On the long list of terrible things to happen in the United States, there is one whose cause remains a sort of mystery. In the centuries since the Salem Witch Trials occurred, historians and scientists have come up with many theories as to what caused this town to lose its collective mind.

Ouija boards haven't always been a game that you whip out at slumber parties to ask about your love life. Their history goes back over a hundred years to a time when they were taken very seriously. If what Ryan and Emily have dug up is true, they should be taken very, very seriously.

In some form or another, cultures across the globe have stories of something known as Ghost Lights. These floating balls of light have been showing up for hundreds of years in places like England, Asia, and, The United States. What causes this phenomenon? Are they actually ghosts or can science step in?

We all have an idea of what a pirate is… parrots, rum and a lot of catchy slang. Real-life pirates didn’t actually have a lot of the quirks we’ve given them over the years in books and movies, though. This week we shed some light on these wild seafarers!

Ever wonder why people on certain reality TV shows are addicted to eating toilet cleaner or drywall? What about the man who ate an entire plane? In this episode we take a deeper look at the cause, a condition known as Pica.

Horror films have entertained and terrified the masses for almost a century. But what happened behind the scenes of some of the most famous horror films? Should people really be messing with stories of demons and destruction?

Sometimes when a person goes missing, we can assume what happened and sometimes the circumstances are so strange that we have no idea at all. Our hosts take a look at some of the stranger cases and see what they can turn up.

How can some of the greatest classical composers of all time inspire our hosts to start referring to the genre as “crass-ical music” or to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as Mozfart? (We promise it isn’t exclusively because of our immaturity.) Find out why on this week’s episode, where we delve into the deep, dark, little-known secrets of some of the best musicians in history.

Graveyards have long been tied to superstition and have a history and subculture all their own. Join the Afternoonified team as we delve into the secrets of the cemetery.

Known during his life as a holy man, a healer, and The Mad Monk, Grigori Rasputin spent his life developing one hell of a reputation. That reputation led to his eventual assassination, but the road to Rasputin's death wasn't a quick one. How did The Mad Monk manage to stay alive through poisoning and gunfire? (We apologize for the audio in this episode. There were some technical difficulties that we're working to resolve.)