Trailer Trash Terrors

This was an experiment to see if I could create a podcast from scratch, in less than two hours, in a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) that is not my normal editing tool. I normally use Audition. I used Studio One for this episode. It took me 1 hour 59 minutes and 18 seconds to final mixdown writeout. Oh...the topic? A reported living dinosaur, in the far north, hunted by British royalty in the early part of the twentieth century. It's good cryptozoology! This is not my very best work, but speed was of the essence!

It's the show I've never done, a Trailer Trash Terrors episode all about Trailer Trash Terrors. Why does the show even exist? What am I trying to accomplish. Why do I have all these weird character? Enquiring minds want to know! So, it's a great idea to tune in and find out!

In this episode we discuss the tragic but fascinating life of Rhoda Derry. Sylvia Shults, the historian who has studied her life more than anyone else, and Dutch psychiatrist Bert van der Laan, help me delve deeply into the life and history of "Rhody," who spent most of 44 years in a "Utica Crib," gouged out her own eyes, was studied by "alienists" worldwide, and just perhaps, created a tulpa before her life fully deteriorated. If you've never heard this story, you truly do need to listen. If you have heard it, you've never heard it told like this. This episode ends with a story of Moll Derry, the witch of the Monongahela, the supernatural celebrity of the time, and Rhoda's grandmother. This is the final episode of season two.         

This episode looks at death from a few different perspectives, both fictional and true. As always with TTT, the approaches we take are just a little "offbeat." This episode has two short stories: The first, "The Scapegoat and the Abba Hawk," is about an ER doctor who slips between lives. The second, "The Street of Plum Wine Dreams," tells a love story, with several supernatural elements, and is centered around a man who has sen, and felt more death than he can easily reconcile. He may be a man who has the chance to die peacefully, even though he was not able to fulfill all of his dreams. Oh...and we also cover some Momento Mori, and meet Wilbur the ethereal pest control expert! He's very high energy, and very cool, but is he really who he says he is?

Abe Sias, the man with a lifetime of experiences dealing with the demonic, gives us another awesome interview. We talk about what life is like when your spiritual gifts show you a world that very few people can perceive. We talk about the incredible importance of forgiveness in our lives, as well as the constant deception and attacks of the demonic world.

This episode starts out discussing "The Hat Man," strays into the inhabitants of the Paranormal Zoo, switches over to the granting of divine permission for painful paranormal events to occur, takes a detour over the Bell Witch territory,  and ends with a  deep exploration of how the human soul can be both damaged, and protected. It's a true theological and paranormal roller-coaster ride! A four hour and sixteen minute roller-coaster ride. It's true, long-form, paranormal podcasting!

This is day five of the "seven episodes in seven days" challenge. Tonight, we present two original Vic Hermanson works of fiction: "Boys in the Trees," and "The Rajenek School for the Hopeless." This is also the simplest, and most sparse format ever used for a Trailer Trash Terrors episode. The microphone used in this episode si the Audio Technica 3035.

Beelzebubba tells the fascinating and truly frightening story of the Bell Witch, as only he can.

This is part one of a two episode set, in which Beelzebubba takes over the reins of the show, at least temporarily. In this episode, he tries to figure out just what manner of supernatural creature he actually is, and he starts a discussion about the Bell Witch, of Robertson County, Tennessee.

Day two of Trailer Trash Terrors microphone madness and Vic Veritas, during which we publish severn podcasts, in seven days. We talk about magic a little bit tonight. No conclusion, just a few varied thoughts. Oh, and Vic used a real "dogbreath" microphone today. Yeah, it sounds awful!

The story of an apparition, an apparition that seemed to be the ghost of a patient who had not yet died.

JJ, of Southern Demonology joins me to talk about black magic, dealing with difficult grieving, Unnaturally still men in black robes, an education received through ghost stories, achieving great sound in podcasting, the feeling of exposure when dealing with psychics, and at least a dozen other Trailer Trash Terrors Topics. This episode was great fun to produce.

Dr. Edward Teller is generally referred to as "The Father of the Hydrogen Bomb." He found that title to be in poor taste and dis not like it. In this episode, we listen to Dr. Teller explain the universe, with the best understanding the world had in 1957. What's changed? Not as much as you might expect. Also, horror ot horrors, or perhaps terror of terrors, Vic Hermanson is trapped in the "waiting room," and has no idea how to get back to temporal reality!

As a follow-up to last week's episode, I relate three more incidents of possible perfect possession, encountered with several patients in the emergency department and a medical intensive care unit.  These stories are hard to tell. I'd love to hear what other clinicians think of these experiences.

