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1 Understanding Taxes as a Newly Formed Small Business - Part 2 of the Small Business Starter Kit 28:24
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In our second installment of the Small Business Starter Kit series - we’re tackling a topic that’s sometimes tricky, sometimes confusing, but ever-present: taxes. Hosts Austin and Jannese have an insightful conversation with entrepreneur Isabella Rosal who started 7th Sky Ventures , an exporter and distributor of craft spirits, beer, and wine. Having lived and worked in two different countries and started a company in a heavily-regulated field, Isabella is no stranger to navigating the paperwork-laden and jargon-infused maze of properly understanding taxes for a newly formed small business. Join us as she shares her story and provides valuable insight into how to tackle your business’ taxes - so they don’t tackle you. Learn more about how QuickBooks can help you grow your business: QuickBooks.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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1 Episode 19: Deadwood. Do You Even Fester, BRUH? 33:47
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In this episode, we explore historic Deadwood and some of the peeps who have lived and died — and lived on — in this Wild West town. Made famous during the Gold Rush, this settlement became a city that “played by its own rules,” which means no rules. An entire city block was occupied by nothing but brothels, and prostitution was legal until the 1980s. If you lived and/or died in Deadwood, you had to have a cool nickname. We discuss Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Poker Alice, and Potato Creek Johnny, and the resting place for most of them: Mount Moriah Cemetery. Deadwood is a cool place to visit today, so check out our episode and, for patrons, the forthcoming snack and beverage pairing and travel itinerary! This is our last episode of Season 1. We’re going on SUMMER BREAK, so we’ll catch you in the fall when LEAF FALL DOWN. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 18: The Bermuda Triangle. Please Affix Your Tin Foil Hat Before Helping Your Child. 37:53
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Welcome to the Bermuda Triangle and to allergy season! Jen and Kristin debate what the best flavor cold and flu medication is, whether colors are flavors, and how we survived to adulthood as children of the late 80s and early 90s. There are some things it seems we have inherent knowledge of: Quicksand, who the villain in Scooby-Doo would be, and the Bermuda Triangle are the top three. Maybe the knowledge was implanted there by the ancient Atlanteans or aliens, or maybe it was our recent COVID-19 vaccines, but it seems like the Bermuda Triangle has always been part of our brains. We review some of the weird disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, as well as the most popular theories that apparently cause them. Sit back and enjoy, unless you’re in the Bermuda Triangle, in which case, KEEP YOUR WITS ABOUT YOU. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 17: Mackinac Island. Get Your Fudge and Get the Fuck out 27:26
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Jen and Kristin hang a hard right and head up to Michigan’s Mackinac Island, home of turtles, a thriving fudge business, and GHOSTS. Like everywhere else in the Americas, it was home to Native Americans long before white people came and messed everything up. In fact, it is said to be home to the great spirit, Gitche Manitou, and the first land that appeared after the great flood receded. The only state highway on the island is a loop (because it’s an ISLAND, BABE), and the island doesn’t allow cars except for emergency vehicles. Tourists are sometimes referred to as “fudgies” and Mackinac Island fudge is said to be amazing (Jen confirms). You have to get there by seaplane, ferry, or a highway ICE BRIDGE made of Christmas trees during the winter, which is rad. The island is the site of many hauntings, including at a forced reeducation school for Native American and Meite children. One of the child ghosts is nicknamed “Lucy” and is said to follow people around, especially at Crow’s Nest Trail. You can sleep in the Grand Hotel...on top of a Native American burial ground. Or chill with a black mass who might knock you out… for a few days. Or maybe just buy some fudge and get the fuck out. PS, check out Jen’s books here and here ! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
Hey everybody! Kristin normally does the show notes but alas I am adrift without her, so here's my shot: In this episode, we're heading to Hoia Forest, a haunted forest in Romania with a gnarly clearing and a portal to the OTHER SIDE. Please also enjoy tangents about math and (of course) Outlander. Sources: Frights and sights in Transylvania: exploring haunted Hoia Baciu - from the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2017/oct/29/transylvania-hoia-baciu-haunted-forest-cluj-napoca-romania-culture HOIA BACIU: INSIDE THE CREEPIEST FOREST IN TRANSYLVANIA - from the independent https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/hoia-baciu-transylvania-haunted-trees-ufo-ghosts-how-visit-camping-alex-surducan-marius-a8023136.html Meet Hoia Baciu Forest, The Bermuda Triangle Of Romania - from travel awaits https://www.travelawaits.com/2478360/hoia-baciu-forest-bermuda-triangle-romania/ Stories from the Hoia-Baciu Forest - from one excellence tours https://tourinromania.com/reasons-to-visit-romania/stories-from-the-hoia-baciu-forest/ Ghost adventures, season 12, episode 1 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 15: The Crescent Hotel. Maybe It’s a Ghost, Maybe You Locked Your Knees. 22:25
