Julia Lauren: Rock and Roll Adventures...and Ghosts!

Summary

Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch

Episode: Julia Lauren: Rock and Roll Adventures...and Ghosts!

Date: August 6, 2025
Host: Rachel Dratch, with Irene Bremis
Guest: Julia Lauren (Musician—The Foxies, Actor)

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Episode Overview

This lively episode brings musician and actor Julia Lauren onto Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch, with co-host Irene Bremis. The conversation is a mix of rock & roll backstage stories, ghostly encounters, and plenty of comedic banter. Julia shares her vivid supernatural experiences, especially a possibly haunted childhood bedroom and a ghost sighting in a Stuytown apartment. Alongside the laughs and scares, Julia opens up about her music career (most recently touring with Billy Idol) and brushes with the unexplained. The trio's tongue-in-cheek approach makes for a hilarious and occasionally hair-raising listen.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Introduction and Musical Backstory

[01:07–06:30]

• Julia Lauren is introduced as a powerhouse frontwoman for The Foxies and recent collaborator with Irene on a new comedy pilot (“Bridal Party”).
• Recap of The Foxies’ opening stint for Billy Idol across Europe.
  • “We did. Our first tour in Europe ever was with Billy frickin Idol…We just were sleeping on the bus with Billy’s crew, and it was great. We had fun. Licorice every night. And they love fried chicken.” (Julia, [04:06])
• Moves from her early years in Bushwick and Arizona to founding her band in Nashville circa 2014.

2. Julia’s Entry into Woo Woo: Recent Ghost Sighting in Stuytown

[08:18–12:00]

• Julia recounts a fresh ghost encounter in her friend’s Stuytown apartment in NYC.
  • She recalls taking an edible to help sleep before a filming day, waking in the night to see a full-body apparition—a man she instantly named “Thomas.”
  • “I see a man and I audibly gasp. I never gasp when I feel like there’s an energy there...I guess it was the ghost that I saw standing in your living room last night, just hanging out. Don’t know why I thought his name was Thomas, but that’s the name that I got.” (Julia, [09:39])
  • The friend’s dog also reacts strangely to the same corner where ‘Thomas’ appeared.
• Attempts at neighborhood sleuthing about a ‘Thomas’ yield no clear answers, but the entity’s era-appropriate clothing is noted.

3. Early Life, Attraction to the Supernatural, and Extreme Experiences

[12:00–22:34]

• Julia describes being the “ghost girl,” hosting graveyard birthday parties as a kid, and her lifelong pull toward all things supernatural.
• Shares a formative, intense encounter after the sudden death of a former boyfriend, Brandon.
  • While at dinner, Julia thought she saw Brandon as the waiter, only to realize it wasn’t him. She soon learned he had died in a motorcycle accident two days prior.
  • “I saw him, I felt him, I smelled him randomly and he had a very distinct smell. And I was like, oh, Brandon’s here. And then found out that he—yep—has been gone.” (Julia, [25:45])
• That night, Julia tries to contact Brandon, resulting in a harrowing episode:
  • Out-of-body perception of herself sleeping, a vision of a Victorian “newsboy” ghost leaving a teacup, then a terrifying episode where her bed appears to levitate, flip, and slam down amid “demonic harmonies”—interpreted as either paranormal or sleep paralysis, but differentiated by Julia.
  • “My bed flew up in a—literally perpendicular to the ground...I’m stuck to my bed. It’s happening. I’m like, this is some shitty case of sleep paralysis…But ever since then, when I take edibles, when I take mushrooms, anything like that, I’ve been more susceptible to noticing an energy, whether it’s good or bad.” (Julia, [15:08])

4. Processing and Cross-Examination

[18:38–27:09]

• Rachel and Irene pepper Julia with follow-up questions:
  • Did anyone else hear noises during the bed incident? (No.)
  • Was Julia under the influence? (No substances involved.)
  • Did her siblings sense anything odd in the haunted room? (Yes, all disliked it; her brother also saw odd things.)
• Group discusses how families often compare supernatural notes only later in life—tying back to previous podcast guests.

5. Julia’s Identity as the “Ghost Girl”

[27:41–28:21]

• Julia humorously embraces the “ghost girl” moniker among friends.
  • “I am. I’m Ghost Girl. It’s fun.” (Julia, [28:03])

6. Rock and Roll: Manifesting Childhood Dreams

[29:03–32:28]

• Julia describes falling for rock as a toddler, watching MTV and idolizing Billy Idol and Annie Lennox.
  • “I fell in love with Billy Idol’s hair...Also Annie Lennox’s hair, too. I fell in love with her.” (Julia, [29:18])
• Started her first band young, hustling with flyers at Guitar Center, and gigging at Cici’s Pizza.
• Reflects on destiny and following synchronicities:
  • “I think your soul knows what it’s meant to do. And…it will continue to give you things until you finally listen.” (Julia, [31:48])
• Manager once had her make “dream” and “reality” lists for touring partners. Billy Idol was on her “reality” list—fulfilled within a year.

