Perdition City Station
Jarad and Julie travel through the theology of the afterlife by train, bus, auto, ferry, and on foot. First stop Perdition City Station, last stop? Who knows?
They will be joined by cats, an occasional guest, ghosts, and a dead guy named Morty who came to hang out one Halloween and never left.
Come for the laughs, stay for the suffering.
This podcast contains some adult language and situations.
Episodes
25 episodes
How Hell Was Built: A Snowball of Stories Rolling Downhill to Crush Our Dreams
Julie braves her memories of the field trip to Tartarus to ask the question, how did Hell, as we know it, come to be? Like Rome, it wasn't built in a day. Like the snowball in Scooby Doo's That's Snow Ghost, it picked up a lot of stuff...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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1:08:41
The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting on the Hill: Never Trust Something That Doesn't Dream
This week, Julie and Jarad discuss the Haunting of Hill House and the authorized sequel, The Haunting on the Hill. Are there places where the soul can be trapped by absolute reality? Unable to leave or dream? Can stories ...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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1:22:35
Hella Anxious About the Future
In this episode, Julie and Jarad discuss whether the church's obsession with Heaven and Hell has influenced our modern American tendency to live in the future to the detriment of the present (and history)—or whether it's the other way around. O...
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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1:13:27
Slewfoot: Getting the Devil You Choose
This week Julie and Jarad discuss Slewfoot by Brom. You know how much we talk about giving power to Hell and reserving none for Heaven? This book is a great example of the ramifications of that theology (among many other things.) Give ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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52:33
What Do Witches Have to Do With It? Everything You Need to Know About Jarad
In this episode, Jarad tells us about his religious beliefs so we can see where he's coming from during our conversations. We discuss witchcraft, paganism, folklore, and how Jarad ended up in Maine. Check out the episode for Jarad's...
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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1:05:37
Let's Talk About Sin!
In this episode Julie and Jarad consider how people get assigned to go to Hell in the first place. They ask themselves a lot of questions. How is sin different from a moral wrong? How can Biblical interpretations of sin be dangerous? What do Ch...
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1:01:37
The House of Usher FINALLY Collapses!
Jarad and Julie finally come to the end of their ruminations on the Fall of the House of Usher...and it's finally time for Jarad's favorite death! They discuss the role of fate and death and the consequences our actions carry. "And ...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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1:09:22
The Long Awaited Penultimate Episode of The Fall of the House of Usher!
Ok. The House of Usher hasn't quite fallen because Jarad and I were somewhat more loquacious than usual. But it's getting real shaky. It will be one hundred percent collapsed by next time. We promise! In this episode two more Usher children mee...
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45:36
Book Launch: Last Train Out of Hell Interrogation...Errr...Interview
Julie's debut novel, The Last Train Out of Hell, launches tomorrow and Jarad kindly (or is it a ruse?) offered to interview her about the book. He's read the ARC and he's ready to ask the tough questions, like what kind of snacks are a...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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54:00
Fall of the House of Usher 2: You Can't Escape the Fates—Or Annoying Cats
In this episode, Jarad is depressed by his lot in the late stage capitalistic hellscape we all live in, so Julie tries to cheer him up with tales of gruesome death and inescapable fate. The hosts discuss how well the Netflix series, The Fal...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:07:30
Jarad Reads The Raven
Julie went on an excursion to a writer's conference, and with no one to bother, Jarad whiled away his time reading depressing poetry. (Probably because he was so sad Julie was gone.)Here's one that's pertinent to our last, and next, epis...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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6:57
The Fall of the House of Usher; The Long Dark Shadow of Hell
Julie and Jarad discuss the Netflix series, The Fall of the House of Usher, continuing our exploration of whether justice can be achieved in this lifetime. In this episode, we talk about the set up and framework for the show and note t...
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1:05:43
The Devil at the Crossroads! Plus More Cowbell and Toads From Hell
Julie and Jarad discuss the trickster nature of the devil in folklore and why you better read the fine print if you make a deal with him. Jarad introduces some folklore about witches and offers to buy Julie a cowbell. Also some weird frogs and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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49:04
Perdition City Station Promo: Let's Go to Hell!
Julie and Jarad meet once a week to talk about all things Hellish, from horror to true crime to theology and justice. We discuss how and why our culture has been shaped by Christian ideas about Hell and the Devil—and whether all tho...
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Season 1
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0:52
Can You Dig a Hole to Hell? And Will the Devil Have to Renovate?
In which:Julie and Jarad fall down a super deep borehole right into Hell. We discover that we have listeners besides that one crow by Jarad's apartment.Jarad finds hard evidence that Julie is actually Lilith.Sat...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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59:57
The Harrowing: The Great Easter Prison Break
Julie and Jarad natter on about The Harrowing of Hell with more chutzpah than actual knowledge. If Jesus can break people out of Hell, does that change theology? If you don't like the story about Hell's biggest jailbreak, what's wrong with you?...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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54:05
Julie Reads "The Bite"
This is an audio recording of the story Jarad and I discuss in Episode 8, The Bite: When Fairies Attack!Going forward, we plan to have audio recordings of stories and a few other fun bonus episodes for patrons, but right now, this is for...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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28:18
The Bite: When Fairies Attack
Jarad asks Julie about his favorite Things Get Weird in Whistlestop story, The Bite. What happens when you make fairies mad? Things get weird. Also we learn that it's always best to go where the moon is happy....
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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51:12
Went on a Field Trip to Tartarus and All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
Julie and Jarad go back on the timeline to the point where people started to say, "Hey! Life isn't fair. Wouldn't it be cool if there was some way to make it fair after we die?"Come for the scenery, Jarad's incessant whining, and the dis...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:03:32
Hellometer Rating: Nosferatu, Appetite in an Ugly Fur Hat
Julie and Jarad discuss Nosferatu and rate it on the Hellometer Scale. Jarad's obsession with Bill Skarsgård is tested by prosthetics and an ugly fur hat. Julie's exasperation with the illegal and misogynistic activities of evil entities is exp...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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1:07:24
Krugersdorp Two: Frogs Boiling in a Cauldron of Nonsense
Julie and Jarad finish their discussion of the Krugersdorp Cult Murders with Jarad somehow managing not to chew his own ears off.Join us to see how trying to be good can go so very, very wrong. This week's sources are:...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:30:16
Krugersdorp 1: When the Devil Comes Through the Back Door
Julie and Jarad discuss the Krugersdorp murders in South Africa by a single and simple-minded cult. We discover that just because you're looking hard for the devil out the front door doesn't mean he won't sneak in through the back. If you look ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:09:18
Hellometer Rating: The Ninth Gate
Julie and Jarad use the Hellometer to rate the 1999 move The Ninth Gate. We talk an about the pursuit of evil, the limits of binary views of morality, and how someone so hot can get so weird. Also, Jarad ends up in the closet. But not like you ...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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