And That's Why We Drink

By Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz

Society & Culture Comedy

What's And That's Why We Drink about?

Murder and the paranormal finally meet! Grab your wine and milkshakes and join us every Sunday for some chilling ghost stories and downright terrifying true crime stories. The world's a scary place. And that's why we drink!

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E313 Tommy Pickles Voice an...

02.05.2023

Happy sweet 666, everyone! Get your Big Gulp milkshakes ready because episode 313 marks our darling, creepy podcast's 6th birthday! We could not be more grateful to all you boozers and shakers out there so in honor of the occasion ...

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02.05.2023 E313 Tommy Pickles Voice and Milkshake Throat Happy sweet 666, everyone! Get your Big Gulp milkshakes ready because episode 313 marks our darling, creepy podcast's 6th birthday! We could not be more grateful to all you boozers and shakers out there so in honor of the occasion ...
02.01.2023 Listener Stories: Vol. 76 Happy FebRuary, folks! We hope everything is still going well this year and you're enjoying February so far, however you celebrate. A mystery is afoot AF in this batch of listener stories. We hear from folks who have stories for ...
01.29.2023 E312 Our AIM Renaissance and Our Cryptid Festival Year In episode 312 we're suggesting you chew on Dr. Scholl's shoe inserts at your own risk. But we are recommending a cryptid festival road trip for any who'd like to partake! And we're starting with the topic of Em's story ...
01.22.2023 E311 Vaudeville Canes and Hand-Clap Games Welcome to episode 311 where we're having a very Drew Barrymore moment and we're basking in it! We hope you enjoy our cool and crazed energy today as Em brings us tales of the Tower of London, a spooky call-back ...
01.15.2023 E310 The Town Shrieker and the Grape Escape It's episode 310 and despite the movie-magic of our recording schedule we actually haven't recorded in a month! Tune in as we catch up on anxiety and nose piercings as well as all things creepy. First Em covers the wild ...
01.08.2023 E309 A Haunted Doll Book Club and a Murder Comic It's episode 309 and there continue to be no hinges to speak of in the new year! First Em kicks off 2023 with the many UFO encounters of Terrell Copeland in their home state of Virginia. Then Christine covers the ...
01.01.2023 E308 Trenchfoot Animation and Ballhootin' Through the Holler Happy episode 308! We mean, New Year! We recorded ahead so we don't have any predictions for the new year yet but we're still bringing the creeps this week. First Em tells the folklore of the Dullahan, from the Irish ...
01.01.2023 Listener Stories: Vol. 75 Happy New Year!! We're still committed to not making any predictions because of how terribly that's gone in the past (it's a moot pursuit) but we're wishing all you boozers and shakers the absolute best this new year! We're also ...
12.25.2022 E307 Secret Krampus and Creepy Cake Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Episode 307 is our official holiday episode where Em is bringing us a smorgasbord of creepy Christmas lore with Frau Perchta (Krampus's gal pal), Mari Lwyd, and Hans Trapp (a Christmas Scarecrow). Then Christine covers ...
12.18.2022 E306 Mailed Stale French Fries and Rogue Eyebrows It's episode 306 and since it's earlier for us than usual and we just saw each other in person, we're a little extra unhinged! But we're here to bring you some holiday season creeps: first Em covers the Mackenzie Poltergeist ...
12.11.2022 E305 An Onion of a Drink and a Real Life Fish Flop Welcome to episode 305, where we're reading the fucking room! This week Em brings us a story we covered on Sinisterhood, the Greenbrier Ghost, the tale of a spirit who helped solve her own murder. Then Christine covers the chilling ...
12.04.2022 E304 Hand Paws and Wisconsinners In episode 304, Mommy comes back to get you... Em passes on a family tradition in the form of an out of tune song from traveling moms. Then they bring us the story of a Wisconsin werewolf, the Beast of ...
12.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 74 Happy unhinged Honda-days! Christine is channeling multiple demons to bring us another rendition of "Christmastime is here" but we're all about helping you celebrate any and all holidays you partake in! We've got some wild, spooky "home for the holidays" ...
11.27.2022 E303 A Pumpkin Head and a Biased Bisexual In episode 303, the floor of Christine's lucid dream is covered in mouse traps set by Em! And what are your intentions for our daughter, we mean, aircraft because Em is covering a UFO sighting this week in the story ...
11.20.2022 E302 An Elbow Eyebrow and an Asparagus Salad It’s episode 302 and Christine has another ghost story she’s been waiting to tell Em on the podcast! Then Em brings us the dramatic, Victorian paranormal story of the Berry Pomeroy Castle, which could have been the first McMansion? Meanwhile, ...
11.13.2022 E301 Jack-o-lantern Moths and Spooky Smiles Trick or treat! We're trying to prove that it's always spooky season for us, so today Em is bringing us the history of Halloween traditions. Then Christine covers the wild, harrowing and empowering tale of Susan Kuhnhausen. And FWIW (for ...
