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We're back! With some updates! And a surprise at the end!! We reveal a pod-long bit, talk about some Everest news, and the Yip-Yips are BACK. We love you all! E & S

Though it kicks off with a few ghost appearances (Gus?!), this week's episode is more on the fairy side of the realm. Shannon discusses the case of Bridget Cleary and the supposed supernatural forces that took the “real” Bridget from her family during an illness. Discussion of disability, neurodivergence, and the reactions to those with either, both in the past and today, turns quickly into some disability book recs and a reminder to broaden your content horizons! Stay tuned at the end for how we became friends and remember WE'RE NOT MAD AT YOU!! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Disfigured by Amanda LeDuc Wikipedia Fairy Forts LiveJournal All That's Interesting The New York Times Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network Vlogging BABIES

It's spooOOoOOoooky season!! FINALLY! This week Emma jumps right in to the creepy spooky times to tell us all about the Conjuring House. Was a family actually haunted by the previous, long-dead owners of their home? Was it because time is a flat circle? Or was it all in their heads? We learn just how much money Shannon needs to convince her to watch a scary movie and that it wouldn't matter how much Emma was paid, but she might do it for a Rice Krispie Treat.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The Conjuring House website Global News All That's Interesting The Mother Source on The Conjuring movie The Warren's website case file  History vs. Hollywood The Providence Journal US Ghost Adventures The Independent RI  Freestat UK The Ghoul Boys Sam and Colby's first visit to the Conjuring House

We may have changed up our schedule and wanted to change our names, but the chaos remains the same, with a couple kitty production assistants who are not very *demure*. This week Shannon fills us in on the kinda sweet history and spooky present of Colorado's famous Stanley Hotel. The inspiration behind Steven King's The Shining remains one of America's most haunted locations, but is it all true? Stay to the end for some potato talk and feel free to take a drink every time Emma says “patada.”  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The Stanley Hotel Wikipedia The Stanley Hotel (archived) Nightly Spirits Fox News Uncover Colorado The Gazette Fox 31 YouTube: Elk Bugle Food to Die For

Hey Jim! And everyone else! This week Emma dives into one of Shannon's favorite topics: a heist!! The Argent Star disappeared from its impenetrable case, never to be seen again. But is it as it seems? Is the Star disguised as 35 engagement rings? Or is it still in the hands of those it was supposedly stolen from? Come find out this and more, like if Elmo really will sue, if robots were involved, and if our purple ladies of leisure get to keep their purple rooms. Stay for a surprise at the end and a whole bunch of movie brainstorming!  Sources:  The Mother Source on the Art Institute of Chicago Whistler's The Artist in His Studio The super fast BPM playlist for all your heist needs

Is that Father Time's thumb or are you just happy to see us?! Why are there metal monoliths popping up all over the world? Whether the answer is art, aliens, or just a bit of fun, Shannon fills us in on the monoliths and their most recent appearances. We hope they mean something exciting, but maybe they're just here so we had something to do during our unprecedented times to, you know, take our minds off it all. And if that weren't enticing enough, join us for talk of dolphin legs, hatred of water, and thoughts on showers. Do you like damp? Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Monolith Tracker USA Today 1 USA Today 2 The Denver Post Vox

Ever tried to scare yourself into seeing a bloody screaming woman in the mirror? Well…we might have!! This week Emma tells the haunting legend of Bloody Mary and who she might be. Why is she in our mirrors at every sleepover? Why do we want to see her anyway? And was she so reprehensible in life that she's been doomed to a death of scary servitude? Come find out this week if we are successful in our attempts to scare ourselves! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on Bloody Mary, her pop culture references, Hanako-san, and Elizabeth Bathory Curious Archive about Mary I Snopes History Collection Lake County Journal on Mary Worth

We might not be able to say her name, but dang do we wanna talk about her! No one said we were finished with dolls, and this week Shannon steps up to the plate with one of the biggest baddies of them all: P.T.D. We turn into carnival barkers, learn that it's required to have 20/20 vision to be a ring master, and petition once again to have Zak Bagans on the judges panel for Ru Paul's Drag Race. It's a wonderful chaotic time over here. STEP RIGHT UP and join us! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The Netline The Daily Mail LADBible Reddit HD Paranormal

