One Up The Annals
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Welcome to One Up the Annals
Hosted by Rab Greeson.
Join me as I do a cinematic narration of my creative nonfiction.
This isn’t a typical talk into a mic and interview people. Come hear a unique take on topics I find interesting, episodes are produced with music and sfx.
This show digs into the moments, obsessions, and mischief that shaped our world… not the textbook versions, but the human ones. The “how did we get here?” moments that connect past to present.
Each episode blends,
Cinematic storytelling
Cultural commentary with teeth
A little humor (the classy kind, mostly)
A unique approach and perspective
Whether it’s artists spiraling into brilliance, rulers courting disaster, or icons wrestling with the thin line between genius and madness, the Annals bring it all to life with heart, style, and a dash of irreverence.
If you love history, storytelling, or simply seeing humanity at its most human, you’re in the right place.
Where shame becomes legend… and the past finally gets the podcast it deserves.
Goodnight.
One Up The Annals
EP 25 Hollywood Séance: Cursed Movie Sets
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Hollywood is built on illusion.
Lights. Soundstages. Carefully controlled darkness.
But what happens when the darkness doesn’t follow directions?
In this episode of One Up the Annals, host Rab Greeson sits down at the séance table to explore the most infamous cursed and haunted movie sets in film history. From early silent cinema to modern horror, where coincidence piled up, accidents felt intentional, and rumors refused to die.
Guided by special guest Victoria co-hosting as the medium “the spirits agreed to speak through,” this episode unfolds like a séance disguised as a podcast. Together, we trace the strange pattern that emerges when cameras roll on stories about ghosts, demons, and the Devil himself and something off-script shows up to watch.
You’ll hear about:
- Films that survived fires meant to erase them
- Sets where actors didn’t just play ghosts, they became legends
- Locations that seemed to remember what was done there
- Why certain roles feel like they keep the people who play them
- And how rumor itself can become a haunting that never leaves the screen
This isn’t a list of jump scares. It’s a slow burn through Hollywood’s shadow history—where belief, coincidence, and fear blur just enough to make you check the hallway afterward.
You came for the facts.
You’re not leaving alone.
Goodnight
