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In which Carla explores the Twelve Days of Christmas and why we send Christmas cards, and reads a Victorian horror story by F. Marion Crawford.Christmas episodes:32: What the Dickens47: Victorian Christmas: The Goblin and the Paw65: Happy Christmas Chaos66: Deck the Hall with Horror Sources and Suggested Reading:“The Doll’s Ghost”, F. Marion Crawford, collected by Arthur Conan Doyle and Walter Scott in The Valancourt Book of Victorian Christmas Ghost Stories: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781943910564Mirth without mischief. Comtaining [sic] The twelve days of Christmas; The play of the gaping-wide-mouthed-wadling-frog; Love and hatred; ... and Nimble Ned's alphabet and figures: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781170206966J. C. Horsley at the Victoria and Albert Museum: https://bit.ly/3iY2AETSir Henry Cole: townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a26473065/sir-henry-cole-prince-albert-great-exhibition-victoria/F. Marion Crawford: oldstyletales.com/single-post/2017/05/16/F-Marion-Crawfords-6-Best-Horror-Stor

In which Carla revisits the Victorian Christmas tradition of scary stories at Christmas by reading four horror classics of the era--and, in doing so, explores the not-well-known genesis of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, as well as the four-hundred-year-old origins of “Deck the Halls”. Things get silly and eerie in turn. Come sit by the fire and enjoy some cupcakes and wassail. (Original episodes from 2017 and 2018 with new content) Original episodes:32: What the Dickens47: Victorian Christmas: The Goblin and the Paw Suggested Reading and Sources::A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780141195858Victorian Christmas Cookbook and Traditions by The Chiappa Sisters: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781976492907A Merry, Very Victorian Christmas!: Trivia, Tales and Traditions from 19th Century America by Janet Emily Demarest: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781537494470 Download different versions of sheet music for “Deck the Hall”/“Deck the Halls” for free: christmas

In which Carla shares personal stories from childhood Christmases, and shares how she and her family found cupcakes in the unlikeliest of places. These are the stories that weren't funny then, but are now. Originally aired December, 2017; now with new musicWebsite entry for this episode (photographs and books): theremightbecupcakes.com/episode31christmascupcakesMusic: Scott Holmes, "This Is Christmas"; Seth Partridge, "Sing We Now of Christmas", and Rue Royale, "Snow on Snow (In the Bleak Midwinter)", all under Creative Commons Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://w

In which Carla reads several of her poems live. “and the hunter always followeddeep into the forest of campusdown the wide lane of Avent Ferryinto the shelter of my first homemy Mews, I your dark museon foot or by car, you followedmy ex-boyfriend, my attacker("This girl just had a bad date")Stalking your preyWatching meYour arrow cockedYour cock bowedReveling in the huntREVELNIT my license plate saidand o you must have laughed as you followed its beacon in the dark” Poems of mine read in this episode:Braided Into My DNAA dazzle of cloudsBedroom SickroomYou wouldn’t let me ride your motorcycleOur HauntsFor the two boyfriends of my twentiesHounds of Love (quoted above) Recommended Reading/Reference:Bedlam and Partway Back by Anne Sexton, collected in The Complete Poetry of Anne Sexton: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780395957769For the story behind "Hounds of Love", you may listen to episode 34: This Girl Just Had a Bad Date. If you need support after listening to the poems concerning abuse and assault, you may r

In which Carla shares more of her past and present personal paranormal experiences in her second live episode. To watch this episode, you may go to either to GetVokl or to YouTube. Image: one of my photographs from Waverly HillsResource: My Letterboxd list of my favorite haunted house/demented domicile films: boxd.it/7CzKySound credit: horror movie Eli (2019) https://letterboxd.com/film/eli-2019/Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesTwitter: @mightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahauntedReddit: https://w

In which Carla shares all of her past and present personal paranormal experiences in her first live episode. To watch this episode, you may go to either to GetVokl or to YouTube.Website entry: Haunting resources (including my Waverly Hills photos) theremightbecupcakes.com/resources-hauntings. Photo for this episode is mine of the tunnel at Waverly Hills.Suggested Reading—Books Referenced in Episode (links to Bookshop, supporting independent bookstores and There Might Be Cupcakes):Unleashed: Of Poltergeists and Murder: The Curious Story of Tina Resch by Dr. William Roll and Valerie Storey: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780743482943Ghosts by Hans Holzer: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781579124014Possessed: The True Story of an Exorcism by Thomas B. Allen: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780595132645The Exorcism of Anneliese Michel by Felicitas D. Goodman: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781597524322 Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cup

In which Carla explores all the different incarnations of Childe Roland and his Dark Tower quest throughout history. Referenced and related episodes:Episode 19: The King’s EclipseEpisode 54: Gilead: Meaning in Place Suggested Reading (links to Bookshop, supporting independent bookstores and There Might Be Cupcakes):Stephen King’s The Dark Tower Concordance by Robin Furth: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781451694871The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King's Epic Fantasy by my friend Bev Vincent: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451237996The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus by my friend Bev Vincent: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780451213044The Dark Tower 8-Book Boxed Set: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501163562The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143519The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143533The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781501143540The Dark Tower IV: Wizard and G