We're baaaack! And so are these children?! Kids say the creepiest things, and some kids have convinced the world that they are old souls, back for another round on earth. Could these kids be telling the truth? Or are they making it all up? Come join as we tackle the hard questions of reincarnation, cloning, crew socks versus ankle socks, and candy cigarette endorsement.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  Washington Post  MammaMia on the Pollock Twins The Mirror on the Pollock Twins Psi-encyclopedia Psi-encyclopedia on the Pollock Twins Division of Perceptual Studies at UVA website  The Case of James Leininger UVA Magazine “The Science of Reincarnation”

Don't be sad! Yell "PINEAPPLE" at your phone to bail out of the bit! We'll see you soon! (Well, you'll hear from us soon that is...) LOVE YOU ALL! -E&S

TREASURE! We love a hunt for some valuables and this week  Shannon brings us the story of the Copper Scroll. Hidden away in a cave in Jerusalem was a treasure map. Now that the scroll has completely oxidized, will we ever be able to find its goodies? Or have they already been found?! Nick Cage, JoJo Siwa, and a potato dressed like Tina Turner all make an appearance this week so tune in to see if we figure this one out.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources Wikipedia Interesting Engineering USC College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Ancient Origins Biblical Archaeological Society Biblical Archaeological Society Library Facsimile Editions

Is every interesting structure on the planet just a pitstop for aliens on their energy highway in the sky? Or did ancient people really love climbing over hills rather than going around them? This week Emma lays down the lore of ley lines and the weird stuff that can happen around them. Ghosts? Check. Aliens? Check. The fact that St. Michael the archangel might really enjoy Glastonbury? Also check. Enjoy the tangents and our new segment! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on St. Michael's line and Ley Lines Live Science All That's Interesting The Guardian BBC

What lurks in the boreal forest region of northern Canada? Is it a shiny Bigfoot? A silver-fox being? A hairy Edward Cullen who is all rainbows and glitter? Come find out this week as Shannon dives into the tale of the Silverwood Beast. Stay tuned at the end for our new segment and a little surprise! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Wikipedia Digital Museums Canada Boreal Conservation NRDC 1 NRDC 2

We could do this all front-door day, man! Talk ghosties that is. This week Emma brings us the really cool history of the Jane Addams-Hull House Museum and the ghosts that stick around for the pure, good vibes. A nice haunted house. Who knew? We've got devil babies, Labyrinth, and social reform in the 1900s. What more could you want, really. Join us for the usual chaos and enjoy! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  Biographical Sketch of Charles Jerald Hull The Jane Addams Hull-House Museum The Mother Source on Hull House The Long Road of Woman's Memory The Mother Source on Jane Addams Hull House Museum Blog: “Finding Folklore” Ghost Files: The Devil Baby of the Hull-House Museum

It might be getting warmer out there but it's likely still cold on Everest! Enjoy this jaunt through the past and we'll see you all next week!! The tallest mountain in the world has been conquered by many, but was Sir Edmund Hillary actually the first of these? Or was it George Mallory and his partner, lost to the snow at the peak? Listen as Shannon delves into her favorite topic, Mount Everest, and the mystery of Mallory and Irvine. Emma may or may not cry...  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources:  ⁠Mother Source ⁠ ⁠PBS NOVA⁠ ⁠The Clymb⁠ ⁠Secrets of the Ice⁠ ⁠Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric R. Simonson, Larry A. Johnson⁠ ⁠Last Climb by David Breashears and Audrey Salkeld⁠ ⁠Western Oregon University, Pete Poston⁠ ⁠BBC News⁠ National Geographic's Lost on Everest (2020) - streaming on Disney+ ⁠National Geographic

