In this week’s episode, Jessie leads the ladies through the jungle to discover a living dinosaur: the Mokele-Mbembe. As the Gruber Roschitz is sipped, the ladies make weather predictions, swoon over romantic cryptozoology and gamble on the Bone Wars. So grab your favorite veltliner and watch your canoe, Ladies Who Roar will have you itching to watch Jurassic Park for the 100th time.

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Sources:

“Mokele-mbeme” on Cryptid Archives Fandom

“Mokele-Mbembe: The Truth Behind Africa's Mythical River Monster” by Desiree Bowie on How Stuff Works

“In Search of the Congo Dinosaur: by William J. Gibbons on Institute of Creation Research

“Mokele-Mbembe (cryptozoology)” by Daniel Horowitz on EBSCO

“The Congo’s Dinosaur of Discord” by Ryan Biller on New Lines Magazine

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In this week’s episode, Sammy tells the tale of Fresno’s quirkiest cryptid: The Fresno Nightcrawlers. As the Witching Hour is sipped, the ladies theorize about the moon landing, choose their chaotic parentage, and add another unsolved mystery to their to-do lists. So grab your favorite Cabernet Sauvignon and playback your security camera feed, Ladies Who Love Fresno will have you giggling through the mayhem.

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Sources:

“Fresno” by Staff at Visit California

“Fresno Nightcrawler” by Anonymous at Cryptidwiki

“More than Fresno famous: How the Nightcrawler captured the world’s imagination” by Anon at The Business Journal

“Bigfoot, Chupacabra, and … Fresno Nightcrawler? Walking pants bring Fresno freaky fame” by Carmen George on Fresno Bee

“Strange creature reported in Carmel area” by Anonymous on HighlandCountryPress.com

“Cryptid fans are in love with this ‘funky little dude.’ What is the Fresno Nightcrawler?” by Fernanda Galan on Fresno Bee

“Origins of the Fresno Nightcrawler, a Pants-shaped Cryptid” by Desiree Bowie on Science.HowStuffWorks.com

“‘This weird little story.’ Why Fresno’s goofy Nightcrawler legend might just live forever” by Gisselle Medina on fresnoland.org

“‘This weird little story.’ Why Fresno’s goofy Nightcrawler legend might just live forever” by Brian Dunning, episode 826 on skeptoid.com 

“Fresno Nightcrawler: Hoax or real? Mystery remains years later” by Kellie Helton on YourCentralValley.com

“Fresno Nightcrawlers: Legends with Long Legs” by David Albaugh on BasementOfTheBizarre.com

“Unveiling the Mystery of the Fresno Nightcrawler” by Staff on DiscoveryUK.com

“The Fresno Nightcrawler | Meet the Mysterious Local Cryptid” by Anonymous at VisitFresnoCounty.org

“The Curious Story of The Fresno Nightcrawler, The California Cryptid That’s Charmed The Internet” by Kaleena Fraga on Allthatsinteresting.com

“The Fresno Night Crawlers” by Emily Zarka on Rocky Mountain PBS

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In this week’s episode, Lindsay walks the ladies through the garden to spin tales of small but mighty magical creatures: Flower Fairies. As the Cote de Rose is sipped, the ladies discover their tarot card personalities, congratulate Sammy on being awesome and have their own Poltergeist moment. So grab your favorite chilled rose and hold tight to your cactus, Ladies Who Live in Flowers will have you clapping for fairies again.

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Sources:

Crutchely, Megan. "A Need for Belief: The Victorians and Fairies." Retrospect Journal. 2021.

Strand, Sophie. "The Fairies Are Back & They're Even Smaller: The Meeting of Magic & the Microscopic World of 'Smalls'." Braided Way Magazine. 2021.

Williams, Holly. "When Britain Was Gripped by Fairy Mania." BBC Culture. 2023.

"Cottingley Fairies: How Sherlock Holmes's Creator Was Fooled by a Hoax." BBC News. 2020.

"The Victorian Fairy Craze." History Skills.

Young, Simon (ed.). The Fairy Census. fairycensus.com. Ongoing.

