All Episodes

*Bonus* – NDE’s and Mystical Time Cessation

Ep. 276: How To Expand Time

Ep. 275: The Crazy Eddie Story is INSANE!

*Bonus* – Giggles in the Trees

Ep. 274: The Science of Animal Communication

Ep. 273: The Art of Sword Swallowing

Ep. 272: The Greatest Memory in the World

*Bonus* – Gangsters In Rap

Ep. 271: The Mafia in Rock n’ Roll

Ep. 270: Let’s Get Wasted

Ep. 269: Chicago Cubs History

*Bonus* – Solutions to Human Decline

Ep. 268: How Humanity Ends

*Bonus* – Movies as Voyeurism

Ep. 267: Psychopaths & Cinephiles

Ep. 266: Field Notes on Sasquatch Encounters

Ep. 265: Early Education for Puppies

Ep. 264: Vampires VS Zombies – The Battle for the White House

*Bonus* – The Legend of Baba Yaga

Ep. 263: The First Vampire

*Bonus* – Finding The Waffle King

Ep. 262: Reading “Weird Al”‘s Mail

Ep. 261: Aliens, Crypto, & DMT

*Bonus* – The Gong Show in Cinema

Ep. 260: The Importance of Being Gonged

Ep. 259: The Knight Who Started a Role-playing Revolution

Ep. 258: Learn to Harp a Slib of Boont

*Bonus* – TMNT in Video Games

Ep. 257: TMNT – The Forty Year Phenomenon

*Bonus* – How The Bad News Bears Changed Film History

Ep. 256: Hits, Heroes, & Homeruns of Baseball Cinema

Ep. 255: The Billion Dollar Barbie

Ep. 254: When The Mob Ran Hollywood

Ep. 253: Strange Stories from a Psychic Spy

*Bonus* – One Last Question

Ep. 252: Psychic Spies & Paranormal Research

Ep. 251: The Search for Lemuria

Ep. 250: When Sci-Fi Invaded Television

Ep. 249: The Coming Cicada Swarm

Ep. 248: The Untold Tales of Edgar Allan Poe

*Bonus* – Pablo Picasso: Art Thief

Ep. 247: The Guy Who Stole The Mona Lisa

*Bonus* – Avoiding Urban Animals

Ep. 246: Surviving Wild Animal Encounters

Ep. 245: How Will It End? Let Me Count The Ways

*Bonus* – Communes in California

Ep. 244: How Cults & Communes Cultivated Common Cuisine

Ep. 243: A Brief History of Alien Visitation

Ep. 242: Wild West Graveyards

*Bonus* – Adventures in Bodybuilding

Ep. 241: Muscle – The World’s Perfect Motor

*Bonus* – The Psychos of Cinema

Ep. 240: Monster Movies & Creature Features

Ep. 239: Haunted Houses, Horror Hosts, & Monster Cards

*BONUS* – Russians, Retirees & Ricin

Ep. 238: Famous Poisons & How They Work

Ep. 237: How The Exorcist Possessed Pop Culture

Ep. 236: The Last of the Kewpee Hamburg Hotels

*BONUS* – Life After Loeb

Ep. 235: Loeb & Leopold – Lies, Love, & Lechery

Ep. 234: Why Do Elves Live Forever? and other LOTR Science

Ep. 233: Pres. Nixon, Jackie Gleason & Four Dead Aliens

*BONUS* – Klondike Characters in Hollywood

Ep. 232: The Frozen Film Find of Dawson City

Ep. 231: Sherlock Holmes – Spyglasses & Singlestick

*BONUS* – Meeting Jack Chick

Ep. 230: Jack Chick:  The Christian Crusader Comic Creator

Ep. 229: The Tight End – Football’s Ultimate Position

Ep. 228: Rise of the Meganets

Ep. 227: Chemicals – The Good, The Bad, and The Unhealthy

Ep. 226: Portals, Petroglyphs, & UAPs

*BONUS* – The Future of Game Shows

Ep. 225: Monty Hall – The Ultimate Dealmaker

*BONUS* – The End of the O.S.S.