It's a repost! Your two best friends needed a break for a bit, so enjoy the crying! Welcome to another nonsense filled episode where Shannon narrowly avoids getting scared, this time by Goatman's Bridge. Is it a demon on this bridge? A cryptid? A stoner kid in the tree whispering “Steve”? We might never know, but we do know that Emma wants to be a vase but might end up as a couch, and Shannon will certainly be prepared for any demon with a super soaker full of holy water. Apparently, Emma also draws the spooky line at clowns, so you're safe if that wasn't your jam. Just goat-headed barefoot demons here.  Come follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠Twitter⁠!  Visit our ⁠website⁠! ⁠Send us a heart fart⁠!  Sources: ⁠Buzzfeed Unsolved⁠ ⁠Clips from Ghost Adventures⁠ ⁠Texas Hill Country⁠ ⁠We Denton Do It⁠ ⁠The Mother Source on the Old Alton Bridge⁠ ⁠Atlas Obscura⁠ ⁠All That's Interesting⁠ ⁠High School Newspaper Encounter at Old Alton Bridge

It's Shannon's birthday and you know what, friends? She's never wrong. This week's episode is about a little familiar roaming the halls of Washington D.C.'s government buildings. Is the Demon Cat a friendly little mouser just going about her business? Or does she bring tidings of more sinister things to come? Join in and listen to celebrate one half of your fav best friend duo turning over a new year!  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The White House Historical Association TPDE Ep. 96: Tell Your Mom About Us: The Haunted White House Wikipedia Atlas Obscura National Geographic WETA Skeptical Inquirer

It's Shannon's birthday season so we're talking art crime and the audacity of man. This week Emma fills us in on Mark Landis, artist and forger, who managed to fool multiple museums over the course of 30 years into believing his donations of minor works were the real things. The catch? None, it seems. He didn't earn a single penny from it. So then why did he do it? Come find out as we goof off, dream about museum gift shops, and get an insight into the Bone Shaman. Join the chaos and Emma's first “solved” mystery episode!  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source Authentication in Art Unmasked Forgers The Giveaway from the New Yorker The New York Times The Art Newspaper BBC News Mark Landis' website Slate Hyperallergic Treasures on Trial

Shannon's giving nerdy-nerdy-Emma-time as she clues us into one of the most mysterious items of the rare books world: the Voynich Manuscript. Is this late medieval piece a guide on bathing? An outline of the female body? A guidebook for aliens living here on Earth? Or is it all just a lie?! Come listen to these two pterodactyls do a podcast in their chaos den as Emma nerds out and Shannon has (almost) all the answers.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Wikipedia The New Yorker Undark Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Knowable Magazine

Emma finishes out her trio of West Virginia cryptids this week with the Grafton Monster. Was this creature hopping between portals in time and space and happen to scare some locals? Was a disturbance of teenagers correct to go out looking for it? Or was it all just some elaborate way to say “up yours, Michigan”? Tangent town abounds as we explore these possibilities, if Bigfoot would have a pretzel cart, and discover that Shannon can't whistle. Join for the usual chaos, spoofs, and goofs!  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  Cryptid Wiki Myth Wiki West Virginia Encyclopedia Grafton Monster Weebly blog Wild and Weird West Virginia The Clio WVNS  Cryptid Mountain Mini Golf West Virginia Explorer

*CW: racism, autopsies, abuse, drug use, and death.* This week Shannon brings us the harrowing case of Kelvin Moore and the current state of the Alabama prison system. New laws are in place to keep inmates from earning time back for good behavior and there is a prevailing next-of-kin issue, among myriad other problems. One of these problems has led to family members of incarcerated peoples not receiving the bodies of their loved ones intact after they have passed. We explore the claims of why and the mystery of whether this will ever be remedied.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: ANDSCAPE Bureau of Justice Statistics Equal Justice Initiative The Guardian Alabama Reflector Alabama Daily News Vera UAB Institute for Human Rights Blog - Pt. 1, Pt. 2 ABC 15 News Atlanta Black Star - 1, 2 Prison Book Network

