Don't Look Now

We discuss Easter Island, home of the famous Moai Statues and the mystery of the society that built them.

Learn all about the fairly common 18th and 19th century phenomena of Vampire Scares in New England and the rest of the US.  Wasting diseases such as Tuberculosis were often blamed on undead relatives…

We discuss the history of Tarot cards from their beginnings as a card game in 1400s Italy to their re-purposing as a means of divination in Revolutionary France, to their status today.
 

A podcast two-fer, with our first attempt at Podcasting while Social Distancing.  

First up, we discuss the Public Universal Friend.  The Friend was a religious leader that came from the Quaker tradit…

in 1964, Mary Pinchot Meyer left the house for a walk and was shot to death shortly after the publication of the Warren Report.  Why does that matter?  Because she was thought to be a mistress of JFK…

This episode is all about tornadoes.  What are they, how do they form, where do they appear?  We discuss some famous tornadoes from history and our own run ins with them.

We discuss Charles Dickens and the fight over his eventual place of rest in Poet's Corner.

We discuss the 1969 fire on the Cuyahoga river in Cleveland which many believe contributed directly to the eventual formation of the Environmental Protection Agency.  

Time to discuss everyone's favorite lake monster, Nessie! 
Is there really a large creature living in Loch Ness?
How many scholars have ruined their careers looking for her?
Are the public bathrooms at …

The Amber room was a treasure of the Tsars, given to Peter the Great by King Frederick William I of Prussia.  The room was looted by the Nazis during the invasion of the USSR and lost to history.  Wa…

Many people around the world report hearing a low frequency hum that they find unsettling and can slowly drive them crazy.  These reports tend to cluster in certain areas at certain times, but no one…

Olive Oatman was a young pioneer girl that was captured by the Yavapai in 1851 and went on to live with the Mohave for many years.  The Cullinan Diamond is the largest gem quality diamond ever found …

What is a conspiracy theory?  Where do they come from?  What do they share in common?  Why do so many people believe them?

We discuss these questions and more in our look at conspiracy theories and wh…

We discuss the history and general tenets of Scientology and discuss the strange disappearance of Shelly Miscavige.

John Wilkes Booth assassinated Abraham Lincoln, was caught, and killed... or was he.  This the the story of the mummy that toured the US for decades while being proclaimed as Booth's body.  Was it Jo…

We discuss the origin of the Sadie Hawkins tradition and the background of the Li'l Abner comic strip.

Where do all the Christmas traditions that are common across the United States come from?  Have we really be doing them for hundreds of years are or they recent inventions?  Come with us as we journe…

We discuss the history of the Hope Diamond and it's famous curse.  From it's "acquisition" in India by Jean-Baptiste Tavernier to it's acquisition by the Smithsonian, the Hope Diamond has been famous…

We discuss the violent and sad history of the Hotel Cecil, a great old landmark of Downtown LA.  From it's sad history during the Great Depression to it's most recent, horrifying episode, bad things …

We discuss the 1983 disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi, a 15 year old girl who lived in the Vatican.  Theories abound on what happened to her on her way to flute lessons in June 1983.