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Absolute Absurdity

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 82:54


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.

The One Where We Actually Scare Each Other

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 67:21


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!

Lonely Hearts Club

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2020 106:21


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.

Spring Fever, Spring Killer

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 64:52


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.

Innocence and Secrets

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 64:02


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.

Toss a Coin to Your Cryptids

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2020 57:52


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.

The Earth is Dying

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2020 100:28


We are back!!! Join Julia and Sam as we talk about one of the most horrific vampire's in history, Andre Chikatilo.

Goodbye and Good Riddance!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2020 84:45


Join Julia and Sam as they wash their hands of the last decade and dive deep into one of histories oldest monsters.

But Wait... There's More!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2019 58:50


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.

Stairs Are The Real Hell

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2019 49:07


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.

The Susan Strangler

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2019 69:37


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?!

Satanists? I'm Staying!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 28, 2019 63:57


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.

Gator Joe and Big Tom Brown

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 62:29


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?!

Hellish Bastards

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 53:57


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.

Nature Is Watching You

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2019 64:01


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?

Bayou Butchery

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2019 94:59


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!

Maybe Don't Eat That?

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 18, 2019 103:51


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?

The Price is Wrong

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2019 48:31


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."

It's My Turn To Use The Teeth

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2019 89:06


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?

Let's Go To Prison

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2019 77:40


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.

Area 50-Weird & Maple Hill Horrors

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 82:54


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.

Welcome Back, Bitches!

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2019 73:57


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?"

Big Bang

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 84:40


Hi guys, join Julia and Sam as they talk about the Greyhound Bus Murder in Canada and the murder of Eigil Dag Vesti.

Divine Intervention

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2019 69:25


Hellow everybody, join Jules and I this week as we talk about the massacre on the Marry Russel and Alexander Pierce.

Saint Hellfire

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2019 64:14


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.

T.M.I.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2019 52:47


Join Jules and I this week as we talk about the disappearance of Brandon Swanson and master conman Mark Hofmann.

Ready Player 1

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2019 44:17


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).

Goth Baby

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2019 53:44


Aloha, join Jules and I today as we talk about the Windmill Park Murders and Elias Abuelazam.

Everything and the kitchen sink

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2019 77:40


Join us this week as we talk about the Upstairs Lounge Arson Attack and the murder of John Charbonneau and William (Billie) Sproates III.

Classy, Classist, and Cursed

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2019 64:21


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.

Unsolved Mysteries

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2018 61:46


Join us this week for laughs, mispronunciations, and the unsolved mysteries of Melvin Horst and Eddie Vannatter

The one where Sam gets us haunted

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 23, 2018 51:24


Join as this week as we talk about Dead Mans Hollow and Bloody Mary

Classic Bitch and Kickass

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 16, 2018 58:35


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.

The vaults been opened!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018 66:30


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.

NyQuil and Grannies

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2018 46:50


Join us this week as we continue to be sick and talk about the Honolulu Strangler and Black Widow murders.

Screamin' Demon

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2018 45:19


Join Jules and I as we cough, sneeze, and medicate our way through the stories of Screamin' Jennie and The Ammons' Family Haunting

RayRay

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 45:35


Join us as we talk about the Papin sisters and the oldest couple to ever be sentenced to death in the U.S.

Halloween special

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2018 51:03


Join as for a Halloween special as we discus the one, the only, Ed Gien!!!

Scary White Things?!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2018 44:14


From camping to shrooms, join us as we talk about the white things that scare us.

I scream, you scream, we all scream conspiracy

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2018 71:18


Join us this week, with our lovely guest Lauren, as we talk about the unsolved Sodder family fire.

Flying Vaginas and Satan

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2018 46:00


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.

But Not That One

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2018 58:15


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.

na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na MOTHMAN!!!!!

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2018 89:01


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.

Too Close for Comfort

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2018 57:37


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

1. Cereal Deviancy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 14, 2018 59:52


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.

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