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This laid-back podcast has history, paranormal, lore, true crime, and - best of all - a bunch of weirdos to tell you about it. Join Brittany and one of her...
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This laid-back podcast has history, paranormal, lore, true crime, and - best of all - a bunch of weirdos to tell you about it.
Join Brittany and one of her rotating co-hosts for some kind-of-informative banter every other Friday!
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Join Brittany and one of her rotating co-hosts for some kind-of-informative banter every other Friday!
Episodes & Posts
Episodes
Posts
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17 FEB 2025 · We hope you're ready for a spookin'! Jenna gives Brittany all the deets on Willard Public Library, and how the dream of a rich old white man with a heart of gold eventually led to one of the most infamously haunted libraries.Â
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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31 JAN 2025 · Heather is IN MICHIGAN to tell Brittany about some fast food crimes. We may be having too much fun. Peep the reference to Heather's podcast Nature vs Narcissism and go check it out after you listen to this episode!
Sources:
https://globalnews.ca/news/9063893/antoine-sims-cold-fries-murder/ https://www.koco.com/article/trail-of-corn-dogs-leads-to-burglary-arrest/4285092https://www.mylespaul.com/threads/man-calls-911-after-burger-king-runs-out-of-lemonade.33117/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/two-arrested-running-meth-lab-out-iowa-taco-bell-n404301 https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/05/suspect-falls-from-subway-restaurant-ceiling-with-stolen-deli-meat-police-say/
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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24 DEC 2024 · Happy Holidays! For a special treat on this festive lore episode, we have Brittany, Chris, AND Thurlow here to tell you about Krampus - claws and all! Â
Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus#:~:text=The%20Krampus%20(German:%20%5B%CB%88k%CA%81amp%CA%8As,behaved%20ones%20with%20birch%20rods.&text=The%20origin%20of%20the%20figure,in%20movies%2C%20TV%20and%20games.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampushttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_Man
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuSrajd9D8k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BDlahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gr%C3%BDla
https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-originhttps://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbcCDBTFLCoÂ
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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5 NOV 2024 · Brittany and Thurlow get together to talk about the death of a founding father and first president of The United States of America: George Washington! While most know him in all of his glory, we explain one of the most widely used examples of blood-letting.
Sources:
https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-death-of-george-washington?gad_source=1&gbraid=0AAAAADye4kGoqj3nsTlSDmfqMrkpDFv_Y&gclid=Cj0KCQjwmt24BhDPARIsAJFYKk2RT4Ys6AmP3NjaF1w6A-XX59KMqDuJRfQET6xy7n8d0FFWXelxzbkaAknwEALw_wcB
https://www.britannica.com/question/How-did-George-Washington-die
https://www.utmb.edu/mdnews/podcast/episode/what-killed-washington
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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14 OCT 2024 · In this long overdue Way Off Track episode, Brittany tells Thurlow about the ghost town of Singapore, Michigan, and how it became buried beneath the sand dunes.Â
Sources:Â
https://www.library.hbs.edu/hc/crises/1837.htmlÂ
https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/michigan-life/remnants-of-buried-singapore-are-hiding-in-plain-sight-today/69-51227c66-54b9-4164-8c97-e090891a1318Â
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LvxLIVwizo
https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/best-of-the-daily-j-the-story-of-singapore-michigans-buried-ghost-town
https://www.audacy.com/wwjnewsradio/news/local/best-of-the-daily-j-the-story-of-singapore-michigans-buried-ghost-town
https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/news/history/2024/08/02/lake-michigan-ghost-town-speculated-buried-beneath-dunes/6805496001/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore,_Michigan#:~:text=Singapore%20is%20a%20ghost%20town,ravaged%20by%20fires%20in%201871
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29 JUL 2024 · Brittany and Heather are back for Part 2 of our con artist series where Brittany tells the story of how Anna Delvey tricked the New York socialites and (almost) made her way to the top. Grab your champagne and your Birkin bag - you're not going to miss out on this one.
