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The cunning folk of Europe were healers, diviners, charmers, and magical specialists who occupied a curious middle ground between medicine, religion, folklore, and witchcraft. Known by many regional names—including wise women and men, kloka healers in Scandinavia, saludadores in Spain, and figures such as the Italian benandanti—they were consulted for everything from illness and infertility &#8230...

Tom and Jenny discuss Scott Cooper’s Oscar-winning 2009 drama, starring Jeff Bridges as an alcoholic country singer trying to get his life and career back on track. Thanks GramtharsHammer for renting us the movie! Audio version: https://archive.org/download/movie-time-crazy-heart-2009/Movie%20Time_%20Crazy%20Heart%20%282009%29.mp3 Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to...

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The dancing manias of medieval and early modern Europe remain among history’s strangest examples of collective behavior. Beginning with legendary accounts such as the dancers of Kölbigk and culminating in major outbreaks along the Rhine in 1374 and Strasbourg in 1518, groups of people reportedly danced uncontrollably for hours or even days, sometimes collapsing from … Continue reading Episod...

Tom and Jenny discuss both Count Yorga movies from the 1970s, directed by Bob Kelljan and starring Robert Quarry as the vampire. Audio version: https://archive.org/download/movie-time-count-yorga-vampire-1970-and-the-return-of-count-yorga-1971/Movie%20Time_%20Count%20Yorga%2C%20Vampire%20%281970%29%20and%20The%20Return%20of%20Count%20Yorga%20%281971%29.mp3 Video version: Please support us on Patre...

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The bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988, remains one of the deadliest and most controversial terrorist attacks in modern history. A bomb hidden inside the Boeing 747 exploded at approximately 31,000 feet, killing all 259 people aboard and 11 residents on the ground. What followed was an enormous … Continue reading Episode 523: Lockerbie Disaster &#8211...

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Behind the glitz and spectacle of Hollywood are countless stories of productions that went dangerously off the rails. In this episode, we explore some of the most infamous and unsettling behind-the-scenes movie disasters, from the fatal helicopter crash on Twilight Zone: The Movie and Brandon Lee’s accidental shooting on The Crow to the supposed curse … Continue reading Episode 522: Be...

Tom and Jenny discuss the Coen Brothers’ wonderful 2010 adaptation of the 1968 Charles Portis novel (which was previously adapted to film in 1969 and starred John Wayne). This version stars Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin. Thanks to GramtharsHammer for renting the movie for us! Audio version: https://archive.org/download/Movie-Time-True-Grit-2010/Movie%20Time_%20T...

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On February 3, 1959—forever remembered as “The Day the Music Died”—Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed when their chartered plane crashed into a snowy Iowa field just minutes after takeoff. But the tragedy was only the beginning of the legend. From the fateful coin toss that put Valens aboard … Continue reading Episode 521: The Buddy Holly Curse and...

Tom and Jenny discuss Amy Heckerling’s classic coming of age comedy/drama from 1982, based on the book by Cameron Crowe and featuring an all-star cast including Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Judge Reinhold, and Phoebe Cates. Audio version: https://archive.org/download/Movie-Time-Fast-Times-at-Ridgemont-High/Movie%20Time%20LIVE_%20Fast%20Times%20at%20Ridgemont%20High%20%281982%29.mp3 Video...

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For 29 terrifying days in the spring of 1992, an unidentified gunman traveled through Indiana, Kansas, and Missouri, targeting employees inside small retail stores near major interstate highways. Armed with a distinctive .22-caliber pistol, the man known as the I-70 Killer murdered six people—Robin Fuldauer, Patricia Magers, Patricia Smith, Michael “Mick” McCown, Nancy Kitzmiller, and … Cont...

Tom and Jenny discuss the surreal fantasy drama about a family of Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) that stars Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough. Thanks Gramthars Hammer for renting us the movie! And sorry we cut it a bit short (family emergency; don’t worry, everything worked out okay). Audio version: https://archive.org/download/Movie-Time-Sasquatch-Sunset/Movie%20Time_%20Sasquatch%20Sunset%20%282024%29....

Audio version: https://archive.org/download/sidetracks-live-friday-july-31st-2026-edition/Sidetracks%20LIVE_%20Friday%2C%20July%2031st%2C%202026%20Edition.mp3 Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemor...

On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, claimed the lives of 19 fourth-grade students and two teachers. Official investigations by the Texas House and the U.S. Department of Justice later documented major failures in the law enforcement response, including breakdowns in leadership, command structure, and adherence to active-shooter … Continue reading Epis...

Tom and Jenny discuss Darren Aronofsky’s incredible 2008 drama about an aging wrestler played by Mickey Rourke. Audio version: https://archive.org/download/movie-time-the-wrestler-2008/Movie%20Time_%20The%20Wrestler%20%282008%29.mp3 Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Je...

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Dave Pelzer is an American author and motivational speaker best known for his 1995 memoir A Child Called “It,” which chronicles the severe childhood abuse he says he endured before being rescued by child welfare authorities at the age of twelve. The memoir became an international bestseller, bringing widespread attention to the realities of child … Continue reading Episode 518: D...

Tom and Jenny discuss an outstanding, Oscar-winning documentary from 2012, in which two fans attempt to track down a mysterious American folk singer who was a legend in South Africa but practically unknown elsewhere. Audio version: https://archive.org/download/movie-time-searching-for-sugar-man-2012/Movie%20Time_%20Searching%20for%20Sugar%20Man%20%282012%29.mp3 Video version: Please support us on...

Audio version: https://archive.org/download/sidetracks-live-friday-july-17th-2026-edition/Sidetracks%20LIVE_%20Friday%2C%20July%2017th%2C%202026%20Edition.mp3 Video version: Please support us on Patreon! Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel, like us on Facebook, and follow us on Instagram. Also check out Jenny’s horror channel, The Scare Salon, and her true crime channel, Crime Immemor...

Joanna Dennehy is one of the UK’s most notorious female serial killers, responsible for the 2013 Peterborough Ditch Murders in Cambridgeshire, England. Over the course of just ten days, Dennehy fatally stabbed three men—Lukasz Slaboszewski, John Chapman, and Kevin Lee—before dumping their bodies in roadside ditches around Peterborough. After fleeing the area with an accomplice, … Conti...

Tom and Jenny talk about Amazon Studios’ successful sci-fi action comedy/drama, in which a hapless science teacher played by Ryan Gosling finds himself alone on a spacecraft far from Earth with no memory of how he got there. Audio version: https://archive.org/download/movie-time-project-hail-mary-2026/Movie%20Time_%20Project%20Hail%20Mary%20%282026%29.mp3 Video version: Please support us on...