The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird Podcast
1) The Skydiving Beaver and the Arboreal Octopus
First we recorded the beaver story, then we recorded the octopus story because the other was too short. So you get two, two, two amazing tales of Pacific Northwest critters! I put a little music in th...Show More
2) Spokane's Forgotten Axe Murder
Liz tells Devon about the 1906 murder of Spokane resident James Sloane, and his 17-year-old son, Sidney, who confessed to the killing. On August 28, 1906, a body was discovered in a Spokane alley. Th...Show More
3) Stump Houses of the Pacific Northwest
Devon tells Liz about some of the unique structures settlers in the PNW built out of the massive stumps left behind from logging, with a focus on The Stump House at Guillemot Cove in Washington. Devon...Show More
4) Grant Chesterfield, Confidence Man
Liz tells Devon about Grant Chesterfield, the confidence man reading palms and conning crowds up and down the west coast (and then beyond) in the early 1900s. With several wives and a lotta lies, we’r...Show More
5) Hot Rat Summer
Devon tells Liz about Seattle's current controversy with a feel-good ending: the story of the Hot Rat Summer mosaic in Capitol Hill's Cal Anderson Park. AKA "Saint Rat", Hot Rat Summer is a mosaic tha...Show More
6) The Man With The Mustache: Peter Max and the Expo '74 Stamp
Liz tells Devon about Peter Max, the German-American artist who designed the iconic US Expo '74 stamp, which features the “Cosmic Runner" or "Cosmic Jumper" traveling through a colorful world, and the...Show More
7) Fearsome Critters
Devon tells Liz about "fearsome critters"--characters from American logging camps that are not cryptids, despite often appearing on cryptozoological lists. We sneak in a Pride Month tie-in (are you a ...Show More
8) Spokane Was a Railroad Town
Liz tells Devon the meaning behind the mysterious (and vaguely combative) SPOKANE WAS A RAILROAD TOWN billboards recently spotted in Spokane. She shares the cast of characters behind the boards, and t...Show More
9) Far From Home: The Masculine Urge To Become A Cloud
The story of Oregonian Kent Couch's adventures in cluster ballooning.
10) Far From Home: A Quarter To Five
We discuss the case of William Toomey, a man who ended his journey in a church in Boise, Idaho and left quite a mystery behind. It's mentioned at the top, but this episode is all about somebody who di...Show More