Family Plot

This episode begins with Laura, Krysta and Dean kicking around about how the flu has run through the family and in consequence of Krysta feeling run down, she has no facts this week. Then they begin to give the history of Alcatraz Island, it being a home to (and then fled by) indiginous peoples to it's discovery by the Spanish in the late 1700's to it's becoming a home to a milirary base in the 18...

TW: In this episode, we discuss a suicide. If you feel suicidal, please reach out, the world is a much better place with you in it. You matter!, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis. But first, Krysta gives us a very brief history of boats and ships with her weird facts! Then Dean discusses the kamikaze that hurt the Indianapolis which sent it to Pearl Harbor for...

Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the life of John Wilkes Booth and the events surrounding the Assassination of Lincoln. Young Booth had his fortune told by a Romani fortune teller who read his palm and told him he would have a grand life, but that he would die young and meet a bad end. At the age of 26, Booth dies paralyzed from the neck down, killed for Lincoln's assassination. We dive deep into th...

On this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss Countess Elisabet Bathory, aka the Blood Countess. Bathory was a Hungarian noblewoman who was believed to have murdered many young peasants and lesser noblewomen just so she could bathe in their blood and restore her beauty. But first, Krysta takes the opportunity to catch listeners up on what she has been doing when not on the show. Then Dean begins...

In this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a cult of Black Americans founded by Dwight York based originally on JudeoIslamic ideals, plus several Egyptian ideals eventually becoming a child molestation grooming temple for the cult's founder who was a convicted sex offender. But first, Krysta tells us all about velociraptors and lays out those weird facts. Then D...

Krysta, Laura and Dean go to Bennington, VT in the 1940's to investigate the Bennington Triangle. Bujt first, Krysta discusses several of the covered bridges in Vermont and then we talk about the areas history, the failed town of Bennington wiped out by bad planning and floods. We discuss strange lights, ufos, and of course mysterious disappearances. We even discuss a wild man who came down off Gl...

In this Episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss Conspiracy Theories for Halloweeen, but since they are joined by Kelli, Kara and Ryan from the Drunk Theory podcast! We talk Reptillians, the Denver International Airport and the Great Clown Panic! We also discuss the Bildaberg group and so much more as we cover so much in this episode! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod...

In this Episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss John EEdward tRobinson, a serial killer and general bad guy who preyed on women that he lured to the Kansas City area. Holding himself out as a business executive and philanthropist, Robinson first preyed on women who were down on their luck and later used the internet to find victims. His victims were consigned to large chemical barrels, though a ha...

Krysta, Laura and Dean begin with small talk and eventually discuss the various Star Wars symbols Dean would like to get on the bottom of a pool they do not currently have. Then somehow a pool full of toes enters the conversation and there was much revulsion. Krysta drops some weird facts on colors and Dean goes over the background and the events of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders and discuss the...

Laura, Krysta and Dean figuratively travel back to the early 1400's to encounter a nobleman with a unique reputation. But first Krysta gives us some weird facts this time about D&D! This gives Laura a platform to discuss her love of Critical Role while Dean mentions his own upcoming TTRPG project and we find out Krysta would like to learn how to be a Dungeon Master! From there, they begin to discu...

This week, Laura, Krysta and Dean are joiined by comedian and actor Dale Hilton (Lenexa, 1 Mile; Kiki Meets The Vampires, Dead Things, Vampire Holocaust) as they discuss Russian poacher Vladimir Markov's encounter with an Amur Tiger in the Primorye region of Russia. Krysta drops some weird facts about brand mascots (for example, did you know that the Pilsbury Doughboy's name is Poppin Fresh? Or th...

This week Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the vagaries of time travel, but first Laura opens a birthday present since the episode comes out on her birthday, thus engaging in time travel present opening and then Krysta drops some facts about Doctor Who. With that done, we examine Time Travel and Timeslips...we cover everything from John Titor to the Moberly Jourdain Incident to the disappearance and...

In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean gather to discuss the Ancient Ram Inn. First, However, Krysta gives us some eye opening and head scratching facts about big horn sheep. Then we discuss the Inn's almost thousand year history in Wotton Under Edge as well as it's more notorious hauntings. Finally we discuss our feelings about the haunts, whether they are real as well as detailing the more famo...

