The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird

The Ouija Broads are Devon and Liz, two lifelong friends and Pacific Northwesterners who tell each other strange stories about interesting history, science, and legend from the weird corner of the country. Join these two broads as they talk about cryptids (Bigfoot!), mysteries (D.B. Cooper!), ghosts (we got a million!), and more Northweirdness...

The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird is a society podcast hosted by The Ouija Broads, with 154 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

The Ouija Broads hosts The Ouija Broads: Tales from the Pacific Northweird, a society show with 154 episodes published.

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  Episode #1010

  Debunking the Viral TikTok: The Legendary Chinese Cemeteries of Spokane's Browne's Addition

  Aug 24, 20261h 1m

  In this episode, Liz grapples with a Spokane urban legend that recently got widespread attention thanks to a viral TikTok video, and gives the one-two punch to AI-generated answers and the content creators (can't call 'em "researchers") who rely solely on them. The video claims that the Rosauers (a grocery store, for you non-Spokanites) in Browne's Addition was built on a Chinese cemetery. At the time of the video, there were ample resources that said otherwise, but Google Gemini's AI response promulgated the myth. Liz did over 40 hours of original research to write a fantastic article on Spokane Historical proving that the video and Gemini were wrong...which ended up getting crawled by Gemini, which used the information to correct its summary! A win for original research! Liz starts the episode wearing her career researcher hat to talk about why you can't use AI in place of actual research (you gotta be able to cite your sources, dudes!), and also gives a short update about the recent Spokane fires. But then we dive right into the myth, and even better, the actual, factual history behind the legend. Because there were Chinese people living and working in Spokane in the late 18- and early 1900s, and they did have interesting burial practices that involved burial, disinterment a few years later, and a second burial back in China; and it's likely one, if not two of these temporary burial sites were in/near Browne's Addition. (Although, as Liz uncovers for us in the episode, neither site was where Rosauers--or any grocery store for that matter--was built.) No one is spared in this episode, not AI, not lazy content creation, not Grocery Outlet (shout out, GrossOut), not even that really crappy intersection you gotta contend with driving out of Browne's. Thank you for listening. Stay weird! ** A full works cited will appear in our Show Notes page, but until then all the sources are also cited on the Spokane Historical article .

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  Episode #1009

  A Tale of Two Totem Poles

  Apr 12, 202659 min

  Liz tells Devon about Spokane's two totem poles: the "Hamat´sa Spirit" pole carved for Expo '74 by legendary Nuu-chah-nulth artist Joe David and his apprentice, Frank Charlie (also Nuu-chah-nulth); and a pole carved in 1977 by a non-Native man who went by Wobay Kitpou and Colville craftsman Michael Paul. Both totem poles were originally placed in Riverfront Park on what was then called Canada Island. In 2016, the island was rededicated to the Spokane Tribe, the area's original people, and in 2017 renamed Snxw Meneɂ, Salish for "salmon people". We talk about what a totem pole is, touch on other types of Northwest Coast art, the current state of the poles, and Liz shares bonus facts about the "Seward shame pole". Further Reading: Liz's writeup on the totem poles for her Expo '74 website: https://www.visitexpo74.com/art-and-music/canada-island-totem-pole Information on the Hamat´sa dance and ceremony written by U'mista Cultural Society; Joe David performed a Hamat´sa dance/ceremony as part of his pole's carving: https://umistapotlatch.ca/enseignants-education/cours_5_partie_3-lesson_5_part_3-eng.php A Spokesman Review article about the rededication of Snxw Meneɂ to the Spokane Tribe: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/mar/09/canada-island-renamed-in-salish-for-the-spokane-tr/ A Spokesman Review article on the 1977 pole's removal: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/aug/01/after-42-years-in-riverfront-park-totem-pole-remov/ The Alaska Historical Society writeup on the Seward shame pole: https://alaskahistoricalsociety.org/about-ahs/special-projects/150treaty/150th-resource-library/new-articles/the-seward-shame-pole-countering-alaskas-sesquicentennial/

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  Episode #1008

  GOATED: Spokane's Most Beloved Sculpture, the Garbage Goat

  Jan 23, 202647 min

  Liz tells Devon about Spokane's Garbage Goat, an interactive, trash-eating sculpture from Expo '74 that has transcended its original purpose to welcome folks to the fair and encourage people to pick up trash and become a beloved icon of the city. The Garbage Goat--Billy--is a steel sculpture that was created by Sister Mary Turnbull, aka "the welding nun," for Expo '74. Thanks to an internal vacuum system, visitors to Riverfront Park can "feed" the goat trash, which gets sucked up into a giant waste container. While goat farmers originally protested the sculpture because it perpetuated a potentially harmful stereotype that goats can eat trash, it has since inspired generations of visitors to pick up litter, as well as a host of businesses and artists to uphold the goat as a positive symbol of Spokane. Side quest topics include: ADA issues in Riverfront Park, a hot rat summer update, a wet rat winter news bulletin (a month late--sorry!), and psychic abilities. No major content warnings on this one: it's a fun, family-friendly listen (if you don't mind swear words).

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  Episode #1007

  Spokane's Forgotten Axe Murder

  Nov 25, 20251h 23m

  Liz tells Devon about the 1906 murder of Spokane resident James Sloane, and his 17-year-old son, Sidney, who confessed to the killing. On August 28, 1906, a body was discovered in a Spokane alley. The victim had been murdered with an axe, and was soon identified as James Sloane, proprietor of the local Sloane, Paine and Richmond grocery store. His older son, Sidney, confessed to the crime and was put on trial. Not only was the crime sensational, so too was the plea: not guilty by reason of insanity. This is a rare example of the Broads covering true crime. While we do not focus on gore, content warnings include discussions of alcoholism, abusive family situations, incarceration, discussions on mental health, mention of sexual assault, some mention of blood, and, of course, murder.

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  Episode #1006

  Stump Houses of the Pacific Northwest

  Oct 13, 202544 min

  Devon tells Liz about some of the unique structures settlers in the PNW built out of the massive stumps left behind from logging, with a focus on The Stump House at Guillemot Cove in Washington. Devon also tells Liz about one stump that the fire chief blew up with an old shell left from the Battle for Seattle, and how he almost caught the banker on fire. We also try to track down the origins of a criminal known as "Dirty Thompson" and share the location of a current stump-turned-LFL in Idaho.

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