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On this week's episode, Colleen is actually well (for once), is a neighborhood hero and has lost her debit card for the 34854 time this year. It's a full Colleen SPO0O0O0OKY takeover because it's our HALLOWEEN EPISODE, bitches!!! And it's a graveyard smash! Get ready for Halloween costumes we never want to see again, our sexual awakenings and stories that are extra, extra spooky. They'll give you a PQ... or a NQ. We won't judge either way. #JusticeMustBeServed #SkellyAndSkella 

Sources:

• 13 Best Ghost Stories - Reader's Digest Australia
• 50 True Scary Stories That'll Give You Goosebumps - Thought Catalog
• 5 Scary Stories That'll Give You Chills - The Lineup

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On this week's episode, Colleen got carried away at the Halloween store and we are in fully spooky mode! Our weekends consisted of Colleen getting a concussion and stalking James Kennedy while Bridget has become a full blown couch potato with the key takeaway that this season of Love is Blind is TRASH. Then we get into the topic of the week... THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS. Travel back in time with us to 1692 as Bridget explains how this even happened and why it escalated so quickly. We talk about the accusers, the accused, the corrupt court of Oyer and Terminer and why 12 months has stained American history for 300+ years. We end with a game of "what Celebrity would be accused of witchcraft" and some positive stories of the week. You'll want to hide your witch's mark and stay away from the pee pastries for this one!! #BermudaShorts #ItGetsSoMuchWorse

Sources:

• Unobscured - The Podcast and The Resources (Season 1) 
• A Brief History on the Salem Witch Trials - Smithsonian Magazine
• Salem Witch Trials - History
• Puritan People & Ideas - PBS
• Every Wikipedia page you can imagine

Positive Stories of the Week:

• Stories About The Touching Kindness of Strangers - Reader's Digest

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On this week's episode, we're scraping the bottom of the barrel. We talk favorite Halloween movies, if you believe in the moon affects human behavior and Twilight. Because of course we do. Then we have our most RANDOM EPISODE EVER. Colleen covers the Great Molasses Flood and the Kentucky Meat Shower and Bridget tells wild hospital stories! Trigger warning: if you get squeagy easily, turn back while you can. If you're still here, buckle up for an episode where you have no idea where it's going next! Even we don't know! Probably up someone's a** because that seems to be a theme...

Sources:

• The Great Molasses Flood - Wiki
• Why the Great Molasses Flood Was So Deadly - History Channel
• Kentucky Meat Shower - Wiki
• The Great Kentucky Meat Shower Mystery - Scientific American 
• Wild Hospital Stories - Reddit

Positive Stories of the Week:

• 87 Year Old Gives Surgeon Her Marathon Medal
• 14 Heartwarming Nursing Stories

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On this week's episode, we're back in the pod room! We catch up on all the pop culture things from the last month and how Taylor Swift never sleeps. Colleen has picked up a new unhealthy hobby, she went to three weddings and is devastated her favorite book series is over. The topic of the week is... BRIDGET'S TRAVELS. Bridget regales us with all of her tales from Croatia, to London to a wedding in Italy. She has a new found appreciation for rugby, shaded lounge chairs and Sunday Roasts. We end with a few hilarious dating stories and a choking story neither of us will ever recover from. Whoever was driving the boat in the Boston Harbor that redirected Bridget's flight... we hope you stub your toe on every coffee table you see for a YEAR. #chokyshitter #EuropeanBathrooms #TheAbbaExperience

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On this week's episode, Patty the nurse can go to HELL. Shoutout to all our listeners who are ready for Spooky Season! If you have any ideas on what Colleen should be for Halloween this year, please let us know. Then we get into the topic of the week... THE MURDERS OF NICOLE BROWN SIMPSON AND RON GOLDMAN AND THE TRIAL OF OJ SIMPSON. Good LORD was this a rabbit hole. Bridget covers the timeline leading up to the fateful night of June 12th, 1994, the aftermath, the famous white bronco car chase (the slowest of all time) and the trial of the century. If you want to hear about one of the most famous and frustrating cases of all time, you've come to the right place! You know what they say, "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit." We then leave you with a game of "Things Colleen Doesn't Understand" and two positive stories of the week. I feel like this goes without saying, but please don't eat any blankets after listening to this episode... or cremations!

Sources:

• Buzzfeed Unsolved
• Did OJ commit those murders? The Infographics Show
• Secrets Of The O.J. Simpson Trial: Tainted Evidence and Flawed Forensics | Real Crime
• Wikipedia
• The Last Podcast on the Left
• The Casual Criminalist 
• Rodney King - HISTORY

Positive Stories of the Week:

• Man Creates "Stand In Pride" for LGBTQ+ Looking for Family Support
• Man Travels 13 Miles On a Bike to Save His Grandma

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On this week's episode, Bridget has a new workout routine and who is she?! Meanwhile, Colleen wants to remind you how she didn't participate in any "athletic".  We talk about Celebrities and their government names.. it turns out no one wants to be a Rachel or a Karen. Then we get into the topic of the week.... APOLLO 13. Bridget gives Colleen facts about space that will make your brain melt. She tells us about the incredible crew, the team at NASA and the mission considered a successful failure. Bridget makes sure to answer the questions Colleen has been holding in the entire episode and then we play a game of "things that are none of our business" before ending with two positive stories of the week. Why is the Even Stevens song stuck in our heads now?! #AbeLincolnDidn'tSignTheDeclarationOfIndependence 

