We hope you're ready for a spookin'! Jenna gives Brittany all the deets on Willard Public Library, and how the dream of a rich old white man with a heart of gold eventually led to one of the most infamously haunted libraries. 













Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Heather is IN MICHIGAN to tell Brittany about some fast food crimes. We may be having too much fun. Peep the reference to Heather's podcast Nature vs Narcissism and go check it out after you listen to this episode!







Sources:


https://globalnews.ca/news/9063893/antoine-sims-cold-fries-murder/ https://www.koco.com/article/trail-of-corn-dogs-leads-to-burglary-arrest/4285092https://www.mylespaul.com/threads/man-calls-911-after-burger-king-runs-out-of-lemonade.33117/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-arrested-running-meth-lab-out-iowa-taco-bell-n404301 https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/suspect-falls-from-subway-restaurant-ceiling-with-stolen-deli-meat-police-say/



Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Happy Holidays! For a special treat on this festive lore episode, we have Brittany, Chris, AND Thurlow here to tell you about Krampus - claws and all!  








Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/
Krampus - Wikipedia
Krampus | Definition, St. Nicholas, Christmas, History, & Facts | Britannica
Sack Man - Wikipedia
Krampus: Origins of the Yuletide Monster | Monstrum
Grýla - Wikipedia
Meet Krampus, the Christmas Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children | HISTORY
The History of Krampus | Horror History 


Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Thurlow get together to talk about the death of a founding father and first president of The United States of America: George Washington! While most know him in all of his glory, we explain one of the most widely used examples of blood-letting.









Sources:

https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-death-of-george-washington?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADye4kGoqj3nsTlSDmfqMrkpDFv_Y&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmt24BhDPARIsAJFYKk2RT4Ys6AmP3NjaF1w6A-XX59KMqDuJRfQET6xy7n8d0FFWXelxzbkaAknwEALw_wcB
https://www.britannica.com/question/How-did-George-Washington-die
https://www.utmb.edu/mdnews/podcast/episode/what-killed-washington



Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

In this long overdue Way Off Track episode, Brittany tells Thurlow about the ghost town of Singapore, Michigan, and how it became buried beneath the sand dunes. 






Sources: 

https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/crises/1837.html 
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/michigan-life/remnants-of-buried-singapore-are-hiding-in-plain-sight-today/69-51227c66-54b9-4164-8c97-e090891a1318 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvxLIVwizo
https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/best-of-the-daily-j-the-story-of-singapore-michigans-buried-ghost-town
https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/best-of-the-daily-j-the-story-of-singapore-michigans-buried-ghost-town
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/history/2024/08/02/lake-michigan-ghost-town-speculated-buried-beneath-dunes/6805496001/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore,_Michigan#:~:text=Singapore%20is%20a%20ghost%20town,ravaged%20by%20fires%20in%201871

Brittany and Heather are back for Part 2 of our con artist series where Brittany tells the story of how Anna Delvey tricked the New York socialites and (almost) made her way to the top. Grab your champagne and your Birkin bag - you're not going to miss out on this one.








Sources:

https://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html
https://people.com/crime/inventing-anna-true-story/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38517687/anna-delvey-sorkin-inventing-anna-true-story/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_toc_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_17942344289&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7ZO0BhDYARIsAFttkCjg63qKvuFHqPYqxjW3V_x0o0GMnA3vFd1yd-OuAVjztvwyRjvgXXMaAug4EALw_wcB
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38962970/where-is-anna-delvey-today/
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/video/anna-delvey-documentary/
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/inventing-anna-fact-check
https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/anna-delvey-now-rcna15204
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a21563727/summer-of-scam-anna-delvey-explained/20/20 - The Sinfluencer of Soho



Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Heather gives Brittany the history behind some of the most well-known nursery rhymes, and let us tell you - some are downright creepy! 




Sources:

https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/rhymes-in-time/muffin-man 
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/10/04/the-muffin-man-is-the-beloved-nursery-rhyme-based-on-a-serial-killer/ 
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muffin-man-song-serial-killer/ 
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymes 
https://theghostposts.com/8-dark-nursery-rhymes/ https://cafemom.com/parenting/meanings-nursery-rhymes-lullabies/this-old-man 
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/famous-nursery-rhymes-popular-song-meanings 






Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Heather are getting into con artists! Scammers, phonies, fakes, scheisty individuals... whatever you call them, you're not going to want to miss part one of this series where Heather shares the details on Victor Lustig. Did we con you into listening? 






Sources: 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/
https://strawpoll.com/most-famous-con-artist https://thehustle.co/originals/the-con-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice-1 
https://www.uselessinformation.org/lustig/index.html 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9880185/The-man-conned-world-Audacious-scams-career-criminal-Victor-Lustig-told-new-book.html 


Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Chris try to figure out where those garden dudes orginated from, and some of the trouble they caused along the way. Get out your shovels for some digging. 




Sources:

https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gnome

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome

https://www.britannica.com/art/gnome

The Gnome by The Brothers Grimm

Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes by R.L. Stein

https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Lawn_Gnomes







Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

New Way Off Track incoming! Brittany really wanted to talk about when people got accidentally buried alive back in the day, and Thurlow helped with the technical stuff. 




Sources: 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/people-feared-being-buried-alive-so-much-they-invented-these-special-safety-coffins-180970627/

https://www.nmfh.org/buried-alive-boetticher/

https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/07/13/the-terrifyingly-true-stories-of-people-that-were-buried-alive/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial#:~:text=In%20the%20seventeenth%20century%20in,burial%20was%20changed%20to%20beheading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial#:~:text=In%20the%20seventeenth%20century%20in,burial%20was%20changed%20to%20beheading.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher

https://poemuseum.org/the-cask-of-amontillado/

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686