Plot Twist: Still Alive

⚠️ WARNING: This episode is intended for mature audiences (18+). It contains explicit language, dark humor, and discussions of death, decomposition, autopsies, murder, suicide, and graphic imagery. Listener discretion is advised.Everyone dies.Most of us spend our lives pretending we won't.Maire (pronounced like Laura...but with an M) decided to make death her life's work.It all started with a funeral and the unforgettable feeling of touching the cold, waxy hand of someone she loved. While most people spend the rest of their lives avoiding death, Maire became obsessed with understanding it.Coming from a long line of physicians, everyone expected her to care for the living. Instead, her curiosity led her down a much darker path...into the world of morbid anatomy (or as the boring people call it...pathology).From body snatching and grave robbers to the shocking laws that once allowed the bodies of unclaimed poor people to be dissected in the name of science, Maire dives into the fascinating, gruesome, and often disturbing history that shaped modern medicine and forensic science.And apparently learning about dead people wasn't enough...She volunteered at a Medical Examiner's Office.For fun.For free.While most people would run screaming—or projectile vomit—Maire found purpose. Every autopsy, every case, and every person on the table deserved dignity, respect...and occasionally a healthy dose of dark humor.At just 30 years old, her passion led her to Ireland, where she curated an entire museum exhibit on the history of anatomy and pathology. Today, she teaches college students that the dead may be some of our greatest teachers.Ironically, just as she's on the verge of earning her doctorate, life has handed her a Plot Twist of her own. She opens up about the unexpected challenge she's facing and how spending a lifetime studying death has changed the way she's approaching life.Because this episode isn't really about dying.It's about what the dead continue to teach the living.Visit our blog after the episode to explore photos from Maire's museum exhibit in Ireland, additional resources, and the fascinating history behind the stories discussed in this episode.📖 Visit: https://www.plottwiststillalive.com/blog

Meet our newest Master of Plot Twists...Jamie was in her early 50s, celebrating the end of a long and rewarding teaching career and looking forward to retirement. She had plans. Adventures. Freedom. A brand-new chapter.PLOT TWIST...Just a few days after her retirement celebration, she went in for a mammogram after finding a lump.Instead of planning vacations, she was planning Chemotherapy.Instead of celebrating retirement, she was scheduling bloodwork, scans, surgeries, and learning an entirely new language no one ever wants to speak: Breast Cancer.But Jamie refused to let Cancer write the final chapter.After spending more than a year fighting for her life, she found herself asking a question so many survivors know all too well..."Now who am I?"Her friends suggested writing a book.Jamie had another idea.She didn't just want to tell her story...She wanted to create a place where thousands of others could tell theirs.Drawing on her experience as a podcast host for educators, Jamie launched Test Those Breasts—a podcast and nonprofit dedicated to educating, supporting, and empowering the Breast Cancer community through honest conversations with survivors, oncologists, Breast Surgeons, therapists, and advocates. She also partners with the Know Your Lemons Foundation to bring lifesaving breast health education to colleges and communities, making sure women AND men know how to recognize the signs of Breast Cancer and perform self-exams.This episode is a reminder that early detection saves lives, survivorship doesn't end when treatment does, and sometimes life's biggest plot twists become the very thing that helps someone else survive theirs.⚠️ WARNING: This episode contains adult language, dark humor, discussions about Breast Cancer, Chemotherapy, surgery, body image, and survivorship. As always, listener discretion is advised.Want to learn more, access free Breast Cancer resources, or support Jamie's incredible mission?💗 Test Those Breastshttps://testthosebreasts.org🍋 Know Your Lemons Foundationhttps://knowyourlemons.orgBecause knowing your body could save your life.Test Those Breasts. 💗🍋

Our moms spent years telling us..."DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS."So naturally, Stace and Krystal with a K celebrated National Picnic Month by inviting complete strangers to join them for a picnic.No script.No plan.Just a blanket, some snacks, and a whole lot of curiosity.From life's biggest plot twists to love, loss, dreams, regrets, embarrassing moments, and yes...even nervous poops...this episode proves that every single person has a story worth hearing if you're willing to ask.What started as a simple picnic quickly became a reminder that we're all a lot more alike than we think.Oh...and somewhere between the charcuterie and complete strangers spilling their life stories...The girls have a surprise.Let's just say...Sometimes the biggest plot twists aren't the ones you've already lived.Sometimes they're the ones that are just beginning.⚠️ WARNING: This episode contains adult language, inappropriate humor, discussions of nervous poops, and may convince you to start FUCKING picnicking with strangers more often.

