Over the course of evolution the cave bat bug waited for the invention of the mattress so that it could reach it’s final form… the BED BUG. Hayley covers the history of the hated bug and how she got them herself. Then Kat takes us to the intersection of biology and gastronomy and covers lab grown meat. Are you part of the bug-eating global elite? You’ll love this episode! Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreo...
May 09, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Kat covers the French knight who fought alongside Joan of Arc and would become known as history’s first serial killer! Then Hayley takes us down memory lane (AKA to the gymnasium) to teach us the history of Phys Ed. Still got a thirst for knowledge? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2024...
May 02, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Hayley covers David Hahn, the teenage chemist who went nuclear in his backyard. Then Kat follows it up with stories of mass psychogenic illness! You know, like the dancing plague, the monkey-man, and the Seattle windshield pitting epidemic. Recorded live 4/20/24 at Good Vibes Comedy Festival in Memphis, Tennessee! Special thanks to Brittany Brave for joining us on this learny journey. Check out her links here: https://linktr.ee/brittanybravecomedy Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial...
Apr 25, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Kat covers the teenage Roman Emperor Elagabalus and how he was hated in his time (but also ahead of his time.) If you carry around a meteor that you worship as space rock God, this lesson is for you! Then Hayley follows it up by covering the eccentric little business boy who built an American Castle on Pollepel Island. It involves a two-seater out-house and EXPLOSIONS! Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. ...
Apr 18, 2024•1 hr 14 min
This week Hayley covers one of the five egg-laying mammal species: the duck-billed platypus! Then Kat follows it up by covering Michel de Nostredame AKA Nostradamus, a Renaissance man who potentially prophesied WW2 and 9/11. Link to “Fairy Feet” pic: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/10zcsyw/til_foals_are_born_with_fairy_fingers_on_their/ Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patre...
Apr 11, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Kat covers the dark history of how corpses were farmed for HGH and the unintended consequences of that method. Then Hayley takes us to Long Beach, California for the birth and life of Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. AKA Snoop Dogg. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2024...
Apr 04, 2024•1 hr 17 min
The Golden Ratio: do unto others as Fibonacci would do to himself. That’s right, this week Hayley is covering Fibbie AKA Nacci AKA Leonardo da Pisa and his swirl in a box. Then Kat covers the gelatinous creatures of the sea: Jellyfish. Yes, there will be milking. Yes, there will be a mouth-anus. Yes, there will be IMMORTALITY?!?! Still got a thirst for knowledge? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Produced...
Mar 28, 2024•1 hr 4 min
This week the darkness called Kat to cover dead bodies. Specifically the really old ones pickled in bog juice. Then Hayley makes it rain with her lesson on Charles Hatfield, a rainmaker who also made it rain chemicals that smelled of cheese. Still got a thirst for knowledge? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2024...
Mar 21, 2024•1 hr 12 min
We had some major technical difficulties this week so we are opening the Night Classy Patreon vault to give those on the outside a glimpse inside. Hayley covers two brothers who were record setting HOARDERS. Then Kat takes us back to 1639 where John Winthrop reported unusual phenomena in the skies of Massachusetts Bay Colony. Lastly, Alec covers a Spanish artist who paints and sculpts the aliens who visited him. Google Drive of Alec's reference images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Cul...
Mar 14, 2024•1 hr 41 min
Are those human cages hanging from a cathedral? Why yes, they are! Because this week Hayley takes us to Münster, Germany where things started to get culty in the 1500s. Then Kat covers the equally disturbing events of a railroad construction in 1890s Africa that turned into a blood bath. Let’s just say the railroad workers were begging for some of those human cages…. for protection. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on...
Mar 06, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Are you conflict avoidant? Well, don’t avoid this one! Hayley covers a psychological experiment on group conflict, also known as Realistic Conflict Theory. Then Kat covers America’s first daredevil, Sam Patch (who definitely had “live, laugh, jump” in his kitchen.) Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2024...
Feb 29, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Kat has a horse girl lesson for those who were also obsessed with the novel “Misty of Chincoteague.” But don’t worry if that excludes you, we also rewind 56 million years to the feral/wild “Dawn Horse” that everyone can relate to. Then Hayley follows it up with a lesson on our favorite Nobel Prize winner to stick his tongue out: Einstein. But more specifically his brain and how it was stolen. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows eve...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Happy 200th episode Night Classmates! This week Hayley covers an ambidextrous inventor, nurse, and Black History month icon: Bessie Blount Griffin. Then, Kat covers the American city that failed trying to secede from the Union. (hint… it’s in Florida.) Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Bessie Blount Griffin Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
Feb 15, 2024•1 hr 23 min
The Prison Episode! Kat takes us to North Korea where an American man made a very bad decision and ended up being their prisoner for 40 years. Then Hayley takes us on a witch-hunt of sorts covering the true crime legal drama of pediatric nurse, and tarot card reader, Lucia de Berk. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Lucia de Berk Case Sources: h...
Feb 08, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Hayley covers the explosive finale to the Jack Parsons lesson. Kat follows it up with a town that was fully abandoned in the 1940s supposedly because of “ Nantiinaq ” lurking in the woods. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Jack Parsons Sources: https://daily.jstor.org/sex-cult-rocket-man/ https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/jack-parsons/ https:...
Feb 01, 2024•1 hr 8 min
Kat takes us to “Baby Land General Hospital” to cover the strange lore behind the popular toy of the 1980s: Cabbage Patch dolls. Then Hayley follows it up with part one of a lesson on THE sex-cult rocket man… and no, it isn’t Elton John. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Jack Parsons Sources: https://daily.jstor.org/sex-cult-rocket-man/ https:/...
