Everyday Nightmares

This week, Dan Sly and Tree Arbor cover crimes from the punk scene! Tree starts with the death of Brian Deneke and then Dan tells the story of the life and death of Dave Insurgent of Reagan Youth and Tiffany Bresciani. 

Warnings and timestamps:

Mentions of depression. 1:20 - 3:42

Mentions of animal harm. 13:31 - 14:05

Mentions of sexual misconduct and drug addiction. 19:25 - 20:01

The Death of Brian Deneke: Mentions of racism and white privilege. Descriptions of vehicular manslaughter. 34:42 - 57:25

The Life and Death of Dave Insurgent and Tiffany Bresciani: Brief mentions of vehicular manslaughter and a car accident. Mentions of strangulation, dismemberment, and the holocaust. Descriptions of racism, drug addiction, lobotomy, and suicide. 57:25 - 1:21:25

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Welcome to the Halloween Special! Dan Sly and Tree Arbor host a special for you and yours this Halloween Weekend! This episode includes two games, many many puns, campfire stories, riddles, and tongue twisters. We hope you enjoy this very goofy episode and have a very fun and safe weekend!

Tree's drinking game:

Drink when:

Someone burps.

Someone sings a song.

Someone says spooky.

Someone mentions their cats.

Someone makes ghost noises.

Some someone talks in a silly voice.

Someone accidentally makes an innuendo.

Dan or Tree stutter or mess up while reading.

Someone sighs, says “God damn it”, or makes a weird joke after a joke or pun.

Take a shot if Dan and Tree forget to introduce the show. 

Take a shot if Dan and Tree forget to introduce themselves.

Chug when Stacy gets mentioned.

Dan's Drinks: 

Pumpkin Pie Martini

 ½ cup whipping cream or coconut cream and 2 tbs sugar. Mix until peaks form, I added orange food coloring for fun. Freeze for at least 30 minutes.

 For the actual drink you’ll need:

 ¾ cups heavy whipping cream or almond milk

 ¼ butter pecan liqueur

 ⅛ cup of vodka

 ¼ Vanilla extract

2 tsp pumpkin pudding

 ¼ tsp pumpkin spice

 1 tbs Fireball

 Pumpkin spice creamer if you’d like it to be sweeter.

 Give it about 50 shakes. Place your Frozen whip cream piece in your glass and strain the drink into the glass.

Red Apple Tree Cocktail

 1 Cup strained apple cider

 ½ cup crown royal

 ⅛ Cup Fireball

 ¼ Cup Red Blend

 Top with your favorite hard cider.

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Happy Halloween and Happy Samhain! This week's episode is dedicated to Dan Sly & Tree Arbor's favorite holiday. Dan talks about how Halloween grew into what we know it as today, focussing on the Celtic festival of Samhain and Tree tells us a few stories as well as Halloween Birthdays! Have a safe and spooky week and don't forget to tune in this Friday for the Halloween Special!

Warnings and timestamps:

A History of Halloween and Samhain: Brief mentions of animal sacrifice. Mentions of mutilation, vomit, and alcoholism. 24:04 - 1:34:53

Halloween Tales and Birthdays: Brief mentions of animal death. Mentions of vomit, gun violence, and child injury. 1:34:54 - 1:50:48

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Join Dan Sly and Tree Arbor in the second to last week of Nightmare Season! This episode is all about horror movies that are based on true events. First, Tree talks about the 2005 film 'The Exorcism of Emily Rose' based on . . . you guessed it, the exorcism of Emily Rose. Then Dan discusses the 2007 film 'Borderland' based very loosely on the cult of Adolfo Constanzo. Be sure to tune in next week for two Halloween episodes!

Warnings and timestamps:

The Exorcism of Emily Rose: Gagging. Brief mentions of the Holocaust, dehydration, and malnutrition. Mentions of child neglect. Descriptions of Demonic possession. 30:55 - 59:52

The Cult of Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo: Brief mentions transphobia. Mentions of drug use, abusive and controlling relationships, torture, hostage situation, and child death. Descriptions of mutilation, human and animal sacrifice, gun violence, and extreme religion. 59:52 - 1:59:38

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Welcome to another installment of Nightmare season! This week, Dan Sly and Tree Arbor discuss haunted places! Dan starts us off with the legend of the Villa De Vecchi, a haunted mansion in Northern Italy, then Tree tells us about Hotel Monte Vista, a haunted hotel located in Arizona. 

