Family Plot

On this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Queen Mary and her travels but first, Krysta gives us some facts about the ship's current home in Long Beach California. After that, Dean details the history of the ship's construction, it's time as an elegant vessel of parties and promenades on the high seas and it's time as miltary trrop transport dubbed the Gray Ghost. And speaking of the Gray...

TW: This episode deals with A LOT of suicide. As we always say, suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. If you are at risk, please get help. The national suicide line is 988. You matter. Tonight,Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Aokigahara forest. But first, Kryata has weird facts about Swans while Dean remembers a cartoon called the Swan Princess and remembers strange creatures f...

TW: In this episode, we report stories that touch on Suicide. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. If you are in need of help the national hotline is 988. You matter. This week, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss Saint Valentine and Cupid but first Krysta has some weird facts to drop about mythical creatures. Creatures like the Dragon, the phoenix and a giant wolf of Inuit Legend. T...

So this episode is all about the Algonquin legend of the Wendigo. Krysta and Laura correct Dean when he goes to introduce the show talking about Marvel Comics Wendigo. They settle down and get into the show proper while Krysta drops some facts about deer. (Did you know deer will opportunistically eat songbirds and mice? You do now!) We discuss the supposed powers of the Wendigo. We also discuss se...

On this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Belvoir Winery in Liberty Missouri. But first Krysta has weird facts about Iguanas as well as Catching up with Krysta. Then we discuss the history of the secret society known as the Odd Fellows. Then, we learn of their history in the United States and specifically Missouri as these philanthropists form a school, a hospital and a home for the aged...

Krysta, Laura and Dean gather this week to discuss the mythology and folklore of gremlins, but first Krysta drops some weird facts about hygiene. So maybe put down that office coffee cup and use some hand sanitizer after you push that elevator button before we discuss this phenomenon that began in the 1920's but really came into it's own during World War II, We discuss the first literary appearanc...

Laura, Krysta and Dean get together for another episode but admit that they are a little tired from moving that day. But they bravely push forward and begin to talk about Krysta and her day and then we discuss a rough 3 months in Durban South Africa in 1957 and '58. During those three months starting in December of 1957, whaling, floods, and storms added to a boom in resorts led to 9 shark attacks...

Trigger Warning: In this episode we at one point discuss mental illness. If this is a trigger for you, feel free to skip the section about Whisper Peak and Dawson. You Matter. This week, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss ten news stories from 2022 and the weirdness they contain. A dogman photographed outside the Amarillo Zoo, A boy who loves Captain America and his encounter with a dangerous Pombero,...

On this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the famous Hellfire Club of Dublin, but first Dean briefly discusses Marvel's Hellfire Club before Laura nudges him back on the right path. They discuss the construction of the hunting lodge on Mont Pelier Hill by William Conolly, Speaker of the Irish House of Commons including it's use of a standing stone and burial markers from a pagan gravesite th...

Thiis week, Laura, Krysta and Dean broadcast from their new location back in Independence Missouri. Krysta shares with us some December Holidays that aren't Christmas. From Saint Lucy's Day to Ominsuka to Festivus, she drops some special celebrations and Dean wants to adopt Festivus just for the airing of grievances. Then they share 7 Christmas tales of wonder, imagination, humor and a bit of effe...

Today, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the Stanley Hotel, it's founder and first owner, the history of the area and finally discuss the hauntings and it's famous guests. Full disclosure, Dean calls Jim Carrey a coward for fleeing room 217, though Laura and Krysta chastise him for it. Krysta lays down some weird facts about steam powered cars and we discuss the Shining and it's many forms. All toget...

This episode begins with Laura, Krysta and Dean kicking around about how the flu has run through the family and in consequence of Krysta feeling run down, she has no facts this week. Then they begin to give the history of Alcatraz Island, it being a home to (and then fled by) indiginous peoples to it's discovery by the Spanish in the late 1700's to it's becoming a home to a milirary base in the 18...

TW: In this episode, we discuss a suicide. If you feel suicidal, please reach out, the world is a much better place with you in it. You matter!, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis. But first, Krysta gives us a very brief history of boats and ships with her weird facts! Then Dean discusses the kamikaze that hurt the Indianapolis which sent it to Pearl Harbor for...

Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the life of John Wilkes Booth and the events surrounding the Assassination of Lincoln. Young Booth had his fortune told by a Romani fortune teller who read his palm and told him he would have a grand life, but that he would die young and meet a bad end. At the age of 26, Booth dies paralyzed from the neck down, killed for Lincoln's assassination. We dive deep into th...

On this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss Countess Elisabet Bathory, aka the Blood Countess. Bathory was a Hungarian noblewoman who was believed to have murdered many young peasants and lesser noblewomen just so she could bathe in their blood and restore her beauty. But first, Krysta takes the opportunity to catch listeners up on what she has been doing when not on the show. Then Dean begins...

In this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, a cult of Black Americans founded by Dwight York based originally on JudeoIslamic ideals, plus several Egyptian ideals eventually becoming a child molestation grooming temple for the cult's founder who was a convicted sex offender. But first, Krysta tells us all about velociraptors and lays out those weird facts. Then D...

Krysta, Laura and Dean go to Bennington, VT in the 1940's to investigate the Bennington Triangle. Bujt first, Krysta discusses several of the covered bridges in Vermont and then we talk about the areas history, the failed town of Bennington wiped out by bad planning and floods. We discuss strange lights, ufos, and of course mysterious disappearances. We even discuss a wild man who came down off Gl...

In this Episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss Conspiracy Theories for Halloweeen, but since they are joined by Kelli, Kara and Ryan from the Drunk Theory podcast! We talk Reptillians, the Denver International Airport and the Great Clown Panic! We also discuss the Bildaberg group and so much more as we cover so much in this episode! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/pod...

In this Episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss John EEdward tRobinson, a serial killer and general bad guy who preyed on women that he lured to the Kansas City area. Holding himself out as a business executive and philanthropist, Robinson first preyed on women who were down on their luck and later used the internet to find victims. His victims were consigned to large chemical barrels, though a ha...

Krysta, Laura and Dean begin with small talk and eventually discuss the various Star Wars symbols Dean would like to get on the bottom of a pool they do not currently have. Then somehow a pool full of toes enters the conversation and there was much revulsion. Krysta drops some weird facts on colors and Dean goes over the background and the events of the Texarkana Moonlight Murders and discuss the...

Laura, Krysta and Dean figuratively travel back to the early 1400's to encounter a nobleman with a unique reputation. But first Krysta gives us some weird facts this time about D&D! This gives Laura a platform to discuss her love of Critical Role while Dean mentions his own upcoming TTRPG project and we find out Krysta would like to learn how to be a Dungeon Master! From there, they begin to discu...

This week, Laura, Krysta and Dean are joiined by comedian and actor Dale Hilton (Lenexa, 1 Mile; Kiki Meets The Vampires, Dead Things, Vampire Holocaust) as they discuss Russian poacher Vladimir Markov's encounter with an Amur Tiger in the Primorye region of Russia. Krysta drops some weird facts about brand mascots (for example, did you know that the Pilsbury Doughboy's name is Poppin Fresh? Or th...

This week Laura, Krysta and Dean discuss the vagaries of time travel, but first Laura opens a birthday present since the episode comes out on her birthday, thus engaging in time travel present opening and then Krysta drops some facts about Doctor Who. With that done, we examine Time Travel and Timeslips...we cover everything from John Titor to the Moberly Jourdain Incident to the disappearance and...

In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean gather to discuss the Ancient Ram Inn. First, However, Krysta gives us some eye opening and head scratching facts about big horn sheep. Then we discuss the Inn's almost thousand year history in Wotton Under Edge as well as it's more notorious hauntings. Finally we discuss our feelings about the haunts, whether they are real as well as detailing the more famo...

TW: We discuss a few suicides in this episode. If you are suicidal, please reach out to 988. the suicide hotline for advice and help. In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss the Hotel Cecil. The brainchild of William Banks Hanner, the Hotel Cecil started off as a place for business travellers and the social elite, but with the arrival of the Great Depression, so arrived hard times for the...