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Join Jen and Kristin as they go to the Crescent Hotel in Eureka Springs, Arkansas — America’s Most Haunted Hotel. Kristin is super psyched about the weird medical stuff and wacky con men, and Jen is psyched because she actually went there — without wacky medical stuff or con men, sadly. We talk about the history (of course, it was once a young woman’s school, because all haunted places must be), its current iteration as a fancy-ass hotel, the ghosts, and, of course, the bad doctor (who dressed like old-timey Elton John): Norman Baker. Come join us as we venture to the Ozarks, and, if you’ve been to the Crescent Hotel, be sure to write in and tell us! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 BONUS: Interview with Chris Semtner, Curator of the Edgar Allen Poe Museum 27:45
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In this bonus episode, Jen and Kristin were thrilled to spend some time with Chris Semtner, the curator at the Edgar Allen Poe Museum in Virginia. We talk about the museum's exhibits, Poe's work, and the lasting effects of his legacy on us today. Check out the museum here: http://www.poemuseum.org/ And Chris Semtner's amazing work here: https://chrissemtner.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 14: The Myrtles Plantation. MAGA Hats: The New Confederate Money 21:49
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On this episode of Macabre Traveler, the travel, history, and dark humor podcast for the places that love to scare you, Jen and Kristin are visiting one of the most famous haunted places in the US: the Myrtles Plantation. Maybe it’s the legends that surround the Myrtles. Maybe it’s the plain fact that so much human suffering occurred there. Maybe it’s just the fog and the mist hanging off the myrtle trees. Maybe it’s Maybelline. Whatever it is, join us as we talk about the history of the plantation, the legends of the ancient Native American burial ground, Chloe (the ghost captured on camera), Cleo (the voodoo practitioner), and more. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 13: The Winchester Mystery House. Half a Billion is Halfway to Happiness. 26:36
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The spookiest thing about this episode is how weirdly bad our audio is. OUR BAD. It was Kristin’s birthday so we had to shimmy shimmy our recording situation. Join us as we travel to the Winchester Mystery House in San Jose, home to a super cool and wacky house. A mystery house, if you will. This house is chock full of windows, doors, staircases, HELLA stuff that was installed… Maybe to deter ghosts? To appease ghosts? For shits and gigs? We’ll never know. But Sarah Winchester's biographer seems determined to ruin everyone's fun about it. Hop on, strap in, and enjoy the wild ride through Sarah Winchester’s Mystery Mansion. SOURCES: Winchester Mystery House Website https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/ EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WINCHESTER MYSTERY HOUSE from the San Francisco Travel Association https://www.sftravel.com/article/everything-you-need-know-about-winchester-mystery-house And the Winchester Mystery House listing on Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winchester-mystery-house --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 12: Leap Castle. Say it Spooky, Make it Fashun. 34:48
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Leap Castle might be the most haunted castle in the world, or at least in Ireland. It was built on an ancient Druid ceremonial site and fought over for centuries. Families fought within families to get control over this thing, including brothers killing brothers during CHURCH. Jeez, bros. The castle is a Zillow ghost hunter’s dream, containing an oubliette, a banshee who is Jen's dream BFF, several ghosts, and an ancient entity. We recount several real-life accounts of encounters with the entity. Are there gnomes in Kristin’s nose? Is Gaelic the most gorgeous, difficult language ever? How many accents can we attempt in one episode? Let’s find out. SOURCES: Leap Castle website Ghost Adventures Leap Castle and Hell-Fire Club Season 2 Episode 8 Leap Castle is the Most Haunted Castle in Ireland and this story proves it by Mark Lyon in Irish Central https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/leap-castle-ghost-story FOR TOUR INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Ryan Phone: +353868690547 Email: seanfryan@outlook.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 11: The Tower of London. From Coronation to Choppination. 35:13
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In the latest episode, Jen and Kristin head across the pond to jolly old England, pip pip, Cheerios, old chaps, to check out the Tower of London and all the fun and murder that happened in and around it. We talk about the menagerie that used to be kept at the Tower; the many, many, too many people killed there; Guy Fawkes’ Gun Powder plot and how Jen can’t say “effigy;” the little Lost Princes; and much more. And, of course, ghosts: Does Anne Boleyn walk around carrying her head? Is there a giant bear waiting to scare the bejesus out of tourists? Listen and find out. SOURCES: The Story of the Tower of London, from Historic Royal Palaces https://www.hrp.org.uk/tower-of-london/history-and-stories/the-story-of-the-tower-of-london/#gs.tsn3g6 Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London, from History Extra https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/anne-boleyn-guy-fawkes-and-the-princes-a-brief-history-of-the-tower-of-london/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 10: Bourbon Orleans Hotel. Mr. Clean That Shit! 34:09
