*WARNING: The audio quality is not the best on this one. The ghosts got to us. We’ll banish them next week. Sorry about your ears.*

Emma is taking us back in the time machine this week to tell us about the weird life and mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe. Was it extreme sadness that killed him? Rabies? Voter fraud? Your guess is as good as ours. There will be some accidental scares, some bones under beds, and hopefully some heart farts from our listeners!

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Sources:

The Mother Source on EAP’s life

The Mother Source on EAP’s death

“The Raven”

Smithsonian Magazine

National Park Service

Biography

Blogspot: Strange State

The actual song Shannon was referencing from Snoopy: the Musical

*Content warning: Emotional abuse and disordered eating are talked about on this episode* We’re back in 2009 this week as Shannon tells Emma about the mysterious death of Brittany Murphy. There are a lot of “big yikes” in this story, but overall the treatment of women in the entertainment industry is the crux of it all. We suggest you watch Uptown Girls and Clueless to celebrate this actress’ life after we discuss her mysterious (and potentially murderous?) passing.

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Sources:

Wikipedia

Rolling Stone

Esquire

Slate

Entertainment Tonight

The Cut

All That’s Interesting

Oxygen: True Crime

HBO

The My Favorite Murder Problem

The walls are starting to talk to us and Shannon might be evil? Are we nuts? Most likely. This week, Emma takes us on the adventure that is Gef the Talking Mongoose, who really didn’t like to be perceived. He lived in the walls of a farmhouse, and Emma conveniently forgot that there is currently something in Shannon’s walls (sorry again!). Our rock throwing friend, Harry Price, makes an appearance and the dog has a name this time, so all seems well, right? Come join us this week for, as we the kids once did say, a banger episode!

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Sources:

The Mother Source

Carolina Moon, the song Gef loved

Blogspot with the overview of Gef, and the investigations of Captain McDonald, Harry Price, and Nandor Fodor

Mental Floss

Medium

Hyperallergic

Want some more historically bad vibes? How does the most haunted house in England sound? Shannon attempts to scare Emma this week with the tale of the Borley Rectory. It’s got ringing bells, researchers throwing pebbles, and some very productive rector’s wives. Does Emma think the ghosts are cute and sad? Maybe. Do we attempt our best Essex accents and potentially fail at them? Yup. Do we have yet another mailbag moment for you at the end? Of course!

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Sources:

The Mother Source

Burials & Beyond

TIME

EssexLive

An extensive report by New Horizons Foundation into the hauntings

Haunted Rooms (just in case Airbnb wasn’t doing it for you)

The Harry Price Website

Mirror

The transcript that doesn’t exist of the proposed BBC broadcast from 1956 and photos of the house courtesy of the Foxearth and District Local History Society

Wanna relive some claustrophobic nightmares? No? Sorry, because Emma takes us to the depths of Vortex Spring as she tells Shannon about the disappearance of Ben McDaniel. Is Ben stuck in a deep underwater cave? Or is he off in Canada with a hot mountie? Or did something a bit more sinister fall upon him? Was it Florida Man? Come join us this week and don’t forget to bring your adventure buddy!

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Sources:

The Mother Source

Historic Mysteries

Disappeared Blog

Reddit thread on theories about Ben’s Disappearance 

The “Missing but not Forgotten” Facebook in Ben’s honor

Are you ready for some historically bad vibes? This week, Shannon steals one of Emma’s topics to talk about the Bennington Triangle. It’s always triangles that seem to have disappearances, spooky (potentially alien) encounters, and inexplicable dead bodies. So is it a curse? Or something a bit more on the “time travel” side? All we know is we are never wearing red in the woods #indoorcatsfurever. Special appearances from The Pennington Monster, another theme song (thanks Liam!), and a scary story from our very own Haylei!

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Sources:

Wikipedia on the Triangle and Paula Jean 

Obscure Vermont

All That’s Interesting

Vermont State Police

Cool Interesting Stuff

Historic Mysteries

Legends of America

Grunge

Ranker

The Bennington Banner

NBC5

Oh my gourd, you guys! Emma might have stolen another one of Shannon’s topics this week when she discusses the Circleville Letter Writer. Whoever this was terrorized an entire town to the point that someone ended up dead. Try to buckle in and if you can’t then just clench everything and grip the seat for this week’s episode of nonsense and mystery!

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Sources:

Unsolved Mysteries

Unsolved Mysteries Fandom Wiki

Mental Floss

Thought Catalog

Historicmysteries.com

CBS News

Film Daddy

Wanna hear the wackiest story of a great explorer who…well, never explored much of anything? Come listen to Shannon tell Emma about George M. Boynton, the man who walked a lot, talked a big game, and got Teddy Roosevelt to love him. It seriously is crazy the amount this man got away with in life. Grannies, Chad, and Everest make appearances this week, so come get your fill of some nonsense. And enjoy our BRAND NEW INTRO MUSIC courtesy of our lovely friend, Tom (not the Cryptking)!

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Sources:

TikTok

The British Library’s Map Library (Shannon’s main source):

Geographical

Ultrarunning History

A poem written by Boynton; Historical Society of Princeton

Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research: San Jose Times Star

Arizona Memory Project

Accomack News (1907)

The Strand Magazine (1901)

Colorado Central Magazine

So Emma may have stolen one of Shannon’s episodes this week as we talk about the mystery of the Mary Celeste. NOT the Mary Rosa. We discuss cruise ship ghosts, holding an American Idol-style panel for Shannon’s next prospective date, and obviously get derailed talking about both Santa and books. Join us for this ramble about the mysterious disappearance of the crew of the Mary Celeste.

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Sources:

The Sauce

Smithsonian

The Mother Source

All That’s Interesting

Buzzfeed Unsolved

History

HISTORY WOULD HAVE YOU BELIEVE that today’s episode was just another one of those silly topics that no one has heard of. But we bet you’ve heard this one before! Come listen to our guest hosts Chad and Brad chat about the moon landing. Was it real? Was it filmed on a Hollywood set? Or were they just “russian” it? We’re here to blow Chad and Brad’s minds, and we think we were successful. Come listen and judge for yourself!

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Sources:

The Mother Source on Apollo 11 and the conspiracy theories

University of Manchester

Capricorn One trailer 

“13 Reasons Why the Moon Landing was FAKE”

Vox

History

Time

USA Today

The Guardian

EnkiVillage

Florida Today