Sources:

• NASA Extreme Space Facts
• Apollo 13 - Mission, History & Facts - Britannica
• Apollo 13 - Facts, Timeline & Movie - HISTORY
• Wikipedia

Positive Stories of the Week:

• Bride and Groom Give First Dance to Parents
• The Twins That Changed Medicine

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On this week's episode, we try to decide if Colleen would've liked having siblings or hated it. We quote Schitt's Creek for too long and then Colleen tells us about her Cape weekend and how her "cup runeth over" and Bridget has a note she wrote to the tooth fairy. Spoiler alert: she was a drama queen as a child. Then we get into the topic of the week... the 2004 INDIAN OCEAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI. And no, it's not like the Earthquake in Freaky Friday, unfortunately. Colleens tells us how it all happened, the devastation the tsunami caused and the incredible survival stories that came out of it. Get ready to have a new fear unlocked as we clutch on to a palm tree for dear life! We end with a giggle as Bridget reads wild Amazon reviews and two positive stories of the week. Don't worry, Alaska will be fine. 

Sources:

• Clip of the Tsunami from the movie "The Impossible"
• Real footage from the Tsunami 
• Alvarez Family Relive Incredible Survival Story - The Daily Mail
• Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004 
• 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami - Wiki
• 41 of the Most Hilarious Amazon Reviews Ever - BoredPanda

Positive Stories of the Week:

• Do Old People Become More Attractive?
• Make The Chili

The small business shoutout of the week goes to the podcast, "Who Was She?" Our friend of the pod, Tara Jabbari, tells the incredible stories of woman throughout history! Season 3 is out now and is about activist and musician, Hazel Scott. You can hear these incredible stories anywhere you listen to podcasts and follow her on instagram!

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On this week's episode, Colleen went to another concert and is basically a professional U-Haul driver. After discussing some nostalgic movies, Colleen decides to tell the truth about a fib she told on the pod months ago. She's coming clean, people!! Then we get into the topic of the week... WILD DATING STORIES. We're back on our old shit and we're here for it. Get ready for fetishes, spice racks, unsolicited dick pics, a lost stylus and a man who will probably never eat at Potbelly ever again. There are a few family parties that will never be the same either.. woof. Then we leave you with one positive love story that will hopefully counteract from all the trash on this episode! The Outback is a sacred place!!! Let's all keep it that way.

Sources:

• Weird First Date Stories - Buzzfeed
• 81 Hilarious First Date Disasters - BoredPanda
• All the Reddit threads!

Positive Stories of the Week:

• Doctors of Cancer Patient See Love Story Unfold

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On this week's episode, Bridget is back from a trip to Miami to give us all the tea and someone broke into Colleen's Walmart account to buy a ladder... because of course they did. We discuss how Kiki Palmer is an icon, a legend and she is the moment. Then we get into the top of the week... the HISTORY OF ALCATRAZ. We talk about some of the most infamous inmates, the battle of Alcatraz and the great escape... or was it?!?! That's for you to decide. We leave you with some positive stories of the week and a game of "Things that would RATTLE my ancestors"  So get greased up, get your bird book ready and shower with cold water because it's... the Alcatraz episode. Also, don't let murder be your hobby please! #HowDidPilgrimsCleanTheirEars #SnifflingForSyphillis

Sources:

• Alcatraz Island - Wiki
• 7 Infamous Alcatraz Inmates - HISTORY
• Alcatrazhistory.com 

Positive Stories of the Week:

• The Week's Article #1, #2 and #5

The small business shoutout is for our teachers! If you have a school list you need help with, please send it to so we can repost. We'd love to help in any way that we can and even if one listener pitches, it'll be a success. We love you, teachers!!! Manifesting we get to clear all your lists some day..

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On this week's episode, it was Bridget's birthday weekend and it was delightful! There was pool flopping, ice cream trucks and cocktails.. what more could a girl want?! Colleen explains how she's had a change of luck and Bridget saw RED in Stop & Shop. Also, Lizzo.. please say it isn't so?!? Then we get into the topic of the week.... AREA 51 AND ALIEN ENCOUNTERS! Get your tin foil hats ready, party people!! Bridget will talk about how Area 51 came about and Alienstock in 2019 where people were ready to See. Them. Aliens! Then Colleen tells us WILD stories of alien encounters and people getting abducted by "humanoids". Now that we know aliens are real... what do YOU believe? Pop off in the comments!! #LeavingOurMarkEverywhere #FireCrotch #WeHaveTerribleADHD

Sources:

• The Hidden Secrets of Area 51 - Buzzfeed Unsolved
•  Inside Storm Area 51: A Viral Meme That Almost Ruined a Town - VICE
• The Truth About UFOs - The UnXplained with William Shatner on Netflix
• Every Wikipedia page known to man kind (and beyond). We thank you, Wiki!!

Positive Stories of the Week:

• Cop Gifts Young Boy a PS5
• NJ Couple on a Mission to Go To Every NJ Diner

The small business shout out of the week goes to Exceptional Citizens Camp in Fatima, NH! EC Week is a camp that runs every August for people with disabilities ranging from 8-60 years old. The entire week is free of charge for the campers and entirely staffed by volunteers. If you'd like to donate or volunteer, please visit their website here!

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