This week, watch out because this episode has teeth! And so do these women… First up, Felicia explores the mythological toothed vagina, or Vagina Dentata - a myth rooted in the fear and mystery around female sexuality and the female body. Inspired by the new musical TEETH (based on the 2007 indie horror movie of the same name), Felicia dives deeper into the history of the toothed vagina, from Greek mythology with Medusa to how it appears in other folk tales across history from countries around t...
Apr 01, 2024•36 min
This week, it's a couple of mysterious creatures from the swamp and the forest! First up, Lauren goes on the hunt for the Bunyip - a Cryptid creature from the Indigenous Aboriginal mythology of southeastern Australia dating back to as early as 1812. The Bunyip has been described as an amphibious creature that lurks in local swamps, creeks, riverbeds, and waterholes, but the other characteristics vary widely. Most of the sightings say they resemble seals or swimming dogs, but others claim to have...
Mar 18, 2024•41 min
This week, it's two folktales - one if by land, one if by sea! First up, Felicia goes in between the pages of the classic folktale of Sleepy Hollow! From “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” - the original 1820 short story by Washington Irving featuring the famous Ichabod Crane & the Headless Horseman with his flaming jack-o'-lantern - deeper to the mythical Headless Horseman's origins and roots in Irish and Scottish folklore, as well as the English tale Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. And of cour...
Feb 20, 2024•46 min
This week it's two terrifying tales about more than meets the eye! First up, Lauren takes you on a ride through the uncanny valley with the “Laff in the Dark” mannequin at the The Pike amusement park. In the early ‘70s, children visiting the boardwalk in Long Beach, California noticed one of the mannequins in the funhouse attraction looked a little…off. But it wasn't until some years later, when a production crew from a popular TV series were shooting in the funhouse in 1976, something more was ...
Feb 05, 2024•41 min
This week it's horse girls and hoarse guys! First up, Felicia covers another supernatural creature from Central American folklore - the legend of the woman Sihuehuet who, in some cultures, turned into La Siguanaba by a curse. Similar to other Siren stories, La Siguanaba initially takes the form of a beautiful woman....she looks like any other attractive, long-haired woman who happens to be scantily clad or, in some cases, just fully unclad (naked). La Siguanaba then lures unsuspecting men in thi...
Jan 22, 2024•39 min
This week, we're covering two topics that are close to our horror hearts and our heritages! First up, Lauren explores the legend of The Demon House of Pennsylvania - a haunted house she recently visited in Monongahela, PA. It may just be a fictitious haunted attraction these days, but the horror and the true crime history that the McCue Mansion has held within its walls since the 1800s is very real. Was the former proprietor just a healer…or a witch? And what did they discover when excavating fo...
Jan 09, 2024•37 min
Merry Christmas, all you naughty boys & girls! This week, it’s a little ho-ho-horror for the holidays with a double feature of Christmas creatures! Felicia unwraps the first present with the legend of Sinterklaas, or Sint-Nicolaas - a mythical figure based on the patron saint of children, Saint Nicholas. If it wasn’t obvious, Sinterklaas is one of the sources for the classic Santa Claus mythology and has mainly been celebrated in the Netherlands as far back as the early 19th century. Felicia...
Dec 25, 2023•43 min
Happy belated Thanksgiving, turkeys! This week it’s a frightful feast, featuring a double heaping helping of two Thanksgiving-themed horror stories! First, Lauren explores how one grandfather’s annual Thanksgiving ghost story (yes, that was apparently a thing for this grandpa) led brothers to uncover a mysterious mass grave site from the 1800s. Over 50 Irish immigrants died at a railroad site in Pennsylvania during the cholera epidemic in 1832…but did they actually die from cholera?! Next, Felic...
Nov 27, 2023•36 min
This week, it’s sharp axes and even sharper psychics! First up, Felicia explores the infamous, notorious Lizzie Borden - the axe murderer of Fall River, Massachusetts. While Borden may have been acquitted for the axe murders of her father and stepmother in 1892 when she was only 32, she forever remains linked to that horrific case. Her story has been immortalized, told time and time again in movies, television series, plays, books…and now this Sinister Sisters episode! Next, Lauren covers the ca...
Nov 13, 2023•45 min
For part two of our spooktacular Halloween special, we are taking a look back at our costumes from past Halloweens. Listen as we rank our costumes, telling some stories along the way. Stay safe and Happy Halloween, boos and ghouls! PS: If you have requests for future episodes or just want to hang out, follow us on Instagram @sinistersisterspodcast
Oct 30, 2023•40 min
On this week's spooktacular special episode for October, Felicia & Lauren read their favorite selections from "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark". They both stumbled upon this book series in their elementary schools way back in the early 2000s. The series has now been turned into a supernatural horror film produced by Guillermo del Toro. Listen to hear these delightfully funny and frightening stories. PS: If you have requests for future episodes or just want to hang out, follow us on Instagr...