Conan Doyle Estate. "Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Beliefs and Experiences." arthurconandoyle.co.uk.

Dumont, Henrietta. "The Language of Flowers." Project Gutenberg. Originally published 1851.

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In this week’s episode, Jessie tells the ladies about America’s oldest unsolved mystery: The Disappearance of the Roanoke Colony. As the Sohu is poured, the ladies fawn over pretty ladies in capes, acknowledge the intelligence of squirrels, and become terrified of real estate. So grab your favorite Croatian white and carve into the nearest tree, Ladies Who Vanish will have you baffled in no time. 

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TW:

Murder, death, drowning

Sources:

“The Lost Colony of Roanoke” by Jonathan Hogeback on Britannica

“The Lost Colony” on National Park Service Fort Raleigh

“Evidence Grows, the Lost Colony Split Up” by Frank Graff on PBS (2020)

“What Happened to the Lost Colony at Roanoke?” By Josh Clark and Nathan Chandler on How Stuff Works

“Legend of White Doe” by Daniel W Barefoot on NCpedia

“Ghost stories and unsolved mysteries: The haunted history of Roanoke Island” by Maureen Wurtz and Jenna Kurtz on Queen City News

“Haunted Roanoke” on Colonial Ghosts

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In this week’s episode, Sammy unearths the history behind lore’s most notorious creatures: Vampires. As the Vampire is sipped, the ladies read listener comments, confuse Hank Green for gangrene, and have controversial takes on Sweeney Todd. So grab your favorite merlot and burn your welcome mat, Ladies Who Are Spider Monkeys will have you screaming all day long.

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TW:

Gore, murder, death, sexual abuse

Sources:

“Long before Dracula, an ancient Mesopotamian civilisation raised the world's oldest vampires” by James Osborne on historyextra.com

“Vampires and rabies: What's the link?” by Tim Newman on Medical News Today

”The real-life diseases that spread the vampire myth” by Stephen Dowling on BBc

“How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries” by Bella Isaacs-Thomas on PBS

“Vampires in Greece: From Ancient Greek Creatures to the Vrykolakas” by Annna Wichmann on Greek Reporter

“Vampiric Creatures of Ancient Myth and Legend” by Anonymous at Classicallyeducated.wordpress.com

“When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis Deaths” by Crystal Ponti on History.com

“The New England Vampire Panic Was Very Real and Very Deadly” by Nathan Chandler on History.Howstuffworks.com

“Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic” by Karina Wilson on SmithsonianMagazine.com

“Vampire” by Staff on Britannica.com

“Bram Stoker Claimed That Parts of Dracula Were Real. Here's What We Know About the Story Behind the Novel” by Dacre Stoker and J.D. Barker on Time.com

“Vampire History” by Editors on History.com

“How ‘Nosferatu’ Reinvented the Vampire” by Becky Little on History.com

“Jure Grando: The world’s first recorded vampire” by Will Howard on Dangerousminds.net

“The Top 10 Real-Life “Vampires” from History” by staff at US Ghost Adventures

“Vampires & Arithmomania” by Anonymous on oddathenaeum.com

“Vampires are real: David Ono journeys to Serbia to find real story” by David Ono on abc7.com

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In this week’s episode, Lindsay teaches the ladies the practice of conjuring the universe: Manifestation. As the Minuty is sipped, the ladies get in touch with pet psychics, determine who their Greek God parents are, and summon Nikola Tesla’s ghost. So grab your favorite chilled rose and get your sigils ready, Ladies Who Practice Spicy Psychology will have you changing your life in no time.

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Sources:

CNBC Select Staff. "Jim Carrey Wrote Himself a $10 Million Check Before He Could Cash It — Here's the Science Behind Manifestation." CNBC. 2026.

Kim, Daniel. "There's More to Manifesting, Here's Its Philosophical Backstory." Seen & Unseen. 2025.

Serra, Giancarlo. "How Neville Goddard Manifested vs. The Principles of the Kybalion." GiancarloSerra.org. 2022.

Author Unknown. "Making Dreams Come True: Inside the New Age World of Manifesting." The Guardian. 2022.

