Bug in a Rug

Please do not use snakes as facial coverings. Please check your seats before you sit down. Samuel L. Jackson didn't fight Titanoboa, but we might. Prepare for... SNAKES ON A BUS!   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjLstlbXaFk https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-bus-passenger-uses...

Gather around the campfire to listen to the tale of a red-eyed, bushy-tailed lunatic known as The Mad Squirrel. It lurks in the woods, seeking out victims to catapult sharpened acorns at. This story still haunts us from childhood thanks to the elaborate storytelling skills of our father. 

This week we discuss the horrendous crimes committed by Nathan Brooks and how they rocked Bellaire, Ohio to its core. The small town was spooked into cancelling Halloween festivities in 1995 after the teenager murdered his parents in cold blood.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://weelunk.com/the-night-nat...

Have you ever gone trick-or-treating and found a razor blade in your candy apple? Neither have we, but we thought we should talk about reports of candy tampering on Halloween night anyway.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.history.com/news/halloween-trick-or-treating-origins https://en.wikipedia.org/w...

We are celebrating one year of podcasting with a stroll down memory lane. We stopped to smell the flowers, while highlighting our favorite episodes. Hopefully throughout it all, you've still been able to sleep as snug as a bug in a rug. Thank you!

Birmingham, Alabama was built in part by the efforts of Colonel James Withers Sloss. He created Sloss Furnaces, a manufacturing plant that produced record amounts of pig iron, deaths, and paranormal encounters! ...wait what?   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://frightfurnace.com/hauntings/haunted-history-of-...

The Mandela Effect is a dizzying concept that has us wondering what the truth actually is! Join us and our parents as we try to remember if the Monopoly Man has a monocle, if it is Fruit Loops or Froot Loops, and if Darth Vader actually knows Luke's name or not.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.dict...

We find ourselves caught up in the mystery surrounding the disappearance, recovery, and discovery of Pauline Picard. How did this two-year-old go missing, and who was the look-a-like living with her family?   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.google.com/maps http://www.theoccultmuseum.com/mysterious-dis...

The FBI is hot on our tails once again. This time it is for researching some of the most famous bank heists! Between the First American Bank Robbery, the Knightsbridge Security Deposit Robbery, and the Dunbar Armored Robbery... we may or may not have gathered some tips on how to "retire early".   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail...

We revisit some of our most frightening childhood memories by discussing the horrific crimes allegedly committed by Elizabeth Báthory. She might just be the true inspiration behind the tales of Count Dracula and Bloody Mary. Also... we love Frankie Muniz.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org...

In this episode, we discuss the terrible crimes committed by Marc Dutroux and his accomplices. If we go missing, then you know the conspiracy about a government cover-up was true...   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Dutroux https://www.xyz.ng/360/people/marc-dutroux-biography-fa...

María Gómez Cámara Pereira and her family were shocked to discover that their kitchen floor had been infested... with faces!? Welcome to La Casa de las Caras.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9lmez_Faces https://the-line-up.com/belmez-faces https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/...

For the big 5-0, we decided to "Go along with Joe!" and address the moth in the room... we are FINALLY talking about the Mothman! Hopefully, you don't get cold feet listening to this stellar episode filled with pigeons, conjunctivitis, and dark omens.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: http://www.keelian.org/moth...

This week's episode adds another reason why we stray away from hitchhiking! Was the right man convicted for the murder of Karen Ferrell and Mared Malarik? There might still be clues left unearthed in our own backyard.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/48y4rx/...

If you thought the Grinch was bad, don't stop to help injured goats in New Orleans, Louisiana... you might just come face-to-face with THE GRUNCH!   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_New_Orleans#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20New%20Orleans%2C%20Louisiana%2C%20traces%20the,by%2...

ATTENTION! There is a beast on the loose! This is a call to all listeners. Will you raise up your pikes, travel with us to Gévaudan, and protect the women and children from the monster lurking in the woods?   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.thelocal.fr/20190807/map-where-in-france-do-wolves-live https...

We are back in the saddle and cooking up some spicy chili! Our beans are of a supernatural kind, more specifically Yokai. These strange, mysterious creatures are from Japanese folklore. Giddy-up cowboy!   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai https://sites.temple.edu/yuki/yokai/...

A Christmas Eve tragedy left a family searching for five of their children. Join us as we explore the West Virginia mystery of the Sodder family.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/ https://www.cremationresource.org/cremation/how-is...

We celebrate West Virginia Day with a story that won't fall flat! Journey with us to the center of the state to either be abducted by aliens or attacked by an owl.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://cryptidlab.com/west-virginia-cryptids/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods,_West_Virginia https://en.wi...

Belle traveled from Norway to America in search of a new life... a new life that came to include a great deal of wealth and murder.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://allthatsinteresting.com/belle-gunness https://emergency.cdc.gov/agent/strychnine/basics/facts.asp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine#...

When you are finished listening to this episode, you must come carry us up the mountain to drink from the stream so that we can grow stronger. If you don't, you are your family will be cursed for always and eternity.    Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://list25.com/25-creepy-cursed-objects-that-actually-exis...

Put your bibs on! We are serving up some Creepypasta. Gluten may not keep you up at night, but tales of the Russian Sleep Experiment sure will.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2009/05/can-you-die-from-lack-of-sleep.html https://www.livescience.com/52592-spooky-effects-sleep-d...

In honor of the cicadas returning after 17 years of peace and prosperity, we try to decipher the mystery surrounding the group Cicada 3301. Did the bugs learn how to use computers?   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: Twitter Account - 1231507051321 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Turing:_The_Enigma https://www.b...

For your safety and ours, please do not attempt any of these creepy internet challenges ;)   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/what-is-momo-challenge-800470/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyrobertson/2019/02/27/dont-panic-what-parents-really-need-to-know-about-momo...

A classic tale of he said he said that escalated into a man turning a bulldozer into a tool to extract revenge... wait what? Marvin Heemeyer is his name and bulldozing is his game.   Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at  biarpodcast@gmail.com   Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin_Heemeyer https://www.damninteresting.com/the-wrath-of-the-kill...