Ep. 30 Bourbon Street Bloodsuckers: Vampires of New Orleans

Sink your teeth into this episode of Kraken Cans Cast as we explore the eerie legends of New Orleans most infamous vampires. From the enigmatic Jacques St. Germain, rumored to be relative to the Count St. Germain, to the chilling tale of the Carter Brothers and their sinister thirst for blood, we unravel the dark history lurking in the city shadows. Plus, we dive into the haunting mystery of the Casket Girls, were they innocent newcomers or something far more supernatural? Grab a drink, keep your garlic close, and join us as we celebrate Mardi Gras!

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Transcript

It starts with a missing girl.

The last place she was seen, a bar in the French Quarter.

She left with a man, charming, elegant, dressed like he'd stepped out of another century.

He promised her a private party in a grand old mansion.

She was never seen again.

Locals shake their head, they know the stories.

They've heard of the Casket Girls, the Carter brothers, and the man named St.

Germain.

Tonight, we're stepping into the shadows of New Orleans, where the vampires are more than legends.

And if a stranger offers you a drink, maybe it's best to say no.

Welcome back to the Kraken Cans Cast, where we talk all things cryptid.

Cryptid.

All things urban legend.

Urban legend.

And all things spooky.

Spooky, oh yeah.

And I'm Cory, here with the red beard himself.

The freaking bearded bastard.

The freaking bearded bastard, man.

Mike.

They call me the Nan Rouge.

And this is our episode number 30.

30, the big 3-0.

The big 3-0.

We made it.

We finally made it.

We did.

Well, man, I felt like it was like two episodes ago we were just talking about.

So many people quit after 20 episodes and we hit 20 and I said, oh, that's a wrap, folks.

Never see us again.

Sorry, we had to listen to our stupid voices for another, I don't know how many weeks.

Yeah.

But we're here.

We've been pumping them out.

Oh, yeah.

We've been pumping.

Pumping.

Every Tuesday morning, 4 a.m.

Eastern time.

We're pumping them out.

Pump episodes, man.

We're one pump chumps.

Get it out there and there you go until December.

Once we go the whole year, then we're 52 pump chumps.

Oh, that's a milestone.

Never heard that before.

Anywho.

Anywho.

What's fun with you?

Because the last time you asked me that, it was high cholesterol.

What's fun with me?

I've had diarrhea for a week and a half.

No, I don't know.

Nothing's really.

My freaking kid gave me the skull bash yesterday.

Throwing a fit like my youngest guy.

Like facts.

Like, no, no, no, no, no.

He was so mad, he just threw his head as a weapon into me.

Because I wouldn't let him fall down the stairs.

Totally logical.

He hit me so, like he smashed me in my cheek.

I went to go back and I smashed my head right into the wall.

So-

You got it twice.

Oh, it was horrible.

It's such a headache.

Yeah.

And then he's got the audacity to start crying.

So his mom comes and gets him.

Didn't even ask if I was okay.

Nobody cared about poor old Mike laying there, concussed, freshly concussed.

Yeah.

Nobody cares.

Yeah, that sucks.

I've been there.

Besides that, we switched our boys' rooms around.

For really no reason, but it was in my wife's head that it had to be theirs.

Her logic was, it was going to be too hard to move the crib out of the one room and put in the other one.

But her logic also said it would be 10 times easier to move everything else out of one room into the other.

Yeah.

It was just not easy.

She did most of it, so I can't really complain.

But yeah, so the boys are in their different rooms.

They just swapped for no reason.

Yeah.

That's about it.

I've been there.

Yeah.

How about you?

Well, so I heard this funny story today that I wanted to share.

I was going to text it to you, but I'm like, I'm going to share it on the cast.

All right, on the cast.

So that the people can hear.

Yeah.

This is the people story.

Yeah.

So today, you know that I went to a local school district to help with doing mock interviews to their students.

Well, the one student, her career that she wants to pursue is tattooing and piercing.

So we did her mock interview.

After she left-

Please tell me that she only does tiki tattoos.

No, no, no.

It has nothing to do with her.

She's done that.

She left.

But anyway, after she left the room, I was talking to the teacher that's in charge of all this.

He's like a younger guy, probably our age.

It's not younger anymore.

Well, in my mind, I know what you mean.

In my mind, it's still younger.

But we started talking about tattoos and stuff, and then he said, nowadays, with professions and stuff, tattoos are more acceptable to have and yada yada.

So we started talking about the school district, and I guess they had this teacher who had a lot of tattoos on his arms and stuff, and he would always wear sweaters in the summer to cover up his arms and stuff.

I guess the principal went up to him, he's like, hey, I have tattoos, you don't need to cover them up.

Dude, dude, they just all swastika tattoos all over him.

He's like, well, so he showed it.

He had a tattoo of a whale's penis up his entire left arm.

I have no idea.

So he's like, yeah, you probably should keep that covered up.

You keep doing what you're doing, buddy.

Doing a hell of a job this year as a teacher.

I just thought that was so funny.

A whale penis.

Yeah.

Isn't that like the whale penis, that's what a lot of people think, like Loch Ness and all that is confused.

Did you ever see the pictures of what it is, a whale's penis?

I could see it.

Yeah, I could see it.

Would you just hear somebody say that?

It sounds like the most utterly ridiculous thing ever.

And then you see like I only like four or five times googled whale penises and watched videos and studied, did all that kind of stuff.

But yeah, looks like Loch Ness.

Yeah, could be champs, could be champs.

Maybe he just had a Loch Ness tattooed on his arm.

Maybe he could make it into a Loch Ness.

Just put a head on it.

Well, a different head.

Yeah, some eyes, two eyes.

Said it only on One-Eyed Willie.

Yeah.

No, I thought that was funny.

It made me chuckle today.

Yeah, it's pretty good.

Yeah.

So I guess let's dig into this.

Dig into this.

I don't even know what we got today.

I forget.

Some vampires.

Vampires.

You guys haven't seen it.

This is like the third time Corey's asked what we're doing today.

Yeah.

Well, first on-

Not just vampires.

First on record.

On record, yes.

Not just vampires, but the vampires of New Orleans.

New Orleans.

That's how I say it, being like kind of from down there.

Yeah, you were-

I was in Arkansas.

Yeah.

New Orleans.

But yeah, Battle of the Boot.

You know what the Battle of the Boot is?

Ooh.

Beer?

No.

No, not Beer Fest.

I like where your mind's at.

Yeah.

No, for college football, the Battle of the Boot.

Yeah.

Who plays in that, though?

There's Arkansas versus LSU.

Because if you look, the state of Arkansas with the state of Louisiana, it looks like a boot when you put those two states together.

That's why it's Battle of the Boot.

Fun fact for everybody out there.

And guess what?

There's more fun facts coming.

They may not be as cool as that one there.

But we got them.

We're in the New Orleans again this week.

Continuing with our Mardi Gras theme.

I couldn't find my beads.

I'm kind of disappointed.

Oh my gosh.

And I knew you had them up there.

There's no doubt about it.

