app02 Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:44:07 +0000 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Vayse - Episodes Tagged with “Christmas” https://www.vayse.co.uk/tags/christmas Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +0100 Vayse documents the experiences of enthusiastic rookies Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they take their first bewildered steps into mysticism, magic, high strangeness and the occult with open eyes and open minds. Join them as they re-evaluate reality and expand their minds with guidance from knowledgeable guests, inspirational texts, questionable intuition and bizarre experiments. Weird stuff is everywhere - if you're listening... en-us episodic A Podcast about weird stuff... Vayse Vayse documents the experiences of enthusiastic rookies Peter C Hine and Stephen James Buckley as they take their first bewildered steps into mysticism, magic, high strangeness and the occult with open eyes and open minds. Join them as they re-evaluate reality and expand their minds with guidance from knowledgeable guests, inspirational texts, questionable intuition and bizarre experiments. Weird stuff is everywhere - if you're listening... yes occult, esoteric, weird, high-strangeness, high strangeness, occulture, paranormal, supernatural, spirits, demons, magic, magick, chaos magic, chaos magick, ultraterrestrial, ultra-terrestrial, ultra terrestrial, mysticism, mystical Vayse vaysebiz@gmail.com VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025 https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0055 6aa124d1-90ae-405d-881a-fe7becab545a Mon, 22 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +0100 Vayse full Vayse God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode! With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025). 2:08:07 yes <p><strong>VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025</strong> - Show Notes</p> <p>God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode!</p> <p>With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025).</p> <p><strong>Phil Ristaino online</strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.postrelevant.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Post Relevant Podcast website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.thesearedreams.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Phil’s website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://agentsofvenus.bandcamp.com/album/boduvt" rel="nofollow noopener">Agents of Venus - 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Boiler Room - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooged" rel="nofollow noopener">Scrooged - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OLRQfMOXOw" rel="nofollow noopener">Scrooged Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey%27s_Christmas_Carol" rel="nofollow noopener">Mickey's Christmas Carol - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEy6MbkMxR0" rel="nofollow noopener">Mickey's Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooge_(1970_film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Scrooge - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDWxqmEBG_s" rel="nofollow noopener">Scrooge Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister_Magoo%27s_Christmas_Carol" rel="nofollow noopener">Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVBOJU-ToGA" rel="nofollow noopener">Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwahCM3mC9A" rel="nofollow noopener">Muppet Christmas Carol, Heatwave</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_OPIxB_CE4" rel="nofollow noopener">Muppet Christmas Carol - 'Tis the Season - Youtube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anunnaki" rel="nofollow noopener">Anunnaki - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot" rel="nofollow noopener">Sasquatch - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy" rel="nofollow noopener">The Fae - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Christmas Recommendations</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundhog_Day_(film)" rel="nofollow noopener">Groundhog Day - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GncQtURdcE4" rel="nofollow noopener">Groundhog Day Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes_Wide_Shut" rel="nofollow noopener">Eyes Wide Shut - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgVo96JaqeM" rel="nofollow noopener">Eyes Wide Shut Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://33degreesofeyeswideshut.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">The 33 Degrees of Eyes Wide Shut</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@MakingoftheBeatles" rel="nofollow noopener">Making of The Beatles - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94Ye-3C1FC8" rel="nofollow noopener">Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Part_8_(Twin_Peaks)" rel="nofollow noopener">Part 8 (Twin Peaks) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheech_%26_Chong" rel="nofollow noopener">Cheech &amp; Chong - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0052" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0052 | Goddamn Shit-sucking Vampires - Halloween 2025: The Lost Boys - Vayse to Face with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.postrelevant.com/home/episode/367aca19/31-prp3-twin-peaks-the-return-the-decode-episode-5" rel="nofollow noopener">PRP3: Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 5</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Buckley's Final Question</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://chatgpt.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">ChatGPT</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoda" rel="nofollow noopener">Yoda - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Salacious_B._Crumb" rel="nofollow noopener">Salacious B. Crumb - Wookiepedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_Monster" rel="nofollow noopener">Cookie Monster - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_(Muppet)" rel="nofollow noopener">Animal - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Vayse online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener">Website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/vayseesyav" rel="nofollow noopener">Twitter</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vayseesyav.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener">Bluesky</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/" rel="nofollow noopener">Instagram</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://vayse.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://ko-fi.com/vayse" rel="nofollow noopener">Ko-Fi</a></strong><br> Email: <strong><a href="mailto:vayseinfo@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">vayseinfo@gmail.com</a></strong> Special Guest: Phil Ristaino.</p> The Muppet Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol, Christmas, Yule, Yuletide, Saturnalia, Jim Henson, The Muppets VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025 - Show Notes

God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode!

With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025).

Phil Ristaino online
The Post Relevant Podcast website
Phil’s website
Agents of Venus - Bandcamp
Phil on Instagram