It was supposed to be an ordinary Thursday morning.School drop-off.Three kids under five.A couple of kittens.Meg dropped her children off at school...until she looked up and saw a massive cloud of smoke rising behind it.Something didn't feel right.She trusted that feeling, walked back into the school, gathered her children, and headed home.Minutes later, her husband called."LEAVE. NOW."What followed was hours trapped in bumper-to-bumper traffic as the deadliest wildfire in California history raced toward Paradise. The sun disappeared behind a sky filled with smoke. Cell service vanished. Trees burned on every side of the road.With three young children in the backseat, two terrified kittens, and no way of knowing whether they'd make it off the mountain alive, all Meg could do was stay calm for her babies...and quietly ask God the question no parent ever wants to ask:"Are we going to get out of here alive?"This week, Meg shares the unimaginable story of surviving the deadliest wildfire in California history, the split-second decision that saved her family, the trauma that followed, and what it's like to watch your world burn while holding on to hope one mile...one prayer...and one breath at a time.Because sometimes...The most terrifying horror stories don't come from Hollywood.They happen on a Thursday morning.⚠️ WARNING: (18+). It contains strong language, dark humor, and discussions of wildfire disasters, trauma, fear, death, and the lasting impact of surviving the unimaginable. Listener discretion is advised.

EPISODE 35: STILL ALIVE — THE HALFWAY THROUGH 40 FUCK IT LISTThis week, I'm flying solo with a bottle of champagne that says "DO EPIC SHIT," which honestly feels like both a life motto and a warning label.After surviving cancer three different times, I stopped waiting for the "right time" and started saying "fuck it" to the adventures that scared me most. Some happened years ago. Some happened recently. Every single one changed me.In this episode, I'm celebrating the halfway point of my 40-Year-Old FUCK IT LIST by counting down my Top 5 completed adventures—from jumping out of an airplane and hiking Havasu Falls to taking a Sour Toe Shot with an actual human toe, traveling solo to the Dominican Republic, and starting Plot Twist: Still Alive. Along the way, I'm sharing the stories behind each one, the lessons I never expected to learn, and why the adventures you don't plan often become the best plot twists.Plus, I'm revealing what's still left on the list, roasting myself for the ones I keep putting off, and asking YOU to help fill the final two blank spots before I turn 41.Because after everything I've been through, I've learned one thing...Life doesn't ask permission before it throws you a plot twist.So maybe it's time to stop waiting for permission to DO EPIC SHIT.⚠️ 18+ | Dark humor, real-life plot twists, and questionable decision-making ahead.

Inspired by the internet...and all the trolls living under its bridge.After one of Plot Twist: Still Alive's Facebook videos exploded to more than 700,000 views, thousands of reactions, and hundreds of comments, complete strangers decided they already knew the story.PLOT TWIST...they didn't.Because toxic people don't come with one gender, one title, or one relationship. They can be romantic partners, parents, siblings, friends, coworkers, bosses, neighbors...or someone hiding behind a keyboard with a profile picture of a fish.This week, Krystal with a K and her ride-or-die, Sarah, take a darkly hilarious look at toxic relationships, narcissistic traits, manipulation, trauma bonds, gaslighting, red flags, the abuse cycle, and the classic narcissistic cycle—all while asking one terrifying question...Wait...are WE the toxic ones?(Yes...they took the quizzes.)They also revisit the X series and share how telling that story became one of the most liberating experiences of Krystal's life.⚠️ CONTENT WARNING (18+): This episode contains discussions of emotional abuse, narcissistic behavior, manipulation, trauma, domestic violence, explicit language, dark humor, internet trolls...and 🪳 cockroaches.Yes.Cockroaches.Listener discretion is advised.Resources: If you or someone you know is navigating a toxic, abusive, manipulative, or narcissistic relationship, visit the Plot Twist: Still Alive blog for resources, books, support organizations, and additional information: https://www.plottwiststillalive.com/blog

Weslea was living a relatively normal life. Married. Building a career. Making plans for the future.Then, during a routine annual exam, she asked her doctor to check her lymph nodes."It's probably nothing."Those four words turned into months of tests, appointments, and a holiday season consumed by uncertainty. Then came the diagnosis that changed everything:Lymphoma.In this episode, Weslea shares her journey through immunotherapy, chemotherapy, survivorship, and the emotional toll that cancer takes long after treatment begins. From being told she "didn't look sick" while fighting the battle of her life, to navigating relationships, loss, grief, and the darkness that often comes with survivorship, she brings honesty, humor, and vulnerability to every part of her story.And because this is Plot Twist: Still Alive, the conversation somehow includes monkey sex.🔗 Blog, podcast links, merch, and more:www.plottwiststillalive.com⚠️ WARNING: This episode contains discussions of cancer, medical trauma, mental health, grief, sex, loss, and dark humor. Intended for mature audiences 18+.