Yeah, I didn't have my beads.

That's a big letdown.

You are like...

The collector of all sorts.

Yeah, and you just show up with it.

It's like, hey, I'm doing Candy Lady.

That's awesome because I have Tootsie Roll socks.

Yeah.

Okay, thanks.

Great.

Any topic I bring, it's like, oh, that's awesome.

I have this perfect shirt to wear for that.

It's like, okay, cool.

I did have a Dracula shirt I was going to wear.

Dracula, but yeah, here you are.

Yeah.

No Dracula.

Oh, with the nugget nectar.

Nugget nectar.

Again, I try to wear...

So I try and plan different shirts.

So do I.

This is only the first time I've worn the same shirt twice.

So this is why.

And I don't know if I wear this sweatshirt at all yet, but I have my blue shirt on that I've wore at least four or five times.

I have like seven shirts I wear total.

Like in my entire closet, like seven shirts.

So, but I figured it out.

I can rotate those shirts better if I just throw different flannels on with them.

So I have like seven flannels.

Like different combinations.

Yeah.

So I got like 49 different outfits or something like that I can rock.

And I can't remember what's what, so I just decided to throw a sweatshirt on today.

But yeah, we're on to the beer for this Mardi Gras themed episode.

I guess just New Orleans theme, but I'm going Mardi Gras theme because this episode will be dropping on Mardi Gras.

Hell yeah.

So what we got?

So what we got today is Red Mo, which is an American Red Ale from Otto Brewing Company.

So Otto Brewing Company, also known as Otto's Pub and Brewery, is a popular establishment known for its craft beer and vibrant atmosphere.

I'm sorry if I got some of that on you, that burp.

It's not as bad as last week's, but.

I don't know what's going on with me.

Oh, I actually do.

I just have been eating nothing but just total shit lately.

So it's located in State College, Pennsylvania.

We are.

Penn State.

Corey has become a local favorite for both residents and visitors.

So my wife graduated from Penn State, and her mom and dad, they'd alternate taking her out to school.

Every like whenever she'd come home.

But her dad started doing it all the time.

He figured out he could just stop at Otto's on the way home, and he'd get like a growler, and then he'd get something to eat.

And there's like another brewery.

I can't remember what it was.

I want to say I've been here once, but it was when I was younger.

Like 12?

No, not 12.

Okay.

Like 15 maybe.

They make a apricot wheat that's pretty popular.

But the brewery offers a variety of handcrafted beers, including seasonal and specialty brews, as well as a menu featuring delicious pub fare, which our food is very good there.

They can attest to that.

Contact problem?

Yeah.

We're good.

Barf man contacts just gross me out.

I've had them since sixth grade.

They still gross me out.

Yeah, I'm not saying that's-

I'm chlamydia since second grade.

Second grade.

Shit grosses me out.

How'd you get that?

Otto's Brewery is committed to using high quality ingredients and traditional brewing methods to create unique and flavorful beers.

The brewery also hosts events with live music, making a lively spot for socializing, and enjoying great beer, wouldn't you know that, Corey?

Do you do anything for Mardi Gras?

Yeah, they have a whole Mardi Gras themed menu.

I made all that up.

I was going to say, you son of a bitch definitely made that up because you like making things up.

I do.

I don't know why.

I've been really getting on my daughter because she tells lies like I do.

They're just total bullshit.

There's no point to actually lying about it.

But man, does it tickle my fancy to lie like this.

Some people are kleptomaniacs.

They got to steal and they'd like to steal candy bars.

Oh, okay.

That was worth it.

That's how I feel about telling just little lies that make absolutely no sense at all.

I'm a kleptomaniac of lying.

But today, we got Red Mo, which is American Red Ale brewed with Vienna Aromatic Caramel and Amber Malts.

I feel like I just totally butchered that.

You weren't confident.

I wasn't confident.

Let's try this again.

Ready?

Better keep that shit in.

An American Red Ale brewed with Vienna Aromatic Caramel and Amber Malts creates a delicious malty ale hopped with nugget and late editions of crystal hops, adding spice, herbal and floral notes to balance out the malt sweetness.

And I chose this because with the Red Moe, this is the color of the damned.

Red ales are known for their deep amber, with the ruby red hues often resembling the color of, you guessed it, blood.

It makes this a fitting drink to pair with the vampire lore, where blood is both a necessity and a temptation for them.

And beer is, I feel like that is kind of how I feel with beer.

It is a necessity and a temptation.

And if you look at the can too, it kind of looks like...

Oh God, here we go.

He's looking at the can.

He's going to pull something so deep out of his ass and it's going to piss me off.

I was going to say, it kind of looks like droplets of blood on there.

Yeah, it kind of looks like sperm too, a little bit.

And yeah, well, you know, maybe you can get some blood coming out of there too.

Good.

And if you do, go to your local pediatrician.

So let's cheers to that.

Take a sip.

We've got an ecologist too.

It's tasty, it's drinkable.

Oh yeah.

It's got that really good malty finish to it.

Corey's going in for seconds right now.

Like you think, you think it would taste a little more like heavier, but it's not, you know, because a lot of darker beers typically, I feel like most of the time, a lot of the time are like heavier.

Yeah, I think that's a good red ale too.

Yeah.

It always has that later finish.

Oh, this is a 5 percenter.

So we're bringing our average.

What was our average going into this week?

7.1.

That's going to bring it down.

We're going to be around 7.

7 for the cast average.

6.9.

Right on this table, Cory, right on this table.

With that.

You son of a bitch, I was just saying that, and you knew it.

Go ahead.

That brings us to the end of the beer section, folks.

Cory, it's a good folks.

Now, I want to hear a little backstory on some bloodsuckers.

Yeah, it's the bloodsuckers.

Bloodsuckers, right?

Not suckers.

Just bloodsuckers.

Just the bloodsuckers.

Yeah, so I have a pretty brief history of vampires, because vampires is one of those things, when you start diving into the history of them, every culture has their own lore with vampires.

Like, I mean, it was big in Asian culture before Europeans had any influence on Asian culture.

It was big over in the American Islands before they were ever settled.

But I think that's why there's always been that fascination with vampires, because since the beginning of the time, there's something that has just attracted human beings to the thought of vampires, bloodsuckers.

And I think it's not just vampires, but it's also the living dead.

I think they kind of embody it together a little bit.

So I dove into one of the earliest accounts, which dates back to Greek and Greek mythology.

And before I dive too far in this episode, our sources for today...

Don't dive too far in.

No.

Take it slow.

No.

So our sources for today, I have four main sources, locationsoflore.com, yesterdaysofamerica.com, neworleans.com, and history.com are going to be the sources used for today's episode.

So the earliest accounts date back to Greek and Greek mythology.

And there are four main, I guess, quote unquote, gods that the Greeks used to worship that had a lot to do with the vampire myth.

There is Lama, which Lama was a beautiful Libyan queen who became the lover of Zeus.

In her jealousy, Hera cursed Lima, or Lamia, Lamia.

Is this where the llamas came from?