Oct 23, 2023•39 min
On this week's spooktacular special episode for October, Felicia & Lauren both take us through a couple of extreme haunted houses! Felicia kicks it off with the grandfather of extreme haunts - Blackout. This notorious NYC/LA-based immersive horror experience, tailored to people’s individual fears, was created in 2009 to be the antithesis of the traditional haunted house and has been called “more performance art than haunted house" by its creators. Participants had to sign a liability waiver ...
Oct 16, 2023•43 min
Happy October boos & ghouls! 👻 Light the jack-o'-lantern and put on your costume because it’s the most frightful time of the year - Halloween! 🎃 And that means it’s also time for Lauren & Felicia’s annual Halloween history lesson. This week, they dig into why black cats and spiders are associated with All Hallows’ Eve. We see them everywhere from decorations to party favors (remember those little plastic spider rings?!) to haunted houses and of course treats. But are their origins more...
Oct 09, 2023•38 min
This week, it’s an underground haunted historical close and an underwater ghost plane! First up, Felicia takes us on a tour of Mary King's Close - an area of ancient alleyways and abandoned houses under the Edinburgh City Chambers in the historic Old Town area of Edinburgh, Scotland. From plagues to poltergeists, naturally this area has had a reputation for dark misdoings and hauntings since the 17th century, as it soon became “shrouded in myths and urban legends; tales of hauntings and murders ...
Sep 18, 2023•41 min
This week, it's witches & weddings! First, Lauren uncovers the case of Lilias Adie - a Scottish woman who was accused of practicing witchcraft in 1704. Adie was held in prison and interrogated day after day for over a month before she confessed only to eventually die in prison. But because she died before she could be burned at the stake, the townspeople had to bury her unlike most witch trials of the time. She was given a grave on the beach and her burial site was covered with a large stone...
Sep 04, 2023•35 min
This week, we're putting the Sinister Sisters spin on “fairy tale cottagecore!” First, Felicia peels back the page on the real life history behind the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales "Hansel and Gretel.” It may be a story we all know, not to mention one that provided plenty of nightmare fuel for the fire at bedtime as children, but the fact behind the fiction is far more horrifying than just witches eating children. The Great Famine of 1315-1317 that plagued Europe early in the 14th century led peop...
Aug 21, 2023•38 min
The world is all about aliens right now and so is Sinister Sisters this week! First up, Lauren explores the UFO phenomena through the ages, hitting the historical highlights going all the way back to when the Halley's Comet was first observed in 240 BC! Then on to the modern UFO frenzy that began when Kenneth Arnold sighted nine unidentified flying objects in Washington in 1947 (the same year as the infamous Roswell crash). She also gives some background on past government programs to investigat...
Aug 07, 2023•44 min
This week, it's the curse of Macbeth and the mystery of a missing man named Marx! First, Felicia explores the dramatic history of “The Curse of Macbeth!” For 400 years, theatre kids have lived in fear from simply uttering the name of the famous William Shakespeare play in a theater, for they may be the ones that tragedy befalls. But what is the origin behind this long-held stage superstition? And is there actually evidence of a real curse?! Next, Lauren covers the mysterious case of missing man ...
Jul 24, 2023•35 min
This week, it's paranormal stories from The Aloha State to True Crime in the wrestling world. First, Lauren explores the “Kasha House of Kaimuki” in Honolulu, Hawaii - one of the state’s most well-known urban legends and considered one of the most haunted places on the island. The paranormal activity in this historic haunted home spans decades, dating all the way back to August 1942 in which the police were called to shoo a ghost (as the actual headline in a Hawaiian newspaper read). 30-years-la...
Jul 10, 2023•47 min
This week, it’s icebergs and Icelandic monsters! First, Felicia discusses the Titan submarine incident that’s been sinking the news recently. In case you live under a rock (or an actual iceberg) and haven’t seen the headlines, a small submersible carrying 5 people (including the founder of the company that operates the vessel) to explore the wreckage of the Titanic went mysteriously missing, thus giving us this generation’s “Baby Jessica in the well.” But with all of our modern technology, how c...
Jun 26, 2023•47 min
This week, it’s murderous mobs in town squares in New Orleans & murderous cults in evil buildings in New York! First up, Lauren takes a trip down south to her favorite city and takes us into a True Crime story she herself was spooked by on a recent ghost tour in New Orleans! In 1891, eleven Italian Americans were murdered by a mob for their rumored role in the killing of a police chief. None of them were actually proven to be guilty of the murder…but that didn’t stop a group of angry townspe...
