If you’re ever going through the state of Georgia and the world ends, make sure to head over to Elberton County and read the Georgia Guidestones! They’ll give you all the “rules” to navigate the end of the world’s necessary creation of a government. Emma regales Shannon with these, who loves lists, as they both try to figure out if this was an elaborate hoax or an elaborate earnest endeavor. Sources: The Mother Source Media Matters on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene May 2009 Magazine on the Georgia ...
Aug 13, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Feel like getting mad? Then join us this week as Shannon tells Emma all about Big Pharma's conspiracy to keep insulin-dependant humans as money generators. Hint: the answer might just be greed. Emma also learns about how Nick Jonas may be at the center of it all. #JoNOnus. Sources: From T1 International: Timeline of insulin and the 2018 Out-of-Pocket Cost Report T1 International's From Gift to Greed Dexcom commercial ft. Nick Jonas The Mayo Clinic Health Digest Esquire Substack data for insulin ...
Aug 06, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Was it suicide? Murder? A vampire colony's revenge? Or was this lady just combustible? This week Emma tells Shannon AND OUR SPECIAL GUEST SARA all about the Isdal Woman of Norway who died mysteriously on a mountain, half-burned. Emma needs to write a novel series about burnt people and Shannon needs to find a Brit to marry because Norway is too cold. Oh, and don't miss out on Sara's kittens!! Sources: True Crime Database BBC in 2017 and 2019 The Mother Source Unidentified Wiki Medium...
Jul 30, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Another mail bag THIS TIME WITH REAL PHYSICAL MAIL!!! Come listen to some tales of ghosts, definitely haunted chests, carrot syllabi, and our mutual love of socks.
Jul 26, 2021•29 min•Season 1Ep. 4
This week's episode is a wild, wonderful, kinda-spooky ride! Come join us as Shannon regales Emma with the site of Skeleton Lake in the Himalayas. Shannon does some great pronunciations, Emma gets really angry with human idiots, and it's overall a fun time. Don't forget to answer Shannon's end of episode question! Sources: National Geographic Nature Communications The Hindu (India’s national newspaper) The Atlantic BBC News Mother Source Live Science History Channel The New York Times The Daily ...
Jul 23, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Did five of ten children die in a house fire on Christmas Eve? Or did the Mafia have something to do with it? This is a sad one ya'll (SORRY!!). Emma tells Shannon the story of the Sodder Family mystery and how much Emma knows about cremation (she brings up the vase again, guys). Come join us for a couple laughs amid this sad mystery! Sources: Smithsonian Magazine “The Children Who Went Up in Smoke” Mother Source 1968 Sunday Gazette article True Crime Files NPR The Enduring Mystery on Mental Flo...
Jul 16, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Are you a theatre kid who was scared into behaving backstage by superstition? US TOO! Did a group of witches put a curse on the Scottish Play because their spells were being bastardized? POSSIBLY! Did Lady Macbeth actually kill anyone? NO BUT OTHERS THINK SO! Come join us as Shannon tells Emma about the curse of Macbeth and all kinds of theatre related stories. Sources: The Tech (MIT) The Royal Shakespeare Company Images from the Royal Shakespeare Company Penguin The Shakespeare Company (USA) Th...
Jul 09, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 37
This week Emma cries while she tells Shannon about the Jersey Devil! It's not all that scary, just a creepy flying T-rex roaming New Jersey. Come join us for stories of brave children and Emma's own potential cryptid encounter! Sources: The Mother Source Cryptid Wiki Pinelands Preservation Alliance on the Legend Jersey Devil Sightings and Stories from WeirdNJ abcNews on the 2015 “sighting” Silly Ben Franklin on Mental Floss Brian Regal book on Quakers and the Jersey Devil...
Jul 02, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Did one of the most famous mystery writers in the world stage her own disappearance? Or did she really forget that she was the Agatha Christie? In this episode, Shannon tells Emma all about this bad-witch and what we think may have happened in the 10 day span that she was missing. Sources: Wikipedia Agatha Christie Wiki The New York Times Medium All That’s Interesting The Washington Post The Mystery of Mrs. Christie...
Jun 25, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 35
How do we know the Earth is round? Because the Disneyland NASA actors told us? Probably. Is the sun a lamp strapped to the ice wall? Definitely. Buckle in for a tangent-filled, chaotic, messy-but-fun episode about Flat Earthers with our Meme Lord RUTH! Sources: Flat Earth ‘Theory’ Modern Flat Earth belief from the Mother Source Myth of Flat Earth from the Mother Source Flat Earth Society webpage Library of Congress collection of Flat Earth Material Fighting Flat Earth Theory Flat Earth Conferenc...
Jun 18, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 1Ep. 34
There is nothing better than a treasure hunt. Except maybe if it's a pirate treasure. And it's in Canada. Come join us as Shannon tells Emma all about Canada's national treasure (and we aren't talking poutine) in the Oak Island Money Pit. Sources: The Vintage News Mother Source What is the Money Pit? Season 8 of The Curse of Oak Island 12 Possible Treasures 25 Treasures Discovered Oak Island Treasure Men’s Health Atlas Obscura...
Jun 11, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Creepy is back!! And what is creepier than a house that comes with a designated "watcher?" Emma does her best to scare Shannon (and mostly fails) with the story of The Watcher from Westfield, New Jersey. Because of course it's New Jersey. Sources: The Haunting of 657 Boulevard from The Cut Why Westfield is so scary Inside the House Tales of True Crime Episode 18 Letters and Story of the Watcher...
Jun 04, 2021•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Are there staircases in the depths of the American National Parks? Are they remnants of a lost city, a tornado dump, a portal to another world? Or are they just a hoax? Come listen this week as Shannon pulls an Emma and talks about her Reddit deep dive into the creepy, solitary staircases in the woods. Sources: SearchAndRescueWoods on Reddit Pt. 1 and Pt. 2 Historic Mysteries The Cambodia Daily Traveler Magazine Atlas Obscura Wanderglobe Renee Rose on Medium Wikipedia on the Roswell Incident For...
May 28, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 31
How would someone go about stealing almost $50 million in art from a central Boston museum? How could they even get away with it? Well, thieves in 1990 somehow did, and the things they stole have been missing ever since. Come listen as Emma pulls a Shannon and shares the story of the most expensive art heist in the world from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum! Somehow she makes Shannon cry! Sources: The Mother Source on the Museum The Mother Source on the Theft The Gardner Museum Boston Magazi...
May 21, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Did Taylor Swift and Harry Styles commit manslaughter during their whirlwind romance? Or is TikTok just stirring up conspiracy for the fun of it? Come join us on this little episode all about TSwift and her penchant for writing songs that may just reveal a bit more than she wanted them to. Sources: TikTok HAIM on IG Haylor commiting vehicular manslaughter by Laragh O'Reilly on Mind Meister “I Think Taylor Swift and Harry Styles Killed Someone” by clementines on Spotify Bustle Your Tango...
May 14, 2021•36 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Time travel is always an option! And so apparently are teleportation, making giant ships invisible, and becoming a tour guide for computers in a futuristic landscape. Come join us this week as Emma makes Shannon cry (with laughter) at this story of the Montauk Project and the experiments they tried. Sources: The Mother Source on the Montauk Project The Mother Source on the Books The Mother Source on John von Neumann The Montauk Project Gallery The Montauk Project connection to Stranger Things A ...
May 07, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 28
The tallest mountain in the world has been conquered by many, but was Sir Edmund Hillary actually the first of these? Or was it George Mallory and his partner, lost to the snow at the peak? Listen as Shannon delves into her favorite topic, Mount Everest, and the mystery of Mallory and Irvine. Emma may or may not cry... Sources: Mother Source PBS NOVA The Clymb Secrets of the Ice Ghosts of Everest: The Search for Mallory & Irvine by Jochen Hemmleb, Eric R. Simonson, Larry A. Johnson Last Clim...
Apr 30, 2021•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Does Curious George have a tail? Are we living in a simulation? Is Shannon from an alternate universe? Answers to these questions and more on this episode where Emma tells Shannon about the Mandela effect (not the mandala one) and how there are just some things about the world that are a *little* off. Sources: Take a quiz to see what you remember How False Memories Occur Mental Floss: 10 Examples of the Mandela Effect Buzzfeed’s list of examples The ‘Mandela Effect’ and How Your Mind is Playing ...
Apr 23, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Do you have a stuffy nose the minute you walk out your door? Eyes itch and throat get scratchy just by existing during the spring? Well then it may just be Big Nursery coming after you, and Big Pharma's in on it too! Listen this week as Shannon clues Emma in on the giant conspiracy that the government is trying to kill her and allergy sufferers like her. Sources: @theovtnetwork on TikTok: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMemAYAeV/ Atlas Obscura: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/seasonal-allergies-bla...
Apr 16, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Another mailbag?! So quickly!? Well we just had to finish all the emails you'd sent us, and of course some of them are doozies. Ghosts that you drive through, Hollywood Chris rankings, and more Sweet Briar stories this episode! We'll be back to our regularly scheduled programming next Friday. Enjoy! Sources from Jesse: Article: Radar scan of Shakespeare's grave confirms skull apparently missing : by Sarah Young; editing by Stephen Addison Article: The Curse on Shakespeare's Grave : by Stacy Conr...
