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 #rampanthag?  Come find out.

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 kid on the way to visit Jarbelo, KS?  Join us and find out.

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 and fun theories.  

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 Elizabeth the First.  

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 the tales of Indiana Jones.

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 revealed.

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.