We have officially SURVIVED 30 episodes….in honor of this we are doing a very special MASTER OF PLOT TWISTS episode. So if you can’t handle anatomy or the word Nipples being used over 738 times….grow up or avoid this like a big city during the zombie apocalypse.  Krystal with a K invites the PERKY GIRLS Crystal and Courtney with a C to tell us how they made a dream that most people have a reality…starting their own thriving business. And not just ANY BUSINESS, a business that helps breast cancer survivors standing in the wake of this disease after breast amputation, nightmare treatments, an obscene number of surgeries and being robbed of what society deems “Makes them a woman”….their breasts.But these two women stand in the face of cancer alongside these warriors and give them a safe, welcoming space that allows them to give them something they not thought they’d have back….their nipples.And as usual….this episode comes with its own PLOT TWISTS!!! So buckle up for the rollercoaster that is CANCER and see what happens when two bad ass women decide to give cancer the middle finger one nipple tattoo at a time.Warning: 18 and up: THIS VIDEO DOES NOT HAVE ANY REAL NIPPLES OR NUDITY. IT DOES CONTAIN IMAGES OF RESTORATIVE TATTOOS THAT ARE PART OF A BREAST CANCER RECONSTRUCTION TREATMENT. This episode is dedicated to Pink Warrior Advocates founder Jen Reynolds. Happy Birthday. We miss you and honor you every day!Please consider donating to The Perky Restoration Program by visiting Pinkwarrioradvocates.org website or if interested in Perky services or resources visit helloperky.com

Imagine a night when you can’t sleep and are doomscrolling TikTok at 3AM…we find Krystal with a K in this very predicament.After their Big Bend trip collapsed into a construction-zone disappointment, the algorithm delivered something far more dangerous: Havasu Falls.And in true “FUCK IT LIST” Zone fashion, the exact night Krystal discovered it just happened to be the exact moment permits went on sale — so naturally, three $450 permits were purchased in a sleep-deprived spiral of confidence and poor decision-making.For 4 days, 3 nights, and nearly 40 miles, Krystal with a K, Drew aka “Baby Boy Uh,” and their 8-year-old son drag themselves through the Arizona canyonlands chasing waterfalls… even though TLC SPECIFICALLY told them not to.Along the way: Drew confidently declares “I know EXACTLY where we are” moments before leading the family onto their most treacherous hike yet, an IBS-style shit attack strikes at the absolute worst possible moment, and socks with sandals somehow become elite hiking technology.The biggest challenge? Mooney Falls. A 220-foot descent through caves, chains, ladders, wet rocks, and terrifying drop-offs that feels less like a hiking trail and more like OSHA and acrophobia’s worst nightmare trapped inside a horror movie.This episode is about what happens when people stop waiting for “someday” and just say:“Fuck it.”Because life isn’t about being afraid to die.It’s about being afraid to LIVE.PLOT TWIST, BITCHES…THEY SURVIVED….find out howListen/watch THIS THURSDAY on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music or YouTube (links in the bio).⚠️ WARNING: This episode contains adult language, dark humor, hiking misery, graphic bathroom emergencies, emotional instability, and several terrible decisions made with alarming confidence. Listener discretion is advised.Check out our merch and blog on our website at www.plottwiststillalive.com

Before everything changed, Adam was the guy who lived through movement — athletic, active, independent, social, always pushing forward. His body wasn’t just part of who he was… it was his freedom, his identity, his entire way of life.Then something inside him turned hostile.At first it was subtle. Then terrifying. His body stopped listening. His future started collapsing piece by piece. The life he had built suddenly felt like it was being ripped away by something living beneath the surface.Imagine instead of some horror character like Annie Wilkes crippling you with a sledgehammer… it’s your own immune system attacking the myelin sheath protecting your nerves and destroying your body from the inside out.That “something” had a name: Multiple Sclerosis.The diagnosis changed everything. His medical records would eventually label him paraplegic. The person he once was couldn’t survive what came next.Adam found himself with two choices:Slip into darkness and live in MISERY…or kill the old version of himself and become the person MS created.This episode is dark, funny, uncomfortable, brutally honest, and somehow still hopeful. Find out how Adam survived the biggest Plot Twist of his life.MS picked the wrong M.F.er.⚠️ 18+ Listener WarningThis episode contains strong language, dark humor, discussions of chronic illness, disability, medical trauma, mental health struggles, and adult themes. Listener discretion is advised.

Send us Fan MailSome darkness doesn’t stay in the shadows. Sometimes… it finds its way into the people we love most.In this episode of Plot Twist: Still Alive, we meet Melissa — a single mother, a nurse, and the kind of woman who doesn’t hesitate when things get heavy… even when that weight is her child’s reality.When her daughter begins slipping into a world filled with mental health struggles, Melissa does what most people only think they’d do — she dives in headfirst. No flashlight. No map. Just instinct, love, and a refusal to let her daughter face it alone.This isn’t a story tied up with a neat little bow. There’s no magical cure, no perfectly timed ending credits. Because real life doesn’t work that way — and neither does motherhood.Because when you’re a mother, your children will always be the ones you’d do anything for. And sometimes the scariest thing isn’t the darkness itself… It’s knowing you can’t always stop it from reaching the ones you’d give your life for.It’s heavy. It’s raw. It’s unsettling in a way no horror movie could ever match.And somehow… there’s still laughter in the shadows.⚠️ Listener Warning: This episode is intended for 18+ audiences and includes discussions of mental health, self-harm, sexuality, and suicidal thoughts and of course….shit loads of dark humorPlease visit our blog for national and local resources for help on this subject matter at www.plottwiststillalive.comSupport the show

