Texas Steampunk Connection

Tx Steampunk Xtion: Build the Future S10Ep2

recorded January 21, 2026

This week we delve back into history to look at the Pinkertons. Were they detectives, or paid thugs for supervillains? I was surprised by the answers.

Pinkerton's own presentation of history

another (better) podcast on the Pinkertons

Tx Steampunk Xtion: Build the Future S10Ep1

recorded January 7, 2026

It's a new year! Time to make new plans, and build excitement for the next build, next adventure! We're going to make some resolutions, and have the best darn 2026 whether we like it or not!

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep26

recorded December 24, 2025

 

It's the night before Christmas, and we're streaming our end of year wrap-up! We want to hug all our supporters and start plans for next year. Jack and the fam are back to celebrate and we look forward to a new year.

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep25

recorded December 10, 2025

Did you ever wonder about that line about “scary ghost stories” in the Christmas carol “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”? Well, we’re gonna tell y’all all about that glorious Victorian Christmas tradition! Besides Dickens' Christmas Carol, what other stories have you heard of? Lets see if we can find any. 

Christmas Ghosts: A Victorian Tradition

Christopher Lee tells the story of a loud hotel neighbor.

In the Bleak Mid-Winter: Must-Read Ghost Stories for Christmas

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep24

recorded November 26, 2025

Before Steampunk November, organizers were approached by Big Media asking about the "Steampunk Lifestyle." What does that mean, to Big Media or to us? How does steampunk play a part in your life on a regular or daily basis? 

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep23

recorded November 12, 2025

Steampunk November is the longest running steampunk event in Texas. And it's in three days!! Sheriff Natalie McTavish joins us for a pre-fest hang out. What changes will there be this year? What are you looking forward to? How will we tea duel?

Frankenstein 

The Thief and the Cobbler 

Powers of Darkness (Dracula) 

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep22

recorded October 29, 2025

It's the last show before Halloween! Let's finish off a season of cults and strange societies with Madame Blavatsky and her occult/religious movement, Theosophy. We discuss the questionable origin story, and how Theosophy has influenced modern culture.

Theosophical Society on Wikipedia

Madame Blavatsky: a seeker of truth — and a fraud

Henry Steel Olcott: Timeline of an Occult Pioneer
William Quan Judge: A Biographical Sketch
Annie Besant on BBC.co.uk
Jiddu Krishnamurti on Wikipedia

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep21

recorded October 15, 2025

This Mid-October we welcome researcher Bekah June back to talk about about esoteric secret societies and strange luminaries of the time. Thax reveals the secrets of the Freemason (not real super secrets, tho.) Jack picks it up as three Masons create the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn for more occultism than the Masons offered. Political intrigues and infighting commence!

Freemasons Grand Lodge of Texas

Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn

 

More work from Bekah June

Voicemails of the Unexplained
Ms. June's published work on Amazon

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep20

recorded October 1, 2025

Tonight we celebrate the coming of October, our favorite month! Also the rapture that didn't happen on Tuesday a week past. Yeah, for real. I guess. What is the rapture, anyway? Also, since we're sliding that way, horrific religious cults of the 1800's!

A warning. Some may find this episode disturbing. Listen at your own risk.

 

Edmund Creffield and the Brides of Christ

Frank Sandford and the Shiloh Compound

Cult of Margaretta Peter

Tx Steampunk Xtion: on the Road S9Ep19

recorded September 17, 2025

No topic this week. Instead lets hang out and have a good old school show and tell! We haven't done one of these in months, so we're all over the place. 

Nautilus is still the greatest SP show we've seen in a long time.

Wednesday the new season has its problems, but we still think it's a good watch. 

O. Henry a turn-of-the-century author from Austin, Texas

Perfect Creature a vampire B movie with great SP setting

Steampunk Banditos: Sex Slaves of Shark Island Thax read the free first chapter, and it was better than it had any right to be. Is this an actual good read?