What's In Your Hometown?

Join Julia and Sam as they wash their hands of the last decade and dive deep into one of histories oldest monsters.

We're back!!! Join Julia and Sam this week as we talk about serial poisoner Audrey Marie Hilley and the mysteries death of Captain Edward Smith.

Come join us for some ghost stories this week! Sam explores a portal to the seventh realm of hell in Stull, Kansas, and Julia regales us with stories of the Ghosts of St. Augustine, Florida.

IT'S HALLOWEEN...almost!! Join Julia and I this nearly Halloween as we go over Ted Bundy's counterpart, Robert Reldan. Stay spooky and try to keep from wondering, what's in your hometown?!

Welcome to the Halloween 2019 episode of What's In Your Hometown, where we gather 'round the campfire to tell each other some very spooky ghost stories. This week, Sam tells us about the Whaley House, the single most haunted location in all of the US, and the tragedies that befell the family that called it home. Then, Julia takes us across the country to Helltown, Ohio, an abandoned region in Summit County, Ohio that's famous for housing Satanists, serial killers, mutants, ghosts, and creepy,...

Welcome to this weeks episode of What's In Your Hometown! Join Julia and Sam as Sam regales us all with the tale of Ma Barker and the Barker-Karpis Gang. This story has everything, nicknames, Gator Joe, and one of America's most famous cult leaders?!

Hello everyone!!! Join Julia and Sam this week as Sam gloriously fails trying to pronounce all the Danish names associated with the famous haunted Dragsholm Castle and Julia spooks us with her regaling tale of Hell Hotel.

Welcome to our One Year Anniversary Special! Today marks one year since the release of the first episode of What's In Your Hometown? So, to celebrate, we've got -cryptids- for you. First, Julia talks about The Bear Lake Monster from Utah and Idaho. Are they real, are they actually ancient, did they wash up on the shores or have we all collectively lost our minds? Then, Sam continues to struggle with sleep paralysis and brings us a tale of the ancient Dark Watchers of the Chumash culture. Or i...

We've got a special guest this week! Brooke from the Married AF Podcast joins us to talk about the Baton Rouge serial killer, Derek Todd Lee, and her personal connection to this gruesome case. Then, Julia and Sam team up to tackle the crimes of The Human Five, a fearsome cult of voodoo practicing axe murderers led by a teenage girl (no, really, that's a thing that happened).Check out the Civilized Creatures Network on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram to find out more about us!

In this extra-long episode, Julia talks about the chilling murder of Jimmy Michael, a successful entrepreneur from her hometown that was found burned to cinders in his bed - there is only one suspect, and the case is entirely circumstantial. Is this bad police work or was the killer just that bad at hiding their involvement? Then, Sam talks about the infamous Vampire of Sacramento, a paranoid schizophrenic with a bad case of hypochondria and a taste for human flesh. When IS the right time to ...