Amanda and Sarah welcome guests Ben and temporary co-host Lance from fellow Pittsburgh podcast Neon Brainiacs. Ben tells a matrimonial urban legend inspired by his latest film project Bergeron Brothers: Wedding Videographers. Lance recounts a few creepy ghost encounter from his hometown of Ebensburg, PA, and talks about his recently released horror film The Boonies. Other subjects covered include spiritualist feet pics, hard bellies, and piss goats.  Recommendations: Amanda and Ben recommend the film The Eyes of Laura Mars. Amanda and Sarah recommend the limited Netflix series Midnight Mass. Amanda also recommends the anime The Promised Neverland, and Lance recommends the stop motion animated feature Paranorman.  For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

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Episode 149: Spook-A-Luke with Ben and Lance from Neon Brainiacs

Amanda and Sarah go classic cryptid with primers on newer Bigfoot encounters and older vampires. Amanda covers 21st century Bigfoot sightings across the U.S. Sarah covers the medieval English undead beings known as Revenants and how they connect with modern vampire lore. Other subjects covered include off-brand Caboodles, bad stage makeup, and affirmational death metal.  Recommendations: Sarah and Amanda both rec and don't rec the new horror movie Malignant.  Sources: The Conversation (Older than Dracula: in search of the English vampire) Fordham University (William of Newburgh:  Book Five) Independent (Scientists uncover medieval remains of the first English 'living dead') The Guardian (Medieval villagers mutilated the dead to stop them rising, study finds) “Repentant Soul or Walking Corpse? Debatable Apparitions in Medieval Englandl" by Jacqueline Simpson, Folklore, Dec., 2003, Vol. 114 KDAK (Mysterious Footprints On Pa. Property Lead Couple To Call ‘Godfather’ Of Bigfoot Hunters) BFRO (Recent encounter behind Warehouse 24 Gym on the outskirts of Ashland) Richland Source (Bigfoot? Woman reports sasquatch encounter outside gym in Ashland) Bangor Daily News (Bigfoot in Maine? 10-foot-tall ‘wild man’ was killed in 1886, newspapers reported/Mainers’ frightening encounters with Bigfoot highlighted in new book and film) Youtube (Provo Canyon Bigfoot Encounter? by Beard Card) Fox 13 Salt Lake City (VIDEO: A Bigfoot sighting in Provo Canyon?) Denver Post (Pa. man says he caught image of Bigfoot) The Sun (BEAST IS BACK ‘Best Bigfoot sighting ever’ as bizarre footage captures mysterious figure moving through a US forest) The Guardian (‘I am now truly afraid of the woods’: behind the hunt for Sasquatch) For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 148: Caboigles

Amanda and Sarah drop some knowledge on misunderstood murderers and pagan festivals. Amanda heads to Charleston for the story of Lavinia Fisher, a woman believed to have been one of the country's first female serial killers. Sarah explores the mythic beliefs and magical traditions behind the Wheel of the Year. Other topics covered include moon cheese, bovine erotica, and apartment haunts. Recommendations: Sarah recommends - to some extent - the new horror movies Candyman and The Night House. Sources: The Magickal Year by Diana Ferguson SyFy Wire (LAVINIA FISHER, AMERICA'S 'FIRST FEMALE SERIAL KILLER' THAT WASN'T) Wikipedia/Lavinia Fiser The Lineup (The Couple that Kills Together, Stays Together) Charleston City Paper (Bruce Orr lets John and Lavinia Fisher’s skeletons out of the closet) For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 147: MILF TV

Amanda and Sarah talk parasites and headless prospectors for this episode. Sarah reveals the fascinatingly freaky side of nature with a look at zombies ants, toxoplasmosis, and the Braconid wasp. Amanda heads north to Canada for a look at the terrifying history of the Nahanni Valley. Other subjects covered include chain restaurant rankings, stripper wells, and vodka sodas. Recommendations: Amanda recommends the films Let's Scare Jessica to Death and The Boys From Brazil.  Sources:  The Atlantic (How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy/Do Cats Control My Mind/How the Zombie Fungus Takes Over Ants' Bodies) Live Science (Can a cat parasite control your mind?) Galveston County Master Gardeners (Braconid wasp) Fodor's Travel (The Haunting History of This Canadian National Park) Maclean's (Valley of Mystery, March 15, 1947) Wikipedia/Nahanni National Park Reserve CBC (Families call for case of mysterious 2005 deaths to be reopened) TIME (Canada: NORTHWEST TERRITORIES: Home of Devils?, Jan. 20, 1947) Ten Rivers: Adventure Stories from the Arctic by Edward Struzik There is Something in the Valley - Bedtime Stories (Youtube)   For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 146: Legion Of Lauras