11.06.2022 E300 Bougie Ghost Hunting and Wafts of Fog Friends It’s here, it’s happening, it’s our 300th! We can’t believe we’ve been here for 300 years, we mean episodes. We wanted to do something special to celebrate and since we’ve covered the Winchester Mystery House twice, once at the beginning ...
11.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 73 Happy two days after our Atlanta costume contest live show (we mean November)! Christine has her celebratory headband on today and Em's costume hasn't even been mailed to them as we record this but we're just happy to be back ...
10.30.2022 E299 A Lesson in Filaments and a Future Ghost Prank Happy Halloweekend, boozers and shakers!! We can't believe we missed a Halloween/300th celebration crossover by one episode but we'll take it. Episode 299 is a spooky doozy in and of itself! On our favorite holiday Em lets Christine pick the ...
10.23.2022 E298 A Merch Bag of Dirt and the Latest Sensation for Jaded Lovers of Uncanny Things In episode 298, the mighty have fallen... Christine has gotten Covid. But spooky season is lifting our spirits so this week we're bringing you two creepy tales to help with all that may ail you as well. First Em tells ...
10.16.2022 E297 A Halloween Holiday Gift and Justice for Book Hello Hocus Pocus community: It's episode 297 and Em has some thoughts! Including giving all the awards to the actor and/or CGI artist behind Book. We also challenge you (and Blaise) to count how many times we say "lore" this ...
10.09.2022 E296 A Lemon Planchette Read-a-Long Graphic and a Material Girl Coffin Welcome to episode 296 where Eva had a doctor's appointment so we're fending for ourselves, Lord of the Flies style! As promised, Em brings us the wild tale of Manresa Castle and we learn not to expect the toxic spirits ...
10.02.2022 E295 A Yak Attack and a Kidnapper's Soundcloud It's episode 295, let's get into some spookiness! This week Em thought you were owed enough ghost stories to fill a whole town so is bringing us the tales of the ghosts of Port Townsend. Then Christine covers the accurate ...
10.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 72 Happy Halloween season!! We've got some extra scary listener stories this October to get you in the spirit: everything from demons in church camp Polaroids and a terrifying black-eyed deer to a murder Christine might have inadvertently helped solve. This ...
09.25.2022 E294 Strawberry Eyeballs and Our Wildest Autumnal Dreams It's episode 294 and it's been 105 degrees in Los Angeles, meaning it's more important than ever to commit to our wildest autumnal dreams! This week Em does Ohio proud and brings us the story of the Crosswick Snake/Monster, who's ...
09.18.2022 E293 A Hottie Without a Body and the Fun Factory Welcome to episode 293 where we're lighting safe-ish "good-bye" candles for spooky show and tell! Join us for a thoroughly unhinged episode and a monster kick. This week Em brings us the story of the Enfield Monster, not to be ...
09.11.2022 E292 Hellhound Belly Rubs and Caveman Ghost Tchotchkes It's episode 292 and we're being very brave about tummy aches! This week Em brings us the lore of U.S. Highway 66 and learns, yet again, about Christine the killer car. Then the not-so-Stephen-King-character Christine brings us the unsolved case ...
09.04.2022 E291 Router Hauntings and Our Weekly World News Broadcasting Voices It's episode 291 and we love the theatrics! This week Em brings us the wild tale of Batsquatch, who may just come with their own cryptid poetry. Then Christine closes out her two-part series on the Children of Thunder. And ...
09.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 71 Welcome to Zesty Zeptember! It's officially fall, as far as we're concerned and we've got some spooky scandals to knock your witchy socks off. We love how many anonymous submissions we got about everything from supernaturally finding out about secret ...
08.28.2022 E290 Psychic Surgery Dreams and Christine's Principles of Magic It's episode 290 and we're officially in the Troll Hole! This week Em brings us some nicks, knacks, nooks and crannies as well as the scary story of the Moundsville Penitentiary, just down the street from Mothman's hometown in West ...
08.21.2022 E289 Jewish Deli Chocolate Milk and Microsoft PowerPoint Dissolve Ghosts Welcome to episode 1... we mean 289! If you're in a funk, don't worry, because Christine can get you out of it with her creepy real life story of seeing a hotel ghost in Knoxville, TN! Then Em covers a ...
08.21.2022 Special Episode: 2nd Annual Cryptids Unscripted Poetry Slam and Charity Auction! In lieu of a cursed livestream we're bringing you our second annual poetry slam as a special bonus episode! This year we're diving into the realm of Squonk self love and Sasquatch affirmations. Mothwoman walks onto the scene (at the ...
08.14.2022 E288 A Podcast Done via Ouija Board and a Bewitched Cow Hello! It's episode 288, tune in to see if the entire show is done via ouija board because Em's heart may have actually stopped this week. Post-ambulance, Em is bringing us the pre-Salem Witch Trials story of Mary Webster aka ...
