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Send us a text It’s October 31st. The air is crisp, leaves crunch underfoot, and jack-o’-lanterns flicker from porches while kids in costumes race door to door. Halloween feels like pure fun—but behind the candy and costumes lies a story that stretches back over 2,000 years. In this episode, we’ll travel from the windswept fields of ancient Celtic lands, where Samhain marked the thin veil between the living and the dead, to medieval Europe’s soul cakes and guising traditions, and finally to A...

Send us a text Before Halloween became a whirlwind of candy and costumes, October 30th carried a very different energy—one of mischief, unpredictability, and sometimes outright chaos. Known as Mischief Night, it was a time for kids and teens to bend the rules, egg houses, tip outhouses, and drape trees in toilet paper. From Detroit’s notorious Devil’s Night to Northern New Jersey’s playful Goosey Night and Pennsylvania’s quiet pranks, each region added its own flavor to the tradition. Mischie...

Send us a text Halloween is the season where imagination and anxiety collide—and nothing captures that better than urban legends. From poisoned candy and razor-filled apples to haunted houses no one escapes, these modern folklore tales reflect our deepest fears and cultural panics. In this episode, we’ll unravel the strange history of Halloween scares: the “Candyman” case that made parents inspect every treat, the rise of razor blade myths, and even the Satanic Panic that turned black c...

Send us a text Throughout history, societies have invented cruel and creative ways to punish, control, and humiliate. From the infamous ducking stool—used to silence “scolds” and shame the accused in public squares—to the horrifying Brazen Bull, where victims roasted alive inside a bronze beast, these devices reveal both the brutality and psychology of past justice systems. In this episode of Info On The Go, we explore some of the most notorious torture and execution devices: Public Humiliati...

Send us a text When autumn arrives, pumpkins may get the spotlight, but apples are the true rulers of the season. From orchards heavy with fruit to steaming mugs of cider, from flaky pies to the playful tradition of bobbing, apples carry centuries of history, symbolism, and celebration. In this episode, we’ll explore how this humble fruit traveled across the world, became a staple of harvest life, and transformed into a cultural icon of fall. Apples aren’t just food—they’re the flavor, ...

Send us a text If your idea of Halloween thrill goes beyond plastic skeletons and polite jump scares, you’re in the right place. Across the U.S., a new breed of haunted attractions has risen—ones that trade in traditional ghosts and goblins for full-throttle immersion, psychological torment, and physical intensity. These aren’t places where you simply walk through a spooky hallway—they’re experiences where you crawl through crematory ovens, scream into pitch darkness, and sign waivers that re...

Send us a text Some fear comes with fangs. Some with shadows. But the most unsettling kind wears a stitched smile. Forget the cracked porcelain face you’ve seen in the movies—the real Annabelle is no gothic-looking doll at all, but a Raggedy Ann gifted to a nursing student in the 1970s. What began as a sweet gesture soon unraveled into a chilling legend: the doll moved on its own, left eerie notes, and left claw-like scratches on an unsuspecting friend. From the desperate séances of frightene...

Send us a text When you picture a werewolf, you probably think of a Hollywood monster—hair sprouting under a full moon, silver bullets, and a man caught between human and beast. But the legend of humans turning into wolves is far older—and far stranger—than the movies ever imagined. For thousands of years, cultures around the world have told stories of people transforming into wolves: sometimes as punishment, sometimes as warriors, and sometimes as monsters. From the ancient Greek tale of Kin...

Send us a text Before Jack the Ripper stalked Whitechapel, another figure haunted London’s imagination—one with glowing red eyes, clawed hands, and an uncanny ability to leap across rooftops. His name was Spring-Heeled Jack. First reported in 1837, this mysterious figure attacked women in darkened streets, spat blue flames, and vanished into the fog with impossible agility. Was he a demon, a prankster nobleman with experimental gadgets, or simply the product of mass hysteria? In this episode,...

