Drinking With Spirits
by Drinking With Spirits
The only podcast where your favorite drinks meet your darkest tales. Each week, we mix up delicious cocktails, crack open some chilling stories, and raise a glass to the spirits—both liquid and supernatural! From haunted houses to the eerie unknown, we explore the creepy, the spooky, and the downright strange, all while sipping on concoctions that might just send shivers down your spine. So, whether you're a cocktail connoisseur or a lover of the macabre, tune in for a haunted happy hour that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Cheers to spirits that give us life! 👻🥂
Episodes
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Episode 52: A Second House Just for Frogs & The Smirking Doll
Once again we bring you an episode that was recorded mere hours before it was sent out to your headphones. We bring you the best audio that we have probably ever gotten along with a tasty cocktail and creepy story, you know, the normal stuff. In this episode, Emma explores the eerie history of...
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Episode 51: The Resurrected Files - A Funny Little Fellow that Just Gets Worse
Tonight, for the first time, we're unlocking the Resurrected Files to finally tell a story that almost stayed buried in the vault. Since we're dusting off as story from the bottom shelf, we’re pairing it with a classic cocktail that deserves its own comeback: The Kangaroo. But don't let the name...
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Episode 50: A Little Bit of Everything (Except Aliens)
Its been only a few hours from the time of the recording to the publishing of this episode. Normally we don't record on week nights and for good reasons. Mostly it's because we're freaking tired. But we love you all so much so here is an episode with fairly decent audio. Plus it's episode 50…
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Episode 49: Shiny Cups and the Boy Aquarium
It's 11 pm, the Episode comes out in one hour. I need to go to sleep but here I am. Get your tickets and don't wash your jersey, you might just kill your teams momentum. This week it's all about curses in the world of sports. Meredith brings us the semi relevant topic of the FIFA World Cup at the...
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Episode 48: Guard Geese and a Touch of Syphilis
It's time to let us grace your ear holes again, your favorite part time podcasters are back! Please ignore our absence for the last few months, life happened and we all just had to deal with it. But we are happy to be back and like normal we come at you from the Drinking with Spirits basement...
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Episode 47: A Case of Severe Dehydration
Everyone, It's an actual episode this week. Wow! Have you ever looked at a prop in haunted house and thought about what if that was a real person? Well this week we have an answer for that unspoken question! This week Meredith brings us another curious case. This one of being Elmer McCurdy also...
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A Brief Announcement
Here is a brief announcement about this week's episode. We ran into our first corrupted file. It's not good at all. We are working on getting the problem sorted out and we'll be back soon. In the meantime, can we suggest that you take a look at all of our other episodes? We promise that they're…
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Episode 45: Japanese Hooked on Phonics
Please be aware even the Japanese language isn't safe from this podcast, we'll butcher it too! Sorry in advance. It's episode 45 and we off to the land of vending machines, robotic toilets, and weird game shows. It's Meredith's turn to show us some of the unique folklore creatures that call Japan...
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Episode 44: Domestic Basement Horror
Hide yo kids and hide yo wife, this week horror comes home. (Should be the last episode with jankie audio) Lock your doors Emma, is bring the horror home this week with the rise of domestic horror. We talk classic horror movies and give an attempt for movie trivia. But Emma brings us an in depth...
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Episode 43: Both a Drink and a Disaster
Get your swamp boats and your Mardi Gras beads ready we are going to New Orleans! Specifically this week Meredith takes us down South to the Big Easy where we get to respectfully talk about a cemetery. We were told that there is a surprising lack of cemetery content for our haunted podcast. You...
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Episode 41: This Episode is All About Ice and Russian River Mermaids
This week, get your ushanka and your matryoshka dolls ready we are going to visit Mother Russia! Also the Audio is rough again, we're sorry. We're working on it. Emma knows that it isn't spooky lake month but she wants to celebrate early, so here we are. Specifically Emma blows Meredith's mind...
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Episode 41: A Box Full of Lies
It's the new year, but it's also the same mid audio. (I'm sorry I did the best I could) Welcome to 2026, the year where we hope things go well and that we can get some decent audio ( I promise, we are trying to). This week Meredith brakes out the history book and brings us a spiritual predecessor...
