This Podcast Doesn't Exist

This Podcast Doesn't Exist

By Shannon McCarthy and Emma Kiely-HampsonTrue Crime
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  • Ep. 97: Don't Be Brawling: The Episode Update Quiz #4

    Talk of the noggin’ to ya and yours! Shannon has another installment of updates for us this week and we have visits from Angus and the Very Good, No Bad Day, Jennifer Coolidge, Rick and Marty, and many more on this adventure through another 10 episodes!


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    Sources:

    • Insider 
    • E! News
    • Capital FM
    • Artnet News
    • NBC10 Boston
    • The Boston Globe
    • Everything GP
    • Patch
    • YouTube (Watcher trailer)
    • Looper (Source 1, Source 2)
    • Rolling Stone (S1, S2)
    • The Orange County Register
    • The Guardian
    • App
    • Comicbook
    • YouTube (Reed’s Point trailer)
    • Independent
    • Fox 5 New York
    • CNN
    • 8 News Now
    • 1 hr 4 min
    • Ep. 96: Tell Your Mom About Us: The Haunted White House

      Have you ever been inside the most haunted house in America? Probably, if you had the 8th grade trip that most of us had to D.C. Emma tells us this week about the ghosts of the White House and those who have claimed to see them. So hop in the car for this forced-family-fun road trip! *Note, Shannon’s mic wasn’t plugged in for the first half of the episode. We have talked to Gus about it and he promises to check from now on.*


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      Sources:

      The White House Historical Association on all things White House spooky and ghost stories

      The Mother Source on the White House and Lincoln’s ghost

      Travel Channel 

      History on the White House ghosts

      The Washington Post

      VOA News

      Insider

      Our White House and the First Kid Ghost Stories

      DC Ghost Tours

      Brit+Co

      54 min
    • Repost: Ep. 47: Team Indoors Forever: The Dutch Hikers Mystery

      Bringing you a spooky tale from our catalogue, Shannon tells us about the Dutch Hikers Mystery. See y'all soon!

      Shannon freaks Emma out with this sad and creepy episode on the Dutch hikers Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, who disappeared in the Panamanian jungle. We also confirm to each other that we are not murderers, learn Shannon’s hell loop, and Emma stops breathing at one point. Wanna be too scared to ever go hiking again? Then come listen!


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      Sources:

      From Imperfect Plan: The full story, an analysis of photo 505, a super in-depth analysis of Kremers’s bleached bones, and the Google Earth map

      Forensic Tales

      Lost Media Wiki

      Rivy Lyon via Medium

      Mother Source

      1 hr 32 min
    • Repost: Ep. 22: A Crop Circle of Virgin Mary's: Annabelle the Doll

      So Emma got Covid, which means you get treated with a throwback episode of one of Emma's favorite scary items, Annabelle the Doll. See y'all soon!

      A demon? A ghost? A prank gone wrong? Whatever the reason, this doll is creepy as all get out, so much so that it has to be kept locked away in a glass case like a Marvel villian. Listen as Emma freaks Shannon out with another scary doll mystery, but only cries like once!


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      Sources:

      The Mother Source

      Mysteries at the Museum

      Annabelle appearing in Shazam and Aquaman

      Inside the Warren’s Occult Museum from The Daily Mirror 

      Annabelle’s escape attempt 

      The New Haven Register on the “Real Annabelle”

      All That’s Interesting

      The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren

      The Museum is closed 

      Tony Spera’s Website on the Warrens

      1 hr 13 min
    • Ep. 95: Deja Vu: The Episode Update Quiz #3

      Shannon’s got another eleven episodes to update us on this week and Emma made it out with a C+! Shannon had to get real crafty with some organic hints, which were very helpful and honestly delightful to hear. We’ve got Chief Archeologists, bat-pigs, Everest and more, so come join us and see if you can get a better score!


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      Sources:

      Times Now News

      Live Science

      12WBOY

      Mothman Festival

      PBS

      NBC Connecticut

      Marie Claire AU

      Newsweek

      Slate

      IFL Science

      The Sunday Post

      55 min
    • Ep. 94: Noodly Tortilla: The Axeman of New Orleans

      Better buckle in this week as Emma takes us back to the Jazz Age and the terrifying reign of the Axeman of New Orleans. Was it a demon who just liked to “jazz it out”? Or was it a vendetta against all Italians? Whatever it was, we hope it never makes its way back out of hell again. The train of thought gets derailed a few times because, ya know, murder is hard to listen to, but we hope you enjoy the ride. So choot, choot, mother truckers; let's dive right in.