Apr 09, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 3
We finally have another mailbag! We've got Sweet Briar College ghosts, a Titanic Museum visit, and a near-death-by-ghost in the family. And of course, lots of "detours" which couldn't be avoided even if we tried. And we didn't try very hard. Enjoy!
Apr 02, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Who was the mystery man who jumped out of a plane in 1971? A spy? A superhero? An idiot? Join us as Emma tells Shannon the story of D.B. Cooper, get sidetracked by thought experiments and fanny packs, and try our hardest to keep this 2 hour long episode entertaining (sorry it's so long ya'll! Leave us a review or leave us alone!). Stay at the end for a bonus ten minutes of National Treasure Talk! Sources: The Mother Source The FBI The Hollywood Reporter on Rackstraw The Rolling Stone History Cha...
Mar 26, 2021•1 hr 57 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Join us this week from another one of Emma's family closets as Shannon regales us with the story of Camelot. Well, the Kennedy Camelot, all its twists and turns and the curse that hangs over them all. Is it really a curse, a testosterone-fueled urge to take risks, or just a whole lot of bad luck from a whole lot of gold coins? Come find out! Surprise appearance from Emma's mom. (Hi, Mom!) Sources: The Mother Source on the curse and the family Refinery29 Curse Timeline Two Sons, One Destiny by Va...
Mar 19, 2021•1 hr 39 min•Season 1Ep. 23
A demon? A ghost? A prank gone wrong? Whatever the reason, this doll is creepy as all get out, so much so that it has to be kept locked away in a glass case like a Marvel villian. Listen as Emma freaks Shannon out with another scary doll mystery, but only cries like once! Sources: The Mother Source Mysteries at the Museum Annabelle appearing in Shazam and Aquaman Inside the Warren’s Occult Museum from The Daily Mirror Annabelle’s escape attempt The New Haven Register on the “Real Annabelle” All ...
Mar 12, 2021•1 hr 10 min
This week Shannon scares Emma with planes and gigantic crabs in retaliation for all the times Emma has made her cry to tell the incredible story of Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan, who disappeared in the Pacific in the 30s. Were they stranded and eventually eaten by crabs? (ew. no thank you.) Were they captured? Sucked up into space? Come listen to our theories and all of our shoutouts to Tom King, archeologist extraordinare! Sources: Wikipedia The International Group for Historic Aircraft Recove...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 21
A creature born of radioactivity scared the bejesus out of two couples in 1966 on a dark road at midnight. Or was it a gigantic bird? Or Batpig? More likely it was the antihero of Point Pleasant: Mothman! Come listen to Emma tell Shannon about the feathered man bird and all of his "cousins" around the world. Sources: The Mother Source First report in the Point Pleasant Register Second report in the Williamson Daily News Mothman Wiki The Silver Bridge collapse and why it buckled Other Disasters P...
Feb 26, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Now we would love to all find a city of gold, but could we actually succeed? And why do we even think there is one in the first place? Come listen as Shannon tells Emma all about El Dorado, both the maybe mythical place and the 2000 movie (Elton's greatest work) that everyone should be in love with. Sources: ThoughtCo.: https://www.thoughtco.com/the-legend-of-el-dorado-2136432 and https://www.thoughtco.com/walter-raleighs-journey-to-el-dorado-2136440 National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeog...
Feb 19, 2021•1 hr 8 min
Emma gets real lazy this week and retells Shannon one of her favorite mysteries: The Tamam Shud Case. Luckily, Shannon remembers none of it! Was this man a Soviet spy? Or a British seaman? No one knows, but maybe we figure it out! Sources: The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamam_Shud_case ABC News: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-14/somerton-man-cold-case-could-be-one-step-closer-to-solved/9245512 The Smithsonian (good read): https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-body-on-...
Feb 12, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Did the Titanic actually hit an iceberg, or was it sunk by a rich man's conspiracy to commit murder? Or was it a mummy in London cursing whoever it saw fit? Find out about these and other theories as Shannon tells Emma about her all-time favorite morbid fascination! Sources: Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_the_Titanic, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic_conspiracy_theories and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Olympic The History Chan...
Feb 05, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Does this life size doll have a life of its own, cursing those who get in its way? Or is he just an old doll with a hell of a lot of creep factor? Come listen as Emma tries to explain and Shannon cries in this episode on Key West's Robert the Doll. Sources: The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_(doll) Boredom Therapy: https://boredomtherapy.com/s/creepy-history-of-robert-the-doll?as=799&asv=1&bdk=0 Ghosts and Gravestones Ghost Tours and Key West History: https://www.gho...
Jan 29, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 16
