DON'T WATCH AT NIGHT - Creepy Cocktail Hour

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #9

Published September 28, 2025

We're gathering for the latest creepy cocktail hour and sipping Earl Grey martinis why we discuss deadly Victorian wallpaper!

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Resources for this chat include:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/

https://www.slam.org/blog/arsenic-in-victorian-wallpaper/

https://www.vogue.com/article/arsenic-wallpaper-bitten-by-witch-fever-book

https://www.thamesandhudsonusa.com/books/bitten-by-witch-fever-wallpaper-and-arsenic-in-the-nineteenth-century-home-hardcover

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/earl-grey-marteani/

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2016/10/the-era-when-poison-was-everywhere/503654/

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #8

Published August 28, 2025

On this one, Val does a little show and tell of some of her cemetery photography and we go on a tour of Bagdad Cemetery of Williamson County here in Texas -- a special place featured in the Texas Chainsaw Massacre!

Tune in and join us on Patreon so you never miss a creepy cocktail hour.

Resources for this chat include:

https://www.kut.org/life-arts/2022-10-31/historian-reflects-on-texas-chainsaw-massacres-legacy-in-leander

https://www.vgonzalezstreet.com/

https://www.liquor.com/recipes/boulevardier/

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #7

Published July 30, 2025

In today's Creepy Cocktail hour, Valerie does some experimenting with the IT martinis of this summer (various brines and a helpful discussion of how to approach the tomato martini of this summer season!) and then we dive into some covering of death photography (memento mori) of the Victorian era!

Tune in and join us on Patreon so you never miss a creepy cocktail hour.

Resources for this chat include:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-36389581

https://allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-death-photos

https://www.notesfromthefrontier.com/post/death-photography

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLiYMNDSu-O/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJmcze0N2LS/?igsh=NzBsd3MwZHhkM2w2

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLiBD0wRkCi/?igsh=dzVrdzd4M3ZzZzNh

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DMIf_OZRKwe/?igsh=MTdnOWE2NnkxZ2t1OA==

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #6

Published June 29, 2025

Join Val today for our sixth Creepy Cocktail Hour!

We're keeping this one simple with a celebration of water horror, or: horror stories set at sea!

We're also discussing Basil Margaritas and fun ways to do summer infusions this season.

Join our Patreon to catch up here and never miss a monthly session -- Cheers!

Resources for this chat include:

https://www.imdb.com/list/ls099527452/

https://ew.com/movies/best-aquatic-horror-movies/

https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2025/06/jaws-anniversary-book-movie/683305/

https://food52.com/recipes/18437-blueberry-basil-infused-vodka?srsltid=AfmBOor7fv0n3v_38YyJT9gFppcvPk4MERYEQYSZWQ_XYQCo1u9auJ25

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #5

Published May 30, 2025

Join Summer Child Val to kick off the season with a talk around one of her favorite horror avenues: Summer Camp Horror!

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Resources for this chat:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/summer-camp-horror-movies

https://www.cbr.com/best-summer-slasher-films-not-friday-the-13th/

https://screencraft.org/blog/why-are-there-so-many-summer-camp-horror-movies/

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/apr/05/american-summer-camps-rethinking-indigenous-names-rituals

Cocktail: https://imbibemagazine.com/recipe/golden-ghost-bijou-cocktail-riff/

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #4

Published April 30, 2025

Gather round ye hearth because for our fourth creepy cocktail hour, we did a little dive into the moment vampires in horror cinema are having and how much we're here for it!

Join our Patreon to catch up here and never miss a monthly session -- Cheers!

Resources for this chat include:

https://youtu.be/gry3H_28_Zc?si=fuzP83LqWnWloLgV

https://screenrant.com/vampire-movies-box-office-resurgence-sinners-nosferatu-explainer/

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-04-26/sinners-movie-vampires-free-speech-politics

https://youtu.be/QZmgu6igzyA?si=7goROk0PcAW4Vjm5

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #3

Published March 28, 2025

In our third creepy cocktail hour, Val does a mini-dive on death practices, a brief history of caskets and of course, the fun of embalming + her favorite mortician (and everybody should have one). Oh and old fashioneds, baby!

Tune in and join us on Patreon so you never miss a creepy cocktail hour.

Resources for this chat:

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/11/02/1132977681/beyond-dia-de-los-muertos-the-believers-of-santa-muerte-in-veracruz

https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk/pia/article/93/galley/135/view/

https://www.assemblymag.com/articles/87043-the-history-of-caskets

https://www.funeralbasics.org/the-strange-unusual-history-of-embalming/#:~:text=Originating%20with%20the%20Egyptians%20around,produced%20hundreds%20of%20anatomical%20plates.

https://bartonfuneral.com/funeral-basics/history-of-embalming/

https://youtu.be/lv_SuYmu8DY?si=0ggyzhq68l5oTHnj

https://youtu.be/W4ktLen9cVM?si=KOwEuDiDO-odhDcb

Photo credit - Remezcla

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #2

Published February 21, 2025

Join us over on Patreon and get caught up on our February Creepy Cocktail Hour where we talked about The Legend of El Sombrerón!

Catch up here and never miss a monthly session -- Cheers!

Resources for this chat:

https://remezcla.com/lists/culture/13-terrifing-spooky-and-awesome-latin-american-horror-monsters-legends/

https://remezcla.com/culture/el-sombreron-que-horror-halloween-guatemala/

https://www.abctales.com/story/well-wisher/el-sombreron-based-upon-guatemalan-folktale

https://variety.com/2024/film/global/adria-arjona-edgar-ramirez-jayro-bustamante-el-sombreron-1236008311/

https://utrgv.libguides.com/legends/duendes#:~:text=Summary,Goya%20for%20release%20in%201799

https://youtu.be/4kaXypwdcfY?si=FRe64pk5i7dI-lf5

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/pickle-martini-recipe

https://interminablerambling.com/2023/10/05/banned-books-week-ashley-hope-perezs-out-of-darkness/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYC2zCdcKW0

DWAN Creepy Cocktail Hour #1

Published January 31, 2025

In our first EVER livestream, Val talks real life creepy hotels here in Texas (perfect as it relates to our recent book club episode!) and manages to talk about how tragic it would be to have a spill on camera while she whips up a cocktail... then promptly has said spill occur on camera. Perfectly rehearsed! 🥴

Catch our first creepy cocktail hour here and then join us over on Patreon and never miss a monthly session -- Cheers!

Youtube link of a brief interview with Professor Bowles: https://youtu.be/kHx7ODZcegU?si=H7V0x3tZxwgscW58

Other resources:

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/brownsville-a-place-of-forgotten-secrets/

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/downtown-brownsvilles-haunted-history-uncovered-in-walking-tours/

https://texascooppower.com/ghosts-history-and-legends/

Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley by David Bowles / Haunted America / The History Press / September 2016

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