Curiosity Syndrome

Do you always have to make sure your feet are under the covers and not hanging off the bed? To make sure the darkness under the bed doesn’t SNATCH YA? No? Just us?! Why is the boogeyman such a big part of so many cultures? Listen and find out!

Here's our sources:

Bogeyman - Wikipedia

15 Terrifying Boogeyman From Around The World

The Bermuda Triangle… where planes and ships go to disappear without a trace! Join our investigation into some disappearances and theories as to what happens when you travel across this Caribbean spot.

Here's our sources:

The Bermuda Triangle - Wikipedia

USS Cyclops - Wikipedia

SS Cotopaxi - Wikipedia

Star Tiger Disappearance - Wikipedia

Star Ariel Disappearance - Wikipedia

Flight 19 - Wikipedia

Carroll A. Deering - Wikipedia

June is finally here! In honor of PRIDE month, we talk a little about what happened at Stonewall and why it was so influential advancing the gay rights movement.

Here's our sources:

Stonewall Riots - Wikipedia

The Homophile Movement - Making History

1969 Stonewall riots: How a police raid inspired today's Pride celebrations - Emanuella Grinberg

Let's take a look at the history of what's considered to be "America's Most Haunted Prison." There are many sad and disturbing incidents that happened behind its walls.

Here's our sources:

Eastern State Penitentiary Website

Prison of Horrors - Travel Channel

Is Eastern State Penitentiary Really Haunted? - NPR

The World's First 'True' Penitentiary - Abandoned Spaces

Eastern State Penitentiary - Wikipedia

The Haunted Eastern State Penitentiary - Ghost City Tours

The Daring Escape from Eastern State Penitentiary - Life Without Buildings

Ghost Adventures

Buzzfeed Unsolved

Today’s episode is on the Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster of 1986. This is a long one but there is so much to learn about how and why this disaster happened and how it’s fairing today.

Here's our sources:

Voices From Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich

Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham

Chernobyl 1:23:40 by Andrew Leatherbarrow

Chernobyl - Wikipedia

Individual Involvement in the Chernobyl Disaster - Wikipedia

Chernobyl (TV Series) - HBO Max

The Chernobyl Podcast - Peter Sagal/Craig Mazin

SURPRISE EPISODE! Since it's Friday the 13th, we thought it would be fun to mention a few popular urban legends of the Grand Strand. Spooky...

Here's our sources:

Alice Flagg

Prince Frederick's Chapel Ruins - Wikipedia

Old Gunn Church

The Gray Man

Join us this week as we discuss all sorts of facts and theories about the legend himself, Bigfoot! You might become a believer after listening...

Here's our sources:

Bigfoot - Wikipedia

Patterson-Gimlin Film - Wikipedia

Grover Krantz - Wikipedia

Bigfoot in Popular Culture - Wikipedia

Looking for Bigfoot by Bonnie Worth

America's First Bigfoot Sighting

Sasquatch - The Canadian Encyclopedia

On today’s episode we go back and discuss the life and crimes of Robert Berdella, also known as “The Kansas City Butcher,” a serial killer rarely heard about in modern times.

Here are our sources:

Rites of Burial by Tom Jackman and Troy Cole

https://www.amazon.com/Rites-Burial-True-Crime-Jackman/dp/0786005203

Robert Berdella - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Berdella

Robert Berdella - Radford University

http://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/Psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Berdella,%20Robert.htm

Welcome to Curiosity Syndrome! Join Lisa and Jenn every Wednesday as they research topics ranging from A-Z (like Ancient Egypt to the Zodiac Killer) and everything in between.