Derby City Midnight

28/08/2024

This tale will take a look at the storied history of Liberty Hall Historic Site and her famous spectral resident the Gray Lady. Where tragedy, ancestry, and history intersect, the Gray Lady lingers as a symbol that trails away into history. We will walk alongside her through her many years as a protective and elevated spectral force within the home, examining what her presence means for generations past and generations to come.

Kentucky Deceased is a forthcoming 8x10 hardcover book written by Zack Poehlein and designed by Katherine O'Dell of Derby City Midnight. The book will dive into four stories from the annals of the award-winning Kentucky Deceased podcast, presenting legends and folklore from around the Capital City and Franklin County in a new light. Kentucky Deceased will examine what the supernatural, paranormal, and the bizarre mean to a community and its residents, showing that the strange is what ties us all together.

Sign-up for pre-order notification here: https://mailchi.mp/1df65e5c46ef/kydeceased

Pre-orders go live on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at noon.

first 25 - pre-orders at $25; all others will be $30

50 signed, special editions! - $75

Derby City Midnight

26/08/2024

The Kentucky Dog-Eater tells the tale of an unknown beast that terrorized summer evenings throughout the 19th and early 20th century, brutalizing livestock and domesticated animals, leaving a trail of carnage in its wake. Complete with sightings, descriptions of the beast, and reported attempts to capture and kill the monster, this story illustrates the raw power and chaotic divinity of the untamed Bluegrass.

Kentucky Deceased is a forthcoming 8x10 hardcover book written by Zack Poehlein and designed by Katherine O'Dell of Derby City Midnight. The book will dive into four stories from the annals of the award-winning Kentucky Deceased podcast, presenting legends and folklore from around the Capital City and Franklin County in a new light. Kentucky Deceased will examine what the supernatural, paranormal, and the bizarre mean to a community and its residents, showing that the strange is what ties us all together.

Sign-up for pre-order notification here: https://mailchi.mp/1df65e5c46ef/kydeceased

Pre-orders go live on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at noon.

first 25 - pre-orders at $25; all others will be $30

50 signed, special editions! - $75

Derby City Midnight

26/08/2024

This story, coupled with a sampling of first hand source documents, will explore the history of the Ouija Board in Kentucky and examine the impact of talking board communications on the life of Frankfort's historical titan and steward of such tales, Russ Hatter. The story will detail the ways in which, when we attempt to peek through the veil to the world beyond, we may, instead, be looking at our own distorted reflection.

Kentucky Deceased is a forthcoming 8x10 hardcover book written by Zack Poehlein and designed by Katherine O'Dell of Derby City Midnight. The book will dive into four stories from the annals of the award-winning Kentucky Deceased podcast, presenting legends and folklore from around the Capital City and Franklin County in a new light. Kentucky Deceased will examine what the supernatural, paranormal, and the bizarre mean to a community and its residents, showing that the strange is what ties us all together.

Sign-up for pre-order notification here: https://mailchi.mp/1df65e5c46ef/kydeceased

Pre-orders go live on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at noon.

first 25 - pre-orders at $25; all others will be $30

50 signed, special editions! - $75

Derby City Midnight

26/08/2024

Lights Over Frankfort will capture and relate the tales of UFO witnesses in the Capital City. What did they see, what did they hear, what did they smell, and what did they feel? What does the symbol of the flying saucer mean and what can we learn about ourselves and our home when we look into the night sky and see something strange and impossible?

Kentucky Deceased is a forthcoming 8x10 hardcover book written by Zack Poehlein and designed by Katherine O'Dell of Derby City Midnight. The book will dive into four stories from the annals of the award-winning Kentucky Deceased podcast, presenting legends and folklore from around the Capital City and Franklin County in a new light. Kentucky Deceased will examine what the supernatural, paranormal, and the bizarre mean to a community and its residents, showing that the strange is what ties us all together.

Sign-up for pre-order notification here: https://mailchi.mp/1df65e5c46ef/kydeceased

Pre-orders go live on Thursday, August 29, 2024 at noon.

first 25 - pre-orders at $25; all others will be $30

50 signed, special editions! - $75

Derby City Midnight

20/08/2024

Sign-up to be notified when Kentucky Deceased pre-orders are available--coming soon!

13/08/2024

It’s time to unveil what we’ve been dug into all summer. A project we’ve been at since the early spring. Tales from Franklin County and the surrounding environs. A project we’ve put blood, sweat, and tears into.
This October, we’ll be releasing a book in partnership with the fine folks at the and . This 8x10 hardcover will spin tell 4 tales from the Capital City with supporting documents and photographs that you’ve come to expect from a DCM publication.