I think so.

I'm pretty sure.

Hera cursed Lamia by either killing her children or making her unable to close her eyes, forcing her to be haunted by the loss of her offspring.

Overcome with grief and rage, she transformed into a night-stalking monster that preyed on the blood of children.

Over time, Lamia evolved into a more generalized figure of history.

Yeah, I nailed that one.

Depicted as a grotesque serpent-like creature that lured unsuspecting victims to their doom.

So the next one is Empusa.

That's right.

Empusa is a demonic entity.

So don't get too excited.

Closely associated with the goddess Hicat.

Man, you know how it is when you start diving into these Greek names.

They're just like noises.

Yeah, just letters thrown together.

Empusa has the ability of shape shift and often appears as a stunning, beautiful woman who seduces men before devouring them.

Her true form is far more grotesque.

Ready for this?

With one brass leg and a monstrous visage revealed of her predatory nature.

Yeah, if you want to.

Gosh almighty.

Empusa is believed to haunt travelers at night, preying on those who let their guard down.

Strigues is a bird-like demon that feasts on the blood of infants, striking terror in the hearts of ancient Greeks.

Unlike the last two who primarily target adults, the Strigues are associated with the nighttime dangers that threaten young children.

Their presence reinforced the ancient Greek belief that night harbors malevolent forces.

And the last but not least, and I feel like this, when I'm going to say this, tell me what you hear.

You don't have to worry about that.

What's that mean?

I'll tell you what I hear.

Okay.

What the hell does that mean?

Don't you, don't you freaking worry about that, you son of a bitch.

I'll freaking let you have it.

So I had to do the pronunciation breakdown, because I don't know how to say this.

Well, you got to do, so they'll give you the pronunciation breakdown, but then you have to do your own pronunciation breakdown, because the one they gave you a lot of times, like I still have trouble with, so I have to do my own.

Yeah.

I feel like that's pretty accurate actually.

Yeah.

And that's how this one's probably going to turn out.

All right.

So you're ready?

Rikolakos.

Rikola?

Vri.

Rikolakos.

Coca-Cola.

Sounds like vampires, but it's got that like ro-kola.

I don't know.

I don't know.

Oh, okay.

Well, the term vampire was unknown by the Ancient Greeks.

Their legend spoke of a creature that lurked in the shadows, feeding on the living and preying upon the weak.

Those early myths would go on to shape one of the most terrifying figures.

Figures?

Figures.

I'm saying it.

Figures in Greek folklore.

So all four of these were Greek mythology?

So I would say the first three were more Greek mythology.

This one is more of a Greek legend.

The other three are more on goddess and beast type layer.

This is just almost like their urban legend back in the day.

Well, the term vampire was unknown to the ancient Greeks.

Their legend spoke of creatures that lurked in the shadows, feeding on the living and praying upon the weak.

These early myths would go on to shape one of the most terrifying figures in Greek folklore, the Vrykolaos.

The ancient Greeks, fascinated with death and supernatural, is evident in these myths, and they have influence in the vampire legends throughout history.

So are you saying these four different vampires kind of...

These aren't, and these aren't really, I wouldn't say these aren't necessarily vampires, but they all have parts...

Like, the qualities of...

Yes, to kind of like start to...

And like, when you go back in time, the ancient Greeks were maybe like the first to really write these down and a lot of the stuff carry over into more ancient times.

So like, this is like where the idea of vampires started, and then other...

Some people think, yeah.

Other cultures and stuff just...

And it could have went on before that, but this is like the first that we know of.

Yeah.

And I chose to kind of dive into medieval Europe and their kind of thoughts, because I feel like this is where a lot of the stuff that they thought with vampires shaped the way that modern vampires are thought of.

Let's hear it.

So the origins of beliefs, revenants is what like they kind of refer to them.

In medieval Europe, vampires are often referred to as this, which were believed to be the reanimated corpses of evil beings.

I've done a movie by or with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Yeah, it's where he finally won like an Oscar for that one.

It's where you got shit kicked out by that bear.

I never saw it.

Me either.

I saw that scene, I think.

Go ahead.

I was more into him in like growing pains.

Titanic.

No, I never watched that either.

You believe that?

You never watched Titanic.

I know.

Why do I want to watch?

I know what happens.

It sunk.

But you don't know when in the movie it sinks.

At the end.

Damn it.

Got me.

You do know that.

Son of a bitch.

When they say about reanimated corpse of evil beings, they also think suicide victims or witches would be the people.

Vampires.

Yeah, essentially.

They don't.

It's almost more of like a vampire zombie hybrid, I would say.

We'll get it.

We'll get into it a little bit more.

Are they hot?

I think they run cold.

They're dead.

Okay.

These Revenants are thought to return from the grave to harm the living.

So what they look like, they typically are described as bloated and ruddy.

So I'm going to say no, not very hot.

I just picture they're ready to blow.

It's farting a lot.

Yeah.

So it's pretty much like you today.

You too.

You're over there burping.

Yeah.

That happens.

With blood seeping from their mouths and noses, this description likely stems from the natural decomposition process, which was not very well known back in this time.

So the behavior, they're believed to leave their graves at night to feed on the blood of the living.

They were thought to be particularly active during the time of plagues and diseases, which were often attributed to their presence.

So they cause them so that they can go feast on all these.

Or maybe it's just like easy picking.

So that's when they're more active.

Or maybe it's just the fact that everybody's so scared, because everybody's dying, they have to think that there's something else happening too.

I feel like that's probably closer to what it is.

To identify a vampire, villagers would exhume suspected graves.

If the corpse appeared unusually well-preserved or had blood in its mouth, it was deemed a vampire.

And it's like that, you know, they didn't preserve any of these bodies, you know?

You just foamed at the mouth a little bit when you're dead.

It's like, son of a bitch, I knew Cory was a vampire this whole time.

Meanwhile, Joe is running around banging all these dead corpses.

Yeah.

I'm glad you used Joe and not Mike.

I appreciate that.

So various methods were employed to prevent vampires from rising from their graves.

This included staking the corpse through the heart, decapitation, burning the bodies, or placing a heavy stone or iron bar on the grave to prevent the vampire from escaping.

Is that like those...

I don't know when they started, but they had those big like...

Dude, I don't know what those are for.

Like the metal...

They're like cages that go over them.

Didn't they do that for so late?

They couldn't come back from the dead or something like that?

I don't know.

Yeah.

That's like what I was thinking of, something like that.

I have no idea what the actual idea behind those were.

Sounds like you need to do an episode, an emergency episode.

Oh, shit.

Get typing, bitch.

Yeah.

So that's pretty much most of the backstory that I got.

Like I said, if you want to dive into every single culture, you could have a 30-parter, I feel like.

Because every culture has specific parts.

They're all a little bit different.

Yeah.

Not even just every culture or every nation, then you dive into every religion has different thoughts with it over time.

It's just quite the hole you could fall into there.

Really twist an ankle.

So we heard about that.

That.

And them.

And those.

And those.

And these.