Dave Griffith hosts this episode where I tell about another case of perfect possession in the healthcare world. This time, we go to an ICU where a patient clings to life, perhaps to keep the demon inside her from attacking her family. Plus, Trailer Trash Terrors gets a human and Entity of disembodied consciousness resources director, Mrs. McClendoRodrigoStein.  She seems a little dodgy to me! 

This episode of Trailer Trash Terrors features Abe, a man who has encountered supernatural entities, and experienced paranormal events his entire life. He tells us the story of spending six months helping a traditional folk healer track invading demons, at age three. He tells the story of being repeatedly attacked by demonic entities, their Earthly minions, and the methods he has developed to protect himself. He tells us how truly infested the world is with Disembodied Demonic Entities, or DDNs. This is a fascinating interview, with a fascinating man, who's live a fascinating life. But, don't take my word for it...listen to Abe and his many paranormal adventures, on Trailer Trash Terrors!

This is episode thirty of season two, of the Trailer Trash Terrors podcast. The guest this week is JJ, the founder, host and resident genius (He knows Ge'ez. Nuf said!) of the totally unique podcast, Southern Demonology.  He's being interviewed straight from Nippon, The Land of the Rising Sun, Straight from the shadow  of Fugaku, or Mount Fuji, on of Japan's three holy mountains. I contend that JJ knows more about semitic languages, Second Temple Judaism, and the academic Judeo-Christian description of good and evil than any other we developer in the world. We cover how Japan has changed, Japanese ghosts, Japanese monsters, the Japanese retail paradise, the suicide forest, how Covid has changed everything in Japan, and much, much more.  Also this week, we meet Beelzebubba, or if you prefer, Mr Beelzebubba, the Trailer Trash demon. He's now on the Trailer Trash Terrors payroll full time! He's a reformed minion of innate cosmic evil, and a former principality of putrescence from out Tupelo way. Now, he's on the side of good and just trying to earn an honest living! Plus, he can sing!

George, the man who calls himself Church Militant, is back! On the longest episode of Trailer Trash Terrors ever, George tells us about the influence of Satan, and Satanism in the world. Is your life impacted by Satan? How about the lives of your children? What about our political leaders? Is the "Satanic Panic" really a panic, or an accurate understanding of the interaction of our society with the "Father of Lies." Get comfy, it's 4 hours and 20 minutes of delving into the reality of the Satanic realm.

We return to the fascinating topic of collected EVPs, as recorded by Dave Griffith and his paranormal investigative team. Listen to the "grunts from Hell,"  and learn about Thomas Edison's efforts to create a machine capable of communicating with the dead as easily as telephones communicate with the living. Dave will be back in the future, but this episode covers a truly fascinating set of EVPs.

Dave Griffith, veteran paranormal investigator, is our guest for episode one of a two part series that delves deeply into EVPs. He's recorded some truly compelling ones over the years, and this week and next, Trailer Trash Terrors focuses on those disembodied voices. Some are truly frightening, some are sad, and a few are even humorous. All are thought provoking!

AJ, the sasquatch scholar is back to talk about one of the most remarkable cryptid photos I have ever seen.  Just on the edge of a deep Pennsylvania forest, a seven foot, ten inch Neanderthal-like being is seen after pulling a feral dog from a specially designed trap. Think Andre the Giant times two. This is one huge dude, and the provenance of the photo is fully known. Come listen to AJ tell the story. He's really fascinating!

It's another fully accelerated, pedal to the metal PARANORMAL RUNDOWN, jointly produced by Trailer Trash Terrors and Southern Demonology! This time Dave, JJ, and Vic have a guest, and not just any old guest! Father Michael Birdsong brings his deep theological and historical knowledge to the rundown. It's the the most ambitious episode of Trailer Trash terrors yet, and truly a good time. Tell your family! Tell your friends! Tell strangers on the street! The Paranormal Rundown has returned!

This episode delves into history first hand, as we interview Gene and Patricia, who developed a life-long friendship during the tumultuous years of desegregation, in the mid 1960s, in Badin and Albermarle, NC. There is nothing paranormal in this episode...just profound human stories, and profound human courage.

This is an episode about fear, which is truly a very difficult thing to define. We have stories, clips about fear, and a full interview with Christopher Hermanson, who has a mind far superior to the mind of Vic Hermanson!

This is the most personal, and in some ways, the most unusual episode of Trailer Trash Terrors yet. I used the show to make an Audio birthday card for my son, and he agreed to let me publish it as an episode. I learned a lot making it. Perhaps you'll learn something listening to it!

In this episode we hear the second part of George's interview, as he continues his deep dive and analysis of the Catholic Church, his life within it, and the truly remarkable man who helped him form his faith, and learn to be a man.

