Family Plot

Krysta, Laura and Dean continue talking with their guest Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss Podcast about the Salem Witch Trials. They talk about Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Giles Corey, plus they talk hauntings connected with modern Salem. They discuss how most of what took place in the Salem Witch Trials happened in what is modern day Danvers while very little happened in Modern Salem, formerly Sa...

This week, Laura, Krysta and Dean are joined by the Amazing Kate from the long running Ignorance Was Bliss Podcast as they wade into the waters of the Salem Witch Trials. With over two hours of story, they broke the show into two parts. It begins with Krysta getting familiar with a Witch's Familiar as she drops some weird facts on Black Cats! Plus she has a question about what website would you bu...

Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss two haunted theaters in Missouri, the World Famous Landers Theatre in Springfield, and the unique Thespian Hall in Boonville covering the intriguing history of both places and those that still haunt them. Plus we discuss the upcoming season of Forensic Files II (debuting Feb 27th if you didn't know) and how we were invited to be part of promoting it! Krysta has weird...

Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss history this week revisiting the human tragedy that was Al Packer as well as the unfortunate Donner Party. But first, Krysta gives us some strange facts about KFC! (Did you know they are a Christmas Tradition in Japan, and that the KFC Buffets there include sausage rolls and coffee jelly ice cream?) Then Dean begins to unpack the facts behind the cannibal known as Al...

TRIGGER WARNING: This week episode touches on suicide. If this is a deal breaker for you, join us next week. It's okay. Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss Valentines Day ghosts and romance but first they discuss Valentine's Day as well as some of the vagueries of their week and the things the Dealing Justice podcast is undergoing, before Krysta drops some weird facts about Hearts. Then they discuss va...

Trigger Warning: Unlike most episodes, this show has some profanity. If this is a trigger for you, please skip this week's episode and join us next week. It's okay. To quote Kate from the Ignorance Was Bliss podcast, you matter! this show, Laura, Krysta and Dean are joined by Ryan, Kelli and Kara from the Drunk Theory podcast! They dive deep into the Cryptids of South Carolina talking about Bigfoo...

Tonight, Krysta, Laura and Dean are joined by the author of the horror anthology Absolute Garbate, Total Nonsense and Utter Ridiculousness as they discuss the Men In Black. From the Men in Black that went after witnesses of the Maury Island incident, to those famously abounding in Point Pleasant west Virginia during the Mothman Chronicle, to those that attended the man behind the Solway Firth Spac...

Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss Gobekli Tepe, called Potbelly Hill or the Hill of the Navel in the local tongue, it is a sprawling complex of ancient monoliths that is the oldest archaeological site we've discovered. Called the world's first temple by archaeologist Klaus Schmidt, we discuss it's history and what we know but first Krysta lays some very odd facts about Turkey (the country, not the bi...

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TRIGGER WARNING: This episode deals with the Murder of Young Children. If this is a trigger for you, feel free to skip this week's episode! This week, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the murder of Sam and Lindsey Porter by their father, Dan. After a trigger warning at the beginning of the episode, they discuss the family members and the family dynamic prior to the Dad's degeneration due to addictio...

Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the Old Year and all the Podcast stuff from 2021. Before they get too deep Krysta has a lot of weird facts about languages. From there they update their episodes with a new story of the Missing 411, an update on UFO sightings at Lake Baical, an update on Alien Big Cats seen in the Hawaiian Islands, and plenty of shoutouts to other podcasts that have helped us get thr...

Krysta, Laura and Dean talk about the Holidays! Krysta educates us with some weird facts about Christmas while Dean regales us with a tale that he swears proves that the Christmas tree tradition was started by Groot and the Ents from the Lord of the Rings so everytime we set one up, we celebrate the Avengers victory over Thanos and the defeat of Sauron in Middle Earth. Laura and Krysta of course,...

Krysta, Laura and Dean acknowledge that due to a mistake on Dean's part, they will not be joined by author Gerald Rice and they get down to discussing New Jersey's most famous cryptid, the Jersey Devil. But first, Krysta hips us to some weird facts about deserts! Then we discuss the strange origin story of the Jersey Devil...how according to folklore it is the 13th child of Mrs. Leeds! We discuss...

