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The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery

Jennie Johnson & Dianne Hartshorn

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The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery is a podcast for cemetery lovers, preservationists, and even those who've never walked among the graves. Join hosts Jennie and Dianne as they explore old cemeteries and learn the stories of those buried within their walls. After all, every death had a life, and every life had a story.
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Life is too short to take seriously. Join this Young Fine Supple Couple every Wednesday as we LIVE PRANK CALL people from all over the country! We live in the center of an early 1900’s graveyard, and it keeps us humbly grateful for the shortness of time. To give back to the world it’s our job to remind people that their problems are pointless by disrupting their daily patterns with outlandish/unwarranted prank calls. One day we’ll all be dead, so let’s laugh all to our epitaph!. Check out Fa ...
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A podcast of the novella "Matters of Mortology" by T.M. Camp. When a village falls under the spell of a mysterious creature, the local undertaker is called upon to defeat the monster -- even if it means sacrificing his family and his faith. Written and read by the author, with music composed by Devin Anderson.
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A Scary Movie Review

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ASMR is a scary movie review podcast. We will review low budget, independent, and movies a little off the beaten path. We want to introduce you to underrated movies you may not know but deserve love.
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Send us a text WELCOME! to our 20th hot and steamy episode. Or, just regular episode but it's number 20. After unearthing a gem that controls an evil monster looking to destroy the Universe, a young girl and her brother use it to make him do their bidding. Will they choose good over evil, or will they learn the difference? Be sure to follow us at h…
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Send us a text This year's Beyond the Grave event honors Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, but who was the woman behind the iconic novel? Born to radical parents Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, Mary Shelley navigated a life of intellectual fervor, passionate relationships – including her tumultuous marriage to Percy Bysshe Shelley – and literary…
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Send us a text A family escapes to the mountains to avoid the chaos of the Y2K non-sense of the city. But, instead of peace and quiet they encounter an inbred mountain family thirsty for new genes for their family pool and the horrors of the Millennium bug. Listen as we try to make sense of all that mess. Be sure to follow us at https://www.faceboo…
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Send us a text This week on the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast; while Dianne is away, Jennie welcomes a new guest, JoEllen Hundeland, to share her passion project, "Hillside Cemetery: Middletown, New York: Beyond the Graves". From school bus curiosity to researching incredible local stories, JoEllen's journey is as fascinating as the book …
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Send us a text When a strange lady in red visits Sophie's 18th birthday, she brings 5 VERY unwanted guests. As a slaughter ensues and most of her friends are torn apart, Sophie and her friends must ban together to stop this other worldly menace. Listen as we tell the tale of the Book of Monsters. There will be spoilers but we will leave a lot to be…
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Send us a text Join The Ordinary, Extraordinary Cemetery podcast for a milestone episode - our 200th! For this special episode Dianne and Jennie welcome back returning guest Kristen Allen of Bloombridge, the cemetery flower delivery service, to share exciting updates on the organization's remarkable growth since its inception in 2021. Discover how …
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Send us a text This is the dark version of Scooby-Doo and Mystery Inc. we've always wanted and didn't know was lingering out for the past 12 years. Follow to team as the may have finally found a truly haunted mansion, a job they may not get to come home from. Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 Also, send …
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Send us a text Jennie and Dianne are excited to share Part 2 of our discussion with author Joy Giguere on "Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-century America". They explore how the rural cemetery movement transformed the funeral industry, especially following the civil war. The rise of funeral homes to handle the duties sur…
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Send us a text When a man's fiancée is involved in a horrific birthday party accident, he must hit the streets to find the perfect body parts to reassemble her. And, things go pretty much how you'd expect when hard street drugs and hookers get involved. Listen now to this endearing story of love beyond death. Be sure to follow us at https://www.fac…
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Send us a text This week on The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery, Jennie and Dianne welcome Joy Giguere back to discuss her new book "Pleasure Grounds of Death: The Rural Cemetery in Nineteenth-century America". They chat about the rise of rural cemeteries in the United States, including Mount Auburn Cemetery's pioneering design to the nationwide mo…
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Send us a text After Lionel's mom is bitten by a Sumatran rat-monkey she gets sick and dies... mostly. When she comes back she has a taste for the living. Dogs, Nurses, weirdos that hang out in the grave yard. And, to make it all worse, Lionel has attachment issues. Listen now to find out about his personal growth and how he dealt with his mommy is…
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Send us a text Saddle up, partners as Jennie and Dianne 'shoot' the breeze with Josh Taylor of the Wild West Extravaganza Podcast (and YouTube channel) while they pay their respects at the graveside of infamous outlaw Billy the Kid and his Ordinary Extraordinary life and legacy that ended before it had barely begun. Available on YouTube: https://yo…
