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Before you pick up that oil painting of a crying boy at your local thrift shop, maybe take a second to consider that it's cursed... This week, we're taking a look at a couple of cursed objects that r…

We all have that one project that we've been working on for what feels like forever. But imagine that half done jigsaw puzzle was actually the largest church in the world and you've been picking away…

The story of Cleopatra seems pretty straightforward. A beautiful Queen using her charms to gain power and, eventually, lose it tragically. While some of that is true, Cleopatra's image and story have…

It's a vacation episode! Emily visited Los Angeles and came back with stories about old rocks AND old rockers. Mostly the old rocks... specifically old rocks that have crash landed on earth with some…

In 1911, two groups of men decided they would try their luck at being the first to reach the South Pole. Of course, it being 1911, this was a bit of an undertaking that resulted in some very cold boy…

In our defense, we though that it would be nice to read a few Grimms Fairytales in honor of Valentine's Day. Of course, we forgot who we were dealing with and things went a little off the rails.

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Sometimes kids go missing and then sometimes (hopefully) they come back. But SOMETIMES the kid that comes back isn't the right one and...things can get a little weird. This week we're covering four c…

Obviously we couldn't get through the whole holiday season without ruining something, so Sara has some hard truths about topics such as...

Jesus' Birthday The creation of Santa and... Which beloved …

What if I told you that there's a winter holiday where you just drink wine, give gifts, and generally cause lighthearted mayhem? Waaaaaay before Christmas, back in the ancient Roman times, we had Sat…

This week we're taking a little dive into the life and outrageous miracles of the OG Saint Nicholas. You know... the guy that actually existed before his memory was morphed into a big jolly white guy…

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 de…

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 la…

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.…

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 wh…

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…

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 victi…

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 plac…

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…

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 t…