They are both legendary heavyweights in the monster arena. But of the two, which one is more likely to actually exist? The fam breaks down stories from history, actual scientific studies, and modern day interviews with "real" vamps.
A ship with no one aboard. Navigational equipment missing but food fully stocked. An entire family and crew never to be heard from again. The fam sets sail to find out what exactly happened to the famous Mary Celeste brigantine.
In 1994, a small town in Washington experienced the strangest precipitation of all time. Clear, slimy blobs rained from the sky and made everyone sick. Oh and also they had human blood cells in them. The fam investigates possible alien thingies in Oakville.
This week we break down some of Hollywood's most insane rumors and conspiracies. Did Elvis fake his death to avoid a mob hit? Was Avril Lavigne replaced with a clone? Is Richard Gere really into putting gerbils up his bum? Found out the answers to these and more as the fam spreads tinseltown's craziest stories.
It's January 1935 and the Hotel President in Kansas City, MO is in its prime. Then a mysterious man checks in under an alias and gets fatally attacked in his locked room. Was it a mafia hit? A ghost? Or did he really just fall (repeatedly) in the bathtub? The fam stays overnight in this infamous mystery.
Near Death Experiences or NDE's have been recorded since ancient times. That is, people crossing over to the other side, getting a peak, and coming back to the land of the living. Their stories are eerily similar and hard to fake. The fam breathes life into this multi-dimensional mystery.
What if I told you someone wrote a book containing all the world's knowledge at the time? What if I also told you it weighs 165 pounds and the devil helped him write it? WHELP. It's real. And possibly cursed.
A group of teens going missing with some cash from a 1978 burger joint seems simple right? Too bad it ended up being one of the most brutal murder cases in a decade notorious for dark crimes. Every new development and twist leads to more questions and more scrutiny on the cops for getting it so wrong on day 1. The fam works the night shift on this killer mystery.
What happens when your dream home becomes a nightmare? The Broaddus learned the hard way in 2014 when their New Jersey abode came with increasingly creepy letters from a stalker known only as "The Watcher". The experience was so intrusive and chilling that they never even fully moved into the house. Was The Watcher a local prankster, a ghoulish remnant of residents' past or something even more sinister? The fam moves in next door to this suburban mystery.
Vincent van Gogh is known the world over as the quintessential tortured artist. An extraordinarily talented man whose frequents bouts with mental illness drove him to take his own life. Or so the story goes. The fam paints the picture behind the prominent belief that there was foul play involved in the death of Van Gogh.
Who was history's most famous serial killer? 19th Century police officers had it narrowed down to just about every single person in England. We discuss some the of the more intriguing suspects and end up with exactly zero answers.
The closest thing America has to a royal family and of course they're cursed. For over a century this clan has had mysterious death after death with no common thread other than their last name. From lesser known lobotomies to the infamous JFK assassination, there have been many a frightful fate for the Kennedys. The fam goes deep into this ancestral mystery.
A highly advanced society made up of tall, beautiful people that became so morally bankrupt the gods sunk the whole place. Or so the tale goes. Underwater utopia or Plato's imagination run amok? The fam goes deep into the depths of this aquatic mystery.
Legendary pilot Amelia Earhart vanished during a fateful and daring flight around the globe in June 1937. The whole world was watching and yet nothing conclusive has ever been found. She was a pioneer, author and possibly a government agent? The fam buckles in for America's most famous disappearance.
Little kids are scary enough but add in the possibility that their older siblings were reincarnated in them? Yikes. A pair of twins seemingly remembers minute details of past lives just as their father predicted. The fam weighs in on what happens after we die.
Fan request! This case has everything: an unidentified body, a beachfront Australian backdrop, spy drama, and worldwide attention. Every clue makes you ask 10 more questions. The fam heads down under for this classic Aussie mystery.
The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon, on July 20th, 1969. Or was it? I mean it definitely was but why do so many people think it's a mystery? The fam rockets into this spacey mystery.
In 2004, an all-american girl and star athlete disappears on the road to NH without a trace. Every time you tug a little thread you end up with a whole new sweater. Why was this college student seemingly on the run? Did she meet with someone? Who hasn't stolen a credit card? The fam vanishes into this famous mystery.
La La Land's most gruesome murder. A young woman is found cut in half on the side of the road and the media has an absolute field day with it. The fam susses out what's fact and fiction when it comes to the infamous, unsolved case of Elizabeth Short's murder.
Carly Simon released a number 1 hit single that has plagued listeners since 1972. Who is so vain that they could elicit such a classic, scathing song? Rockstars, Hollywood Elite and even one of our hosts joins the list of suspects. The fam dances to a musical mystery.
This one's a hometown mystery for Mae Elaine. Authorities found a disembodied torso in Sandwich, MA and then a similar case happened again decades later one town over. Neither victim could ever be identified but there's a good chance Whitey Bulger was involved. The fam loses their heads on this chilling case.
Did Jesus come to Earth in a spaceship? Were alien astronauts roaming around ancient Italy? Was 1803 Japan the landing spot for an otherworldly woman? That's what these masterpieces throughout history would have you believe! The fam explores the final creative frontier in this artsy mystery.
This is a dark one, folks. So we drank a lot of wine and talked about witches a whole bunch. Did witches do this? The government and a NJ based sci-fi magazine certainly don't want you to think so. The fam gets bewitched by this murder mystery.
A serial killer who loves jazz and targets Italian grocers in New Orleans sounds like a game of extreme Mad Libs. But. It's real. And it happened during the last pandemic in 1918. The fam gets infected by this century old mystery.
Possibly the most famous serial killer of all time and we taunt him relentlessly. Do we crack the case? No. But did we have fun? Probably too much. The fam decodes the zodiac in this one.
This time it really was aliens! Or at least that's what former Area 51-adjacent engineer, Bob Lazar, has to say. He claims to have done experiments on UFOs in the 80s, a time known for being reasonable and not at all over the top. The fam rockets into this extraterrestrial mystery.
The swinging 60's in Great Britain who wouldn't want to be a part of it? Most people actually. But especially the Gibbons twins who for decades refused to speak to anyone else even though they each believed the other was a demonic threat.
The early 2000's were a weird time for everyone but especially this pacific northwestern family and their friends that received near-constant harassment via flip phone. Only problem is the calls came from their own phones even when they were off. Big Scream vibes on this one, fam.
What do you do when a mass psychogenic illness starts inflicting US diplomats across the globe? You make a podcast about it. The fam sounds off on a nauseating mystery that began in Cuba in 2017.
The year is 1959. The location is a snowy slope in the Soviet Union. The mystery is what the hell happened to a group of experienced hikers who cut their way out of their tent in the middle of the night and all wound up dead. The fam climbs this mountain of a story.