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Episode 40: How to Know You're the Least Favorite
Have you ever wondered if your Grandma hates you? Well if she gives you a cursed painting, she does. Emma teaches us about a creepy painting called "The Anguished Man". A supposedly haunted (or cursed) painting with unknown origins. We are going to find so many things wrong with this story, just...
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Episode 39: American Monster Roadtrip
Find the maps and grab the road snacks, it'll be a while until we stop for gas. Other than the stupidly high cost of health care there is nothing more American than a good old fashion road trip! With some of the states being larger than some countries there is a lot to see out there. But what we...
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Episode 38: Just a Bunch of Bones
Out of the oven and into the friar in this episode. This week it's a Halloween episode, and we are heading into the Empire of the Dead and we may or may not return. It all depends on if we are prepared and bring enough batteries for our cameras. Emma is our guide as we venture into the catacombs...
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Episode 37: An Appropriate Exit Strategy
If there is few things Charlie Daniels taught us about the Devil is that he isn't the best fiddle player, and that he deals at cards. Our spooky season continues this week, and it's a special time here in the Spirit's studio. We are approaching the One Year Anniversary of the Show being published...
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Episode 36: Half or Double Orphan?
This week we dive deep into the important, philosophical questions of life. But like always, we answer nothing. But Emma's computer chose to die part way though recording so sorry for the bad half of the audio. It's the beginning of October, that means two things; It's spooky season and it's also...
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Episode 35: Surviving Out of Spite
At first you don't succeed, do not try again. Sometimes it's best to just quit. This week takes us up to the Big Apple, specifically The Bronx in the 1930s, when prohibition was in full swing and everyone had the greatest of depressions. Meredith brings us another Curious Case. This particular…
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Episode 34: Liquor.com and The British "Borrowed" a Lot of Things.
Well, we have a few things to share this week, but mostly we learned that if the British were to give back all their museum pieces they would just have an empty building. It's a expensive week here in the Spirit's Studio, Emma does last minute cocktail change and Meredith is just trying her best....
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Episode 33: Free Will or The Truman Show
I don't know how to describe this episode, but here is the short and sweet of it. This week Meredith brings us into the world of coincidences and synchronicities. While Emma and Meredith sit and ponder things that would make our philosophy 101 professors happy. While sharing stories Meredith...
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Episode 32: The Illegitimate Love Child of MothMan and Sasquatch
Folks, I'll be honest it's been struggling to write a description for this episode. It's past my bedtime and I forgot how far off the rails this episode gets. When I say off the rails, I mean really off the rails. Kind of like how Tommy Lee Jones was able to divert a lava flow in downtown LA…
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Episode 31: Our Lizard Overlords and Suitcase Gargoyles
Ladies and gentlemen, please make sure your seat backs and tray tables are in their full upright positions during takeoff, things are about to get a little weird. It's summer and that means summer vacations. What's more refreshing than having a cocktail at 30,000 feet while being suspending…
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Episode 30: The Guy on the Right with the Jazzy Hat
It's officially summer, so get your tents and marshmallows out. We're going camping! This week Emma gives us the true camping experience. Not with bug bites or gross bathrooms, but with classic campfire stories. Get ready to hear how bonkers they get, while Meredith loses her mind over them. We...
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Episode 29: To the Window, To the Wall
To be honest, I'm not even sure how to describe this episode. It's a little wild and very weird. But it is what it is. In short, this week Meredith is bringing us to the zoo while traumatizing us on how the cocktail 'The Monkey Gland' got its name its just nuts. Literally AND metaphorically. We...
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Episode 28: Terrors and Tales from the Trenches
"War. War Never Changes." Ever drunk Baileys from a shoe, how about a cocktail from an artillery shell? It's all about doing what you can with what you got. This week Emma digs us deep into the trenches in World War One. If you didn't study for your history test we got you covered, we get a crash...
