Unpacking The Eerie
Unpacking the Eerie is a passion project that merges the intersections of our dark curiosities with our deeply held values. Each episode we’ll dig past the surface of morbid fascination, scavenging for unasked questions surrounding the stories that creep the hell out of us. We hope that when you listen, you’ll experience the feels, the enjoyment, the horror and interludes of comedic relief that we do. - 2 politicized social workers who met in the Pacific Northwest, USA and are now based in the PNW and in India.
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Episodes
39 episodes
Revolutionary Spirit: Palestine Round Table Pt. 2
Join us for a guest episode and round-table discussion between four Palestinians in the diaspora, Muhamed, Battuul, Firas, Vinny & Michlin. In part two of this two-part conversation, our guests shed light on the brutality of the Israeli occ...
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Revolutionary Spirit: Palestine Round Table Pt. 1
Join us for a guest episode and round-table discussion between four Palestinians in the diaspora, Muhamed, Battuul, Firas, Vinny & Michlin. In part one of this two-part conversation, we are given the gift of listening to our guests ta...
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Denounce Genocide - A Call to Action
Ongoing Palestinian Genocidecontent warning: extreme violence, genocide At the publishing of this episode at least 8,306 Palestinians have been killed and over 21,000 injured in Gaza in the past 3 weeks. The current massacr...
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MINISODE: An Ancient Underwater Forest
DARK HISTORY: Lake Washington cw: brief mentions of slaveryEver wondered what lies beneath the lakes you hang out at? Shaena does! And this week she takes us on an exploration under the depths of Lake Washington.&n...
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MINISODE: Vengeful Man-Eating Spirit a.k.a A Feminist Icon
HAUNTING: The Pontianak Legend CW: sexual and domestic violenceWe’re back with another minisode and this time we’ve returned to Malaysia to explore an iconic urban legend and spiritual embodiment of feminine rage, The Pont...
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25. Melancholia, Menstrual Derangement & Bad Whiskey Pt. 2
DARK HISTORY: The Weston State Hospital continuedCW: ableism, racism (including eugenics), gender-based violence, psychiatric trauma, abusePart 2 of Melancholia, Menstrual Derangement and Bad Whiskey continues deep di...
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Episode 25
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24. Melancholia, Menstrual Derangement & Bad Whiskey Pt. 1
DARK HISTORY/HAUNTINGS: Weston State Hospital/History of AsylumsCW: ableism, racism, gender-based violence, psychiatric trauma, abuseIn the late 1800s, America would become home to a new wave of “mental health” instit...
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Episode 24
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1:38:34
23. I'm Blue (Da Ba Dee Da Ba Di)
DARK HISTORY: The Blue Fugates of Kentuckycw: incest, childhood sexual abuse, rape, abortion After a few months off, we’re back y’all! And this time Shaena takes us down to another small town to learn about a family of ...
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Episode 23
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22. "Goodnight, Malaysian 370"
UNSOLVED/CONSPIRACY: Disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370On March 8th, 2014, 227 passengers and 12 crew members boarded Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 for a 5 hour commute to Beijing, China. The aircraft departed&...
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Episode 22
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21.Psychedelic Nightmare Pt. 5: Tokyo's Christ
CULT: Aum Shinrikyo/Shoko Asaharacw: abuse, terrorism, sexual violence, death Our fifth and final segment of our Psychedelic Nightmare series examines the story of a lesser-known Japanese cult that was responsible for the T...
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Episode 21
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20. Psychedelic Nightmare Pt. 4: Lovebomber Supreme
CULT: Charles MansonSegment 4 of Psychedelic Nightmare brings us to one of the most well known cult murders in American history. We’re talking about Charles Manson’s racist, LSD fueled doomsday conspiracy and the young people h...
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Episode 20
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19. Psychedelic Nightmare Pt. 3: Unseen, Unknown, Unheard
CULT: The Family/The Great White Brotherhood/Anne Hamilton Byrne cw: sexual assault, suicide, child abuse, ritual abuse In Part 3 of this series, we travel away from MKUltra, to the other side of the globe t...