Warnings and timestamps:

Gagging. 3:39 - 3:40

Brief mentions of menstrual blood. 10:29 - 10:47

Brief mentions of gun violence and domestic abuse. 13:54 - 20:52

Villa De Vecchi: Brief mentions of kidnapping, human and animal sacrifice. Mentions of suicide. 23:50 - 49:18

Hotel Monte Vista: 49:18 - 1:08:19

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Join Dan Sly and Tree Arbor this week as they cover two cases where psychics gave information to law enforcement about a missing person and an unsolved case. In this episode, Tree talks about the disappearance and death of Susan Jacobson, and Dan discusses the death of Maria Scott.

Warnings and timestamps:

The Disappearance and Death of Susan Jacobson: Brief mentions of child labor and police misconduct. Descriptions of the death of a teenager. 29:03 - 35:55 

The Death of Maria Scott: Mentions of drug abuse, hard drugs, police misconduct, and racism. Descriptions of domestic abuse. Graphic descriptions of a crime scene. 35:55 - 1:01:19

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Welcome to the first week of Nightmare Season! To kick off the season, Dan Sly and Tree Arbor are talking about witches! First Dan tells the story of Mother Shipton, a(n) herbalist and prophet, and Tree Arbor tells us of Malin Matsdotter, a mother accused of being a witch by her daughters.

Warnings and timestamps:

Mentions of depersonalization. 8:15 - 8:36

Gagging. 22:35 - 25:06

Mentions of medical malpractice. 43:45 - 48:58

Mother Shipton: Brief mentions of abuse of power. Mentions of statutory rape, ableism, and bullying. 48:58 - 1:32:07 

Malin Matsdotter: Brief mentions of child abduction. Mentions of decapitation, hanging, drowning Descriptions of execution by fire. 1:32:07 - 1:41:18

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As Autumn rolls in, Dan Sly and Tree Arbor welcome the season by retelling some stories that occurred in the Fall! Tree retells several stories, including the 1938 panic that aliens were invading earth and the Greek mythology regarding the changing of the seasons, and events from past Fall seasons, such as the first-ever computer bug! Then Dan tells the story of the Hattori family and the death of Yoshi Hattori.

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Warnings and timestamps:

Gagging 12:14 - 12:21

Fall History and Tales: Mentions of an alien invasion. 23:33 - 45:54

The Hattori Family and The Death of Yoshihiro Hattori: Brief mentions of suicide and ableism. Mentions of animal violence. Graphic descriptions of the death of a teenager, gun violence, and racism. 45:54 - 1:48:59

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Join Dan Sly and Tree Arbor this week, and don't forget your tinfoil helmets because this week is all about conspiracies! First, Dan talks briefly about Eleanor Roosevelt before discussing the slim evidence that supports the theory that she and Amelia Earhart were romantically involved. The Tree talks about a theory that has to do with the coverup of Walt Disney's frozen head,  how some think that John Dillinger didn't actually die on July 22nd, 1934, and, from memory, the theory that Amelia Earhart's remains were eaten by coconut crabs.

Warnings and timestamps:

Descriptions of childhood trauma of a fictional character. 30:56 - 33:32

Brief mentions of rape. 46:01 - 46:13

Brief mentions of antisemitism. Mentions of suicide. 49:32 - 1:13:47 

Descriptions of animal violence. 1:13:47 - 1:26:55

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Join Dan Sly and Tree Arbor this week as they discuss Urban Legends! While Tree focuses on the legend of Polybius, Dan focuses on the psychology and sociology of why we tell these stories while including a few shallow dives. Dan was inspired by the Killer Legends documentary by Joshua Zeeman and Rachel Mills and discusses it in length during this episode.

Warnings and timestamps:

Brief mentions of suicide. Mentions of racism. 25:57 - 44:00

Brief mentions of war. Mentions of racism, suicide, poisoning, child endangerment, hallucinations, and bombings. Descriptions of the rape and murder of teenagers. Graphic descriptions of child death. 44:00 - 1:40:00

You can watch Killer Legends free on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBaGo...

Warnings for this documentary include:

 Descriptions of a train wreck and the resulting deaths, poisoning, child death, and child endangerment. Graphic descriptions of the sexual assault, rape, attack, and murder of teenagers.

Visual triggers include clips from movies that depict murders paired with the discussion of real-life murders, depictions of weapons, real crime scene photos of victims, video footage of an interview with a murderer, and photos from the train wreck mentioned above.

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