Send us Fan MailFinal Chapter of a 4-Part Survival Series Krystal with a K closes the series where everything finally comes into focus. After the illusion, the distortion, and the addiction, this is where the pattern is fully exposed for what it is.In X: The Awakening, she can finally name it all—love bombing, mirroring, gaslighting, devaluation, reactive abuse, discard, and hoovering. What once felt chaotic and confusing is now unmistakably a cycle. A system. A trap.And once the pattern is seen, it cannot be unseen.This is the moment of clarity—but not without consequence. Because in order for her to get out… the cycle had to continue on someone else...a 17 year old girl.This chapter marks the end of a seven-year psychological horror story and the beginning of something new: awareness, truth, and survival beyond it.Krystal with a K shares this story not for shock—but to help others recognize the patterns. For anyone still inside the fog, still questioning their reality, still trying to understand why leaving feels impossible.Dark humor included, because sometimes survival comes with a sense of humor you didn’t ask for but absolutely earned.⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of psychological abuse, trauma bonding, coercion, and recovery from abuse. Recommended for listeners 18 and older.If you or someone you know has experienced domestic violence, emotional abuse, or needs support or resources, please know help is available: https://www.plottwiststillalive.com/post/plot-twist-still-alive-survival-guide-xThis series is dedicated to survivors. THIS DOES NOT DEFINE YOU!!!Support the show

Send us Fan MailChapter 3 of a 4-Part Survival SeriesKrystal with a K returns—and this is where leaving stops being a choice.In X: The Addiction, the abuse cycle tightens through the hovering phase—the part where he doesn’t let her go, just pulls her back in. Apologies hit like a fix. Promises feel real. And every time she creates distance, something drags her right back to where she started.What feels like love is something far more dangerous: a trauma bond that chemically rewires the brain. Highs, lows, withdrawal, relief—on repeat. Not romance. Not weakness. Addiction.And inside that addiction, Krystal keeps crossing her own boundaries—again and again—just to survive the moment, just to get back to “before.”Reality distorts further.She’s replaced, then pulled back.Others are brought in.And somewhere along the way, she stops trusting her own mind—but not the cycle.Dark, sharp, and uncomfortably honest—with humor that probably needs a restraining order—The "X" series continues...And just when it feels like the cycle might never break…something happens.Something that cuts through the addiction instantly...AND THERE IS NO GOING BACK!⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of psychological abuse, trauma bonding, emotional dependency, coercion, manipulation, and withdrawal. Recommended for listeners 18 and older.Support the show

Send us Fan MailChapter 2 of a 4-Part Survival SeriesKrystal with a K returns—and this is where the horror sets in.What looked like love in the beginning starts to twist into something darker. In Chapter 2, Krystal pulls back the curtain on the Devaluation phase—the slow, psychological unraveling where affection turns inconsistent, criticism hides as concern, and reality itself begins to feel… off.Welcome to the upside down.Here, lies are constant, gaslighting is subtle but relentless, and the longer she stays, the less she trusts her own instincts. What once felt real begins to distort—and inside X’s world, truth becomes whatever he says it is.Then comes reactive abuse.Pushed, cornered, and manipulated past her limits, Krystal reacts—and that reaction becomes the story. In the upside down, she is no longer the victim… she is painted as the monster.This chapter begins with a terrifying moment—a threat involving a gun—and follows the continued breakdown of a marriage rooted in control, coercion, and fear. The cycle tightens. The confusion deepens. And as she’s repeatedly destabilized and made to feel disposable, one thing becomes clear:She’s reaching her breaking point.She’s ready to leave.But in this story… leaving is where the real nightmare begins.⚠️ Trigger warning: This content is for 18+ audiences and includes discussions of mental and physical abuse, sexual coercion, trauma bonding, and suicide.Please visit our BLOG for national resources for domestic violence, abuse cycles and suicide prevention. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS NEVER OKAY! https://www.plottwiststillalive.com/post/plot-twist-still-alive-survival-guide-xSupport the show