Ep. 224: “Wild Bill” & The O.S.S. – A C.I.A. Origin Story

Ep. 223: The Life of a Circus Clown

Ep. 222: The Fate of Local Newspapers

*BONUS* – Slime in Pop Culture

Ep. 221: Sexy Slime, Gorgeous Goo, and Outrageous Ooze

*BONUS* – Hey Thanksgiving, where do pies come from?

Ep. 220: The History of Holiday Deserts

Ep. 219: How Small Talk Can Lead To Big Things

Ep. 218: kranky Records & The Chicago Indie Rock Scene

Ep. 217: The Medieval Art of Sword Fighting

Ep. 216: Tales of the Weird West

Ep. 215: Carl Kolchak – Your Friendly Neighborhood Vampire Hunter

Ep. 214: From Barrels to Beakers – The Evolution of American Whiskey

Ep. 213: The Milgram Obedience Experiments

Ep. 212: An Instruction Booklet for the Brain

*BONUS* – Cheese Powder and Restructured Meat

Ep. 211: How The Military Designed Our Food

*BONUS* – The Epilogue

Ep. 210: Biking Almost 3000 Miles to A North Pole

Ep. 209: The Science of Stephen King

*BONUS* – The Fox’s Confidant

Ep. 208: Livin’ That RV Life

*BONUS* – The Delusion of Free Will

Ep. 207: Use Your Delusions

Ep. 206: Mastering the Art of Friendship

*BONUS* – They Drove a Spacecraft Down Main Street?

Ep. 205: Those Who Witnesses Roswell – 75 Years Later

Ep. 204: J. R. “Bob” Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius

*BONUS* – Supervillains Ascend!

Ep. 203: Superheroes Are Real, and They’re Spectacular!

Ep. 202: From The Streets of New York to the Sets of Los Angeles

*BONUS* – How Humans Will Go Extinct

Ep. 201: The History of the Earth Told In One Hour

*BONUS* – How To Sell A Movie In 13 Impossible To Follow Steps

Ep. 200: Seinfeld, Scripts, and Winning Serious Awards

Ep. 199: The Robber’s Cave Experiment

Ep. 198: Why Is The English Language So Weird?