Jim Henson and the Muppets
The Muppets - Wikipedia
The Muppets Trailer - YouTube
Man or Muppet - YouTube
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
The Muppet Movie - Wikipedia
The Muppet Movie Trailer - YouTube
Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube
The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia
The Dark Crystal Trailer - Youtube
Jim Henson - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol: A festive classic's dark backdrop - BBC
Michael Caine - Wikipedia
Gonzo The Great - Wikipedia
Rizzo the Rat - Wikipedia
The Muppets - Wikipedia
Christian Science - Wikipedia
The Muppets and Drug Use - Muppet Wiki
Jane Henson - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - YouTube
Kermit The Frog - Wikipedia
Jim Henson and The Muppets Visit The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 03/18/1975 - YouTube
Sesame Street - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - YouTube
The Muppet Show - Wikipedia
The Muppet Show Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Valentine Show - First Muppet Show Pilot - YouTube
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (Opening Scene) - YouTube
Brass Eye - Wikipedia
Brass Eye - Complete Series (All 7 Episodes) - YouTube
Prince on The Muppets Tonight - YouTube
10 Behind the Scenes Facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol - YouTube
Star Wars - Wikipedia
Star Wars Trailer - YouTube
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Wikipedia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer - YouTube
VYS0054 | You Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking A Few Egregores - Vayse to Face with Joshua Cutchin
The Great Muppet Caper - Wikipedia
The Great Muppet Caper Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Take Manhattan - Wikipedia
The Muppets Take Manhattan Trailer - YouTube
Ghostbusters - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters Trailer - YouTube
Fraggle Rock - Wikipedia
Fraggle Rock Opening Theme - YouTube
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Wikipedia
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Trailer - YouTube
Streptococcal Pharyngitis - Wikipedia
Mastoiditis - Wikipedia
Scarlet Fever - Wikipedia
Meningitis
Toxic shock syndrome
Frank Oz - Wikipedia

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Project Gutenberg
Brian Henson - Wikipedia
Christian Science Website
Mary Baker Eddy - Wikipedia
Mitch Horowitz
Seth Material - Wikipedia
Jane Roberts - Wikipedia
Big Henson Energy: The Ridiculous Optimism of The Muppets by Aimee Knight - Kill Your Darlings
Steven Mackintosh - Wikipedia
Robin Weaver - Wikipedia
‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Kevin E G Perry - The Independent
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - Wikipedia
Puppetry for the Modern Shaman by James Godwin - Howlround Theatre Commons
Masks in Magic by Gordon "the Toad" MacLellan - Whitedragon.org
The Mask - Wikipedia
The Mask Trailer - Youtube
Dave Goelz -Wikipedia
How we made: The Muppet Christmas Carol - Guardian
Muppets From Space - Wikipedia
Muppets From Space Trailer - YouTube
Gonzo's attraction to chickens - Muppets Wiki
Sesame Street Theme - YouTube
X-Men - Fandom.com
How Were the Ghosts in The Muppet Christmas Carol Created? by Via Laurene - Comic Book Resources
Bob Marley - Wikipedia
Miss Piggy - Wikipedia
Dionysus - Wikipedia
Banshee - Wikipedia
The Roman god Bacchus as a Christian icon by Riley Winters - Ancient Origins
The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku - GoodReads
Ergot - Wikipedia
Kykeon - Wikipedia
Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia
Triple Deity - Wikipedia
Paul Williams - Wikipedia
The Carpenters - Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters- Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters - YouTube
When Love is Gone by Paul Williams - YouTube
When Love is Gone - Muppet Wiki
When Love is Found by Paul Williams - YouTube
Why It Matters That “When Love Is Gone” Is Found by Joe Hennes - ToughPigs
Why ‘Love Is Gone’ Is Vital To The Muppets Christmas Carol by Julia H Dixon - Writer in a Hat
Steve Whitmire - Wikipedia
Muppet Religion by Jodi Eichler-Levine - The Revealer
The Simpsons - Wikipedia
Read the apology letter Barbara Bush once wrote to Marge Simpson by Dan Snierson - Entertainment Weekly
The Beatles - Wikipedia
Bob Ross - Wikipedia
Carl Sagan - Wikipedia
Five fun facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol as it turns 25 - BBC
Michael Caine Loves The Muppet Christmas Carol as Much as You Do by Lauren Larson - GQ
Sam the Eagle - Wikipedia
Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Twin Beaks" - YouTube
Muppet Songs: Muppet Christmas Carol - Scrooge - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol - Spider Joe - YouTube
Lullaby by The Cure - YouTube
Spirited Away - Boiler Room - YouTube
Scrooged - Wikipedia
Scrooged Trailer - YouTube
Mickey's Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mickey's Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
Scrooge - Wikipedia
Scrooge Trailer - YouTube
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol, Heatwave
Muppet Christmas Carol - 'Tis the Season - Youtube
Anunnaki - Wikipedia
Sasquatch - Wikipedia
The Fae - Wikipedia

Christmas Recommendations

Groundhog Day - Wikipedia
Groundhog Day Trailer - YouTube
Eyes Wide Shut - Wikipedia
Eyes Wide Shut Trailer - YouTube
The 33 Degrees of Eyes Wide Shut
Making of The Beatles - YouTube
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney - YouTube
Part 8 (Twin Peaks) - Wikipedia
Cheech & Chong - Wikipedia
VYS0052 | Goddamn Shit-sucking Vampires - Halloween 2025: The Lost Boys - Vayse to Face with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
PRP3: Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 5

Buckley's Final Question

ChatGPT
Yoda - Wikipedia
Salacious B. Crumb - Wookiepedia
Cookie Monster - Wikipedia
Animal - Wikipedia

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Bluesky
Instagram
Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)
Ko-Fi
Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

Special Guest: Phil Ristaino.

Support Vayse

]]> VYS0055 | Merry ChristMups! - The Muppet Christmas Carol - Vayse to Face with Phil Ristaino: Saturnalia 2025 - Show Notes

God help us, every one! 'Tis the season of good will to all creatures and, even better, that jolly old elf, Phil Ristaino, returns to Vayse after an absence of only 4 episodes for an urgent meeting about the Muppet Christmas Carol, a film which he had never seen before researching for the episode!

