Under the Pendulum Podcast

Off with their heads!!! But not before you listen to this episode. This episode we take a look at three examples of posthumous trials and executions. You heard right, posthumous. We cover what happened to Oliver Cromwell, Gilles van Ledenberg, and Pope Formosus and the Cadaver Synod after their deaths. Because even in death, they couldn't escape pissed off and powerful enemies. Things get messy on...

Welcome to Under the Pendulum and a new year. We take a reflective look back at 2021 and remember the good times as we cover animal attacks! We talk about five different stories of animals getting their revenge. Some you might have heard and some you might not have heard of, but they all will draw blood. Get all your shots before listening to this episode.    Please like and subscribe wherever app...

Happy Holidays from us here at Under the Pendulum! We hope you enjoy this holiday tale of murder as we perform "Back for Christmas" from 1948 on the radio show Suspense.    Find us almost anywhere you get your pods! If you like the show, lease like and subscribe where applicable, we would really appreciate it and you!

Thank you everyone for being patient with us as we took a break to see family, but we're back at it! To kick off the month of December and Christmas, on this episode we are talking Winter Monsters and Christmas Creatures. We will discuss and tell tales about the Yule Cat, the Kallikantzaroi, the Nuckelavee, and the Qallupilliut. What do they have in common? Well let's jus say that children are on...

Sadly Halloween has come and gone, but we all must carry on. On this episode, we talk about four instances of strange weather phenomenon. We will discuss the history, theories, and science behind Sky Quakes, Blood Rain, the Kentucky Meat Shower, and animals raining from the sky. As if this world wasn't weird enough...   Follow us wherever you get your pods! Please like and subscribe!

Happy Halloween!! We are continuing our Halloween fun by talking about one of our favorite shows of all time, The Twilight Zone. Heather gives us a brief history of the show's origins and it's creator, Rod Serling. Each of us have also picked our favorite episode and we discuss why we chose them. We hope everyone has a Spooktacular Halloween and beware any masks, dolls, or doors. Stay Spooky.     

Thank you everyone for being patient with us getting this episode out late, but we hope the wait is worth it. On this episode, Heather and Kaitlin talk about one of our favorite shows of all time, Tales from the Crypt. The girls talk about some of their favorite episodes and share some tidbits about the show. It will be a real slice of horror on this episode of Under the Pendulum Podcast.    Find...

Today's episode is the last part in our series on the Radium Girls. We'll cover the aftermath of the lawsuit in Orange, New Jersey, the new case in Ottawa, Illinois, a lawyer with a heart of gold, and of course more deaths. We will also discuss the repercussions of the radium industry into the present. Thank you everyone for sticking with us through this long and horrid journey.    Sources:  Moore...

We are taking a break from the Radium Girls before closing out the series with Part 4. On today's episode we will be talking about industrial disasters and bastards. Emily Seabold from Everyday Lies Podcast joins us for some horror and retribution. We tell two stories of fraud, negligence, death, disease, and pollution. You know...all the things you've come to know and love from us. It's bitter an...

We are continuing our story of the Radium Girls in this week's episode. The radium companies are as conniving as ever, and the girls finally have their first big court case against USRC. Shocking revelations and harrowing stories are presented, and the stage is set for a new cast of characters and villains for part 4. Order! Order in the podcast!  Please like and subscribe if you enjoy the show! A...

Welcome to Part 2 of our series on the Radium Girls. In this episode, we meet more of the girls, the doctors who desperately tried to help them, and the United States Radium Corporation shows us just how horrible they can be. It's an episode that will make your shout YIKES-A-ROO!! Thank you for listening to Under the Pendulum Podcast.   Sources: Moore, Kate. The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of Ame...

We hope everyone is having a wonderful week...now let's ruin it!! On this week's episode we are covering the Radium Girls, a deadly phenomenon of the early to mid-20th century. In this first part of a two part series, we will talk about the effects of radium on the body, the companies who tried to suppress the dangers, and a taste of what horrors awaited the young women employed by these radium di...