Ep. 197: The Ephemeral Nature of Fame

Ep. 196: The Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Songs

*BONUS* – Cracking Prince’s Vault

Ep. 195: Opening The Vault of Safecracking Secrets

Ep. 194: A Conversation About Ghosts

Ep. 193: Serial Killers in Antiquity

*BONUS* – The Rise of Alex Jones and InfoWars

Ep. 192: The Proliferation of Conspiracy Theories

Ep. 191: How To Recover a Pilfered Picasso

Ep. 190: MK-ULTRA: The C.I.A.’s Secret Mind Control Program

Ep. 189: The Legend of The Frozen Dead Guy

Ep. 188: Surviving Mt. Everest

Ep. 187: The Cancer of Cancel Culture

Ep. 186: The Science of Sasquatch

*BONUS* – A Mermaid’s Tale

Ep. 185: The Fight Club of Underground Art

*BONUS* – The Scientific Analysis of Betty’s Dress

Ep. 184: The Betty & Barney Hill UFO Abduction Story

*BONUS* – The Stupidest Crime in California History

Ep. 183: Crime and the Evolution of San Fransisco

*BONUS* – Authentically 90’s: Floppy Disks, Analog Video, and 99 Cent Rentals

Ep. 182: The Last Blockbuster on the Planet

*BONUS* – The Future of Death

Ep. 181: Sex Robots, Artificial Wombs, and Lab-Grown Meat

Ep. 180: Down On Skid Row

*BONUS* – The Original Batmobile

Ep. 179: The 1966 Batman Bat-show

Ep. 178: The Curious Life of Count Dante

Ep. 177: The Weird World of Incredibly Strange Wrestling

Ep. 176: Rose Dugdale – From Debutante to Art Thief

*Bonus* The Worst Fashion Trends in History

Ep. 175: Houseplants – A History

Ep. 174: From Rocket Engineering to Neuroscience

*Bonus* The Brilliance of Trader Joe’s

Ep. 173: The Hidden World of the Grocery Store

Ep. 172: The Ritual of Exorcism

*Bonus* Robot Rights

Ep. 171: Preparing for the Robot Incursion

Ep. 170: The Sex Lives of Presidents

Ep. 169: The Back to the Future Trilogy

Ep. 168: The Fringe Science & Supernatural Beliefs of the Third Reich

Ep. 167: Survival of the Friendliest

*Bonus* The Epilogue

Ep. 166: Surviving the Shark Filled Sea

Ep. 165: The Not So Sinister Spider

Ep. 164: The Joy of Retro Cooking

Ep. 163: Chasing The Murder Hornet

Ep. 162: The Hidden Secrets of Disney

Ep. 161: The Craziness Caused By COVID-19

*Bonus* Madness of the Masses

Ep. 160: How Madness Shaped History

*Bonus* The Celebrities and Artifacts of Weeki Wachee Springs

Ep. 159: The Weeki Wachee Mermaids

*Bonus* Weaponized Flatulence

Ep. 158: Slimy Creatures of the Animal Kingdom

*Bonus* Jesus Christ – Comedian

Ep. 157: Sun Tzu’s The Art of War

*Bonus* Extravagant Colt Accessories

Ep. 156: The Colt Revolver

*Bonus* The Fraggle Wrangler and the White House

Ep. 155 Illustrating The Muppets

*Bonus* The Many Molds of Mold-A-Rama

Ep. 154 Mold-A-Rama

*Bonus* Howard Hughes and RKO Studios

Ep. 153 Howard Hughes in Hollywood

Ep. 152 The Scientific Formula for Free Will

Ep. 151 The Art of Traveling Lightly

*Bonus* Dia de los Muertos

Ep. 150 The Haunted History of Halloween

*BONUS* – Zombies In Pop Culture

Ep. 149 The Creepy History of the Common Corridor

*BONUS* Classic Toy Origins

Ep. 148: Classic Toys

*Bonus* Creating a Neon Sign

Ep. 147: The Art of Neon Signs

*Bonus* The Billy Mitchell Situation

Ep. 146: The Father of Esports

*Bonus* Rare Video Game Artifacts

Ep. 145: A Brief History of Video Games

*Bonus* The Magnificence of Mustard

Ep. 144 Weird Food Laws

Ep. 143 Microphones On Mars

*Bonus* Implanting False Memories

Ep. 142 The Inaccuracies of Eyewitness Testimony

*Bonus* More Design Flaws of the Human Body

Ep. 141 Design Flaws of the Human Body

*Bonus* Cheerleading’s Greatest Rivalry

Ep. 140: The Evolution of Cheerleading

*Bonus* Alien Phenomena

Ep. 139: Alien Implants

*Bonus* The Strange Artifacts of Diablo Manor

Ep. 138: Carnival Diablo – The Last Great Sideshow

*Bonus* The Celebrities of Braidwood, Illinois

Ep. 137: The Small Town Saga of Braidwood Illinois

*Bonus* Stories From A Shanty Town

Ep. 136: The Hangover Cure

Ep. 135: The Future of the DeLorean

*Bonus* The Decline of the DeLorean

Ep. 134: The Rise of the DeLorean

Ep. 133: The Planet’s Premiere Pet P.I.

