Strange Bluegrass

01/11/2023

I had the best time at The Battletown Witch Festival this past weekend!

Thank you to everyone that chatted with me while there!

A special thanks to Annie with the Meade County Chamber of Commerce for graciously allowing me to feature their festival on the show!

Thank you to Lady V for the great convo and for sharing the path with the community.

Thank you to Sisters of the Dancing Moon for sharing the wonderful German witch dance called Wolfshager Hexenbrut. So fun!

Thank you to Kay Hamilton for sharing her family's story of Leah Smock. I will treasure my signed copy forever!

A final thank you to all of the fantastic vendors that allowed me to film and promote them on the show!

You can listen to show on any podcast platform, but honestly, you should watch it on YouTube!

As promised, I headed to Brandenburg this past Saturday to attend the 2nd Annual Battletown Witch Festival. What a wonderful event for all ages! Watch to hea...

27/10/2023

Did you know that S.B. writes horror too? Her stories are set right here in the Bluegrass state.

Her three books are available in stores. Ask your fave book shop to order them! Ebooks are on sale across multiple platforms too. Perfect time for a spooky read!

23/10/2023

🧹Episode 45: The Battletown Witch Festival - Part 1
Join S.B. as she speaks with Annie Hamilton Emond with the Meade County Tourism Bureau about the upcoming Battletown Witch Festival on October 28th.

Learn more about the festival here:

https://battletownwitch.com/

The Battletown Witch Festival

Meade County: Come Visit Us for a Spell

20/10/2023

🧹NEW EPISODE!🧹

Episode 45: The Battletown Witch Festival - Part 1

Join S.B. as she speaks with Annie Hamilton Emond with the Meade County Toirism Bureau about the upcoming The Battletown Witch Festival on October 28th.

19/10/2023

It's been a hot minute!

New episode dropping tomorrow! Part 1 should air at 8 am!

29/05/2023

👽Episode 44: International Paranormal Museum, Somerset, KY 👽

Join S.B. Pearce as Kyle Kadel gives a spectacular tour of International Paranormal Museum and Research Center in Somerset, KY. Thousands of items, from Cryptids to haunted objects, come together to create a unique experience for visitors.

Want to know more? Watch the video on YouTube or listen to the podcast now!

Join S.B. Pearce as Kyle Kadel gives a spectacular tour of the International Paranormal Museum and Research Center in Somerset, Kentucky. Thousands of items...

15/04/2023

🔥 Episode 43: Freaks and Vampires 🔥

Tod Browning, was the nephew of Pete "The Louisville Slugger" Browning of Major League Baseball fame. His custom made bats are the inspiration behind Hillerich & Bradsby's bat of the same name.

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11/04/2023

🔥 Episode 43: Freaks and Vampires 🔥

Tod Browning, born Charles Albert Browning on July 12, 1880 in Louisville, KY. Raised a middle-class Baptist, Browning eschewed mainstream society and ran away at the age of 16 to join the circus. This was the start of his lifelong dedication to the awesome and bizarre!

Want to know more? Listen now!

22/01/2023

📖 Episode 42: Don't Tell Me What To Do 📖

One of the most publicized events of book banning in Kentucky happened in Graves County in 1986 when the school board banned "As I Lay Dying" by William Faulkner.

The board reversed its ban just one week later after intense media scrutiny and pressure from the ACLU.

Get this, the board hadn't even read it!

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https://open.spotify.com/episode/3iTI6QgXWjSzhBg7ty3Xrn?si=xg9o2FLhQnSUG6ebLjz2nA&utm_source=copy-link

07/01/2023

Episode 41: Between A Rock And A Hard Place

The state legislature designated Agate as our State Rock in 2000.

But it's not a rock...it's a mineral...making it a crystal.

The Kentucky Geological Survey was a bit salty about not being consulted before the designation was made.

Salty enough to mention it on their website!

Or should I say "Salt Rock" enough?

Pardon my pun. Haha!

Wanna know why lawmakers won't correct this designation?

Listen now!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uBhUDyiTkl7MlYaHpkO3n?si=Fc64532iQ2q2TDj4cMFAlQ

06/01/2023

Episode 41: Between A Rock And A Hard Place

The state legislature designated coal as our State Mineral in 1998 after being petitioned by students from Louisville.

Scientifically, coal is not a mineral. It's a rock. A rock that just also happens to be burnable.

It's the solid rock foundation of much of our economy.

Pardon my pun. Haha!

Wanna know why lawmakers won't correct this designation?

Listen now!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uBhUDyiTkl7MlYaHpkO3n?si=Fc64532iQ2q2TDj4cMFAlQ

05/01/2023

Episode 41: Between A Rock And A Hard Place

S.B. Pearce just learned that the state gemstone is the freshwater pearl...or is it? Join her as she discovers something really odd about a few of our state's strange official designations.

The Freshwater Pearl is Kentucky's state gemstone. The Kentucky General Assembly made the designation in 1986 after being petitioned by school children to do so.

The only.problem with this is that Pearl's aren't technically gemstones because they aren't made up of minerals. They are comprised of calcium carbonate and are one of the few gems that are organic, meaning they come from a living thing.

