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Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to our Lovecraftian episode! We're getting into his life, his stories, his blatant and insidious racism-- Janey gets so sick halfway through that we had to stop recording for two days... it's fun, we swear! Janey’s Sources - The Thing on the Doorstep “The Thing on the Doorstep” by H.P. Lovecraft   Biography from HPLovecraft.com   “The Poem of Ulysses” f...

Send us Fan Mail Janey’s Sources - The Japanese Woman “Mexican Ghost Tales of the Southwest” by Alfred Avila   Full text for free   Max’s Sources - Meredydd and the Wyvern “Celtic Tales: Fairy Tales and Stories of Enchantment from Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Wales” illustrated by Kate Forrester   Full text of “The Wyvern” from “Wonder Tales of Ancient Wales” by Bernard Henderson and Stephen J...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to episode 123! This week Janey is going to tell us a story you CAN tell a child, and Max is going to help us all celebrate March! Alexa, Google "sad sexy booby time". Janey’s Sources - Green Peter (or “Princess Hide-and-Seek”) “Tales of Superhuman Powers: 55 Traditional Stories from Around the World” by Csenga Virag Zalka   Max’s Sources - The Gypsy Wo...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and happy March! This week Max is telling us a tale that will (hopefully) resonate with every person who thinks it's cool to hang around their high school years after they graduate (cough cough, Dale, cough cough). Then, Janey is going to confront her greatest fear by telling a beautiful story about the Seal People. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Silkie Painter “Tales of...

Send us Fan Mail TW: Pedophilia, cannibalism  Happy Leap Day! On today's episode, Janey is going to tell us a story about a princess raised by a bunch of gnomes, and Max is going to tell us a Japanese story with a very satisfying twist ending. Enjoy!   Janey’s Sources - The Story of Little King Loc Andrew Lang’s Olive Fairy Book   Free Text   Max’s Sources - The Azure Hood  Free Text of “The...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and Happy Black History Month! Today we're telling stories written by black authors. First, Max will tell us the story of "Uncle Monday" (don't go in the water). Then, Janey is going to tell us a cautionary tale of trying to out-stubborn evil spirits! We hope you enjoy the tales! Janey’s Sources - The Gingi “The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernat...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to a very spooky episode, all about America's favorite sad boy, Edgar Allan Poe! Max and I watched "Fall of the House of Usher" and this is our pitch to YOU to watch it too! Today, Janey is going to convince us all of her sanity with "The Tell-Tale Heart", and Max is going to remind us how much we hate capitalists with "The Mask of t...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and happy February! Today we're talking about bear boys and the Gay People (you're just going to have to trust us that these are real stories.) Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Trod Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae , edited by Charlotte Riddell   Max’s Sources - The Three Fates “Slavic Myths” edited by Jake Jackson   Support the show Check out our books (and...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back everybody! Today Janey is going to tell us a Victorian story about a super hot Irish doctor with a banshee on his back, and Max is going to tell us all about a female samurai's love test. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Banshee’s Warning Fearsome Fairies: Haunting Tales of the Fae , edited by Charlotte Riddell   Max’s Sources - Of Ghosts and Goblins / The Test “Of G...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, we're talking BODIES, BODIES, BODIES! Max is going to tell us yet another Irish tale about a person forced to wear a corpse as a backpack (if we had a nickel...) and Janey is going to tell us Cheyenne tales of body horror! This one's for the ghouls! Janey’s Sources - Cheyenne Tales of Body Horror  Folk Tales of the North American Indians edited b...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and happy new year!!! Janey's starting 2024 off with a quaint little tale about a terrible old woman who does nothing to earn a happy ending, and Max is giving us possibly the scariest monster we've ever covered. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Wonderful Story of Little Bridget  Gustave Doré’s Fairy Tales Told Again from Easton Press   Gustave Doré on WikiArt   Gustav...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to the LAST EPISODE OF THE YEAR! To celebrate, Max is going to usher us gently out of 2023 with a Christmas Horror Story (wear your safety goggles and stay out of the splash zone for this story). Then Janey is going to tell us one more story about a man who decides a "riddle" is anything he feels like saying on that particular day! Happy New Year, Story...