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Join Kristin and Jen as we crack open a road soda and visit New Orleans for a second time. This time we head to the Bourbon New Orleans Hotel, right down the street from Madame LaLaurie’s house. The Bourbon New Orleans Hotel offers beautiful rooms, a cool bar, and a saltwater pool, which Jen will never swim in. We talk about the construction of the theater and ballroom (where Jen caught a ghost on camera!), the infamous quadroon balls, and how every creepy place had to have once been a convent and/or a girl’s school. There are over 20 known ghosts in the hotel, and we talk about them as well as the difference between residual and intelligent hauntings. Sources Bourbon Orleans Hotel page on Haunted Journeys https://www.hauntedjourneys.com/haunted-inns/1631-bourbon-orleans-hotel Past Touches Bourbon Orleans Hotel in Spirited Ways from the PCMA website https://www.pcma.org/bourbon-orleans-hotel-former-convent-ghosts/ The Haunted Bourbon Orleans Hotel from the Ghost City Tours website. https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/haunted-hotels/bourbon-orleans-hotel/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 9: The LaLaurie Mansion. Crab Woman Scuttles Across French Quarter? 39:58
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In this episode of the Macabre Traveler, Jen and Kristin cover the infamous LaLaurie Mansion and the notorious Madame Delphine LaLaurie (as well as her numerous, confusingly named children — for real, don’t name your children the same names. It’s weird). Suspicious deaths. Enslaved people locked away and possibly… experimented upon? Crab people? A human caterpillar? Brain spoons? This story is cloaked in mystery and legend and all kinds of delicious weirdness… but what’s truth, and what’s good old-fashioned scary stories? Listen and find out. Sources Madame LaLaurie’s Most Sickening Acts Of Torture And Murder from All That’s Interesting https://allthatsinteresting.com/madame-lalaurie The LaLaurie Mansion from New Orleans Historical https://neworleanshistorical.org/items/show/1492 A torture chamber is uncovered by arson from History.com https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-torture-chamber-is-uncovered-by-arson The LaLaurie Mansion listing from Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/lalaurie-mansion The Haunted LaLaurie Mansion from Ghost City Tours https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 8: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre. If You Aren’t on an FBI List, Are You Even Living? 37:25
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Join Jen and Kristin for our special VALENTINE’S DAY episode! Since Valentine’s Day is GROSS, we’re celebrating in true macabre fashion… with MURDER. We talk about the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, how to dress like a snorky mobster, and why you should always run a little bit late. Sources History.com , St. Valentine’s Day Massacre https://www.history.com/topics/crime/saint-valentines-day-massacre The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre from the Chicago Tribune https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/chi-chicagodays-valentinesmassacre-story-story.html 8 Things You Should Know About Al Capone from history.com https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-should-know-about-al-capone The Parkview Chicago Virtual Tour of Bugs Moran’s Penthouse https://www.parkviewchicago.com/parkviewpenthouse.aspx The Mob Museum St. Valentine’s Day Massacre Wall Exhibit https://themobmuseum.org/exhibits/massacre-wall/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 BONUS: Listener Stories. Haunted Houses Edition. 53:35
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In January's bonus episode, Jen and Kristin talk to three listeners who describe their experiences with haunted houses and hotels. Do you have a haunting, scary, or macabre experience? Get in touch with us on social media or write to us at themacabretraveler@gmail.com ! Many thanks to our interviewees! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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1 Episode 7: Lizzie Borden. The Lizzie Borden Murder Tip Line 57:08
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The Borden murders are one of the most famous unsolved murders in America, over 100 years later. Today, Jen and Kristin head to the Lizzie Borden house, which, if you haven’t heard much of the case itself, you’re definitely aware of the DOPE nursery rhyme the case inspired: Lizzie Borden took an axe And gave her mother forty whacks. When she saw what she had done, She gave her father forty-one. Andrew Borden now is dead, Lizzie hit him on the head. Up in heaven he will sing, On the gallows she will swing. We take a dive into the Borden fam dynamic and the events leading up to the murders of Lizzie’s father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden. We touch on how the cops really f*cked up the investigation, Lizzie’s arrest and trial, and how she spent the rest of her life. We discuss the numerous theories around the murders and around Lizzie herself. And, of course, our personal theories on whodunnit. And, did you know, this case involves a DEATHBED CONFESSION? We also talk about staying at the Lizzie Borden house and Jen’s AWESOME experiences there! HINT: It was GHOSTS. Sources Lizzie Borden took an axe from History.com https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lizzie-borden-took-an-axe Did Lizzie Borden Really Take an Ax? The True Story Behind the Movie Lizzie from Time Magazine https://time.com/5395515/lizzie-borden-history-chloe-sevigny-kristen-stewart/ What Made Lizzie Borden Kill? https://www.americanheritage.com/what-made-lizzie-borden-kill --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/macabretraveler/support…
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