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Episode 27: If the Void Calls, I'm Not Here
It's 11 o'clock on Thursday night and this episode comes out in one hour, maybe someday we'll have the episodes edited before the deadline. But today is not that day. What a bad choice. Bad choices are the theme of today's episode, Meredith makes us relive the horror of having to deal with sand...
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Episode 26: English is Hard and a BunkBed Horror Production
Mister Sandman, bring us a dream. But this isn't a dream that you necessarily want to be apart of, because it is reality and it is terrifying. This week Emma brings us a CreepyPasta, now known as scary spaghetti, entitled BedTime. If you ever had sleep paralysis this is right up your alley. Not...
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Episode 25: White Ladies and The Everlasting Faint
Oh boy do we have a treat for you this week. It's not just one or two stories this time. This week Meredith brings us three separate stories that you can say were based off of the paranormal, or maybe just calling it a hunch would be more accurate. But we dive into three different cases where...
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Episode 24: LMNO.....PEE?
This week has been a lot, and we don't have the spoons to deal with it. But luckily We still have an episode for you today. This week Emma take us to the warm, sunny beaches of what used to be a sovereign nation. If you're thinking of a place outside of America then you're wrong. We're going to...
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Episode 23: Welcome to the Goat Man Ranch
We have to set a new low bar for humanity this week, and we still expect people to trip over it. This week we take on a cocktail with a contested origin. Though it's name might conjure up images of a barnyard and cows, it's actually quite delicious. Made with four ingredients, this may become…
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Episode 22: The Episode of BIG Things and a Cotton Ball with Legs
Is that a Ningen or a whale's penis? The world may never know. We had a relaxing week off, but we are back and ready for action! We're coming to you with the episode of big things. Emma gets us to our topic through some unusual means, but when we get there we just go strait off the deep end....
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Episode 21: I'll Have the Redrum Please
It's been a long week, so I don't know what to put for this description. In short, it's a history packed episode as we stay in Colorado and visit one of the most influential horror icons that there is. We're checking into the Stanley Hotel. We sip on a cocktail that neither is to fond of, maybe...
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Episode 20: Disco Chickens, Frozen Dead Guys, and Staying on the Damn Path
We know the phrase it keep Portland weird, But we're just going to extend it to the entirety of Oregon. Welcome to a doozy of a week. We start off with animal shaped disco balls and move into one of Colorado's more interesting 'traditions'. But that's not the end of the episode! This week we dawn...
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Episode 19: Fruity Garlic and Oily Sheens
Pull on your psych ward grippy socks and scrub up we're going to the emergency room. This week Meredith brings us another real life curious case, specifically the case of Gloria Ramirez. Who's bizarre and unfortunate death started a media frenzy in Riverside California. Leading to her internet…
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Episode 18: Places All Named Mont
Bro, there are lots of spirits in this one buckle up. We're hitting the Tennessee Spirit Trail this week. Get ready to come away from this episode with lots of fun facts to use when you make awkward small talk. Need to know which rich guy donated to make a national park? We got you! Where is…
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Episode 17: Now We're Sorry If You Speak Spanish
We got another episode to share with you this week, it's really sure to wet your whistle! This week, we are treated to the first cocktail since dry January, and was refreshing. It's a tricolored beauty that uses the physical property of density to create a layer cocktail consisting of the colors…
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Episode 16: Oh Boy, Were Some Mistakes Made
Yes it's February, we know that. But due to traveling and poor planning we bring you the last episode for dry January then it's back to our usual cocktails. But, oh boy did we pick a drink to go out on, it's the first one that made us nervous. This week Emma treats us to the story of the Magnolia...
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Episode 15: The Fairway to Heaven
Oh get ready to talk birdie to us this week! It's all about the spirit of golf, so you have been fore-warned. This week we continue to abide by dry January and we drink one of the most iconic beverages we know of. There is a chance that you have too. Get your ice tea and lemonade out, we're…
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Episode 14: Can I Interest You in a Possession?