08.07.2022 E287 The Gay Bathroom Invite Revisited and a Selection of Mothman Mugs Welcome to episode 287 where we have a crush on everybody! But we also feel unwell due to Em's story. This week Em brings us the unbelievable story of Tarrare, the man who ate anything and everything. Then Christine covers ...
08.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 70 Welcome to Armchair August! We're surprising Em with the theme they demanded and then forgot about. They got a little tangled in their own puppet strings but don't worry, Em's just the puppet master and really the puppets are playing ...
07.31.2022 E286 A Middle Finger Lemon Manicure and the Devil's Night-Time Corn Walk It's episode 286 and we were both very brave today! This week Em brings us the lore of the Devil's Tramping Ground in North Carolina. Is it the place where Satan paces every night or is it the worn out ...
07.24.2022 E285 An Emergency Bag Escape Room and a Pantsless Recording Welcome to episode 285, where Christine is changing diapers by lantern light! This week Em does a double feature rodent cryptid round up with the tales of the Afanc and the Lavellan. Then Christine covers the tragic and redemptive story ...
07.17.2022 E284 The Troll Hole Em-porium and the Time Traveling Wedgie Patrol Welcome to episode 284, where we have some dangerous banter wiggle room! This week, we're embarrassed we didn't know about Em's topic, the ginger biscuit-loving Tizzie Whizie. Then Christine brings us the second half of the tragic Oklahoma Girl Scout ...
07.10.2022 E283 A Psychic Wordle Turtle and a Tangent Lasagna It's episode 283 and Christine has stopped sleep-honking! Join us for another round of Brazilian alien encounters with the Mirassol Abductions, brought to you by Em's Google translating skills. Then Christine brings us a topic she's been emotionally preparing for: ...
07.03.2022 E282 A Sleep Zoo and a Big Gay Bathroom It's episode 282, a perfectly chaotic episode, and let's just not reject Em in their own gay bathroom, OK? First Em covers the Maringa Abduction aka the AGRIPO Experiment. Then, she made Xiinön and she made the breast milk that's ...
07.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 69 Are we holding a grudge against July? Maybe! Can Leona sense Em's sandwich vibes from across the country? Definitely! Has Evil Eva redeemed herself from her month full of scorpios? We'll see! What we can confirm is that we've got ...
06.26.2022 E281 A Gossip Corner Dinner Trap and Facts Served Up on a Celery Dish It's episode 281 and celery vases are so out but celery plates are in! First Em dishes it out with their story on the Emlen Physick Estate in Cape May, adding a personal twist as well as a deep dive ...
06.19.2022 E280 Emothy Phantom and the Walt Disney of Ghosts An exorcist, a medium and a priest walk into a bar... it's episode 280 and we've got the paranormal goods for ya! This week, Em dives back into their story on the Becker family and the first televised exorcism, closing ...
06.12.2022 E279 Burnt Microphones and the Hauntland No AC? No worries! This week, in episode 279, the ghosts will keep you cold. Today Em brings us the tale of the Becker family haunting aka the first televised exorcism. Then Christine covers a big one with the story ...
06.05.2022 E278 A Birthday Demon and a Lunar Lemon It's our birthday episode and Christine's podcast room might be turning into Jumanji?! Please hold for Blaise to come save us from multiple bugs. First Em covers a ghost story with a feminist twist, Alma Fielding and the Croyden poltergeist. ...
06.01.2022 Listener Stories: Vol. 68 It's birthday season, we're feeling ghoulish and we're here for some feral chaos! This month for our birthdays Eva went all out with a wild and irreverent theme: armchairs. We're just kidding but step aside, Geminis, Scorpios have the floor ...
05.29.2022 E277 A Grass-Fed Cryptid and Trash Snacks Get ready because episode 277 is chock full of paranormal postpartum anxiety and a real cryptid "will they/won't they"! First Em covers a cryptid known to look just like a pair of pants going for a national park stroll, the ...
05.22.2022 E276 Christine Junior and Our Flatlined Sanity It's episode 276 and our sanity has finally flatlined! Also, Wyoming, we love you and we see you. And might have forgotten all the other states that start with W just because we were asked to list them. This week ...
05.15.2022 E275 The Thneed of Kentucky and the Stigmata of Squidward Tentacles It's episode 275 and we've got some coffin candle updates! This week Em takes us to the homeland of our pal CK (who we recently met in person for the first time!), Scotland, for the tale of the Glamis Castle, ...
05.08.2022 E274 Psychic Clouds and a Literal Goldmine In episode 274, Em learns science again and teaches us all about the Stone Tape (not Stone Soup) Theory, which attempts to explain how hauntings work. Meanwhile, Christine covers the 1976 Chowchilla Kidnapping, AKA the largest mass-kidnapping in US history. ...

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