So let's hear about the New Orleans.

How do you say it?

New Orleans.

How do you say it like a local?

New Orleans.

New Orleans.

Yeah, New Orleans.

I realized down there, their alphabet has less letters than ours does.

So they just don't pronounce certain letters.

It's not like they pronounce them, but they just don't even, like they just throw them out.

That makes sense.

Like, you lose these letters there.

Yeah.

You know, New Orleans.

So let's hear about the New Orleans vampires.

So I have three.

Count it.

One, two, three.

Boy, Cory, freaking lobbed that up and you've knocked that son of a bitch right out of the park.

As long as there ain't 13 because I can only count to 12 because I'm a werewolf.

Son of a bitch.

I'm not a full moon tonight.

We'll be all right.

Yeah, we're good.

We're good.

Yeah, we're good.

Let me drink this beer.

Just keep talking fast.

So there's three main vampires that over time, I would say, built most of the folklore down in New Orleans.

The first one we're going to talk about is-

Is this just stick down in that area?

These three are specifically from New Orleans.

Okay.

Yeah, so these are all and-

They don't venture up the states.

No, these three are, I mean, maybe they did.

I don't know.

But as far as like the lore that we know are all just from New Orleans.

So the first one is Jacques St.

Germain.

But before I get into Jacques St.

Germain, oh, man, I butcher that.

Before we get into Jacques St.

Germain, with the first dive into Count of St.

Germain.

I thought you were going to say Count Dracula or Count Chocula.

Count Chocula, yeah.

I'm more of a Frankenberry guy myself.

So this is who Jacques claims to be a direct descendant of.

So I'm going to dive into Count first before I dive into Jacques.

We're doing a lot of diving today.

We are doing diving.

Head first, man.

Michael Phelps over there.

Freaking right.

You freaking ain't right.

So the early life and background of the Count, the Count's birth and background are shrouded in mystery.

He claims to be the son of Francis the Second.

Man, another one I can't do.

But this guy was the Prince of Transylvania.

That's a pretty big title.

But there was also absolutely no evidence to support what he said.

Hey.

We had absolutely none.

But that's one of those things, and that's what we talked about when we're talking about reading, man.

You just say it with enough like, oomph, people buy it.

So he was just going around saying, hey, I'm Prince Transylvania.

I'm freaking, I'm the son of the Prince.

Yeah.

I'm the Grand Prince of Transylvania.

The Grand Prince of Transylvania.

So we'll really put him on the map is he was really good in alchemy and science.

So the Count was known for his alchemy knowledge and was rumored to have discovered a secret of immortality.

He was also interested in various scientific pursuits.

So and I went and looked up like what alchemy was because I've always heard of it, but I was going to ask you, but I don't want to sound stupid.

Yeah, like I feel like it's one of the, like you've heard it before.

I've heard it, I don't know what it means.

So it's an ancient practice that combines elements of science, philosophy, and spirituality.

So and with that originated in the early centuries of the Common Era and reached its peak during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.

So really, you're just like not just using scientific fact, you're using biblical fact combining with it, you're using all elements of like philosophy is like super big back then of like how things should work.

Sir Isaac Newton was a big alchemist.

I took philosophy in college.

Did I ever tell you about that professor?

No.

Well.

I'm sure you are right now.

I'm going to tell you right now.

He's going to tell us right now, folks.

Freshman year of college, folks.

I took philosophy class, right?

Three years after that, I think it was, well, let's see, freshman, junior, no, I think it was my, it might have been my junior year then, or senior, I don't remember, but junior, senior year, whatever.

I found out that my professor from my philosophy class.

Vampire?

It would have been better if he's a vampire, but no, he got locked up for child porn on his school computer.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Dude, I think I heard about this dude.

I mean, that's a local university, right?

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

I saw it in the paper or something.

I was like, son of a bitch, like I had front row that class.

Yeah.

There's probably pictures of you.

They just thought it was just prebeard.

That was PB, Corey.

He looks like a dick, only smaller.

Anyways, I don't know why I said that.

Yeah.

Speaking of that, we'll dive into this topic a little bit.

We dive in some more.

Yeah, we're dying.

Yeah, I got to get that out.

I keep saying dive in too much, I think.

I took aquatics, too, in college.

Let's hear about that.

What happened to that?

I used to call that Professor Hitler, dude.

Our warm up was 30 laps.

Hitler, dude.

Is that what you called him, Hitler?

No.

Hitler, dude.

Hitler.

Hitler, dude, would have been cooler the more you think about it.

No, dude.

Thirty laps was the warm up, just down and back one, down and back two.

That's ridiculous.

That's a freaking college pool.

Yeah, that's ridiculous.

Then at the end of class, the last 10 minutes, all of us had to tread water in a circle in the deep end, past like a 20-pound foam brick.

Who cares that much about that?

Who cares that much?

I remember when it was me.

I'm underwater drowning, just trying to pass it on to the person next to me.

Why are you doing this?

There's certain professors that really think, I guess people care as much about their random-ass shit.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I don't get it.

That shit sucked.

That class was rough.

But no, so you were saying about that, your first professor.

Yeah.

This was before I started at my job.

But the guys told me there was like, they showed up there the one day and they're pulling in, they're walking into the garage and all these FBI SUVs just come like, just swamping in and they wouldn't let anybody in the building.

They just started carrying computers out because I guess there was an incident with one of the managers or engineers or something.

I won't get too much into it, but yeah.

Damn.

Dude, nothing ever came of it though.

Like dude just showed up to work the next week.

Is he a rat?

Maybe he's an alien.

He could be an alien.

I don't mean no illegal.

I mean for fuck, my name is for fuck.

Maybe that's not where I was going.

I just figured he was a freaking rat.

You know what I mean?

Maybe he's from Mars.

Yeah, could be.

That would be the men in black.

There you go.

One day, I talk about doing it.

How are you doing in your book?

I'm on chapter two.

Okay.

I got a chapter done though.

That's good.

That's good.

Yeah.

Actually, chapter two and a half.

Oh, shit.

I haven't read it in a hot minute though.

Yeah.

It is a good book, but I'll get there.

Not that good.

Yeah.

I mean, no books that good except for Harry Potter and the-

Prisoner of Azkaban.

Yeah, exactly.

Is that a book?

Yeah, The Prisoner of Azkaban.

That's the best book.

That's the best book.

I just three.

I pour it out.

That's the best book.

I've never read them.

Quote him.

He knows.

Yeah, that's the freaking smartest thing I ever heard out of Corey's mouth.

There you go, folks.

Back to old folks, you're saying, Diving.

Let's get back diving into the count over here.

He's also really known for music and arts.

He was a talented musician and composer, and his works were well-regarded in European high society.

It was the same with his philosophy.

He was associated with guys like Mozart back in the day.

I took a music-listening class too in college.

We're not going to get into that.

Go ahead.

The legend begins with the count.

The count made far-fetched claims about his age, suggesting that he was hundreds of years old.

Composer, Valterre, famously referred to him as Wonder Man, and said that he was a man who does not die and who knows everything.

