Episode 63: The Vampire Cult Murders // Flower Pickin' & Gas Gettin'
Patrice, Marleah, and Bartender Courtney drink Ginger Mint Limeade and talk sociopaths, Ron Swanson, privilege, and how we all need to get off our asses and do something. #blacklivesmatter
The Vampire Cult Murders //
In November of 1996, Richard and Ruth Wendorf were brutally murdered in their home in Eustis, FL. Police quicky determine a likely suspect: a 16-year-old from Kentucky named Rod Ferrell, who claims he is a 500-year-old vampire.
- No break for "Vampire cult" killer Rod Ferrell, life sentences stand by Stephen Hudak
- How "the Vampire Clan" went from teen blood rituals to killing parents by Benjamin H Smith
- 1999 HBO documentary The Vampire Murders
- Human Monsters: Rod Ferrell, the Vampire Cult Killer by R.A. Brewster
Flower Pickin' & Gas Gettin' //
Johnny Cash sitting in "Starkville City Jail" and Charles Neville getting gas in Florida. Stories about musicians in the 50s & 60s either become a celebrated part of their legacy or a cautionary tale of trying to make music in the Jim Crow South.
- Johnny Cash - Wikipedia
- Rock's Early, Segregated Days: The Forgotten History - Rolling Stone
- Hard Times: Legendary saxophonist Charles Neville talks about the life of black musicians in the Jim Crow South
- Second Line Arts Collective - DONATE
EPISODE DRINK:
Ginger Mint Limeade
By Bartender Courtney
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- Lime zest
- 8 oz fresh squeezed lime juice (approx 8 limes)
- 12 to 15 fresh mint leaves
- 2 oz vodka
- 3 oz Ginger ale (preferably Fever Tree)
- Ice
PREPARATION
For Mint Limeade Concentrate:
- Squeeze limes
- Boil water, sugar, and lime zest until sugar is dissolved
- Remove lime zest
- Add 8oz lime juice
- Add 1 cup cold water
- Add mint leaves
- Refrigerate for 1 hour
For Cocktail:
- Remove mint from concentrate
- Prepare a highball glass
- Add vodka and 2 oz limeade concentrate
- Top with Ginger ale
- Add ice
- Garnish with mint leaves
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