In which Carla celebrates World Book Day by reading from her own novel in progress, working title Bonnie Mommie, that she first read from in episodes 2: Casey Anthony and Bonnie MacNara and 8: Toxic Doxology. Referenced episodes on official website:2: Casey Anthony and Bonnie MacNara: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-2-casey-anthony-bonnie-macnara/8: Toxic Doxology: https://www.theremightbecupcakes.com/episode-8-toxic-doxology/ Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesTwitter: @mightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremight

In which Carla reads a lesser-known Poe story, "The Oval Portrait". Story Read:"The Oval Portrait”, Edgar Allan Poe, April 1842Read online with linked vocabulary words and references at https://poestories.com/text.php?file=ovalportraitRecommended Reading:The Picture of Dorian Gray, by Oscar Wilde, Uncensored: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780674066311 Referenced Episodes:1 Poe and Carla and Cupcakes: Nicetomeetcha 39 Sweet51 Elegant Nastiness53 Exquisite Mayhem Sources:Edgar Allan Poe A to Z: The Essential Reference to His Life and Work by Dawn B. Sova: https://amzn.to/3iWrt3D Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems with Selected Essays: https://amzn.to/3pvgmB9en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Oval_PortraitDario Argento, Maestro Auteur or Master Misogynist?: Argento and the Giallo by Will Wright: https://offscreen.com/view/argento_maestro Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_co

In which Carla explores a favorite horror author of Victorian England, and finds an marvelous polymath, an LGBTQ icon, and a woman who rescued ancient Egypt and explored terra incognita. Story read: “The Phantom Coach”, Amelia B. EdwardsRecommended Reading:The Collected Supernatural and Weird Fiction of Amelia B. Edwards: https://amzn.to/3ov6nutCrocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody no. 1) by Elizabeth Peters: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781455572359https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/62851.Amelia_B_Edwards  Referenced episodes:32: What the Dickens47: Victorian Christmas: The Goblin and the Paw Sources:Egypt Exploration Fund: https://www.ees.ac.ukHistoric England: Amelia’s gravesite: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1439170University of Pennsylvania: https://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/lookupname?key=Edwards%2C%20Amelia%20B.%2C%201831-1892Brown University: https://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking_Ground/bios/Edwards_Amelia%20Blanford.pdfhttps://historyswomen.com/mi

In which Carla reads again from her novel-in-progress, Watching the Detectives.And they were all rich. Rich in looks, rich in opportunity, rich in already wasted opportunities, rich in network, and rich in funds. And rich in frustrations, many of which they could not even name.--Carla Pettigrew Hufstedler, Watching the Detectives Promo: Rebel Girls Book Club PodcastReferenced This Episode:Episode 14: Watching The Detectives Episode 28: Watching The Detectives, Part 2 Music:The Peers Playlist, Apple Music: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/playlist/the-peers/pl.u-aZb0gGZCgGrVv?mt=1&app=music&at=1001l33QX Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Fac

In which Carla tells two stories that explain finding cupcakes in dark places: one is her story, one is Leonard Cohen's.Referenced reading: The Flame, by Leonard Cohen: his full acceptance speech for the Prince of Asturias Award, on October 21, 2011, from which I quoted in this episode, begins on page 267. https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781250234797Leonard Cohen at Apple Music: https://geo.music.apple.com/us/artist/leonard-cohen/485677?mt=1&app=music&at=1001l33QXGreg Behrendt, “There Might Be Cake”, Original Uncool (2011): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WxOIvC9cC0 / https://geo.music.apple.com/us/album/there-might-be-cake/453250524?i=453250561&mt=1&app=music&at=1001l33QX / https://open.spotify.com/track/7yEdmVzZuo0HYW52lZlQ3EMy favorite happy socks. I own several sets, and I like to mix and match them at random: https://amzn.to/2PlYRny Referenced episodes:My own sexual assault: This Girl Just Had a Bad Date, A Different World (in the wider perspective of the Bill Cosby trial and growing up

In which Carla reads a Turkish folktale about a boy who goes on a quest to find out what fear is.Sources:Story: "The Boy Who Found Fear At Last", collected first by Ignaz Kunos, from the Olive Fairy Book, Andrew Lang: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780486219080Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesTwitter: @mightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahauntedReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakes r/theremightbecupcakesGoodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/804047-there-might-be-cupcakes-po

In which Carla investigates why the place in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale is called Gilead.Books referenced: The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780385490818The Testaments by Margaret Atwood: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780385543781The Handmaid's Tale: The Graphic Novel by Margaret Atwood and Renee Nault: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780385539241 Sources:Easton’s Bible Dictionary: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781547199501International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: https://amzn.to/3aK6KwxThe New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha (NRSV): https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780190276089The Center for Judaic Studies, Lawrence E. Stager: The Song of Deborah: http://cojs.org/the-song-of-deborah/Who was Jezebel?: https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/who-was-jezebel-in-the-bible-what-was-she-really-like.html Promo: Blind Luminations: https://blindluminations.podbean.com/Shoutout: my girl Kathleen: Middletini: http://twitter.com/middletini Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamer

