Dean, Laura and Krysta celebrate Krysta's 12th birthday, with greetings sent along from other podcasters AND a very special episode of Krysta's facts which essentially becomes a crazy game show between her parental units, all while they discuss the spooky weirdness of the Stairs in the Woods and their potential ties to the Missing 411 and so much more!

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This week, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Swamp Monster of the Scape Ore Swamp, a lizard man that supposedly makes it's home within the rather dense confines of the local swamp. Starting with legends from Native Americans of the Creek tribe, and moving onto modern day sightings. They discuss the evidence for and against the creature and come up with their own summary of this rather scary beast. Join us for a romp through a South Carolina swamp in search of this elusive cryptid!

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Today, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the 1916 Shark Attacks on the Jersey Shore. In the summer of 1916 a heatwave and a polio epidemic were in full swing, and over roughly two weeks in July, right around the July 4th holiday, a series of shark attacks changed the scientific community's ideas around sharks and changed America forever. Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss these events, discuss what shark or sharks are believed to be the culprits and the events of those two weeks in an effort to understand how America went from believing that sharks couldn't or wouldn't bite humans to believing in 'man eating' sharks. It's all here, enjoy!

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This week Dean, Laura and Krysta discuss the Slender Man. They discuss the creatures origins, it's inspirations and the fact that it was created via internet collective. They discuss the character's popularity, the fact that there are actual sightings, and the crimes that have become associated with the Internet's favorite resident haunt.

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Dean, Laura and Krysta discuss the alien race known as the Greys. These creatures are the stars of many alien abductions and have appeared in the works of Whitley Streiber, the Travis Walton Story, the Barney and Betty Hill Story and so many more. Plus they have appeared in the TV series the Outer Limits, The movie 'Paul' and many other movies as well. The Family discusses all these elements and whether the Greys are real extraterrestrials or perhaps time travelling or dimension hopping ultraterrestrials. It's all here in this somewhat exhaustive episode about the alien creatures called 'The Greys'.

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Laura, Dean and Krysta discuss super heroes, a brief note about kinds of heroes and then they go on an audio adventure looking for real world heroes. They discuss paranormalist Uri Geller as well as many of the people featured on the History Channel show Superhumans both debunking AND explaining what it takes to be so amazing. They discuss folks that are able to use their bodies to channel electricity and those able to generate heat, or survive extreme cold. They discuss modern day Samurai with the ability to cut rubber pellets moving at 200 miles an hour in half as well as other feats, some not quite so amazing. So settle in for a discussion of real powers in a the real world. You won't believe a podcast can fly!!!!

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Dean, Krysta and Laura discuss dragons from the Babylonian multi-headed Tiamat all the way to a dragon seen by a French Pilot over the Sahara desert in 1937 and everything in between. They discuss the proto dragons of the Sumerians, the Celestial Dragons of the East and the European man eating worms, wyverns and other Dragons. We discuss Peter Dickinson's theories from his tome, 'Flight of Dragons' and address whether we feel they were ever real creatures.

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Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the James B. Wornall house, located in Kansas City. They discuss the Wornall family, their journey to Kansas City from Kentucky, the building of the House and it's fate during the Civil War as being used as a Hospital for Both sides, the death of James Wornall and his wife Eliza and the ghosts said to inhabit the place even now since it is a museum.

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Laura, Krysta and Dean load up the spiritual RV that is Family Plot and take it on a scenic drive of the highways, byways and of course, spookways of Missouri as they travel the state visiting some of it's more spooky spots of interest. With Krysta dropping weird facts about Missouri itself and Laura telling a story of having to move her sister due to a powerful haunting plus stories of such haunted sights such as the Black Carriage of Overton, Missouri; the Hornet Spooklight, the Screaming House of Union, MO, the Jesse James Farm in what is now Kearney, a few more sites in Missouri and finally a drive home on Zombie Road...this is a trip through a Missouri that few have seen.

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In this episode, Dean dons his adventure hat and leads Laura and Krysta in a discussion of Fouke, Arkansas and it's legendary inhabitant, the Fouke Monster. We discuss the history of the region, early appearances of the creature, and it's most famous encounter with the Ford family that became the basis for the cult classic, the Legend of Boggy Creek! They discuss later sightings, it's unique physiology and their opinions on the creature itself. It's a party worthy of the Fouke Monster Festival, so head on over to the Monster Mart, grab a big drink and give a listen!

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