Easy Bake Coven

Send a text How many ways can one die outside? Turns out, quite a few, even within the confines of federally managed land. This week we're heading to our nation's beloved Yellowstone National Park, where bears, bison and boiling hot springs have got nothing on the dumb people who visit them. Tourists have found dumb ways to die since the park's origins, from backing off the edge of...

Send a text Y'all, this week was crazy. So many guns, so much violence, and a touch of ancient cannibalism. Come laugh with us about it so we don't have to cry! From a glimmer of justice for the murdered kids in Idaho, to the very real consequences of admitting publicly to feline murder, we cover it all in this babysode. The moral of the story continues to be: influencers are garbage, an...

Send a text Coven, there's really no other way to say it. What the fuck is up with crop circles? Are they a manmade hoax? Are they alien landing spots? Are they the result of drunk wallabies wandering about the fields? This week, we dig up the history of these infamous markings, and learn about some very compelling cases. Don't worry, before we get too carried away (in a UFO?) Joe Nickel...

Send a text What a week for spooky news! We're digging into the weird and the wacky with crazy stories from around the world. A whistleblower confirms aliens are real (duh), and residents of Las Vegas see some for themselves. Body snatchers are on the move again, Bill Murray is getting his fill of milkshakes in the yard and satan-worshiping witches are feasting on deer carcasses. Nope, that&a...

Send a text Bears are scary. Big teeth, sharp claws and a smelly disposition make for bad company. But not all bears are out to get you - sometimes you just get in their way! And then there’s the predatory bears, the kind who watch you from the shadows and stalk your every move. Like Kesagake, the legendary Ussuri brown bear who brutally murdered eight Japanese women and children in 1915. This hor...

Send a text Coven, this week's babysode has it all. Wheels of cheese, fake pregnant bellies full of drugs, botched amputations, and more talk about nuns than you'd ever expect from our witchy mouths. Today, we aim to surprise, delight, and entertain with some true crime updates, absurd news, and a little reintroduction for our new listeners.  Happy Haunting!  Support the show Get in touc...

Send a text In September 1975, the community of Waldport, Oregon started noticing mysterious flyers plastered around the town. Starting with a scribbled headline reading “UFOs”, the flyers explained how a man and woman were sent from the level above human, and would return to that level on a space ship in the next few months. Those interested in joining them were encouraged to attend an informatio...

Send a text We're going down under in this babysode, from the Bush of Australia to the murky depths of the Florida Keys, we're bringing all the latest and greatest news, the spooky and the quirky. We'll discover that it's never too late to have the wedding of your dreams, standing room only can have deadly consequences and you really can survive on wine and candy alone. Hallelu...

Send a text Florida State University witnessed the unspeakable crimes of Ted Bundy in 1978. Just 12 years later, the University of Florida would mourn the loss of five students  at the hands of its very own serial killer - the Gainesville Ripper. This week, we'll travel back to Elise's Alma Mater and discover the lasting impact such tragedy had on her college town. Sonja Larson, Christin...

Send a text Hello dearest coven! Oh how we have missed you all! We're so excited to end our hiatus with a new episode full of updates, bad puns, spooky news, and personal anecdotes about ghosts of boyfriends past. Learn what we've been up to the past 4 months (!!) and we'll share our exciting plans for the podcast going forward.  Happy Haunting!  Support the show Get in touch! Follo...

Send a text Happy December, coven! This week we share with you a potpourri of delight and horror as we sample some spooky victorian stories, and learn about some real life Bad Santas. Elise also delights us with another original composition from her high school days, this time with a little holiday magic sprinkled in. Join us as we bring back the Victorian tradition of telling ghost stories at Chr...

Send a text Happy Day-After-Thanksgiving, Coven! We're taking a little time for ourselves this week and cooling it on the research front. In the spirit of the season, we're chatting about our favorite Thanksgiving foods, traditions and the things we're most grateful for. So as you unwind from your food comas and maybe score a Black Friday deal or two, know that we're so thankfu...

