<p>Mary and Lauren get into the Halloween spirit by confronting popular superstitions and avoiding con artists. They'll walk you through how common superstitions came into being, why mercury being in retrograde is meaningless, and how one woman conned her way into stealing Louis XV's $15 million necklace.</p>

Mary and Lauren get into the Halloween spirit by confronting popular superstitions and avoiding con artists. They'll walk you through how common superstitions came into being, why mercury being in retrograde is meaningless, and how one woman conned her way into stealing Louis XV's $15 million necklace.

Superstitions and Con Artists

Join childhood best friends Lauren and Mary as they navigate life as adults who don’t know nearly as much as they should. Each week, the duo follows their natural curiosity, picking two topics to casually research and present to each other. They’ll explore topics they should have learned in school to topics that aren’t appropriate for school, finding the most absurd stories along the way.

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