In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Snapewives : While known as the Snapewives, they referred to themselves as Snapeists. Snapeism was a small religious movement that formed in the early 2000s in the online space of livejournal. Its members were devoted to the omnipresent Severus Snape from the Harry Potter universe, and their practices included channeling and even spiritual marriage to the broody potion's profe...
Feb 10, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 4Ep. 89
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at three cases of intrigue: Sentient World Simulation : Did you know that if you have ever had an online presence, there's a series of servers in Indiana where a digital version of you exists? The Voynich Manuscript : In The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching, he describes the Voynich manuscript as "the most famous cryptic manuscript of the medieval period" that has been "the obsessive focus of study ...
Feb 03, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 3Ep. 88
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at three cases of intrigue: Sentient World Simulation : Did you know that if you have ever had an online presence, there's a series of servers in Indiana where a digital version of you exists? The Voynich Manuscript : In The Madman's Library by Edward Brooke-Hitching, he describes the Voynich manuscript as "the most famous cryptic manuscript of the medieval period" that has been "the obsessive focus of study ...
Jan 27, 2023•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 87
In this special bonus episode, our hosts return to the dark , spider-webbed cobbled corner of the internet where My Immortal resides My Immortal : The year is 2006, emo rock is so very in and the Harry Potter fandom is at an all-time high. Enter Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the core protagonist of what would go down as the most notorious fanfiction of all time and one whose legitimacy still is debated today Part 1 https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/0039-campfire-stories-to-tell-on-the-in...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 3Ep. 86
In this special bonus episode, our hosts return to the dark , spider-webbed cobbled corner of the internet where My Immortal resides My Immortal : The year is 2006, emo rock is so very in and the Harry Potter fandom is at an all-time high. Enter Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the core protagonist of what would go down as the most notorious fanfiction of all time and one whose legitimacy still is debated today Part 1 https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/0039-campfire-stories-to-tell-on-the-in...
Jan 13, 2023•56 min•Season 3Ep. 85
In this special episode our hosts review all the topics from the last year, discussing these stories and providing updates. https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0084-two-exceptional-years/
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 59 min•Season 2Ep. 84
In this special bonus episode, our hosts return to the dark , spider-webbed cobbled corner of the internet where My Immortal resides My Immortal : The year is 2006, emo rock is so very in and the Harry Potter fandom is at an all-time high. Enter Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the core protagonist of what would go down as the most notorious fanfiction of all time and one whose legitimacy still is debated today Part 1 https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/0039-campfire-stories-to-tell-on-the-in...
Oct 28, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 2Ep. 83
In honor of ADHD Awareness Month, Cayla tells us all about her experience having and getting diagnosed with ADHD, and dispels many of the common myths The year was 2015 when I first got my ADHD diagnosis. 6 months later, my entire life changed, I started a new career, started a webcomic and several podcasts, and most importantly recognized and left a 5.5 yr long abusive relationship https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0082-adhd-not-just-for-boys/
Oct 22, 2022•2 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 82
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Ching Shih/Zheng Yi Sao: Ching Shih was a sex worker in the 1700s on a floating brothel in the city of Canton who would go on to lead a fleet consisting of 1,800 boats and is commonly referred to as the Pirate Queen Clair Patterson : The inventor of the first clean room and the guy that finally made us all stop eating lead The Satanic Temple : The words "praise Satan" conjure imag...
Oct 07, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 81
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Ching Shih/Zheng Yi Sao: Ching Shih was a sex worker in the 1700s on a floating brothel in the city of Canton who would go on to lead a fleet consisting of 1,800 boats and is commonly referred to as the Pirate Queen Clair Patterson : The inventor of the first clean room and the guy that finally made us all stop eating lead The Satanic Temple : The words "praise Satan" conjure imag...
Sep 09, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 80
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Ching Shih/Zheng Yi Sao: Ching Shih was a sex worker in the 1700s on a floating brothel in the city of Canton who go on to lead a fleet consisting of 1,800 boats and is commonly referred to as the Pirate Queen Clair Patterson : The inventor of the first clean room and the guy that finally made us all stop eating lead The Satanic Temple: The words "praise Satan" conjure images of d...
Sep 02, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 79
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Peter the Dolphin : In the 1960s, Margaret Lovatt was part of a Nasa-funded project to communicate with dolphins. Soon she was living with 'Peter' 24 hours a day in a converted house and things would only get stranger Rabies : In most of the western world, the threat of rabies is rarely a concern only coming up if you get bit by an strange animal or one suspected of carrying the d...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 78
This episode we're going all the way back to 2000-2001 with our guest Nate. This is the next chapter in the Jen Saga. Nate knew Jen before State College, before Jack, before the FF7 house and is here to provide some unique insight into her background and roots https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0077-nate-the-ex-from-the-before-times/
Jul 29, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 77
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Peter the Dolphin : In the 1960s, Margaret Lovatt was part of a Nasa-funded project to communicate with dolphins. Soon she was living with 'Peter' 24 hours a day in a converted house and things would only get stranger Rabies : In most of the western world, the threat of rabies is rarely a concern only coming up if you get bit by an strange animal or one suspected of carrying the d...
Jul 15, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 2Ep. 76
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Peter the Dolphin : In the 1960s, Margaret Lovatt was part of a Nasa-funded project to communicate with dolphins. Soon she was living with 'Peter' 24 hours a day in a converted house and things would only get stranger Rabies : In most of the western world, the threat of rabies is rarely a concern only coming up if you get bit by an strange animal or one suspected of carrying the dis...
