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A controversial topic among academics and anyone with a soul. The concept that a non-human animal could contemplate and carry out suicide is a chilling thought, and yet, it happens more than you'd think. At least it seems to be the case. The fam looks into one of the most mysterious corners of the animal kingdom. 

We run through some of the most haunted objects of all time including a wedding dress, a mirror, and of course good ole Annabelle. Are they really so cursed you'll die if you interact with these every day items? This fam's not taking any chances. 

The unsolved slaying of an ambitious Hollywood starlet with an undeniable charm and a diary ranking her lovers throughout entertainment and politics. Was she murdered for what she knew? Did she take it a step further and attempt blackmail? Did the powers that be keep this story from getting the attention it seemingly should've had? The fam explores the fascinating life and times of Christa Helm.&n...

August 10th, 2019 witnessed one of the most high profile and controversial deaths in recent memory. Was it suicide or murder or somehow a combination of both? When so many of the world's elites have a motive, quite literally anything is possible. The fam separates fact from fiction in the infamous case of billionaire sex criminal, Jeffrey Epstein. 

In one of our wildest stories yet, 1930s "Iron" Mike Malloy thwarts several attempts on his life despite a conspiratorial group of friends and alcoholism. Methods included rat poison, pneumonia, and a glass sandwich. How did he not die? The fam soaks up Prohibition-Era NYC. 

The universe could be so big that there's actually more than one. Like an infinite amount. With billions of versions of you reading this right now just wearing different pants. But what if there was no way to prove it? The fam puts on their cosmologist hats for this one. 

The 1994 attack on Nancy Kerrigan and the ensuing media frenzy put women's figure skating on the map. The mystery? Did rival skater Tonya Harding have hand in planning the infamous assault? We make a few reporting mistakes in this one but ultimately it's still a 10 out of 10 episode. 

This one's a competition, folks! Mae presents a list of urban legends pulled off the internet and Max and Ben guess whether they're fake or still kind of not real but based on some truth. Cursed parks, secret experiments, widowed witches - there's a little bit of everything in here. The fam tells tall tales from around town.

He's been missing for over a month, the whole world's looking for him, and there are updates every hour on the hour. The search for him inside of a massive Florida nature reserve, however, is like looking for a needle in a haystack it might not even be in. Laundrie remains the only person of interest in the case of girlfriend Gabby Petito's murder. 

In 1982, someone put cyanide into Tylenol capsules throughout the Chicago area forever changing the way we consume over the counter medicine. Who did it? 40 years later and it's still unknown. The fam pops into this painful mystery. 

In celebration of Mae picking a wedding venue, we're covering the mysterious and tragic death of a Canadian newlywed in 1947. What happens when a couple brings their "best friend" on the honeymoon? Arson, drownings, affairs and everything in between. The fam gets hitched to an infamous bridal mystery. 

Possibly the biggest existential question of all time and science is split down the middle. Is this the base reality or are we just next gen Sims? The fam goes deep into the matrix. 

In this bonus episode, Mark Normand joins the pod to discuss an unsolved mystery from his past. His trailblazing drag queen superhero of a nanny was murdered without a trace. He and his parents help the team piece together what could have happened to him. 

In the first widely reported alien abduction, Barney and Betty Hill claimed to have been snatched up by a UFO in September, 1961. Their story shaped just about every extraterrestrial cliche in the books - flying saucer, little grey men, and of course, probing. But did it actually happen? The fam beams up into the og E.T. 

In one of the most infamous mysterious deaths of all time, college student Elisa Lam disappeared in her hotel. Only that hotel was basically cursed. And then she was found somewhere she almost certainly couldn't have gotten into alone. The fam checks into the ill fated Cecil Hotel.

They are both legendary heavyweights in the monster arena. But of the two, which one is more likely to actually exist? The fam breaks down stories from history, actual scientific studies, and modern day interviews with "real" vamps. 

A ship with no one aboard. Navigational equipment missing but food fully stocked. An entire family and crew never to be heard from again. The fam sets sail to find out what exactly happened to the famous Mary Celeste brigantine. 

In 1994, a small town in Washington experienced the strangest precipitation of all time. Clear, slimy blobs rained from the sky and made everyone sick. Oh and also they had human blood cells in them. The fam investigates possible alien thingies in Oakville. 

This week we break down some of Hollywood's most insane rumors and conspiracies. Did Elvis fake his death to avoid a mob hit? Was Avril Lavigne replaced with a clone? Is Richard Gere really into putting gerbils up his bum? Found out the answers to these and more as the fam spreads tinseltown's craziest stories. 

It's January 1935 and the Hotel President in Kansas City, MO is in its prime. Then a mysterious man checks in under an alias and gets fatally attacked in his locked room. Was it a mafia hit? A ghost? Or did he really just fall (repeatedly) in the bathtub? The fam stays overnight in this infamous mystery.

Near Death Experiences or NDE's have been recorded since ancient times. That is, people crossing over to the other side, getting a peak, and coming back to the land of the living. Their stories are eerily similar and hard to fake. The fam breathes life into this multi-dimensional mystery.

What if I told you someone wrote a book containing all the world's knowledge at the time? What if I also told you it weighs 165 pounds and the devil helped him write it? WHELP. It's real. And possibly cursed. 

A group of teens going missing with some cash from a 1978 burger joint seems simple right? Too bad it ended up being one of the most brutal murder cases in a decade notorious for dark crimes. Every new development and twist leads to more questions and more scrutiny on the cops for getting it so wrong on day 1. The fam works the night shift on this killer mystery.

What happens when your dream home becomes a nightmare? The Broaddus learned the hard way in 2014 when their New Jersey abode came with increasingly creepy letters from a stalker known only as "The Watcher". The experience was so intrusive and chilling that they never even fully moved into the house. Was The Watcher a local prankster, a ghoulish remnant of residents' past or something even more sin...

Vincent van Gogh is known the world over as the quintessential tortured artist. An extraordinarily talented man whose frequents bouts with mental illness drove him to take his own life. Or so the story goes. The fam paints the picture behind the prominent belief that there was foul play involved in the death of Van Gogh.