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Send us a text This week we talk about an urban legend involving an abusive former summer camp caretaker Cropsy, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong five years earlier, who now lurks around the upstate NY summer Camp Stonewater with garden shears and bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. Be sure to follow us at https:…
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Send us a text A lost life raft of WWII survivors find a German ship drifting out in the open ocean. After boarding the ship the small group explores what appears to be an abandon vessel. Its appears that way... until it doesn't. Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 Also, send us an email or DM and we'll se…
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Send us a text In part 1 of "The Great Eiffel Tower Swindle" Jennie and Dianne share the humble beginnings of a man who became known as one of the world's greatest swindlers, Victor "The Count" Lustig; and left listeners hanging after recounting his notorious first sale of the Eiffel Tower in 1925. In part 2 the ladies follow Lustig's escape from a…
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Send us a text As the world's eyes are on Paris for the Olympics, we're looking back at a different kind of champion - the con artist who sold the Eiffel Tower not once, but twice! We're shining a light on the Ordinary Extraordinary story of Victor Lustig who sold the unsellable and swindled the unsuspecting. Join Dianne and Jennie for part one of …
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Send us a text Aliens have come for our women. An alien race, whose population is in danger, has figured out that earth female's DNA is compatible with their own. They have inhabited bunnies that are killing the males and abducting the women. But, the towns folk have gathered together to stop this menace. Be sure to follow us at https://www.faceboo…
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Send us a text The Graveyard Shark is a gripping tale of the horrible legend that haunts the small town of Willsboro Point. Follow cryptozoologist Abby Wescott as she tries to uncover the truth behind the piles of bodies that keep turning up in the local graveyard. Can she stop this monster landshark in a leather vest? Tune in and find out. Be sure…
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Send us a text On this episode of The Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery, Jennie and Dianne pay a virtual visit to the graveside of a man who truly made a "splash" not only in America, but around the world. Join them as they relate the fascinating story of John Michael Kohler, the man credited as the inventor of the modern bathtub. From his humble beg…
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Send us a text A young occultist Onyx the Fortuitous and a group of "worshipers" meet at the mansion of Bartok the Great to help perform a ritual to raise the evil Abaddon and gain eternal life. Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 Also, send us an email or DM and we'll send you a free sticker.…
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Nyx calls Valentine to ask for a favor. Garrick, the alpha of the 8th Street Shifters and the one who exiled Nyx, has been forcing other shifters to join his pack against their will. He also seems to have scared off the Sirens. This could spell bad things for the Queen City if it isn’t stopped.By The Graveyard Tapes
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Send us a text A shark abomination lurks in the darkness of an abandon cemetery... This is a preview (no spoilers) of our review of this brilliant independent movie from Mad Angel Films that releases today (July 19, 2024) on VHS, DVD, and Blu ray. Check out their site and order now! Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61…
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Send us a text This week on the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast Jennie and Dianne review their recent "gravestone preservation workshop" after attending the "48 State Tour" hosted by Atlas Preservation at Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They share what they learned and what was accomplished while working alongside others w…
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Send us a text A masked serial killer stalks Virginia beach as the police work with a psychiatrist to stop him. Meanwhile, the survivor of one of his attacks is abducted by someone else. Because of the violence she survived she has lost her memory but the police and her family has not lost hope. Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/prof…
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Send us a text This week on the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast Jennie and Dianne chat about Dianne's recent East Coast adventures in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Dianne shares about the many historical locations she visited including the Lizzie Borden house in Fall River Massachusetts, sites important to the American revolution and of c…
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Send us a text In this episode was discuss the dangers of awakening the ghost of the greatest predator on Earth AND just in time for Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Ouija Shark follows a group of friends that summon an ancient man-eating shark after messing with a spirit board that washes up on the beach. An occult specialist must enter the sh…
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Send us a text Happy Birthday America, or as Americans say, "Happy 4th of July!" Jennie and Dianne celebrate America's birthday with author and presidential historian Kurt Deion as he recounts his adventures in his book "Presidential Grave Hunter: One Kid's Quest to Visit the Tombs of Every President and Vice President". From sneaking past Secret S…
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Send us a text Seven years after Tricia husbands disappears, her sister Callie comes home to help her deal with filing for his death certificate. It's not long before Callie begins to link a mysterious tunnel to the series of disappearances, including Tricia's husband. Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 A…