Send us Fan MailChapter 1 of a 4-Part Survival SeriesSince the beginning of Plot Twist: Still Alive, host Krystal with a K, three-time cancer survivor and chaos coordinator, has asked others to share their darkest survival stories. Now, for the first time, she tells her own.In this first chapter, X: The Perfect Stranger, Krystal recounts meeting a man who seemed perfect—vulnerable, magnetic, and eerily in sync with her every thought—making promises that felt too good to be true. His moods flickered like shadows, and life seemed poised to shift in an instant. What started as a “dream come true” quickly became a nightmare disguised as love.She ignored every red flag—not because she didn’t notice them, but because she grew up in a place where toxic felt familiar, where danger hid behind comfort. What should have been alarming instead felt… normal.Krystal is not reliving this horror alone. Joining her is her ride-or-die, Sarah, who had front row seats to the chaos and helped her tell the story.The episode launches listeners into the opening act of the seven-year horror movie that was Krystal’s life—the first whispers of manipulation, intoxicating love bombing, and subtle control that tighten like invisible chains. This is the beginning of a vicious cycle, a psychological horror where trust becomes a weapon and every “perfect” moment may conceal danger.Krystal shares her cautionary story as a warning, in hopes of arming those stuck in a similar nightmare with the tools it takes to escape for good. Dark, unsettling, and yes, wickedly funny—in true Plot Twist: Still Alive fashion, dark humor is included free of charge…because what doesn’t kill you makes you fucking hilarious.⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of mental abuse, emotional abuse, physical abuse, sexual coercion, and suicide. Recommended for listeners 18 and older.If you or someone you know needs resources for domestic violence, abuse cycles or suicidal prevention please visit our website blog at www.plottwiststillalive.com for national resources and information.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWelcome to the new Master of Plot Twists segment on Plot Twist: Still Alive...where we trauma bond with people who have  stopped talking and started doing the terrifying, glorious things on their bucket/fuck-it lists…and absolutely fucking kill it. This episode dives into the tenacious and punk rock story of how William Sterling became an AUTHOR.Equal parts horror‑camp and confessional, William rips open the guts of his journey from writing eerie stories as a kid to becoming a full‑blown author. He spills what inspired him, confesses to writing gruesome garbage for round after round, and details the exact moment the craft finally clicked. Expect creepy campy movie vibes, savage laughs, dark humor, and some stomach‑turning tales of failure turned feral success. So if you've ever wondered what it takes to write a book....he will give you every weapon to survive the process! With multiple books under his belt, William Sterlings newest project is  being the editor of Punk Goes Horror II — a blood‑soaked anthology featuring 19 fierce horror authors. (Purchase on amazon or  through Crystal Lake Publishing)Warning: 18+ : adult language, dark humor, graphic gore, explicit themes. Tune in if you dare.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThere’s always one in the family who doesn’t quite fit. The one who sees too much. The one who questions what everyone else pretends is normal.Meg was that one.The “white sheep.”Raised in a home where addiction, neglect, and volatility weren’t exceptions… they were routine. Where chaos had a rhythm, and silence was safer than truth. And when she finally found the courage to speak, to reach for someone outside the noise, her words didn’t echo… they disappeared. Brushed off. Minimized. Met with silence that felt louder than anything she had lived through.But here is the part that nobody saw coming....She refused to stay quiet.This episode walks through the shadows of a childhood shaped by instability and survival, and into the unsettling realization that sometimes the people meant to protect you are part of the story you have to break away from.Because upbringing may shape you… but it doesn’t get to finish you.Ultimately, being the one who was different, the “white sheep,” became her key to freedom, allowing her to break the mold, create a new path, and end the cycle of generational trauma.Meg was the lamb who could not be silenced.⚠️ 18+ dark humor, drug addiction, neglect, traumaSupport the show

Send us Fan MailSome monsters leave scars you can’t see and wounds that can reopen without warning. The ultimate survival tool in any trauma survival kit isn’t a manual, a medication, or a meditation app….it’s a person who has fought the same monsters as you. For Stacy, that monster was breast cancer, and her journey not only forged an unshakable bond with the host of Plot Twist: Still Alive, but inspired her to create a space where other warriors could meet, share their stories, and support each other through trauma.In this episode, our hostess with the mostest, Krystal, and her "BREASTIE"  Stacy explore the kind of connection that only emerges when someone truly understands your battle. They discuss how empathy, shared experiences, and mutual support become essential tools for survival, and how these bonds can transform chaos into strength, and fear into resilience. Find out how Plot Twist: Still Alive… this is how we are STILL ALIVE. ⚠️ WARNING: 18 and up , dark humor ahead, trauma discussions, and an absurd number of times the word “aglet” is dropped for absolutely no reason.Support the show

Send us Fan MailSarah is the kind of person who walks into a room like a ray of sunshine. Kind. Warm. The kind of person people trust immediately.But sometimes the brightest light hides the darkest rooms.For years, Sarah and other children lived through a nightmare no child should ever endure — sexual abuse at the hands of a teenage caregiver and trusted family friend. The kind of horror that hides in plain sight. The kind that survives because no one opens the door.Now Sarah holds the Skeleton Key.In this episode of Plot Twist: Still Alive, she unlocks the truth she carried for years and lets the skeletons fall out of the closet. With a strength and vulnerability that feels almost superhuman, Sarah speaks about surviving the unthinkable, navigating the scars left behind, and choosing to break the silence so the next survivor knows they are not alone.Like the final survivor in every horror movie, Sarah made it through the nightmare.And now she’s opening the door.⚠️ WARNING: 18+ ONLY — contains dark humor, trauma, sexual abuse, may be triggering to some listeners.Listen THIS THURSDAY on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or our website:Support the show