TW: We discuss a few suicides in this episode. If you are suicidal, please reach out to 988. the suicide hotline for advice and help. In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the Hotel Cecil. The brainchild of William Banks Hanner, the Hotel Cecil started off as a place for business travellers and the social elite, but with the arrival of the Great Depression, so arrived hard times for the...

Trigger Warning: In this episode we discuss both religion (well A religion anyway and one that there are no members of) and politics (in a really non specific not mentioning any individuals kind of way). Be Aware. In this episode Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss a Kentucky phenomenon, an eccentric religious icon and politician that ran for almost every office he could, regularly gave well attended s...

This week, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the town of Lexington Missouri and it's many haunts. However, first, Krysta drops some weird facts about zombies! She shuffles through her weird facts before we get down to discussing the Civil War history of Lexington including the Battle of the Hemp Bales and the Second Battle of Lexington, which was responsible for chewing through many of Sterling Price...

In this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean examine the legacy, history and hauntings of Eastern State Penitentiary. A prison conceived to be a place where inmates could repent and embrace the Lord, it instead became a place of horror full of strange and terrible punishments, overcrowding and even more. A place that Charles Dickens once described as 'cruel and wrong'. But first Krysta gives us some fa...

On this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean take a look at the mysterious events of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, but first, Krysta drops some Weird Facts on Mountains. Then we look at Dyatlov Pass. We look at the hikers, their training and resources, the group, the hike and then we examine the theories surrounding their disappearance. And while we cannot say anything like 'it's solved' we certainly exam...

So, in this episode Laura, Krysta and Dean gather to talk about HLN's latest episodes of Forensic Files II. Dean begins with sharing details of the latest episode that dropped July 31st! But first, Krysta drops some weird facts about both worms and Sand Boas and Dean remembers the giant Gippsland Worm. We briefly argue as to whether or not it's appropriate to apply fire to the entire Outback to do...

Trigger Warning: Due to Dean's unfamiliarity with Streamyard, Dean's adjustments to the sound result in him sounding a bit breathy. Be warned. Laura, Krysta and Dean abandon their usual format and this week's planned show on the Mongolian Death Worm to talk to their special guest, Shelah Grimm Erickson! Shelah is the only femal Native American comedian to have worked the biker rally at Sturgis Sou...

Laura, Krysta and Dean turn their collective attention to an episode that Krysta wanted to explore...the idea of Backrooms. These liminal spaces are supposedly repositories of otherworldy horror that one can simply drift into from our reality, leaving one's sanity behind. We discuss the origins of this odd creepypasta but first Krysta enlightens us with some random creepy facts. Then we dig into t...

Laura, Krysta and Dean get together to discuss the Great Molasses Disaster that pretty well flattened Boston's North End Neighborhood. First, though, Krysta drops some weird facts about molasses, which helps to put the episode in perspective. In January of 1919, a tank of molasses exploded unleashing a wave of molasses 25 feet tall that moved at 35 miles an hour. This led to the deaths of over 20...

On this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean share well wishes from Friends and fans on their recent milestone of 100 episodes and they revisit some of their most fun episodes as they discuss things like the Djinn, Sharon Kinne, Missouri State Penitentiary, the Salem Witch Trials and the Third Eye Man. Enjoy this very special retrospective and prepare for another 100 Episodes! Become a supporter of thi...

Welcome to our 100th episode! Laura, Krysta and Dean celebrate their 100th episode with the first part of a two week long celebration of all things Family Plot! Before we begin the festivities, we take a moment to address the recent Supreme Court unpleasantness in addressing the overturning of Roe v. Wade. After we make our feelings clear on this important issue, we then turn to Krysta as she drop...

Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss some mysterious disappearances but first Krysta lays out some interesting facts about salamanders. After we discuss these freaky amphibians we look into some odd disappearances including Frederick Valentich; a 20 year old Australian pilot in training who went missing while reporting an unknown craft that Air Traffic Control couldn't locate, Owen Parfitt a 60 year old...