In week 3 of our Manson saga we travel with the Family to the worn-down Western movie set of Spahn Ranch, where Charlie and co set up shop and begin their descent further into shared cult madness – separated from their loved ones, fully dependent on Charlie, hungry, overworked, and addled out of their minds…

“Cease to exist, just come and say you love me Give up your world, come on you can be, I’m your kind, I’m your kind, and I see…” This week, we take a tour through the epicenter of the hippie movement right at the peak of the Summer of Love, when Charlie Manson finally leaves…

The innocence of the Summer of Love and the hippie counterculture movement came to an abrupt end in August 1969, when a string of brutal murders in the Los Angeles area rocked Hollywood, the country, and the world. The perpetrators? A strange hippie cult called “The Family”, headed by a creepy, scrawny guy with an…

In the summer of 1974, a body was discovered among the dunes of Cape Cod by a young girl chasing her dog. Despite the efforts of local and state police, the so-named “Lady of the Dunes” would go unidentified for nearly 50 years – as would her killer. Join us as Sean lays out the…

We kept it fairly loose this week with a midsummer (midsommar??) catch-up featuring Sean & Carrie gathering round the spooky campfire and talking their recently-consumed horror content (Bones and All, Diablo 4, True Blood, and more), favorite vampire lore, how Edward got Bella pregnant in the Twilight series (spoiler: you would never have guessed it),…

In late July 1945, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis had just conducted a top-secret mission, delivering a sealed metal box to a small island in the Pacific. Unbeknownst to the crew aboard, that box held the final pieces of the atomic bomb that would be detonated over Hiroshima in the coming weeks – but that’s…

The American Revolutionary War spanned 8 bloody years of war, brutality, and conflict. When the America of today looks back on it now, we tend to look back with reverence and even idolization – but we don’t think about the foul hygiene, wretched conditions, and ethical atrocities that occurred for even longer than the 8…

In the 1920s and 30s, colonial Kenya was playground to a social clique of wealthy British expats called the “Happy Valley Set,” famed for their excessive tastes and drug-fueled sex parties. One of the foremost members of the set, Josslyn Hay, Earl of Erroll, caused an international stir when he was found behind the wheel…

In this episode, Carrie leads a deep dive into the secretive world of Bohemian Grove. Join us as we explore the enigmatic rituals and hidden history surrounding the elusive private Bohemian Club, whose encampment sits nestled deep within the towering redwoods of Northern California. From its origins as a haven for artists and intellectuals to…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart had a penchant for achieving milestones early: he composed his first pieces by age 5, his first symphony by age 8, and tragically, even died young at the age of 35. Since immediately after the seminal musical genius’s sharp health decline and painful demise, rumors have swirled about the medical – or…