Episode 70: Aunt Julia Knows // Clementine Barnabet

Patrice, Marleah, and Bartender Courtney drink Dr. Claudia Martinis and talk Louisiana, clairvoyance, conjure, and cults.

Aunt Julia Knows //

Three Louisiana communities thrived and prospered on the Western shores of Lake Pontchartrain during the turn of the century. That is until a song and a death heralded their demise. Does the singer of that song still roam the Manshac Swamps? Only Aunt Julia knows.

• 1915 New Orleans hurricane
• Frenier, Louisiana – Wikipedia
• The Legend (and Truth) of the Voodoo Priestess Who Haunts a Louisiana Swamp
• Aunt Julia in Ruddock

The Case of Clementine Barnabet //

In 1911 and 1912, family after family in Louisiana and Texas was slaughtered in their sleep with an axe. Was it the work of a mysterious cult led by a 19-year-old girl? Was it a spree meant to send a message against race mixing? Or the work of a rail-riding psychopath killing indiscriminately?

• 10 Horrifying Facts About The Voodoo Murders Of Clementine Barnabet
• The ‘Voodoo’ Murders of Clementine Barnabet, Who Claimed to Have Killed 35 People
• The Mulatto axe murders of 1911-1912
• 10 Terrifying Facts About the Man from the Train

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EPISODE DRINK:

The Dr. Claudia Martini

As you heard in this episode, Bartender Courtney’s dear friend and mentor passed away last week of COVID-19. She was an amazing woman, a trailblazer, an ass-kicker, and an absolute boss.

Here’s the recipe for Dr. Claudia’s signature martini. Don’t make it without raising your glass to a hell of a lady.

As Claudia would have ordered it, this is a Bombay Sapphire gin martini, very cold, very dry, up with a twist.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 oz Bombay Sapphire gin
• Dry vermouth
• Lemon

PREPARATION

• Pour ice water into a martini glass and let sit until very cold.
• Add gin to a shaker with ice and shake until cold.
• Pour ice water out of glass. Drip a very tiny amount of vermouth in glass, roll around, and pour out. (Claudia carried a spritzer bottle of dry vermouth in her purse for just this purpose.)
• Strain gin into prepared glass.
• Garnish with a twist of lemon. Run the twist around the rim and drop into your drink.
• Enjoy with class and reverence.

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