Two law students talk sh*t about hometown crimes and urban legends.
Join Julia and Sam this week as they cover the unsolved murder of Ken McElroy and the twisted tale of of real life supervillan Marcel Petoit.
Hey Party People! Today we're talking about some extra spooky urban legends. Sam scares Julia out of the forest with the tale of The Seven Sisters Hills in Nebraska City and Julia makes sure Sam will never go in the ocean again thanks to modern-day sightings of Megalodon. Also, emo whales, scary bugs, random facts about sea creatures, satanic deer, and a whole lot of love while the world sucks. We're proudly part of the Civilized Creatures Entertainment Network! Check out: Picks & Bones, The Untrained Eye, Married AF, and Drinks With Larry wherever you listen to podcasts! Also, find all of us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!
Join us for an extra long episode where Julia and Sam put a fresh new spin on some very well known stories. Lets tackle the current state of affairs by discussing Typhoid Mary and then talk about everyone's favorite sad painter Vincent Van Gogh.
Hello all, join Julia and Sam this week as we talk over some of our favorite spring myths and cover the eerily true legend of Staten Island's on Cropsey.
Join us this week as as Sam talks about the exoneration of George Allen Jr. and Dewey Bozella, and Julia enthralls us with the tale of North Dakota's most infamous serial killer, Eugene Butler.
We are back!!! This time we bring you just a few of the many myths and monsters that make up the lore surrounding Netflix's new hit The Witcher. From hell hounds and cockatrice to succubi and botchlings, join us as we cover some of our favorite myths. Elatedly part of the Civilized Creatures Entertainment Network.
We are back!!! Join Julia and Sam as we talk about one of the most horrific vampire's in history, Andre Chikatilo.
Join Julia and Sam as they wash their hands of the last decade and dive deep into one of histories oldest monsters.
We're back!!! Join Julia and Sam this week as we talk about serial poisoner Audrey Marie Hilley and the mysteries death of Captain Edward Smith.
Come join us for some ghost stories this week! Sam explores a portal to the seventh realm of hell in Stull, Kansas, and Julia regales us with stories of the Ghosts of St. Augustine, Florida.
IT'S HALLOWEEN...almost!! Join Julia and I this nearly Halloween as we go over Ted Bundy's counterpart, Robert Reldan. Stay spooky and try to keep from wondering, what's in your hometown?!
Welcome to the Halloween 2019 episode of What's In Your Hometown, where we gather 'round the campfire to tell each other some very spooky ghost stories. This week, Sam tells us about the Whaley House, the single most haunted location in all of the US, and the tragedies that befell the family that called it home. Then, Julia takes us across the country to Helltown, Ohio, an abandoned region in Summit County, Ohio that's famous for housing Satanists, serial killers, mutants, ghosts, and creepy, creepy neighbors.
Welcome to this weeks episode of What's In Your Hometown! Join Julia and Sam as Sam regales us all with the tale of Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang. This story has everything, nicknames, Gator Joe, and one of America's most famous cult leaders?!
Hello everyone!!! Join Julia and Sam this week as Sam gloriously fails trying to pronounce all the Danish names associated with the famous haunted Dragsholm Castle and Julia spooks us with her regaling tale of Hell Hotel.
Welcome to our One Year Anniversary Special! Today marks one year since the release of the first episode of What's In Your Hometown? So, to celebrate, we've got -cryptids- for you. First, Julia talks about The Bear Lake Monster from Utah and Idaho. Are they real, are they actually ancient, did they wash up on the shores or have we all collectively lost our minds? Then, Sam continues to struggle with sleep paralysis and brings us a tale of the ancient Dark Watchers of the Chumash culture. Or is it the Spanish culture? We actually may never know. Thank you, THANK YOU, for joining us - and with all of the crazy shit in the world you've got to wonder.... what's in your hometown?
We've got a special guest this week! Brooke from the Married AF Podcast joins us to talk about the Baton Rouge serial killer, Derek Todd Lee, and her personal connection to this gruesome case. Then, Julia and Sam team up to tackle the crimes of The Human Five, a fearsome cult of voodoo practicing axe murderers led by a teenage girl (no, really, that's a thing that happened).Check out the Civilized Creatures Network on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to find out more about us!
In this extra-long episode, Julia talks about the chilling murder of Jimmy Michael, a successful entrepreneur from her hometown that was found burned to cinders in his bed - there is only one suspect, and the case is entirely circumstantial. Is this bad police work or was the killer just that bad at hiding their involvement? Then, Sam talks about the infamous Vampire of Sacramento, a paranoid schizophrenic with a bad case of hypochondria and a taste for human flesh. When IS the right time to go to the hospital, anyway?
