Philadelphia’s State Hospital for Mental Diseases, also known as Byberry Insane Asylum, was built at the end of Roosevelt Boulevard in the Somerton section of Northeast Philadelphia. For nearly 200 years Byberry was the home to thousands with mental illness. Several investigations into the conditions at the hospital at various points revealed that patients were neglected, abused, and experimented on.

Continuing our long march to Halloween, this week we want to talk about Philadelphia’s most famous blood sucker; Vampirella. The heroic heretic started her indie comics career in the East Oak Lane home of publisher James Warren. He made Vampirella queen of the undead thanks to a healthy dose of cheesecake and gore. Join us now as we search the depths of hell for the North Philly Nosferatu.

In the 1930’s, during the Great Depression, a criminal syndicate dominated the underworld with a lethal combination of black magic, arsenic, and fraud. They say 100 corpses piled up before the law finally caught them. Join us today as we spill the tea on the Philadelphia Poison Ring.

Rocky II is a 1979 American sports drama film written, directed by, and starring Sylvester Stallone. It is the sequel to the Oscar winning original Rocky. Sly Stallone, Carl Weathers, Tony Burton, Burgess Meredith, Burt Young and Talia Shire reprised their original roles. But capturing lightning in a bottle for a second time was still no guarantee. Their decision marked the establishment of one of cinema’s most profitable trends; franchises

We're taking a break from our usual format this week to talk about the history of South Fellini. This is the legendary tale of two Philly youths who loved making silly shirts. We cover everything from drawing on undershirts to iron-on bootlegs, and the very first official South Fellini tee. So join Tony Trov and Johnny Zito for a trip down memory lane as we examine the Dawn of South Fellini.

We are doing things a lil differently this week. This is our “skip week” where we take a break from the regular format. One of the most fun things about doing Legends of Philadelphia are all the great comments, emails, and DMs we get on the social medias. Listeners clued us in when we were wrong and shared new stuff that we didn’t know before. So, today we’re going to dig through the last ten episodes and talk about what’s next.

Let Me Clear My Throat is the third and final studio album by DJ Kool, released on April 23, 1996 on American Recordings. The album is best remembered for its title track, "Let Me Clear My Throat", which became Kool's only top-40 hit and reached gold certification for sales of over 500,000 copies. This eternal club hit was Recorded live in Philadelphia, and that’s a good enough reason for us to talk about it for thirty minutes.