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Are you wanting the full experience of being on a ship and potentially encountering some ghosts but don’t want to be out at sea? Well, maybe a visit to RMS Queen Mary is next on your list, because she’s permanently docked in California and according to her Book of the Dead she’s loaded with ghosties. Emma regales Shannon with some things she already knows and others she doesn’t about this glorious...

This cryptid has got a battle cry that neither host can resist, and we bet you won’t be able to either! Shannon takes us all the way to Indonesia to tell us about the Ahool, a bat-like, monkey, maybe dinosaur creature that is known to be territorial and sometimes very loud. Is this Emma’s spiritual cryptid? Most likely. Is she still married to Bigfoot? Definitely. Do we think Mothman would make a...

Happy New Year, fiendish friends! Join us for a blast from the past and potentially a blast into space! Emma regales Shannon with the abduction story of Travis Walton and his glorious 70s mustache. From marshmallow-y aliens to Captain Kirk to Voldemort, the whole cohort is here! Start your year off like we did with an existential crisis and hot aliens and you’re sure to have an amazing 2023. Come...

Happy (almost) New Year, all! Change your sheets, flip your mattress, and crack down on crime because this week Shannon is filling us in on the Mattress Firm Conspiracy. Really, since no one goes into a mattress store these days, what could the sheer amount of storefronts tell us? Is it a money laundering scheme? An elaborate and expensive marketing technique? Or a simple monopoly on all things sl...

Happy Holidays from TPDE! We bring you a really-heckin-hot episode this week on spontaneous human combustion with our special guest, Alexis, helping us out. It might be “ick”, but can humans really go up in flames with nothing to ignite them but their own insides? We certainly hope not! We learn how much Emma knows about the death industry, what exactly we want done with our bodies after we’ve lef...

Heist, heist, baby! Well, all Shannon’s asking for Christmas is to do what she wants and this week she gets it and regales Emma with The Transy Book Heist. It involved some popped polo collars, a hopeful Oceans 11 plot line, and some very silly boys. A heist getaway in a minivan? Meeting a strange old man with a skinny scarf in a park? Grabbing rare books at random? It’s gotta be guaranteed to wor...

It's the holiday season! Emma’s coming atcha with the creepiest Christmas companion out there - Belsnickle. This Dirty Santa, while weird and gross, is really here to make sure that the real Santa doesn’t need to put you on his naughty list, so you’d better watch out! We’ve got Carmela the Troll, and Loretta the Elf watching too, so put on your scariest Christmas mask and join the chaos this w...

*Listener Discretion Advised: Themes of violence, racism, and sexual assault* This week Shannon tells us about the tragic and still unsolved story of Rosenda Strong. Rosenda was a Native woman, but her story, and others like hers, was pushed aside and not given the attention it deserved. Underfunding, overworking, and a long history of racism may be the key factors in the lack of movement in Rosen...

This week we’re headed down to warmer climates and getting acquainted with Puerto Rico’s cryptid, El Chupacabra. While it’s debated if it’s an alien sent to ruin humanity’s food supply or just a sad dog, the mystery and mystique of this ragged cryptid survives. We make some music, laugh at some stupid jokes, and get scared by our Mailbag Moment, so bring your Chupie remixes and join the chaos. Com...

This week we have another repost for you, this time in honor of the holiday travel we all will inevitably face in the next few months. Enjoy the conspiracies of the Denver airport and we'll see you next week for a brand new episode! What's scarier than a demon horse named Blucifer? Probably the Illuminati plotting government overthrows with the lizard people below the Denver International Airport....

Hey everyone! We're taking a little break this week but wanted to bring you back to the National Treasure of the 1880s. Enjoy! A treasure in the Blue Ridge? Almost a billion dollars? Uncrackable ciphers and a story that’s a bit too good? This week, Emma gifts Shannon with a very Shannon-y episode about The Beale Ciphers, a set of codes printed in the 1880s that continue to draw people in. If you f...

*Note that today’s episode, and probably those in the future, contains swearing and adult themes. Keep the little ears away!*  The chaos today is brought to you by peanut butter whiskey and a brand new cryptid, our wonderful friend Greg! Shannon tells us as much as she can about the Werewolf of Dickson County, who still might be hunting in the woods of Tennessee to this day. Tune in for wild...

