Curious Cousins OK Podcast

Your favorite cousins are kicking off spooky season with two great locals! Tiff covers the history and spooks at Rogers State University in Claremore, and Jess explores the tea-spilling past of the Eskridge Hotel in Wynnewood…a hotel where many residents have either never checked out OR keep visiting ...even after death! With lots of shadowy spirits and strange sounds, we hope you get some chills!...

Want a little more outlaw action this week? Well, have we got a good story for you! In part two, of our season premier, Tiff covers the infamous, the scandalous, the often compared, but never duplicated, outlaw couple of BONNIE AND CLYDE!  The ups and downs this couple experienced….whew! From the couple’s very humble beginnings, to their meet cute, to the thrill of the chase, Bonnie and Clyde live...

We’re baaaaaaccccckkkkk!! Hey cousins! After a month off, Jess and Tiff are ready to hit the trails running, bringing our favorite cousins the darkest of histories, kookiest of spooks, and thrillingest of true crimes…all from here, the Sooner State. So strap into Season 2. We kick it off going back to where it all began…OUTLAWS! In this two parter, Jess starts us out by diving into one of Oklahoma...

Part 4 of the Girl Scout Murders Your favorite cousins have reached the end of their deep dive into the Girl Scout Murders of Camp Scott. Our emotions have literally reached the limit. This case pulls at heartstrings, it causes us to get irrationally upset, and in the end, it devastates us knowing these 3 young girls had their whole lives ahead of them…hopes…dreams… This episode will cover everyth...

Part 3 of the Girl Scout Murders This week, your favorite cousins split up part 3; Jess covers the 10 month long manhunt from prime suspect Gene Leroy Hart. Tiff covers the usual preliminary hearing and resulting weeks-long trial. Evidence mysteries, turncoats, and drama that would have been home in a Hollywood film plagued this case. It quickly became the “case of the century” for Oklahoma, even...

Part 2 of the Girl Scout Murders Jess focuses on suspect #1; Gene Leroy Hart. Hart was a petty thief when he started his criminal career. Then, one evening, Hart decided to k!dnap and assault two pregnant Tulsa women. Found guilty, he served time, yet was released, just to resume his life of crime. The similarities between Hart's first crime and the crime against the 3 Girl Scout victims was e...

Well cousins, the time has come. We are doing a big one. The next couple of weeks, your favorite cousins will be covering one of Oklahoma’s biggest true crime cases to come out of the Sooner state. This case has been requested several times by various listeners (sorry, I won’t list them all). This week, Tiff introduces us to the Camp Scott Murders, better known as the Girl Scott Murders.  In Part...

Rumor has it this week’s episodes will bring a little chill to our hot, humid weather!  Tiff explores the spooky history behind Ft. Reno. Starting as a fort in Indian Territory to help protect the native population in the area, many scuffles had to be squashed so everyone could live in SOMEWHAT harmony. The fort was quickly converted into a POW camp during World War 2, where hundreds of German and...

Oklahoma has its share of dark times throughout history. Oftentimes, this great state shares those dark times with the entire nation. This week, Jess explores the Krebs Mining Accident from 1892. Visiting Krebs today, one wouldn’t know it was the site of Oklahoma's worst mining accident. Gross disregard for miner’s safety and overall safety protocols, as was the case in  many mining accidents...

If last week’s part 1 didn’t give you the willies, maybe this week’s will. Jess wraps up her deep-dive into the Giggling Granny, aka, Nannie Doss, by going through her trial. Nannie continued to wow and stun authorities with her bizarre behavior and flirtatious attitude towards the entire ordeal. How will these exploits be received in the courtroom? Guess you’ll have to listen to find out!  Oh! An...

Most people probably have warm, fuzzy feelings about their grandmas. Your favorite cousins do! Her warm, tasty cookies…nice, loving hugs…Never does the thought of POISON cross people’s minds when reminiscing about little, old grannies. Or maybe it does…Perhaps if you were a member of Nannie Doss’s family that’s exactly what you’d think!  This week’s episode Jess tackles the Giggling Granny herself...

Old, spooky homes are the best, am I right? This week, your favorite cousins explore the paranormal happenings at two former homes; the Grisso Mansion of Seminole and the former Masonic Children’s Home (now Dominion House) in Guthrie. Footsteps and sounds abound in these two places where energies are HIGH! From the sounds of former servants and other Natives going about their daily business, to th...

It’s time to take it back to our roots! How about another episode dedicated to an infamous Oklahoma outlaw and the man who tried to bring them to justice? Tiff dives into the infamous life of Crawford “Cherokee Bill” Goldsby. For only living 20 years, he lived a life you’d only think was possible through a Hollywood script. Jess then takes over covering the one, the only, Judge Isaac Parker…aka…Th...

