HORRORble Podcast

Askia sits down with Io Locke, an ordained Minister of Satan from The Satanic Temple Austin, to cut through the noise on what Satanism actually is. From a Mormon farm in Oregon to leading a congregation in Austin, TX, Io breaks down the Seven Tenets, Baphomet, religious trauma, bodily autonomy, and why Christian nationalism is way more dangerous than anything The Satanic Temple is doing.
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Io Locke doesn't worship the devil, they don't even believe in one. What they do believe in: empathy, science, personal sovereignty, and making the world better for everyone. This episode digs into the real story behind The Satanic Temple, from its origins fighting abortion bans in Texas to running food drives and menstrual product collections under the name "Menstruating with Satan."

Io walks through the difference between theistic and non-theistic Satanism, why the organization's name is intentionally provocative, and what the Baphomet statue is actually about. If you've ever been curious, or just wanted to argue at Thanksgiving, this one's required listening.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing Io Locke
03:31 - Discovering the Satanic Temple
06:20 - Defining atheism
10:08 - Types of Satanism
12:22 - The Seven Tenets
13:31 - Anton LaVey
16:33 - Using "Satan" as a protest
19:22 - Religious trauma
24:27 - Kicking people out of the Temple
28:04 - Community outreach
34:33 - Protesting religious groups
36:05 - The pentagram
38:01 - Being provocative on purpose
39:59 - Becoming a Minister of Satan
45:23 - Reactions to being a Satanist
46:48 - The danger of organized religion
49:29 - The Apocrypha
51:08 - Evil on earth
54:40 - Christian nationalism
56:47 - Rituals in the Satanic Temple
59:56 - Misconceptions about Satanism

Professor Joseph Laycock joins Askia to break down demonology, exorcism, and the academic study of spirit possession. They cover the real history behind "The Exorcist," the global prevalence of demon beliefs, the Satanic Panic, and why unregulated exorcisms can get people killed.
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Joseph Laycock is a religious studies professor that gets roughly two calls a month from people convinced they're possessed (he stays out of it, because he's not a mental health professional, and he's definitely not an exorcist). This episode goes deep on the etymology of the word "demon," the Nephilim, books that got cut from the Bible, and why "The Exorcist" triggered a wave of real exorcism requests that still hasn't stopped.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing Joseph Laycock
01:48 - Growing up with religion and horror
03:40 - Alien abductions
05:53 - Demons in modern society
10:21 - Religious studies vs theology
12:59 - Exorcisms gone horribly wrong
14:20 - What really is a demon?
18:36 - Animal sacrifice
23:27 - Nephilim and the Book of Enoch
31:08 - Possessions and inherited demons
35:28 - Santería
38:20 - Santa Muerte
42:58 - Spirit possessions around the world
50:16 - What does Hell look like in other religions?
56:01 - The impact of The Exorcist (1973)
1:06:43 - The Satanic Panic
1:14:44 - Richard Ramirez (The Night Stalker)
1:15:12 - 764 criminal organization
1:19:46 - What exorcisms actually look like
1:32:15 - What is a cult?
1:38:18 - Jonestown cult
1:40:10 - Branch Davidians cult FBI standoff
1:42:26 - Order of the Solar Temple cult
1:42:42 - Aum Shinrikyo cult
1:42:58 - Heaven's Gate cult
1:45:10 - The occult

Askia sits down with Brandon Hodge, an expert on the history of spirit communication devices, to trace the dark, fascinating history of the Ouija board and everything that came before it. From the Fox Sisters and table tipping to planchettes, spirit rapping, and the unexpected origins of modern spiritualism, this one goes deep.
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Brandon Hodge is the real deal. With thousands of artifacts and hundreds of Ouija boards, he has dedicated his life to understanding why humans have always tried to talk to the dead.