This week, there will be two episodes published, both taken from a long interview with George, who delves deeply into the realm of spiritual warfare from a Catholic perspective. George talks about apostolic authority, the dangers of powers and principalities, theodicy, purgatory, courage, and the maintenance of faith. Episode One will be published on Monday, and Episode Two will be published on Friday. At Trailer Trash Terrors, we want to hear all the stories, from all perspectives! We invite you to tell us your story!

This episode features Clariss, a  natural medium, who provided a truly astounding interview, the most astounding interview of this type I have ever had. SHe discusses the healing of human minds and souls after physical death. She discusses entities she has encountered who are not human now, and never have been human. And, she opened ip my emotional floodgates. She was truly fascinating! She's already agreed to do another episode!

Vic Hermanson teams up with JJ, from the highly regarded Southern Demonology podcast, to talk about 7 exciting paranormal topics chosen by a random number generator! These are good topics, and the conversation is worthy of charging admission! But for you...because we like you, it's 100 percent free. It's time, Trailer Trash Terrors fans, to get to the rundown! Plenty of great Boudreaux and Anabelle Lee humor included! This is also the longest episode of Trailer Trash Terrors yet!

Vic Hermanson is a bit burned out by heavy topics. So in this episode things are lightened up quite a bit, as we shift, just this one week, from the terrifying to the poignant. It's a shorter, sweeter, softer Trailer Trash Terrors.

This episode is based on one of the most horrifying short stories ever written, by Richard Matheson. We expand on that with other experiences and reports of, for lack of a better term, monstrous children.

This is the story of the first "perfect possession" patient or patient family encounter I ever had. It's about Buddy, a Beautiful three year old with bilateral broken femurs. He told me, in a secretive whisper, that the "Monster Man" broke his legs. This one is a story that is difficult to tell, and I'm sure, difficult to hear.

Horrifying (Terrifying!) Trailer Trash Terrors flash fiction about a swamp demon that was born from the detritus of the universe and the stray creative energy remnants of God. Don't get mad...it's speculative fiction!

This is the second part of the Paranormal Will Interview. Walk with us through the Paranormal Zoo! Learn about Emperor Constantine, Paganism and Christianity.  Like always, it's a Trailer Trash Terrors unpredictable ride. Plus Boudreaux gets a theme song!

This episode features the first part of an incredible interview with Paranormal Will, true demonologist and lifelong paranormal experiencer. He has seen things I have never heard reported by any other paranormal researcher. His is a story of strength, gained through overcoming massive levels of justified childhood fear. Now, he helps others when they are under paranormal attack.

This episode features Val Zavala, administrator of the largest bigfoot group on Facebook, retired law enforcement officer, bigfoot experiencer, descendant of Texas history, bigfoot data compiler and expert, and the owner of a very powerful and cogent mind. There's always a lot to learn from Val!

What can be born of man and woman? Can something truly evil and savage come from wild human genetics? Hear the possibly true tale of Ganymede and decide for yourself.

What can be born of man and woman? Where does evil arise in the natural world. Hear the possibly true story of Ganymede, who may just be the "new expression of savage humanity."

We examine "The Cross of Carl," A short novel written by Walter Owen in 1917. It's a novel about an unspeakable horror, that, at the time was admitted to by Germany. Was there a factory South of Koln where thousands of the bodies of dead soldiers were rendered into fats, bone meal, and glycerin? Most historians say it was just propaganda. Sure...just  like the Roswell crash was just a weather balloon.

Malachi Martin speculated that God had had withdrawn his grace from the world. Let's examine that in a Tiny Terrors episode.

This is the only episode of Trailer Trash Terrors that has caused me to feel genuine fear and dread as I recorded and produced it. This episodes examines the words of a 32 year old woman who identified herself as both "Patsy" and "Harlot."  On the Art Bell show, in 1997, she talked about her status as a proudly evil, deliberately destructive, Satanic witch, as a true hater and enemy of God, and as an eternal servant of Satan. Was she the real thing? I think she was. Why don't you decide for yourself.

Here the story of a courageous cajun woman facing down a truly demonic, fungal horror.

Go on a Trailer Trash Terrors tour of human invisibility, in all it's various forms. Meet Bobby, a nice young man, who is sometimes invisible, sometimes blind, and may be needed to save humanity from those most evil of forces.

Are we all infested with numerous non-mystical demons? I find it very likely that we are.

Apollo 1 burned, killing three astronauts in January, 1967. That was a tragedy. I could have been prevented save for cowardice and dishonor. Years later, a man who "held the fire in his hands," who could have prevented the tragedy, learned about the demons we all carry, and how the two relate. 

