Minisodes

Field of Screams is one of America's best haunted attractions, and it's been striking fear into and scaring the souls out of the souls of the thousands of guests that show up year after year. Started by brothers Gene and Jim Schopf back in 1993, it's transformed from just a haunted hayride into so much more with three haunted houses and escape rooms. We spent some time at Field of Screams getting to know the Schopfs, making our own way through the many haunted attractions and learning just what draws in the souls of it's many guests, or should I say victims, year after year.

This Minisode is the extended interview with Mandi Shepp from our Lily Dale episode. In this wpisode you'll hear more about the history and culture of Lily Dale, learn which old Hollywood actress would frequent Lily Dale and learn more about what makes Lily Dale so unique.   Amanda M. "Mandi" Shepp received her MLS in Library & Information Science in 2013 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. From 2014 – 2018, she worked for the Lily Dale Assembly as the first professional Librarian of the Marion H. Skidmore Library, a special collections and rare books facility which houses the largest private library collection of Spiritualist and Occult books in the world, and became the Library Director in 2016. In 2017 Mandi was presented with the WNYLRC Excellence in Library Service Award for her role in completely revitalizing the library and bringing it up to modern academic standards. In 2018, she transitioned to The State University of New York at Fredonia's Daniel A. Reed Library Special Collections & Archives Division where she currently serves as the Coordinator of Special Collections & Archives. In addition to her professional duties, Mandi presents and writes on topics related to collections and historical subjects within the realms of Freethought, Spiritualism, and the Occult; she also serves as the co-chair of the Harvest Moon Cemetery Tours planning committee. When she's not elbow-deep in materials from a bygone era, Mandi can be found homebrewing, experimenting in the kitchen, and enjoying life with her happy-go-lucky husband, Chris, and enormous Norwegian Forest Cats, Kujira and Bakemono.

In this Minisode we discuss Netflix ending their DVD service, streaming services and what it's like to have a DVD collection that is still growing. Do you have a DVD collection of your own? Share it with us on Instagram or Twitter! Are you one of the few people receiving DVDs by mail from Netflix? How do you feel about this service ending? Check out! https://thesipteashop.com/  

A brief discussion about our personal experiences in trying to eat healthy. We discuss trying keto meals. (Not a full keto diet, but just meals to reduce the overall amount of carbs condumed.) Other things discussed in this episode are overall sugar consumption, the differences between similar foods and beverages around the world and growing and making our own food. We are in no way giving advice, we are sharing our own experiences.   Check out! https://thesipteashop.com/

It's the holiday season and with all the stress that comes with preparing for any big holiday event, no matter the season, we thought we'd help you relax with some listener stories! We thought we'd share some interesting holiday 911 calls received by dispatchers and operators. Pour yourself some apple cider, or a hot toddy, and relax with some unsettling holiday stories.      **Disclaimer** We, in no way, shape or form, condone the behaviors or actions of persons involved in any of this episode's stories. We at Bound by the Cloak do not promote violence against others and we wish everyone a happy holidays.

In this episode we discuss even more urban legends that you may or may not have heard of and we have a great interview with Tex from Tex's Front Porch and Trinity Para-Cryptid Research. We will release the full interview with Tex as a bonus episode soon! Mini episodes give us a chance to talk personally about things that we don't normally cover in our full episodes or go in to more depth about something in particular.

It only makes sense that our first minisode would come out around Halloween… In this episode we discuss urban legends that you may or may not have heard of, our personal experiences with urban legends and folklore as well as the true stories and events that they may be based on. Mini episodes give us a chance to talk personally about things that we don't normally cover in our full episodes or go in to more depth about something in particular.