With Phil's help and encouragement Hine and Buckley joyously delve into a film which has been a Vayse favourite for over 3 decades, discussing the sad and sudden demise of the genius that was Jim Henson, the connections between the muppets and spirituality, why the Muppet Christmas Carol is one of the best Christmas movies, if not one of the best movies ever made, how the spirit of Jim Henson visited his successor to the voice of Kermit... and how the Muppets got the best performance of his career out of Michael Caine (recorded 4 December 2025).

Phil Ristaino online
The Post Relevant Podcast website
Phil’s website
Agents of Venus - Bandcamp
Phil on Instagram

Jim Henson and the Muppets
The Muppets - Wikipedia
The Muppets Trailer - YouTube
Man or Muppet - YouTube
The Muppet Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
The Muppet Movie - Wikipedia
The Muppet Movie Trailer - YouTube
Labyrinth - Wikipedia
Labyrinth Trailer - YouTube
The Dark Crystal - Wikipedia
The Dark Crystal Trailer - Youtube
Jim Henson - Wikipedia
The Muppet Christmas Carol: A festive classic's dark backdrop - BBC
Michael Caine - Wikipedia
Gonzo The Great - Wikipedia
Rizzo the Rat - Wikipedia
The Muppets - Wikipedia
Christian Science - Wikipedia
The Muppets and Drug Use - Muppet Wiki
Jane Henson - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - Wikipedia
Sam and Friends - YouTube
Kermit The Frog - Wikipedia
Jim Henson and The Muppets Visit The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 03/18/1975 - YouTube
Sesame Street - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - Wikipedia
The Land of Gorch - YouTube
The Muppet Show - Wikipedia
The Muppet Show Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Valentine Show - First Muppet Show Pilot - YouTube
The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (Opening Scene) - YouTube
Brass Eye - Wikipedia
Brass Eye - Complete Series (All 7 Episodes) - YouTube
Prince on The Muppets Tonight - YouTube
10 Behind the Scenes Facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol - YouTube
Star Wars - Wikipedia
Star Wars Trailer - YouTube
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Wikipedia
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Trailer - YouTube
VYS0054 | You Can't Make An Omelette Without Breaking A Few Egregores - Vayse to Face with Joshua Cutchin
The Great Muppet Caper - Wikipedia
The Great Muppet Caper Trailer - YouTube
The Muppets Take Manhattan - Wikipedia
The Muppets Take Manhattan Trailer - YouTube
Ghostbusters - Wikipedia
Ghostbusters Trailer - YouTube
Fraggle Rock - Wikipedia
Fraggle Rock Opening Theme - YouTube
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - Wikipedia
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial Trailer - YouTube
Streptococcal Pharyngitis - Wikipedia
Mastoiditis - Wikipedia
Scarlet Fever - Wikipedia
Meningitis
Toxic shock syndrome
Frank Oz - Wikipedia

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens - Project Gutenberg
Brian Henson - Wikipedia
Christian Science Website
Mary Baker Eddy - Wikipedia
Mitch Horowitz
Seth Material - Wikipedia
Jane Roberts - Wikipedia
Big Henson Energy: The Ridiculous Optimism of The Muppets by Aimee Knight - Kill Your Darlings
Steven Mackintosh - Wikipedia
Robin Weaver - Wikipedia
‘God bless us, every one!’ The five best film versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Kevin E G Perry - The Independent
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew - Wikipedia
Puppetry for the Modern Shaman by James Godwin - Howlround Theatre Commons
Masks in Magic by Gordon "the Toad" MacLellan - Whitedragon.org
The Mask - Wikipedia
The Mask Trailer - Youtube
Dave Goelz -Wikipedia
How we made: The Muppet Christmas Carol - Guardian
Muppets From Space - Wikipedia
Muppets From Space Trailer - YouTube
Gonzo's attraction to chickens - Muppets Wiki
Sesame Street Theme - YouTube
X-Men - Fandom.com
How Were the Ghosts in The Muppet Christmas Carol Created? by Via Laurene - Comic Book Resources
Bob Marley - Wikipedia
Miss Piggy - Wikipedia
Dionysus - Wikipedia
Banshee - Wikipedia
The Roman god Bacchus as a Christian icon by Riley Winters - Ancient Origins
The Immortality Key: Uncovering the Secret History of the Religion with No Name by Brian C. Muraresku - GoodReads
Ergot - Wikipedia
Kykeon - Wikipedia
Eleusinian Mysteries - Wikipedia
Triple Deity - Wikipedia
Paul Williams - Wikipedia
The Carpenters - Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters- Wikipedia
Rainy Days and Mondays by the Carpenters - YouTube
When Love is Gone by Paul Williams - YouTube
When Love is Gone - Muppet Wiki
When Love is Found by Paul Williams - YouTube
Why It Matters That “When Love Is Gone” Is Found by Joe Hennes - ToughPigs
Why ‘Love Is Gone’ Is Vital To The Muppets Christmas Carol by Julia H Dixon - Writer in a Hat
Steve Whitmire - Wikipedia
Muppet Religion by Jodi Eichler-Levine - The Revealer
The Simpsons - Wikipedia
Read the apology letter Barbara Bush once wrote to Marge Simpson by Dan Snierson - Entertainment Weekly
The Beatles - Wikipedia
Bob Ross - Wikipedia
Carl Sagan - Wikipedia
Five fun facts about The Muppet Christmas Carol as it turns 25 - BBC
Michael Caine Loves The Muppet Christmas Carol as Much as You Do by Lauren Larson - GQ
Sam the Eagle - Wikipedia
Sesame Street - Monsterpiece Theater "Twin Beaks" - YouTube
Muppet Songs: Muppet Christmas Carol - Scrooge - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol - Spider Joe - YouTube
Lullaby by The Cure - YouTube
Spirited Away - Boiler Room - YouTube
Scrooged - Wikipedia
Scrooged Trailer - YouTube
Mickey's Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mickey's Christmas Carol Trailer - YouTube
Scrooge - Wikipedia
Scrooge Trailer - YouTube
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
Mister Magoo’s Christmas Carol - YouTube
Muppet Christmas Carol, Heatwave
Muppet Christmas Carol - 'Tis the Season - Youtube
Anunnaki - Wikipedia
Sasquatch - Wikipedia
The Fae - Wikipedia