Jul 08, 2022•50 min•Season 2Ep. 75
Welcome back to the third part of our My Immortal reading! Part 1: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/0039-campfire-stories-to-tell-on-the-internet/ Part 2: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0052-my-immortal-pt-2/ Part 3: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0073-0074-my-immortal-pt-3-and-4/ My Immortal: The year is 2006, emo rock is so very in and the Harry Potter fandom is at an all-time high. Enter Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the core protagonist of what would go down as t...
Jun 24, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 74
Welcome back to the third part of our My Immortal reading! Part 1: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/0039-campfire-stories-to-tell-on-the-internet/ Part 2: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0052-my-immortal-pt-2/ My Immortal: The year is 2006, emo rock is so very in and the Harry Potter fandom is at an all-time high. Enter Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way, the core protagonist of what would go down as the most notorious fanfiction of all time and one whose legitimacy still is debated ...
Jun 17, 2022•49 min•Season 2Ep. 73
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Poveglia Island : Who would have thought that a tiny island in a lagoon near Venice would be considered the most haunted place on earth? Not us! Nathan tells us about a tiny piece of land that has a long and terrifying history Bloody Mary : If you grew up in North American you have likely heard at least one iteration of the story, but turns out there's dozens if not hundreds and tha...
Jun 03, 2022•46 min•Season 2Ep. 72
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: Poveglia Island : Who would have thought that a tiny island in a lagoon near Venice would be considered the most haunted place on earth? Not us! Nathan tells us about a tiny piece of land that has a long and terrifying history Bloody Mary : If you grew up in North American you have likely heard at least one iteration of the story, but turns out there's dozens if not hundreds and tha...
May 27, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 2Ep. 71
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Georgia Guidestones: It's known as America's Stonehenge. A 19-foot high stone monument in Elbert County, Georgia. Erected in 1980, it has never been fully explained. Or...explained at all, really. Everything about the Georgia Guidestones feels like a purposeful attempt at being obtuse and generating conversation and disagreement. Sailing Stones of Death Valley : In 1913 a grou...
May 13, 2022•38 min•Season 2Ep. 70
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Georgia Guidestones: It's known as America's Stonehenge. A 19-foot high stone monument in Elbert County, Georgia. Erected in 1980, it has never been fully explained. Or...explained at all, really. Everything about the Georgia Guidestones feels like a purposeful attempt at being obtuse and generating conversation and disagreement. Sailing Stones of Death Valley : In 1913 a grou...
May 06, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Season 2Ep. 69
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Georgia Guidestones: It's known as America's Stonehenge. A 19-foot high stone monument in Elbert County, Georgia. Erected in 1980, it has never been fully explained. Or...explained at all, really. Everything about the Georgia Guidestones feels like a purposeful attempt at being obtuse and generating conversation and disagreement. Sailing Stones of Death Valley: In 1913 a group...
Apr 29, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 68
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Forty Elephants : Halli tells us about some women that ran the crime world in ye old London: the forty elephants. A vicious and wily gang of shoplifters that ran for nearly a century, and the police really didn't want anything to do with them Simona Kossak : The rebel biologist, Simona Kossak, who moved into a cabin in a national forest and lived there for 30 years studying an...
Apr 22, 2022•48 min•Season 2Ep. 67
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Forty Elephants : Halli tells us about some women that ran the crime world in ye old London: the forty elephants. A vicious and wily gang of shoplifters that ran for nearly a century, and the police really didn't want anything to do with them Simona Kossak : The rebel biologist, Simona Kossak, who moved into a cabin in a national forest and lived there for 30 years studying an...
Apr 08, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 2Ep. 66
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Forty Elephants : Halli tells us about some women that ran the crime world in ye old London: the forty elephants. A vicious and wily gang of shoplifters that ran for nearly a century, and the police really didn't want anything to do with them Simona Kossak: The rebel biologist, Simona Kossak, who moved into a cabin in a national forest and lived there for 30 years studying and...
Apr 01, 2022•41 min•Season 2Ep. 65
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Nibiru Conspiracy: Halli tells us about the fascinating conspiracy that alleges we're pending a head-on collision with another planet any day now Go For a Punch : Nathan looks into the lost media mystery of "Go for a punch". An anime with horrific content that the internet has been searching for for years. But there may be an answer Tardigrades : Courtney is going to tell us a...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 50 min•Season 2Ep. 64
In this three-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Nibiru Conspiracy: Halli tells us about the fascinating conspiracy that alleges we're pending a head-on collision with another planet any day now Go For a Punch : Nathan looks into the lost media mystery of "Go for a punch". An anime with horrific content that the internet has been searching for for years. But there may be an answer Tardigrades : Courtney is going to tell us a...
Mar 11, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 63
In this two-part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan, Halli and guest Courtney take a look at four cases of intrigue: The Nibiru Conspiracy: Halli tells us about the fascinating conspiracy that alleges we're pending a head-on collision with another planet any day now Go For a Punch : Nathan looks into the lost media mystery of "Go for a punch". An anime with horrific content that the internet has been searching for for years. But there may be an answer Tardigrades: Courtney is going to tell us all ...
Mar 04, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 62
In this two-part episode Nathan tells us what it was like growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, an organization that many outsiders think of as just another religion, but for survivors is more akin to a secretive cult rife with abuse of power and penchant for covering up atrocities and crimes within its own ranks https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0060-0061-in-the-shadows-of-the-kingdom-hall/
Feb 18, 2022•53 min•Season 2Ep. 61
In this two-part episode Nathan tells us what it was like growing up as a Jehovah's Witness, an organization that many outsiders think of as just another religion, but for survivors is more akin to a secretive cult rife with abuse of power and penchant for covering up atrocities and crimes within its own ranks https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0060-0061-in-the-shadows-of-the-kingdom-hall/
Feb 11, 2022•52 min•Season 2Ep. 60
