Family Plot

This week, we go back to the 1850's to meet a writer named Ambrose Bierce.  A man who could trace his family back to the Puritans and didn't care one whit.  A man who fought in the Civil War so he could help see slavery abolished.  A man who wrote against what he saw as the evils of his day even standing between a railroad magnate and his company trying to arrange to have a loan given them by the...

So this episode is so chock full of goodness, you might need a cookie and a glass of milk to wash it down.  In her corner, Krys reads us some very short horror stories.  Then we go all in on Zheng Yi Sao aka Shang Yi aka Ching Shih.  We talk about her early life, of which we know very little, her meeting and marrying one of the greatest pirates of her time, how she came to control the ragtag fleet...

In this episode we once again go deep into the history of Fairy Tales.  Laura opens with Snow White and we hear the familiar tale in all it's glory.  Then, in Krysta's Corner, she shares a book that touched her while reading it at school as well as shares her own found fairy tale, the Six Swans! Then we look into the origins of Snow White and how it might actually be based on a true story, includi...

In this episode there is so much going on.  Krysta is having issues as many young teens do, we discuss the life and death of Elizabeth Short, her crazy life and her  rough death at the hands of person or persons unknown.  After the episode stick around for a happy birthday for Lexi our daughter turning 7 on the day this episode drops.  It is a full episode all about life, death but most importantl...

In this episode, Krysta talks My Hero Academia in her corner before we dig into the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease Junior.  We talk about Bobby's father and their family, how they came to be so well off and how Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady came to know of and attempt to kidnap Robert Greenlease Senior's youngest child.  We get into the kidnapping, the murder,l the ransom and the missing m...

This episode is PACKED with goodness.  Krysta talks Black Velvet Petunias in her corner a wondrous and beautiful flower.  Then she, Laura and Dean discuss the Maiden's Castle at Edinburgh.  They discuss Castle Rock, how there has been a fortified structure on it since at least the Iron Age and it's status as the most besieged castle in all of Britain.  We talk about Kings and Queens who have calle...

On this episode we discuss the nation of Belize and the Mayan city of Xunantunich, what we know about it and it's former residents.  Krysta talks balloon debates and civets, Dean talks ferrets and Laura keeps us all together in this fascinating archaeological, Mayan Culture, slightly paranormal episode fo the Family Plot Podcast! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast...

This week, we go full British True Crime as we head back to the seventies and eighties and investigate the life and crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper.  We discuss his life, what led him to become a killer, his family life, the hoax that led the police astray in this fascinating case.  Meanwhile Krysta talks more dogs and balloon debates in her Corner and Laura brings...

On this episode, we discuss the Antikythera Mechanism, a device found in a Roman shipwreck off the Greek Island of Antijythera.  Retrieved with several other treasures, due to it's advanced state of petrification and other issues, it wasn't even looked at much after it was initially brought up.  But over time, people have discovered this uncanny device that simulates the movement of the heavens cr...

Welcome to another episode of the Family Plot Podcast!  In this episode Krysta debates as Pinkie Pie, and performs a poem about sunflowers.  Then we sit back and talk the Honey Island Swamp, it's history and the creatures that call it home, including the Honey Island Swamp Monster.  We talk about sightings of the creature, what it possibly looks like, a potential origin story and so much more in t...

In this episode, we talk Sherlock Holmes, his brilliant mind, his mastery of the arts of observation and deduction and so much more.  We talk the Sherlock Holmes museum, his companion John Watson, we take a brief divergence to discuss Professor Challenger in his Lost World in this man Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a great character episode of the Family Plot Podcast.   Become a supporter of this po...

In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean are joined by cosplayer, Mistress of All Things Hope It Holds Cosplay & Props, SoFettUp. Fett is also a member of the Stockton historical society and together we tell the tale of Cordelia Botkin, a Missouri girl who moved to San Francisco, had a son and began cheating on her husband with the guy in charge of the Associated Press' San Francisco Office. We...

This week, we are joined by author Dan B. Fierce as we discuss the Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania. We also talk Dan and my's days at a Westport (in Kansas City) eatery called Lucille's. We also talk Krysta, a recent injury and her metatarsil ductis and so much more as we look into the Bermuda Triangle of Romania (but what should more appropriately be called the Skinwalker Ranch of Romania) in this n...

