Holidays Episodes

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Nov. 10, 2021

What Boy Wouldn't?: Urban Legends Part 2

AUDIO DISCLAIMER: Melanie is at it again - she attempted a new recording set-up and the audio did not work out as planned. We've learned our lesson and won't be mixing it up again, sorry for the iffy sound this week! This week, the Midwestern food bracket has two tasty contenders, Melanie forgets this is a family show and is too willing to exhume a corpse, sewer alligators get gaslit out of existence, Brianne faces her phobia head-on for the sake of research, and reptiles encounter labia yet ag...
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Nov. 3, 2021

Monstrosities Abounded: Urban Legends

This week, Brianne throws a wrench in the Midwestern food bracket on day one, Melanie is forcibly drafted into the world of hot takes, we investigate the secret lives of farm children, Brianne has questions about necking, and we offer legal advice for anyone with a Kyle in their inbox. Content warnings: vomiting/nausea, adult jokes, murder, pigs eating people, violence, robbery, brief mention of rape, decapitation, bugs/spiders laying eggs under your skin, very gross veterinary medicine story, ...
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Oct. 27, 2021

Butts to Nuts: Waverly Hills Sanatorium

This week, Melanie wants to listen to the podcast in space with Jeff Bezos, Brianne aspires to chaotic good behavior, the Florida man bracket crashes to an end, TAG continues to pull strings, Melanie wants to suckle a cow, lessons are learned about rabies testing, we pause to fact-check an infamous Marilyn Manson rumor, Melanie has concerning beliefs about dentists, we rank fire safety devices, and Melanie finally misses a dirty joke opportunity. Content warnings: tuberculosis, decapitation of ...
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Oct. 20, 2021

Happy Birthday, It's an Asylum Fire: Seacliff Insane Asylum

This week, Melanie is WRONG, a bet is made, the Wendy's alligator goes out to pasture, TAG is an evil puppeteer, miners are poetic, history loves insane asylums, gold rushes, and white men, Brianne has hot takes on lobotomies, Robert Lawson ain't shit, and Melanie is doing Count Dante. Content warnings: fictional addiction, alcoholism, housefire, deaths of children, and suicidal ideation, old-timey ableist language, sexism, domestic violence, murder to escape domestic violence, masturbation, me...
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Oct. 13, 2021

Here for the Party: Yoshihiro Hattori

This week, we put on our gray business suits and campaign in Ohio, Brianne reveals herself to be a villain, an alligator in someone's pants emerges as a frontrunner, the Midwestern food bracket elicits a strong emotional response, Melanie hopes for a big snake, America is nothing to get excited about, Melanie disrespects the wishes of rougarous and gets spiderwebs in her bush, a self-proclaimed country boy is a reliable employee at Winn-Dixie and not much else, and Lex is in trouble. Content wa...
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April 21, 2021

Do You Have That Sinking Feeling?: The Kentucky Compilation

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...
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Nov. 24, 2020

Everyone's the Asshole: Black Friday Incidents

SHOW NOTES A good Samaritan helped a woman who was being beaten in a parking lot. Now he’s dead. Bad Blood and Not Bad Mood Most Likely The Cause For Toys R Us Shooting Black Friday Death Count Black Friday sales: moments of madness Black Friday Shoppers Hit By Suspected Drunk Driver In Walmart Parking Lot (VIDEO) Black Friday: Target Shoppers Step Over Walter Vance As He Collapses, Dies Black Friday: Virginia Man Stabbed In Walmart Parking Lot Over Space BREAKING NEWS: Transwoman assaulted at K...
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Oct. 27, 2020

Purely Frictional: The "Poltergeist" Movie Curse

SHOW NOTES Content warnings: Sleep paralysis, paranormal stuff, poltergeist activity, clowns, accidental non-fatal strangulation, misuse of human remains, exorcism, cancer, brief mention of rape, very detailed/graphic discussion of spousal abuse and injuries sustained, non-fatal intentional strangulation, failure of 911 to intervene, murder, coma, attempted suicide, death of child from GI illness 58:04-1:11:00, emergency surgery, birth defect, aliens Show notes: 13 Cursed Movies for Friday the ...
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Oct. 20, 2020

Dolphins Made of Darkness: The Hat Man

This week, we come close to free-balling an episode, Brianne has a horrific encounter while on her sleep bullshit, Curious George lightens the mood, we identify the spooky-lookers in our lives, and a savage six year old might be the only anecdote for Hat Man. Content warnings: sleep paralysis. Links: All Shadow People Are Terrifying, But The Phantom Hat Man May Be One Of The Worst Of All Shadow People: The Hat Man The Hat Man The Hat Man: Documented Cases of Pure Evil (2019 documentary)
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Oct. 13, 2020

Bad Things Were Gonna Happen To You: The Exorcist Film Curse

This week, Aunt Vada's dad is not having it, we envision a possessed child as Roland Schitt and a ghost as Lin-Manuel Miranda, and a sadistic director curses a film production. Content warnings: demonic/occult topics, reference to crucifix scene from The Exorlicist, possession, exorcisms, guns used to scare people, child abuse, spinal fracture, alcoholism/alcoholic relapse, family annihilation, fire, angiogram, murder, violent homophobia, dismemberment, hurricanes. 5 Movies That Wanted Audrey ...
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Oct. 6, 2020

A Good Way for Someone To Get Pregnant on a Hay Bale: The Spooky Episode

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...
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July 7, 2020

That Eagle Has COVID: Fireworks Incidents

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...