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The Macabrecast

The Macabrecast

By: Brooke Dawson and Holly Lackey
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Summary

The Macabrecast, a podcast where spooky history and haunted antiquities never cease to intrigue us. Long-time friends and nerds Brooke Dawson (She/Her) and Holly Lackey (She/Her) indulge in frightful fancy by deep diving into humanity’s greatest nightmares, mistakes, and creations. Chills aside, we attempt to bring a lighthearted air to humanity’s mistakes, as we examine history through the lenses of one cantankerous lesbian and one unyielding asexual.

2022 True Crime World
Episodes
  • Episode 97: History of the Humors

    Episode 97: History of the Humors
    Oct 26 2026

    For thousands of years, Western medicine was ruled by a belief in the four humors. This week, Brooke is diving back in to tell us all about the history of all four: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Whether people thought the humors were separated in the body or operating like a slushie machine, they definitely believed that they ruled how bodies work in strange and interesting ways.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 96: The Hammersmith Ghost Trial

    Episode 96: The Hammersmith Ghost Trial
    Oct 12 2026
    In a continuation of our chats about Mass Psychogenic Illness (MPI) from episode 94, Holly shares the details of a strange tragedy from 1804. What started as ghost sightings in Hammersmith, London quickly escalated to murder one night. But that wasn't the end of it, the legal debate this case inspired continued on for decades afterwards.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 95: The Ballad of Tam Lin

    Episode 95: The Ballad of Tam Lin
    Sep 7 2026
    Join us this week for Brooke's telling of the Scottish ballad about Tam Lin. His story centers around the love of his life and how she rescues him from the evil Queen of the Faeries. This ballad has drama, fae, shapeshifting, badass women, basically everything. And if you want more ballads, check out Episode 66: The Harrowing History of Murder Ballads!
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    1 hr
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