Welcome to the 100th episode!! Thanks for being here, everyone! To celebrate the Podaversary and the end of the spooky season, Emma tries to scare Shannon with the terrifying story of Dear David, the dented head little boy who haunted a man’s apartment and dreams. Was David really out to get Adam? Or was this all a ploy to get a movie in the works? We might never know, but we do think we’ll have a...

For just a dollar a day, you too can support Bi-icon Professor Shannon, who has our last Pod Pop Quiz of the season this week! Come find out what Emma was wrong about (the Princes in the tower for one) and let us know what your special skills are! Sources: The Press and Journal Hew Morrison Forensic Art KFYR TV The Washington Post PBS WYFF4 Athens Banner-Herald Courier Journal Deadline Daily Recor...

This week, Emma gives Shannon all the details we know about the “Gone Girl” of the 20th Century, socialite Dorothy Arnold. Whether it was intentional or if something awful happened to her, the actual fate of the heiress has never been revealed. Come join the chaos and don’t forget to let us know your go-to ghost hunting snacks! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website...

Talk of the noggin’ to ya and yours! Shannon has another installment of updates for us this week and we have visits from Angus and the Very Good, No Bad Day, Jennifer Coolidge, Rick and Marty, and many more on this adventure through another 10 episodes! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: Insider  E! News Capital FM Artnet N...

Have you ever been inside the most haunted house in America? Probably, if you had the 8th grade trip that most of us had to D.C. Emma tells us this week about the ghosts of the White House and those who have claimed to see them. So hop in the car for this forced-family-fun road trip! *Note, Shannon’s mic wasn’t plugged in for the first half of the episode. We have talked to Gus about it and he pro...

Bringing you a spooky tale from our catalogue, Shannon tells us about the Dutch Hikers Mystery. See y'all soon! Shannon freaks Emma out with this sad and creepy episode on the Dutch hikers Lisanne Froon and Kris Kremers, who disappeared in the Panamanian jungle. We also confirm to each other that we are not murderers, learn Shannon’s hell loop, and Emma stops breathing at one point. Wanna be too s...

So Emma got Covid, which means you get treated with a throwback episode of one of Emma's favorite scary items, Annabelle the Doll. See y'all soon! A demon? A ghost? A prank gone wrong? Whatever the reason, this doll is creepy as all get out, so much so that it has to be kept locked away in a glass case like a Marvel villian. Listen as Emma freaks Shannon out with another scary doll mystery, but on...

Shannon’s got another eleven episodes to update us on this week and Emma made it out with a C+! Shannon had to get real crafty with some organic hints, which were very helpful and honestly delightful to hear. We’ve got Chief Archeologists, bat-pigs, Everest and more, so come join us and see if you can get a better score! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send...

Better buckle in this week as Emma takes us back to the Jazz Age and the terrifying reign of the Axeman of New Orleans. Was it a demon who just liked to “jazz it out”? Or was it a vendetta against all Italians? Whatever it was, we hope it never makes its way back out of hell again. The train of thought gets derailed a few times because, ya know, murder is hard to listen to, but we hope you enjoy t...

Shannon is back with another episode update quiz and Emma gets almost none of them right. Come back with us as we revisit and discuss the Todd-Father, Ikea aliens, Elvis, and many more in our extensive cast of characters. Is everything in Zak Bagans’ museum actually haunted? Can we go to the World Carrot Museum? Is the Titanic safe? Listen and find out (and see if you can beat Emma’s C- score)! So...

We’re back (kinda)! Bringing you a brand new episode this week about something that is only slightly spooky. Did this haunted mirror belong to the very first Dracula? Or is it a long con thought up by a B-movie (not Bee Movie) director and perpetuated by our fave/least fave ghost hunter? We might just have to go to Las Vegas to find out for ourselves. With the hope that Emma doesn’t accidentally p...

Here comes repost number two, this time in honor of the show that has been taking up all of Shannon's summer hours. Buckle in for this episode as we delve into everything that might be right about the man, the myth, the legend, William Shakespeare. We all know Shakespeare’s plays, but do we actually know the man? This week we explore the theory that Shakespeare is not at all who he says he is. Was...

It's the summer and that means that we are gone for a bit, but are reposting our favorite jetsetter, Mr. D.B. Cooper! Toot toot bazoot right into this long episode, perfect for a roadtrip or your own jetset adventure. See y'all soon! Who was the mystery man who jumped out of a plane in 1971? A spy? A superhero? An idiot? Join us as Emma tells Shannon the story of D.B. Cooper, get sidetracked by th...