We've narrowed down our vacation destinations to these three based on ability to social distance, sheer danger, and what will look best on our Christmas cards. Help us choose between weird boulders, a pit of fire, and a deadly stream! Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Trovants, the living stones of Romania: They grow, multiply and move! | MRU MEDIA (mysteriesrunsolved.com) Trovants: The Growing Stones of Romania (wh...
Sep 19, 2021•47 min
Jessica Renee Johnson's death looked staged to everyone except local law enforcement who quickly ruled it a suicide. We share her story in hopes that her family will one day find the answers they are looking for. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/10/18/suicide-or-murder-what-happened-to-jessica-johnson/ https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/police-say-jessica-johnson-hanged-herse...
Sep 06, 2021•1 hr 7 min
This week we revisit the spooky subject of Yōkai while misquoting a famous movie franchise! Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: @momento.mari on TikTok Aka manto | Yokai.com Aka Manto - Wikipedia Kuchisake onna | Yokai.com Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia Kuchisake-onna | Monster Wiki | Fandom Ao andon | Yokai.com Yōkai Types | Yokainosekai Wiki | Fandom 5 Yokai to Run Away From Really Fast (+1 Friendly Yokai) - Voyagin Blo...
Aug 16, 2021•40 min
If a horse or handsome stranger approaches you near a body of water and their hair is wet, BEWARE! There is a chance that a kelpie is about to drag you to a watery grave. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: http://ynysseamaiderp.blogspot.com/p/merrows.html https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/scottish-monsters/kelpie/ https://clan.com/blog/folklore-friday-the-kelpie https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/...
Aug 02, 2021•37 min
We try not to kink shame as we discuss serial train-wrecker Sylvestre Matuschka, a potential symphorophiliac. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Szilveszter Matuska - Wikipedia An Obsessive Disaster Fetish Turned This Man Into a Crazed Mass Murderer (gizmodo.com) Biography: Sylvestre Matuschka (archive.is) The Train Bomber: How a '30s Crime Spree Seized Europe | Medium Lard – Sylvestre Matuschka Lyrics | Genius Lyric...
Jul 26, 2021•41 min
A pope walks into a courtroom as the defendant. Except... he doesn't walk. He is carried because he is a skeleton. They put a dead pope's skeleton on trial in 897 AD. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/ Conclave: How cardinals elect a Pope - BBC News https://en.wikipedi...
Jul 19, 2021•48 min
The TV Fairy didn't require payments or sacrifices of teeth to leave unsuspecting neighbors old television sets on their porches. A master of secret identity and an unsolved mystery still loom over Richmond, Virginia. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: ‘TV man’ mysteriously leaves old television sets at Virginia homes | Fox News The Richmond TV Fairy: Virginia's Strangest Criminal Case | Weapons Grade Viral Media Mor...
Jul 12, 2021•42 min
Australia's Prime Minister, Harold Holt, claimed to know the Cheviot Beach like the back of his hand just moments before he disappeared from its shore. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2013/03/australias-dangerous-animals-the-top-30/ https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_20_-_Th...
Jul 04, 2021•41 min
The tragic loss of Amanda Milan on June 20th, 2000 sparked outrage amongst the LGBTQ+ community. Her death shown further light on the inequalities and biases that the community faced and became a stepping stone for protective legislation. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Murder of Amanda Milan - Wikipedia Amanda Milan | LGBT Info | Fandom (wikia.org) The crying game | Salon.com MAN GUILTY IN SLAYING OF TRANSSEXUAL ...
Jun 27, 2021•35 min
Karl P. Schmidt dedicated his entire life to the study of herpetology. Some people go out with a bang. Unfortunately, he went out with a bite. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/the-death-diary-of-noted-herpetologist-dr-karl-schmidt/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Patterson_Schmidt https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-11-10/he-documented-his-own-death-snakebite-instead-going-hospital ...
