60 acast.com Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus en ZouZou Mansour ZouZou Mansour with ZouZou Mansour From the mystifying mind of ZouZou Mansour–visionary artist, writer, and ferocious front-woman of the Philly garage-rock group SORAIA–comes a brand new podcast that’s unafraid to probe the mind and dissect the darkest corners of humanity. Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus is an epic audio analysis of everything creepy, cryptic, and macabre. From Edgar Allan Poe’s unsettling poetry, to the standout cinematography of "The Shining," and even the gruesome details of the Black Dahlia murder, ZouZou Mansour takes the listener on a journey exploring the ways darkness creeps into the social conscious through art, philosophy, and pop culture. 


Why do some people love slasher films, while others faint at the mere mention of blood? Why is the practice of the ‘dark arts’ considered blasphemy to some, but a natural way of life to others?And how do the origins of scary campfire stories go as far back as the Gods of Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia? Learn the secrets behind these mysteries, and many more, on Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus with ZouZou Mansour. Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus is produced and published through Acast podcast publisher, and available anywhere you listen to podcasts. For more information and updates, follow @silhouettesonsarcophagus on social media or contact us at silhouettesonthesarcophagus@gmail.com

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]]> From the mystifying mind of ZouZou Mansour–visionary artist, writer, and ferocious front-woman of the Philly garage-rock group SORAIA–comes a brand new podcast that’s unafraid to probe the mind and dissect the darkest corners of humanity. Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus is an epic audio analysis of everything creepy, cryptic, and macabre. From Edgar Allan Poe’s unsettling poetry, to the standout cinematography of "The Shining," and even the gruesome details of the Black Dahlia murder, ZouZou Mansour takes the listener on a journey exploring the ways darkness creeps into the social conscious through art, philosophy, and pop culture. 


Why do some people love slasher films, while others faint at the mere mention of blood? Why is the practice of the ‘dark arts’ considered blasphemy to some, but a natural way of life to others?And how do the origins of scary campfire stories go as far back as the Gods of Ancient Greece, Egypt, and Mesopotamia? Learn the secrets behind these mysteries, and many more, on Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus with ZouZou Mansour. Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus is produced and published through Acast podcast publisher, and available anywhere you listen to podcasts. For more information and updates, follow @silhouettesonsarcophagus on social media or contact us at silhouettesonthesarcophagus@gmail.com

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]]> true ZouZou Mansour soraia.mansour@gmail.com 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1737917477281-6f291ef2-cc58-4ea5-ab24-f44030f55a3d.jpeg https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus <![CDATA[Episode 7: "Memento Mori" (Part 2)]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:52:27 GMT 38:45 69b4913b7ebe44dc8b3ba868 true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/69b4913b7ebe44dc8b3ba868 69b4913b7ebe44dc8b3ba868 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 full 2 7 This covers the waaaaaay huge topic I could go on and on about - "Memento Mori". However, in this episode, I do go off a bit on the feminist view of the buddhist practice of corpse meditation after describing it to a T. In this episode, there are a number of topics covered, so it is information heavy.

Ashley Otis did this script (and I added my fifty million cents).

Covered topics are:

*Monks watching cadaver deterioration as a form of meditation ("corpse meditation") and how the corpses were typically of female bodies

*Victorian Era Death Mourning and Mourning Jewelry/ Fashion

*Victorian Era Death Portraits

*Curiosity Shops: their origin stories and the oldest curiosities shoppe in Seattle where I talk about its assortment of mummies, taxidermy, and its greatest collection of shrunken heads

*The world's most famous skull

*Halloween and Día De Los Muertos celebrations (and some arguments about how capitalism are attempting to commandeer people's traditions and the dangers of them claiming cultural traditions as their own)

*The Twitter Nun keeping the true meaning of "Memento Mori"alive!



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]]> This covers the waaaaaay huge topic I could go on and on about - "Memento Mori". However, in this episode, I do go off a bit on the feminist view of the buddhist practice of corpse meditation after describing it to a T. In this episode, there are a number of topics covered, so it is information heavy.

Ashley Otis did this script (and I added my fifty million cents).