Bang's Wonder Woman.

Bang's Wonder Woman?

Dude, I bet you.

The Wonder Man.

Yeah, he's got to.

His death was recorded as occurring in February 27th, 1784, but his mysterious nature and the legend surrounding him made him to believe that he had faked his death.

People don't know if he actually died.

So that dude could still be alive.

Could still be alive, which brings us back to Jacques St.

Germain.

It's really Germain.

Germain, yeah.

I don't know why is that?

I'm just curious.

Okay.

I could totally be butchering it, but yeah, Germain.

It's G-E-R-M-A-I-N.

Germain.

It was Germain.

It could be Germain.

I'm saying Germain.

German.

German.

So it all started out in 1902.

The vibrant streets of New Orleans were abuzz with the arrival of a captivating and ignomatic man named Jacques St.

Germain.

Jacques was a tall, handsome man with an aura of mystery and charm that immediately drew the attention of the city's elite.

Do you remember a couple of years ago, and I don't know if you know this, there was a girl that just came to New York and she said she was like the heir to some random country.

But anyways, she worked her way up through high society in New York.

Like all the way up, like never paying for shit.

And she just like faked the whole thing.

Like she was a nobody.

Took a bunch of these like rich ass kids' money and stuff, and she was a nobody.

Damn.

Yeah.

What was her secret?

I think she just like spoke a big game, and she was just confident.

Confidence is key, man.

I know, man.

Damn it.

I need to start being more confident.

Yeah, I do too.

I think I shouldn't go there.

I think I'd be more confident with my pants off most of the time, but I also think it could get me arrested.

So it's a struggle there.

Do I act more confident or do I?

I don't know.

I'm pretty confident with my boots on.

Your boots on?

Yeah.

Like just that?

It's just my boots and my cap.

What does that mean?

I'm confident with my boots on.

And my cowboy hat.

Oh yeah.

There you go.

That's it.

Yeah.

And your chaps once in a while.

Yeah.

Let them cheeks fly.

Do you ever notice people always call them assless chaps?

Yeah.

It's like, yeah, if they weren't assless, they wouldn't be chaps though, right?

It's like they would just be pants.

Yeah.

They'd be pants.

Isn't that how it works?

Yeah.

I don't know.

I haven't worn mine in a while.

Yeah.

Mine are retired.

Ever since the Dinkleberry incident of 2019.

So anyways, back to Jacques.

He quickly became known for his extravagant dinner parties where he entertained the whos of who in the New Orleans society.

It was pre-diddy.

Pre-diddy.

Yeah.

This is kind of like a...

But he's diddy-esque, I would say.

That's what I...

Yeah.

His mansions on Royal Street were like just absolutely huge.

They were filled with all this fine art, luxurious furnishing, and a cellar stocked with the finest wines around.

No lube.

Okay.

No.

Wine.

Interesting.

Yeah.

I feel like that's...

It's not that interesting that a cellar is stocked with fine wine.

It'd be more interesting if it was lube.

Guess Marvel would add his tale of historical events of far-fetched places, delivering them with such vivid detail.

This is what I thought was interesting.

He would talk about these old events that happened like he saw them live.

He was there for them.

You know what I mean?

This is what you're going to say, 1902.

Yeah.

Curiously, when Jacques was an impeccable host, he never partook in any of the feast, never ate any food, never sipped any wine.

He only sipped from the glass, which appeared to be red wine, but he always had his own bottle or always had his own pour.

That wine he had in the basement, was that really wine we talk about?

The wine in the basement might have been.

Or was it blood?

But he might have had another wine cellar.

Like another, yeah.

Of bodies.

Or blood bags.

Blood bags.

I'm thinking bodies though.

That were drained.

Yes.

I'm sure it was just bags of blood.

Yeah.

Corey really, he wants this one.

I do want.

I'm giving it to him.

Okay, thank you.

I'm giving it to him.

Yes.

This particular habit, along with his uncanny knowledge of century past, began to raise eyebrows and whispers of something supernatural.

But it wasn't until one cold moonlit night when the tranquility of Royal Street was shattered by the screams of a woman.

She staggered through the darkness, clutching her neck, blood seeping through her fingers.

She collapsed on the cobblestone in front of Jacques St.

Germain's mansion.

When the police arrived, she recounted a harrowing tale.

Jacques had attacked her, biting her neck with sharp, predatory teeth.

The police wasted no time in investigating the mansion.

Inside, they found the scene of countless lavish parties, but something far more distinguishing as well.

Blood stains marked the walls.

The bottles of what were assumed to be fine wine were revealed to be filled with...

Blood!

Son of a bitch!

So it wasn't bags of blood.

I knew it!

I knew the wine bottles were filled with blood!

I knew it!

I didn't want to give it.

I didn't want to...

You son of a bitch.

You tried to make me think it was wine.

I did.

I did.

Of course I did.

I'm a good author.

I got to keep the twists and turns happening over here.

All right, RL.

Stine.

Yeah.

Steve King.

But Jacques St.

Germain was nowhere to be found, and he had vanished without a trace.

And that was no one ever saw or heard of Jacques ever again.

And there's some theories that say that some of the other elites in the town had actually like basically just hired people, went in there and killed them when they found all this out.

But I have a theory.

I have a theory that I could not really find anything on.

Let's hear your theory.

I'm sure it's right.

What if the Count St.

Germain was Jacques St.

Germain?

Yeah.

That's my theory.

This guy claimed to be hundreds of years old.

Basically, all the things that they said when you look up the Count, I feel like are super comparative to Jacques.

You made this up yourself.

I made this all up myself.

That's what I'm thinking.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I mean.

He's fucking Jason Bourne.

That's how I felt when I thought.

Dude, I googled it and it's just like, I don't really think so.

It's like, screw that.

It makes total sense.

But I don't know if it makes any sense at all.

But that's the theory I'm going with.

Then I think he transformed into the Rougarou.

Holy son of a bitch.

No, I think he became Edward Cullen on the Twilight Saga.

But yeah, that's my theory.

What if they count?

How crazy would that be?

Because he kind of disappeared.

A lot of people think he faked his death.

What if he went into hiding in Africa or something like that?

Or just went to like Russia or somewhere where he's not really going to be bothered?

And now he's fucked, I got it.

Now he's, yeah, he went to Russia.

You know who he is now.

Don't tell me.

Sidney Crosby.

Star player for the Pittsburgh Penguins.

I know who he is.

No, I think he's Vladimir Putin now.

Putin, it could be Putin.

I don't know.

I don't know because it's hard because don't you think like he likes to, I feel like he likes to go to these cities with all his wealth and become like-

So he's probably in Saudi Arabia then.

It could be in Saudi or Dubai.

Yeah.

But he likes to go to these towns, becoming with the elite, but he doesn't want to become too big where he's too noticeable.

That's true.

Because you know who's going to come knocking then?

The men in black.

The freaking men in black, baby.

That's what I'm talking about.

Yeah.

But that was just kind of my thought after going through all of the St.