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Episode 19
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18. Psychedelic Nightmare Pt 2.: So Evil, Bro
DARK HISTORY: MKULTRA continuedIn part two of this series on MKUltra, you’ll learn more about the roll out of these LSD-fueled experiments and how they came to a close. We take a deeper look at its intersections with racism and criminali...
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Episode 18
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2:10:07
17. Psychedelic Nightmare Pt. 1: Fucked Up Set & Setting
DARK HISTORY: MKULTRA, Intro/HistoryIn our second series, we explore our first ever conspiracy theory, that is absolutely wild & incredibly true. Project MKULTRA was a secret CIA project that took place between the ea...
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Episode 17
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16. Patriarchy is Still the Devil Here
TRUE CRIME: Katherine KnightWe’re back with a horrifying story and, this time, we’re taking you to the small town of Aberdeen in New South Wales Australia. “If I don’t show up to work, it’s because she killed me,” John Pr...
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Episode 16
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15. Jim Jones Invented the Gay Agenda (feat. Olivia Morgan, Inchunwa)
CULTS: Jim Jones/Jonestown Massacrecw: anti-black racism, extreme violence, assault, murder, suicide, child abuse, slavery In 1978, over 900 people died at a remote settlement in Guyana after ingesting a pois...
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Episode 15
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2:08:06
14. Everything Stems from Capitalism & Colonialism (feat. Bex Carlos, Tu Tia Bruja)
TOPIC: Witch Hunts in India & Okinawa, Origins of Brujeria cw: violence against women, graphic violence, sexual violence, tortureWhen people hear “witch hunts” and “witch trials”, what often comes to mind are the Salem W...
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Episode 14
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MINISODE 6: Strange Lights & Deflated Cows
CW: mutilation of animals Since the 17th century, there have been thousands of reported cases of unexplained livestock mutilations across the world. This weird and disturbing phenomena has never been solved and continues to h...
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MINISODE 5: A Lone Foot
Since 2007, at least 21 disembodied human feet have been found along the Strait of Georgia and on the coasts of the Salish Sea. This strange and haunting phenomena continues to shock unsuspecting beach goers in and around Vancouver, BC and Seat...
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13. Don’t Go To Lake Lanier
TOPIC: Lake LanierCW: anti-black racism, genocide, hate crimes, murder, sexual assault Lake Sidney Lanier is a one of the largest manmade lakes in the US that was built in 1956 for flood control, drinking water and hydroe...
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Episode 13
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Unpacking The Eerie Trailer
Laugh uncomfortably with us as we unpack the eerie! Here, we’ll explore true crime, the occult, conspiracy theories & other unknowns via dark humor, and a psychosocial/social justice lens. Each episode we’ll dig past the surface of morbid f...
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Episode 0
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Unpacking the Eerie Live! at the UW School of Social Work
DARK HISTORY/HAUNTINGS: The Fremont Troll/Aurora Bridge On Thursday, October 21st at 6:00pm PST we did a live recording with the University of Washington School of Social Work, our recent Alma Mater heyooo. Here, we unpack the ...
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HALLOWEEN MINISODE 4: Demons Have Leo Energy
If you take a visit to Ed & Lorraine Warren's Occult Museum in Monroe, Connecticut, you'll find a seemingly ordinary Raggedy Anne doll encased in a wooden box with a sign that reads "POSITIVELY DO NOT OPEN" on the door. This doll is r...
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MINISODE 3: A Fruity, Garlicky Smell
This minisode, Shaena unpacks the bizarre death of Gloria Ramirez, a 31 year old mother of two from Riverside, California. In a strange sequence of events, following Gloria’s arrival at Riverside General Hospital, several hospital workers start...
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12. Lorena, Our Queen (feat. Jill Zawisza from WOMAN, Inc.)
CW: domestic, sexual, physical violence, bodily harm, racism, xenophobiaOn June 23, 1993, Lorena Gallo (then, Bobbit) would come to be known as the woman from Manassas, Virginia who, in a rage, severed her husband’s penis and thr...
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Episode 15
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