Send a text On June 6th, 1992, Suzie Street and Stacy McCall graduated from Kickapoo high school, in Springfield, Missouri. They had a wonderful day celebrating with friends, and retired to Suzie's house late into the evening, excited to head to a nearby water park with the rest of their graduating class the next day. Stacy called her mom to say goodnight and promised to call in the morning....

Send a text What's scarier than being buried alive? Honestly, nothing. This week we'll unearth various cases of premature internment and ways the fearful once chose to eliminate the threat. From safety coffins outfitted with bells and flags, to doctors squirting Belladonna into the eyes of the questionably deceased, there's no shortage of spooky details in this episode about the lan...

Send a text About an hour outside of Atlanta, Georgia, Lake Lanier beckons millions of tourists every year. People come from all over the country and the world to boat, swim, and play in the lake's expansive waters. But a shockingly high number of these tourists will never leave the lake. Today, we explore the lake's mysterious deaths and long and sinister history. Is it the legendary la...

Send a text Coven, we can't believe it's been a year! Celebrate Halloween and our very first anniversary during our latest and greatest Spooky Hour! We're covering all kinds of creepy stories for your haunted pleasure - a ghost sitting beside a young girl sleeping, a woman with inexplicable bruises at her mother's new house, a trick-or-treat murder and a ghost who joined a camp...

Send a text Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren left their mark on the world of spooky things, lending a hand in creepy cases across the world. Their investigations of haunted houses and demonic possessions would bleed into books and famous movie franchises you're likely streaming this Halloween. But were they really blessed with a third eye? Or were they clever fraudsters who kne...

Send a text Suspend your disbelief coven, if you will, to join us for a spooky story. One stormy night in 1735, Mother Leeds gave birth to the devil's baby, who flew up the chimney into New Jersey's Pine Barren forest- where he has lived and terrorized ever since! This week we have some fun with the legend of the Jersey devil. Was he a poor unfortunate baby, doomed by his mother's a...

Send a text On June 9, 1912, a midnight massacre would change the town of Villisca, Iowa,  forever, creating harsh divides between classes, races, families and churches. After attending Sunday service, the Moore family returned home with guests Ina and Lena Stillinger, where they shared a plate of milk and cookies before retiring for the evening. An unknown assailant waited in the wings and grueso...

Send a text In January of 1959, a team of young Russian college students set out on an expedition deep into the Ural mountains. Their diaries and the film found in their cameras tell a story of friends exploring together, having fun and laughing along the way. 10 days into their journey, for reasons unknown, the students cut their way out of their tent in the middle of the night, and ran out into...

Send a text We’re obviously pro-witch on Easy Bake Coven, but the same can’t be said of men in the 15th century. A woman who thought for herself was a threat to the crown, the household and even penises of men everywhere. You read that right! Men feared a witch could take away his member and hide it in a box. To mitigate such travesty, men took matters into their own hands and burned some 50,000 p...

Send a text Friends, something in the air is changing. It's cooler and crisper. The sun is setting earlier. Do you, dear coven, know what this means? Fall is here, and Spooky Season is officially upon us. And what better way to kick off our favorite time of year than with a witch haunting story. Yes, that's right. A haunting committed by a witch.  From 1817-1820, the Bell family of Adams...

Send a text Corporations don’t have your best interests at heart. Shocker. Never was the case more true than in the 1920s when radium took the world by storm.  Discovered by Marie and Pierre Curie, this radioactive element was incorporated into every facet of American life. Radium infused butter? You betcha. Radium-lined glasses? Yep! You could even get your hands on radium face wash. So it raised...

Send a text On November 24, 1971, a man wearing a trench coat and sunglasses walked into Portland International Airport carrying a black attache case, walked up to the Northwest Orient Airlines counter and slapped down cash. He gave his name as Dan Cooper and purchased a flight to Seattle, leaving that afternoon. That day would go down in infamy, as the day "DB Cooper" hijacked a flight,...

Send a text If you plan to make stew for dinner, maybe rethink your menu. Things get pretty heavy as we embark on our first cannibalism story : the absolute horror show of Australia's Katherine Knight, also known as Hanna Lecter. A product of sexual abuse and household horrors, Katherine was almost doomed from the start. As an adult, she'd consistently abuse her partners and go so far as...