Germain thing.

I ain't going to argue with you.

With that, let's go beer break.

Yeah.

I got it.

We're on it.

It's beer break time.

Crack a cold one, fill your cup, and enjoy the rest of the episode.

All right, back from beer break, and we are diving right into the next vampire story.

I'm so excited.

So excited.

So this is the Carter brothers.

Corey, these Carter brothers have a pretty awesome name combination.

Like Mike and Corey, that's not what it is, but I'm saying, but that's-

It's not that cool.

But I'm gonna let you try and guess what this name combination is.

Can you give me like a first letter?

I'll give you a-

It's a famous actor that had two first names.

Jimmy.

That's one name.

That's one name.

I was thinking Jimmy Carter.

Jimmy Carter, is that what you're going with?

No, no, no.

Okay.

He had two-

What did you say?

Like a famous actor that had two first names.

That is the name of these guys.

Jim and Carrie.

It's not Jim and Carrie.

It's a good guess.

So the Carter brothers, John and Wayne.

Oh, nice.

It's pretty good.

Yeah, that's good.

So it's the summer of 1932.

So this is 30 years after Jacques landed in New Orleans.

There was a time where the shadows seemed to stretch long and the whispers carried a dark edge.

In a really shitty apartment built on Royal Street, same street.

We're on Royal Street again.

The Carter brothers, John and Wayne, lived a life shrouded in secrecy.

Did you say what year we're in?

We were in 1932.

1932.

And the other dude was 1902?

So it's 30 years after the fact.

They were an odd pair, gaunt and pale, with eyes that seemed to hold a perpetual night.

I thought you were going to say a trogues perpetual.

That's where mine was going right here.

These sons of bitches ain't that cool.

Locals gave them a wide berth, muttering about their reclusive behaviors and habits.

Unsettling aura that clung on them.

Whispers began to circulate dark rumors that spoke of disappearances, of the hushes of cries in the night, and of a chilling emptiness that seemed to seep from the Carter brothers' very presence.

One sweltering evening, a frantic woman burst into the police station.

Her voice trembled with terror.

Arms wrapped in bandages, she told the police that they had to follow her, that she needed to show them what they had done to her.

The police followed her, and she told them about the two men that had held her there, opening her arms that were now hidden under the bandages, and every night would drain her blood into a cup.

They couldn't believe their ears as she led them to the building.

She took them right to that shitty run-down apartment on Royal Street.

The police went into the apartment to investigate the claims.

The air inside was thick with the metallic tang.

Ooh, of blood.

Yes.

A sweet odor that made the officer's stomachs churn.

What they found was a scene that defied comprehension.

Bound and drained, several bodies scattered throughout the room, their paled skin stretched over.

All the furniture.

Over all the furniture, over their bones.

Okay.

The officers recoiled their faces, masked in horror.

Horror.

I guess reading about this, there's actually one girl between the age of 10 to 12.

Now, is this like a legit story or?

It's a legit story.

This is like a legit.

Legit story.

Okay.

Yeah.

The Carter brothers weren't home though.

The girl told them that every day they left before dawn and returned at dark from their job at the dock.

So the police officers decided instead of going down to the dock and risking them fleeing, that they would get as many officers to hide in and around the apartment as they could.

I just pictured them like hiding under all the dead bodies and shit.

Or just pretending to be in their full uniform, just laying there like, naked.

Yeah, with their badge pinned on.

Their plan worked.

It was said that it took 10 officers each to wrangle each brother.

So 20 officers.

These brothers were small too.

They were like five, six.

These were not like big giant hulking dudes.

These were small guys.

There's other claims that said that they went down to the dock to get them right then.

The same thing, it took 10 officers down to the dock to get a hold of them and everything.

They got that special strength.

Yeah, that special strength.

The brothers admitted to their crimes and they wished to die.

So they admitted to these crimes of draining all these bodies.

That's what they said.

They said that if they weren't executed, they would kill again.

They knew that they had no control for they were vampires.

They admitted to being vampires.

So they went to trial or convicted and put to death.

But the story didn't end there.

In the days following their execution, they rose again.

A chilling rumor began to spread.

And when the tombs of the Carter brothers were opened for a routine inspection.

For a routine inspection?

Yeah, I guess.

I don't know.

That's what they said.

All right.

I guess that was a thing back then.

Well, you know, because like the they're not buried down there because of the flooding and the way the ground is.

That's why all like everybody's putting tombs and stuff down there in a lot of the cemeteries.

Their bodies were gone, though.

The tomb was empty.

The stone slabs on the outside were undisturbed and the seals unbroken, but yet the bodies had vanished, leaving behind only an echo in the void.

So this is where I'm going to ask you people out there that listen.

The people.

What do you think happened to the bodies of the Carter brothers?

Now, I have some theories, but what do you think?

If you have a good answer or if you're from the New Orleans, New Orleans area, email us at krakencans.com or krakencansatgmail.com.

We have our own website now.

I could have made that work if Cory didn't just scream over it.

Email us at krakencanscast.gmail.com with your responses.

Give us a five-star review on threads.

Yeah, you son of a bitch.

But there are a few theories as to what happened to the bodies.

Do you want to make any guesses?

Ooh.

So the bodies are just randomly gone, right?

They're just gone.

Gone.

I think they had a third person with them, a third person that was working with them.

What was he going to do with the bodies?

I think, OK, so I think he just was really trying to amp this thing up a little bit.

So he dug up their bodies or whatever.

He said they weren't underground.

They were just in a tomb or whatever.

Yeah, they were in a tomb.

So he just removed the bodies and just maybe he just replanted them somewhere else.

Replanted them?

And then, uh, these sons of bitches ain't trees.

And then, uh, I think he's out, like, avenging, avenging them and continuing their killings and stuff.

But then he's stirring up everybody's fears that these some bitches are out killing people.

So now when they're actually finding people drained of their blood and stuff, they're like, you know, it's John Wayne, John Wayne.

Really, it's Jim Carrey.

I'm John Wayne at the first Thanksgiving.

Happy Thanksgiving, Pilgrim.

But really, it's Jim Carrey.

It's Jim Carrey.

It very well could be.

That's my theory.

Jim Carrey, son of a bitch.

So my theories, not as good as Corey's.

One is, I think that there's a theory that they were buried in an unmarked grave.

So this inspection and all that never really happened, or they want to just pretend that it happened.

But they were putting an unmarked grave so that if there were followers and all that, they would actually know where to find the bodies.

A second theory says that they were stolen by followers.

They think that they almost grew a cult around this vampire-esque-ness to them.

You know people are weird.

So people stole the bodies and put them up on a shrine?

I guess, essentially, yeah.

Yeah, people are mad.

Oh yeah.

There's also tales of the bodies simply disappearing.

They're just gone.

They just dissolve that quick.

I guess.

I don't know.

Yeah.

This is one that I actually found super interesting when I read about it, was that they are preserved as relics.

So some people think that the bodies were stolen by the high-falutiny people of the city or private collectors, and their bodies were preserved because people were just obsessed with them.

