Broadcast from the Belfry

Send us Fan Mail We decided to stray in a different direction to talk about something quintessentially American. You've heard of country, Americana, and indie music, but what were their roots? Like cuisine, fine and modern arts, poetry, and fiction, we use music to tell stories of what's happening to us right now . Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone knows the story of Mothman in West Virginia, but what about all the other strange things that went after he came? What about his rise to stardom as a queer icon? And what about all the erotic cryptid fiction he has since inspired? Have no fear - we're diving into all of it! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster....

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered why UFOs seem to be such an American "thing"? What was our obsession with alien action movies in the 90s? And what about when the government admitted that UFOs were real back in 2017? We take a look back to one of the earlier encounters that vastly influenced pop culture and how we think about "little green men" and "greys" to t...

Send us Fan Mail If you saw the skeleton of some extinct creature, what do you think it'd look like? Hear us out... how would you compare a kangaroo, platypus, or komodo dragon's skeleton to the living, breathing thing? This week's episode dives right in to the history of human's creative instincts when it come to fossils. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Ruci...

Send us Fan Mail This week we're talking all things "Exorcist" - from the story of Roland Doe (aka Robbie Mannheim), to the ways that the publication and following movie adaptation undeniably changed horror as entertainment, pop culture, and society as we know it.  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom&apos...

Send us Fan Mail She made tiny crime scenes and biiiig waves in forensic science. Tune in to meet Francis Glessner Lee, the mother of forensics and ultimate Queen who turned doll houses into much, much more.  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail Decapitations, dismemberment, and Depression-era despair - this episode has it all! Tune in to hear the twisted tale of the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run, where the only thing more elusive than the killer is Eliot Ness's sanity. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the sho...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes, you wonder where human evolution will take us. Are we to return to monke? Will we all become crab? When we ask where we'll go, we must look back at where we've been. Which direction did our hominid ancestors go? Perhaps........ Bigfoot? Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pil...

Send us Fan Mail What do you get when you cross anarchy, World War I, xenophobia, capitalism, and the slave trade? That's right: the Great Molasses Flood of 1919! Watch out, Boston - no one is safe in this perfect storm of 20th century ideals.  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the sho...

Send us Fan Mail YIKES. It would have sucked to be an Italian grocer in New Orleans in 1918 and 1919. Do you believe the Axe Man was a singular person? Would you have jazzed it out in March 1919? Do you think Pepitone's widow killed the real Axe Man? Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support t...

Send us Fan Mail Many girls experience a phase during their preteen years called the "Shirtwaist Factory Fire Era." Georgia did not experience this phase, so it's up to Hannah to give her the deets. Fire safety is feminist, and don't you forget it. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow ta...

Send us Fan Mail People were buried under Lincoln Park in the 1800s? They were still finding bodies that hadn't been reinterred in the early 1900s?? They were STILL finding bodies in 1998??? What is going on?!?! Tune in this week to find out. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail "Is anyone here with us?" That's one of the main questions we ask this week as we ramble into the void. We're talking spiritualism. We're talking feminism. We're talking ouija boards. We're talking Winchester Mystery Mansion. And many other things in between. Tune in or miss out! Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound...

Send us Fan Mail You may be familiar with Harry Houdini's "magic" tricks and his tenure as the world's greatest escape artist, but did you know he was a staunch anti-spiritualist? Or, well... maybe you knew that. But what about the first thing? There's a lot to learn in this episode. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webst...

Send us Fan Mail Apologies for the inconsistent audio here - I had a lot of issues.  Besides that, get ready for truth bombs about the 1893 Chicago World's Fair (the Columbian Exposition) and the real loser behind the sensationalized myth that is H.H. Holmes, aka the devil in the White City. What a Mudgett. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon W...

Send us Fan Mail You may be wondering, "Gosh Hannah, you sure do talk about a lot of things that aren't the Hodag in this episode!" And you would be right. Who knew that there was so much historical context to this beloved cryptid? Listen in to learn about Paul Bunyan, pine logging dangers, Ojibwe folklore, and a whole lot of sidetracks. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and H...

Send us Fan Mail Buckle your seatbelts because are we talking you on a wild ride this episode! If you thought you knew about Edison inventing motion pictures, does Georgia sure have news for you. Tune in for this super juicy 19th century gossip. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail We're asking the real questions this week, folx: did Poe have a time machine? Also, what were the circumstances that led to his death? And what the hell is a "Poe Toaster?" Tune in to hear the answers and much, much more!  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For Furthe...

Send us Fan Mail How much do you know about what really happened out on the California Trail? Well... Tune in to find out!  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For Further Reading: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Donner-party https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-should-know-about-the-donner-pa...

Send us Fan Mail Everyone knows about the cursed LaLaurie Mansion, but what about the dark history beyond Nicholas Cage and the reported hauntings? And who was Madame Delphine LaLaurie? Tune in as we uncover some historical truths.  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. For Further Reading: https://gho...

Send us Fan Mail You really wouldn't believe what the deal is with the Mormons. Hannah takes Georgia through an abbreviated history of the Latter Day Saints movement, both of them trying hard to understand from an anthropological lens. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail You've lived through a global pandemic, but have you ever lived through an epidemic? Dr. Benjamin Rush sure did, not 20 years after he penned his name down on the Declaration of Independence. Did he have some quirky ideas on how to heal people afflicted with yellow fever? Well... yeah. Have we learned anything from that experience? Well... sorta. Created and co-hosted by Geor...

Send us Fan Mail It's time for the second epiosde of our second and we're talking about two brothers who didn't deserve any second chances. There are also two of us. There's a 2 thing here somewhere... Anyway, join us for a small dose of what life was like in the Revolutionary War era as we talk vigilante justice and all things gruesome in the poorly documented case of the Harp...

Send us Fan Mail Aaaaaand we're back! Welcome to our season of American folk tales, true crime, cryptids, and other stories. In this episode, Georgia and Hannah play a little New Year's catch-up, then dive right into the history of the Lost Colony of Roanoke and  American colonization. Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Pre-Season 2! Tune in to this very special episode as we are joined by friend-of-the-show Jordan to discuss all things pseudoarchaeology in all of its racist, fake news un-glory. And please head over to JaySea Archaeology to learn more from Jordan!  Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski. Sound design by Shannon Webster. Inspired by your mom's pillo...