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		<title>Black Mirror, Black Hole</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Diana Doty]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2023 01:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Co-host Diana tells yet another story about her haunted bathroom's portals, but this time, she's actually got a glimpse inside the matrix.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://homespunhaints.com/disgusting-paranormal-stories">Black Mirror, Black Hole</a> appeared first on <a href="https://homespunhaints.com">Homespun Haints</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">On today&#8217;s episode, co-host Diana tells yet another story about her haunted bathroom&#8217;s portals, but this time, she&#8217;s actually got a glimpse inside the matrix; this episode is even more disgusting than you expect it to be.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-episode-summary-disgusting-paranormal-stories">Episode Summary: Disgusting Paranormal Stories</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">For years, Becky has given Diana shit about the haunted mirror she purchased at a yard sale and then recklessly hung in an energetically charged bathroom. But the story she tells me today tops every bizarre thing that has happened to her since she brought that cursed mirror home and put it over the potty. I’m still scratching my head about this story, and I really hope that you, dear Hainted Love, can help us figure out what the hell she saw in the mirror.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="800" height="800" src="https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ghost_small.jpg" alt="ghost in a mirror is part of our disgusting paranormal stories today" class="wp-image-4827" srcset="https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ghost_small.jpg 800w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ghost_small-300x300.jpg 300w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ghost_small-150x150.jpg 150w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/ghost_small-768x768.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Diana did not see a ghost in the mirror this time, but something far, far weirder.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dare to question your own reality? Listen to today&#8217;s episode for some black humor about the black hole within the black mirror over the blackwater in Diana&#8217;s haunted bathroom.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-episode-show-notes-about-gross-haunted-bathroom-stories">Episode Show Notes About Gross Haunted Bathroom Stories</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-another-paranormal-story-about-bathroom-portals">Another Paranormal Story about Bathroom Portals </h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">It might be too late now, but if you haven&#8217;t heard the prelude to this story, go check out the original <a href="https://homespunhaints.com/portals-in-bathrooms" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">toilet teleportation story</a>. This has been happening to Diana since she was a tween. Nowadays they don&#8217;t disturb her as much as they once did. But she&#8217;s still quite bamboozled as to the nature of these experiences, and what they mean.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">As a reminder, in the past few decades, more and more bonafide physicists have entertained the idea that there are invisible portals that connect different dimensions, <a href="https://homespunhaints.wpengine.com/electromagnetic-fields" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">magnetic fields</a>, and worlds. We just have a hard time seeing them. In 2011, Harvard professor Lisa Randall published a book, <em>Knocking on Heaven&#8217;s Door</em>. In it, she describes unseen extra dimensions that exist alongside our own. <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/opening-strange-portals-in-physics-92901090/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Smithsonian</em> has a great article</a> about it.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="900" height="900" src="https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/portal.jpg" alt="Black hole seen in Diana's black mirror in this episode about disgusting paranormal stories" class="wp-image-4829" srcset="https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/portal.jpg 900w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/portal-300x300.jpg 300w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/portal-150x150.jpg 150w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/portal-768x768.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Artist&#8217;s rendering of what Diana saw</figcaption></figure>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-black-holes-and-white-holes">Black Holes and White Holes </h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If these extra dimensions exist, then can they be accessed? Perhaps through black holes, <a href="https://now.northropgrumman.com/do-doors-to-interdimensional-travel-exist/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">explains <em>Now</em></a>.  Or, more interestingly, perhaps we already know where some of them are. At least, in the case of magnetic portals, as described by this study from <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/mag-portals.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA</a>. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">According to some, a wormhole could exist between a black and a white hole. These could be &#8220;portals,&#8221; in a sense. They bend light. They mess with time. You know, basically that weird shit Diana saw in her haunted bathroom mirror. Hey, it&#8217;s a theory, at least! What&#8217;s yours?!</p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-my-paranormal-period-a-traumatic-potty-story">My Paranormal Period: a Traumatic Potty Story</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Dear God, it&#8217;s Diana, and I want to know, why can&#8217;t I have a normal haunting experience like all my friends? How come when I have paranormal experiences, they tend to involve toilets and bodily fluids? Will I ever learn to shut my mouth before jokes about menstruating ectoplasm come out of it? Hainted Loves, we are continuously amazed and grateful that you stick with us despite our filthy dirty potty mouths and all the disgusting and only vaguely paranormal stories we tell. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And remember, these episodes are <em>edited </em>for content. Can you imagine what we sound like unfiltered? Well, our Patrons already know! We post the stories that end up too spicy and/or gross for the general public on our <a href="http://www.patreon.com/homespunhaints" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Patreon</a> as well as our normal ghost story interviews ad-free. It&#8217;s a great sneak preview for what we sound like live. When we finally kick off our eventual live haunted world tour, we hope you&#8217;ll come and see us, and also, well, we warned you, Japan. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-full"><img decoding="async" width="900" height="805" src="https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BeckyDianaToilet.jpg" alt="Diana popping out of toilet to accompany disgusting paranormal stories" class="wp-image-4833" srcset="https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BeckyDianaToilet.jpg 900w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BeckyDianaToilet-300x268.jpg 300w, https://homespunhaints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/BeckyDianaToilet-768x687.jpg 768w" sizes="(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Diana has a lot of hauntings involving toilets.</figcaption></figure>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But why does Diana keep falling into these portals while in the bathroom? Would you buy this haunted mirror full of portals and hang it in your home? What room would you put it in? Would you attempt to trap people in it? Would you attempt to seal it off so nothing comes out of it? Whatever happens with it, it&#8217;s guaranteed to cause a spooky day!</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://homespunhaints.com/disgusting-paranormal-stories">Black Mirror, Black Hole</a> appeared first on <a href="https://homespunhaints.com">Homespun Haints</a>.</p>
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		<title>Teleporting with Toilets</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Becky Kilimnik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2020 04:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Being a kid is tough. Being a nerdy art kid staying the night in a haunted museum is even tougher.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://homespunhaints.com/portals-in-bathrooms">Teleporting with Toilets</a> appeared first on <a href="https://homespunhaints.com">Homespun Haints</a>.</p>
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<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In a sharp left turn from our normal <a href="https://homespunhaints.wpengine.com/submit-real-ghost-stories" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">true ghost stories</a>, today Diana shares a personal story about travelling through portals in bathrooms of haunted houses! It&#8217;s our 40th episode, so in celebration, we tell one of our own stories. On today&#8217;s episode, co-host Diana talks about a strange encounter she had as a child while spending the night in a haunted museum.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Listen right <a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/310550/episodes/13507933" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>: </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-episode-summary-portals-in-bathrooms">Episode Summary: Portals in Bathrooms</h2>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Being a kid is tough. Being a nerdy art kid staying the night in a <a href="https://homespunhaints.wpengine.com/the-ghost-hunter-of-south-florida" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">haunted museum</a> is even tougher. Diana didn&#8217;t know some of the haunted history of the Gilcrease Museum grounds when she started volunteering there as a child, but nothing could have prepared her for the strange thing she saw when she was all alone, at night. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-episode-show-notes">Episode Show Notes</h2>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-the-gilcrease-museum">The Gilcrease Museum</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">The Gilcrease Museum is an art museum focusing on Native American art, founded by Thomas Gilcrease who has his house, and his tomb, on the same grounds as the building that now houses the museum.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Gilcrease himself, a man who became a wealthy oil baron at quite a young age, garnered quite a reputation for his philanthropy and art collection. We discuss him at length in the episode, but if you&#8217;d like an overview, take a look at the museum&#8217;s <a href="https://gilcrease.org/about/history/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">history page</a>. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And, if you&#8217;d like to see the map of the grounds that Diana references in the episode, you can find it <a href="https://gilcrease.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/preview-chat-REVISED-GARDENS-MAP-11-02-15.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">here</a>. </p>



<h3 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bathroom-portals">Bathroom Portals</h3>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">So, we admit we  get a little wacky in this episode. Inter-dimensional portals that somehow appear in bathrooms? Running into trees in our living room? We swear we were sober when we recorded this.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">We do have some vindication, however. In the past few decades, more and more physicists have entertained the idea that there are invisible portals that connect different dimensions, <a href="https://homespunhaints.wpengine.com/electromagnetic-fields" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">magnetic fields</a>, and worlds. We just have a hard time seeing them.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">In 2011, Harvard professor Lisa Randall published a book, <em>Knocking on Heaven&#8217;s Door</em>, where she describes unseen extra dimensions that exist alongside our own. <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/opening-strange-portals-in-physics-92901090/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><em>Smithsonian</em> has a great article</a> about it.</p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">If these dimensions exist, then can they be accessed? Perhaps through black holes, <a href="https://now.northropgrumman.com/do-doors-to-interdimensional-travel-exist/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">explains <em>Now</em>.</a>  Or, more interestingly, perhaps we already know where some of them are. At least, in the case of magnetic portals, as described by this study from <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/sunearth/news/mag-portals.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">NASA</a>. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">And, let&#8217;s not forget about the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/08/woolwich-foot-tunnel-portals-of-london" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">blog in London</a> that attempts to document inter-dimensional portals that its residents keep bumping into. </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">But why do this podcast&#8217;s hosts seem to fall into these portals while in the bathroom? What do you think? </p>



<p class="wp-block-paragraph">One thing&#8217;s for sure; falling off the potty into a bathroom portal in a haunted house is a surefire way to have a spooky day.</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://homespunhaints.com/portals-in-bathrooms">Teleporting with Toilets</a> appeared first on <a href="https://homespunhaints.com">Homespun Haints</a>.</p>
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