Sources:
https://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html
https://people.com/crime/inventing-anna-true-story/
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38517687/anna-delvey-sorkin-inventing-anna-true-story/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_toc_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_17942344289&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw7ZO0BhDYARIsAFttkCjg63qKvuFHqPYqxjW3V_x0o0GMnA3vFd1yd-OuAVjztvwyRjvgXXMaAug4EALw_wcB
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a38962970/where-is-anna-delvey-today/
https://www.historyvshollywood.com/video/anna-delvey-documentary/
https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/inventing-anna-fact-check
https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/anna-delvey-now-rcna15204
https://www.marieclaire.com/culture/a21563727/summer-of-scam-anna-delvey-explained/20/20 - The Sinfluencer of Soho
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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16 JUL 2024 · Heather gives Brittany the history behind some of the most well-known nursery rhymes, and let us tell you - some are downright creepy!Â
Sources:
https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/families/rhymes-in-time/muffin-manÂ
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/10/04/the-muffin-man-is-the-beloved-nursery-rhyme-based-on-a-serial-killer/Â
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muffin-man-song-serial-killer/Â
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/55035/dark-origins-11-classic-nursery-rhymesÂ
https://theghostposts.com/8-dark-nursery-rhymes/Â https://cafemom.com/parenting/meanings-nursery-rhymes-lullabies/this-old-manÂ
https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/famous-nursery-rhymes-popular-song-meaningsÂ
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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7 JUL 2024 · Brittany and Heather are getting into con artists! Scammers, phonies, fakes, scheisty individuals... whatever you call them, you're not going to want to miss part one of this series where Heather shares the details on Victor Lustig. Did we con you into listening?Â
Sources:Â
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/man-who-sold-eiffel-tower-twice-180958370/
https://strawpoll.com/most-famous-con-artisthttps://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.htmlhttps://thehustle.co/originals/the-con-man-who-sold-the-eiffel-tower-twice-1https://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html
https://www.uselessinformation.org/lustig/index.htmlhttps://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9880185/The-man-conned-world-Audacious-scams-career-criminal-Victor-Lustig-told-new-book.htmlhttps://www.thecut.com/article/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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25 JUN 2024 · Brittany and Chris try to figure out where those garden dudes orginated from, and some of the trouble they caused along the way. Get out your shovels for some digging.Â
Sources:
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Gnome
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnome
https://www.britannica.com/art/gnome
The Gnome by The Brothers Grimm
Revenge of the Lawn Gnomes by R.L. Stein
https://goosebumps.fandom.com/wiki/Lawn_Gnomes
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
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18 JUN 2024 · New Way Off Track incoming! Brittany really wanted to talk about when people got accidentally buried alive back in the day, and Thurlow helped with the technical stuff.Â
Sources:Â
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/sponsored/people-feared-being-buried-alive-so-much-they-invented-these-special-safety-coffins-180970627/
https://www.nmfh.org/buried-alive-boetticher/
https://lethbridgenewsnow.com/2023/07/13/the-terrifyingly-true-stories-of-people-that-were-buried-alive/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial#:~:text=In%20the%20seventeenth%20century%20in,burial%20was%20changed%20to%20beheading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_burial#:~:text=In%20the%20seventeenth%20century%20in,burial%20was%20changed%20to%20beheading.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_House_of_Usher
https://poemuseum.org/the-cask-of-amontillado/
Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686
This laid-back podcast has history, paranormal, lore, true crime, and - best of all - a bunch of weirdos to tell you about it. Join Brittany and one of her...
show more
This laid-back podcast has history, paranormal, lore, true crime, and - best of all - a bunch of weirdos to tell you about it.
Join Brittany and one of her rotating co-hosts for some kind-of-informative banter every other Friday!
show less
Join Brittany and one of her rotating co-hosts for some kind-of-informative banter every other Friday!
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| Author | Where the Weird Things Are |
| Organization | Where the Weird Things Are |
| Categories | History |
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