Ep.24 – All Hail The Chiefs: Presidential Fun Facts

Come along with us as Sarah shares some little known but fantastically interesting facts about a handful of America’s early leaders. From wine stains to possum dinners, this episode has it all!

Ep.23 – Tickling the Dragon's Tail: The Story of the Demon Core

In 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. But a third bomb was planned and prepared to be dropped as well. After the Japanese surrender and the end of World War 2, the plutonium core of this bomb was used in tests that physicist Richard Feynman described as like “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon”. The events that followed would earn the item its well known nickname - the demon core.

In 1945, two atomic bombs were dropped on Japan. But a third bomb was planned and prepared to be dropped as well. After the Japanese surrender and the end of World War 2, the plutonium core of this bomb was used in tests that physicist Richard Feynman described as like “tickling the tail of a sleeping dragon”. The events that followed would earn the item its well known nickname - the demon core.

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Ep.22 – Niagra Falls Down, Goes Boom

It’s been too long since we’ve done an episode about stunts fit for Jackass. In this episode, Sarah gives Clay the rundown on the people who have survived the 187-foot drop over the edge of Niagara Falls.

It’s been too long since we’ve done an episode about stunts fit for Jackass. In this episode, Sarah gives Clay the rundown on the people who have survived the 187-foot drop over the edge of Niagara Falls.

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Ep.21 – The Catastrophic Journey of the 1905 Russian Baltic Fleet

As war abruptly began between Russia and Japan in 1904, Russia summons the Baltic Fleet to travel 18,000 miles to the East. Their journey was a catastrophe.

As war abruptly began between Russia and Japan in 1904, Russia found itself unprepared to face the naval might of the Imperial Navy. Tsar Nicholas II summoned the Baltic Fleet to hastily make way to the East to support the Pacific Fleet, but this would be a monumental challenge. The Baltic Fleet would have to traverse 18,000 miles from the Baltic, down across the tip of Africa and across the Indian Ocean for a grueling 7 months. Would they be able to complete their mission and save Russia? By the name of the episode, I suspect you may know the answer already.

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Ep.20 – The Principality of Sealand // Judith Love Cohen

It's our first double header episode! First, Clay shares the story of the incredible micronation of Sealand. Located just off the coast of Suffolk in Great Britain, Sealand sits on a 1-acre platform and has existed there for over 50 years. Next, Sarah shares the incredible story of Judith Love Cohen. Starting her life as a little girl who loved dancing and mathematics, she grew into one of the most accomplished aerospace engineers in American history!

It's our first double header episode! First, Clay shares the story of the incredible micronation of Sealand. Located just off the coast of Suffolk in Great Britain, Sealand sits on a 1-acre platform and has existed there for over 50 years. Next, Sarah shares the incredible story of Judith Love Cohen. Starting her life as a little girl who loved dancing and mathematics, she grew into one of the most accomplished aerospace engineers in American history!

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Ep.19 – Sarah Rector Drinks Your Milkshake

This week, Sarah takes Clay on a journey to the oil fields of Oklahoma in 1911 where an unlikely heroine began her incredible journey. The amazing life story of Sarah Rector is a rags to riches tale in every sense of the word, with twists and turns and good triumphing over evil.

This week, Sarah takes Clay on a journey to the oil fields of Oklahoma in 1911 where an unlikely heroine began her incredible journey. The amazing life story of Sarah Rector is a rags to riches tale in every sense of the word, with twists and turns and good triumphing over evil.

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Ep.18 – Bizarre Disappearances: Blair Adams and David Glenn Lewis

It's a double-decker true crime episode!

It's a double-decker true crime episode! This week I share not one, but TWO stories of people who disappeared under bizarre circumstances and met tragic fates. Both men lived fairly normal lives, but something happened that cause them to vanish, only to later show up dead with no good explanation as to how or why.

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Ep.17 – The Children of the Night: Real-Life Vampires

For as long as there have been storytellers, there have been vampire stories. Join us this week as Sarah shares some of those stories with Clay, including the first recorded vampires in England, a vampire pandemic in nineteenth century America, and various vampiric myths and legends from all around the world!

For as long as there have been storytellers, there have been vampire stories. Join us this week as Sarah shares some of those stories with Clay, including the first recorded vampires in England, a vampire pandemic in nineteenth century America, and various vampiric myths and legends from all around the world!

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Ep.16 – America's Hoarders: The Collyer Brothers

Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.

Today we discuss America’s most infamous hoarders - Homer and Langley Collyer. Long before television shows brought compulsive hoarding into the limelight were the Collyer brothers, who amassed an incredible collection of stuff in their four-story Harlem brownstone throughout the 1930s and 40s. But it was the manner in which they died that shocked the nation and solidified their names in newspapers and stories for decades to come.

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  • "Stuff: compulsive hoarding and the meaning of things" by Frost, Randy O
  • "Weird New York: your travel guide to New York's local legends and best kept secrets" by Gethard, Chris

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Ep.15 – The Duality of Man: Arthur Conan Doyle and the SPR

What happens when a brilliant man of science has a brush with the metaphysical?

What happens when a brilliant man of science has a brush with the metaphysical? More than just the legendary creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was also a prominent champion of the Victorian spiritualist movement. Join us as Sarah discusses his experiences with seances, phantoms, and even fairies.

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