Jan 25, 2024•1 hr 30 min
Hayley covers the World War II story of a Iva Toguri and how she was wrongfully convicted of treason. Then, Kat follows it up with a lesson on a mysterious creature in the Congo that caused a bit of a feud between two scientists. Kat’s Etsy Shop for Friendship Bracelets: https://severaslays.etsy.com Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Tokyo Rose ...
Jan 18, 2024•1 hr 20 min
Kat missed a flight recently and decided to ask the question: TSA… are they necessary? Then Hayley follows it up with a lesson that birthed a rabbit hole into c-section history. (TW for birth stuff.) Kat’s Etsy Shop for Friendship Bracelets: https://severaslays.etsy.com Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree C-Sections / Dr. James Barry Sources: htt...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 34 min
Hayley teaches us about something that West Point's command historian Sherman Fleek said "Hardly anyone knows about it. If pooled among 4,400 cadets, 3,000 federal employees, 1,500 military staff and faculty, I doubt 30 people will know a thing about it.” Kat follows it up by teaching about how suffragettes were conned by the cigarette industry. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/...
Dec 21, 2023•1 hr 23 min
Kat covers the time congress dumped a bunch of money into reindeer and why they carry santa's sleigh. Then Hayley follows it up with a shitty situation that smelled so bad it got it's own name. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree The Great Stink Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Stink https://www.history.co.uk/articles/the-great-stink-...
Dec 14, 2023•1 hr 28 min
Hayley covers the "fluid silver" poison and Kat follows it up with her most graphic lesson yet. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Mercury Poisoning Sources: https://youtu.be/SeYxT7SxZBg?feature=shared https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Inorganic_Chemistry/Chemistry_of_the_Main_Group_Elements_(Barron)/05%3A_Group_12/5.05%3A_The_Myth_Reality...
Dec 07, 2023•1 hr 20 min
Kat covers a collection of well preserved corpses of people that died from cholera in 1833. Then Hayley follows it up with a true crime prodcuer-pick: the story of Betty Broderick and her victims. Link to “masturbating mummies” pic: https://images.app.goo.gl/p9ZJG8o6y7ojh3Hp9 Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Betty Broderick Sources: https://yo...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 56 min
Hey Night Classmates! We have the week off for Thanksgiving so we thought this would be a great time for you to hear the first three episodes of Alec’s new podcast Matchbook Flashback . In these episodes you’ll hear firsthand stores of unusual phenomena like UFOs, Near Death Experiences, and yes, Dogman! If you like it, give Matchbook Flashback a follow on Spotify or wherever you listen to pods. By the time you’re hearing this, there will be a Thanksgiving Sasquatch encounter on the Matchbook Fl...
Nov 23, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Hayley covers the evolution of an internationally loved, yet DEADLY, source of entertainment and thrill. Kat follows it up with a true story that seems fake of a human crpytid. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Rollercoasters Sources: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/coney-century-screams/#:~:text=The%20roller%20coaster%20ha...
Nov 16, 2023•1 hr 36 min
Kat covers one lady that really got the ball rollin' for psychadelic tours in Mexico, the high preistess of mushrooms María Sabina. Hayley follows it up with an ancient sibling rivialry between Arsinoe IV and Cleopatra. Add your songs to the Night Classy "Cry Songs" playlist: https://spotify.link/7RptYUn3xEb Do you have an unusual story to share with producer Alec for his new show Matchbook Flashback ? Email him! alec@parasaur.co Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’...
Nov 09, 2023•1 hr 42 min
Hayley covers a most fascinating medical procedure and Kat covers the moral panic of TIDE PODS! Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Organ Transplants Sources: https://youtu.be/rkfRU4MDsX8?si=7ykMEdBM5K_sZjPj https://www.life-source.org/latest/how-are-organs-transported-for-transplant/#:~:text=Each%20organ%20is%20 carefully%20 preserved,each%20org...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Happy Halloween! This week we have a creepy true crime double feature. Hayley covers the case of “Who put Bella down the Wych Elm?” and Kat covers the Kuykendall Family Phone-Stalker also known as “Restricted.” Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Wych Elm Bella Sources: Who Put Bella In the Witch Elm? By Meg Van Huygen Who put Bella in the Wych E...
Oct 26, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Kat covers a haunted doll in Key West and Hayley covers a doctor who collected one of Hayley's favorite things. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy | Linktree Fukushi Masaichi Sources: https://youtu.be/SuoYcGGnfm4?si=ETgqlRrOQAbxxu0_ https://www.vice.com/en/article/mvxgpx/the-art-of-preserving-tattooed-skin-after-death-629 https://spectrumnews1.com/oh/colum...
Oct 19, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Hayley covers a scary story about a scary house and Kat follows it up with a scary story that inspired the 2005 movie The Exorcism of Emily Rose. Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Back the Dice Planner kickstarter: http://kck.st/44U4BZ3 Night Classy | Linktree Whisper Estate Sources: https://www.southernindiana.org/2020/11/02/haunted-history-in-southern-indiana/ https...
Oct 12, 2023•1 hr 59 min
Kat kicks off spooky season with a spooky animal that is sometimes a cryptid: OWLS! Next up Hayley covers the cat ladies of history, including the Patron Saint of Cats: Miss Gertrude of Nivelles. Support producer Alec's Kickstarter for the Dice Planner: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/517722467/dice-planner-for-adhd Still got a thirst for knowledge and parasaocial camaraderie? You’re in luck! We release bonus shows every week on our Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy Night Classy ...
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 17 min