1. The Kentucky Dog-Eater - a previously unknown and unreported on Kentucky cryptid that terrorized summer evenings throughout the 19th and early 20th century.
2. Lights Over Frankfort - a treasure trove of UFO sightings and encounters from Franklin county complete with Air Force investigatory documents.
3. The Ouija Board Transcripts - a showcase of the monolithic Ouija Board in the life of a steward of Frankfort and Kentucky history.
4. The Gray Lady of Liberty Hall - a comprehensive look at the tutelary spirit housed within the Brown ancestral home as well as an examination of ancestral spirits themselves and what they mean to a home, a family, and to a community.

We have worked so damn hard on this thing and we can’t wait to share the fruits of our labor. We couldn’t have done it without help from the people of Frankfort, its champions, and the fine folks at Cap City Museum and Liberty Hall. Thanks for letting us tell your stories. We hope you’ll join us on the banks of the Kentucky River this October for a book launch on October 1st at the museum. More details to come. Until next time >>>

24/07/2024

Hey y’all. Been a minute since we last spoke. Thanks for being patient while we moved and reset our lives and all that is within. We’ve been working on a mess of new projects that will hopefully get everyone back on board, we’ll have more to share soon, stay tuned. Let’s just say it’s gonna be a busy harvest.
In the meantime, enjoy these photos from our event showing off Mother’s Work from last fall. Thanks to for capturing these images in the mansion at the beautiful . We are terrible at social media so blame us for taking over half a year to share.
We love y’all. Thanks for believing in what we do. Until next time >>>

06/06/2024

Here at DCM, we highly recommend finding a WMA near you.

16/03/2024

Spring has sprung and Issue 8 is here!!
It’s been a long winter but we are back in the swing and so excited to be back.
This issue features a little capstone story for our work on spiritualism in the bluegrass recounting the tale of a swindling spiritualist.
We’ve also got a contribution from our Rowan county friend and conspirator spinning bite sized poetic yarns concerning the haunts of his home county.
To polish it all off, we have the first part of what will be serialized short stories, or at least fragments of tales from The Other River. This is a new vision of a place we’ve visited before and we hope you’ll enjoy a dreamy or nightmarish ramble along the banks.
We’ve got something big in the works for the coming months. Hope you’ll stick with us, new friends and old. Until Next Time >>>

10/03/2024

Join Kat this Friday at noon to learn how DCM gets made and why every issue feels and looks the way it does. Can’t wait to see y’all there. Cruise on over to Sarabande’s profile or website to reserve a spot in the zoom room!

08/03/2024

There’s still time to jump in and join us for a Sarabande lunch with Zack! Let’s talk about stories. Let’s talk about letting the mind wander.

Noon today, virtual and free!

11/11/2023

Issue 7 has arrived!
Tomorrow night at the Filson we will be debuting the new work. This one is special. This one represents 9 months of change in our lives. 9 months of research. 9 months of meditation. 9 months of exploration. 9 months of prayer.

The new issue is all about the explosive Shaker Theological and Spiritual evolution known as ‘Mother’s Work’ as it occurred at Pleasant Hill Shaker Village.
Experiences that would shape and inform the burgeoning spiritualist movement in America that would last for decades.
The Shakers are so special. So warm, so lovely, so focused and driven to build the next world here in this one.
We hope you’ll share the culmination and celebration of this work with us.

17/10/2023

Happy bday to the better half of DCM !!!!
An incredible artist, a powerful woman, a tireless seeker.

25/09/2023

You can now procure our publication on the shelves of the mighty fine Capital City Museum in beautiful and historic Frankfort, Kentucky!
Folklorist and Director of the museum, .haskenfortrouble, has found a spot for DCM among a rogues gallery of other wonderful works of folklore and Kentucky history. We are proud to join the ranks.
Stop by the museum next time you find yourself in our state capital. There is so much on offer at Cap City you won’t be disappointed. Tell Ellie we sent ya.

11/09/2023

DCM 6 is available now via our online shop! You’ll be able to find it in stores later this week so stay tuned if you want to buy it from one of our fine dealers.
This issue features our first contributed story from Bernheim Forest Natural Areas Manager and DCM conspirator .w.patrick, and we thank him. Also thanks to .studio as always for their incredibly skilled hands and partnership making DCM look like a million bucks.
This issue has got a little bit of everything. A little retreat into the wilderness. A little murder. A little poetry. We hope you’ll enjoy.

We’ll be back in just 2 months with our Shaker Spiritual Power Hour. So much in the works - stay tuned.

12/08/2023

🔔 TURT RESCUE PATROL 🔔

12/07/2023

Some of the finest folks we’ve had the opportunity to meet and work with at The Filson Historical Society. Can’t wait to show off what we’ve been workin on.

24/06/2023

What a day!

24/06/2023

An incredible research day at that included comrades from the Community History Fellows Program at the . Time spent in the archives, collections and out in some less trodden parts of the village examining the Shaker Era of Manifestations and the ways that spiritual fervor can change a landscape. A day when everything you think you know, moves around a little bit.

Our project and upcoming work on Spiritualism in Kentucky will take a significant detour into Shaker territory.