7. Backstage—The Billy Idol Experience

[32:28–33:16]

• Julia gushes about Billy Idol and crew’s kindness and character.
  • “He’s brilliant. Still such a dream.” (Julia, [33:20])

8. Career Manifestation—Next Steps

[34:02–34:53]

• Manifestation talk: Julia lists Green Day and No Doubt (“it’s gotta be Gwen Stefani No Doubt era!”) as her top dream-tour picks.

9. Show Business: The "Bridal Party" Pilot

[35:32–36:51]

• The group discusses the pilot they worked on together.
  • Julia plays a “stock girl” with fashion ambitions but chronic party habits; Irene is a tough-as-nails alterations manager.

10. Woo Woo Bonus—Pendulum Reading

[36:54–38:57]

• Rachel busts out the pendulum for a yes/no psychic read. Both pendulums say “Yes” to Julia’s question about the pilot’s success.
  • Julia jokes: “Will bridal party pop off and everybody see it? And it’s a resounding yes.” (Julia, [38:31])

11. Upcoming Shows

[39:09–40:29]

• Julia reveals The Foxies will play in NYC at The Sultan Room on November 16th, with more dates coming soon.

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Notable Quotes & Moments

• "[I] audibly gasp. I’m like—but I never gasp when I feel there’s energy there...Don’t know why I thought his name was Thomas, but that’s the name I got." (Julia, on the Stuytown ghost, [09:39])
• "I was bopping, bopping dicks around. It’s fine." (Julia, joking about dating, [13:20])
• "My bed flew up in a—literally perpendicular to the ground...I’m stuck to my bed. It’s happening." (Julia, on her most intense supernatural episode, [15:08])
• "I’m Ghost Girl. It’s fun." (Julia, [28:03])
• "I fell in love with Billy Idol’s hair...Also Annie Lennox’s hair, too." (Julia, [29:18])
• “I think your soul knows what it’s meant to do...it will continue to give you things until you finally listen.” (Julia, [31:48])
• "He’s brilliant. Still such a dream." (Julia, on Billy Idol, [33:20])
• “Will bridal party pop off and everybody see it? And it’s a resounding yes.” (Julia, [38:31])
• "Even if we put little, like, old lady earplugs in our ears because we can’t handle the loud noise." (Rachel, on plans to attend a Foxies show, [39:09])

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• Meet Julia, Backstory & Foxies Tour: [01:07–06:30]
• Stuytown Ghost Story: [08:18–12:00]
• Graveyard Birthdays & Ghosts from the Past: [12:00–22:34]
• The Haunted Bedroom & Sleep Paralysis?: [18:38–27:09]
• Becoming “Ghost Girl”: [27:41–28:21]
• Rock & Roll Origins, Manifestation: [29:03–32:28]
• The Billy Idol Experience: [32:28–33:16]
• Tour Dreams & No Doubt Manifestation: [34:02–34:53]
• Bridal Party Pilot Teaser: [35:32–36:51]
• Pendulum Reading: [36:54–38:57]
• NY Show Announcement: [39:09–40:29]

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a wild ride through haunted bedrooms, serendipitous music dreams, and the supportive weirdness of Rachel and Irene. Julia Lauren’s stories bring heart, humor, and a touch of rockstar magic to the world of Woo Woo. The hosts—always ready with snark, encouragement, and their own skepticism—make the conversation breezy, hilarious, and unexpectedly moving.

Next up: Julia’s manifesting her way onto stages with Green Day and No Doubt. For now, catch her ghosts (and The Foxies) at a venue near you!

Transcript

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[C]

Welcome to Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch.

[D]

The podcast that explores the unexplained with humor and curiosity.

[C]

Hello and welcome to Woo Woo with Rachel Drouch, here with Irene Bremis. Hi, Irene.

[E]

Hi, sweetie.

[C]

Whoa, that was a big one. Hi, sweetie. Well, today we have a lovely actor and musician and I'm very excited to hear her stories. She worked with Irene recently and there we go. We roped her right in.

[E]

Roped her right in.

[C]

Now, if you happen to tell one of us a story, you're suddenly being hounded to be on this podcast. So, Julia, thank you for being here. Please welcome.

[E]

Yes.

[C]

Now she's in a band called the Foxies, which we gotta hear about.

[F]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

And she's a very foxy lady that I'm seeing in front of me right now.

[E]

Very foxy.

[C]

Please welcome Julia Lauren here. Hi, Julia.

[E]

Hi, Julia.

[F]

Hello, beautifuls.

[D]

Hello.

[C]

Hi.

[F]

I'm so happy to be here and talk about ghosts and fun shit.

[D]

Awesome.

[C]

Well, I guess Irene and you just worked together on a project, a pilot. Right? So, Irene, I'll let you do the intro of how you came to meet Julia, and then we'll go into the.

[E]

Story and we'll delve right into. Well, let me just say that we worked on a pilot together and the minute she walked in the room, sweetie, it was love at first sight. I mean, honestly, big personality, just a tall glass of cold water on a sunny, hot day. And just.

[C]

I.

[E]

Honestly, Rachel, this was like, easy pickings. There was like, literally no roping or bathing out here. No cajoling, sweetie. She walked in with love and telling, yes, ghost stories, if you can believe that. And I was like, well, I've got the perfect podcast and forum for you to tell these stories.

[D]

And.

[E]

And she's just a general badass. Just a huge personality. Julia, I absolutely loved your energy on set. You are amazing. And of course, you were touring with one of My favorites. Billy Idol, the European tour. Now he's making a comeback, as we know. He's making a total comeback. He's going to be at the Cape, Rach.

[F]

Oh, yeah, He's a babe.

[E]

Yeah, he's going to be doing the Cape. That's right. Too bad you're not opening for him or touring with him. Then you and Rachel could go out for a Margaret. I would have. Extreme fomo. So anyway, she told these amazing stories, and I roped her right in, and so these stories are amazing, and I want her to tell them on the show. So I'm handing the mic over to you, sweetie.

[C]

Okay, well, first of all, I just want to hear about. Wait, you're in your own band? But so your band opens for Billy Idol right now? Is that the deal or.

[F]

We did. We did. We. Our first tour in Europe ever was with Billy frickin Idol, and we did not know it until 20 days before. And our manager was like, hey, man, He. He hit up his manager and he's like, any chance Billy has an extra.

[C]

Bus for the band to tour on?

[F]

Because it's just. It's such short notice. And Billy was like, oh, yeah, bro, I got one. I got a bus. You could. You could. You could put him on the bus with my crew people. And we just were sleeping on the bus with Billy's crew, and it was great. We had fun. Licorice every night. And they love fried chicken.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

They gave us. They gave us KFC every night. And I was like, okay. Digging it. It was so. It was a great time.

[C]

Based in New York. And where did you grow up? Just, again, the basics of Julia. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[F]

I actually. I lived in Bushwick when I was 20, but after being a little. A little hot mess. Yeah, I moved to Arizona. I'll never do that again. And then moved to Nashville, and that's kind of where the band started in 2014. Oh, wow.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

So you guys have been around a while. Wait, I'm singing around a while.

[D]

And.

[C]

And I recently.

[E]

And I just said you at the.

[C]

Same time, literally 11 years ago, Irene. 11 years. And I forget, this girl looks.

[F]

She's 18.

[C]

She looks very young.

[E]

So I don't know what I was expecting there, sweetie. I'm just reflecting on my own old career.

[C]

So for Irene, 11 years ago is very new. But anyway, that's probably half of your life because you look like a youngster. It's a long time. It is a long time. So have you been touring around.

[F]

Sorry about that.

[C]

Have you been touring around the country. Are you based in Nashville? Like, where can we see you now? Just so I can get the lay of the land on that.

[F]

Yeah. We'll actually be touring in America in November, and I think there is a New York date. Okay. I'm not sure what the date is, but we'll be releasing that probably within the next month or two.

[D]

All right.

[E]

And we'll be showing up to that. We'll be front rowing.

[F]

Absolutely.

[C]

You and I have a lot of shows on the docket with all the people that come on and we say, oh, we'll be there. I mean, I can't remember right now, but we're going to be anywhere. There's dancing, which is the dancers dancing.

[E]

Remember, with the big T shirt. We're going to a rave. We got to go to a rave.

[C]

We're going to go to a Foxy's concert, and we're probably going to some, like, ballet or something. We've promised all over the map, but I gotta go out. I gotta be cool and see the Foxies. I love that name, by the way.

[E]

Me, too.

[F]

Oh, thank you. It took me forever. We used to be called Body Talk. And then I was like, that's kind of weird.

[E]

That's so Olivia Newton John, sweetie.

[F]

They thought we were an Olivia Newton John cover band.

[C]

And I was like, oh, that's funny.

[F]

But she's a queen.

[C]

And you're also an actor because you were just on this pilot with Irene.

[F]

Yes. That was a beautiful, beautiful, serendipitous moment. And it's. It's given me life this month, and I needed it. So.

[C]

All right.

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[C]

Well, apparently you happen to talk to Irene. You happen to sidle up to Irene and mention some ghosts. And now here you are, here. This is. No good deed goes unpunished. Here you are talking to these ladies. So I don't know how woo woo you are or how woo woo you've been, but in this pod we cover all manner of woo woo. We cover skeptics and extreme woo woo. So how did the conversation come about with Irene in terms of your ghost story?

[F]

Yeah, we were sitting in our changing area and I just walked in. She had just got there. And I was telling a story about this ghost that I saw in my friend's apartment in Stuytown.

[C]

I live near Stytown. Probably not supposed to stay. No, I don't know, but. Oh, I want to hear this. This is a local ghost story for me.

[E]

Local ghost.

[F]

Okay, local. And I'll like kind of preface it. Something happened to me a long time ago that kind of opened the door for me just being a little bit more. Oh, that was a ghost. But I was staying at her apartment. It was the night before the first day of filming. And so I. I took a fat edible. A fat, fat, fat one. Am I allowed to say that on here? Yes, yes, of course. Okay, cool.