This episode covers the birth of American spiritualism in 1848, the Fox Sisters' infamous spirit rappings, how table tipping became a nationwide craze, the planchette's Parisian origins, and why the Ouija board, introduced in 1890, wasn't even considered special at the time. We also get into the demonization of these tools, what Hollywood got dead wrong, and why Brandon still says everyone should try a Ouija board at least once.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing Brandon Hodge
01:42 - Introduction to the paranormal
03:27 - Sleep paralysis
04:16 - Spirit communication devices
08:19 - Why do people talk to the dead?
13:01 - The Fox sisters, the start of spirit communication
20:20 - Spiritualism
21:18 - Andrew Jackson Davis and hypnotism
23:53 - Table tipping
29:37 - How to hypnotize people
33:34 - Automatic writing
36:39 - The invention of the planchette
40:16 - Is spirit communication demonic?
49:09- The secret history of the Ouija Board
59:40 - Brandon's haunted Ouija Board experience
1:09:49 - Haunted items
1:13:00 - Should you use an Ouija Board?
1:16:20 - Hollywood and the Ouija Board
1:24:32 - Brandon's ectoplasm experience
1:28:08 - The Marfa Lights
1:30:51 - Children sensitivity to spirits

Askia sits down with Austin ghost tour guide David to to talk haunted history, military trauma, America's first serial killer, and whether vampires are walking among us. From the Servant Girl Annihilator murders to hallucinating the devil during a 100-mile ultra run — this one goes deep.
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David isn't your typical ghost tour guide. He's a Marine Corps veteran, Army chaplain, ultramarathoner, and a guy who genuinely felt the presence of LBJ in a hotel lobby. This episode covers the dark corners of human nature — from Austin's first serial killer case (the Servant Girl Annihilator) and early criminal profiling, to moral injury in the military, the insanity defense, and why the scariest thing on earth isn't a monster — it's a person.

They get into the concept of ghosts as grief, what happens when trauma goes unbelieved, modern-day vampires (yes, really), and what David saw when he nearly died in a spinning helicopter over Baghdad. Plus — his 11-year-old son won't go in one room of their house. Make of that what you will. If you're into horror, history, the paranormal, military stories, or just want to hear someone talk honestly about war, death, and the afterlife — this episode delivers.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing David from Ghost City Tours
03:41 - Superstitions and ghosts in the military
04:56 - The living history of Austin
06:54 - America's first serial killer (Servant Girl Annihilator)
09:24 - What makes a murderer?
14:32 - How violence affects the soul
19:59 - The horror of disbelief
24:40 - Paranormal experiences on tours
26:44 - David's ghost encounters
27:54 - David's Satan hallucination
35:17 - Why do we love ghost stories?
37:31 - The ghosts of Austin
40:06 - The haunted Driskill Hotel
41:58 - Dark ghosts and energy on tours
46:49 - The military training you to die
53:22 - How war traumatizes you
57:06 - Being a noncombatant in the army
59:40 - The horrors of war
1:01:39 - David's helicopter near-death experience
1:03:43 - Human cruelty
1:06:28 - Real life vampires
1:12:52 - What happens when we die?

Pastor Ramon Perez has performed exorcisms, spoken directly to demons, and witnessed things most people only see in horror movies — and he's here to talk about all of it. From a Gulf War vet who claims he brought back a demon from Iraq, to a man raised from the dead after experiencing hell firsthand, this episode goes places most podcasts won't.
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Pastor Ramon Perez doesn't flinch. He's spent years doing deliverances — not just casting out demons, but tracking down the ROOT cause of demonic influence. He breaks down why most exorcisms fail (and actually make things worse), how Satan's voice sounds exactly like your own inner monologue, and why he once had to facilitate peace between the spirit of a black slave and a white slave owner — both living inside the same man.

If that doesn't already have you leaning forward, he also gets into a woman who was literally a bride of Satan with the power to astral project into other people, demonic portals opened by occult movies, alien encounters in El Paso, interdimensional beings, and a conspiracy theory connecting dinosaur bones to the Nephilim.

This is spiritual warfare, horror stories, and raw theology colliding in real time. Whether you're a believer or a skeptic, Pastor Ramon's response is simple: "I'd rather be popular with God than with man."
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Introducing Pastor Ramon Perez
01:38 - The demon from Iraq
02:27 - The 14 month exorcism
05:31 - Going from skeptic to believer
06:57 - Raising someone from the dead
12:12 - Performing an exorcism by yourself
13:14 - The slave vs slave owner possession
20:35 - Satan speaking through people
22:08 - The astral projecting witch
24:01 - Ramon getting attacked by Satan
27:31 - Bad churches
34:15 - Exorcisms in movies vs real life
35:16 - The Hat Man
38:01 - Ghost encounters
43:44 - Personal encounters with aliens
48:59 - Are aliens demonic?
53:00 - The Giant of Kandahar
54:01 - How to detect demons
56:29 - Why is there evil in the world?