Family Plot

In this, the last spooky season episode for the year, we go into the mind of HP Lovecraft and the shared universe he created.  A man touched by his family's brushes with both greatness and madness, he was never a huge success in his lifetime and held horrible, racist views that he supported with pseudoscience like eugenics.  But as troubled and troubling as he was and is, the Mythos is one of the larger shared universes in fiction.  A place where humanity is just a short sad blip on existence and the universe at large just does not care and will wipe us out with relative ease.  This universe has provided ideas and fodder for so many writers who have added their own thoughts and ideas to the mix.  We cover his Great Old Ones, his deities, his races he created, villains, the more or less human element in his stories and so much more.  So come with us, take a stroll across the Plateau of Leng, visit the campus Library at Miskatonic University in Arkham Massachussets and visit Shadow-haunted Innsmouth in this oh so strange episode of the Family Plot Podcast.

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Man this was a fun and intense spooky season episode.  First, we are joined by CJ from the Rainbow Crimes podcast and then Arthur covers a few things ranging from recent mental health struggles and to his gaming addiction to Dandy's World.  All four of us dig into the case of Herb Baumeister.  Herb is a possibly (and likely) gay man himself who hunted other gay men whom he brought back to his home to murder.  In addition, authorities in Indiana and Ohio believe him to also be the I-70 Strangler and victims of both series of murders were found on his farm.  To date over 1pppp bone fragments have been discovered there.  We cover Herb's family, his somewhat creepy early life, his eventual marriage to Juliana Saiter and their relationship and so very much more.  We talk about the murders, the victims we know about and we talk about the hauntings that seem to go on to this very day in this special spooky season episode of the Family Plot Podcast.

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Well, this episode is a doozy, we cover the history of the Whaley House Haunted Museum, covering it's time as a public gallows for San Diego, to it's purchase by Thomas Whaley and how it became part theater, part courthouse, part general store and part home.  The family suffered fires, deaths and public humiliations among other setbacks as they continued to live in this home.  We cover it's delapidation and it's rebuilding into an exact replica of the home it was and it's place in San Diego that showcases the past in an up close and personal way, but also the spirits who continue to linger in the place.  So come on along, but don't touch anything on this ghostly spooky season episode of the Family Plot Podcast.

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This episode is a doozy.  For spooky season we dig into the life and crimes of the infamous duo, William Burke and William Hare.  During a time when resurrectionists ran rampant, Burke and Hare cchanged the game.  Instead of digging up fresh corpses for the medical establishment to practice upon, they killed people (through a method called burking) and sold their bodies as fresh corpses.  We cover the history of medical science at the time and why fresh cadavers were necessary.  
We discuss the lifes of Burke and Hare, what led to selling their first body and how they made so many others.  In modern terms, they made close to 20 grand selling bodies of people they killed.  So let's learn something.  Come sit a spell underneath the moonlight and learn the chilling tale of Burke and Hare!

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Well, we cram a whole lotta information into not so much time this epsiode.  This episode takes us to New York City to visit The Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral and to Boston to visit the Old North Church.  We cover the history of these Crypts, find out when they were built, why they were built and what led to their underground storage spaces for the dearly departed.  We cover their hauntings and appearances in popular culture as well so join us for this special spooky season episode as we dive deep into the spectral shenanigans and living history of both of these beautiful buildings in another spooky season episode of the Family Plot Podcast!!

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TW:  We do at one point briefly discuss suicide, so if this is a problem for you, feel free to skip the part about the spooklight's origins, which is where the discussion happens.  This week, Arthur talks school ande grandma, Laura talks her recent birthday (other Virgos holla!) and then we talk the Hornet Spooklight.  Seen over E 50 Road better known as spooklight road to the locals.  The area is also called the Devil's Promenade and the Spooklight is often seen over this cursed stretch of ground.  It lets viewers chase it, often dodging out of the way or going behind them.  Skeptics say it's reflections from the road.  Non-skeptics say it's been reported by indigenous Americans in the area for hundreds of years.  We talk it's origins, it's histories and so much more in this first episode of Spooky Season specials in the Family Plot Podcast!

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In this episode, we jump to our second campaign, a Call of Cthulhu based campaign called Lore for the Pages.  In this episode, our heroes inherit both a bookstore and a home from KH Hillman, a bookseller who for years has been selling Cthulhu Mythos and occult books and objets d'arts by mail to unscrupulous buyers.  Now, our heroes have to reclaim these lost objects before they are used to cause more problems.  The first adventure is set in the fictional town of Sargasso Springs Alabama, a coastal town that is suffering from a strange infestation of bugs and some unusually cold weather.  Our heroes get notified of their inheritance and begin the investigation of their new home while realizing neither the weather or the bugs are natural. As they dig deeper they begin to realize their new home maybe won't last long.  Check it out!

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This week, we head back to the 1800's to meet the man who would become known as 
Billy the Kid!  Born Henry McCarty in New York City, he eventually went west with his Mother and brother with stops in Indiana and Wichita before landing in Silver City New Mexico.  His mom died when he was just 14 and his stepdad abandoned him to head to California to start mining.  Henry's first criminal act was to steal food for which he served ten days in jail.  Later he went on to become a horse thief and a Regulator and fought in a conflict called the Lincoln County War.  He killed a corrupt Sheriff and his deputy and became fodder for tales of the Wild West and Newspapers, building a legend as a killer that it's possible he didn't earn.  We talk about his life, his death and the mysteries and surprises he left behind, including a possible survival under the name 'Brushy' Bill Cody!  All this and Arthur talks school and the Finch App and Laura and Dean discuss whether or not Jon Bon Jovi qualifies as butt rock in this special Young Guns episode of the Family Plot Podcast!

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We have such an episode for you today!  We are staying true to both our Missouri and nerdy roots to bring you the life of Samuel Langhorne Clemens better known as Mark Twain, America's Favorite Humorist.  We learn of his many jobs including Riverboat Pilot, Prospector, Newspaper man, journalist, printer's devil, and of course, writer extraordinaire!  We talk his rivalry with Bret Harte and the flop that was Ah Sin.  We discuss his similarities to Ambrose Bierce and other modern writers that loved him or were influenced by his work.  We reference a lot of past episodes including:  
Ambrose Bierce - Episode 199
Ernest Hemingway - Episode 233 with Brenda from Horrifying History
Episode 251 - Sharon Kinne
Episode 264 - Matilda Joslyn Gage
And Season 1 - Episode 1 of the Family Role Podcast - A Kiln in Cobblepot.

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This is an episode of our new TTRPG podcast Family Role. Each week we will alternate between D&D adventures and Call of Cthulhu adventures.  Hopefully, we will be joined by cool guests along the way.  This week features 8 year old Alexandria 'Lexi' Boese as Grelda the Mighty, a Fey Hexblade Warlock; Arthur Williams portraying Albion Bonze a Tiefling Monk and Laura Williams as Noelle 'Dutch' Bunny, a Harengon Sharp Shooter.  Music is provided by Music by Ievgen Poltavskyi from Pixabay.  All ad intro/outros are performed by Dean Boese as is Riordan Rourke, a luckless NPC Bard and the other characters in the world of Thrae!  Onwards and Upwards!

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