May 29, 2023•42 min
This week, it’s killer pastries and ghostly patients! First up this week, Felicia covers the case of Viktoria Nasyrova - a woman who was convicted just this year in February 2023 for poisoning her friend Olga Tsvyk...with a slice of cheesecake! Right in the Cheesecake Capital - New York City! But why did one woman poison the other? Viktoria and Olga eerily resembled each other at the time, both were Russian speakers…was Viktoria trying to steal Olga’s identity?! It’s a case of pie-dentity theft!...
May 15, 2023•34 min
This week, it’s the mysterious murder of a school teacher + a history lesson on an infamous, iconic horror theater! First up this week, Lauren covers Dead Woman's Crossing in Custer County, Oklahoma! This cursed location and urban legend gets its name from the unsolved murder of a woman way back in 1905, whose ghost supposedly haunts the bridge area. School teacher Katie DeWitt James did not deserve to die like she did, but she makes up for it by still spooking locals today. At first glance, it ...
May 01, 2023•36 min
On this week’s episode, it’s Rosemary’s Baby and Nure-onna’s baby! First, Felicia explores the infamous curse of the iconic 1968 cinematic masterpiece, Rosemary’s Baby. It is of course considered one of the greatest horror films of all time…but have you heard about the scary stuff behind-the-scenes?! From crazy coincidences to eerie occurrences to multiples deaths and even the Manson murders, the devil may have possessed Rosemary’s baby both on and off screen. Next, following up the Penanggalan ...
Apr 17, 2023•35 min
On this week’s episode, it’s Goldi-Lugosi and the Three Bears! First up, Lauren claws back the true (crime) story behind COCAINE BEAR! While the movie might feature over-the-top mauling and a drug-fueled animal-attack man massacre in the forest from a Black Bear hopped up on coke, the real story is far less gory and way more sad…for the bear, that is. Next she explores two additional true life bear attacks that occurred in Montana…and, unlike the first one, these are grizzly. Listen if you can b...
Apr 03, 2023•46 min
This week, it’s Part 2 of 2 very female-focused sinister sister stories! Sometimes love is blind…but sometimes love blinds you! Lauren tells the tragic 1970s true story of Linda Riss, a beautiful Bronx woman who fell in love with an older man - a New York City-based lawyer named Burton N. Pugach. But when she found out he had a whole other life, with a wife and a family, she ended the affair abruptly. This enraged Burton, even to the point that he hired men to throw lye in Linda’s face, blinding...
Mar 20, 2023•22 min
This week, it’s Part 1 of 2 very sinister sister stories! Felicia covers the American true crime case of Nannie Doss, otherwise known as the Giggling Granny (aka the Lonely Hearts Killer, the Black Widow, and Lady Blue Beard) - a rare female serial killer responsible for the deaths of 11 people around Oklahoma between the 1920s and 1950s. But they didn’t call her granny for nothing, as each murder was someone closely related to her, including 4 husbands! But she didn’t stop there at the old fami...
Mar 13, 2023•28 min
On this week's episode, it’s two true life stories - one scary, spidery and one sad, “sappy!” First, Lauren tells the story of “The Denver Spider Man” aka Theodore Edward Coneys - a terminally ill man who was told by doctors that he would not make it to his 18th birthday. Well he proved them wrong…but what horrifying lengths did he go to to survive in his twisted web of his life & lies?! Next, Felicia explores one of the most wild true stories we've ever covered! On January 15, 1919, a giant...
Mar 06, 2023•43 min
On this week's episode, it's living with wild animals and a wild story of dating the dead! First, Felicia explores the tale of Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja, a Spanish man who was quite literally raised by wolves, as he lived among the animals as a feral child from ages 7 to 19. Hear how the wolves protected Pantoja and taught him how to survive in the wild before he was brought back to society and forced to acclimate. Next, Lauren explores the too-haunt-to-handle case of Amethyst Realm, a woman who ...
Feb 20, 2023•39 min
On this week's episode, you might not want to stay in the house because its haunted...but you might not want to go outside with your ghost umbrella either! First, Lauren explores the Ackley House - a spooky mansion just ten minutes away from Sleepy Hollow in Nyack, New York. This historic Victorian home is famous for being America's first legally haunted house! But what led to it being part of a court trial known as "The Ghostbusters Ruling?" Next, Felicia opens up on the Kasa-Obake - a mythical...
Feb 13, 2023•34 min