[C]

We've talked psychological. Okay, go ahead. Sorry.

[F]

Perfect. Yes. No, I love that. And I took one because I was like, I need to sleep while I was laying there. And of course mid sleep I'm like, I got pee. So I get up, I go to the bathroom, have to take my in my nightly pee, and I get out of the bathroom and as soon as I turn, I see a man and I audibly gasp. I'm like. But I never gasp when I feel like there's an energy there. I've just never really had that reaction before. And I look again and I'm like, oh, it's just a man. And then I go to sleep and I wake up the next day and I was like, did you see Thomas last night? And Lauren was like, who the fuck is Thomas? And I was like, oh my God. I guess it was the ghost that I saw standing in your living room last night, just hanging out. Don't know why I thought his name was Thomas, but that's the name that I got. And so the next few nights while, you know, going to bed early, I would pick her puppy up because she would be out or something and the dog would just be looking at the corner, just looking at nothing. And I'm like, oh, you're looking at Thomas. And she'd look at me and then she'd go back to bed and I was like, fuck, there's a freaking ghost in her apartment. So Stytown, you probably know, was built for everyone in the war that needed a place to live, right?

[C]

I think so, yeah.

[F]

I think that was it.

[C]

Is it bad that I've lived near there for 20 years and I. Not quite sure, but that's not bad.

[E]

Be kind to yourself, sweetie.

[C]

I know that's not bad. Oh, I couldn't tell. Okay, go ahead.

[D]

Sorry.

[F]

But yeah, so basically we asked her neighbor and her neighbor's a really old man. And she was like, is his name Thomas? And he was like, no. And I was like, oh, fuck me sideways. Somebody's name is Thomas that has been trying to enter this portal here. And he definitely didn't look like a new passing resident. He was definitely wearing like a. A tall. He had like a big suit on and a big like top hat. So I'm like, I don't know where you're from, but yeah, so I haven't seen him since.

[C]

And that just happened, like right when you're about to do the show with Irene. Like that was like. You're reporting this because it was a fresh experience.

[F]

Yes, that was, that was my fresh, my freshest experience. But the, the one that kind of transformed it all for me. I was always a kid that was like into the supernatural. I have my birthday parties in graveyards every year just cuz it's fun.

[C]

Oh, like now you do. Not as a kid.

[F]

Oh, yeah, no, now I do.

[C]

Wait, did we find it? Wait, where that would be.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

Wait, where did you grow up? You grew up right in the city or.

[F]

No, no, I grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina.

[C]

Okay.

[F]

Oh, all right. Yeah, I grew up in Charlotte, but I was born in Kentucky and I just always love. Just like we would watch Ghost Adventures. It's the Portal to Hell and all these other things. And I was just so intrigued by it. And When I was 18, I had a guy in my life. He was a quick fling, I guess you could say. I don't know. But I quickly found out that his energy Was probably not my favorite to be around. So I wrote him off. And then I found out in August of the next year, I was eating dinner with my new boyfriend. At the time, I was bopping, bopping dicks around. It's fine.

[C]

Now we have the name of the episode. Bopping dicks Bopping. Okay, listen to me.

[E]

There's no other Rachel.

[C]

No, I would never do that to you. Okay, continue, continue. Pop predict.

[F]

But I was at my new boyfriend's dinner or something. And the waiter there is my ex fling. His name is Brandon. And I instantly got like started hyperventilating. Hyperventilating. I was like, Brandon, oh God. Because we didn't end on a good note. And I look up and it's not him anymore. And I was like, that's freaking weird. Well, thank God it wasn't him. Found out two hours later he died two days before in a motorcycle accident.

[C]

Yep.

[F]

And then so me being the little Scorpio who likes to push boundaries, I was like, I'm going to try to talk to him every night. I quickly found out you're not supposed to do that. I was laying in my bed and it was around my birthday and I was like, Brandon, if you're okay, please let me know that you're safe. Like, give me a sign, right? I'm telling you, the weirdest thing happened to me. I was laying in my bed and I was getting ready to go to sleep. The lights were still on and all of a sudden it was like somebody kind of did this snap their fingers. I was sleeping. I saw myself sleeping. The lights were already off. And I hear this tinkering next to my bed. And I look and it's a little boy dressed in a newsies outfit. He had like a little 1920s cap on.

[C]

Irene, your face is killing me.

[A]

Sorry.

[E]

Children with a 1920s cap on. Eyes are widened, sweetie.

[F]

Yes, but he was so cute. He had a little cap on. He had suspenders, shorts and knee high socks. And he was setting down a teacup next to my bed and I was like, thank you. And he looked at me and then he looked right past me in total fear. And as soon as like he had fear on his face, he ran out of my room. The door shut, my bed flew up in a. Literally perpendicular to the ground. I don't know what you call is going on. I'm on, I'm, I'm stuck to my bed. It's happening. I'm like, this is some shitty case of sleep paralysis. And you hear like I heard all of these weird demonic harmonies in like a really low register in my bed, flip back down onto the ground and all of a sudden it was like somebody snapped their fingers again. My lights were still on and I was like, what the just happened to me? I didn't sleep. I don't remember sleeping, but it was like I hallucinated this teleportation to some dream world. I have no idea. But ever since then, when I take edibles, when I take mushrooms, anything like that, I've been more susceptible to noticing an energy, whether it's good or bad. And if it's great, cool, you can hang. If it's bad, only love and light can surround me. And then I'm good.