In which Carla further explores the Three Mothers horror movie series--Suspiria, Inferno, and Mother of Tears--as started in the episode Elegant Nastiness, by examining Luca Guadagnino's 2018 remake of Suspiria, taking a fresh look at Suspiria's influence, the fairy tale "Little Snow White", and taking a deep dive into the themes of identity, sleep and dreams, and, of course, motherhood.Sources:Books referenced:“Little Snow White”: The Complete First Edition of The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, Translated and Edited by Jack Zipes: https://amzn.to/2YU2On7“The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood”: The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29021Horror! 333 Movies to Scare You to Death by James Harriott and Kim Newman: https://amzn.to/3rtkClhNIH articles:Sleep paralysis: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3156892/ and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6494059/Vulture movie review: https://www.vulture.com/2018/10/suspiria-movie-review.html Theme song a

In which Carla interviews horror author Mike Bockoven, creator of FantasticLand (2016) and Pack (2018). Mike Bockoven:Facebook: http://facebook.com/BockovenBooksTwitter: @mikebockovenInstagram: @mikebockovenFantasticLand: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781510709447Pack: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781543680904 Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesTwitter: @mightbecupcakesInstagram: @theremightbecupcakes and @carlahauntedReddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/theremightbecupcakes r/theremightbecupcakesGoodreads: https://www.goodre

In which Carla dives deep into the mythology of the Three Mothers, Maters Suspirioum, Mater Tenebrarum, and Mater Lacrymarum of the Dario Argento and Luca Guadgnino horror movies, and explores dance and architecture as spellwork, as well as a tie-in to Disney and the fairy tales of the Grimm Brothers.Book referenced: Horror! 333 Movies to Scare You to Death by James Harriott and Kim Newman: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781847325204 Source for music snippet: Goblin, "Suspiria", Suspiria soundtrack; Publication date 1977; Usage Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0: https://archive.org/details/Goblin_SuspiriaSource for this version of “Little Snow White”: this version of Grimms’ Fairy Tales: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/11027Further links from this episode:My Letterboxd reviews: https://letterboxd.com/claradox/films/reviews/Brian "Tyrannorabbit"'s Letterboxd reviews: https://letterboxd.com/tyrannorabbit/films/reviews/"Suspiria is the masterpiece of Goblin": Fact Magazine interview with Claudio Si

In which Carla celebrates episode 50 by answering the questions of the Proust Questionnaire. Reading suggestion:Vanity Fair’s Proust Questionnaire: 101 Luminairies Ponder Love, Death, Happiness, and the Meaning of Life: https://amzn.to/3rtPTEO Referenced Episodes:This Girl Just Had A Bad DateA Different World Family TreesMy writing: Bonnie and Charlie: Casey Anthony and Bonnie MacNaraMy writing: Beatrice and Gwendolyn: Watching the Detectives and Watching the Detectives Part 2Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/creator?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004RCare/Of Vitamins: https://takecareof.com/invites/chr4bwPatreon: https://www.patreon.com/m/theremightbecupcakesand please visit my lovely sponsors that share their ads on my episodes.Where to Find Cupcakes:Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/theremightbecupcakesFacebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/theremightbecupcakesTwitter: @

In which Carla talks about where she has been--in complex PTSD therapy and in major EDS flareup--and reviews the very best books she has read this year, in therapy and, of course, for fun. Much horror and true crime was enjoyed.Referenced Episodes:This Girl Just Had A Bad DateA Different WorldThe Mill GirlRecommended Reading:CPTSD:Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9781572304574The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780143127741The Trauma Tool Kit: Healing PTSD from the Inside Out by Susan Pease Banitt: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780835608961Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Lewis Herman: https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780465061716My five-star reading this year so far:Dream Work by Mary Oliver (poetry): https://bookshop.org/a/6560/9780871130693Three Ear

In which Carla celebrates two lives well lived, one in letters, one in play, both in finding and making cupcakes. Both lives have anniversaries in January: Mary Oliver, and Carla's younger brother, Eric. Source for Mary Oliver’s reading her poem “Wild Geese”: https://soundcloud.com/brainpicker/mary-oliver-reads-wild-geese (https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/24/mary-oliver-reads-wild-geese/)Link to full Instagram watercolor and tribute on There Might Be Cupcakes account: https://www.instagram.com/p/BswBGT2hgoR/On Being with Krista Tippet: Mary Oliver: https://onbeing.org/programs/mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world-jan2019/ * direct download: http://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/560660913-mary-oliver-listening-to-the-world-jan2019.mp3 Recommended Reading:Long Life: Essays and Other Writings https://amzn.to/2FY6pcnDream Work https://amzn.to/2Gdbw7N Theme song and stinger: “Comadreamers I” by Haunted Me, off their Pleasure album, used with permission How to Support Cupcakes:Audible: https://www.audible.com/ep/cr