Professor Pringle learns why Thanksgiving was originally called "the meal before the great die off," the perils of having a blacksmith dig out your tooth with a pair of pliers, and the trauma of alternating crippling constipation with blazing diarrhea as a result of a diet of pork fat and boiled corn mush, when he speaks with a living history reenactor at a re-created Pilgrim village.

Professor Pringle finds out that a cycle path is very different from a psychopath, which should not be confused with a sociopath, when he interviews a man who explains the benefits of living a life without empathy, remorse, or a conscience of any kind.

Professor Pringle discovers the thin line between collecting and hoarding, the true meaning of the "C" word, and that there is a place for everything, so long as you are willing to put everything into sealed plastic boxes, when he interviews the owner of a store that sells containers. (Nope, not THAT store....)

Just in time for Halloween, Professor Pringle learns the fine art of stacking bones, fighting off rats and drying out corpses, when he speaks with the operator of the only catacombs in the United States.

Professor Pringle speaks with a manufacturer of playground equipment and learns the ins and outs of importing children in shipping containers, the measures taken to protect the soft bones and weak lungs of today's kids, and the vigorous workout you get trying to escape the quicksand like grasp of a playground mat.

Professor Pringle discovers that linoleum, rotted barn wood, a center island and a staple gun can transform any home for immediate sale, as well as trigger homicidal impulses, when he interviews a contractor who "flips" houses.

Professor Pringle learns that bears do indeed defecate in the woods --and almost anywhere else they choose --when he interviews a man who wrestles bears.

Professor Pringle speaks with the owner of a rare book store and learns the surprising (and disturbing) things that make an antique book collectible.

Professor Pringle learns how to slay someone with words, discovers the power of dried dog noses, and finds out why quantum mechanics is proof of real magic, when he interviews a practitioner of chaos, ritual, and every other kind of magick. (That's right --magic, but with a "K.")

Professor Pringle visits an old fashioned hardware store and learns about nuts, bolts, tools, glue, gas chambers, electric chairs and gallows.