[E]

Wow.

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[E]

I have a question, just one about. I have several. You're right. You're right, Rachel. But I'm sure we're going to have a lot of similar questions. First of all, the bed, physically. Are you saying, levitated from the floor?

[F]

Yeah, it felt like. So you know how your bed is, like, parallel to the ground, right? And then it just boing. And then it literally twisted in a 360 and it spun me around, fell on the ground. And my brother who took that room after I left said that he felt some weird shit going on in there. And I was like, great. I opened the portal to hell.

[C]

I wish people could see your face because there's a comedy that's accompanying this that if you're just hearing it, I mean, we might have to do a video. We've had a few. We've had a few. We can do a video. No, I mean, in general. We've talked about. We've talked about video because we missed out on, first of all, our shocked faces reactions. And your face, while you're telling us, is just adding a lot. So I'm sorry, people can't. It can't see it. But I'm so. Wait, where is this?

[A]

Where.

[C]

Irene, Did Julia tell you this on the set? Did you hear the bed flip?

[E]

No, I did not hear the bed flip. I heard the story about the Top.

[C]

Hat, the very Stytown story.

[E]

Town apparently wealthy, which I didn't really know this. And I should know this at the higher the hat, which explains.

[C]

I didn't know that, you know, get.

[E]

Off your high hat. You've heard that idiom.

[C]

Get off your high horse.

[E]

It's horse. There's horse, but there's also hat as well.

[C]

Okay, so where is this haunted room with the bed flip?

[F]

So it was in my childhood home, which is so weird because it was. We built it, but we built it in Waxhaw, North Carolina.

[C]

Did you get creepy feelings as a kid when you. In this house, in your room, or not till that moment?

[F]

I did quite a few times. There were quite a few times where I just felt like, really, like an eerie feeling. But it never got to that point until that moment. And then my sweet little brother, he's 21 now. I never told him what happened. I never told my middle brother what happened. Just my mom and dad, they all kind of rotated like when I moved away, middle brother got it. When he moved away. Little brother got it. They all hated that room.

[E]

They Hated that room. Now ask. Did you ever do, like, any.

[A]

Oh.

[E]

Where there was no previous house so that you could check out, like, the little guy with the.

[C]

Wait, I just want to ask. They also hated the room. Like, did they have these solid experiences or was it just, like a feeling that they didn't like that room?

[F]

I think it was a feeling. I mean, my littlest brother, Jagger, he said that he had seen something quite a few times, but knowing him, he's like, fuck it. I'm just gonna go back to sleep. So that's what he did. But he. He. As soon as they moved away, he was. He was pretty stoked about it. I was too. I was like, whoa. Yeah.

[C]

We have. We had an episode that you should listen to, and it's not assigned, Julia, but if you. We have a similar episode with someone named Liz Kakowski who had some really, really creepy stuff happen to her in her childhood home. And much, much later she found out her brother had the same stuff, but they were like, long term. Like, they were full into adulthood because they didn't talk about it with each other. So it's just kind of an interesting thing. It's this parallel sort of experience.

[F]

It is. And, like, that's my little brother too. Like, I think when I told him. I think I told him after I heard him say that he didn't like that room. And I was like, do you know what happened to me in that room? He was like, no, and I just kind of prefaced it. And he was like, well, that explains why I feel weird. Shit.

[C]

Do you have a lot of questions about this bed flipping?

[E]

Yes. Me too.

[C]

Were you on any substances when you felt this happen? A question.

[E]

We're cross examining.

[C]

Yes. Cross examination is beginning. Were you on. Were you on shrooms when you. No, I've never done.

[F]

Honestly.

[C]

Anyway, go ahead, Go ahead, guys.

[F]

If. If I were on shrooms, oh, my God, it would make so much more sen. But no, nothing happened. I wasn't even. I don't even think I was drinking at that point. Like, I was. I was 18. I was a little. I was a little good girl. And I was like, I'm just gonna go to bed. And then, you know, the. The moment I came to, like around 3:30. Duh. That's so cliche, but it's true.

[E]

And the witching hour.

[F]

Yeah, yeah. And so it was crazy because I got on Facebook. I don't know why my instinct was to go on Facebook, but I got on Facebook and this kid that was in the music scene with me his name's Hudson. He's a huge Christian. And I'm spiritual. I'm a spiritual girly. I'm like, whatever you believe in. Sick. He was like, why are you up this late? And I was like, dude, you never guess what happened. I barely talked to the guy. I've barely talked to him before. But I told him about this moment. And I didn't tell him that I was trying to contact a dead boyfriend, but I did, I did tell him, you know, I was like, this kind of happened. And he was like. His first question was, have you been trying to contact the dead? I was like, huh, Yeah, I have.