Amanda and Sarah take on two haunted places that influenced famous horror films. Amanda takes a cue from her recent trip to Colorado with a history of the Stanley Hotel, the place that gave author Stephen King the idea for The Shining. Sarah stays on the East Coast for a look at the Seaford haunting that originated some major paranormal theories and may have been the inspiration for Poltergeist. Other subjects covered include powerful potpourris, elk sightings, and mall non-hauls. Recommendations: Amanda recommends the new Netflix documentary Misha and the Wolves. Sources: “House of Flying Objects,” Robert Wallace, LIFE Magazine, 17 Mar 1958 “The Science of Ghosts: Searching for Spirits of the Dead” By Joe Nickell “A Home’s Bad Vibrations,” David Kahn, Newsday Real Fear: The Truth Behind the Movies Long Island Pulse (The Herrmann House)  Travel + Leisure (What It's Like to Spend the Night at the 'Shining' Hotel) The Gazette (Colorado's Stanley Hotel offers plenty of haunted tales) Amuse - Vice (Redrum | Inside the Hotel Which Inspired The Shining) Wikipedia/Freelan Oscar Stanley stanleyhotel.com For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 145: Mean Trucks

Amanda and Sarah cover tales old (very old) and new with an  Arthurian legend and scary social media. Sarah gives everyone a primer for the new film The Green Knight with the story of the knight Gawain and his quest to find the titular figure. Amanda scrolls Twitter and TikTok for examples of how people post their way through a horror narrative. Other subjects include school clothes shopping, roommate rating, and masturbating.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the Shudder anthology series Creepshow and the true-crime book Evidence of Love: A True Story of Passion and Death in the Suburbs. Sarah recommends the podcast Wicked Words and the film The Green Knight.  For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 144: Swinger Castle

Amanda and Sarah take listener questions, give advice, and get quizzed by an internet meme. Recommendations: Sarah recommends the 2019 horror film The Vigil. For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 143: Midsummer Q&A

Amanda and Sarah can't drive 55 for this episode about cases connected to highways and bi-ways. Amanda indulges her twin fearsination with the story of Ursula and Sabina Eriksson, identical Swedish sisters who pulled a shocking folis a deux on the M6 motorway in England. Sarah pulls to the side of the road for a look at phantom hitchhikers. Other topics include bad improv, pre-teen coffee, and clear plastic kink.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the Netflix true-crime series Sophie: A Murder In West Cork and the movie Dead Ringers.  Sources: The Vanishing Hitchhiker at Fifty-Five by Gillian Bennett Source: Western Folklore, Winter, 1998, Vol. 57 The Vanishing Hitchhiker by Richard K. Beardsley and Rosalie Hankey Source: California Folklore Quarterly , Oct., 1942, Vol. 1 Wikipedia/The Suffolk Miracle The Skeptic (Have we seen the last of the vanishing phantom hitchhiker?) Mary Hallberg (The vanishing hitchhiker legend) North Carolina Ghosts (Lydia, The Phantom Hitchhiker) West Hawaii Today (Madame Pele’s story: Island’s most revered goddess, passed through generations, runs as deep as her lava) Vice (The Twins Who Ran into Traffic Before Stabbing a Man to Death) Wikipedia/Ursula and Sabina Eriksson BBC News (M6 dash woman jailed over killing) Daily Mail (Woman locked up for making mad dash across M6 stabbed stranger to death the day after she was released from jail) Madness in the Fast Lane (BBC, 2010) For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 142: God-Level Ghost