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      Sources:

      The Mother Source on the Axeman

      Reveille

      Vice

      Smithsonian

      Legends of America

      New Orleans Ghosts

      Mental Floss

      The Encyclopedia of Unsolved Crimes

      “Axeman Came from Hell and Other Southern True Crime Stories” by Keven McQueen

      1 hr 3 min
    • Ep. 93: Too Much Milk: The Episode Update Quiz #2

      Shannon is back with another episode update quiz and Emma gets almost none of them right. Come back with us as we revisit and discuss the Todd-Father, Ikea aliens, Elvis, and many more in our extensive cast of characters. Is everything in Zak Bagans’ museum actually haunted? Can we go to the World Carrot Museum? Is the Titanic safe? Listen and find out (and see if you can beat Emma’s C- score)!

      Sources: 

      Sports Illustrated on milk and Valley News Live on Santa

      NBC News on Palin facing Santa Claus and the Alaska Board of Elections

      The Today Show on eating before swims

      The Mother Source on the World Carrot Museum

      News Center Maine on the Hill's and “discovery+ Shock Docs Specials Alien Abduction

      BBC News on the Tolkien house

      HITC on the movie “Dybbuk” and the Input Mag on the truth of the Dybbuk box

      The Gazette on Sabena Flight 548

      New York Post on “road to Atlantis” and Hunger on TikTokers who believe they’re Atlanteans

      Daily Star on the Elvis conspiracy and CBS News on Elvis weddings

      Daily Mail on Possible Amber Room treasure and the Daily Mail on the sunken ship

      The Prospector on Chuckie's return

      Robert the Doll website

      People on iceberg fall, Robb Report on Titanic Lego and ABC News Australia on Titanic tourism

      1 hr 10 min
    • Ep. 92: Zak Bagans is a Pokemon: The Haunted Mirror of Bela Lugosi

      We’re back (kinda)! Bringing you a brand new episode this week about something that is only slightly spooky. Did this haunted mirror belong to the very first Dracula? Or is it a long con thought up by a B-movie (not Bee Movie) director and perpetuated by our fave/least fave ghost hunter? We might just have to go to Las Vegas to find out for ourselves. With the hope that Emma doesn’t accidentally poke out Zak Bagans’ eye. Come join the buffoonery!


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      Sources:

      The Mother Source on Bela Lugosi and scrying

      The Skeptical Inquirer

      Mental Floss

      From Tiny Pennies

      Puzzle Box Horror

      Dublin City website

      50 min
    • Repost #2: Ep.3: The Group Project from Hell: Who was William Shakespeare?
      Here comes repost number two, this time in honor of the show that has been taking up all of Shannon's summer hours. Buckle in for this episode as we delve into everything that might be right about the man, the myth, the legend, William Shakespeare.
      We all know Shakespeare’s plays, but do we actually know the man? This week we explore the theory that Shakespeare is not at all who he says he is. Was he merely a player? Or a woman? Or even the QUEEN OF ENGLAND?! Come expound on all the possibilities with us!
      Sources:
      -Shakespeare conspiracy
      -Inside the Weird World of Shakespeare Conspiracy Theories
      -Was Shakespeare a Woman?
      -"Who really wrote Shakespeare?" by Robert McCrum (who looks like the most dour middle-aged Englishman you can think of)
      -Christopher Marlowe
      -Did Shakespeare write his plays?
      -Francis Bacon Society
      -Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, Was Shakespeare
      1 hr 4 min
    • Repost #1: Ep. 24: Rubber Chicken Slinky: D.B. Cooper

      It's the summer and that means that we are gone for a bit, but are reposting our favorite jetsetter, Mr. D.B. Cooper! Toot toot bazoot right into this long episode, perfect for a roadtrip or your own jetset adventure. See y'all soon!

      Who was the mystery man who jumped out of a plane in 1971? A spy? A superhero? An idiot? Join us as Emma tells Shannon the story of D.B. Cooper, get sidetracked by thought experiments and fanny packs, and try our hardest to keep this 2 hour long episode entertaining (sorry it's so long ya'll! Leave us a review or leave us alone!). Stay at the end for a bonus ten minutes of National Treasure Talk!

      Sources:

      The Mother Source 

      The FBI 

      The Hollywood Reporter on Rackstraw

      The Rolling Stone

      History Channel on Letters from D.B. Cooper

      Ransom Money Clues

      Documentary on HBO

      Documentary Review

      “HA-HA-HA” by D.B. Cooper

      The History of the Fanny Pack

      2 hr

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