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This week we're exploring the weird and wonderful ways that humans say goodbye. Sources https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/mind-brain-and-value/202303/the-psychology-of-death-rituals https://www.centerforloss.com/2023/12/funeral-ritual-important/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-36389581 https://allthatsinteresting.com/victorian-death-photos https://tibetpedia.com/lifestyle/sky-buria...

This week we're talking about the rise and fall of a beer empire. REFERENCES: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn4ggqgyk51o https://www.marketingweek.com/brewdog-brand-community-marketing/ https://www.bigissue.com/news/brewdog-rise-fall-b-corp/ https://brewdog.com/pages/history https://theriffreport.co.uk/08/10/2025/%F0%9F%8E%B8-the-rise-and-fall-of-brewdog-what-went-wrong-and-why-are-so-ma...

This week we're talking about the terrifying phenomenon of phrogging. Imagine finding out someone's been living in your walls without you knowing?? Sources: https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/is-phrogging-or-squatting-a-crime.html https://nypost.com/2022/07/18/phrogging-hider-in-my-house-stranger-secretly-lived-with-us/ https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/articles/phrogging-there-...

This week we're talking about the incredible survival story of Harrison Okene, the accidental aquanaut.

You might think you know it. You’ve probably heard theheadlines, maybe seen the films. But the truth is far messier. It’s Bonnie & Clyde. Sources https://allthatsinteresting.com/bonnie-clyde-death https://www.oxygen.com/martinis-murder/bonnie-clyde-what-crimes-the-highwaymen https://www.cbsnews.com/news/love-and-bullets-the-real-bonnie-clyde/ https://64parishes.org/entry/capture-of-bonnie-and-...

This week we're back to what we do best, drinking beer and debating axe murders. It's a classic whodunnit. Let us know your top suspect!

This week we're delving into what sounds like conspiracy but is all true. Hear about the CIA and their trip into mind control territory (pun intended) and how it all came out. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_trials https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_CHATTER https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Hofmann https://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/m...

We're back! And we are full of our usual nonsense so apologies in advance. This week we're talking about the tragic life and mysterious death of Marilyn Monroe. REFERENCES  The mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The unheard tapes – Netflix documentary   https://www.anthonysummers.com/    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dougherty_(police_officer)    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe...

This week we're talking about the infamous Amityville Horror. There's demons, murder and our old friends, Ed and Lorraine Warren. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Amityville_Horror The AmityvilleHorror House And Its True Story Of Terror https://thetruthaboutamityville.amityvillenow.com/ https://collider.com/the-amityville-horror-true-story/ https://history.howstuffworks.com/histo...

This week it's Steph's birthday so we've both come armed with some phenomenal phenomena. And beers! We really did chat a lot of shit on this one so prepare yourselves for spontaneous human combustion, the globby boys, a sheep panic and a healthy dose of ALIENS! Sources https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/great-sheep-panic/38480/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/2...

This week we're switching things up and each telling a spooky story to celebrate our favourite time of the year! Sources https://medium.com/never-stop-writing/countess-elizabeth-bathory-real-life-vampire-or-scapegoat-of-history-dd70322adb03 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_B%C3%A1thory https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331911064_Elisabeth_Bathory_-_a_true_story

Join us this week as we ascend to the Next Level and talk about the wild Heaven's Gate cult! Sources: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/march-26/heavens-gate-cult-members-found-dead https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2020/12/heavens-gate-cult-of-cults-docuseries-hbo-max?srsltid=AfmBOorcvApNDP1NaalJexNTlB1eMPRvcjs9d-0DgM1ec64eyi7nenWC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_witnesses http...

Finally, after weeks of promising, it's here! The Radium Girls! Hear all about the corporate greed that led to the dissolving of the jaws of women working with radium in the 1920s. Are we any better off now? Let us know!

This week we're talking about Belle Gunness, Midwestern murderess, also known as Hell's Belle. Belle Gunness lured suitors with promises of love and farmland… only for them tovanish without a trace. Was she a grieving widow, a savvy businesswoman—or something far more sinister? Sources Belle Gunness: The disturbing life of the lady Bluebeard Belle Gunness: The Untold Story of America’s Mos...

Join us this week as we laugh and cry in celebration of the man who created a genre that defined generations of music to come. REFERENCES:   https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/The-26-Craziest-Things-Ozzy-Osbourne-Ever-Did    https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/ozzy-osbourne-most-insane-bouts-drug-addled-madness/    https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/ozzy-osbourne-pop-culture-moments-...

Join us this week as we talk about one of the bravest and most influential women to come out of India. Hear about her time as a bandit and gang leader and her lasting impact on Indian culture. Trigger warning: sexual and physical violence against women. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-35650616 https://www.theatlantic.com/past/issues/96nov/bandit/bandit.htm https://roadsandking...

This week we're getting into our time machines and heading back to turn of the century New York City where typhoid is tearing through wealthy families and a disappearing chef named Mary Mallon is in the cross-hairs of the authorities! Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-52291327 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3959940/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/mary.html https...

Join us for episode 101 where we're talking about POWERHOUSE woman, the founder of investigative journalism and worldwide adventurer, Miss Nellie Bly.

Join Emma and Steph for the 100th episode of I don't beerlieve it podcast where we're be talking about some of the world's dumbest criminals!

We're back with the third and final part of the capture of the Golden State Killer series. Hear about some more of the investigation, some of the amazing people who helped bring him to justice and finally, let's get some retribution! Sources: https://abcnews.go.com/US/jane-doe-child-case-uncovered-serial-killer-identified/story?id=69648434 Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video ht...

We're back with the capture of the Golden State Killer this week and meeting some incredible people who moved the case on by leaps and bounds. Part two of three. Sources: Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer https:...

This week we're kicking off a two-parter about the capture of a man that terrorised California in the 1970s and 80s. Sources: Golden State Killer: Main Suspect - Prime Video https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo I’ll Be Gone in The Dark, Michelle McNamara Unmasked: Crime Scenes, Cold Cases and My Hunt for the Golden State Killer https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5715955/4-...

This week we've got a feel good episode where we'll discuss some of the incredible medical advancements in the field of Alzheimer's research and some of the awesome things charities are doing.

Join us as we travel through time and space to try and solve one of the most prevailing mysteries in history: was Atlantis real. And, if it was, where is it? Sources Finding Atlantis, National Geographic - Disney+ Atlantis Rising, National Geographic - Disney+ https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atlantis-legendary-island https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/atlantis#:~:text=Plato%20told...

Join us this week as we head back to the 1930s to talk about the Cleveland torso murderer, also known as the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run.