Cover your ankles and keep it in your pants, it's episode 14! This week we make our way to Loudun, France to cover the country's most notorious witch hunt, and a woke priest that can't keep it in his pants to save his life. There are scandalous Nuns and if you're lucky they'll show you their…
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Episode 13: Your Mother was a GoatMan and your Father smelled of Elderflowers
It’s lean, mean episode 13! This week is another spooky story from the bowles of the internet with the story of The GoatMan. It’s basically another eerie story to share around the campfire. But we’ll keep our wits about us this week as we sip on our mocktail The Forests Touch, bringing a newer...
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Episode 12: Introducing Meat Man and Phantom BellBoy
The holidays are over and it's time to recover. This month it is Dry January, where we make a mockery of our drinks buy making them mocktails. With week we sip on the Arizona Sunrise and Emma talks about the Wild West, how woman helped to establish Arizona, and the amount of movies that were…
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Episode 11: Goodness Gracious, Great Ball of Fire.
We're full of cheese and wondering what day it is. It's episode 11 and things go off the rails pretty quickly. This week Meredith brings us to the sunshine state and drags us fully into the realm of reality with the curious death of Mary Reeser. A woman who is believed to have been a victim of...
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Episode 10: We're Really Sorry if you Speak German
It's a mildly depressing Christmas in the Drinking with Spirits Studio. Emma brings us a drink that is merry and bright, the Sugar Plum Spritz and a brief history lesson on how of most the classic Christmas songs came to exist. Then with visions of sugar plums dancing in our heads, Emma brings us…
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Episode 9: They Want my Chair on the Ceiling
Get your crumpets and make sure to drive on the left side of the road, we're going to the United Kingdom this week. Specifically, a place where Emma and Meredith didn't even know existed. Prepare yourself for the Podcast's first cursed object story and a little history lesson into the Gin Craze…
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Episode 8: Welcome to the Stabbin Cabin
Grab your deep dish pizzas and get your photo in front of the bean, we're going to Chicago this week. Emma introduces us to The Lair's Club, a place where you can get your fill of Kiss memorabilia and your porn in one sitting. Join us as Emma takes us through the history of the building and the...
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Episode 7: A Head in the Blood Well Under the Bar
It's episode 7 this week and buckle up partners! This week Meredith takes us to the land of bourbon and introduces us to the one and only Bobby Mackey's Music World. Among the sign that the establishment is not responsible for any hauntings Emma and Meredith sip on Bourbon Stone Sours and talk...
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Episode 6: Hot Drinks and a Chilling Story
It's episode six this week. With the weather finally feeling like fall it's time to get snug and cozy. This week Emma gives the bone chilling story of when things go horribly wrong when working at a research facility in the Antarctic. When we're throughly frozen through, Emma revives us by…
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Episode 5: Ketchup for Your Apples
We finally have enough episodes to count on one hand! Look at us go! This week join Meredith as she takes us into the dark eyes of the Black Eyed Children and their creepy ways of trying to enter places. For the beverage this week we are sipping on a black margarita. A drink so black that Captain...
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Episode 4: Do you believe in Poco, or the Earth Being Flat
Four score and this current episode Emma brings us a cryptid from the state of Maine. This week we are treated to some impromptu scatting, a biology lesson in lobsters, and the story of Poco hailing from the Pocomoonshine Lake. We of course have our drink for the evening, the Sea Serpent, a blue...
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Episode 3: Don't Fall Asleep
Whatever you do, don't fall asleep. It's episode 3 and we're taking a lesson from the internet and learning what can happen when science goes wrong. This week Meredith brings us the spine chilling story of the Russian Sleep Experiment. A creepypasta that took the internet by storm. Sticking with...
About this show
The only podcast where your favorite drinks meet your darkest tales. Each week, we mix up delicious cocktails, crack open some chilling stories, and raise a glass to the spirits—both liquid and supernatural! From haunted houses to the eerie unknown, we explore the creepy, the spooky, and the downright strange, all while sipping on concoctions that might just send shivers down your spine. So, whether you're a cocktail connoisseur or a lover of the macabre, tune in for a haunted happy hour that’s sure to keep you on the edge of your seat. Cheers to spirits that give us life! 👻🥂
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