Amanda and Sarah assign each other heavy-hitters for this episode. Amanda looks into the origins of Ed and Lorraine Warren and what led to them becoming two of the world's most famous paranormal investigators. Sarah heads to France for the Beast of Gévaudan, a legendary lycanthrope that terrorized a provincial region from 1764 and 1767. Other subjects covered include pool trauma, bad acne products, and impressive pants.  Recommendations: Sarah recommends the horror movie Saint Maud. Amanda recommends the new Netflix fantasy series Sweet Tooth.  Sources: The Beast of the Forest, by Tom Griffiths, RCC Perspectives No. 1, The Edges of Environmental History   Monsters of the Gévaudan: The Making of a Beast by Jay M. Smith   Pubic Domain Review-The Beast of Gévaudan (1764–1767)   Smithsonian Magazine (When the Beast of Gévaudan Terrorized France)   History.com (What Was the Beast of Gévaudan?)   Stuff You Missed in History Class (Beast of Gevaudan, October 22, 2014)   The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle   Travel Channel (11 Things You Need To Know About Legendary Paranormal Investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren)   Hartford Courant (The true story of Connecticut paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren, who are behind ‘The Conjuring 3′ and many other popular horror films)   Mental Floss (10 Facts About Famed Paranormal Investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren)   New England Society for Psychic Research (tonyspera.com) Wikipedia/Ed and Lorraine Warren   ScreenGeek (The Most Haunted House In America Is Apparently In Connecticut – And Still Standing)   Milford Mirror (Author discusses haunting of Lindley Street house in Bridgeport)   For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon.  

Episode 141: Semi-Feudal Childhood

Amanda and Sarah offer dives into celebrity conspiracy theories and a London ghoul supreme. Amanda spreads some hot goss about famous people thought to be vamps, fakes, or murderers. Sarah goes full WHO IS SHE on Jinney (Jenny, or Jennie) Bingham, a 1600s folkloric figure and possible witch. Other subjects covered include duping makeover shows, avoiding ticks, and being horny for Tony Danza.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the Aussie horror film Next of Kin and the book The Return by Rachel Harrison. She does not recommend the new film The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Sources: The Adaptation of Folklore and Tradition (Folklorismus) Author(s): Venetia J. Newall Source: Folklore , 1987, Vol. 98, No. 2 (1987), pp. 131-151 Published by: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. on behalf of Folklore Enterprises, Ltd. Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/1259975 One and One-Half Unrecorded References to Macbeth in 1676-1678 Author(s): Richard Levin Source: Shakespeare Quarterly , Winter, 1998, Vol. 49, No. 4 (Winter, 1998), pp. 416-420 Published by: Oxford University Press Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2902237 Christopher Fowler (A Tale of Two Witches) A Serpent's Pen (Mother Damnable – the Wicked Witch of Camden Town Tube Station) Famous Imposters, Bram Stoker Engole (JINNEY BINGHAM, MOTHER DAMNABLE) USA Today (Avril Lavigne says she reached out to 'warrior' Justin Bieber about Lyme disease diagnosis) TODAY (Avril Lavigne says Lyme disease symptoms left her in bed for 2 years) Vice (Investigating the Conspiracy That Says Avril Lavigne Was Killed off and Replaced with an Actress) The Sun (Crazy conspiracy theorists think that Nicolas Cage is an immortal vampire … and here’s why) Esquire (Hot New Conspiracy Theory: Katy Perry Is Actually JonBenet Ramsey) NYT (Ted Cruz, Who Is Not the Zodiac Killer, Acknowledges a Long-Running Joke) keanuisimmortal.com Esquire (Is Ted Cruz the Zodiac Killer? A Conversation with Very Sane Conspiracy Theorists) For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 140: King Of The Chuds