In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss Key West, it's history and specifically, the business currently located at 428 Greene Street, Captain Tony's Key West Saloon. We discuss it's history as a morgue, an icehouse, a telegraph office a cigar factory and so much more. We talk about it's time as the Duval Club, Sloppy Joes and so much more. We discuss the hanging tree that grows within the...

So in this episode Laura, Krys and Dean discuss Valentines Day, mostly in Krysta's corner before we dig into the life of Harry Oakes. We discuss his life, how he discovered his fortune, how he met his young wife and became a British Citizen and earned the title of Baronet as he settled in the Bahamas. The Bahamas was governed by the Duke of Windsor, the former King of England Edward the VIII and h...

This week we discuss folklore, American style as we discuss Pecos Bill. We discuss his author, Edward "Tex" Sinnett O'Reilly, his author's life as an American serviceman and a mercenary and how growing up in the late days of the Wild West affected him. We talk about Pecos himself, his love of Slue Foot Sue and why no one puts Slue Foot Sue in a corner. We talk those that have played the character...

In this episode, Krysta talks Supernatural and butterflies in her corner and then we discuss the happenings at Kent State University in Kent Ohio on May 4th 1970. We discuss the history that surrounded and led up to the Vietnam Conflict and America's involvement, we discuss how the students at Kent State began engaging in public protests as early as 1966. Then we discuss the events of May 4th itse...

This week Family Plot Podcast goes full true crime AND folklore with a little visit to New Orleans in 1919 to meet an unknown serial killer who is forever tied to the history of New Orleans and New Orleans Jazz! We mmet his supposed victims and we meet a few suspects who might have done the dastardly deeds. We talk about contributions made in his name to music as well as his appearance in the 'Cov...

In this episode we discuss Echo as well as the Legend of Vox Machina before we discuss a few things in Krysta's Corner and then we settle down to discuss a documented conflict between a young Houdini in 1897, long before he became famous for it, 'Professor' Houdini went up against a spiritualist in Saint Joseph, Missouri. We discuss the spiritualism movement, Harry's dislike of it, some of his mor...

In this episode Krysta, Laura and Dean examine the life of Norma Jean Mortenson and how she changed into film star Marilyn Monroe. We learn about her life, her failures, her successes, her constant low self-esteem and so much more. We kick the year off right talking the histroy and folklore of Marilyn Monroe! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465...

In this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean cover the stories the've done in 2023 as well as a few last minute stories and wish plenty of well upon their listeners and guests in this very special New Year Episode of the Family Plot Podcast! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support .

This week, Krysta, Laura and Dean examine the Alaskan Bar and Hotel in Juneau Alaska. We discuss a brief history of the state, how Juneau became the capital city, and the building of the Alaskan Hotel itself. We talk it's founders, it's history, the sad tragic tales that occured under it's roof and of course we discuss it's hauntings, those we can explain and those we can't in this special Seward'...

In this episode, Krys, Laura and Dean are joined by author Jane Nightshade as they discuss four tales of Christmas covering folktales, history, true crime AND the Paranormal all while they discuss Jane's book Scream Full of Ghosts and her upcoming book Shudder Full of Ghosts and so much more in this Christmas, man is Jane a great writer extra long and a little distorted but still tons of fun episo...

This week, we dig into the myth of Cu Chulainn, Irish hero and prime example of great story-telling with some troubling narratives aside. We discuss his unusual birth, the way he earned his name, the tales of his youth with the troop at Emain Macha, his training at the hands of the warrior-woman Scathach in Scotland and how he earned his dreaded barbed spear the Gae Bulg. We talk of his legendary...

On this episode of the Family Plot Podcast, we go to LA in 1934 to discuss the LA Times article about the discovery of a 'lizard city' beneath Los Angeles. The article claims that 'geophysical engineer' G. Warren Shufelt (Shufeld in some sources) used his 'radio x-ray to peer a thousand feet below the city where he discovered a city in the shape of a lizard filled with massive treasures, gold tabl...