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Send us a text In this episode of the "Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery" podcast, Jennie chats with Sandra K. Doyle, a former deathcare industry professional turned author. Sandra's book, "MY LIFE AT THE CEMETERY: IT'S NOT AS DEAD AS YOU THINK", is a heartwarming and sometimes humorous collection of stories from her fourteen years working in the ind…
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Send us a text A giant Lovecraftian tentacle creature that is the size of the entire inside of the Earth is awaken to protect the planet from harm (man). Learn about 2nd grade love, taking care of the Earth, and how to get over both of those things as we review the 22nd entry in SYFY channels Maneater film series. Behemoth. Be sure to follow us at …
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Send us a text “Cemeteries are for the living. They’re there for us, they’re there to comfort us, they’re there to educate us, they’re there to provide peaceful meditative places to contemplate our own mortality and our own life." This is what Tui Snider told Dominic Genetti of the Midland Daily News and she said it again on this week's episode of …
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Send us a text Ed, a liquor store owner finds a case of bottles in his cellar labeled Viper. Unaware that this is actually a toxic brew, Ed decides to sell them to the local homeless community for just one dollar. When one of the "hobos" discovers what the drink really does, he uses it as a weapon but not before Bronson finds out as well. Street Tr…
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Send us a text Join Jennie and Dianne on the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast as they delve into the hidden histories of Charleston, South Carolina's iconic graveyards. This week, they're joined by Patrick Harwood, a man who's spent his career uncovering the truth. From his days as an investigative journalist to his current work as a profess…
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Send us a text When uncle Luther's experimental reanimation serum is leaked into unexpected donut batter it turns ordinary donuts into killer deserts. How can these teens survive this barrage of deliciousness? Tune in... and find out. Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 Also, send us an email or DM and we'…
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Send us a text Ask and ye shall receive! This episode was made possible because several listeners reached out to this week's guest letting him know that Jennie and Dianne were eagerly hoping to speak with him. Get ready for a journey through history as Jennie and Dianne welcome Ed Breen, a descendant of the incorrigible Maurice Breen, whose story i…
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Send us a text Our first listener requested movie. Considered Canada's greater slasher movie and the greatest Horror twist ending of all time. Happy Birthday to Me takes place at the snobby Crawford Academy where Virginia's friend group (the top 10) start to go missing years after the birthday that left her scared and without a mother. Be sure to f…
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Send us a text Join Jennie and Dianne on the Ordinary Extraordinary Cemetery podcast as they welcome Mel Bennett, founder of Life Forest cemetery, for a heartwarming and insightful conversation. Mel shares the personal story of how Life Forest was born out of her desire to give her mother a better burial after a long and painful battle with dementi…
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Send us a text On a New Zealand sheep farm, experiments are being done for the ... "betterment of mankind?" Today we review 'Black Sheep'. Join us as we dive deep into what this movie is really all about. Messing with nature or messing with progress. Horror/Comdey Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 Also, …
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Send us a text Just in time for Memorial Day, Jennie and Dianne are honored to be joined in this episode by Major General Mari K. Eder (U.S. Army, Retired) to discuss her amazing book, 'The Girls Who Stepped Out of Line'. These Ordinary Extraordinary women are "heroes of the Greatest Generation whom you have most likely never heard about. These ext…
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Send us a text A man's childhood doll runs rampant on anyone that opposes or gets too close to Jack. Today we review 'Benny Loves You'. Join us on our first episode as we dive deep into whats underneath the surface of the hilarious British Horror/Comedy Be sure to follow us at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559155558870 Also, send us an …
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Send us a text In this episode of the ordinary extraordinary cemetery podcast, Jennie and Dianne are joined by returning guest Hugh Yemen as he shares a tale that in many ways is truly stranger than fiction! The story begins with a tornado that left tragedy and death in its wake in Fort Smith, Arkansas in January 1898. However, it is events that ta…
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Send us a text Join Jennie and Dianne as they continue their conversation with Lynette Webber, Cousin Jennies: Cornish Women of Mining Country Cemeteries, probing deeper into the surprising connections she unearthed between the graves of Colorado and Michigan during her exploration of Gilpin County's picturesque mountain cemeteries. Lynette sheds l…
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Send us a text This week, buckle up for part one of a riveting tale as Jennie and Dianne team up with Lynette Webber, an expert who has dedicated years to researching the cemeteries and their residents in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula. Picture this: a time machine back to the 1800s when tin miners and their kin from Cornwall, Great Britain, made th…
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Send us a text "I hope the adventures in this book inspire you to explore a cemetery. It’s good for the cemetery—and I promise it will be good for you." This is how Loren Rhoads welcomes readers to indulge in her latest cemetery book, 'Death's Garden Revisited: Personal Relationships with Cemeteries'. Loren, who is the editor, says the book is a "c…
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