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About the Guest: Dr. Courtney Craig

In this episode of Homespun Haints, Becky and Diana welcomed their longtime friend Courtney, who joined them from, Munich, Germany. This reunion was particularly special as Courtney was the mutual connection who originally brought the hosts together years ago in Florida.

In her day job, Dr. Courtney Craig is an expert chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) nutritionist. By night, she is working on an exciting new venture: opening Frau Bar, Munich’s only bar dedicated to the FLINTA community (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary, transgender, and agender individuals).

URGENT: Our friend Courtney from this recent episode needs your help; all you have to do is click on this link to her IG post, and “like” the IG post (https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIRODSRsQdP) so she can win her pitch contest and secure funding. Thank you!

Please consider supporting or sharing Courtney’s crowdfunding campaign to open Frau Bar Munich. Keep up with developments by following @Frau_Bar_MUC on Instagram or at the website fraubar.de.

Manifesting in Bars All Over Europe

Throughout the episode, a thread emerged connecting Courtney’s unexplainable experiences with her life’s trajectory. From the telekinesis incident in a London bar to now opening her own bar in Munich, she seems to be following a pattern of manifestation—turning emotional energy into her tangible reality. Courtney has repeatedly manifested significant life changes: learning German, moving to another country as a solo female, establishing a community of over a thousand queer women, and now creating a safe community space for those who lack one.

What is Frau Bar?

Frau: A FLINTA Bar will be Munich’s only dedicated bar for queer women—a vibrant, inclusive space for FLINTA* individuals to connect, unwind, and celebrate community. More than just a bar, Frau is a social hub where you can meet like-minded people, attend queer events, and enjoy a welcoming atmosphere that truly feels like home.

The German acronym FLINTA describes a spectrum of gender identities that have something to do with minority genders or the female experience. It stands for Frauen, Lesben, Intergeschlechtliche, Nicht-binäre, Trans, and Agender.

Frau Bar will serve the LGBTQ community in a way that sounds like a delicious mixture of Cubbyhole, Cheers, and The Planet; as a café and bar hosting regular meetups, women’s sports screenings, and international queer events in a space designed for visibility, connection, and belonging.

If you’re in Munich, we hope you drop by Frau-A FLINTA Bar and order our signature Homespun Haints–sponsored cocktail: the Have a Spooky Day!

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Sara Rose is very familiar with Charlotte’s residents: both those who are alive and those who are supposed to be dead. It’s no wonder that so many of the things she saw in childhood she has blocked from memory. Today, however, she opens up and reveals profound things about the world on the other side of the veil.

Watch below, as former diesel mechanic Sara Rose shares her stories of how she tolerated—and eventually befriended—some of the spectral spooks at her job.

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Then, watch part two, as Sara Rose corroborates the stories her mom already told us, and shares her own experiences of the bizarre sightings around their North Carolina home.

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About the Guest: Sara Rose

That’s right, Cynthia’s daughter Sara Rose is on the podcast today to tell the story of the ghost in her diesel garage. Hear how she helped rediscover the man behind the cautionary tale from an old garage accident, transitioning him from the butt of a joke to a helpful tool finder. She tells us, he had been dead for so long, he didn’t remember his name. Just don’t call him Pancake.

Like her mom, Sara Rose has had a ridiculous number of encounters with strange supernatural beings in her little corner of North Carolina. And in Charlotte, Raleigh, and Charleston, too. She takes us on a trip down memory lane, from her earliest memories of having night terrors of the Hat Man and Cerberus, to the time she and her friend saw a Slenderman crossing a bridge.

In today’s episode, Sarah Rose tells us the story of Phil. We just scratched the surface of this story a couple weeks ago when we interviewed her mom. Now, hear it from the point of view of the coworker of this diesel garage ghost.

He’d Been Dead So Long, He Didn’t Remember His Name

I’ll Always Drive A Little Faster Over That Bridge

During the second half of the interview, Sara Rose threw out the term “corn husk demon” as though everyone was familiar with this paranormal entity. Of all the personal paranormal stories we’ve heard, this is a new term for us. Apparently, it’s different from the dolls Becky made as a child (and tried to teach Diana how to make before Diana absconded with the corn husks to make tamales).

What is a corn husk demon?

Sara Rose tells us a corn husk demon has glowing eyes, and guards cornfields. Kind of like the creepy guy in Jeepers Creepers. You know, the one that everyone thinks is a scarecrow until he’s snatching them up with his talons. Or like what our previous guest Lindsey saw in the buckwheat field.

Feldgeister from German Folklore

Korndämonen are a type of Feldgeist, or field spirit, from German folklore. It turns out, there are ever so many types of Feldgeister. We have the Roggenwolf (“rye wolf”) who might just be the inspiration for werewolf legends. Also the Kornhund (“corn dog”) who is probably not the inspiration for the breaded hot dog on a stick. The primary purpose of Feldgeister seems to be kidnapping children. Which isn’t surprising, considering that’s basically what every German folk creature does, right?

There are a few notable exceptions.

• The Kiddelhunde (“titillation dogs”), who forego the kidnapping and just tickle children to death.
• The Habergeiß (“oat goat”), whose ominous call tells the future, and must never be imitated. It’s actually part bird as well, and ridden by the Devil during the Wild Hunt.
• The Roggenmuhme (“rye auntie”), who tosses her long, tar-filled breasts over her shoulders to get them out of the way so she can take the light out of children’s eyes with her lightning whip.

The Korndämon Sara Rose saw was likely the Hafermann (“oat man”), the corn demon who wears a big black hat and throws an iron shillelagh. He is famous for—you guessed it—snatching children from cornfields.

Haunted Diesel Garages in North Carolina

What do y’all think? Even been haunted by a ghost in a diesel garage or kidnapped by a demon in a cornfield? If so, why not submit your story to be on an episode of Homespun Haints in the future?

Until next time, have a spooky day!

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