Krysta, Laura and Dean get into everything that is known, thought or believed about Reptilians. But first, Krysta dishes out some weird facts about Bearded Dragons. From color, to markings to morphs Krysta tells us everything.we need to know about these lizards native to Australia and bred as pets world wide. Then they dive into rhe Reptilian invaders from other worlds. From ancient alien theories...

Today, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the hauntings that plagued the Smurl family from '74 to 89. They discuss the apparitions of the pig creature as well as the leaking pipes and the TV bursting into flames. They discuss the Smurls attempts to bring in the local Catholic Diocese as well as the intervention by Ed and Lorraine Warren, the paranormal rockstars of their era. Krysta also drops out her...

Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Bloody Benders of Kansas. How four people made a murderous 'family' that waylaid, robbed and killed many who stopped for supplies at their store along the Independence Fort Scott Trail. Their eventual discovery and the subsequent investigation revealed multiple bodies along their property which became known as Hell's Half Acre. But before they discuss these 1871...

Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss a listener's tale about the home she was renting and is now buying. A home that has brought her phantom noises, strange dreams, shadow people, mists, apparitions and strange illness and malaise. But first Krysta entertains us with weird facts about the Ukraine. After that, they discuss the Lost Dutchman Mine in the Superstition Mountains in Arizona. The Mine's strang...

Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the Southeast Missouri city of Cape Girardeau. it's location and it's history and then they discuss the Reverend Huffman, a Southern Baptist preacher who was called out one night to perform Last Rites for three non human occupants of a crashed ship in early April of 1941. That night now lives in Legend so what really happened...and where is the photograph? The Family...

This time, Laura, Krysta travel back in time to the early 1800's to discuss the famous Bell Witch case from Tennessee. But first, Krysta drops some weird and fun facts about Tennesssee (did you know Tennessee had the the first Tow trucks?).Then we talk about John Bell and his daughter Betsy and how they ran afoul of the Bell Witch, and about the Witches exploits with Andrew Jackson and others. Joi...

Krysta, Dean and Laura team up this week to bring you Tales of Terror and Halloween Fright. Krysta brings us three spooky stories ranging from a house with a murderous history, a doll that doesn't know how to 'let it go' and the details of a house whose very walls are a legacy to the little known spellcraft of what has come to be known as 'The Pennsylvania Dutch'. Laura tells us the Halloween Lege...

Krysta, Laura and Dean sit down to discuss the Jinn (also known as Djinn and Genies) and their pre-Islamic origins as creatures smokeless flame. But first, Krysta shares some weird and unique facts about the color blue! They discuss the folklore of the Jinn, the powers they were believed to possess, their mortality, their adaptation by Islam, Judaism and Christianity as well as their appearances i...

Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the 'Wickedest Man in the World. First, though, Krysta drops some Weird Facts about coins. Then they start by discussing the overall life of Crowley, his successes as an author, a poet, a mountaineer and occultist. They also discuss his days at Boleskin House, the ceremony he began there and how it remained uncompleted and the hauntings that followed. Then they discu...

Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the Missouri State Penitentiary, once termed the 'Bloodiest 47 Acres in America'. But first Krysta doles out some weird facts about prisons...weird and disturbing. Then they turn their attention to the history of the penitentiary and then discuss a few of it's more famous inmates. They discuss the history of the 'Centennial Cells' as well as the 1954 riot. Then they...

Laura, Krysta and Dean are joined by James Herring (a student from Dean's Intro to Podcasting Class) as they discuss James upcoming podcast (tenatively titled Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Pizza). Krysta drops some facts about bears that are too cool to be believed and then they discuss the Skunk Ape. It's sightings go back hundreds of years as the Indiginous Seminole referred to it as the Esti...

This week, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Owlman of Cornwall, also sometimes known as the Owlman of Mawnan. They discuss the modern sightings and the region where the sightings occur. Krysta drops some Weird Facts about owls and we talk about Laura's Birthday (the show was recorded on her birthday). We also discuss possible explanations and our own theories. All in all another dive into the fa...