Broads Next Door

Make sure you’re sitting down because in part four of our fetal abduction series, we’re arriving at the crime scene, as we continue to gain a broader understanding of the crimes of Taylor Parker and the murder of Reagan Hancock  For the past three episodes we’ve been telling two stories. The first belonged to Reagan Hancock. A young wife. A mother to three-year-old Kynlee. Thirty-five weeks pregna...

Don’t trust pathological liars but do keep track of what they say because today we’re continuing to gain a broader understanding of fetal abduction and the Netflix doc Maternal Instinct by looking at the longtime lies of the woman who looks different in every picture, Taylor Parker. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Grab your security blanket, a cold beverage, and your internal rage because Today we’re continuing our No Maternal Instinct series, but we’re taking a slightly different path than the documentary as we try and gain a broader understanding of fetal abduction. Because after Part One, a lot of you wrote to us. Some of you were excited. Some of you were surprised that we spent an entire episode talkin...

Tune into your skepticism and lock your car doors because today we’re beginning our multi part series on Netflix’s Maternal Instinct and the horrifying crime of fetal abduction as we try and gain a broader understanding of why and how this ever happens in part one we"re looking at the broader picture- why women fake pregancies. From false pregnancies to manipulation to the worst case scenarios we'...

Grab your lease agreement, your air conditioner, and your Chili’s Triple Dipper… because today we’re getting a broader understanding of New York City’s rent freeze, Europe’s dangerous heatwave, and why World Cup fans are falling in love with the beautiful, chaotic spectacle that is American chain restaurants. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--58...

warning: contains spoilers for season 1 of Widow's Bay!!! Grab your life jackets and get your fog horns out, cause today we’re diving into the lore behind everyone’s new favorite small seaside town secret history: Widow’s Bay. And if you’re looking for an excuse to use that Apple TV free trial period, this show might be worth the trouble. It’s just 10 episodes and pretty quick to binge, so if you...

Grab your calendars and get ready to notice some patterns with us, because today we’re questioning the stars with a very special guest. Our friend Laura from @6thHouseAstro has come back to help us get a broader understanding of the mundane, the magical, and a forecast of things to come.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Grab your tweed jacket, your favorite book from the library stacks, and maybe a wooden stake just in case, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles, nostalgia, grief, and why losing someone we never actually met can feel like losing a little piece of ourselves as we take a look back on Buffy and the career of Anthony Head.  Become a supporter of this p...

(originally released in March 2023, not the best audio quality!!) Before there was Fyre Festival there was Woodstock 99. The festival took place from July 23-25, 1999 in Rome, New York. Though it was intended to be a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival, it ended up being anything but. It turned out to be the hottest weekend of the year, with temperatures reaching...

Grab your chargers, put your heart in airplane mode, and maybe delete that Replika app, because today, we are stepping into the uncanny valley of AI romance. We’ll be talking about the new film Companion, starring the brilliant Sofie Thatcher. We talk about real stories of people dating AI, films like Terminator, Her & Ex Machina before finally getting a broader understanding of AI companionsh...

Count your pills, and lock your doors, as we gain a broader understanding of the death of Marilyn Monroe. Was it a suicide? A tragic accident?  or was it something much worse?? Because the official story? It doesn’t really sit right. Because maybe she overdosed. Or accidental. Or it was intentional . Or maybe, just maybe, someone  silenced her. And maybe, in the mess of all that myth and murder, w...

Grab your marriage license and your divorce papers Today, we’re continuing to gain a Broader Understanding of a woman who was as adored as she was exploited, a woman whose name became shorthand for beauty, sexuality, tragedy, and contradiction. The woman who played the dumb blonde while reading Dostoyevsky in her trailer. The woman who could seduce the world, marry multiple times  and still be lef...

Grab a journal, get a makeover & try on that dress you’re afraid to wear in public, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Marilyn Monroe. Or maybe we should say Norma Jeane. Because that’s kind of the problem, isn’t it? Everyone knows Marilyn Monroe. The white dress. The platinum hair. The beauty mark. The breathy voice. The sex symbol. The tragedy. But very few people know th...

Grab your flashlights, your childhood urban legends, and maybe your rapidly deteriorating trust in society because today we’re getting a broader understanding of… The 2025 movie  Weapons- why did it mean something different to all of us? How did comedy inspire some of it? Can we ever really keep each other safe? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door-...

Grab your coffee or any  emotional support beverage, maybe even a blanket, because today’s episode is one of those episodes- where we try and gain a broader understanding of a crash that may never be understood- the 2009 Taconic Parkway Tragedy And the documentary that followed, There’s Something Wrong With Aunt Diane It’s horrifying, it’s haunted me but it’s not scary in the way we usually talk a...

Grab your weighted blanket and an extra hot coffee cause we are no longer supporting iced beverages, and this episode is a rough one to get through without some extra comfort. Because today we are talking about ICE and the ways this is impacting our communities, as well as helping to share some resources for people to try and counter some of the brutality. We’re going to do our best with this one,...

Grab your linen aprons, your copies of Yesteryear, and maybe your emergency stash of prenatal vitamins and existential dread, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of… Trad Wife Horror: Why Domestic Submission Keeps Returning as Fantasy.  How did repression become a Pinterest board? How did we get here? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-...

Grab your teenage memories and your unresolved suburban trauma, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of… Mackenzie Shirrila and the Netflix documentary The Crash.  Was a 17 year old girl in the Ohio suburbs trying to commit murder or was she simply being so reckless that it resulted in death? (QUICK NOTE: I apologize for the audio of the episode, my mic wsa off and it recorded throu...

Grab your hand sanitizer but stop your doomscrolling, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Ebola, hantavirus and how we cope in a post COVID world when that pandemic never really ended either Check out our sponsor for todqy's episode- NightChannels.com Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Put down your true crime coloring book, turn off that third rewatch of Mindhunter, and triple-check your locks, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of active serial killers. Maybe they didn’t go extinct. Maybe they changed their ways just enough that we stopped noticing. We’re not talking about Jeffrey Dahmer’s glasses or the psychology of Ed Kemper. We’re talking about the now. Be...

Grab your phone charger, your doomscroll thumb brace, and your latest screen time report because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of why the internet doesn’t feel dead but undead, how we became social media zombies, and why we can’t stop scrolling. What is this doing to our brains- and worse, what is it doing to our futures and the next generations? Will friendships be replaced by an a...

Grab your quartz crystals and your calendars, cause we’re exploring the stars in a different way than just the movies today. You may want to take some notes on this one, because we have a special guest to help guide us through our collective grief today. There’s a lot going on in the world around us, but the universe has a lot of plans right now and we’re hoping this episode might bring some hope...

Grab your stake, your silver crucifix and some Holy water as we're joined by SlayerFest 98 to try and gain a broader understanding of the Buffy revival that wont be.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

Grab your rabbit’s foot, avoid walking under any ladders, and maybe cancel your dinner reservation for thirteen,   because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Friday the 13th- and the fear of the number 13.  Is it all just superstition?  How did it start, and why did it stick? Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .

in this conversational episode we share some personal news while trying to gain a broader understanding of the world right now and how chaotic everything has been.  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .