Send us a text This week we're talking all things "Exorcist" - from the story of Roland Doe (aka Robbie Mannheim), to the ways that the publication and following movie adaptation undeniably changed horror as entertainment, pop culture, and society as we know it. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text She made tiny crime scenes and biiiig waves in forensic science. Tune in to meet Francis Glessner Lee, the mother of forensics and ultimate Queen who turned doll houses into much, much more. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text Decapitations, dismemberment, and Depression-era despair - this episode has it all! Tune in to hear the twisted tale of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, where the only thing more elusive than the killer is Eliot Ness's sanity. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text Sometimes, you wonder where human evolution will take us. Are we to return to monke? Will we all become crab? When we ask where we'll go, we must look back at where we've been. Which direction did our hominid ancestors go? Perhaps........ Bigfoot? Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text What do you get when you cross anarchy, World War I, xenophobia, capitalism, and the slave trade? That's right: the Great Molasses Flood of 1919! Watch out, Boston - no one is safe in this perfect storm of 20th century ideals. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text YIKES. It would have sucked to be an Italian grocer in New Orleans in 1918 and 1919. Do you believe the Axe Man was a singular person? Would you have jazzed it out in March 1919? Do you think Pepitone's widow killed the real Axe Man? Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text Many girls experience a phase during their preteen years called the "Shirtwaist Factory Fire Era." Georgia did not experience this phase, so it's up to Hannah to give her the deets. Fire safety is feminist, and don't you forget it. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Further reading: https://trianglefire.ilr.cornell.edu/ Support the show

Send us a text People were buried under Lincoln Park in the 1800s? They were still finding bodies that hadn't been reinterred in the early 1900s?? They were STILL finding bodies in 1998??? What is going on?!?! Tune in this week to find out. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text "Is anyone here with us?" That's one of the main questions we ask this week as we ramble into the void. We're talking spiritualism. We're talking feminism. We're talking ouija boards. We're talking Winchester Mystery Mansion. And many other things in between. Tune in or miss out! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text You may be familiar with Harry Houdini's "magic" tricks and his tenure as the world's greatest escape artist, but did you know he was a staunch anti-spiritualist? Or, well... maybe you knew that. But what about the first thing? There's a lot to learn in this episode. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text Apologies for the inconsistent audio here - I had a lot of issues. Besides that, get ready for truth bombs about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (the Columbian Exposition) and the real loser behind the sensationalized myth that is H.H. Holmes, aka the devil in the White City. What a Mudgett. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text You may be wondering, "Gosh Hannah, you sure do talk about a lot of things that aren't the Hodag in this episode!" And you would be right. Who knew that there was so much historical context to this beloved cryptid? Listen in to learn about Paul Bunyan, pine logging dangers, Ojibwe folklore, and a whole lot of sidetracks. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text Buckle your seatbelts because are we talking you on a wild ride this episode! If you thought you knew about Edison inventing motion pictures, does Georgia sure have news for you. Tune in for this super juicy 19th century gossip. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text We're asking the real questions this week, folx: did Poe have a time machine? Also, what were the circumstances that led to his death? And what the hell is a "Poe Toaster?" Tune in to hear the answers and much, much more! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For Further Reading: https://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/edgar-allan-po...

Send us a text How much do you know about what really happened out on the California Trail? Well... Tune in to find out! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donner_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californi...

Send us a text Everyone knows about the cursed LaLaurie Mansion, but what about the dark history beyond Nicholas Cage and the reported hauntings? And who was Madame Delphine LaLaurie? Tune in as we uncover some historical truths. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For Further Reading: https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/?srsltid=AfmBOopa8U7oLMhyY4-sHUBkh1vCU...

Send us a text You really wouldn't believe what the deal is with the Mormons. Hannah takes Georgia through an abbreviated history of the Latter Day Saints movement, both of them trying hard to understand from an anthropological lens. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us a text You've lived through a global pandemic, but have you ever lived through an epidemic? Dr. Benjamin Rush sure did, not 20 years after he penned his name down on the Declaration of Independence. Did he have some quirky ideas on how to heal people afflicted with yellow fever? Well... yeah. Have we learned anything from that experience? Well... sorta. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Sup...

Send us a text It's time for the second epiosde of our second and we're talking about two brothers who didn't deserve any second chances. There are also two of us. There's a 2 thing here somewhere... Anyway, join us for a small dose of what life was like in the Revolutionary War era as we talk vigilante justice and all things gruesome in the poorly documented case of the Harpe Brothers. Spoiler warning: it does get pretty graphic so be wary! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah ...

Send us a text Aaaaaand we're back! Welcome to our season of American folk tales, true crime, cryptids, and other stories. In this episode, Georgia and Hannah play a little New Year's catch-up, then dive right into the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and American colonization. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show