#1 Neurosurgeon: How to Manifest Anything You Want & Unlock the Unlimited Power of Your Mind" (feat. Dr. Jim Doty). The Mel Robbins Podcast. Spotify. 2024.

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In this week’s episode, Jessie teaches the ladies about everyone’s favorite tooth-loving pixie: The Tooth Fairy. As the Charles Shaw is sipped, the ladies share a friend’s ghost story, practice their telepathy, and regret their condos in Miami. So grab your favorite cabernet sauvignon and yank your tooth right out, Ladies Who Look Under Their Pillows will have you giggling all day long.

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TW:

Slight gore

Sources:

“Things You Didn’t Know About the Tooth Fairy” on Family Dental Health Center

“Where Did The Tooth Fairy Come From?” by Kristina Killgrove on Forbes

“The History Behind The Tooth Fairy Legend/National Tooth Fairy Day” on Mint Dentistry

“A Brief History of the Tooth Fairy” on 123Dentist

“History of the Tooth Fairy | Where It All Started” on R. Gentry Matthews, DDS

“All You Need-to-know About the Tooth Fairy” by staff at Parkway Pediatric Dentistry

“The History of the Tooth Fairy” on BlueCross BlueShield

“7 Different Tooth Fairy Traditions Around the World” on Dental Care Centre

“Tooth Folklore and Magical Properties” on Marble Crow

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You've unlocked another Closer Look episode, where we expand on a topic we've touched on before. In this week's episode, the ladies are joined by anthropologist, folklorist and host of the podcast Monstress Natalie Huber Rodriguez! Natalie talks to the ladies about the role of the storyteller and how cultures use storytelling to make sense of the world. So grab a box of Oreos and enjoy our Scottish idioms, this episode will have you itching to tell stories around a fire in no time. 

You can find Natalie on all social media platforms @asihacuya for her personal account and @monstress0912 or https://www.podpage.com/monstress for her podcast. If you would like to donate to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives, click the link here https://www.niwrc.org/mmiwr-awareness

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In this week’s episode, Sammy rows the ladies to the most haunted place on Earth: Poveglia. As the Pergolaia is passed, the ladies spend time on their witchy grandma’s farm, fantasize about hugging Bigfoot and start a rat babysitting business. So grab your favorite Italian red and don’t stay out after dark, Ladies Who Ladies Who Have Reached Their Final Destination… Hell will have you screaming into the water in no time.

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TW:

Death, torture, suicide

Sources:

Ghost Adventures: Season 3 Episode 3 on Discovery Plus

“Poveglia Island: All About Venice’s Haunted Island” by Evelyn Hill on WalksofItaly.com

“The Insane Asylums of Venice: A Dark History” by Anon on VidalVeniceTours.com

“Poveglia: the mysterious ghost island that wants to be reborn” by Staff at VisitVenezia.Eu 

“Poveglia Island” by Amy Irvine on HistoryHit.com

“A night on the haunted Poveglia Island in Italy” by Charles Miranda on News.com

“The Horrifying Plague Filled History Of Poveglia Island” by Carl Seaver on Historydefined.net

“Poveglia Island” by Sonja on thelittlehouseofhorrors.com

“Lazzaretto Nuovo and Lazzaretto Vecchio: a combination of great historical, cultural and monumental interest” by articoli on visitvenezia.eu

“Dig unearths female 'vampire' in Venice” by Ariel David on nbcnews.com

“My trip to Poveglia Island” by [deleted] on Reddit

“One Scary Night on Poveglia Island” by Scott MacKinnon on backpackertravel.org

“‘Haunted’ Venice island to become a locals-only haven where tourists are banned” by Barbie Latza Nadeau on Cnn.com

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In this week’s episode, Lindsay sails the ladies to one of Louisiana's haunted, lost islands: Isle Derniere. As the McManis is sipped, the ladies share oracle deck predictions, debut in debutante balls, and drink 1850’s wine with a rugged sailor named Old Man Sal. So grab your favorite cabernet sauvignon and watch how the weed grass grows, Ladies Who Feel That They Know Oceans will have you diving in the sea for lost treasures.

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TW:

Death, drowning

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