Christmas Recommendations

Groundhog Day - Wikipedia
Groundhog Day Trailer - YouTube
Eyes Wide Shut - Wikipedia
Eyes Wide Shut Trailer - YouTube
The 33 Degrees of Eyes Wide Shut
Making of The Beatles - YouTube
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney - YouTube
Part 8 (Twin Peaks) - Wikipedia
Cheech & Chong - Wikipedia
VYS0052 | Goddamn Shit-sucking Vampires - Halloween 2025: The Lost Boys - Vayse to Face with Sorcha Ní Fhlainn
PRP3: Twin Peaks: the Return: the DECODE episode 5

Buckley's Final Question

ChatGPT
Yoda - Wikipedia
Salacious B. Crumb - Wookiepedia
Cookie Monster - Wikipedia
Animal - Wikipedia

Vayse online

Website
Twitter
Bluesky
Instagram
Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)
Ko-Fi
Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

Special Guest: Phil Ristaino.

Support Vayse

]]> VYS0046 | Ding Dong Merrily On High Strangeness - Vayse to Face to Face with Stephanie Quick and AP Strange: Christmas 2024 https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0046 f0b859cf-8ae0-45b2-b92a-e65680a43fad Wed, 18 Dec 2024 19:30:00 +0100 Vayse full 3 Vayse Ho, ho, holy shit that's another year gone and Christmas is here again! To mark the ever-increasing speed at which the years fly past in a blur of spiralling anxiety and gathering doom, Hine and Buckley invite two of the nicest, wisest and funniest people in Weirdosphere, Stephanie Quick and AP Strange, to help them celebrate away the winter blues. Drawing on the British tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, Hine, Buckley, Strange and Quick (also the title of the upcoming Vayse autobiography) work their way around the cardinal points, each telling a ghost story from the place in which they were born: the North and South of England and the East Coast and West Coast of the US. There are tales of a murderous jester who stalks the corridors of a Cumbrian castle to this day; a red haired woman who haunting a pirate-built cottage in New England; a missing bride at a Christmas wedding in a very haunted stately home in Hampshire; and a revolutionary Californian abolitionist who still throws nuts from trees over 120 years after her death... and they discuss three lesser known British winter traditions: Raymond Briggs' Snowman, ignoring Thanksgiving and moaning about the weather... (recorded 8 December 2024) 2:18:54 yes <p><strong>VYS0046 | Ding Dong Merrily On High Strangeness - Vayse to Face to Face with Stephanie Quick and AP Strange: Christmas 2024</strong> - Show Notes</p> <p>Ho, ho, holy shit that's another year gone and Christmas is here again! To mark the ever-increasing speed at which the years fly past in a blur of spiralling anxiety and gathering doom, Hine and Buckley invite two of the nicest, wisest and funniest people in Weirdosphere, Stephanie Quick and AP Strange, to help them celebrate away the winter blues.</p> <p>Drawing on the British tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, Hine, Buckley, Strange and Quick (also the title of the upcoming Vayse autobiography) work their way around the cardinal points, each telling a ghost story from the place in which they were born: the North and South of England and the East Coast and West Coast of the US. There are tales of a murderous jester who stalks the corridors of a Cumbrian castle to this day; a red haired woman who haunting a pirate-built cottage in New England; a missing bride at a Christmas wedding in a very haunted stately home in Hampshire; and a revolutionary Californian abolitionist who still throws nuts from trees over 120 years after her death... and they discuss three lesser known British winter traditions: Raymond Briggs' Snowman, ignoring Thanksgiving and moaning about the weather... (recorded 8 December 2024)</p> <p>Thanks to AP and Steph for preparing the stories and thanks to Keith for another year of show notes - follow the man on Blue Sky: @peakflow.bsky.social.</p> <p>Merry Christmas everyone, thanks for listening!</p> <p><strong>Steph Quick online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://stephaniequick.home.blog/" rel="nofollow noopener">Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box (Steph’s blog)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@stephaniequick2683/videos" rel="nofollow noopener">Steph on YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dashing_eccentric/" rel="nofollow noopener">Steph on Instagram</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/stephanie.qich" rel="nofollow noopener">Steph on Facebook</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/lunarose.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener">Steph on Bluesky</a></strong></p> <p><strong>AP Strange online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.apstrange.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">AP Strange's Weird Writings</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://theapstrangeshow.transistor.fm/episodes" rel="nofollow noopener">The AP Strange Show podcast</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@APStrange23" rel="nofollow noopener">AP on YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/apstrange23/" rel="nofollow noopener">AP on Instagram</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/apstrange.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener">AP on Bluesky</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Hine’s intro</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://allpoetry.com/A-Visit-from-St.-Nicholas" rel="nofollow noopener">A Visit from St. Nicholas - All Poetry</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0013" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0013 | A Vayse-man Came Travelling - Yule 2022</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0028" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0037" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange</a></strong></p> <p><strong>A short history of the Christmas ghost story</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule" rel="nofollow noopener">Yule - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol" rel="nofollow noopener">A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers" rel="nofollow noopener">The Pickwick Papers</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/the-story-of-the-goblins-who-stole-a-sexton" rel="nofollow noopener">The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton (BBC Radio Drama) - Archive.org</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Ghost_Story_for_Christmas" rel="nofollow