On this one, Val does a little show and tell of some of her cemetery photography and we go on a tour of Bagdad Cemetery of Williamson County here in Texas -- a special place featured in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!
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Resources for this chat include:
In today's Creepy Cocktail hour, Valerie does some experimenting with the IT martinis of this summer (various brines and a helpful discussion of how to approach the tomato martini of this summer season!) and then we dive into some covering of death photography (memento mori) of the Victorian era!
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Resources for this chat include:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36389581
https://allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-death-photos
https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/death-photography
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLiYMNDSu-O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJmcze0N2LS/?igsh=NzBsd3MwZHhkM2w2
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLiBD0wRkCi/?igsh=dzVrdzd4M3ZzZzNh
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMIf_OZRKwe/?igsh=MTdnOWE2NnkxZ2t1OA==
Join Val today for our sixth Creepy Cocktail Hour!
We're keeping this one simple with a celebration of water horror, or: horror stories set at sea!
We're also discussing Basil Margaritas and fun ways to do summer infusions this season.
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Resources for this chat include:
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls099527452/
https://ew.com/movies/best-aquatic-horror-movies/
https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/06/jaws-anniversary-book-movie/683305/
Join Summer Child Val to kick off the season with a talk around one of her favorite horror avenues: Summer Camp Horror!
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Resources for this chat:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/summer-camp-horror-movies
https://www.cbr.com/best-summer-slasher-films-not-friday-the-13th/
https://screencraft.org/blog/why-are-there-so-many-summer-camp-horror-movies/
Cocktail: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/golden-ghost-bijou-cocktail-riff/
Gather round ye hearth because for our fourth creepy cocktail hour, we did a little dive into the moment vampires in horror cinema are having and how much we're here for it!
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Resources for this chat include:
https://youtu.be/gry3H_28_Zc?si=fuzP83LqWnWloLgV
https://screenrant.com/vampire-movies-box-office-resurgence-sinners-nosferatu-explainer/
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-04-26/sinners-movie-vampires-free-speech-politics
In our third creepy cocktail hour, Val does a mini-dive on death practices, a brief history of caskets and of course, the fun of embalming + her favorite mortician (and everybody should have one). Oh and old fashioneds, baby!
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Resources for this chat:
https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/pia/article/93/galley/135/view/
https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/87043-the-history-of-caskets
https://www.funeralbasics.org/the-strange-unusual-history-of-embalming/#:~:text=Originating%20with%20the%20Egyptians%20around,produced%20hundreds%20of%20anatomical%20plates.
https://bartonfuneral.com/funeral-basics/history-of-embalming/
Photo credit - Remezcla
Join us over on Patreon and get caught up on our February Creepy Cocktail Hour where we talked about The Legend of El Sombrerón!
Catch up here and never miss a monthly session -- Cheers!
Resources for this chat:
https://remezcla.com/culture/el-sombreron-que-horror-halloween-guatemala/
https://www.abctales.com/story/well-wisher/el-sombreron-based-upon-guatemalan-folktale
https://utrgv.libguides.com/legends/duendes#:~:text=Summary,Goya%20for%20release%20in%201799
https://youtu.be/4kaXypwdcfY?si=FRe64pk5i7dI-lf5
https://www.bonappetit.com/story/pickle-martini-recipe
https://interminablerambling.com/2023/10/05/banned-books-week-ashley-hope-perezs-out-of-darkness/
In our first EVER livestream, Val talks real life creepy hotels here in Texas (perfect as it relates to our recent book club episode!) and manages to talk about how tragic it would be to have a spill on camera while she whips up a cocktail... then promptly has said spill occur on camera. Perfectly rehearsed! 🥴
Youtube link of a brief interview with Professor Bowles: https://youtu.be/kHx7ODZcegU?si=H7V0x3tZxwgscW58
Other resources:
https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/brownsville-a-place-of-forgotten-secrets/
https://texascooppower.com/ghosts-history-and-legends/
Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley by David Bowles / Haunted America / The History Press / September 2016