Covered topics are:

*Monks watching cadaver deterioration as a form of meditation ("corpse meditation") and how the corpses were typically of female bodies

*Victorian Era Death Mourning and Mourning Jewelry/ Fashion

*Victorian Era Death Portraits

*Curiosity Shops: their origin stories and the oldest curiosities shoppe in Seattle where I talk about its assortment of mummies, taxidermy, and its greatest collection of shrunken heads

*The world's most famous skull

*Halloween and Día De Los Muertos celebrations (and some arguments about how capitalism are attempting to commandeer people's traditions and the dangers of them claiming cultural traditions as their own)

*The Twitter Nun keeping the true meaning of "Memento Mori"alive!



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]]> <![CDATA[Episode 6: "Memento Mori" (Part 1)]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:00:00 GMT 45:18 698e7b9dd6c27a06bb330d81 true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/698e7b9dd6c27a06bb330d81 698e7b9dd6c27a06bb330d81 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 full 2 2 Once again, ZouZou goes down the rabbithole with the topic of "Memento Mori", which translated from Latin means, "Remember you must die" .

Scripted and researched by our very own Ashley Otis (who also brought you the "Black Dahlia" episode last season - which then led directly into "The Minotaur" episode), her findings are supplemented by my insights and own experiences with "Memento Mori" in my travels to both Paris and Rome.

We cover these topics as they influence or are effacted by the ideology in part one, and discuss: What is morality anyway? And how death is the great equalizer.


--Ancient Rome, Stoicism, and Christianity with Memento Mori

--Cadaver monuments (Bone Churches and Catacombs)

--Danse Macabre

--The (once-outlawed) Devil's Chord in Music

--Vanitas and Their Connection to Modern Art

--and a Secret Midnight Concert among 6 million skeletal remains

Enjoy!

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]]> Once again, ZouZou goes down the rabbithole with the topic of "Memento Mori", which translated from Latin means, "Remember you must die" .

Scripted and researched by our very own Ashley Otis (who also brought you the "Black Dahlia" episode last season - which then led directly into "The Minotaur" episode), her findings are supplemented by my insights and own experiences with "Memento Mori" in my travels to both Paris and Rome.

We cover these topics as they influence or are effacted by the ideology in part one, and discuss: What is morality anyway? And how death is the great equalizer.


--Ancient Rome, Stoicism, and Christianity with Memento Mori

--Cadaver monuments (Bone Churches and Catacombs)

--Danse Macabre

--The (once-outlawed) Devil's Chord in Music

--Vanitas and Their Connection to Modern Art

--and a Secret Midnight Concert among 6 million skeletal remains

Enjoy!

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]]> Episode 5: The Algonquian Wendigo: Myth, Mystery, and Mirror Episode 5: The Algonquian Wendigo: Myth, Mystery, and Mirror Thu, 22 Jan 2026 05:00:00 GMT 36:35 6972b9fb6982fb769804d4b5 true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/6972b9fb6982fb769804d4b5 6972b9fb6982fb769804d4b5 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 Wendigo Spirit as Indiginous Harbinger, Cautionary Tale, Myth, and Morality Mirror full 2 5 WARNING: Spoiler alert (in very general) for "The Last Of Us" Season 2.

The "Wendigo" is such a substantial spirit and monster that possesses an already weakened mind or soul in Algonquian culture. A creature that can resurrect if not killed correctly, and mostly can inhabit one who separates themself from the community out of greed or selfishness. Western culture has borrowed this wendigo, or Witiko, in many modern series and movies.

I talk briefly about the look and history of the wendigo, compare it to many modern creatures and society's excesses, some horror stories that focus on the wendigo you may enjoy, ending with two very intense wendigo psychosis stories. I loved starting Season 2 with this guy who I've been studying for a few months now.

There WILL BE a Part 2. More research is currently being done on the Algonquian view of the Wendigo and how it goes about inhabiting the individual. Also, how the malevolent spirit shaped their community and what it reveals about the early Algonquian people and their culture.

I'm so fascinated by this creatiure and the art that surrounds it!

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]]> WARNING: Spoiler alert (in very general) for "The Last Of Us" Season 2.