Join Julia and Sam tonight to talk about the cursed Crying Boy, and the Gaiola Island. Also join us as Sam mispronounces islet and Julia purges herself of "but anyway."
In this week's true crime episode, Sam delves into our long awaited listener request about Heather Hodges, a missing mom with a really awful boyfriend. Then, Julia takes us on the wildest ride yet, all the way to Floreana Island in the Galapagos. Whatever happened to La Baronessa and her lovers, and when DID Dr. Ritter get to use the teeth?
This week, the Julia talks about the very haunted West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville, WV, which was haunted before there was ever a prison and DEFINITELY hasn't gotten better, and Sam covers the the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, OH. It was used to film the Shawshank Redemption, but the horrors experienced by Andy and Red can't hold a candle to what actually happened inside.
This week, Sam gets pissed about government funded weather balloons while uncovers some of the mysteries surrounding Area 51 and the Roswell Incident. Then, Julia talks about Maple Hill Cemetery in Huntsville, Alabama, including the ghost of Mary Chambers Bibb, the first known victim of the Black Widow of Hazel Green, and the Dead Children's Playground.
This week, we recap after a month off. Sam talks about Richard Beasley, a ruthless Craigslist killer in Marietta, Ohio who recruited a young boy through Church to help him murder three men in cold blood. Then, Julia talks about Christian C. Nielsen, a spree killer from a sleepy town in Maine whose desire to kill ended the lives of four innocent people, and destroyed the lives of a family already rocked by tragedy. Welcome to "What's In Your Hometown?"
Hi guys, join Julia and Sam as they talk about the Greyhound Bus Murder in Canada and the murder of Eigil Dag Vesti.
Hellow everybody, join Jules and I this week as we talk about the massacre on the Marry Russel and Alexander Pierce.
Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone! For this week, we've turned our attention to Ireland. Julia discusses Saint Patrick: The Person and why he was kind of a dick, and Sam regales us with tales of Ireland's Hellfire Club, who always saved room for the Devil himself.
Join Jules and I this week as we talk about the disappearance of Brandon Swanson and master conman Mark Hofmann.
Join us this week as we talk about sex, game shows, and the Bandage Man of Cannon Beach and the Wendigo. (sorry we are late).
Aloha, join Jules and I today as we talk about the Windmill Park Murders and Elias Abuelazam.
Join us this week as we talk about the Upstairs Lounge Arson Attack and the murder of John Charbonneau and William (Billie) Sproates III.
Join Jules and I this week as we take on the Macbeth curse and Castle Stuart. Oh, and also the Scottish language, forgive us for butchering everything.
Join us this week for laughs, mispronunciations, and the unsolved mysteries of Melvin Horst and Eddie Vannatter
Join as this week as we talk about Dead Mans Hollow and Bloody Mary
Warning, this episode takes on some darker themes. Join us as we talk about the murder of Robert Milliman and the survivors of Texas's very own Candy Man.
Welcome everyone!!! Fallout 76 recently dropped, and as two WV girls we could not be happier. So join us as we talk about some of the urban legends around West Virginia, some you can even see in the game.
Join us this week as we continue to be sick and talk about the Honolulu Strangler and Black Widow murders.
Join Jules and I as we cough, sneeze, and medicate our way through the stories of Screamin' Jennie and The Ammons' Family Haunting
Join us as we talk about the Papin sisters and the oldest couple to ever be sentenced to death in the U.S.
Join as for a Halloween special as we discus the one, the only, Ed Gien!!!
From camping to shrooms, join us as we talk about the white things that scare us.
Join us this week, with our lovely guest Lauren, as we talk about the unsolved Sodder family fire.
Hey ya'll, join Jules and I today as we tackle the snallygaster and the church lady monster. We upload every Saturday so stay tuned.
The episode that refuses to be recorded. Today Julia and I talk about the Black Dahlia and the Co-ed Murders....just not those ones. Join us as we take on these iconic murders with a hometown twist, and Dick Cheney.
Today Jules and I cover West Virginia's biggest urban legend:The Mothman!!! Sprinkle in a little aliens and men in black and you got yourselves one hell of an episode. Tune in each Saturday for a new episode.
Hello everyone, this week Jules and I will be talking about the Bluebeard of Quiet Dell and the murder of Skylar Neese. Stay tuned every Saturday for a new episode
Today Jules and I talk about the Danvers State Hospital and our own hometown asylum, the Trans-Allegheny lunatic asylum. We discuss the horrible living conditions, tortuous treatments, and the paranormal mark these practices left behind. Updated every Saturday.