noopener">A Ghost Story for Christmas (BBC anthology series) - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._R._James" rel="nofollow noopener">M.R. James - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Oh,_Whistle,_and_I%27ll_Come_to_You,_My_Lad%27" rel="nofollow noopener">Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTkvzOuYvTM" rel="nofollow noopener">Whistle And I'll Come To You - Dream Sequence (BBC Omnibus 1968) - YouTube</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Buckley’s ghost story: The Murderous Jester of Muncaster Castle</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muncaster_Castle" rel="nofollow noopener">Muncaster Castle - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria" rel="nofollow noopener">Cumbria - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vysxxxx" rel="nofollow noopener">VYSXXXX | The Real Vayse: Halloween 2024</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://hauntedpalaceblog.com/2016/11/15/thomas-skelton-the-murderous-jester-of-muncaster-castle/" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas Skelton: The Murderous Jester of Muncaster Castle - Haunted Palace</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/remainsofjohnbri00brigiala/page/154/mode/2up" rel="nofollow noopener">The Remains of John Briggs, containing Letters From the Lakes, Letter XI: Muncaster Hall - Archive.org</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.muncaster.co.uk/castle/foolofmuncaster" rel="nofollow noopener">Fool of Muncaster - Muncaster.co.uk</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Ligotti" rel="nofollow noopener">Thomas Ligotti - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morecambe_Bay_cockling_disaster" rel="nofollow noopener">Morecambe Bay cockling disaster - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jester" rel="nofollow noopener">Jester - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>AP’s ghost story: Ocean Born Mary</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England" rel="nofollow noopener">New England - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://roadbook.com/travel/road-trip-new-england-stephen-king/" rel="nofollow noopener">In search of Stephen King in New England, US - Roadbook</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" rel="nofollow noopener">H.P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill_incident" rel="nofollow noopener">Barney and Betty Hill incident - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgewater_Triangle" rel="nofollow noopener">Bridgewater Triangle - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover_Demon" rel="nofollow noopener">Dover Demon - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem_witch_trials" rel="nofollow noopener">Salem witch trials - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Great New England Vampire Panic - Smithsonian</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://newenglandfolklore.blogspot.com/2016/01/bigfoot-in-new-england-sixty-seven.html" rel="nofollow noopener">Bigfoot in New England: Sixty-Seven Credible Sightings? - New England Folklore</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/great-new-england-sea-serpents/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Great New England Sea Serpents - New England Historical Society</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/ocean-born-mary-new-hampshire-legend/" rel="nofollow noopener">New Hampshire Legend: Ocean Born Mary</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Holzer" rel="nofollow noopener">Hans Holzer - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_Leek" rel="nofollow noopener">Sybil Leek - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHZGqBVBCRw" rel="nofollow noopener">Princess Bride (1987) clip, The Story of Dread Pirate Roberts - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cp8nk75vg81o" rel="nofollow noopener">The dark fandom behind healthcare CEO murder suspect - BBC News</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Gods" rel="nofollow noopener">American Gods - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Parsons" rel="nofollow noopener">Jack Parsons - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0029" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0029 | If There's Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood - Vayse to Face to Face with Field Lines Cartographer and Bob Freeman: Halloween 2023</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://beyondtheblackpool.wordpress.com/2021/05/03/the-retributory-haunting-of-bannister-doll/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Retributory Haunting of Bannister Doll - Beyond the Black Pool</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Llorona" rel="nofollow noopener">La Llorona - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Greenteeth" rel="nofollow noopener">Jenny Greenteeth - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Alcatraz" rel="nofollow noopener">Unthanksgiving Day, The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony Occupation of Alcatraz - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://theconversation.com/unthanksgiving-day-a-celebration-of-indigenous-resistance-to-colonialism-held-yearly-at-alcatraz-216956" rel="nofollow noopener">Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism - The Conversation</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3tHigN83QA" rel="nofollow noopener">The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Thanksgiving Service on Alcatraz Island - YouTube</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Hine’s ghost story: The Mistletoe Bride</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramshill_House#Legends" rel="nofollow noopener">Bramshill House: Legends - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/12/21/the-bramshill-house-bride-or-the-legend-of-the-mistletoe-bough/" rel="nofollow noopener">The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough - Burials and Beyond</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://burialsandbeyond.