WE WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD! Grab your garlic and crucifixes, Misfits. This week we’re talking about the history and hauntings of Dracula’s Castle, aka Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania. The castle was the inspiration for Dracula’s Castle in Bram Stoker’s classic novel “Dracula.” But the legend of Dracula goes deeper than a blood-sucking vampire maniac…there’s another psycho in our midst, and his name is Vlad the Impaler! Settle in for some horrific history as we explore Bran Castle and its place in entertainment history.

Episode Sources:

“Historical - 1211 - 2009” on Bran-Castle.com, Home > Historical

“The Myth of Count Dracula” on Bran-Castle.com, Home > Explore > Count Dracula

“Halloween At Bran Dracula’s Castle 2023 (Recommended For Adults Only), on BranCastle.com, Home > Events > Recent Events/

“A History of Dreads in Transylvania” on Bran-Castle.com, Home

“The Famous Bran Castle and The Story of Dracula,” One Excellence Tours

“The Legend of Dracula” on Nox Arcana

“A History of DRACULA in Pop Culture” by Annika Barranti Klein, May 26, 2022, Book Riot

“Bran Castle: Ghosts and Dracula Legends” by Amy, October 14, 2018, Amy’s Crypt

“Most Haunted Places in Romania” by Chrissy, April 4, 2023, updated April 28, 2023, The Walking Parrot

“Filming location matching ‘bran castle’” on iMDB.com

“A Tampa ghost hunter investigated Dracula’s castle. Did he speak to her?” by Paul Guzzo, Times staff, Published October 18, 2021, Tampa Bay Times

“Johnny Depp and His Hollywood Vampires Band Visit Dracula’s Castle with Tim Burton” by Dave Quinn, June 4, 2016, People

“A Visit to Bran Castle, Transylvania: Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Dracula,’ Vampires, And Horror On Display” by Kathryn Schroeder, October 8, 2013, Film Fracture

“Vlad the Impaler, ruler of Walachia” by Richard Pallardy, Fact-Checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica, last updated April 16, 2024, Britannica

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Cristie Schoen Codd was an actress, a stunt performer and a movie set caterer. Her husband, JT Codd, was a key grip on a variety of TV shows and films. When the two decided to move from the hustle and bustle of Hollywood to the quiet mountain town of Leicester, NC, they never expected the horrors that awaited them in their serene new surroundings.

Episode Sources:

“A Good Kid: The Hollywood Murders (Episode 3)” - WLOS News 13

“Cristie Schoen - Food Network Profile”

“Suspect in killing of Food Network finalist had remains in woodstove, police say” by Faith Karimi and Joe Sutton, CNN, Mar. 21, 2015

“Man Pleads Guilty To Killing Food Network Star And Her Family” by Candace Braun Davison, Delish, Apr. 28, 2017

“Compassion, Empathy May Have Led to Murders of 'Food Network Star' Contestant and Husband, Say Friends” by Jeff Truesdell, People, Mar. 27, 2015

“Owens pleads guilty to Codd killings, avoids death penalty” by Abigail Margulis, Asheville Citizen-Times, Apr. 27, 2017

“Murder suspect had troubled criminal history” by Tonya Maxwell, Asheville Citizen-Times, Mar. 23, 2015

“Man charged in deaths has tie to 2000 cold case” - WCNC, Mar. 18, 2015

“Forensic pathology in NC: how experts identify burned remains” by Aaron Adelson, WLOS 13, Mar. 3, 2016

“Codds recalled: 'My heart just ripped in half’” by John Boyle, Asheville Citizen-Times, Mar. 17, 2015

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It's the 112th Anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic. This horrendous maritime tragedy is the basis of one of Hollywood's greatest hit movies: "Titanic" (1997). The production was fraught with challenges; on one particular night during filming some of the cast and crew enjoyed a meal of seafood chowder then soon began feeling..."iffy." What happened next was a WILD and raucous adventure, leaving everyone asking, "Who spiked the soup?"

Episode Sources:

“James Cameron recalls the night Titanic’s cast and crew were poisoned by PCP-spiked chowder” by Vivian Rashotte, February 10, 2023, CBC Radio - Canada

“25 Years Later, No One Knows Who Spiked the Titanic Chowder” by Matthew Jacobs, December 19, 2022, Vulture

“PCP-laced chowder details Titanic filming” by Jess Cagle, September 13, 1996, Entertainment Weekly

“James Cameron Addresses Set Behavior: ‘I Could’ve Listened More’ and ‘Been Less Autocratic’” by Zach Sharf, June 25, 2021, IndieWire

“Titanic’s Greatest Unsolved Mystery Involves a Conga Line, P.C.P., and an Unidentified Chowder” by Katy Rich, December 19, 2017, Vanity Fair

“‘Titanic’ Crew Recall the Night the Set Got Drugged With PCP From Spiked Chowder: ‘Grips Are Doing Wheelies in Wheelchairs’” by Zach Sharf, December 19, 2022, Variety

“Remembering When the ‘Titanic’ Crew Ate PCP-Spiked Clam Chowder” by Sami Emory, May 14, 2017, Vice

“Titanic” from iMDB

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