*Bonus* Weird License Plate Stories

Ep. 132: The Legacy of License Plates

Ep. 131: The World’s Friendliest Psychopath

*Bonus* Beating Casino Heat

Ep. 130: Professional Card Counting

Ep. 129: The History of Chicken

Ep. 128: Electrifying Antique Cars

Ep. 127: The Mother Road – Route 66

Ep. 126: Paleocontact

*Bonus* Game of Thrones Game Theory

Ep. 125: Philosophy of The Simpsons

*Bonus* Mysterious Tales from the Navajo Nation

Ep. 124: Paranormal Cases from the Navajo Nation

*Bonus* The Legacy of Las Vegas

Ep. 123: A Brief History of Gambling

Ep. 122: The Transcontinental Railroad

Ep. 121: Are We Living In A Simulated Universe?

Ep. 120: Out Of Body Experiences

*Bonus* The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Ep. 119: The History of Comic Art

Ep. 118: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

*Bonus* Spotting Psychic Scams

Ep. 117: The Mystical Art Of Tattooing

*Bonus* The Forlorn Hope

Ep. 116: The Donner Party

*Bonus* Modern Poisonings

Ep. 115: The History of Poisons

Ep. 114: The Robocalypse

*Bonus* The Creatures of Kcymaerxthaere

Ep. 113: The Parallel Universe of Kcymaerxthaere

Ep. 112: The Mystical Life of Jack Parsons

*Bonus* Airport Carpeting and Clown Prohibition

Ep. 111: The Mysterious Life of Jack Parsons

*Bonus* How Barbed Wire Brought a University to DeKalb

Ep. 110: The Barbed Wire Barons

*Bonus* The End of the Wild West

Ep. 109: Personalities of the Wild West

Ep. 108: The History of the Carousel

Ep. 107: The Pro Wrestling Business

Ep. 106: The Homestake Mine/Sanford Lab

*Bonus* Body Snatching Parasites

Ep. 105 Mind Controlling Parasites

Ep. 104 The World’s Leading Spherical Artist

Ep. 103 The Museum of Failure

Ep. 102 The Candy Cane King

Ep. 101 The First Observed Neutron Star Collision

Ep. 100 The 100th Anniversary of the 100 Inch Hooker Telescope

*Bonus* H. H. Holmes as Jack the Ripper

Ep. 99 The Descendant of H. H. Holmes

Ep. 98 The History of H. H. Holmes

*Preview* Fascinating Gadgets, Gizmos, and Gear Based Technologies

Ep. 97 The Carbonaro Effect

Ep. 96 The San Gorgonio Wind Farm

*Bonus* Hidden Meanings in my Favorite Movies

Ep. 95 Esoteric Imagery in Film

*Bonus* The Rubel Castle Blacksmith

Ep. 94 Rubel Castle

Ep. 93 The Life of Charles Fletcher Lummis

*Bonus* Firefly Vampires

Ep. 92 Fireflies: The Secret World of the Silent Spark

*Bonus* Incredible Pathology Examples

Ep. 91 St. Bartholomew’s Pathology Museum

*Bonus* The Second Crash Site

Ep. 90 The 70th Anniversary of The Roswell Crash

Ep. 89 The North Pond Hermit

Ep. 88 Eggplant Jerky

*Update* Sneaker Culture – Big Baller Brand

Ep. 87 Cattle Mutilations

Ep. 86 Cold Atom Laboratory

*Bonus* Victorian Era Eyeglass Innovations

Ep. 85 Victorian Era Men’s Fashion

Ep. 84 Proper Etiquette and Manners

Ep. 83 The Curious Case of Count Carl von Cosel

Ep. 82 Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library

Ep. 81 The Battle of Los Angeles

Ep. 80 The Battleship Iowa

