Mt. Vesuvius

If you're a big fan of hot ash and skeletons, have we got a show for you! This week we take a trip to ancient Italy to delve into one of the. most famous natural disasters they have to offer! Be warned, however, Pliny the Elder managed to weasel his way into this one.

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Mini: Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider Facts

Come join us as we swing on webs, shoot hair spines, and...force-feed ourselves to our spouse? Man...spiders are weird.

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Female Cult Leaders

It's back to cults this week, but with a decidedly overlooked twist! As it turns out, women are more than capable of leading cults and they even have the ability to go as off the rails as their male counterparts! We've got a sampler tray of ladies from the classic flavors of cults to choose from!

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Mini: Better with an Irish Accent

This episode contains no attempts at accents of any kind out of respect to the people of Ireland and your ears in general. What it DOES contain is a heartwarming story from Celtic folklore about a boy, a donkey, and some vague moral lessons we think.

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The Chupacabra

This week, prepare yourselves for the knowledge that there's a "good" Chupacabra and it's actually not an owl this time. Join us as we journey from Puerto Rico to Texas to the sci-fi film scene of the mid-90's to discover the truth about this janky cryptid.

PS: The article Sara read was wrong, she cannot be held liable for any Batman-related goof ups.

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Mini: Holy F@$&!

We’re going to learn where our favorite swear word came from! Turns out it was a lot of holy men throwing shade. Also, we really hope you like Ewan McGregor, because he comes up a weird amount for a history episode.

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My Favorite Haunting

LIVE! (Not really live but you know..) FROM THE SAME ROOM FOR A CHANGE! Emily and Sara tell the stories of their personal favorite hauntings. There's a gateway to hell, a famous pop star, chicken sandwiches and, some theories about Italian paranormal activity.

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The Bennington Triangle

We're back on our forest disappearances bull, but this time it's not Bigfoot. Probably. This week we explore the Bennington Triangle disappearances and posit a few theories on what caused five people to vanish into thin air.

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Mini: Seabiscuit 2 - Lakecookie

He's a man! No...he's a horse! Wait! He's a national treasure! Sara tells the story of the horse that captured the hearts of a nation...or at least the midwest in the early 1900's.

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George Washington Carver

As we all know, the story of George Washington Carver started with the peanut. Except it didn't...the peanut bit was more in the middle and there are other, more interesting, bits around it. Like kidnapping, a lot of science, and something about Congress.

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