We're back together and headed to West Virginia this week, home to not only Mothman (Holland?!) but to the Flatwoods Monster, too. Was it a cryptid? An extraterrestrial? A bird? Does it deserve to be on the runway of Ru Paul's Drag Race? We think so. We delve deep into fandoms of Drag Race, Ghost Adventures, and Marvel so hop in the car; we're headed on a roadtrip through the Appalachian, cryptid-covered hills! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources:  The Mother Source on the Flatwoods Monster Skeptical Inquirer: The Flatwoods UFO Monster by Joe Nickell Braxton County website History.com West Virginia Public Broadcasting All That's Interesting WBOY website Braxton Citizens' News: Mrs. America Competition Cryptid Wiki Snopes

Our reigning ghost host Holland is back again to talk all things folklore! Is Limewire folklore? What about Mothman? Taylor Swift?! We truly talk about everything this episode, from Slenderman to parakeets to licking. So much licking (New here? Sorry!). Come for the expert and stay for the idiots! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Whatisfolklore.org Cryptid Quiz Green Bean Casserole: The Logic of a Midwestern Foodways Aesthetic “Our Lady of Authenticity: Folklore's Articles of Faith” in Implied Nowhere: Absence in Folklore Studies (pp. 19-37) Willow G. Mullins Folklore Rules by Lynne McNeill

We're back and it's a big one! This week Professor Chris (a real professor y'all) is stepping in for Shannon to tell us about the SS Central America and her untimely end. She's full of gold when she goes down, but 130 years later Tommy Thompson finds her and brings up some of her treasure. When asked to pay his backers, Tommy disappears with the gold. So what happened to the gold? How long is too long to be held in contempt of court? And what did Emma believe was a Spanish doubloon for way too long? Come find out and make sure to bring your lawyer! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Gary Kinder, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea (2009) PGCS, The Coins of the S.S. Central America Another Delay for Ex-Deep-Sea Treasure Hunter Stuck in Jail Fugitive Treasure Hunter Arrested in Florida Treasure Hunter Still in Jail After 6 Years for Refusing to Disclose Whereabouts of 500 Gold Coins Found in Historic Shipwreck Tarnished Treasure: Will Shipwreck Hunter Tommy Thompson's Legal Limbo Finally End? Court Cases (Various Docket Filings) Columbus-America Discovery Group v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company, 56 F.3d 556 (4th Cir. 1995) United States v. Thompson, Case No. 2:15-cr-81 (S.D. Ohio) Williamson v. Recovery Limited Partnership, Case No. 2:06-cv-292 (S.D. Ohio)

Emma didn't get bingo this week but maybe you will as Shannon tells us about the German town of Bielefeld that just might not exist! Numerology rears her (sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful) head, tangents abound, and there's a lot of disclaimers, but one thing is for sure: Bielefeld understands a #bit.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Wikipedia Deutsche Welle City of Bielefeld BBC News Degruyter: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik Atlas Obscura Goethe Institut Bielefeld Marketing Reddit

This week Emma shocks Shannon with the disappearance of quintessential-70s college student Steven Kubacki. What exactly happened to this man during his last year of college? Time travel? Laylines? Aliens?! Listen in to learn why aliens love the fall, who Emma's new stepdad is, and the scope of man's audacity. Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The first installment of Ellen Killoran's six piece Substack Steven Kubacki, PhD website The Anchor, Hope College's Student Newspaper Steven Kubacki's LinkedIn and his Psychology Today page The Lake Michigan Triangle Holley Archeology website about the “North American Stonehenge”

Have you got a demitasse set? Carafes? Drums?! Whatever you have, Buttercup Sunshine and Dandelion Moss have got the piping hot tea ready for you. This week, Shannon clues us into everyone's favorite nighttime go-to, Sleepytime Tea, and the cult that may have started it all. Does this cult have a weak grip on the tea as it stands today? Or is it still steeped in it?  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Inverse Thought Catalog Celestial Seasonings: Our History Wikipedia The Urantia Foundation Youth Pastor Ryan's TikTok Extra Crispy Bon Appetit (in case you want a tea rebrand)