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Burials &amp; Beyond website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkCpnHnnC1w" rel="nofollow noopener">The Mistletoe Bough (1904) - BFI National Archive restoration - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://youtu.be/8ofisp07tb0?si=mzr71IizuHZ3UEiR" rel="nofollow noopener">Rope (1948) clip - Reference to Mistletoe Bough - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18374015-the-mistletoe-bride-other-haunting-tales" rel="nofollow noopener">The Mistletoe Bride &amp; Other Haunting Tales, by Kate Mosse - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://youtu.be/vWAsUuXws_Y?si=VCCB8CM2xxtCPkZw&amp;t=970" rel="nofollow noopener">Bellowhead: The Mistletoe Bough (From BBC Four Sessions - The Christmas Session) - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://ewtn.co.uk/article-the-incorruptibles-who-are-these-mysterious-saints/" rel="nofollow noopener">‘The Incorruptibles’: Who Are These Mysterious Saints? - EWTN</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egregore" rel="nofollow noopener">Egregore - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/vys0044" rel="nofollow noopener">VYS0044 | For Fear of Little Men - Vayse to Face with Jo Hickey-Hall</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Steph’s ghost story: Mary Ellen Pleasant</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11UcFA576zVUEiaru9vOjNvEAR_-RWGln8RiJjjtdrzo/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener">Steph's Notes on Mary Ellen Pleasant</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Pleasant" rel="nofollow noopener">Mary Ellen Pleasant - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napa_County,_California" rel="nofollow noopener">Napa County, California - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brown%27s_raid_on_Harpers_Ferry" rel="nofollow noopener">John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou" rel="nofollow noopener">Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_Railroad" rel="nofollow noopener">Underground Railroad - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Laveau" rel="nofollow noopener">Marie Laveau - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.marypleasant1.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Shusheel Bibbs’ MEP website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25133035-heritage-of-power" rel="nofollow noopener">Heritage of Power: Marie LaVeaux to Mary Ellen Pleasant, by Susheel Bibbs - Goodreads</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mary-ellen-pleasant-memorial-park-san-francisco" rel="nofollow noopener">Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park - Atlas Obscura</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lwa" rel="nofollow noopener">Lwa (Loa) - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Christmas weather</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.weather.gov/safety/fog-radiation" rel="nofollow noopener">Radiation Fog - Weather.gov</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.netweather.tv/weather-forecasts/uk/winter/winter-history" rel="nofollow noopener">The history of British winters - Net Weather</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Ice_Age" rel="nofollow noopener">Little Ice Age - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_Thames_frost_fairs" rel="nofollow noopener">River Thames frost fairs - Wikipedia</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Christmas recommendations</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://beltaneranch.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Beltane Ranch and Vineyard website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/the-christmas-toy-1986/The+Christmas+Toy+(1986)+Restored.mkv" rel="nofollow noopener">The Christmas Toy (1986) Restored (video) - Archive.org</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://youtu.be/54MEWWIiIk8?si=05_wzIsO1qmmqD5e" rel="nofollow noopener">The Snowman: Bowie intro - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNo-Q0IDJi0" rel="nofollow noopener">The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Trailer #1 - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YjrsSEEreY" rel="nofollow noopener">Scrooged Trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Waits" rel="nofollow noopener">Tom Waits - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Dolls" rel="nofollow noopener">New York Dolls - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p3yEqMeU64" rel="nofollow noopener">Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus trailer - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yutfCn7w9cA" rel="nofollow noopener">David Johansen &amp; Larry Saltzman: Last Kind Words (audio) - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geeshie_Wiley" rel="nofollow noopener">Geeshie Wiley - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Hackett" rel="nofollow noopener">Buddy Hackett - Wikipedia</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dmi794YO-0w" rel="nofollow noopener">Hot Frosty Official Trailer - Netflix - YouTube</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.thisamericanlife.org/323/the-super" rel="nofollow noopener">This American Life: The Super (audio)</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Buckley’s closing question</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4569800-hands" rel="nofollow noopener">Hands: A true case study of a phenomenal hypnotic subject, by Margaret Williams - Goodreads</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Vayse online</strong></p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.vayse.co.uk/" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse Website</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://twitter.com/vayseesyav" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Twitter</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://bsky.app/profile/vayseesyav.bsky.social" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Bluesky</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/vayseesyav/" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Instagram</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://vayse.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)</a></strong><br> <strong><a href="https://ko-fi.com/vayse" rel="nofollow noopener">Vayse on Ko-Fi</a></strong><br> Email: <strong><a href="mailto:vayseinfo@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">vayseinfo@gmail.com</a></strong> Special Guests: AP Strange and Stephanie Quick.</p> Vayse, Stephanie Quick, AP Strange, Christmas, Christmas Ghost Stories, Ghosts, Thomas Skelton, Ocean Born Mary, The Mistletoe Bride, Mary Ellen Pleasant VYS0046 | Ding Dong Merrily On High Strangeness - Vayse to Face to Face with Stephanie Quick and AP Strange: Christmas 2024 - Show Notes