Jun 21, 2021•38 min
A clown motel pops up next to a cemetery in a tragic mining town... what could go wrong? If you guessed a paranormal vortex would form in Tonopah, Nevada, then you would be correct. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: THE CLOWN MOTEL, TONOPAH (theclownmotelusa.com) Clown Motel - Wikipedia Clown Motel – Tonopah, Nevada (tonopahnevada.com) Take A Look Inside Nevada's Creepy And Allegedly Haunted Clown Motel (screengeek....
Jun 13, 2021•36 min
Can we make you pee your pants using just two sentences? ...Only time will tell. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: What Happens in Your Brain When You Get Scared (businessinsider.com) The Science Behind Why We Like to Be Scared (healthline.com) Two Sentence Horror Stories That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine | Bored Panda https://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/07/40-freaking-creepy-ass-two-sentence-stories/...
Jun 04, 2021•25 min
Ship cats have served aboard vessels since ancient times to hunt rodents and predict the weather. Unsinkable Sam is an excellent example of this feline stubbornness and perseverance. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%27s_cat https://www.zmescience.com/other/feature-post/unsinkable-sam-cat-wwii/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsinkable_Sam https://catingtonpost.com/the-remarkable-st...
May 23, 2021•32 min
Beware fellow travelers! As you fly into the Denver International Airport, you will see scenic vistas as well as possible secret societies hiding in plain sight. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Denver International Airport - Wikipedia Welcome to Denver International Airport | Denver International Airport (flydenver.com) Astounding Artwork at the Denver Airport | Meaning and Location of Art Inside D.I.A. (uncoverco...
May 16, 2021•53 min
Bodies disappearing, reappearing, and being hidden in walls are just three things that make these funeral homes below average. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunting_in_Connecticut https://www.livescience.com/5346-real-story-haunting-connecticut.html https://www.freep.com/story/news/investigations/2018/12/20/cantrell-funeral-home-detroit/2227028002/ https://www.nytimes.com/2018/...
May 09, 2021•44 min
We are back to remind you that cursed objects are nothing to be trifled with! Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Curse - Wikipedia Curses and Cursing (learnreligions.com) Curse to become an ogre | WikiShrek | Fandom 25 Creepy Cursed Objects That Actually Exist (list25.com) The Screaming Skull of Burton Agnes Hall – Mysterious Britain & Ireland Ritoban Mukherjee - The screaming skull of Burton Agnes Hall - Unexpla...
May 02, 2021•50 min
Former presidents and various religious texts all agree that giant races once walked among us, so where is the evidence? Was there a literal giant cover-up? Yes. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/people-think-the-vatican-is-covering-up-the-existence-of-gigantic-humans/ https://www.gaia.com/article/this-conspiracy-claims-the-smithsonian-destroys-giant-skeletons https://en...
Apr 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Katherine Knight had a volatile temper and a knack for violence. She rampaged her way through a series of toxic relationships before carrying out the gruesome murder of John Price in February of 2000. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Katherine Knight - Wikipedia Katherine Knight | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers The Butcher - Katherine Knight • Morbidology Katherine Knight: Slaughterhouse Worker Who Skin...
Apr 10, 2021•50 min
A ghostly photograph taken at Raynham Hall in 1936 left skeptics and believers debating its origins. Was it fabricated, or did the photographers encounter the restless spirit of Lady Dorothy Walpole? Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Lady_of_Raynham_Hall https://the-line-up.com/raynham-hall-brown-lady https://engole.info/brown-lady-of-raynham-hall/...
Apr 04, 2021•45 min
Self-defense saved the life of Susan Walters after her ex-husband hired a hitman to kill her. We celebrate her by sharing her story and pledging to study self-defense ourselves. We hope you will join us! Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: A Hit Man Came to Kill Susan Kuhnhausen. She Survived. He Didn't. - Willamette Week (wweek.com) "I Will Not Die an Unlived Life" by Dawna Markova (habitsforwellbeing.com) Woman who ...
Mar 28, 2021•51 min
Whisht! lads, haad yor gobs, An' Aa'll tel ye 'boot the worm. We are talking about a giant worm... or a dragon. No one is quite sure. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://cryptozoologycryptids.fandom.com/wiki/Lambton_Worm http://www.history-for-kids.com/lambton-worm.html https://new-cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Lambton_Worm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambton_Worm https://youtu.be/BcZcOoP_v2k https://youtu.b...