Happy New Year, Pod Fiends! We're closing out 2023 with our favorite dirty Santa, Belsnickle! Enjoy the throwback and we'll be back in your ears with fresh new episodes in 2024. It's the holiday season! Emma's coming atcha with the creepiest Christmas companion out there - Belsnickle. This Dirty Santa, while weird and gross, is really here to make sure that the real Santa doesn't need to put you on his naughty list, so you'd better watch out! We've got Carmela the Troll, and Loretta the Elf watching too, so put on your scariest Christmas mask and join the chaos this week! Come follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠Twitter⁠! Visit our ⁠website⁠! ⁠Send us a heart fart⁠! Sources: ⁠The Mother Source⁠ ⁠Pennsylvania Heritage Magazine⁠ ⁠Museum of the Shenandoah Valley⁠ ⁠New York State Parks⁠ The Office “Dwight Christmas” from 2012 on Hulu

Happy Holidays from your favorite chaos besties! We hope you all have a wonderful season however you celebrate and enjoy this throwback to Christmas gone by! Merry Christmas, Witches! We've got a short one this week to get you in the holiday mood; Shannon tells Emma the terrifying tale of Grýla, the Christmas Witch of Iceland, and her crazy sons, the Yule Lads. Is there anything better than traumatizing your kids into behaving? Probably, but telling them there are thirteen trolls coming to lick all of their belongings might keep them in line while you prepare for the holidays. So take a quick break with us and snuggle in for some creepy holiday cheer! Sources: Smithsonian on ⁠Gryla⁠ and the ⁠Yule Lads⁠ ⁠Iceland.is⁠ ⁠The Reykjavik Grapevine⁠ ⁠Mythical Creatures Guide⁠ ⁠The Mother Source⁠ Guide to Iceland on ⁠Gryla⁠ and the ⁠Yule Lads⁠ ⁠Mental Floss⁠ ⁠Villains Wiki⁠ ⁠Iceland Mag⁠ ⁠Vice

This week it's short and sweet…smelling? When was the last time you smelled a frog? We're not sure as Emma regales with the legend of the Loveland Frogman. Is this creature extraterrestrial, somehow deciding that Ohio was the best place to touch down? Or is it simply an escaped Pokémon that Emma can't pronounce? Join the chaos, and thank God for the Loveland Frog(man). Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  Loveland, Ohio and the Loveland Frog from the Mother Source The Frogman of Loveland Christmas book Frogman video sighting Finding the Truth North American Cryptids Cryptid Wiki The Portalist Creature from the Black Lagoon Snopes Cincinnati Enquirer WCPO Weird U.S.

We're back with the two OG best friends this week and it's an expedish! Shannon brings us the story of Salomon August Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition and the mystery that surrounds what happened to the crew to this day. Emma gets excited about mass spectrometry, there are so many pigeons, and a 24-year-old professor makes an appearance; bound to be a great time. Yay science!  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The Map House: George Melville Boynton Ep. 65: Cheerio, My Dude: George Melville Boynton Wikipedia 1 Wikipedia 2 Aviation History ExplorersWeb: Expedition Karolinska Institutet SciHi Blog ExplorersWeb: Hoax Don't Take Pictures

This week it's all things vampy with special guest host Marissa! Shannon and Emma are along for the centuries-long ride as Marissa talks through the origins, history, and facts of vampire lore. Would we want to be alive forever, having to make new friends every century? We'd rather not, please and thank you? So come join the sparkly chaos and learn how Emma knows next to nothing about Twilight; like, where the hell you been, loca?! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Ask a Mortician History.com on Vampires  Let's Talk Religion on the history of Vampires History.com on consumption  When Rhode Island was “The vampire capital of america.”  The Evolution of Vampires in Pop Culture TED-Ed - Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact from Michael Molina

We're back in the Nook with Sara for a short and sweet one to talk about the sourdough starter of the cryptid world: the Squonk! Shannon reveals just how sad this little “fearsome critter” is and who evades capture by succumbing to its tears. Tune in for conversation on cryptid themed candles, friends just “getting” us, and naked mole rats.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!   Sources: Wikipedia Cryptid Wiki 1910 Text via Lumberwoods Unnatural History Museum 1939 Text via Lumberwoods Unnatural History Museum Squonk (art group) Penn Live/Patriot News Reddit