Send us Fan Mail On this week's episode, Janey is going to teach us how to recognize when you've found yourself inside of an ogress's cave dwelling (hint: look for empty water bottles and piles of clean laundry on the bed), and Max is going to teach us how to spot mythical water horses (hint: one could be right next to you...) Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - Tritill, Litill, and the Birds...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Max is going to take us even  further into the SLEU and tell us a story from the POV of a himbo stork dad who can't help but spill the tea, and Janey is going to tell us about a villain who discovers magical Prozac apples. Also at the end we get delirious and try to buy the domain www.shark.com. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - How Cormac Mac Art Went to Faer...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome back from our week-long break! Our lovely Discord members voted on today's theme, and so we're telling Urban Legends! Today Janey will terrify us with the spooky legend (and bizarre history) of the Jersey Devil, and Max is going to tell us about Detroit's own little red man! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Jersey Devil Wikipedia   Weird New Jersey art...

Send us Fan Mail Hello! On today's shivery little episode, Max is telling a story of an Icelandic spite-haunting, and Janey is telling us a cautionary tale about why it's always better to just do your damn chores the first time you're asked. Also, we won't be here next week, as we're taking a much needed week off! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - Sister and Brother “Winter Tales:...

Send us Fan Mail Ahoy, Story Babies! Today we're talking about big ol' babies and singing sea shanties! It's an accidental theme episode! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - Knös Viking Folk & Fairy Tales: Ancient Wisdom, Fables & Folkore (edited by JK Jackson)   Full story for free   Relaxing audio recording of the story (Youtube)   Viking hygiene   Max’s Sources - Old Stormalong &quo...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode, Max is going to tell us a slimy little tale about a girl who comes out of her shell, and a boy who should never have become king. Janey is going to regale us with a wholesome story of a man who could take seven at once, and who also should not have been king. Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Brave Little Tailor "Folk and Fairy Tales" 5th Edition  Ful...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and happy November! Today Janey is going to tell us a Palestinian tale about a couple of 12-foot tall Home Depot skeletons (and like, a princess and stuff), and Max is going to teach us all a thing or two about family trees! Exciting! Janey’s Sources -Nani, Daughter of Nani Full text   from Sonia Sulaiman's website “Abu Jmeel’s Daughter and Other Stories: Arab Folk Tale...

Send us Fan Mail Happy end of October, Story Babies! Today Max is going to tell us the most bizarre cryptid tale yet (you may doubt, but you'll come to see that there is no way to top this guy.) And Janey is going to tell us one final October spoooOOOOoooky ghost story! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Ring and the Rib “Cajun Folktales” by JJ Reneaux   Max’s Sources - Boneless "Short and Shi...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and happy spooky season! Today Janey is going to tell us a lesser known ghost story about a girl with a mysterious ribbon around a body part, and Max is going to tell us all about the Australian vampire! Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - A Black Velvet Ribbon 50 Great Ghost Stories , edited by John Canning Nicola Gorges Wikitree/genealogy profile   Howth Castle Legends   Max’s Source...

Send us Fan Mail Sometime in the 12th Century, in the little village of Woolpit in Suffolk, England, two small children are found huddling together at the bottom of a wolf pit. They speak a strange language, will only eat raw fava beans, and (oh yeah), their skin is green. Today, Max is going off topic to talk about the history and theories of this strange event. Enjoy! Sources: “Children of the S...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAX! On today's episode, Max is going to talk about an underwater foot-shaming mermaid kingdom, and Janey is going to tell us a terrifying tale of a Norwegian sea-monster! (Seals are scary, pass it on!) Janey’s Sources - Elias and the Draug Roald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories  Draugr wikipedia   Amazing reading of this story by “Classic Ghost Stories...

Send us Fan Mail Prepare to pee your pants, because this week Janey is telling us the entire  terrifying  tale of the haunting of Adam Ellis by a little boy known only as Dear David. Eek! Sources: Full thread on Wakelet “Dear David” trailer   Adam Ellis on Instagram   Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podca...

Send us Fan Mail Hello and welcome to our first episode of October, recorded live on Zoom! Today Janey is talking about magic mirrors and stupid hotties, and Max is going to tell us about the Yiddish Cinderella! Enjoy! TW: At the  end of this episode we talk about beating up the corpse of Ronald Reagan. If that is not something you're into, don't listen to the very end!  Janey’s Sources...