Because of their makeup, many Geologists consider them gems instead.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uBhUDyiTkl7MlYaHpkO3n?si=Fc64532iQ2q2TDj4cMFAlQ

04/01/2023

Happy New Year, dear Strangers! I know I took a long hiatus but it's a new year and a new vibe! I have a brand new episode for you that I think you will love!

I have missed you all and am glad to be back in the saddle again!

Episode 41: Between A Rock And A Hard Place

S.B. Pearce just learned that the state gemstone is the freshwater pearl...or is it? Join her as she discovers something really odd about a few of our state's strange official designations.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7uBhUDyiTkl7MlYaHpkO3n?si=Fc64532iQ2q2TDj4cMFAlQ

29/09/2022

Dear Strangers, thank you for your patience. I know I have been on an unannounced hiatus and I am sorry for not keeping you in the loop.

I have exciting news that will be forthcoming very soon and I am preparing the next episode now!

I can't wait to share with you all the things that I have been working on for the past couple of months. I am exhausted but insanely happy.

In other news, my dance crew, , is performing on the main stage The ScareFest this year! I will be there, of course! Come see if you can figure out which one I am! Mwahahahahahaha!

27/07/2022

Episode 40: Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

When we first arrived, we looked around the front of the area as we stretched our legs. We saw a man pop up near by. He was checking to see if we were visitors or if we were lost yard-salers.

That man was Keith Holt, the purveyor of Apple Valley Hillbilly Gardens and Toyland.

I love this picture of us! Check the photos for the captions!

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22/07/2022

I promise that I have pics and vids for Apple Valley and I will post those soon.

Today, teaching at G.S.A. again. These kids are amazing!

18/07/2022

🍎NEW EPISODE ALERT!🍎

Episode 40: Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

I love a good pun. I also groan but giggle at corny dad jokes. Join me at the Apple Valley Hillbilly Garden and Toyland in Calvert City, Kentucky where I received the coolest tour ever by the super talented proprietor, Keith Holt. Additional images and video footage will be posted to the Strange Bluegrass social media pages.

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01/07/2022

I apologize for the radio silence At my day job, it is month end and year end so I have been dead for a few weeks.

I survived it so now I get to have some Hillbilly Hustle at my fave watering hole.

New episode is dropping this weekend though.

24/06/2022

I had the incredible opportunity to teach a couple of Podcasting workshops to some of the students with The Kentucky Governor's School For the Arts. They had so many amazing ideas! I hope I get to hear those shows one day!

Thank you so much GSA!

17/06/2022

BONUS CONTENT!!!!

🥩Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain🥩

Listen to Kurt Gohde share his phenomenal art collaboration with Kremena Todorova.

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08/06/2022

🥩Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain🥩

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

The most amusing theory for the meatrain was that two fierce Kentuckians were battling out in a knife fight!

Funny? Absolutely!

Plausible? Not a chance! Haha!

Image by Bartolomeo Pinelli (1815).

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07/06/2022

🥩Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain🥩

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

Kurt Gohde is an art professor at Transylvania University. He discovered the phenomenon in a book was intrigued by the incident. He has spent years researching the subject and is now known as the Meatrain Expert. He has been featured in numerous major newspapers and magazines across the U.S. and he has participated in multiple interviews, including the Rachel Maddow show.

We met in his office on Transy's campus and he graciously shared his knowledge with me.

Photo: Photographer Unknown, sourced from Transylvania University's website.

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06/06/2022

🥩Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain🥩

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

Historical Marker 1342.

Originally known as Mud Lick Springs, Olympian Springs was a resort and spa that many prominent Lexingtonians would escape to during the Cholera epidemic.

I wonder if there is a geologic explanation for the meat rain. They have natural springs so could there be other formations that could have caused the rain?

Photo by J.J. Paris - collected from the Historical Marker Database website.

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05/06/2022

🥩Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain🥩

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

On March 3, 1876, The Crouch family experienced an unusual event. It rained meat on their farm in Olympia Springs in Bath County. Their peculiar shower made national news!

Illustration by artist James Fosdike.

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22/05/2022

Strange Bluegrass is on YouTube!

You can find it on my channel here:

https://youtu.be/5kEJcS9yTkE

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21/05/2022

🥩NEW EPISODE ALERT!🥩

Episode 39: Kentucky Meat Rain

💥This episode is also on my YouTube channel!💥

We've all heard the phrase "It's raining cats and dogs" and the song "It's Raining Men"is an iconic dance classic. Water spouts can make it rain fish and there was once a blood rain in Tennessee. Have you ever heard of the time it rained meat in Kentucky? Join S.B. Pearce as she interviews Kurt Gohde, the Kentucky Meat Rain Expert. I don't think these folks were stepping on a poodle.

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10/05/2022

Hey friends!

Shimmy Mob will be in Morehead this Saturday!

We are honored to be dancing for DOVES of Gateway, a 24/7 emergency shelter that provides assistance to survivors of domestic abuse.

Shimmy Mob is a worldwide flash mob event that happens on the 2nd Saturday in May, World Belly Dance Day. Over 16,000 dancers from around the world perform the same dance, to the same song, wearing the same shirt to bring awareness to domestic violence. A portion of our registration fees goes to our team's chosen shelter.

Check out the flyer below!

100% of all donations collected goes directly to DOVES.

For more information about DOVES, visit dovesofgateway.org.

For more information about Shimmy Mob, visit shimmymob.com.

Now get yourself to Morehead this Saturday and come support us!