Ho, ho, holy shit that's another year gone and Christmas is here again! To mark the ever-increasing speed at which the years fly past in a blur of spiralling anxiety and gathering doom, Hine and Buckley invite two of the nicest, wisest and funniest people in Weirdosphere, Stephanie Quick and AP Strange, to help them celebrate away the winter blues.

Drawing on the British tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, Hine, Buckley, Strange and Quick (also the title of the upcoming Vayse autobiography) work their way around the cardinal points, each telling a ghost story from the place in which they were born: the North and South of England and the East Coast and West Coast of the US. There are tales of a murderous jester who stalks the corridors of a Cumbrian castle to this day; a red haired woman who haunting a pirate-built cottage in New England; a missing bride at a Christmas wedding in a very haunted stately home in Hampshire; and a revolutionary Californian abolitionist who still throws nuts from trees over 120 years after her death... and they discuss three lesser known British winter traditions: Raymond Briggs' Snowman, ignoring Thanksgiving and moaning about the weather... (recorded 8 December 2024)

Thanks to AP and Steph for preparing the stories and thanks to Keith for another year of show notes - follow the man on Blue Sky: @peakflow.bsky.social.

Merry Christmas everyone, thanks for listening!

Steph Quick online

Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box (Steph’s blog)
Steph on YouTube
Steph on Instagram
Steph on Facebook
Steph on Bluesky

AP Strange online

AP Strange's Weird Writings
The AP Strange Show podcast
AP on YouTube
AP on Instagram
AP on Bluesky

Hine’s intro

A Visit from St. Nicholas - All Poetry
VYS0013 | A Vayse-man Came Travelling - Yule 2022
VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick
VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange

A short history of the Christmas ghost story

Yule - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
The Pickwick Papers
The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton (BBC Radio Drama) - Archive.org
A Ghost Story for Christmas (BBC anthology series) - Wikipedia
M.R. James - Wikipedia
Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad - Wikipedia
Whistle And I'll Come To You - Dream Sequence (BBC Omnibus 1968) - YouTube

Buckley’s ghost story: The Murderous Jester of Muncaster Castle

Muncaster Castle - Wikipedia
Cumbria - Wikipedia
VYSXXXX | The Real Vayse: Halloween 2024
Thomas Skelton: The Murderous Jester of Muncaster Castle - Haunted Palace
The Remains of John Briggs, containing Letters From the Lakes, Letter XI: Muncaster Hall - Archive.org
Fool of Muncaster - Muncaster.co.uk
Thomas Ligotti - Wikipedia
Morecambe Bay cockling disaster - Wikipedia
Jester - Wikipedia

AP’s ghost story: Ocean Born Mary

New England - Wikipedia
In search of Stephen King in New England, US - Roadbook
H.P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia
Barney and Betty Hill incident - Wikipedia
Bridgewater Triangle - Wikipedia
Dover Demon - Wikipedia
Salem witch trials - Wikipedia
The Great New England Vampire Panic - Smithsonian
Bigfoot in New England: Sixty-Seven Credible Sightings? - New England Folklore
The Great New England Sea Serpents - New England Historical Society
New Hampshire Legend: Ocean Born Mary
Hans Holzer - Wikipedia
Sybil Leek - Wikipedia
Princess Bride (1987) clip, The Story of Dread Pirate Roberts - YouTube
The dark fandom behind healthcare CEO murder suspect - BBC News
American Gods - Wikipedia
Jack Parsons - Wikipedia
VYS0029 | If There's Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood - Vayse to Face to Face with Field Lines Cartographer and Bob Freeman: Halloween 2023
The Retributory Haunting of Bannister Doll - Beyond the Black Pool
La Llorona - Wikipedia
Jenny Greenteeth - Wikipedia
Unthanksgiving Day, The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony Occupation of Alcatraz - Wikipedia
Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism - The Conversation
The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Thanksgiving Service on Alcatraz Island - YouTube

Hine’s ghost story: The Mistletoe Bride

Bramshill House: Legends - Wikipedia
The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough - Burials and Beyond
Burials & Beyond website
The Mistletoe Bough (1904) - BFI National Archive restoration - YouTube
Rope (1948) clip - Reference to Mistletoe Bough - YouTube
The Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales, by Kate Mosse - Goodreads
Bellowhead: The Mistletoe Bough (From BBC Four Sessions - The Christmas Session) - YouTube
‘The Incorruptibles’: Who Are These Mysterious Saints? - EWTN
Egregore - Wikipedia
VYS0044 | For Fear of Little Men - Vayse to Face with Jo Hickey-Hall

Steph’s ghost story: Mary Ellen Pleasant

Steph's Notes on Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mary Ellen Pleasant - Wikipedia
Napa County, California - Wikipedia
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry - Wikipedia
Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia
Underground Railroad - Wikipedia
Marie Laveau - Wikipedia
Shusheel Bibbs’ MEP website
Heritage of Power: Marie LaVeaux to Mary Ellen Pleasant, by Susheel Bibbs - Goodreads
Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park - Atlas Obscura
Lwa (Loa) - Wikipedia

Christmas weather

Radiation Fog - Weather.gov
The history of British winters - Net Weather
Little Ice Age - Wikipedia
River Thames frost fairs - Wikipedia

Christmas recommendations

Beltane Ranch and Vineyard website
The Christmas Toy (1986) Restored (video) - Archive.org
The Snowman: Bowie intro - YouTube
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Trailer #1 - YouTube
Scrooged Trailer - YouTube
Tom Waits - Wikipedia
New York Dolls - Wikipedia
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus trailer - YouTube
David Johansen & Larry Saltzman: Last Kind Words (audio) - YouTube
Geeshie Wiley - Wikipedia
Buddy Hackett - Wikipedia
Hot Frosty Official Trailer - Netflix - YouTube
This American Life: The Super (audio)

Buckley’s closing question

Hands: A true case study of a phenomenal hypnotic subject, by Margaret Williams - Goodreads

Vayse online

Vayse Website
Vayse on Twitter
Vayse on Bluesky
Vayse on Instagram
Bandcamp (Music From Vayse)
Vayse on Ko-Fi
Email: vayseinfo@gmail.com

Special Guests: AP Strange and Stephanie Quick.

Support Vayse

]]> VYS0046 | Ding Dong Merrily On High Strangeness - Vayse to Face to Face with Stephanie Quick and AP Strange: Christmas 2024 - Show Notes

Ho, ho, holy shit that's another year gone and Christmas is here again! To mark the ever-increasing speed at which the years fly past in a blur of spiralling anxiety and gathering doom, Hine and Buckley invite two of the nicest, wisest and funniest people in Weirdosphere, Stephanie Quick and AP Strange, to help them celebrate away the winter blues.

Drawing on the British tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas, Hine, Buckley, Strange and Quick (also the title of the upcoming Vayse autobiography) work their way around the cardinal points, each telling a ghost story from the place in which they were born: the North and South of England and the East Coast and West Coast of the US. There are tales of a murderous jester who stalks the corridors of a Cumbrian castle to this day; a red haired woman who haunting a pirate-built cottage in New England; a missing bride at a Christmas wedding in a very haunted stately home in Hampshire; and a revolutionary Californian abolitionist who still throws nuts from trees over 120 years after her death... and they discuss three lesser known British winter traditions: Raymond Briggs' Snowman, ignoring Thanksgiving and moaning about the weather... (recorded 8 December 2024)

Thanks to AP and Steph for preparing the stories and thanks to Keith for another year of show notes - follow the man on Blue Sky: @peakflow.bsky.social.

