New Orleans, one year post Hurricane Katrina. A man is found dead after jumping from the roof of the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel. In his pocket is a note directing police to go back to his apartment. There, the note says, they’ll find the dismembered body of Addie Hall. The police had no idea the…

Can you imagine a hunger so deep it can never be filled, no matter how you try or what you eat? Cravings wracking your whole existence, pushing you past the limits of biology, decency and morality? That was the constant condition of Tarrare, the hungriest man who ever lived. This week, Sean tells the fascinating,…

Could America’s most famous house also be its most haunted? That’s what many think of the White House, the United States’ office, residence, and seat of the Presidency. Inhabited by the most powerful men in the world since 1800, the White House boasts centuries of history, some of the biggest names of all time…and a…

What would your last words be, if you knew you were about to die? Would you go out with a joke, a last “I love you”…or an expression of regret? This week, Sean takes us on a tour of his favorite last words throughout the ages, from Pythagoras to Groucho Marx. Assassins, revolutionaries, kings and…

We’re all familiar with the trappings of Halloween that we know and love today: trick or treating, jack o’ lantern carving, costume parades, witches and skeletons and ghosts and black cats…but why are those Halloween traditions? Why do we go from house to house asking for candy? Why do we dress up as ghouls and…

This week we take a long, hard look at one of the most publicized hauntings in British history – and the inspiration for the 2016 hit The Conjuring 2 – the Enfield poltergeist.  As a single mother with four kids in 1977, Peggy Hodgson had her hands full even before something started throwing things around…

We’re checking out some witch trials this Halloween season, just like we did last year – only this time, we’re investigating the story of the Connecticut Witch Trials, the first and longest span of witch trials in New England and America. From the 1640s all the way to the 1690s, 11 people were executed and…

In August of 1962 the once bright light of “candle in the wind” Marilyn Monroe – Hollywood bombshell, actress, and most famous woman in the world – was snuffed out forever when the 36-year-old superstar was found dead in her Los Angeles home, possibly of suicide or misadventure due to barbiturate overdose. Or was it?…

After four bloody weeks in Whitechapel with Jack the Ripper, your intrepid hosts are taking the week off – and leaving you with a very special clip show comprising some of the best of our first 100 episodes! From Count Von Cosel’s slippery tomb robbery to Andrew Basiago’s footless schoolfriend, we revisit some of the…

It’s the thrilling conclusion to our monthlong Jack The Ripper series! Last week, Carrie presented some of the likeliest and best-known suspects put forth for the Ripper crimes, from Mary Kelly’s jilted ex-lover to a parade of shabby, misogynist psychotics. This week, Sean makes the case for some of the more… colorful theories, from “Jill…