164: Tangled Vines and Tar Water
Recapping The Dead Files “Tangled” (Season 10, Episode 2) which aired June 22, 2013
We kick off our Ohio Three-Fer with shadow snakes, basement rage, and a 19th-century commune that absolutely did not get good Yelp reviews from the town. This house isn’t just haunted — it’s rooted.
Black vine-like tendrils creep through the land and into the living, and we unpack what happens when depression, history, and paranormal energy all tangle together.
We talk Free Love backlash, Victorian motherhood (twelve children??), morphine, menopause vs. malevolent spirits, and whether tar water is a reasonable Amazon purchase or a sign it’s time to move.
It’s eerie. It’s layered. It’s feral.
Ponder: If negative energy can embed in land… can it spread like an infection?
Witness: Steve calling the commune “woo woo crap” while literally working on a ghost show.
Weigh-In: If Amy told you to spray tar water around your entire house — would you stay… or would you move?
So, grab your tar water (don’t miss a spot!), and join us where… The Activity Continues.
Content Warning:
We didn’t find anything we thought deserved a content warning, but we swear.
Chapter Markers
00:00:00 Intro
00:05:55 A Word on AI
00:08:45 Testing a New Format
00:09:41 Side Quest: When You Wash Your Hair
00:11:51 Spirit Breakdown
00:15:16 Diggin’ Tru
00:16:38 It Takes a Village
00:28:57 Parenting is Hard
00:31:10 The Vines
00:33:47 The Reveal
00:34:33 Clients’ Options
00:39:34 Steve Getting Dramatic
00:40:12 Unstable Ghosts, and Tables
00:43:25 Paranormal or Menopause
00:49:14 Additional Research Notes
00:58:56 Disclaimer/Credits
Episode links:
Hudson Tuttle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Tuttle
The Museum of Talking Boards: https://www.museumoftalkingboards.com/tuttle.html
Charles Latcha’s Suicide Manifesto: https://evermore.imagedjinn.com/blg/9883/suicide-of-a-free-love-at-berlin-heights-july-16-1858/
Tar Water on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4qEDcFo
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Recommend a Dead Files episode for us to recap: https://www.theactivitycontinues.com/recommend-your-favorite-dead-files-epsiode/
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The Activity Continues is a paranormal podcast where soul friends Amy and Megan chat about true crime, ghost stories, hauntings, dreams, and other paranormal stuff including the TV show, The Dead Files. Our recaps are full of recurring jokes about recurring tropes.
This episode was recorded on February 18, 2026, and released on March 5, 2026.
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