Do you remember Bat Boy? He was the Hero, Villain and apparent long-term mascot of the now defunct Weekly World News. This episode combines the enigmatic Bat Boy with the Heinlein "Number of the Beast" universe where any fictional world can come to life. Also, learn about Grokking and the astounding contradictions of our unusual species. Also, Boudreaux may have found that certain "special someone." Of course it's weird. Hey, this is Trailer Trash Terrors! What else would you expect?

What if you were asked a question by the "Arbiter of Truth?" What if you got it wrong? Well, this Arbiter of Truth makes it such that you, everything you ever were, everything you have ever done, all the lives you hyave touched, all never existed. Let's talk about truth. Let's talk about lies. Let's talk about the "terror of lies." Maybe, by talking about these things, we can learn something important about truth.

In this episode, we delve into the remarkable life and capabilities of Helen Keller. While both deaf and blind, she learned to "see" and "hear" the real world in greater depth than most humans fully endowed with both sight and hearing. We examine whether humans blessed with all senses can learn to perceive what exists in the "psychic" or non-material realm, if in fact such a place exists. Hear Bess Houdini's last seance! Learn about Allen Spraggett! And, as always, learn from Boudreaux's great wisdom. It's a show full of that offbeat TTT weirdness.

This episode brings you three listener-supplied stories of genuine terror, all with the Trailer Trash Terrors twist. Then, as it is July Fourth, we add a patriotic fortune cookie. It's the next step in the evolution of Trailer Trash Terrors.

Join us as we talk about some of the heroes of the Apollo program, both famous and not so famous. Hear an interview with Sara Howard, one of only two female test engineers that worked at the Michoud Assembly Facility prior to the launch of Apollo 11. And, unfortunately we talk a bit about that "Rumbumptious Morologist," Bart Sibrel.

This is the most ambitious episode of Trailer Trash Terrors yet! We take a TTT tour of fatherhood. We explore the wonderful, the terrifying, the tragic, triumphant, the humorous, and the poignant aspects of this prestigious human circumstance. This episode does explore a few sensitive topics.

This is the bonus episode for season one of trailer trash terrors. Learn how the world ends, find out what's special about 2420 and 2427. Hear some great cyber-jokes, and learn the amazing and shocking truth about Boudreaux the cyber-ghost. Also, listen to Vic Hermanson as he is verbally dissected by the world's only sapient hyper-intelligence. Finally, learn the amazing, terrifying, and poetic fate of Sam McGee.

Boudreaux has the blues! He's very, very sad and needs our help. In this "teaser" episode we lay down some blues tracks and plan a strategy to return him to optimal (if virtual) mental health!

AJ, the sasquatch scholar makes an encore performance, bringing us more about bigfoot in history, and bigfoot in Pennsylvania. It's a great listen!

Travel with us as we examine suicide in the nineteenth century and the first part of the twentieth century. Learn about "McGurks Suicide Hall" in the Bowery, in Manhattan, where suicide was so common it became public spectacle. Learn about "Eat em-up Jack McManus," and other Bowery denizens. I might as well warn you...this show is relentlessly depressing and dark!

Follow us through a great conversation with PG Jarret, attorney, military intelligence officer, metaphysician and overall renaissance man. We cover the nature of ghosts, critical civil war battles, demons, and the sometimes odd flow flow of military intelligence information.

AJ has had many powerful and unique experiences with what he believes to be a very large, cryptic hominid, usually referred to as Bigfoot. In this episode, he gives us an hour of his time, and some great stories.

In this episode (revised and expanded!) we look at evidence of Bigfoot in the newspapers, going all the way back to 1800. This is part one of a two part series. There is a LOT of hidden bigfoot history!

Tonight we hear the story of Rhodah Grace Crawley, retired teacher, age 96. For almost 70 years, she has carried the knowledge that what is born of man and woman must sometimes be called "monster." We hope you will listen to this lovely and intelligent lady's story. Warning: This episode contains adult and sexual themes (mildly.)

Join us for an informative, fun and somewhat irreverent interview with Curtis, an expert in the Kybalion and other aspects of esoteric philosophy.

The Swamp is always there, and it has always taken victims. Plus, a reading of "The Jar" by Ray Bradbury.

A classroom terror, a terror of a beast attack from long ago, and a terror of human minds that have lost their way.

Learn about the steaming, sometimes beautiful and often terrifying town of Mugwamp, Louisiana. Meet your host, Vic Hermanson and his ghostly, cybernetic pal from the future, Boudreaux. The "Glide" Monster caused a genuine panic in a small Louisiana town in the early sixties. Here the fascinating story!