Ep. 79 Adolf Hitler and the Ratlines

Ep. 78 Robo Lights

*Bonus* Roller Coaster Innovators

Ep. 77 History of Amusement Parks

Ep. 76 Divine Science

Ep. 75 The Ring Finders

Ep. 74 Ouija Boards

*Bonus* Superstitions

Ep. 73 Occult America

Ep. 72 The Salem Witch Trials

Ep. 71 Martial Arts Stunt Choreographer

Ep. 70 The American Presidential Museum

*Bonus* Mascot Hall of Fame

Ep. 69 The First Professional Mascot

*Bonus* Zombie Fungus

Ep. 68 Master of Mycology

*Bonus* International Printing Museum

Ep. 67 The Church of Type

Ep. 66 Black Velvet Paintings

Ep. 65 Republic of Molossia

Ep. 64 Bonsai Trees

*Bonus* Pencil Accessories

Ep. 63 CW Pencil Enterprise

Ep. 62 Tetris World Champion

Ep. 61 Internet Hoax Buster

Ep. 60 Bob Baker’s Marionettes

*Bonus* Honeybee Parasites

Ep. 59 Beekeeper Extraordinaire

Ep. 58 Punxsutawney Phil’s Inner Circle President

Ep. 57 Sneaker Collector and Kickstorian

*Bonus* Majewski’s Magical Menagerie

Ep. 56 Exotic Animal Trainer

Ep. 55 World’s #1 Cheesemonger

Ep. 54 History’s Next Great Magician

Ep. 53 Prop Making Genius

Ep. 52 The Oman House

Ep. 51 Bowling Prodigy

*Bonus* Magnamund Mythology

Ep. 50 Author of the Lone Wolf series

Ep. 49 Fingerboarding

Ep. 48 Action Park

Ep. 47 The Acme Flea Circus

Ep. 46 Giant Rock & The Integratron

Ep. 33 Comic Book Historian and Aneurism Survivor *Reboadcast*

*Bonus* Zombie Insurance

Ep. 45 Economics of the Undead

Ep. 44 The Intriguing World of Ants

Richard Allen Wagner – Oak Island

Ep. 43 Was William Shakespeare Really Sir Francis Bacon?

Ep. 42 The Mysterious Oak Island

Herbert West: Reanimator

Ep. 41 The H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society

Ep. 40 World’s Foremost H. P. Lovecraft Expert

Ep. 39 The History of Pinball

Ep. 38 Tarot Card Reader

Ep. 37 Carnivorous Plants

Ep. 36 UFO Researcher and Mom from Indiana

Ep. 35 Forensic Accountant

Ep. 34 Live Action Role Playing

Ep. 33 Comic Book Historian and Aneurysm Survivor

Ep. 32 Kristin and Andy Looney

Ep. 31 The History of Game Shows

Ep. 30 The Mysterious Photography of Elgin Park

*Bonus* The X-Men

Ep. 29 The Science of Superheroes

Ep. 28 The Queen of Quilting

Ep. 27 Al White

Ep. 26 Chris Dane Owens

Ep. 25 The World Pun Champion

Ep. 24 The History of Haitian Vodou

Ep. 23 The Hippie Movement

Ep. 22 Branding Expert

Ep. 21 The Winchester Mystery House

Ep. 20 Dissecting Satan

Ep. 19 Monopoly Champion

Ep. 18 The Supernatural

Ep. 17 Vermiculture and Paramagnetic Energy

Ep. 16 The Power of Fermented Foods

Ep. 15 Communal Living

Ep. 14 Palmistry

Ep. 13 Landing The Mars Curiosity Rover

Ep. 12 Libby Clearfield

Ep. 11 Model Trains and Priceless Japanese Wood Block Art

Ep. 10 Growing up on Alcatraz

Ep. 9 Shamanic Healing

Ep. 7 Xaque Gruber

Ep. 6 Self-Made Economist

Ep. 5 Steve Mazan

Ep. 4 Life of a Circus Clown Part 2

Ep. 3 Life of a Circus Clown Part 1

Ep 2: Paul Bearer/Percy Pringle III

Ep 1: UCLA’s Parapsychology Lab