[E]

You knew. Well, I've got two questions, okay? The first one is, did anybody in the house hear the banging? And the second question is, was your boyfriend characteristically a playful guy that would flip your bed and let it dry?

[F]

No.

[E]

Is this.

[F]

And that's the thing. Nobody. Nobody heard anything. Everybody was sleeping. I crawled into bed with my mom and dad. I was like, I gotta. I gotta sleep with mom and dad. Sorry, I'm 19 now, but I'm sleeping with you. But the interesting thing about his personality was I felt like he had some darkness to him. He had like a dark side. And it was very interesting to me. Cause like, he was really, really kind and sweet, but he would switch just like that. And I was like, well, if that's. If that's him, then maybe it makes sense.

[C]

So when you were in the restaurant, you thought you saw him briefly and then you're like, oh, wait, that's not him. And then you found out that day that he had died. I mean, that alone is pretty strange.

[F]

It's. It's scary because, like, I do feel that, like when people pass on and they want to let people know that haven't found out yet, they definitely, like, make themselves known, whether it's a smell or a feeling or you actually see it. But with this, it was everything. It was like, I saw him, I felt him, I smelled him randomly and he had a very distinct smell. And I was like, oh, Brandon's here.

[D]

Wow.

[F]

And then found out that he. Yep. Has been gone.

[C]

Wow. It does seem like if I were gonna be super open minded about this. It seems like you entered some weird like, like you said, like a portal of some sort of other time and something, and then you snap back in.

[F]

That's honestly, like, I kid you not, I've never had sleep paralysis. I hear that. It's very terrifying. But so many people have told me that. Oh, Julia, that sounds like sleep paralysis. And it's not like I go around telling everybody this shit. But, I mean, now everybody's gonna hear about it. I don't care. I mean, there are so many things that happen to us that sometimes just don't have a logical explanation. And I'm very open to so many things. And that was one thing where I was like, I don't think I want to deal with that anymore. So I don't fall asleep on my back anymore. I have to be in the fetal position because apparently sleep paralysis is a lot easier if you fall asleep on your back. I did some research. Can't do that anymore.

[C]

All right, so that was kind of your first. Aside from the creepy feelings, that was kind of your first big experience.

[G]

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[C]

And so are you known among your pals as, like, the Woo Woo lady or do you hang with Woo Woo people? Anyway, so, like, a ghost is a dime a dozen.

[F]

Yeah, it's more so, like, I don't get too into, like, all the woo woo, but I am definitely the ghost girl.

[C]

Okay, Ghost girl.

[D]

I am.

[F]

I'm Ghost Girl. It's fun.

[E]

There's our title. Ghost Girl.

[F]

Ghost girl. Bopping dicks.

[E]

So much more.

[C]

So much more attractive than bopping dicks. Well, no, not attractive. Not attractive. But it's more apropos to this. This pod, Bop and Dicks, is the other pod that we do.

[F]

Bopping Dicks.

[E]

That's the other one. And I'll tell you, Bopping Dicks is a great name for your next.

[F]

Question.

[C]

Not Woo Woo, but what. What do you do in the band? Sing guitar? What?

[F]

I. I sing.

[C]

Okay. Oh, my gosh.

[F]

I sing and then I play bass in a girl band called the Dead Deads.

[C]

Wow.

[D]

Wait, the Foxy Girls?

[F]

No, that's what I saw.

[C]

That the Foxies was all girls.

[E]

Me too.

[C]

Foxy lady.

[E]

It's not. You're the only girl.

[C]

Well, you definitely.

[F]

I'm the elegant.

[C]

You're definitely foxy. But I thought it was gonna be a. Thanks, baby.

[E]

You hold down the foxy.

[C]

It's foxy. And the boys.

[F]

Yeah, I tell them that they're my foxies.

[D]

Oh, my God.

[F]

But.

[C]

So now, wait, I have another Question again. Not woo. Woo. But I just always wonder, like, how people end up doing what they do. And, like, when you were little, did you want to be in a band? Like, what was your. What? Like, what did you want to be.

[D]

When you grew up?

[C]

For lack of a better wording.

[F]

When I was 2, I used to watch a ton of MTV because mom and dad would always just have it on. And I fell in love with Billy Idol's hair.

[E]

What?

[D]

Wait a second, wait a second.

[C]

I love stories like this. We're like, you're two years old, you fall in love with Billy Idol's hair, and then you're opening for Billy Idol. I love that.

[F]

It's just.

[E]

Wow, that's.

[G]

Woo.

[A]

Woo.

[F]

Yes. It's literally the universe manifestation reminding you that, hey, you're doing what your soul's meant to do. I guess so. But, yeah, I was so in love with Billy Idol's hair. Also Annie Lennox's hair, too. I fell in love with her. Yeah. But, yeah, when I was. When I was a little. Little toddler, dad would also have Ozzy Osbourne.

[C]

Oh, Rip.

[E]

Oh, Ozzy. Rip. I know. I love Ozzy.