Send us a text When you hear the word witch, what comes to mind? A crooked figure bent over a cauldron, whispering spells? A healer gathering herbs beneath the moonlight? Or perhaps a woman on trial, accused of consorting with the Devil? Witches have always lived on the edge of imagination and society — both feared and sought after. Every culture has its own traditions of magic: protective charms, curses, rituals to heal, or ways to connect with the unseen. For centuries, the word...

Send us a text Every autumn, pumpkin spice seems to take over—lattes, candles, cereals, even dog treats. But this cozy, spiced flavor didn’t appear out of nowhere. In this episode, we trace pumpkin spice back to its roots in colonial kitchens, where cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger, and cloves were prized imports from Asia and mixed into early pumpkin pies. We’ll follow its rise through the 20th century with pre-mixed “pumpkin pie spice,” and then watch as Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spice Latte transfo...

Send us a text What if there was a book over 600 years old, written in a language no one on Earth can read? A book filled with impossible plants, strange star charts, and mysterious illustrations that look scientific—but make no sense. This is the Voynich Manuscript, often called the most mysterious book in the world. For centuries it has baffled cryptographers, historians, and even artificial intelligence, yet its meaning remains unknown. Is it a code waiting to be cracked, a medieval ...

Send us a text He looked like an unremarkable drifter—a man with a rap sheet full of thefts, assaults, and petty crimes. But behind that façade, Samuel Little carried a darker truth. By the end of his life, he confessed to killing 93 women, with the FBI confirming more than 60—making him the deadliest known serial killer in American history. This episode unravels the chilling story of how Little evaded capture for decades. From an unstable childhood and early acts of violence to a lifetime of...

Send us a text From the fields of ancient Egypt to the harvest festivals of today, scarecrows have always been more than straw and cloth. They began as humble guardians of crops, but across cultures they took on deeper meaning—symbols of fertility, protection, and sometimes even vessels of the uncanny. In this episode, we trace the scarecrow’s journey from ancient ritual object to eerie figure in folklore, literature, and horror. Why do these silent, human-shaped watchers continue to fa...

Send us a text Halloween night. Costumes rustle as kids race from door to door, candy buckets filling with chocolates, lollipops, and—love it or hate it—those little orange, yellow, and white kernels: candy corn. Some people pop them by the handful; others groan at the sight. But here’s the question—how did this odd, waxy, tri-colored candy become a Halloween icon that has lasted for over 140 years? In this episode of Info On The Go, we unwrap the surprising story of candy corn. From its inve...

Send us a text In May of 1934, in a modest farmhouse in northern Ontario, five identical girls were born—Annette, Émilie, Yvonne, Cécile, and Marie. Overnight, the Dionne Quintuplets became the most famous babies in the world, celebrated as a medical miracle and a symbol of hope during the Great Depression. But their story didn’t end with survival—it became something far more complicated. Taken from their parents, raised under government guardianship, and displayed to the public in a to...

Send us a text What did we lose when the Library of Alexandria disappeared? Imagine stepping into a place where the air is rich with parchment and ink, where halls overflow with scrolls written in Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Indian, and countless other languages. A place where astronomers charted the stars, mathematicians calculated the Earth’s size, and poets tested new verses—all under one roof. This wasn’t just a library; it was the beating heart of ancient knowledge, the dream made real by ...

Send us a text When a prescription drug carries a “Black Box warning,” it means you’ve entered the highest tier of caution in modern medicine. These bold, black-bordered labels—first introduced by the FDA in 1979—aren’t cosmetic. They are red flags signaling serious risks: from suicidal thoughts and organ failure to life-threatening allergic reactions and birth defects. But what exactly earns a drug this classification? And what happens after it does? In this episode, we explore Black Box dru...

Send us a text On April 28, 1788, Maryland became the seventh state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, securing its place in the foundation of a new republic. But Maryland’s story begins long before that pivotal moment. From the thriving Indigenous communities who first called the Chesapeake home, to its founding as a Catholic refuge, to its role in revolution, civil war, and the fight for civil rights, Maryland’s history is one of contrasts—idealism and conflict, prosperity and struggle, tradi...