Sideways Boulevard

So this was the hardest Podenstein's Lab they've done yet. Mass murderers who sold the bodies to science? Sure. Gross infections?  You bet.  All the horrible stuff that can happen to you in space? Call it done.  But hangings and executions go to some really, really dark places.  J.E. Petersen, Shelby Dollar, and Mark L. Groves do their best with humanity's worst, and present it here, in Episode 11.  Plus real headlines that are real weird (basement full of bowling balls, anyone?).  Get the news you can use freak out your friends, right now, in Podenstein's Lab.

It's a hell of a vacation list, literally, in Episode 11 of Podenstein's Lab!  Shelby, J.E., and Mark put together a time-off-that's-awful set of real places that are real nightmares for leisure plans: an Island getaway to get away from, a nightly firepit from the bowels of hell, and a famous river with the foulest flow. As always, you also get real news headlines of real news oddities. Pack your swimsuit, anti-venom, and flight bag, this episode is such a trip- in Podenstein's Lab.

Edgar Allan Poe- prolific horror writer, yes...but did he commit a horror of which he wrote? Fiction is the way to tell truth through lies, and Podenstein's Lab takes a deep dive into the real story of Mary Rogers, victim in life- and in literature as "The Mystery of Marie Roget." Did Poe write a story, or a confession? Plus we look at Poe's other tales based on real life horrors, and look into his own terrible demise at the age of forty. And as always, real news headlines of real news oddities, all here in Podenstein's Lab.

Buried treasure.  It exists, but does it exist here in the Midwest?  Episode 9 of Podenstein's Lab digs out stories of underground bounties- from 16th century Spanish riches in Arkansas, to a whole city of statues- and giants- under Moberly, MO, to where you might or might not find hidden gold from Jesse James. The truth is out there, even when it's lies.  Plus real headlines of real weirdness, in Podenstein's Lab.

In Episode 008, there's a whole lot of shaking going on as the news team takes a deep dive into Earthquakes in the USA.  First, find out about the big Missouri monster that rang bells in Boston. Next, get a happy thought with a possible future catastrophes stateside that could kill a lot- or everybody.  Then discover how tremblors are being created- by the thousands- through the hand of humanity.  And of course, real headlines that are real weird.  It's news you can use to shake up your friends, in Podenstein's Lab!

You might be innocent, but Podenstein's Lab is guilty of taking you behind bars in Episode 007.  From the lingering mystery of what happened to the real "Escape from Alcatraz" trio, to truly amazing break-outs both artistic and yogatastic, to some truly crazy calabooses across the world.  Plus real headlines that are real bizarre. What we have here, is NOT a failure to communicate, in this series of reports from Podenstein's Lab.

The Podenstein’s Lab news team loses their heads! At least, in the news they bring you in this episode. Mark L. Groves introduces the man behind “laughing your head off”- literally; Shelby Dollar discusses the science of slugs that love a good auto-decapitation; and J.E. Petersen revisits a Colorado chicken who takes a chopping- and spends the next 18 months headless pecking for paying audiences nationwide. It even has it's own festival...of course. These stories and more are on the chopping block, in Episode 6 of Podenstein’s Lab.

Episode 5 of Podenstein's Lab takes you to Sweden's Disgusting Food Museum for news on their barfy booze; goes behind the scenes for the hatchet/axe wielding, fuzzy suited, sorta' true Bunny Man Legend; and goes back in time to find out why a woman in England was busy birthing bunny bits, among other animal chunks.  Proving truth is grosser than fiction, it's all the news you can use to freak out your friends, here in Podenstein's Lab.

It's a no-go for the snow bro this year. Find out what Frozen Dead Guy Days is all about, in this special report- including an interview from 2018 with Amanda MacDonald, Event Coordinator for Frozen Dead Guy Days.

In Episode 4 of the Podenstein's Lab newscast, Mark L. Groves talks about quarantining alone- and how you may NOT be alone; Shelby Dollar takes us on a nature tour of gross, wriggling worm balls, and how high tech is working on mimicking them; and J.E. wraps up our deep dives with true stories of hidden rooms- and weird treasures- discovered recently inside people's homes.  Plus the usual Real Headlines that are Real Weird. It's all the news you can use to freak out your friends, in Podenstein's Lab!