[F]

I did, too. And he had his Osmosis record always playing. And I just was always so fascinated by the eyes on the body and. And I would run around saying, more Ozzy, More Ozzy. And then when I got older, almost said 10 o'.

[D]

Clock.

[F]

No, when I was 10 years old, I fell in love with Green Day. And I was like, something inside of me's awakening. Billie Joe Armstrong's hot, and the band is fucking fine. So I was like, it's time to go to a show. So I begged my mom to dye my hair red and begged dad to take me to the show. And we showed up and I was like, oh, well, if he can do this, I can too. So I started my first band.

[E]

Good for you.

[F]

I started my first band right after.

[C]

That at age, what, 13?

[F]

When I was 10, I knew I wanted to do it, but I had dad help me put flyers up at Guitar center. And I was like, female vocalist looking for drummer, bassist, and guitar. And we. We played two songs, and they were Fully Alive by Flyleaf and Face down by Red Jumps Apparatus. And we did that for four hours every day. And then we went to Cici's and we called it quits.

[C]

Wait, you went to where?

[F]

Cece's Pizza. That's where we would celebrate our band practice.

[C]

Huge. Yeah.

[D]

That's cool.

[C]

So this was really, like, in your blood from an early age, I think.

[F]

Yeah. And like, to tie that into the woo woo. I think your soul knows what it's meant to do. And it's gonna, like, the universe will give you hints throughout your life, and it's up to you to listen to it or not. But I think that it will continue to give you things until you finally listen.

[C]

Oh, I like that.

[F]

Yeah. And I mean, our manager, he was like, julia, make a dream list and a reality list of people you want to tour with. And I put Billy Idol under the reality list because I was like, that's gonna happen. And then, lo and behold, half a year later, wow. Yeah. Amazing.

[E]

So what's Billy Idol like? I wanna know. I love him.

[F]

He's still so hot. He's such a dream. And oh, my gosh, like, it. It really shows someone's character when you see the people that they hire and keep around them. Every single crew member, tech person, band member, was just so kind and so sweet to us and basically, like, I hadn't seen them in two years. And I hit up the production manager. I was like, hey, I wanted to take my boyfriend and his dad to see you guys in Cincinnati.

[C]

Is it possible?

[F]

And they're like, I got you, sweetie. And Billy comes right up and is like, oh, hi, Julia. And I was like, oh, I need.

[C]

To change the undies.

[F]

Yeah, he's brilliant. Still such a dream.

[C]

Cool.

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[C]

Wait, I had a question. Just so we can manifest the next thing. But yeah, who's on the dream list? Just like one person on the dream list. Unless you don't feel like sharing. Because I'm like, if Billy's on the reality. I like that though. Like, you're aiming what sounds like it's a dream, but you're like, no, let's make this reality. And you put them on the reality. I like that.

[E]

Reality, right?

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

Yeah. You know, dream list, I mean, I would honestly say Green Day, for sure.

[C]

Yes.

[F]

And no doubt. I mean, Gwen Stefani, no doubt era. Just literally it. She opened my eyes to actually finding my voice when I was 15. And so I'm like, that would be. That would be a tour. But it's got to be no doubt. Yeah.

[D]

Okay.

[F]

It's got to be no doubt.

[E]

It's time to move her to the reality, right?

[F]

I know, I know. We're working on it.

[C]

Wow. Well, awesome. I mean, I don't have any other. No further questions. The defense rest. No.

[E]

No further questions.

[F]

That's it. I know.

[C]

Unless there's, like, now we have our pendulum reading, which I'll get my pendulum here in a second. But. But unless there's some big, like, woo woo or ghost story or something that you feel like you left out. But I think we had a lot of good stuff.

[F]

I dropped the hammer on you guys, and I really don't do that when I first meet somebody, so I just feel comfortable with you, Rachel.

[C]

Irene, you know I already love you.

[E]

Yeah, I know. I know you do, sweetie.

[C]

Wait, what was this called?

[E]

I'm so glad you guys are here. It's called Bridal Party. My character is. Well, she's been through the wringer, right? And Julia, go ahead. You tell her what you like. That's all you.

[D]

Well, it's.

[F]

It's so funny because Irene's character, Martha, you're. You're the. The head of alterations, but you're literally like your character just freaking hates me for some reason because I can never. I can. I can never get anything right.

[D]

Are you the right.

[F]

No, no. I. I am the stock girl who has mad dreams to be a wedding dress designer or just, you know, a fashion designer, but I have big dreams to do that. But I'm such a hot mess. I go and party every night and I dick bop around and.

[E]

Not.

[C]

We're not typecast. We're not typecasting. I think pop her up.

[F]

But yeah, basically, I just try to find my way and I get in the way of myself. And the pilot is really about me stepping up and all of the shit storm that I create for myself.

[C]

All right, well, hopefully this pilot is seen by human eyes. I know it can go either way, but I hope. Yes, I hope we get to see.

[F]

We have to manifest.

[C]

Put it on the manifest.

[D]

Of course.

[C]

Let's. The reality list.

[F]

Manifest that it's happening.