Merry Christmas everyone, thanks for listening!

Steph Quick online

Ghost Dog is a Mystery Box (Steph’s blog)
Steph on YouTube
Steph on Instagram
Steph on Facebook
Steph on Bluesky

AP Strange online

AP Strange's Weird Writings
The AP Strange Show podcast
AP on YouTube
AP on Instagram
AP on Bluesky

Hine’s intro

A Visit from St. Nicholas - All Poetry
VYS0013 | A Vayse-man Came Travelling - Yule 2022
VYS0028 | Psychic Jizz - Vayse to Face with Stephanie Quick
VYS0037 | Elvis with a Flaming Sword - Vayse to Face with AP Strange

A short history of the Christmas ghost story

Yule - Wikipedia
A Christmas Carol - Wikipedia
The Pickwick Papers
The Story Of The Goblins Who Stole A Sexton (BBC Radio Drama) - Archive.org
A Ghost Story for Christmas (BBC anthology series) - Wikipedia
M.R. James - Wikipedia
Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad - Wikipedia
Whistle And I'll Come To You - Dream Sequence (BBC Omnibus 1968) - YouTube

Buckley’s ghost story: The Murderous Jester of Muncaster Castle

Muncaster Castle - Wikipedia
Cumbria - Wikipedia
VYSXXXX | The Real Vayse: Halloween 2024
Thomas Skelton: The Murderous Jester of Muncaster Castle - Haunted Palace
The Remains of John Briggs, containing Letters From the Lakes, Letter XI: Muncaster Hall - Archive.org
Fool of Muncaster - Muncaster.co.uk
Thomas Ligotti - Wikipedia
Morecambe Bay cockling disaster - Wikipedia
Jester - Wikipedia

AP’s ghost story: Ocean Born Mary

New England - Wikipedia
In search of Stephen King in New England, US - Roadbook
H.P. Lovecraft - Wikipedia
Barney and Betty Hill incident - Wikipedia
Bridgewater Triangle - Wikipedia
Dover Demon - Wikipedia
Salem witch trials - Wikipedia
The Great New England Vampire Panic - Smithsonian
Bigfoot in New England: Sixty-Seven Credible Sightings? - New England Folklore
The Great New England Sea Serpents - New England Historical Society
New Hampshire Legend: Ocean Born Mary
Hans Holzer - Wikipedia
Sybil Leek - Wikipedia
Princess Bride (1987) clip, The Story of Dread Pirate Roberts - YouTube
The dark fandom behind healthcare CEO murder suspect - BBC News
American Gods - Wikipedia
Jack Parsons - Wikipedia
VYS0029 | If There's Something Strange In Your Neighbourhood - Vayse to Face to Face with Field Lines Cartographer and Bob Freeman: Halloween 2023
The Retributory Haunting of Bannister Doll - Beyond the Black Pool
La Llorona - Wikipedia
Jenny Greenteeth - Wikipedia
Unthanksgiving Day, The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Ceremony Occupation of Alcatraz - Wikipedia
Unthanksgiving Day: A celebration of Indigenous resistance to colonialism - The Conversation
The Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Thanksgiving Service on Alcatraz Island - YouTube

Hine’s ghost story: The Mistletoe Bride

Bramshill House: Legends - Wikipedia
The Bramshill House Bride, or the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough - Burials and Beyond
Burials & Beyond website
The Mistletoe Bough (1904) - BFI National Archive restoration - YouTube
Rope (1948) clip - Reference to Mistletoe Bough - YouTube
The Mistletoe Bride & Other Haunting Tales, by Kate Mosse - Goodreads
Bellowhead: The Mistletoe Bough (From BBC Four Sessions - The Christmas Session) - YouTube
‘The Incorruptibles’: Who Are These Mysterious Saints? - EWTN
Egregore - Wikipedia
VYS0044 | For Fear of Little Men - Vayse to Face with Jo Hickey-Hall

Steph’s ghost story: Mary Ellen Pleasant

Steph's Notes on Mary Ellen Pleasant
Mary Ellen Pleasant - Wikipedia
Napa County, California - Wikipedia
John Brown’s raid on Harper’s Ferry - Wikipedia
Haitian Vodou - Wikipedia
Underground Railroad - Wikipedia
Marie Laveau - Wikipedia
Shusheel Bibbs’ MEP website
Heritage of Power: Marie LaVeaux to Mary Ellen Pleasant, by Susheel Bibbs - Goodreads
Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park - Atlas Obscura
Lwa (Loa) - Wikipedia

Christmas weather

Radiation Fog - Weather.gov
The history of British winters - Net Weather
Little Ice Age - Wikipedia
River Thames frost fairs - Wikipedia

Christmas recommendations

Beltane Ranch and Vineyard website
The Christmas Toy (1986) Restored (video) - Archive.org
The Snowman: Bowie intro - YouTube
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) Trailer #1 - YouTube
Scrooged Trailer - YouTube
Tom Waits - Wikipedia
New York Dolls - Wikipedia
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus trailer - YouTube
David Johansen & Larry Saltzman: Last Kind Words (audio) - YouTube
Geeshie Wiley - Wikipedia
Buddy Hackett - Wikipedia
Hot Frosty Official Trailer - Netflix - YouTube
This American Life: The Super (audio)

Buckley’s closing question

Hands: A true case study of a phenomenal hypnotic subject, by Margaret Williams - Goodreads

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