The Freak Show

And we're back! 

This week, Lauren tries to convince Megan not to buy a Ring Doorbell. Then Megan does her best to make sure Lauren never goes to another baseball game.

One of those jobs is easier than…

This week, Megan lays out the truth behind the famous Hot Coffee Case against McDonald's in excruciating detail. Truly. Excruciating. Then Lauren shares tales of bad luck from people who have stolen …

In case you need an short distraction from ... everything. Here's an episode where we learn what you can buy on the dark web (if you can figure out how to get on it) and what you might see on TV next…

It's a sexy, dusty episode, just how you lil freaks like it! 

Megan treats you to a fresh round of truly terrible sex scenes from the 2019 Bad Sex in Literature Awards. Then Lauren makes your skin cra…

We're staying home and staying freaky! 

Lauren finally gets around to sharing her hometown topic involving rich people getting murdered for money. Then Megan gets into the details of a story that capt…

A classic Freak Show copy & paste episode! Megan treats us to some of the stranger reviews on Amazon products. Then Lauren ruins fast food for everyone with horror stories of disgusting things found …

A delightful episode to distract you from literally everything else going on in the world.

Lauren dissects one of the worst moments in human history – the Kentucky Meat Shower. Then Megan asks the que…

Two ladies, two wildly different stories. 

First up, Megan brings us to the beautiful shores of Portugal for a vacation gone horribly, horribly wrong. Then Lauren introduces us to our next hero: Rose …

We're back, freaks. Coming at you from our respective in-home recording studios (beds) during the Covid-19 quarantine to give you other things to freak out about. You're welcome! 

First up, Lauren tal…

& Covid-19, of course. 

In the last episode before we take a Shelter-in-Place break, Megan finally gets to share the freakiest celebrity story she can find. Then Lauren breaks down the horrors of REM …

Coming to you from the Chicago Covid-19 quarantine! The world is full of things to freak out about right now, we're here to add to that list.

First up, Lauren shares stories from solitary confinement.…

Listen freaks, Lauren would like to apologize for her topic this week. But also, you know what you signed up for so... she takes it back. Your reward for making it through her story of the Ken & Barb…

This week, we learn an important lesson: don't trust anyone ever. 

In part one of this lesson, Lauren sheds light on the world's worst roommate, Jamison Bachman. Then Megan really drives it home with …

Combining her fascination with movie stars and communist dictatorships, Lauren tells the wild tale of two South Koreans kidnapped and put to work by Kim Jong-il in the 70s. Then Megan... well, Megan …

When Megan mixes up a cocktail called Toilet Water, you know you're in for a treat. Or more specifically, you're in for the very depressing story of Pam Babcock and the still-unsolved murder of Rober…

Sometimes, unfortunately, love does conquer all. That's what Megan teaches us in this delightful, devastating episode. Thankfully, Lauren lightens the mood with some horrifying too-close-to-home Moth…

After making what could go down as the strongest drink in Freak Show history, Lauren tells the riveting tale of Diane Downs. Then Megan sheds light on the horrors of war AND sharks with the story of …

Season 3: Here We Do It.

Megan and Lauren are back and freakier than ever for the first episode of season 3. First, Lauren ruins UBER for all of us, then Megan ruins being a human with the very terrib…

For the 5th and final episode of Bone the Unknown, Chicago comedian Henrik Blix joins Megan and Lauren to discuss The Minotaur's Lover by Lacy Loveday. It's... a wild one you guys. 

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Lauren and Megan are joined by comedian Virginia Muller to analyze one of the craziest stories ever written. Breeding the Alien by Lani Lawton has everything: sterile planets, alien invasions, the pe…