Strange Bluegrass - A Kentucky Podcast

Join S.B. Pearce as she explores the life and times of Mary Ann Haney, a Caldwell County woman who rose to international fame in the 1920s during the heyday of circus entertainment. Mabel Stark was her stage name and she was the ultimate master and trainer of the Sumatran tiger. She was also the first woman to receive top billing and superstar status as a wild animal trainer.

Inspired by the book "Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs and Other Questions About Dead Bodies" by author and Ask A Mortician YouTube personality, Caitlin Doughty, S.B. takes a closer look at Kentucky's corpse laws and how some folks just don't give a damn about respecting the dead. 

This time, S.B. and her sister head to Elizabethtown in Hardin County to visit an unusual store called Akashic Awareness owned by Mark and Shelly James. Check out their in depth interview with Mark the dives deep into the concept of Akashic Records, religious history, science, quantum physics and more! Bonus! S.B. participates in a PEMF session and both have their aura's read. What their biofeedback reveals is fairly accurate!

Join S.B. Pearce as she travels to Emminence, KY to explore the only permanent Renaissance Festival in the state. Hear interviews, music, medieval fighting and more from her excursion that took her back in time to 1320. You might be surprised at some of the information she shares!

Stories abound across the internet of the famous Jacob Cooley's chest, a furniture that carries an evil curse that plagued a Kentucky family for over a hundred years. S.B Pearce and her husband, William, set off on a road trip to look at this nefarious home furnishing as they discover more details that truly bring the story full circle. In a a surprise twist, it wasn't Jacob Cooley's chest after all. It was Moses Graham's, as researched by Virginia Cleveland's grand-daughter: Beverly Kienzle, PhD of the Harvard Divinity School at Harvard University. Sounds like the curse was not just a short story but a real haunting as experienced by generations of the same family. 

S.B. Pearce and her sister Carla go on a field trip to a place that invoked fear and intrigue their entire childhoods. Although many may be familiar with the basic history of the "mushroom mines" in Lawton, Kentucky, S.B. managed to dig up a pretty major lost detail about the place that is highly unusual. Join them as they explore the mines on foot and talk about the history and the urban legends or myths that surround this often feared location. 

Join S.B. Pearce as she road trips through Kentucky with a friend to visit what was once the tiniest church in the world and to check out a mysterious place that supposedly was sized for little people. You'll be surprised at the long historical reach of the chapel. 

Join S.B. Pearce as she explores the life and times of a notorious Kentuckian that worked his way to Alcatraz Prison and what he did once he got there. 

Join S.B. Pearce as she explores sensational stories of lightning strikes and fatalities in the Bluegrass State. From lightning portraits to livestock, lightning plays a frightening role in our every day lives. It's just weird how much it happens in Kentucky.

Listen to the tale of a Lexington big shot turned cop turned major drug dealer and how he inadvertently killed an innocent bear. That bear is about to go down in Hollywood history to boot.