Don't Look Now

The history of the Ghost Dance movement.  Listen along as we talk about a culture movement in the Paiute Native American tribe that spread quickly across America giving hope to the disenfranchised Na…

The story of Uncle Jerry and the McDonald's Monopoly cheating scandal.  Ever wonder why you never found Boardwalk while playing McDonald's Monopoly?  It's probably due to Jerome Jacobson and his secr…

We discuss the history of witchcraft, where the roots of the modern idea of a witch come from, and how technology becomes indistinguishable from witchcraft.

We discuss Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the story, the background to it's conception, and general tidbits.  We also end with a bummer :( 

We discuss the (so famous it's infamous) Salem Witch Trials.  How did several local girls accusing local women of bewitching them turn into a crazed outbreak of mass hysteria?  How does one become a …

Listen as we discuss America's first ghost story, Washington Irving's The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.  What facts are buried in the fiction?  What does this story have to do with Will freaking out as a …

The story of Corpsewood Manor.  The home hand built in the remote Georgia woods by Dr. Charles Scudder and his lover Joe Odom and unfortunate site of a grizzly murder and reported supernatural events…

Listen in on the history of Halloween from its ancient pagan roots to the modern traditions of Trick-or-Treating for candy and dressing up in costume. 

We discuss the Coral Castle, a strange home/monument constructed by hand without assistance by the diminutive Edward Leedskalnin.  Why did he build it?  How did he build it?  We'll discuss the facts …

Ever wonder why there's a children's rhyme about a contrary gardener with a strange garden?  We discuss the life and times of Mary the First, Queen of England and notorious elder half sister to Queen…

Want a story that's full of jungles, adventure, archaeology, and people going missing without a trace?  You'll love learning about the Lost City of Z, the famed city lost in the Amazon which inspired…

We discuss the history of the concept of Ley Lines.  Who came up with them?  What are they?  Why would the have featured in the most recent Ghostbusters movie?  These answers and more will be reveale…

The history of the dancing plague and other cases of mass hysteria

More on the Dyatlov pass including the host of theories surrounding the unexplained deaths of hikers at the Devil's pass in the Soviet Urals.

We continue our discussion of the warrior women of history with two legendary women from Ireland. Stay tuned for Ginger Ninjas and Pirate Queens.

We discuss the mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident. What happened in 1959 when 9 Russian hikers perished under strange circumstances in the Ural Mountains? We discuss the facts and background of the…

We discuss the origins of the werewolf myth from Gilgamesh to Medieval Europe and beyond.  Come learn about the Loup Garou, Werewolf, Wulver, Faoladh, Skin Walker, etc. 

We begin to discuss famous powerful female war leaders and warriors of the past from the mystical Veleda of ancient Germany to Mad Anne Bailey of the revolutionary United States.

We discuss the curious case of the Blue Fugates, a clan from Kentucky with a mysterious condition that caused them to appear completely blue.  Listen and find out the story behind their blueness and …

Jeni and Will discuss the origins, spread, and eventual explosion in the Americas of the world's most perfect drink, coffee.