We recently had the pleasure of reading Heidi Busche’s book Relationship Ready: How I Stopped F*cking Randos and Started Cupcaking my Soulmate and this week we are here to talk about the very worst thing – dating! Heidi joined us and we chatted about some of the very worst dates we’ve been on (baby teeth, amirite?) as well as how Heidi overcame her worst self-destructive habits and found her soul mate.

You can find Heidi’s book on Amazon and Audible! Go read it today!

Tune in next week for more of our regularly scheduled programming.

Our stories this week may be too spooky for human consumption, so listener beware!

Dreia starts us off with the tale of the Mount Washington Hotel in Carroll, NH. This picturesque and historic hotel was built in 1900 by Joseph Stickney. A year after the hotel opened, Stickney died, leaving his wife Carolyn to live in the hotel. Carolyn never really left the hotel after her death and is said to haunt it to this day – which makes for fun photos and even more fun reviews on Trip Advisor.

Maggie details the story of the missing lighthouse keepers of Flannan Isle. Flannan Isle is rumored to be inhabited by faeries and/or giant birds and it is believed that on one not so stormy night in December 1900, the three lighthouse keepers of Flannan Isle were spirited away by the supernatural residents. There may be a more rational explanation, but we prefer to stick with faeries.

Come visit New Hampshire and Princess Carolyn’s ghost at the Mount Washington Hotel and also never give a faerie your name.

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It’s CULT WEEK again and we would like to remind you to wash your damn hands.

We’re talking about a couple of our favorite cults this week. And by favorite, we mean we hate them.

Maggie will tell you all about The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. It’s not actually a movie and it’s not actually fun, so buckle right in. In addition to disagreeing with the way communion was typically taken in the Roman Catholic Church, the cult leaders of The MRTCG made all the followers keep silent and refused to allow them to use soap. This doomsday cult ended badly, as they usually do, and in March 2000, most of the members perished through mass murder.

Dreia is going to revisit the 12 Tribes since Google ruined her life last time we recorded a cult week episode and deleted half of her research. So, remember the Yellow Deli? Well, that cult evolved into the abomination that is the 12 Tribes, and instead of free sandwiches with this cult, you get a bunch of homophobia, child labor, and garbage. Sounds like a fun trade, right?

We told you this wouldn’t be fun, so sorry if you didn’t listen.

Since you’re still reading – we’d like to ask you to consider donating to our fundraiser for Puppy Rescue Mission. We’ll be running a 5k on June 21st and will be using that opportunity to raise money for Puppy Rescue Mission – a non-profit that is dedicated to reunite dogs with the soldiers that they have bonded with while on deployment. It’s a fantastic cause and the dogs are the cutest little angels ever. You can find the link to the fundraiser on all of our social media:

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We are joined by Stephen Meader and Nathan Pepin from the We Need to Talk podcast this week and things are about to get silly, so strap in!

Since we are the most gracious hosts, Stephen is up first and has a pretty outrageous tale of how white people are the worst. He takes us to the Saco River area of Maine in the time of the colonists. White people arrived and were getting along fairly well with the natives of the area, until some bros decided to test the harmful myth that native babies could swim at birth. Well, one thing led to another, and a curse was cast that three white men would die in the river each year until all the white people left its shores.

If you’re still looking for some awfulness, then that’s great because Dreia and Maggie researched the Winchester Mystery House and are excited to tell you all about it. After the deaths of her entire family, Sarah Winchester (of the gun fame, not the Supernatural show fame) moved out to San Jose, CA and began construction on her new home that would last for 38 years. It was rumored that Sarah continued the construction for so long to ensure that angry spirits that had been killed by her family’s guns could never find her in her maze of a house. It was also rumored that Sarah would hold séances and get guidance on how to build the house from friendly spirits. Either way, this house is bananas and we really need to go see it for ourselves.

If you liked listening to Stephen and Nathan, check out their podcast We Need to Talk – it’s available on most podcatchers. You can find them on the online:

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Thanks for listening this week!

Hello friends!

This week, we’ve got a couple of bummers for you!

Dreia has the story of the Jigsaw Ghost and her horrible origin story. Perry Parker was a prominent banker in LA in 1927 and had a wonderful life with his wife and two young twin girls Marion and Marjorie. When the twins were 12 years old, a man in a suit came to their school and claimed he was a coworker of Perry’s and that their father had been in an accident and the smaller twin needed to go with him. This proved to be a lie and poor Marion was kidnapped and brutally murdered. To this day, her ghost haunts the area.

Maggie’s story is just as fun – in that it is not fun at all. She’s going to tell you about the Tamam Shud case of the Case of the Somerton Man. In late November 1948, the body of a man was found on Somerton beach. He was well dressed and had appeared to have been smoking while laying on the beach. The coroner felt that the man was poisoned, but there was no trace of poison in his system. The police could never identify the man, despite having found a lot of very strange evidence – including a small piece of paper rolled up tightly in a secret pocket of his trousers that simply said “Tamam Shud,” which translates to “It is ended.”

Let us know how you felt about this episode or whether you’d like Dreia to continue to be a villain!

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We asked for your help with choosing a fundraiser and you all came through with flying colors and we really really appreciate all of your feedback!