This week we went to our guest Sara's home state of Pennsylvania to explore the history and mystery of Pennhurst State School and Hospital. Although it's a, to some uncomfortable, Halloween attraction now, the campus used to house over 3,000 residents with disabilities of all kinds. They were not, however, treated well. Are the spirits people see in the facility now those of patients who never left? We really hope not, and pray that it's all just silly, catcalling ghost hunters making things up and throwing things at each other. Come listen as we scare ourselves and learn more about this Pennsylvania spooky spot! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on Pennhurst Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural Weird NJ Suffer The Little Children Documentary 1981 Patients Rights act Time Magazine write up Ghost Adventures clip NPR The Little House of Horrors Blog Ghosts of Mayflower Philadelphia Inquirer  Reddit ghost picture Reddit Scare Actor from Pennhurst thread US Ghost Adventures National Council on Public Health

Vincent Van Gogh was both prolific and tragic, his art only just on the rise at the time of his death. Many suspect his untimely end was self-inflicted, but was he actually murdered and history just forgot? Come join us this week with our special guest Erica back in the nook for bad French accents and discussions of mental health and the beauty of art. As well as Dr. Who.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: The National Gallery Wikipedia: Death of Van Gogh NPR Vanity Fair Abstract: A Reevaluation of the Death of Vincent van Gogh: Suicide or Murder? Wikipedia: Theo Van Gogh

Pull on your skeptic hats because this week Emma is bringing us some Grey's Anatomy realness with the mysterious death of Gloria Ramirez. Known as the “Toxic Woman” by the media, Gloria is blamed for the illnesses of those who treated her. But is she really the one at fault, or was she used to cover up something a bit more Breaking Bad? The world may never know the actual circumstances of the incident, but every medical drama is sure to reference it until the end of time. There will be talk of needles, dead bodies, and some potentially serious Grey's Anatomy spoilers so prepare yourself before diving into the madness.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source  Discover Magazine The Los Angeles Times The Washington Post Drug Enforcement Administration Dr. Harini Bhat (@tilscience on TikTok)

We have completed the wife set with this week's guest host Erica! She's here to talk all things Disney, but primarily the theory that Walt is now frozen somewhere in Arizona. If so, could we have a Walt-sicle reanimated in the near future? An AI generated ad that only comes on at 3 AM sure thinks so! Come learn just how cursed the Hall of President's is and all about the original Little Miss Capitalism, Walt Disney. Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: PBS Snopes Screen Rant All Ears The weird midnight ad via @Caroleidoscope

The crime of the 19th century in a brand new nation; sensationalism who?! This week we commit hard to the bit as Emma brings us the story of America's first recorded murder trial and the death of Elma Sands. Were our favorite Law Kens able to figure out whodunnit? Or the answer to a bigger question: Was it even murder? Come find out with your midwest mom and fancy Russian neighbor, the bit stealers of the week.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on Levi Weeks Biography.com Encyclopedia.com Medium The Line Up  The Paris Review City Signal Crime Reads ListVerse Scouting New York

Huzzah, my dudes! This week it's all about Maryland's favorite beastie, the Snallygaster. Is it a one eyed octopus? A winged beak-faced monster? Likely it's just moonshine, but we know he's so much more. For sure that he's part of the Cryptid Hunting Club and has his own license to hunt skinny kids (a joke). So hop on over to listen to this week's gravelly episode where Emma gains a bit more state pride.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Wikipedia The Baltimore Sun Legends of America AppalachianHistory.net Preservation Maryland Ancient Origins Dragon Distillery The Snallygaster Museum Atlas Obscura Snallygaster Beer Festival

A home in Spain is haunted by faces that keep appearing on the kitchen floor. Are these the ghosts of the skeletons beneath? Or simply the drawings of a bored housewife? No matter if they were real, psychical researchers have been interested in the faces of Bélmez since they first started appearing. And this week Emma tries her best not to scare the Scoobert Doobert out of Shannon and guest Brittany. Come join in on this short but wild episode discussing horse facts, the afterlife, and the poetry of weird names among the haunting faces in the floor.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on the Bélmez Faces Skeptoid Podcast El Mundo BBC News Scary Matter Historic Mysteries Association of Paranormal Study The US Sun Atlas Obscura The Belmez Faces: An Investigation of a Supposedly Strong Case