Send us Fan MailFAN FAVORITES ARE ALL RETURNING:Krystal survived Frankentitties.Abi survived The Stranger.Aaron survived The Happening.Barely.Now we’re putting all three of us in one room.We promised no question goes unanswered.This may have been a mistake.Welcome to Plot Twist: 3’s a Crowd. ⚠️18+ only Dark humor, sex, abuse and trauma.....AND THERE WILL BE SPOILERS (so listen to those episodes first....or else)Support the show

Send us Fan MailSome people leave behind money. Some leave behind property. Some leave behind stories that crawl under your skin and refuse to die.This week, we bring back one of our ride or dies since birth… Auntie.Last time we talked about grief. This time we dig up 78 years of living.The bucket list items she crossed off. The fuck it list items she actually did. The ones she didn’t. The reasons why. The regrets. The risks. The love. The almosts.This is the origin story of The Fuck It List.We talk about the trip of a lifetime to NYC. Where we met a celebrity. Got bed bugs. And Auntie fell in love with a 30-year-old man who was already in love with someone his own age. (We’re joking. Sort of.)This episode is about learning through someone else’s life before it’s too late.Respect your elders. They are walking plot twists.PLOT TWIST: YOU ARE STILL ALIVE...SO FUCKING LIVE!!!Listener discretion advised ⚠️ 18+ only. Contains dark humor, explicit language, sexual content, discussions of abuse and trauma.Support the show

Send us Fan MailYou think it’s different this time.Different face. Different voice. Different promises.But somehow… you end up standing in the same position. Across from a completely different person, having the same arguments, feeling the same confusion, questioning your own reality all over again.Why?Because trauma creates patterns. Because unhealed wounds don’t magically close. Because what we don’t confront doesn’t disappear.It follows.In this episode, Apryl shares her story of abusive relationships, narcissism, gaslighting, addiction, PTSD, and the exhausting cycle of repeating what feels familiar — even when it hurts. We talk about trauma bonds, red flags we rename, and how survival mode can look a lot like love.Over and over. Until someone decides to break it.This is about the horror of repetition — and the strength it takes to finally step out of the pattern.⚠️ 18+ | abuse | gaslighting | addiction | PTSD | dark humorSupport the show

Send us Fan MailJulie is nine years old when her life splits into BEFORE and AFTER.Her father dies suddenly….no warning, no goodbye, no final moment her memory can cling to. Just a silence so loud it follows her everywhere. A house now holding a mother and five children, and a man-shaped absence that settles into every birthday, every school event, every milestone he will never witness.At nine, Julie’s brain isn’t old enough to understand death the way adults do — so it protects her. It buries memories. It blurs details. It teaches her how to keep going without fully feeling what she’s lost. For years, she doesn’t grieve the way people expect. She survives instead.As she grows, Julie is haunted by who she might have been, how life might have turned out, and the version of herself that was never given the chance to exist.This is the most difficult thing no child should ever have to survive: the sudden, tragic loss of a parent…..and the long, difficult road of growing up alongside what remains.This isn’t just a story about grief. It’s about the quiet strength it takes an entire family when a parent is gone too soon.⚠️ 18+ | death and dying | grief | dark humorSupport the show

Send us Fan MailFrom the outside, Lauren’s family looked traditional. Four siblings. Lauren, the baby, the sister, and three older brothers—grew up, built lives of their own, got married, and had children.A family that seemed normal…until a deadly secret was exposed.One of Lauren’s brothers is rushed to the hospital with liver failure caused by a hidden alcohol addiction. Within months of learning the truth, the reality becomes devastating: he’s given six months to live.There is only one possible donor. Lauren.She faces an impossible decision—let her brother die, or donate part of her liver and risk everything she’s built for herself and her children.This episode explores how addiction can hide in plain sight, the shock of discovering the truth, and the unimaginable choices families are forced to confront. It’s a story about sacrifice, survival, and what happens when love and fear collide.This is Lauren’s story. And it changes everything.⚠️ Content warning: This episode contains dark humor, adult content, alcohol use, and is intended for listeners 18 and older.Support the show

Send us Fan MailWelcome back to the FUCK IT LIST Zone—where chaos, sunshine, and bad decisions collide in the best way. Drew and Krystal break down their Costa Rica adventure, complete with turtles fornicating, hump-back-WHAAAAAAAALES, and moments that prove we are STILL ALIVE. Somewhere along the way, Krystal falls for Costa Rica… both literally (because she’s a clumsy chick who would absolutely fall while running from your favorite scary movie star) and figuratively.It’s funny, unfiltered, and exactly what happens when you stop waiting and start living.⚠️ 18+ only | dark humor | mature content | listener discretion advisedSupport the show