Thanks so much to Becky Soules for opening up the Shaker Village archives to us so freely and so graciously sharing her knowledge and wit.
Thanks to the mighty fine folks at the for opening up doors for us to walk through.

18/06/2023

This Saturday, at the , from noon til 5 we will be squatted right there in the heat of it all selling our wares and doing our thing at the Paperview Zine Fest. At 3 we’ll be reading a couple poems maybe telling a story as well.
We’ll have shirts and maybe a couple other surprises in the wings. Stay tuned and come join us and all the other talented and incredible artists from all over town.

23/05/2023

We’ll be out our favorite ridge line in the state this weekend to dedicate some prayers/poems/odes to the anniversary. We’ve been so lucky and grateful to be a part of what’s going on out there in Robertson county and we hope you’ll join us to kick off the third year of celebrating beer, community and fellowship with the beautiful landscape only found here in KY. Our favorite folks to do our thing with - and will be playing a set and then setting the mood as the sun sets. Come on out.

22/11/2022

The first four issues, year one, of DCM can now be perused for free and for all in the Kentucky History Room downtown at .
Thanks to everyone who has stuck with us this past year and all the new folks that continue to gather.
Big things are coming. We’ve got some new stuff cooking that we think y’all will be excited to see - and hear. We will be bringing some new voices into the fold to help us tell new stories, and maybe even rehash some old ones. We hope you’ll come along for the ride. Until next time. >>>>

02/11/2022

Thank all y’all that climbed the Turtle’s Back last weekend. Thanks to all our vendors. Thanks to the McGee’s. Thanks to our wonderful musicians that, if they aren’t careful, are gonna end up being the DCM band in perpetuity. And again thanks to everyone that came and spent a beautiful Saturday night gathered around the bonfire to observe this special time of year. To remember those that have gone on before and that visit us again.
There are some big changes in the works for DCM going forward. We are closing out our first year bringing you tales of the strange and the wonderful that hover just outside your vision. We are looking forward to new life, to new horizons and to new and bizarre vistas of the known and unknown. We certainly hope you’ll stay with us.
Until next time. >>>

19/10/2022

Mark your calendars! In just under two weeks we will be hosting our Hainted Jamboree in collaboration with !!
We will have a great selection of local artisans, delicious grub from LilJumbo Coffee Company and ghostly stories from Derby City Midnight with musical accompaniment by Baylee Morgan & David Austin.
Join us for an eerie evening!
Vendors: 3-8p
Food: 3p- Sellout
Campfire tales: Begin at dusk
Costumes and spooky vibes encouraged!
Flyer Design by

13/10/2022

DCM issue 4 can now be procured at many a fine local retailer near you! We are fully stocked at and we even have shirts for sale at unorthodox to boot.
Online orders are still coming in and we will start mailing books out tomorrow so if you’re outside the warm embrace of the bluegrass just hang in a little while longer. Thanks so much y’all. Until next time.

10/10/2022

Hello friends,
Our aim in this endeavor remains true. To weave new mythology and legend from the strands of the old. An engram of the unknown and the uncanny sat upon a low ridge, in the mouth of a ragged cave, in the waving of rolling hillock, in the slapping of dark river water and in the blinking nostalgia of familiar constellations.
It has been a year now since we released our first issue. The road from that hazy place to this unknown but comparatively clearer one, has been, in our estimation, crooked and wandering. Just like we like it. An uncertain and turning path through seldom trod wilderness that we have only just begun to qualify and plot. Thanks to all of you who have walked with us. What a remarkable joy it has been to meet so many of you, through these past 4 seasons, that have identified something in DCM that is also in yourself. Maybe it was something secret. Maybe it was something you didn't know or had forgotten was there. Maybe you just love meat rain, haunted hillsides and spaceships full of weirdos from Venus that bring old ideas to new people. I guarantee to ye that we are just getting started.
Issue 4 now available in our shop; link in bio.

08/10/2022

Our mission to confront shoppers with DCM on every book shelf in the city continues. Just dropped off some books with our new comrades at . If you’re as much a fan of wood paneling, horror and the weird as we are you’ll feel right at home. Make sure y’all stop in for their grand opening on the 15th there on Barrett avenue!

28/09/2022

Boy oh boy do we have something in store for y’all. To celebrate the birth of issue 4, to celebrate the thinning of the veil, to celebrate the imminent death and eventual resurrection of the growing and living things in the world, we here at DCM and our friends at bring you - THE HAINTED JAMBOREE!!
A day and night full of vendors, great food, libations, some magic and all topped off with some tunes and campfire tales around a real live campfire. All atop the Turtle’s Back in storied Robertson County.
Come hang out for the day and the night and revel in the space between this world and the next one.

We’ll have some great vendors:





and more!
Food by
Music by and and campfire tales of terror and maybe some folklore from us.

We had such a swell time last year bringing our first issue into the world out at Turtleback and we aim to ritualize that bringing. Can’t wait to see all y’all.
Come one and come all it’s gonna be a stellar time hope you can join us.

27/07/2022