Our original ghost host Brittany is back as a guest this week with film bro Emma to hear Shannon tell the sad but gripping story of the death of Marilyn Monroe. Was she murdered by a prank-calling president's family? Was her death a cover up to protect political secrets? Aliens? Bust out your bingo cards and your belty-est musical ballads as we discuss the possibilities on our usual rollercoaster of chaos. Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Wikipedia: Marilyn Monroe Wikipedia: The Death of Marilyn Monroe Teen Vogue CBS News The Wrap TIME Parade LA Times Vanity Fair Gizmodo Bombshell Cast Recording

Spooky season has arrived! At least here at TPDE it has. Emma fills us in this week on the most haunted place in the most haunted city in America: the Moon River Brewing Company. A once bustling hotel turned hospital turned brewery, this spot has seen a lot of death, but do the dead still linger? Come find out if the Pope's gonna love ya with all the holy water you'll be carting around this place and if Zac Bagans' voice is a bit.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on Savannah, Moon River Brewing Company, and the Stark-Minis duel Moon River Brewing Company's site Nightly Spirits The brewery's haunted history from the Travel Channel Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural - The Spirits of Moon River Brewing Ghost Adventures: the basement encounter, Aaron's vlog, and the debrief Ghost Brothers: Lights Out clip

It's Holland's last visit to the Pod Nook™ and we're going out with…a blob? This week Shannon shocks us with the story of the Oakville Blobs, mysterious jelly that rained from the sky in Washington State. Was it manmade? Extraterrestrial vomity goo? Or jellyfish that had been yeeted from the sea? If nothing else it was a perfect storm, a Blob-ageddon if you will. So join us for the Blob-ening.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Mental Floss Discovery UK Paranormal Catalog Unsolved Mysteries Wiki BBC Science Focus Historic Mysteries The Chronicle The Lewiston Tribune Unsolved Mysteries episode on YouTube

We're back with our resident death ambassador, Holland, this week to discuss the odd, messy, and overall just wild case of William H. Bates. First he disappears, then he reappears, then he takes a left turn with his career in "eyes." Buckle in as we jump around from North Dakota to TikTok diet influencers to truck nuts on a Saturn, because it's weird and we'd like to talk about it.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  Mental Floss The Mother Source on William H. Bates, the Bates Method, and Benarr Macfadden The American Journal of Ophthalmology, Volume 8 on Google Books  Lansing State Journal article on the will probate of William Bates Inner Blindness, a website dedicated to curing bad eyesight The National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Volume 24 The New York Times article on Dr. Bates from 1931 Daytonian in Manhattan architecture blog Annals of Ophthalmology, Volume 9 Reddit Sixty-Second Annual Report of the New York Infirmary for Women and Children Amulet Films

**TW: discussion about death, including decomposition. Not for the queasy** We're switching it up a little this week, with our special guest Holland discussing body farms and all things death. We learn about elephants with jobs, Cadaver Cove, and just how serious Emma is about becoming a vase. Join us for this fascinating discussion episode, and don't forget to write your will! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Caitlin Doughty's works, including Smoke Gets In Your Eyes, Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?, and From Here to Eternity The Washington Post on the George Washington University Body Farm Youtube Ask A Mortician about open eye wakes and body farms The University of Tennessee Forensic Anthropology Center The Virginia State Anatomical Program FreeWill.com

A cryptid that Emma has met?! Okay, well not met, but maybe taken a picture of a replica of one? Yea, that sounds about right. This week, Emma digs into the story of the Beast of Bray Road, one of Wisconsin's premier cryptids. Is it a werewolf? A hellhound? An all new creature? Whatever the case is, get out of my bucket and into our car for a quick little chaotic tour of Wisconsin.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Mother Source on the Beast of Bray Road and Hellhounds All That's Interesting Milwaukee Magazine Reddit thread of an encounter with the Beast Wisconsin Frights