The "Wendigo" is such a substantial spirit and monster that possesses an already weakened mind or soul in Algonquian culture. A creature that can resurrect if not killed correctly, and mostly can inhabit one who separates themself from the community out of greed or selfishness. Western culture has borrowed this wendigo, or Witiko, in many modern series and movies.

I talk briefly about the look and history of the wendigo, compare it to many modern creatures and society's excesses, some horror stories that focus on the wendigo you may enjoy, ending with two very intense wendigo psychosis stories. I loved starting Season 2 with this guy who I've been studying for a few months now.

There WILL BE a Part 2. More research is currently being done on the Algonquian view of the Wendigo and how it goes about inhabiting the individual. Also, how the malevolent spirit shaped their community and what it reveals about the early Algonquian people and their culture.

I'm so fascinated by this creatiure and the art that surrounds it!

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]]> Episode 4: Birth of the Minotaur Episode 4: Birth of the Minotaur Fri, 09 May 2025 17:37:22 GMT 26:52 6816c7b4a1c12fc29933a4f4 true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/6816c7b4a1c12fc29933a4f4 6816c7b4a1c12fc29933a4f4 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 full 1 4

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]]> Episode 3: The Black Dahlia’s Connection to Surrealist Art Episode 3: The Black Dahlia’s Connection to Surrealist Art Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:00:00 GMT 28:49 67f6a834db6dca4dc26f9466 true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/67f6a834db6dca4dc26f9466 67f6a834db6dca4dc26f9466 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 full 1 3 This week, ZouZou dives into the infamous unsolved case of the Black Dahlia murder. Follow along as she dissects the convergence of art, violence, sexism, and darkness that culminated in such a tragic loss of life.


CONTENT WARNING: Abduction, Stalking, Sexual Violence, Dismemberment, Murder

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]]> This week, ZouZou dives into the infamous unsolved case of the Black Dahlia murder. Follow along as she dissects the convergence of art, violence, sexism, and darkness that culminated in such a tragic loss of life.


CONTENT WARNING: Abduction, Stalking, Sexual Violence, Dismemberment, Murder

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]]> Episode 2: Top Five Scariest Scenes from Kubrick’s “The Shining” and the Vital Role of Music and Cinematography Episode 2: Top Five Scariest Scenes from Kubrick’s “The Shining” and the Vital Role of Music and Cinematography Fri, 14 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT 39:17 67d210cc198b6cba3929c7bf true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/67d210cc198b6cba3929c7bf 67d210cc198b6cba3929c7bf 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 full 1 2 The Shining. Listen along as ZouZou chronicles the story of getting the Torrance family from page to screen, Stanley Kubrick's use of music and cinematography throughout the film, and The Shining's status as a bonafide horror classic.

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]]> The Shining. Listen along as ZouZou chronicles the story of getting the Torrance family from page to screen, Stanley Kubrick's use of music and cinematography throughout the film, and The Shining's status as a bonafide horror classic.

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]]> Episode 1: What is Darkness? Episode 1: What is Darkness? Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:33:07 GMT 26:28 67be0b0f408c42b28a9edc4f true https://shows.acast.com/silhouettes-on-the-sarcophagus/episodes/67be0b0f408c42b28a9edc4f 67be0b0f408c42b28a9edc4f 679684e3ae8b037c91732f29 full 1 1 Welcome to Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus, a brand new podcast that’s unafraid to probe the mind and dissect the darkest corners of humanity. Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus is an epic audio analysis of everything creepy, cryptic, and macabre.


This week, our haunting host ZouZou Mansour asks an essential question; What is "darkness?" And, why are people drawn to it? With examples from the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, ZouZou meditates and muses on what it means to be "different" how to embrace the darkness within oneself.

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]]> Welcome to Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus, a brand new podcast that’s unafraid to probe the mind and dissect the darkest corners of humanity. Silhouettes on the Sarcophagus is an epic audio analysis of everything creepy, cryptic, and macabre.


This week, our haunting host ZouZou Mansour asks an essential question; What is "darkness?" And, why are people drawn to it? With examples from the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe and Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, ZouZou meditates and muses on what it means to be "different" how to embrace the darkness within oneself.

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