. 

Join S.B. Pearce as Kyle Kadel gives a spectacular tour of the International Paranormal Museum and Research Center in Somerset, Kentucky. Thousands of items from Cryptids to haunted objects come together to create a unique experience for visitors.

S.B. is stunned to learn that one of the Godfathers of Horror film was a Kentucky Native. Join her as she explores Tod Browning's incredible life and career. 

Join S.B. Pearce as she explores the history of book banning in the Bluegrass State and the challenges facing our Public Library system due to the passing of SB 167.

S.B. Pearce just learned that the state gemstone is the fresh water pearl...or is it? Join her as she discovers something really odd about a few of our state's strange official designations. 

I love a good pun. I also groan but giggle at corny dad jokes. Join me at the Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland in Calvert City, Kentucky where I received the coolest tour ever by the super talented proprietor, Keith Holt. Additional images and video footage will be posted to the Strange Bluegrass social media pages.

Listen to Kurt Gohde share his phenomenal art collaboration with Kremena Todorova. 

We've all heard the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs" and the song "It's Raining Men"is an iconic dance classic. Water spouts can make it rain fish and there was once a blood rain in Tennessee. Have you ever heard of the time it rained meat in Kentucky? Join S.B. Pearce as she interviews Kurt Gohde, the Kentucky Meat Rain Expert. I don't think these folks were stepping on a poodle.

Kentucky has always made significant contributions to the world that progress humanity or community, we just aren't always given credit where credit is due. However, a few notable scientists were certainly credited with the highest honor possibe in the world. Join S.B. Pearce as she explores Kentucky Nobel Laureates. 

A happenchance post by her friend, Heather G. brought an amazing character to S.B.'s attention. Her love of dance urged her to do as deep of a dive as is possible for this particular sweet gal from Cloverport. 

An incident that occurred in Franklin, Kentucky in January 1948 was pivotal in the creation of Project Bluebook - a major government study of unidentified fling objects. Join S.B. Pearce as she explores this unique connection to the UFO mania that seized the nation. 

Today marks the 140th anniversary of the worst Christmas Eve tragedy that has occurred in Kentucky. Join S.B. Pearce as she shares the tale of murder, arson, mobs and vigilante justice that rocked the Bluegrass state in the late nineteenth century.

*Sorry for the thumping sounds - kids are home for winter break. 

Where there is smoke, there is often fire, but what if you live somewhere with misty mountain tops? Join S.B. Pearce as she explores the underground coal fires of Kentucky. As it turns out, hell is just a short car ride from here. 

Inspired by comic Corey Ryan Forrester and the recent announcement by the United States government regarding Unidentified Flying Objects, S.B. Pearce was inspired to dive into the phenomena of crop circles in Kentucky. Na-nu, na-nu, y'all!

S.B. shares the strange happenings that surrounded her family in their Louisiana home before they finally decided to return to Kentucky. Even her husband was convinced that something was wrong in that house. 

Hear what happens when a very gifted boy in California moves into the family dream house...is it really as wonderful as it seems? Follow him on his journey to Kentucky where he gets a warm welcome from the Bluegrass state's most peculiar residents. 

Hospitals and care facilities are no strangers to death. Hear what happens when those who have passed on can't seem to find their way out. Join S.B. Pearce as she chats with her sister Carla about the things she has encountered when those residents do more than die in the hallowed halls of healing. Bonus! Carla also shares a couple of her personal experiences from their childhood and together they make a Cryptid connection.

Some folks have the kind of openness that allows them to experience many different kinds of paranormal or supernatural activity throughout their lives. Brandi is one of those gifted people. Join S.B. as she talks with a dear friend about their many encounters in Kentucky. 

Kentucky has always had more than its fair share of paranormal happenings but unbeknownst to eight year old S.B., she was about to experience her first...before she even knew what a haunting was.