Mar 21, 2021•37 min
A mysterious CCTV footage screenshot is the only clue investigators have to go on after an altercation at a JUSCO shopping center in Japan led to a man's death and a woman's disappearance. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Unsolved Japan: The JUSCO ATM Phantom - YouTube Top 3 stories that sound fake but are 100% real | Part 6 - YouTube JUSCO - Wikipedia 四日市冤罪事件 (ribbon.to) ニュースプラス1 今日のトップニュース (ribbon.to) YOMIURI ON-...
Mar 13, 2021•34 min
Are feral people cannibalizing those who enter National Parks? The locals believe it is true. Do you? Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://www.radio.com/podcasts/spooky-show-47958/39-unsolved-cannibals-in-national-parks-357050982 http://hikinginthesmokys.blogspot.com/2019/01/mysterious-vanishings-in-great-smoky.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Dennis_Martin http://texascryptidhunter.blogspot....
Mar 06, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Unique Harris mysteriously vanished from her apartment in October of 2010. Her mother and two sons were left heartbroken and without answers until an arrest was finally made 10 years later. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Trace Evidence - 030 - The Disappearance of Unique Harris - YouTube A young mother, gone without a trace - The Washington Post Unique RaQuel-Leona Harris – The Charley Project Unique Harris: A Yo...
Feb 28, 2021•54 min
Hallmark competes with St. Valentine, Chaucer, and a literal wolf to see who gets to claim Valentine's Day. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://getfluid.com/blog/hallmark-valentines-day/#:~:text=While%20Hallmark%20denies%20its%20involvement,chocolates%20for%20their%20significant%20others . https://corporate.hallmark.com/news-article/hallmark-helps-celebrate-what-valentines-day-is-really-about-love-for-all-all-...
Feb 21, 2021•50 min
We are jumping back in time to the Victorian Era where a mysterious "prankster" was running rampant. Spring-heeled Jack was known for shocking young women with his metallic claws and fiery breath! Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Spring-heeled Jack | Monster Wiki | Fandom Spring-heeled jack | Mythology wiki | Fandom (wikia.org) Spring Heeled Jack (historic-uk.com) Spring-heeled Jack - Wikipedia Spring-Heeled Jack |...
Feb 14, 2021•47 min
Harrison Okene became known as the Accidental Aquanaut after being trapped in an air pocket on the sunken Jascon 4 for over 60 hours. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/amazing-rescue-video-nigerian-man-survives-3-days-trapped-at-bottom-of-atlantic-1.1572757 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquanaut https://face2faceafrica.com/article/harrison-okene-the-man-who-survived-a-shipwreck-spending-...
Feb 07, 2021•38 min
On February 14th, 2000, Asha Degree left her home in the early hours of the morning and never returned. With limited evidence and leads, her disappearance has remained unsolved to this day. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: Disappearance - Asha Degree Disappearance of Asha Degree - Wikipedia Black & Missing: Asha Degree - Her Mother Speaks - JETmag.com Black kids go missing at a higher rate than white kids. Here...
Jan 30, 2021•51 min
Join us as we learn about another star for our upcoming tv show The Real Ghostwives of West Virginia. Mamie Thurman's brutal murder left Logan County residents asking if her good Christian persona was really an act after all. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: https://westvirginiahauntsandlegends.com/22_Mine_Road.htm https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2018/06/unsolved-murder-of-mamie-thurman.html https://www.register...
Jan 17, 2021•45 min
A road rerouted, a man turned insane, Timothy Shalamagoo... what do these three things have in common? The answer is this episode about the mystical powers of fairies and the portals that they use to venture into our world. We are talking all about fairy trees, fairy forts, and fairy rings. Twitter and Instagram - @biarpodcast Facebook - Bug in a Rug Email us your ideas at [email protected] Sources: The Greatest Fairy Characters | List of Fictional Fairies (ranker.com) The Darker Side of Iri...
Jan 10, 2021•51 min