Send us Fan MailYour hostess with the mostest, Krystal’s 40th birthday approaches and she finds herself deep in a FUCK IT LIST ZONE trip of a lifetime in Costa Rica. This mini episode is a pause—a reminder to truly LIVE, even in the midst of grief, sadness, and life’s hardest seasons.Ten minutes. Real, raw, and honest. If you need a reminder to live your life while you’re still here, this one’s for you.Support the show

Send us Fan MailAaron had the life people dream of. A successful career. A wife. Kids. A dream home. Stability. Health.It all seemed perfect… until it wasn’t.A divorce where everything was split in half. Their business. Time with his kids. A life divided cleanly on paper, but messily in real time, while the community watched.Then his body joined delivered the final blow.A fainting episode. Two years of headaches. Blurry vision. Doctors dismissed it. Misdiagnosed it. Got it wrong.The truth arrived without mercy....listen to find outThis episode explores how the illusion of a perfect life can shatter — and what it takes to crawl out of the darkest hole you’ve ever fallen into, held together by grit, survival, and faith.⚠️ WARNING: DARK HUMOR, INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, AND HEAVY SUBJECT MATTER. 18+Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ Warning: Dark humor, cancer, Sexual content, 18+It’s alive… it’s alive… again.Plot Twist: Still Alive resurrects Krystal’s cancer journey with FRANKENTITTIES: Part 2 . A terrifying, chaotic, and hilariously unfiltered sequel. What was meant to be a simple revision exploded into a full-blown breast cancer nightmare. Major surgeries, a third diagnosis just months after a wedding, and her 3rd miracle baby only 8 months old... the horror returns with more dark humor, raw emotions, and PTSD than ever before.Listeners are warned: to survive this chapter without spoilers, go back and listen to Episode 1 and Episode 2 first. Krystal spills her guts about the unthinkable moments, chaos, emotional rollercoaster, and finally solves the mystery of what the fuck a "FLIPPLE" is.It’s raw. It’s messy. It’s terrifyingly funny. And Krystal proves that what doesn’t kill you makes you fucking hilarious.Support the show

Send us Fan MailThe holidays have a way of dragging the ghosts out—grief, loss, memories, and the things we try to bury under twinkle lights.This week’s episode, A PLOT TWIST CHAOS CAROL, unleashes the Ghosts of Chaos, armed with sarcasm, dark humor, wildly inappropriate jokes, and unapologetic cringe to fight off the holiday doom and gloom.If you survived watching “Krampus”, “Black Christmas”  and loved “Scrooged”…this podcast might might be your CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! It is cheesy. It is cringeworthy. It is uncomfortable.But beneath the chaos is the reminder that even in the darkest seasons, we still have each other, and we do not let the worst moments take over.No Hallmark endings. Just chaos, survival, and a whole lot of secondhand embarrassment.⚠️ Content Warning ⚠️ This episode contains explicit language, dark humor, sacrilegious jokes, cringeworthy and cheesy moments, and discussions of grief, loss, death, and sex Intended for 18+ listeners only. Listener discretion advised, especially during the holidays.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ Content Warning: This episode is intended for listeners 18+. It contains dark humor and discusses death, dying, Alzheimer’s, dementia, and the emotional realities of being a sole caregiver. Listener discretion is advised.A sole caretaker. Two parents. A horror almost everyone will face.In Stephen King's, The Shining, the real horror isn’t the ghosts...it’s isolation, caretaking, and slowly losing yourself inside a role you never asked for.In this episode, Maggie shares the most difficult chapter of her life so far: being an only child and the sole caretaker for both parents as their health declines, navigating Alzheimer’s and dementia with no siblings, no backup, and no escape.This is a horror almost everyone will face at some point.....watching the people who raised you fade, while the responsibility quietly consumes you.Only instead of the caretaker trapped in a haunted hotel, Maggie is living a real-life psychological horror where there’s no final girl moment, no monster to defeat — just love, loss, and showing up every single day.This isn’t a story about ghosts.It’s about memory, grief, and the kind of horror that happens slowly, behind closed doors....and touches nearly all of us.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ 18+ warning. Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions of physical and mental abuse, trauma, and mental health disorders, and as always dark humor. Blood is supposed to bind you to love, protection, and family. But sometimes, their biggest weapon against you is the blood that runs through your veins—turning escape into something far more complicated than a slam of a door.In this episode of Plot Twist: Still Alive, Rachel sits down with us to share her chilling, painfully honest journey of breaking away from a toxic and mentally unstable sibling. It’s a story that plays out like a psychological thriller you wish wasn’t real—raw, darkly funny in the way trauma survivors understand all too well, and full of the twists that come with choosing yourself over family ties.If you’ve ever realized that the people who should’ve protected you were the ones you needed protection from, this episode will hit home.You can run from almost anyone… except the ones who run through your veins.Step in cautiously. Step out stronger.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ 18+ warning — dark humor, inappropriate jokes, and unhinged chaos ahead.You are now entering… THE FUCK IT LIST ZONE.Where logic bends, chaos reigns, and “fuck it” becomes an actual lifestyle choice.In Chapter 2, Krystal and her Baby Boy Uh, Drew return with a fresh round of deranged adventures from their ever-growing FUCK IT LIST. This week, they descend even deeper into the absurd, the reckless, and the beautifully questionable:– an emergency landing before even reaching Ireland– driving on the wrong side of the road across the countryside– dancing an Irish jig on real Irish soil– Miami mayhem that includes wedding crashing and visiting a secret island of trash pandas– a run-in with Alaska’s most dangerous wildlife (not the one you think)– and the most unhinged “fuck it” list entry yet… taking a shot of whiskey with a dead toe floating in itStep inside The Zone to discover which bizarre, cursed, and fearless items are coming next.Support the show