So, without further ado, we’d like to announce that the charity we will be fundraising money for in preparation for running the Smuttynose Will Run for Beer 5k on June 21, 2020 is PUPPY RESCUE MISSION! We are so thrilled that you voiced your opinion and we’re excited to be raising money for such an awesome cause! Keep an eye on our social media for more information about how to get involved.

Okay, so you came to the show notes space to actually read about what this episode is about, so thanks for your patience.

This week, Maggie is up first and she’s going to tell the story of how Barbara Stager is terrible and murdered her husband because he took away her tracksuits. Well, maybe he didn’t actually do that, but the couple was in crazy debt because she lied about their finances A LOT and when Russ Stager found out, he made sure that they cut way back to ensure that they could pay off all of their debts. Barb wasn’t a fan and Russ died mysteriously about a month later. Luckily, Russ had some folks on his side and Barbara was charged and convicted with his murder.

Dreia is up next and she’s got the story of the family annihilator – Jean Lanfray. Jean was a farmer that really loved absinthe and cognac and wine but did not like actually doing the things that needed to be done on the farm. He had a wife and two daughters and he expected them to do all of the chores on the farm while he got drunk and dug holes. Well, one day, his wife had enough, but unfortunately, Jean didn’t see the issue with his behavior and he decided to kill her and his entire family. This incident caused a crazy uproar throughout the country (and the world) and absinthe was banned in many countries because of this murder.

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Hey! We’re back! Just like we are every Tuesday. It’s nice to have people in your life that are so reliable, right?

Okay, Dreia is up first this week and she’s got a pretty rough story that happened just a few months ago – in December 2019. Let’s take a trip to the Philippines and meet a young man named Lloyd Bagtong. In this story, Bagtong is not a hero. In fact, he’s pretty terrible and murders a young woman because he claims he was irritated by her speaking English. It’s not an excuse and we’re not cool with it.

Maggie is next up and she’s got a story of how a blog post helped solve a murder. In 2005, Simon Ng and his sister Sharon were murdered by Sharon’s ex-boyfriend. Simon had been home writing in his blog when his murderer showed up and started to rummage through the apartment Simon shared with his sister. Simon’s last blog post lead the police straight to the killer and they were able to get justice for both Simon and Sharon.

Thanks so much for listening, friends! As always, we’ll see you next time!

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite of the three charity options we’ve picked out. We’ll be running the Smuttynose Will Run for Beer 5k in Hampton, NH on June 21st and we want fundraise money for a charity while we’re doing it! We need your help on narrowing down the charity, so please let us know if you’d like us to run for the National Organization for Victim Assistance (NOVA), Puppy Rescue Mission (PRM), or End the Backlog.

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It’s that time of the month again… CULT WEEK!

We know you’re excited and so are we. But, here’s the thing, Maggie is sick and so, we’re going to make this episode pretty quick because her voice is about to be gone forever. Sound good? Okay, cool.

First, Maggie is going to tell you all about the Matamoros Human Sacrifice Cult. With a name like that, it’s bound to be a nice walk in the park, right? Unfortunately, no. This cult was led by Adolfo de Jesus Constanzo and Sara Aldrete in Matamoros, Mexico. They believed that they would gain power and protection by sacrificing humans. What they did gain was a prison sentence, so they were wrong.

Dreia is second this week and has researched the 12 Tribes, otherwise known as the Yellow Deli People. The 12 Tribes is a Christian Fundamentalist cult that also gives out free sandwiches. But, if you go and get a sandwich at their deli, you may never actually leave. And also, there’s a lot of child labor involved here.

Thanks for listening friends! We’ll have all of our voices back next week and we can’t wait to hang out then!

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Okay, first off, we just want to say that Tina Turner is not RuPaul and Mad Max is certainly not The Beast Master.

Now that we’ve got that out of the way – shall we talk about some crimes and such? Great. Here we go.

Dreia is up first this week and she’s going to tell us about the disappearance of Angela Hammond. Angela had just graduated from high school and was deeply in love with her fiancé Rob Shafer. The pair were looking forward to spending their lives together when Angela suddenly disappeared – the only clues being her last phone call with Rob, a green F-150, and a possible link to Canada.

There are no happy endings in this episode and Maggie is bringing another bummer your way with the story of Andrei Chikatilo. Andrei grew up in post Holodomor Ukraine, during WWII, and was bullied a lot as a child. This was no excuse for the atrocities that he would go on to commit, including raping and molesting children and murdering over 50 people throughout the Soviet Union between 1978 and 1990.

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Welcome to our trashiest episode yet, friends! We’re talking Florida men, vampires, great sitcom ideas, old fashioned trash, new fashioned trash, and Jane Austen. With also some of our actual content thrown in. Come take a listen!

Maggie is first this week and she has decided to go pretty dark. She’s going to tell the story of John Brennan Crutchley, who was a terrible human being that is possibly responsible for quite a few deaths, but the only thing police were ever able to pin on him was the rape and brutal kidnapping of a young woman. This young woman managed to escape from Crutchley’s home and because of her bravery, he was put in prison, where he eventually died. So, hooray?

Dreia’s story is like a Jane Austen novel that met a Sabrina the Teenage Witch episode and produced an unholy sitcom of epic proportions. She’s going to tell the story of Loftus Hall in Ireland – where the hero of our story fell in love and then died mysteriously in the tapestry room. She still haunts Loftus Hall to this day and she’s not particularly happy that the tapestry room has been converted to a billiards room.

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