While she may be known mostly for a novel written after a nightmare she had on vacation, Mary Shelley had a whole life aside from Frankenstein. Sure, that life was messy and full of men who didn't deserve her time, but what are you gonna do? This week we're taking a look into the life of the woman who created one of the most fascinating literary genres of all time while she was still (technically) a child.

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It's Sara's turn for a vacation report and she's taking us to the autumnal leaf-peeping oasis that is Vermont! Things get very spooky with the story of covered bridge and the very very real young lady named Emily who calls the bridge her home.

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In the genre of unsolved mysteries there is a very specific category of interest: John and Jane Does with fake identities and strange circumstances surrounding their deaths. This week, we’re exploring a few of these cases to try and untangle some of the knots left by these unknown people. 

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It's another vacation report! This time we're heading to the rum-soaked streets of New Orleans for a mostly historically accurate tale of vampires and women being shipped overseas against their will.

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It's time for a different flavor of true crime! On St Patrick's Day weekend 1990, several paintings were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. To this day we still don't know who perpetrated the crime, why and where the hell the paintings ended up.

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Happy Halloween! We're taking a dive into an icon of the Halloween season, the Jack O Lantern! Why did we start carving vegetables? Why Pumpkins? Who the hell is Jack? We're glad you asked and would be more than happy to tell you.

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We're continuing our dive into one of the most infamous and attention-seeking serial killers, The Zodiac. This week we get into his continued campaign of letter writing as well as more possible victims and potential suspects. We also have some of our own ideas about who may or may not be the killer in this case as well as a few others.

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It's vacation report time! Emily returns from Sin City with a story about a pretty famous person spotting a very famous ghost and why that ghost is so heavily connected to Las Vegas in the first place.

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Yes, it's really happening. Beginning in 1968, Northern California was terrorized by a doughy moron with a penchant for sending his homemade ciphers to the media and police. This week we begin our journey towards solving this decades old cold case by outlining his many crimes, early correspondence with the police and potential "unofficial" victims.

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Do you love fuzzy friends with murder paws and a taste for berries? Would your life be improved by knowing where to find one of these friends at any given moment? Are you ALSO sick of googling "Are there bears in...?" Good news! We did the research for you and present... Are There Bears In There? A thrilling new Camp Afternoonified presentation.

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