Extra! Extra! Today we will be reading and discussing strange and bizarre news stories from the 19th and 20th centuries. We have mysterious blobs and cryptids, murderous families and ghosts, and so much more! This just in, you're listening to Under the Pendulum Podcast.     

We have a very special episode for you all! This week we will be doing an impromptu performance of "Murder Castle" from the horror radio show Lights Out, 1938. the story is a reimaging of the crimes of H.H. Holmes and his murder castle. Stay tuned after the show for an actual commercial from the Lights Out show. Put the lights out, relax, and enjoy this tale of the macabre from Under the Pendulum...

Well, we're just pleased as punch that ya'll could join us!! On this episode, we go down south to Alabama to tell some ghostly tales from the place of our birth. We have four stories of haunted steamboats, a hole that never stays filled, the gruesome history of Sloss Furnaces, and a lynching that refuses to be ignored. Ya'll just take a seat and enjoy this episode of Under the Pendulum Podcast.   ...

We have two tales of baseball mayhem in today's episode. Cale Thomas joins us as we put baseball disasters under the pendulum. We have two tales to tell, "Black Saturday" in Philadelphia, and "10-cent Beer Night." This episode has it all; death, injury, fights, and what we can only imagine was a lot of vomit. All this and more on this episode of Under the Pendulum Podcast.    Sources: Baseball’s D...

There are belly rubs a plenty in today's episode as we return to our Creature Feature series. We are putting the legends and stories of Black Dogs under the pendulum. We look at the similarities and difference between Black Dogs in the British Isles, and Latin and North America. From hellish hounds that haunt a prison, to dogs that smoke cigarettes, these good boys can be a terror. All this and mo...

On this episode, we take a trip back to Wisconsin for a hellish good time. The years between 1890 and 1910 were marred by suicide, murder, arson, and insanity around the Black River Falls region of Wisconsin. We read excerpts from Wisconsin Death Trip by Michael Lesy, which catalogues all these horrific and sometimes comical incidents. Join us on this trip to hell on this episode of Under the Pend...

In today's episode we travel back to the simpler times of the Victorian Era. A time when you could buy a mummy and do horrific things to it! We talk about mummy paint, paper, medicine, and unrolling parties. Oh and what a great party it is on this episode of Under the Pendulum.    Please like and subscribe where it is applicable, it helps us get noticed and makes us feel good! Thank you to all of...

Well, we had a very depressing last series! So before we roll into more fun subjects, here is an episode from the Everyday Lies Podcast. Heather and Emily talk about a very strange 90s myth that may make you question everything you ever put in my mouth. Spoiler: Beavers. 

We have finally reached the end of the Life of Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein. We will cover the death of her husband, her life back in England, her rise to fame, and her bittersweet ending. So please join us to the end of this long and sad road on Part III of Mary Shelley.    If you have a moment, please like and subscribe, it helps us get noticed. And thank you to all our listeners!

Thank you to everyone for being patient with us getting this episode out late, but we are back!! This is the second part to a three part series on the Life of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. In this episode we cover her time in Italy; the good, the bad, and the sleazy. So strap into your sad shoes for this episode of Under the Pendulum Podcast.  Please like and subscribe wherever applica...

Closing out our exploration of Women in Horror Month, we will be talking about the very sad, but fruitful life, of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein in a two-part series. In this first part, we discuss her famous parents, her inspirations for writing Frankenstein, the awful men in her life, and the events that lead up to her move to Italy. Strap in ya'll, this is some sad stuff. Enjoy this...

We are celebrating Women in Horror Month!! Giving love to all the creepy ladies out there. On this episode, we discuss the Final Girl trope of Slasher Films. We discuss the evolution of the genre and trope, the role of women and gender within the genre, and what the most off-putting stripper name might be. So make your way up to the stage for this episode of Under the Pendulum Podcast. 

This episode is a particularly heavy one, today we will be discussing two deadly night club fires; The Cocoanut Grove Fire of 1942, and The Station Fire of 2003. Both stories have shocking similarities despite being over 60 years apart. Get ready for criminal negligence, horrible death tolls, and bastards a plenty on this episode of Under the Pendulum.    Please like and subscribe on iTunes, Googl...