Compilations Episodes

This week, Melanie does a cemetery crawl, Brianne gets inspired by pettiness beyond the grave, alligator feet present a setback for the anti-smoking lobby, green beans ruin the day, Melanie victim blames and slut shames sheep, and lightkeepers are all haunted. Content warnings: cemeteries/graves/decomposition, drugs, Hurricane Katrina deaths, drowning, boat capsizing, structural fire, burn injuries, adult jokes, depression/psych meds. Links: 13 Jan 1886, 4 16 Tales that Make these Historic Lig...

This week, MELANIE IS BACK, Brianne is haunted by a koala, Florida man bracket kicks off, Melanie loves chaotic men, everyone is naked, lava lamps cause a lot of trouble, Brianne meets a snake and tries on victim blaming for size, and Melanie permanently loses her right to judge Midwestern cuisine. Content warnings: COVID, unwanted physical contact in the form of a wet willy, passing mention of Glasgow smiles and schizophrenia, extensive and detailed discussion of having alcoholic parents, hall...

This week, Melanie records her last episode before maternity leave, TAG (The Audio Guy) chimes in, we ponder what a Florida Man baby would be like, the cryptid bracket comes to a close, Melanie identifies her strengths, the final Titanic episode sets sail, a staffing change sinks the Titanic, Violet Jessop becomes our WCW, James Cameron has a bad trip, we demand an apology from Leonardo DiCaprio, and Melanie has a lot to learn about beverages. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: difficult labor, infan...

This week, Melanie's labor is a disaster, Brianne makes one of the most controversial cryptid hot takes yet, a Carpathia passenger is an unapologetic gossip, the pro-Cal lobby is just three Billy Zanes in a trench coat, dogs get zoomies on the Titanic, a cat sees the writing on the wall, and we unpack two Jack Dawson conspiracy theories. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: burial at sea, death from hypothermia and drowning, fictional revenge porn, deaths of companion animals, deaths of (fictional) chi...

This week, Melanie is gonna have a baby and the southerners are unimpressed, The Audio Guy requests a specific head in a box, Chicago Mothman battles The Jersey Devil, we embark upon the maiden voyage of a Titanic extravaganza, women care for each other, someone dies standing up, and Brianne's inner 10 year old is having the best day of her life. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: death of an adolescent and teen from their mother's perspective, loss of various spouses, death of a child 1:01:00, body ...

This week, Melanie ventures into the worst part of 2007 internet, the wendigo finally gets his day in court, Brianne would rather get eaten than deal with someone crying but Melanie loves the aesthetics of it, we get a classic “I didn’t know I was pregnant” story at 42,000 feet, someone jumps out of a moving train, Melanie introduces a different kind of birth canal, someone has a baby up a tree with crocodiles, Brianne nearly walks out on the job over a nightmarish story, and Melanie is marked s...

This week, we enter Jeremy Bearimy time, Bigfoot faces off against sentient pants, Melanie gets high-brow on us and continues with her favorite chaotic men theme, ballerinas catch fire, firefighters eff around and find out, a man hacks his way through a crowd, 807 Walnut Street is hit by disaster after grandiose disaster, and Melanie rolls out the exclusive new $20 Patreon level. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: extensive animal cruelty, slavery/dehumanization, animal attacks, amputation, racism/mi...

This week, discombobulation abounds, we start the hairdo pocket revolution, cryptid teeth arrive in the mail, Brianne does not want a head in the box, the wendigo and selkie face off, Melanie has an alarming conspiracy, we struggle to be mature, and a whole bunch of scuba diving disasters happen. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: brief reference to gore from last episode, sexual innuendo, brief mention of suicide in a legend at 34:03, drowning, death of adult child from parent's perspective, decompo...

This week, Melanie and Brianne contemplate mortality, Melanie crosses her legs to keep Baby John Mellencamp in, a cryptid has an elaborate backstory, we're joined in the studio by fourteen badass ghosts drinking beers, Brianne loves atmospheric trains, we all learn about saturation diving together, YouTube crowns the most gruesome death imaginable, and Melanie has disaster-themed maternity photos. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: death/mortality, claustrophobia, drowning deaths, very vague mention...

This week, Brianne plans a chair operation, the cryptid bracket continues with another lake snake versus an angry mountain monster, Melanie denies her taxidermy derby hat energy, a real life dryer fire crisis is averted, Brianne is underwhelmed by a drug syndicate, a villain falls from the sky, a black bear stumbles upon the stash of a lifetime, an unexpected snack rains down on Kentucky, a museum gets eaten, science and creativity win the day in Disaster Relief. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: t...

SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Snakes, wasps, animals killing each other in nature, violence in war, IED, fire, human being on fire, graphic description of severe burn injuries, hypothermia death, drug dealing, hurricane, interactions with the police, incarceration, gross media depictions of black men, racism, child in peril (abduction) who survives 51:10-53:53, brief and non-explicit mention of sexual assault of a child 52:00-53:53, child in peril (drowning) who survives 54:50-58:36, mass shooti...

SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Death by accidental gunshot wound, vague discussion of shark attacks, death by falling projectile, a couple euphemistic dirty jokes (younger kids would not understand, adolescents might), specific description of gross food, cannibalism, starvation, death of infant 45:21-45:44, death of child 47:44-50:45, animal exploitation, brief mention of sex lube at 56:53 and 57:00, death of infant 57:49-58:30, death of infant 01:01:05-1:01:33, Links: Baby Dies After Being Hit ...

SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Racism in the military, stereotype of black men as sexual predators, gun violence in the context of war, grenades, bludgeoning death, stabbing death, disembowelment, coma/near-death, traumatic death/c-section, poor treatment of veterans, death from myocarditis, PTSD, alcoholism, poverty, death from blood loss, torpedoes, death by explosion, sucking chest wound, death in car accident, impalement, diabetes, depression, death of adult child from mother's perspective 1:...

SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Poop, birds, plane emergency landing, mention of pornography, brief mentions of vomit Links: 12 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Flavors Inspired By Musicians, Bands, and Festivals 2004 Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident Aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship Accident: Ryanair B738 at Rome on Nov 10th 2008, engine and landing gear trouble, temporarily departed runway Cara's Basement Carnival Cruise Ship Ordered Held in Texas in Shipwreck Suit Carnival Triumph Disaste...

This week, Brianne returns from the dead, we speculate about our nemeses, Brianne coaches Melanie on how to care less, a haunted house surprise does not go according to plan, we revisit the Indiana State Fairgrounds, a prop noose isn't a prop noose, a chaotic magician's act goes wrong, a Halloween display isn't a display, a buried alive theme park attraction goes wrong, and a prop knife isn't a prop knife. Content warnings: Multiple accidental deaths by hanging including some by teenagers, mult...

This week, Melanie bites off more fireworks than she can chew, fireworks warehouses detonate, a hot dog is replaced with TNT, a fire department takes one look and peaces out, an obituary tells it like it is, a Gaston actor meets a terrible end, a suburban middle-aged couple has a secret in their garage, and we draw a line in the sand on Transitions lenses. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: explosions, gore/decapitation 18:00-19:19, multiple deaths of adults, alcoholism. Links: 20 Questionable Firew...

This week, newlywed Melanie lives in a city with lawless drive-thru daiquiri shacks, we unpack the etymology of a gross old-timey phrase, Melanie plays Pokemon Go while she delivers a baby and railroads another kid into choosing the team of her preference, PoGo players make a grisly discovery, a couple people play "gotta catch 'em all" with court cases, and a good-hearted trainer helps a fellow veteran. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Fairly vague reference to miscarriage/infertility, c-section, d...

This week, Brianne has to make her own daiquiri at great personal risk, Melanie plans a meeting in Japan, a welfare clerk, some gold miners, a surgery resident, and a high school student meet horrific fates, elevators operate at unnatural speeds with or without power, we offer otter and elephant and goat palate cleansers to get through the intense parts, and Melanie can't cope with the word shaft. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: mild hand cut, dangerous elevators, gore/decapitation 8:16-10:45, min...

This week, Brianne offers a charcuterie board of amusement park accidents, a wholesome dad saves the day, we clarify that water is wet, teenage lifeguards have too much work ethic, Hagrid's Care of Magical Creatures class gets out of control, redneck dads lose their hog wild budgets, Melanie loves sandblasters, and we try to buy a rollercoaster on eBay. SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Heights/falling, vague mention of drowning, non-fatal electrocution in water, bees, life-threatening language barr...

This week, a security guard deserves a raise, Busch Gardens leans into some horrifying PR, Brianne ventures into the underbelly of the internet for research, the phrase "funny hop" ruins our lives forever, a group of roller-coaster riders has the most terrifying few minutes imaginable, a New York school fails in every way possible, Brianne gets 7 year old street cred from the Brownie Girl Scouts, a fake Hasselhoff peaces out, The Mind Eraser makes good on its name, and a teenager says "Not today...