[C]

All right, so I don't know if Irene told you, but we do a pendulum reading where you can ask a yes or no question. We'd say, don't ask something that will make you sad if it's not the answer you want.

[F]

No.

[C]

Irene, do you have a pendulum happening over there too, or.

[F]

No.

[C]

Oh, I don't. You have your.

[E]

I'm sorry, I don't. I Don't have Benji.

[F]

No.

[C]

That looks good.

[E]

I call this one Benji.

[C]

Benji. That one looks good. You found it in a cave, like an amulet. Like an old crone gave that to you.

[E]

Like Raiders of the Lost Ark. Next to that skull, it's fancy.

[C]

And I have this bird because I didn't remember to bring the real pen. I love the bird.

[F]

We got it.

[C]

It's your question.

[F]

Okay.

[D]

Okay.

[C]

You're thinking on it right now. Okay, here we go. Ooh, I'm getting a Irene. What are you getting?

[E]

Don't say it. I. I just was asking. I'm gonna do it now. Keep thinking, Jules. Yeah, I got you, Jules. Keep thinking, you sexy little thing.

[C]

Okay, I got my answer. I got my answer.

[E]

Hold that thought. Oh, I got one. It's a resounding. It's a resounding yes.

[C]

Okay, I got a yes, too, guys. What was your question?

[F]

Crazy, because I asked if I was gonna get big tits when I grow up. What?

[E]

You're getting implants? I'm just kidding, sweetie.

[C]

No, I'm not. It's fine. She's just asking. There.

[F]

There was an underlying question under that one that was taking precedent.

[C]

Okay, okay. Don't keep us in suspense. Is it that you don't want. You don't want to share it, or. That's code for something?

[F]

Will bridal party pop off and everybody see it? And it's a resounding yes.

[C]

Chair, sweetie. So maybe I will.

[F]

Maybe I will get boobies when I grow up and be in bridal party forever.

[C]

I don't know what to say about the boobs. I don't know how to handle that.

[F]

It's okay, right? It's totally fine.

[E]

Well, I don't. I don't know how to handle that one either.

[F]

All right, guys.

[E]

Yes.

[C]

All right, well, thank you so much. Now, I mean, we have to go see the foxies. Even if we put. Even if we. Even if we put little, like, old lady earplugs in our ears because we can't handle the loud noise.

[F]

I get it. I do that every show. Every show.

[C]

No, I'm kind of kidding. I'm half kidding. No, I'm not, because I don't. I'm not surprised. I don't frequent. I don't frequent rock and roll shows because I'm pitching. No. Where. Like, what kind of venue would you play in New York? Oh, we have. You played.

[F]

We did play the Bowery a few times. I'm not sure. I'm not sure where we're going to be at this time. But I actually. I actually might know where the show is.

[C]

Oh, okay.

[E]

Okay. What is this? You're very cryptic.

[F]

I know, I know. I'm so sorry. It's mainly because I have.

[E]

You got us in suspense over here.

[F]

I have so many ghosts floating around my brain.

[C]

The newsboy and this titown man.

[F]

Yeah, the newsboy.

[C]

And I didn't fully. But I didn't fully take in because I didn't know what was coming next. That there's a ghost in Stytown right near me.

[F]

Yeah. Dude.

[C]

Interesting, because I always think of the. I always think of a New York apartment as kind of ghost proof, you know, I don't know why, but yeah.

[F]

This one, you're right.

[C]

That's Kevin Cahoon. Our first episode. He saw a ghost in New York apartment.

[F]

He's right.

[C]

I guess it's not unheard.

[E]

He's got a good one. He's got a good.

[C]

All right, sorry, that was a little tangent, but okay. So where's the show?

[F]

It says. It says right, as of now, it's November 16th at the Sultan Room.

[E]

Okay.

[D]

I've never heard.

[C]

I'm not cool enough to know where that is.

[E]

November 16th, we will be there.

[C]

Julia Lauren of the Foxies and Beyond, thank you so much for joining us and sharing your bizarro ghost story. Yeah. And yeah, I mean, I don't even know what to. I'm still thinking about this bed flip. So I got. Honestly, I'm still processing the bed flip.

[E]

My biggest fear.

[C]

Julia, thank you so much. Irene, thank you so much for wrangling Julia here. Thank you, the lovely young Julia. And good luck with everything with the tour and the. And your acting career and beyond.

[F]

Thank you so much. We love you, Sarah. We love you guys.

[E]

Thanks for joining.

[F]

Woo Woo. Bye.

[C]

And you can find me on Instagram at Raydrach.

[D]

That's R A E Dratch. And you can find Irene Irene at irenebremis. That's B R E M I S Bremis.

[C]

And thanks for listening.

[D]

Thanks for joining me on this journey into the world of Woo Woo. Don't forget to rate, review and subscribe.

[C]

Wherever you get your podcasts.

[D]

Woo Woo with Rachel Dratch is a Q Code production executive produced by David Henning and Steve Wilson. Produced by Alexa Gabriel Ramirez, edited by William Attendee.