Broads Next Door

Get ready to go to The Bronze but don't answer any texts from A because today we're getting a broader understanding on the joys of watching TV with your friends, with some very special help from Robin Tran. (originally aired May 2023) You may know her from That’s My Time With David Letterman or her TikTok clips but in this episode you’ll get to know her as Daniela does- as a best friend to binge T...

Grab your garlic necklace and maybe double check that your doors are locked, because today we’re getting a Broader Understanding of The Vampire of Sacramento: Richard Chase. CW: this one’s heavy, graphic, and disturbing. It deals with severe mental illness, animal abuse, necrophilia, cannibalism, and some of the most brutal murders I’ve ever covered on this show.   But we’re also going to talk abo...

Grab some tissues and your inner rage because today we're getting the verdict in the trial of Jason and Damien. In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the t...

Get an HBO film crew and your best experts on satanic panic, because today we're going back to West Memphis for the trial of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part thr...

Grab your court appointed lawyer and remember anything you say may be used against you, as we head back to West Memphis for the trial of Jessie Misskelley. In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part thre...

Grab your copies of Paradise Lost from Blockbuster because today we're getting a broader understanding of the suspects in the HBO docuseries. In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In part three of our West...

Grab your death metal albums and don't talk to the cops without a lawyer because today we're gaining a broader understanding of the satanic panic of the 80s and 90s and how it greatly impacted the case of the West Memphis Three In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas. We told you things the way that they se...

Grab your your old cassette tapes, and your deepest sense of injustice, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the 1993 West Memphis Murders and the three little boys who never made it home. On May 5th, 1993, three second graders- Stevie Branch, Michael Moore, and Christopher Byers left their homes in West Memphis, Arkansas for an ordinary bike ride. They were eight years old. They...

Grab your Hawkins lab keycard, put on your anti-mind-control headband, and step carefully through the static, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Camp Hero, the Montauk Project, and what may or may not be hiding beneath the sands of Long Island. We’re going to Camp Hero. To a decommissioned military base at the edge of Montauk, Long Island. Where the Cold War never really ended....

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 a date and put on your prom dress, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of adolescent rage, telekinetic revenge, teenage trauma and Carrie White : On Writing, Stephen King Is Telekinesis Real? (Ted Ed) https://youtu.be/Jq9D_HkQhAA?s... Analyzing Evil Margaret White from Carrie (The Vile Eye) https://youtu.be/tihF7bFKvW8?s... How Did Carrie Get Her Powers (Screen Rant) https://...

Grab your heart rate monitor and your Halloween candy because today we’re getting a broader understanding of why we like being scared and the science behind fear itself. How can something that works almost as a survival mechanism also feel kind of good in the right situation? Are we sadists or are we helping ourselves survive? Sources: IFL Science, Fear https://youtube.com/shorts/_2W... Why We Lov...

Grab your clairvoyance and your credit card because today we're getting a broader understanding of celebrity psychics & scammers.   From Mary Todd Lincoln’s séances in the White House, tv infomercials for psychic hotlines, CIA psychic spy programs and modern day reality tv mediums- we are taking a look at the business of reading minds, flipping cards and seeing the future. Is anyone the real d...

Get a box of tissues, and your strongest emotional armor, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of one the darkest kinds of killer- the family annihilator. Often pretending to be the perfect dad, the perfect spouse until they lose control and everyone pays the price. Chris Watts, Josh Powell, John List & the more recent horrifying crimes that continue. Why does this happen? How a...

Grab your sage & your skepticism, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of doppelgängers, mimics, and the moments that make us question reality. What happens when we see someone who isn’t there? When someone (or something) else doesn’t just look like you but mimics you? Is it a form of hysteria messing with our minds? A glitch in our brains and in linear time or something more si...

Grab your binoculars and maybe don’t drive through any small towns alone at night, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of The Mothman: red-eyed omen? Government experiment? Or just another winged warning that we’re not alone? Sources: Sources: Mothman Legacy https://youtu.be/W0qE1xQ_Db0?s... John Keel & The Mothman https://youtu.be/LUKDtRVVaOI?s... Smithsonian Center for Folkli...

Grab a planchette and dust off that box from the back of the closet, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding (and a brief history) of Ouija boards. From Victorian séances to TikTok rituals, and parlor games to demonic warnings, we’re learning about the board that spells it all out and can make even a skeptic feel superstitious. Sources: Ouija Board History (Fox45 Boston) https://youtu...

Grab a red balloon but avoid storm drains, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of clowns. The early history, the clown sightings of 2016, Pennywise and Stephen King’s IT, why clowns scare us, and how the monster that was John Wayne Gacy paraded around as Pogo. What happens when adults don’t believe kids? What happens when we don’t keep track of the missing and most vulnerable among...

Grab your sage bundles and your real estate disclosures, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of celebrity haunted houses- starting with the one Britney Spears sold to Brittany Murphy, and the tragic legacy that followed. Sources: Brittany Murphy’s Death, inside the Eerie House (Entertainment Tonight) https://youtu.be/l2wglu_PrLQ?s... The Haunting of Brittany Murphy House (Not My St...

Grab your holy water & learn some Latin, because today we"re gaining a broader understanding of exorcism and demonic possession in pop culture. In this (release) episode we hear the true story behind the movie The Exorcist and how it shaped the way we see possession and exorcism on film. We’ll also hear about the 67 exorcisms of Annalise Michel that led to her death and the prosecution of her...

Grab your black cat and your VCR as we gain a broader understanding of 90’s movie witches from The Witches,The Craft, Teen Witch, Double Double Toil and Trouble, Hocus Pocus, Sabrina The Teenage Witch, The Crucible, Eve’s Bayou, Halloweentown, to The Blair Witch Project why were witches so popular in the 90’s and why do they still hold a special place in our hearts and in our covens?  (Originally...

Grab your grainy VHS tapes, your camcorder with no battery life, and the ghost stories your family told, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of haunted houses, spooky experiences, found footage films, childhood memories and crimes that changed everything. (With some help from a very special guest, Daniela’s mom) Sources: Curse of the Blair Witch (1999) SyFy Channel Sylvia Brown an...

Grab your bolt cutters, your EMF detector, and your childhood trauma because today we’re getting a broader understanding of haunted hospitals, abandoned state schools, the horrors of Willowbrook and the one urban legend that turned out to be terrifyingly real: Cropsey. CW: language, violence Sources: Committed - Danvers State Hospital https://www.youtube.com/watch?... Cropsey (2009) https://youtu....

Grab your fertility amulets and your haunted cradle, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of Rosemary’s Baby, the film that birthed an entire genre of occult paranoia… and maybe even a few curses along the way. From the comas, to the cults, to fhe infamous crimes. Is the devil really in the details or just in us? CW: graphic violence Sources: Cursed Movies: Rosemary’s Baby Shudder...

Cue The Twilight Zone Theme as we get a broader understanding of why this September felt so bizarre. From the rapture that wasn’t, political assassinations, Tylenol, my trip to Kansas City & troops in Portland Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/broads-next-door--5803223/support .