You know how people get obsessed with serial killers nowadays?

Yeah.

I just thought that was interesting and could totally be plausible.

So maybe they froze the bodies in hopes that they could-

Frozone...

.

bring them back.

Why would you want to bring them back?

If they were-

I mean, I get you.

If it was a cult and they jerked off to these guys, they're going to bring them back if they could.

Yeah, you're right.

Hollywood.

Hollywood.

He just throws it to Hollywood.

Yeah, I mean, that does make sense.

That's right.

So the third and the final one that I'm going to dive into.

Diving.

I'm going to dive into the Casket Girls.

Would you like a butterfly swim?

Sure.

Stroke?

Yeah.

Stroke.

No, I'm not stroking.

Be stroking off?

Free dive?

I don't know.

Yeah.

I don't know.

Freestyle.

Yeah.

Freestyle.

Free dive.

I'm doing the belly flop.

I'm free.

Shit.

Pencil.

Yeah.

Pencil.

So I remember the Hawaiian.

Did you ever see that one?

Or you cross your arms and go on like the angle.

And those are like a squirrel or something like flying squirrel or something.

Yeah.

It's ridiculous.

Could you just always do that?

I'll never forget.

We were out at like somebody's birthday party and there's a diving board there and we were all doing...

This makes me laugh, just thinking of it.

We were all, we were playing a game like a, it was like a game of horse, but you had to like recreate somebody's dive off the board, you know?

So the one guy goes, All right, everybody do the Bill Cosby.

And he did the Bill Cosby dance from the beginning of the Cosby episodes.

With the pudding pop and he dove right in.

Dude, I just, I lost it.

There's no way you can like, I mean, I understand Bill Cosby is not a good man, but that was funny.

That was pre like, that was pre Cosby.

Yeah, for way long before Cosby.

Yeah.

Because the Bill Cosby now is like just put your hands behind your back.

Yeah.

Well, you don't know about it.

You got that good roofling in you.

Yeah, it's true.

Taste the pudding pop.

Anyways, back to the third and final one we're going to cannonball into.

It's the Casket Girls.

I like that you did that cannonball into.

Cannonball into.

Balls deep.

So what are the Casket Girls?

I think I told you a little bit about them earlier.

Did you?

Yeah.

All right.

So we'll teach them again.

Here we go.

I remember.

I remember.

The Casket Girls were young women brought from France to the French colonies in Louisiana in the early.

You did not tell me about this.

Yes, I did.

I literally told you about it before this.

Okay.

All right.

Maybe I didn't.

I might have not told you about it.

I might have told somebody else today about it.

Yeah, that's right.

It doesn't matter.

Corey wouldn't remember regardless.

So anywho, these young women were brought to France from the French colonies of Louisiana in the early 18th century to marry the settlers of Louisiana.

Their names comes from the small chests or cascades.

You got to say it with the French asking, cascades.

What did you say they do?

The cascades, in which they carried their belongings.

The French government was concerned about the lack of women in the colony and the potential impact on the future of Christian evangelicalism.

They sought to bring in young women to the New World.

These women were recruited from orphanages and covens, and were guaranteed to be good characters.

They wanted to bring the nicest, sweetest, best women from France over there.

Ten-year-olds were in orphanages?

Well, yeah.

Yeah.

That's how it was back then.

I know.

People married ten, so it was freaking weird.

It was weird.

The first group of Casket Girls arrived in New Orleans in 1728.

Their arrival was met with a mix of excitement and suspicion because of the girls' pale appearance, and coffin-shaped chests they carried led to rumors and legends, including tales of them being ba-ba-ba-ba vampires.

Coffin-shaped chest.

Yeah.

So they were given a chest with all their belongings in it from the French government, and it looked like a coffin.

Dude, I thought you meant their effing chest.

Their chest.

Why would it mean their boobs were coffin-shaped, man?

It doesn't say boobs.

Like, their chest.

Their chest.

I mean, it's a woman, chest, boobs.

Well, that's what I'm picturing.

I'm like, coffin-shaped chest.

What does that look like?

Is that a busky woman?

No, I'm probably not busky, because it's a ch-

I don't know.

Anywho.

Glad you clarified that.

Yeah.

It's one of the things in my notes.

I just didn't even think I had to, but-

For the people.

For the people.

It's a chest.

Korea is the people's questionnaire.

It's a chest that you put things in, fellas and girls.

So the Casket Girls were deemed necessary for a couple of reasons.

One was population growth.

The French colonies in Louisiana had a significant imbalance of male to female ratio, which hindered the growth and stability of the population.

Bringing young women to the colonies helped to balance this ratio out.

One child policy will do that.

Social stability.

That has nothing to do with one child policy.

Absolutely nothing to do with that at all.

Nothing.

Go ahead.

Nothing.

Social stability.

The presence of women and families was believed to would help the stability and order within the colony.

The Casket Girls were seen as a way to encourage settlers to establish permanent homes and communities rather than be transient and just bounce around from place to place.

For moral and religious goals, the French government and the Catholic Church were concerned about the moral and religious well-being of the colony.

By selecting young girls of good character from the orphanages and covens, they aim to ensure that the colony would have virtuous and devout citizens who could help spread Christian values.

The fourth one was the economic development.

Families were seen to be essential to the economy and the development of colonies.

The presence of women and children encouraged settlers to invest in farming, trade, and other economic activities.

That would help build the colony up.

I read all that and it's like, well, besides the pale skin, why did they compare them to vampires?

The chest.

The chest.

The coffin chest.

Coffins.

They're busty chest, Corey says.

Coffins.

No, but that is one of the reasons.

The Casket Girls' arrival in New Orleans from France, carrying small coffin-shaped chests or caskets, were added to the aura of mystery and their pale appearance after they got off the ship.

You include that with some of the dark history of ghosts and vampires within the city, and it just kind of creates this, like, perfect atmosphere, where something like this would just be a little bit spooky.

So, New Orleans.

New...

New...

How do you say it as a local?

New Orleans.

New Orleans.

Okay.

New Orleans.

Move your tongue less.

New Orleans.

New Orleans.

More than that, though.

So why there?

I don't know.

I absolutely know it.

No, I'm just kidding.

I got all kinds of...

I got all kinds of information for that.

Why they would want to hang out in that stinky ass swampland that is New Orleans.

New Orleans.

So the voodoo influence had a lot on it.

Coming up, the city's associates with voodoo, a spiritual practice with deep roots in African, Haitian and Creole traditions adds to a mystery and a dark aura.

The presence of voodoo queens like Marie de Vey.

Did I say that right?

De Vey?

Confident.

I would have agreed with you, but did you say that right?

Well, now I don't agree with you.

Yeah.

If you would have just, boom, I would have been like, hell yeah.

The presence of voodoo queens down there made the supernatural reputation of New Orleans spooky.

Historical cemeteries, the city's above ground cemeteries, often called cities of the dead, were both haunting and beautiful.

Their unique architecture and eerie atmosphere contributed to much of the city's mystique.

What the hell is an above ground cemetery?

It's like the tombs that they put them in, those above ground tombs.

Okay.

I was thinking like an above ground pool.

It's kind of the same.

I guess.

It's pretty much exactly that, but with a roof.

Yeah, okay.

A lot of the Gothic architecture down there, the French Quarter and other areas of New Orleans, were filled with historical buildings featuring Gothic architecture, like the Iron Balconies, hidden courtyards, and age facades evoke images of old world Europe.

I always think of the hidden courtyards in New Orleans for some reason.

Like when they build the building in a square and have a courtyard in the middle.

I don't know why.

That's like New Orleans to me.

Literary influence.

New Orleans has been the backdrop of numerous works of fiction, most notably Anne Rice's The Vampire Chronicles.

Her vivid description of the cities have immortalized it as a haven for vampires and popular culture.

That's good.

That's a good novel.

You son of a bitch.

I know you didn't read it because I was going to say that I read it because I'm a pathological liar and I know you didn't read it.

What's the author's name again?

JK.

Rowling.

You son of a bitch.

You got it right.

I knew there were two letters.

What was the two letters?

It was Anne Rice.

No.

It's not two letters.

It's not Anne spelled A-N.

Shit.

Cultural festivals.

I thought you said A-N, Rice.

No, it's just Anne.

So events like Mardi Gras with its mask and costumes and celebrations that go deep into the night add to the sense of mystery surrounding the entire city, and the legends like the Carter Brothers, the Casket Girls, and St.

Germain deal with a lot of it.

The city's history includes tales of piracy, voodoo curses, and the horrors of slavery.

I forgot the Rougarou.

The Rougarou's up there.

He counted.

He's kind of like a...

He's a pirate.

Oh.

He kind of piracies.

Yeah.

He lives in the swamps.

Yeah.

Might have a little wooden ship.

Yeah.

Like a butt pirate.

Yeah.

Like those fudge packers.

I don't know.

You're wearing a sweatshirt.

Yeah.

He's going to have the first pick.

So all elements combine to make New Orleans a unique and enigmatic place where the lines between natural and supernatural often blur.

So Corey, I have a game for you.

Let's play.

If you're in.

I'm in.

I am going to ask you questions.

There's no right or wrong answer to these questions.

Oh, I love these type of games.

I'm just going to rapid fire.

I have like five or six questions.

I'm going to rapid fire you questions.

First thing to come to my mind?

You got a rapid fire answers.

Oh, let's go.

So, Corey, are you ready?

Crack that beer open.

Mix that with your Nugget Nectar.

Might be a little bit of the whatever that is, too.

I don't think so.

Otos.

Otos?

Otos.

Otos.

All right.

All right, we're ready.

So, Corey, like I said, there are no wrong answers.

Oh, I love these.

There are right answers, no wrong answers.

Oh, I love it.

Let's go.

Corey, best movie with a vampire in it?

Little Vampire.

Wrong.

It's Eclipse in the Twilight Saga.

Team Edward or Team Jacob?

Jacob.

Wrong.

It's Team Edward.

If you were a vampire, where would you choose to live?

Transylvania.

That's wrong.

Alaska is the right answer.

If you were a vampire, how would you want to die?

A steak to the chest.

Anotrauma was the answer we were looking for.

If you could buy any celebrity in the world, and they would have to be with you forever, who would it be?

Helen Keller.

Anne Hathaway, because that woman should live forever.

I also accepted John Goodman.

Last but not least, should you?

Alex Rodriguez.

Wrong.

Should they make a new Buffy vampire slayer, and why shouldn't they?

Repeat that question.

Should they make a new Buffy the Vampire series, and why shouldn't they?

I guess the original was so good.

Corey finally got one, son of a bitch.

Sarah Michelle Geller is a national treasure, and you better freaking believe it.

Little vampire instead of the eclipse.

That's what I got for the episode.

That's the New Orleans vampires.

Hell yeah.

That brings us on to the folk lore score.

Let's get it.

Boom.

All right, we're back.

You're so aggressive when you bring us back.

You made it, I was waiting so long, so I was like, all right, we're back.

All right, we're back with the Folklore Score.

And if you guys don't know what the Folklore Score is, well, listen to our other episodes because we go through it.

Yeah, I'll just explain it to you real quick.

We have five categories, we each give a score one to 20, one to 20.

We each give a score one to 10.

With a top score of 50, we add our scores up, and they go up on the Folklore Score board.

Right now, Boo Hag is at number 10.

She's the Swamp Witch to beat.

And I'll just run it down our list real quick.

We have Krampus 1, Possessed Dolls 2, Kraken 3, Mothman 4.

At five, we have Black Eyes Kids and Ouija Boards Tide.

So that brings us to number seven for Bloody Mary.

Eight, Hookman.

Nine, Hatman.

And 10 is Dubu Hag.

And Cory has absolutely no confidence since he already gave it a score of 19.

I could tell by the way you wrote it.

You son of a bitch.

There's no way.

I did a bunch of fake circles.

I could tell.

I could tell which one was a real one.

So let's avail our scores.

I got a score of 24.

Cory has 19.

Bum, bum, ba, bum, ba.

43.

43.

So we're still not in the 30s yet.

And in the 40s brings it to a mild myth.

This Urban Legend offers a mild scare and minimal threat levels, providing listeners with entertaining.

This was entertaining.

This is so right.

This is super entertaining.

But yeah, there's other stuff there, but.

So we go through the scores real quick.

Yeah, go ahead.

You run the, you go.

Number one, Spookiness.

I had a three.

I had a three.

Historical and Cultural Significance.

I gave it a four.

I gave it an eight.

They've had the Vampire Diaries down in New Orleans.

But isn't it just in that area?

Yeah, the Vampire Diaries is in New Orleans.

OK, yep.

Gotcha.

Yep.

Number three, Believability.

What you got?

Five.

I got four.

Pretty close.

Uniqueness.

What you got?

Three.

Out of four.

There we go.

And then Threat Level.

Four.

Yeah.

So we're pretty much on par.

Except for the historical cultural significance.

Pretty much right on par.

Yeah.

Yeah.

That's our episode.

Vampires of New Orleans.

Don't even start.

You know that's my line.

You don't even say it right.

Do you want to hear my impression of you saying it?

Yeah.

I see you sound like your voice cracks.

It's not even right.

Want me to do yours?

Yeah, let's hear it.

So with that.

I never say so with that.

I say and with that.

He's wrong.

He already screwed up their impression.

It's over.

It's over.

Corey, where do they got to follow us at?

And with that, you follow us on Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, X, and threads.

They get a little bit of action here and there, but last resort.

And we post on Facebook Marketplace a lot, so if you're looking to buy used condoms and other disgusting paraphernalia.

Jelly rolls, socks, and wet tees.

No, they go right in the trash, right in the trash.

We get them out, though.

So I'm crack daddy, Mike.

I'm out of here.

BK, Corey.

It's not the butt crack.

It's just BK.

It's the butt crack.

Corey's stupid.