*Content Warning: some conversation on suicide* This week Shannon brings us to Arizona and tells the story of Daniel Robinson and his mysterious disappearance. A crashed car, a cryptic text message, and still no answers after multiple searches. For the missing and murdered who don't fit the media's mold, it can take ages to get things moving, let alone get one solved, and Daniel's case is no exception. Tune in to hear our theories and a ghosty mailbag story! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: Please Help Find Daniel (family-run) Wikipedia Buzzfeed Uncovered Buckeye PD Rolling Stone CNN Fox News Fox 10 Phoenix (full police report) AZ Family News Nation West Valley View Are You Pressworthy?

We're throwing it back old-school with this vacation repost. Enjoy the trip to Jersey and we'll see you all next week! This week Emma cries while she tells Shannon about the Jersey Devil! It's not all that scary, just a creepy flying T-rex roaming New Jersey. Come join us for stories of brave children and Emma's own potential cryptid encounter!  Come follow us on ⁠TikTok⁠, ⁠Instagram⁠, and ⁠Twitter⁠!  Visit our ⁠website⁠! ⁠Send us a heart fart⁠!  Sources: ⁠The Mother Source⁠ ⁠Cryptid Wiki⁠ ⁠Pinelands Preservation Alliance on the Legend⁠ ⁠Jersey Devil Sightings and Stories⁠ from WeirdNJ abcNews on the ⁠2015 “sighting”⁠ ⁠Silly Ben Franklin on Mental Floss⁠ ⁠Brian Regal book on Quakers and the Jersey Devil

It's vacay time, and what better way to relax than a Greg episode! Enjoy the chaos, friends! *Note that today's episode, and probably those in the future, contains swearing and adult themes. Keep the little ears away!*  The chaos today is brought to you by peanut butter whiskey and a brand new cryptid, our wonderful friend Greg! Shannon tells us as much as she can about the Werewolf of Dickson County, who still might be hunting in the woods of Tennessee to this day. Tune in for wild stories, French in a southern accent, and lots of healthy cackling. And potentially a boyfriend?! Stay tuned at the end for all the fun stuff Emma cut from the middle. Come follow us on⁠ TikTok⁠,⁠ Instagram⁠, and⁠ Twitter⁠! Visit our⁠ website⁠! ⁠Send us a heart fart⁠! Sources: ⁠Reddit⁠ ⁠The Kayseean⁠ ⁠What Lies Beyond⁠ ⁠Dickson County History⁠ ⁠The Tenneseean⁠ ⁠Cryptid Wiki: Werewolf

*NSFW* Some very not-family-friendly jokes are hot and ready this week as Emma fills us in on the haunted Pfister Hotel. Are Major League Baseball players being targeted by the ghosts who want their home team to succeed? Or is this simply another historic building with some quirks? Come find out and join in our apologies to long dead gentlemen.  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources:  The Hotel Pfister history Fan Buzz ESPN Megan Thee Stallion being spooked MLB WUWM on the legend of the Pfister ghost Haunted Rooms America Historic Hotels of America USA Today on Mookie Betts The Milwaukee Record and Megan Thee Stallion Haunted Houses.com

Buckle up as this week Shannon takes Emma and special guest Caroline to the waters of Japan where there may be the remnants of a lost civilization. Is the Yonaguni Monument truly a manmade structure swallowed by the seas? Is it a natural rock formation that is easily geologically explained? Or was it aliens?! Whatever the answer, it's turtles all the way down, and we're here to talk about it. And plenty else, like the Bone Shaman's college days and our new girl group, The Vile Vortices. Jump in and join the chaos!  Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!  Visit our website! Send us a heart fart!  Sources: National Geographic World Adventure Divers YouTube: Yonaguni dive YouTube: Dive 2 BBC (video) Dive PlanIt Travel Marine Insight Ancient Origins Wikipedia: Yonaguni Wikipedia: Mu (lost continent) Wikipedia: Ancient astronauts