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Send us Fan Mail What do the Jon Benet Ramsey and Casey Anthony cases have to do with our book of the month The Last One at The Wedding by Jason Rekulak? Listen in and find out!   What would Emily or Ashley do if they knew one of their kids committed a crime?  Thank you to our listener Tracee for her wedding story!  TW: Sodomy, child abuse, graphic violence, suicide, SA, murder MAJOR spoilers from...

Send us Fan Mail Today Emily and Ashley chat real life - sick kids, parenting styles, member emails and pivots we are making as we learn how to best show up for our members.  Show notes:  0:00-2:30 WHO has Ashley become?! 3:30-8:00 Parenting styles  8:00-10:00 Menendez brothers  10:00-15:00 Member email  15:00-18:00 Books we do NOT Recommend to anxious people  19:00-22:00 The Anxious child and how...

Send us Fan Mail Come on a ride with us through the top 10 questions we get. Here are the questions in order, please comment below with your answers.  (1) What's your favorite type of thriller and least favorite ? (1:00-10:00) (2) What thriller would you recommend to someone just getting into genre (10:20-11:50) (3) What thriller would you recommend for thriller lovers (11:50-13:30) (4) What...

Send us Fan Mail Anna Downes absolutely goes there with us. We chat her newest book Red River Road and during our discussion we get into: domestic violence, cycles of violence, victim blaming and so much more. Anna also has breaking news she shares near the end of the interview!!!!! We cannot wait for you to hear what is in store for her. TW: DV, SA, Kidnapping FULL SPOILERS during this interview...

Send us Fan Mail This spooky season chat urban legends with Emily and Ashley. We asked you, the listeners, what you remember being the scariest urban legends as a kid and are here to report back on them. We also take a bit of a sidebar in the closing 10 minutes to chat conspiracy theories - are they the urban legends of today? TW: Murder, SA, Assault, Child endangerment 0:00-2:00 Intro 1:45-5:40 B...

Send us Fan Mail We are thrilled to bring you our interview with Lucinda Berry about her book, which she calls her most disturbing, Appetite For Innocence.  TW: Sexual Assault, Miscarriage/Abortion, Kidnapping/child abandonment, Murder. https://lucindaberry.com/ Support the show Subscribe on our patreon for weekly content, early access to episodes, one true crime episode per month and behind the s...

Send us Fan Mail Do you think imaginary friends are actually ghosts?  Get into it with Ashley and Emily as they discuss one of their favorite books Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak. We are using his new book The Last One at The Wedding as our November book of the month.  Donate to Hurricane Helene and Milton victims: https://www.redcross.org/donate/dr/hurricanes-milton-helene.html Morbid Podcast:...

Send us Fan Mail Today we chat all things Ashley and Emily. We answer your listener questions like, who is more likely to end up in jail, who handles confrontation better and how we met and fell in love.   Show Notes: 0:00-2:00 intro and the RUG  5:00 How we met  8:00 Who is more organized? 12:00 How we are very different when it comes to emailing 14:00 Who is more likely to go to jail 16:00 How w...

Send us Fan Mail Major Spoilers  "We have had to work on teaching our kids the difference between nice and safe." On today's episode Ashley and Emily review What Have You Done by Shari Lapena. Our conversation also includes chatting about teaching kids the difference between nice and safe, the teenage brain, male predators and how we need to listen to girls and women. We have includ...

Send us Fan Mail Chat life with Emily and Ashley as they get into: Why the internet should go away, how they don't understand what jobs people have, what movies they will always watch if they are on and how Ashley's mom accidentally ended up with an adult film on her television. We will also let you in on what we are currently reading.  Show notes:  0-1:00 Intro  2:00-4:00 What do our hu...

Send us Fan Mail Close to 30% of us have some level of psychopathic traits (according to the APA). In this story we have 3 of them. One of them is a child who is a murderer. We will chat about the book and listen to Emily share a real life True Crime story with us about Daniel Marsh.   TW: Podcast includes brief discussions about domestic violence and animal abuse.  If you are someone you know nee...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever finished a book and needed to talk with someone about it? Hear about the book that impacted the two of us so much we decided we needed to start an online book club just to share it with others.  TW: domestic violence, mention of animal abuse If you or someone you know needs support for Domestic Violence please call 1-800-799-7233 or text BEGIN to 8878 or visit  https...