Young Love, Witchcraft, and Almost Lifetime Pain

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.