Sarah and Amanda get lyrical with magical Nords and spooky hits. Sarah looks at the Kalevala, Finland's national epic composed of traditional folk songs, including one about the "hero" Lemminkäinen. Amanda lists off pop songs with low-key creepy lyrics and/or origins. Other subjects covered include poorly costumed porn, belated anniversary wishes, and horse dreams.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the Netlfix true crime series The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness. Sarah recommends the 1991 fantasy noir Cast a Deadly Spell.  Sources:  “Lönnrot's Brainchildren: The Representation of Women in Finland's ‘Kalevala’,” by Patricia E. Sawin. Journal of Folklore Research Vol. 25, No. 3, Special Issue: Feminist Revisions in Folklore Studies, Sep. - Dec., 1988 “Kalevala. The National Epic of Finland” by Wilfrid Bonser. Folklore, Winter, 1965, Vol. 76, No. 4, Winter, 1965 Wikipedia/Kalevala Wikipedia/Cantos of the Kalevala Finnish Music Quarterly (Rune-singing, the musical vernacular) Ancient Origins (Lemminkäinen: Resurrection of the Handsome, Yet Frivolous Finnish Epic Hero) Sacred Texts (RUNE XV. LEMMINKAINEN'S RESTORATION.) AV Club (“Timothy” was delicious: 60 minutes of death-fueled ’70s story songs)   Tennessean (Story Behind the Song: 'Wildfire' by Michael Martin Murphey) Culture Sonar (“Timothy” At 50: He’s What’s for Dinner)   For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon.  

Episode 139: Donkey-Xote

Sarah and Amanda go on location at Maude's Paperwing Gallery for their first post-vaccination guest episode. Hear about the weird history behind this little Pittsburgh witch store, as well as the ghosts, goblins (?), and other things haunting it. Other subjects covered include baby psychics, whiny dogs, and drunk seances.  For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 138: Harold And Maude('s Paperwing Gallery)

Amanda and Sarah pull a freaky Friday by taking on subjects the other would most likely do. Sarah taps into Amanda's secretive, shit-talking Scorpio nature with an amusing look at poison pen letters. Amanda makes a go at being Sarah with the very historical, very French case of Madame de Montespan, La Voisin, and the Affair of the Poisons. Other subjects covered include touching circus animals, being Bonnie Raitt, and impersonating Julia Child.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the book The Pisces and the FreeFrom TV show Cruel Summer. Sarah recommends the true crime-based horror film Lizzie, now playing on Shudder.  Sources:  Project Gutenberg (MEMOIRS OF MADAME DE MONTESPAN, By Madame de Montespan) Headstuff (Catherine Monvoisin And The Affair Of The Poisons) Grunge (The Most Extreme Poisoning Cases in History) Château de Versailles (Madame de Montespan) Wikipedia/Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan Wikipedia/La Voisin Wikipedia/Affair of the Poisons Forgotten Lives (The Dark Life of the French King’s Satanic Mistress | Madame de Montespan) Newspapers.com (Poison Pen Notes Bestir English Town. A Doris Hewitt in the story.) Eastern Daily Press (‘The Unknown Hand’: the curious case of Sheringham’s poison pen letters) Shedunnit (Poison Pen) CrimeReads (THE POISON PEN LETTER: THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY'S STRANGEST CRIME WAVE) For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 137: FortuneTellingPoisonAbortion.Biz

Amanda and Sarah indulge in paranormal pastries and stories from the sea for this episode. Sarah explains the origins of witch cakes, baked goods used to cleanse or prevent supernatural attacks. Amanda submerges for some true (perhaps) tales of ghostly divers and other creepy underwater encounters. Other subjects covered include being horrified by acne, being overwhelmed by cuteness, and being sedated.  Recommendations: Sarah recommends the Shudder film The Untamed. Amanda recommends another Shudder film Don't Panic, the book Alice Isn't Dead, and the YouTube channel Curious World.  For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 136: Piss Doughnut

Amanda and Sarah forego pranks for some harmless April Fools fun with non-spooky, non-scary content and listener stories. Amanda explains her new fascination with theme park disasters and duds, including a look at Freedomland U.S.A. and more. Sarah offers bits of strange trivia with a fishy French spring ritual and the Turnspit dog. Other subjects covered include community theater bloopers, cross-stitching competitions, and disturbing teeth.  Recommendations: Amanda recommends the YouTube channels Fascinating Horror and Defunctland, and the documentary Class Action Park. Sarah recommends the film My Neighbor Totoro. Sources:  French Together (Poisson d’avril ! Why the French say “April Fish” instead of “April Fool’s”) History Daily (Vernepator Cur: A Tale Of Turnspit Dogs) For updates on future episodes and other fun stuff, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, or check out our Patreon. 

Episode 135: April Fools, Ghouls

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