Send us Fan MailKrystal and her RIDE OR DIE Sarah take on a Friendsgiving TO DIE FOR. One cursed bucket, a chaotic mix of good, bad, and embarrassingly hilarious “thankful” confessions, and dark humor that will make you laugh, cringe, and maybe question your own holiday traditions.If your holidays have more in common with horror movies than Hallmark movies...this ones for you.⚠️ 18+ — Explicit language, dark humor, and shamelessly unfiltered content. Not for the faint of heart… or those who take Friendsgiving too seriously.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode discusses emotional and psychological abuse, manipulation, and trauma recovery. We laugh so we don’t cry — but please listen with care. (18+)They look perfect. They say all the right things. They make you feel seen — until the mask starts to slip.What begins as love turns into something darker: manipulation disguised as care, control hidden behind charm, and psychological games that leave you doubting your own reality.You fight to save the relationship — but the cruelest twist of all? The person you actually love… doesn’t even exist.In this chilling episode of Plot Twist: Still Alive, our guest Abi shares what it’s like to survive a relationship marked by emotional abuse and coercive control — a psychological horror where the villain doesn’t need a knife to destroy you, just your trust.Because sometimes the scariest monsters don’t hide in the shadows... they hide behind love.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ LISTENER WARNING: 18+ This episode dives into grief, death, dark humor, and real-life plot twists. If you’re easily offended, sensitive to heavy topics, or lacking a thick skin…turn back now. You’ve been warned.In this chilling chapter of Plot Twist: Still Alive, our guest Auntie joins us as the dead rise—not literally, but in the way grief drags memories, emotions, and the past back from the grave. Together, we dig into one of the SCARIEST plot twists life throws at us: losing the people we love.It’s raw. It’s honest. It’s darkly funny. And it’s for anyone who's ever found themselves haunted by a loss they didn’t see coming.Hit play… if you dare. Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ WARNING: This episode contains adult language, dark humor, and absolute chaos. 18+ only.You unlock this door with the key of chaos... Beyond it is another dimension — of laughter, disaster, and questionable life choices. You’ve just crossed over into... the Fuck It List Zone.*Join Krystal and her favorite “Fuck-It” List partner, husband Drew, as they dive into both the planned bucket list adventures and the "what-the-fuck moments" that happen along the way.From dangerous road trips to fighting an exotic dancer, nothing is too wild or too weird to make the list. Because when life goes off the rails — you don’t cry, you don’t panic... you just say “Fuck it” and mark it off the list.🎧 Buckle up. Laugh hard. And remember: even the disasters count.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ Listener Discretion Advised: Mature content, dark humor, and discussions of childhood illness. Recommended for ages 18+.This isn’t your average mom story — and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart.In this chilling episode of Plot Twist: Still Alive, we leave Elm Street behind and step into something much scarier: reality. Our guest Robbie opens up about every parent’s worst nightmare — being told her two-year-old child might not survive the night.Freddy Krueger has nothing on the horror she faced. But between the fear and the chaos, Robbie found a way to cope — laughter. Because when you can’t cry anymore, sometimes you have to laugh to survive.We talk about the unthinkable — the pain, the hope, and the moments that prove just how strong a mother’s love can be. There are tears, there’s dark humor (of course), and a plot twist you’ll never see coming.Because on Nightmare on MOM Street, the real monsters aren’t from our dreams — they’re the ones life throws at us when we least expect it.Welcome to Nightmare on MOM Street… enter if you dare.Support the show

Send us Fan Mail⚠️ Listener Warning: If you’re easily offended, can’t laugh at dark humor, or prefer your trauma neatly packaged in pink ribbons — turn back now.In the debut of Plot Twist: Still Alive, host Krystal cracks open the story that started it all — the breast cancer journey that left her bald, boob-less, and looking like a naked mole rat with a sense of humor. With her ride-or-die Sarah, she dives into toxic relationships, pain-med wedding cameos, chemo chaos, and the weird beauty of laughing through it.This isn’t your typical survivor story — it’s raw, messy, and darkly hilarious.So take heed of the “DO NOT ENTER” sign… and press play anyway.High five — still alive. 💀Support the show