Thanks for bearing with us as we devliever this week’s episode late! Tiff tells the frightening tale of Patrick Henry Sherrill, infamous Oklahoman who’s terrible act coined the phrase “going postal”. Diving into Sherrill’s life paints a picture of undiagnosed mental health issues. Sherrill appeared mostly fine on the outside, but when exploring deeper, patterns can be observed that today would hav...

Jess and Tiff are taking a break this week, but have we got a treat for you all! In this episode, your favorite cousins teamed up with the Sirens: A Southern True Crime Podcast to talk about some DARK Oklahoma history. Did you know about 200 years AFTER the famous Salem Witch Trials, Oklahoma had at least TWO of their own? Tiff talks about the infamous Oklahoma Witchhunter himself, Mr. Solomon Hot...

Are you ready to listen to tales of things that go bump in the night? This week, your favorite cousins explore two haunted sites; the Mayo Hotel of Tulsa and the McBride House of Ft. Gibson. While the McBride House no longer offers up hotel stays, you can bet you will still come across Ft. Gibsoners that will tell you of the kooky and spooky going on in their town, and in that house! But, if you c...

This week, your favorite cousins explore places super kooky and spooky…abandoned hospitals! Jess explores Cottonwood Manor in Yukon, while Tiff takes a trip up the turnpike to Vinita to Eastern State Hospital. Using pictures from Abandoned Oklahoma, you can see just how creepy some of these places were that were supposed to provide help to the innocent, and not so innocent. So sit back and listen...

Jess concludes the soap-opera-like story of Jake Hamon and his lover Clara Smith Hamon. The ups and downs in this case will spin your head! But even more shocking…the conclusion of the trial..and the path lives take afterwards. Remember, Jake and Clara were lovers for 10 years when Jake’s wife’s cousin’s husband (take a breath now) became President of the United States. Jake, ever looking for his...

Time for an old-timey tale! Jess takes us back to the early 1900s, when Oklahoma’s wild west was being won! This week, Jess dives into the mysterious murder of Jake Hamon. Jake was a well-known Oklahoman…well-known as an attorney, politician, oil-man, and womanizer. Being married with two children didn’t stop ole Jake from having a TEN YEAR long affair with his shopkeeper turned business partner C...

COUSINS! The kooky and spooky has been TURNT UP this week! Jess takes us along for the kooky cryptid tale of Oklahoma’s famed Stikini, while Tiff explores another haunted building; the Knox Building of Enid. While one story focuses on the Seminole lore of a vampiric owl-man, the other will lead listeners to wonder just what went on for 40 years while this Oklahoma site stood vacant. So enjoy one o...

This week, your favorite cousins will dive into the mysteries around the Oklahoma Panhandle, as well as the nation’s 6th deadliest fire, the Babbs Switch Fire. Take a ride through history as Jess describes the lawlessness and adventure only an Oklahoman could understand! Tiff explores the tragedy of the Babbs Switch Christmas Eve fire, where one innocent spark took down an entire school house and...

Time to turn up the kooky and spooky factor! This week, your favorite cousins, along with guest host cousin Ava, dive into the NUMEROUS theories surrounding the mysterious disappearance and deaths of the Jamison Family out of Eufuala, OK. From cult sacrifices to the witness protection program to murder-suicide, your cousins will dish out the facts, and dish on some opinions. We’d love to hear your...

Ready for a tale that is both kooky and spooky? Tiff dives into the mysterious and conspiracy centered disappearance and death of the Jamison Family of Eufuala, OK. Requested by listener Brandy McGinley, part 1 takes a look at the family background, dynamics, and strange way they simply appeared to pack up and vanish from the Palona Mountains. Investigators were baffled by all the evidence and the...

A soft rain is pitter-patter-ing down, so that means it's time for a spooky story, right? Take a trip to T-Town to visit one of its MANY spooky and kooky theaters! This week, Tiff gives us the history of both Tulsa's Little Theatre and Spotlight Theatre. Many spirits are said to roam the stages and halls, giving thespians quite the fright. Tulsa’s oldest show can still be seen at the Spotl...

Let's hear it for the girls! Let's give the girls a hand! This week, your favorite cousins are covering some BOSS BABES for Women's History Month! First, Tiff will scratch the surface of Oklahoma's Angel, Kate Barnard, progressive reformer during the time when women's voices in politics were shunned and ignored. Jess takes a look at professional girls baseball player Earlene "Beans" Risinger. Both...