This week Shannon fills Emma in on a killer overshadowed by larger cases who still remains unnamed today. The most interesting clue? The calling card of a classic Swatch Watch at the scenes of the crime. Are the murders really connected? And will fingerprints at the crime scenes be the clue that could solve the case in the 21st century? Listen in for a few soap box chats, our fear of the robots taking over, and a Mailbag Moment! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our webs...
May 12, 2023•46 min
What are the giant-headed creatures that lurk in the backwoods of Michigan, Connecticut, and Ohio? Are they cannibals trying to find their next meal? Or are they all a figment of folklore? Whatever the case may be, Shannon and Emma are not about to find out. Listen this week for a detailed explanation of how cool we were in high-school, our preferred melons, and our unwavering love of dance movies. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! So...
May 05, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Is a secluded bridge in Virginia haunted by a man in a rabbit costume, ready to kill you with his hatchet at a moment’s notice? Or is it actually just haunted by nosey teens trying to scare each other? Whatever the case, if you like piña coladas and throwing hatchets at cars then you just might like digging into the legend of the Bunny Man Bridge. Stay to the end for some slightly unhinged family stories and enjoy the chaos! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ...
Apr 28, 2023•40 min•Season 1Ep. 121
Is that the Flying Dutchman on the horizon, waiting to doom me to Davy Jones’ locker?! Or do my eyes deceive me!? This week Emma fills us in on the history and physics of the Curse of the Flying Dutchman and her captain. Will he drag you to your doom? Fool you with a trick of the light? Or has he lured in a lady love with taffy after all? Though both hosts would prefer a chocolate covered marshmallow holiday treat, we wish the captain and his lady the best. Tune in for some great pirate sounds a...
Apr 21, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 120
She was the best artist of her time, regardless of gender, and seemingly loved by all. But was her death an act of murderous jealousy? Shannon tells us the story of Elisabetta Sirani, the 17th century painter who was only 17 when her career took off, and only 27 when it abruptly ended. Be prepared for fun names (who knew, Barbara!) and a surprise new curse word at the end. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: Mother Source Uffiz...
Apr 14, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Rich white aristocrats getting away with something? Might not seem like news, but in 1974 it was on the front page. This week Emma tells the story of the murder of Sandra Rivett and the disappearance of her possible killer, Lord “Lucky” Lucan. Did he do it? Was he framed? Is he still out there living his life today? Whatever the case may be, we know for sure now that when in doubt, always go for the nuts. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fa...
Apr 07, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 118
* Thanks for the break last week, everyone! * A lake in Scotland is home to one of the most enduring legends of cryptozoology, and all we want to know is…Nessie are you there!? Whether you think she’s an elephant, a boisterous otter, or an eel of unusual size, we might never know for certain. So slap a “Free Nessie” sticker on your laptop and wade into the chaos to see what our girl Nessie really is! Sources: Mother Source Loch Ness Webcams YouTube: “COMPELLING EVIDENCE of Loch Ness Monster” Bri...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr 13 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Oh narr! It may not be a leprechaun, but someone is out for gold this St. Patrick’s Day! Emma tells Shannon about the legendary story of Lasseter and his reef in the middle of the Australian outback. Is there really a huge gold deposit just waiting to be uncovered? Was Lasseter the only one who ever found it, and will it ever be found again? While it might not be Shannon’s birthday just yet, we get gifted with a hunt for gold, an expedition to the unknown, bad accents, and more than enough chaos...
Mar 17, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Why won’t they just leave Britney alone! This week Shannon enlightens Emma on what TikTok just can’t let go: is Britney okay? Where is she? Is she alive? Why is everything filmed on a potato? We learn about the Princess of Pop’s life up until this point, her marriages, and dissolved conservatorship. Will she ever come back to entertainment? Or is she happy to live without the constant pressure of the public eye? Or is she in a basement somewhere and only allowed to film TikTok’s on an iPhone 6? ...
Mar 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 115
We're off this week, but don't worry, Gef is here! Or in the walls. Or doesn't exist at all? Regardless of the Schrodinger's mongoose of it all, we hope you enjoy the pure chaos and joy that is Gef the Mongoose. See you next week for a brand new episode! The walls are starting to talk to us and Shannon might be evil? Are we nuts? Most likely. This week, Emma takes us on the adventure that is Gef the Talking Mongoose, who really didn’t like to be perceived. He lived in the walls of a farmhouse, a...
Mar 03, 2023•1 hr 15 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Happy Friday, folks! We're taking a break this week so thought we'd remind you of our favorite galavanting explorer-hopeful! It's been a year since he debuted on the pod, along with our theme music! So take a minute to dig into the nonsense and reassure yourself that if George could do all this, you can do anything. Wanna hear the wackiest story of a great explorer who…well, never explored much of anything? Come listen to Shannon tell Emma about George M. Boynton, the man who walked a lot, talke...
Feb 24, 2023•1 hr 30 min•Season 1Ep. 7
We’ve got another non-unsolved tale for you this week with our new favorite female of folklore: Baba Yaga. She might be a smelly old forest witch, but who among us isn’t! She is both death and life and all in all inevitable. We’ve got old Brooklyn men, drag queens, and untoasted bagels making an appearance, too, so yell “Yaga!” into the void and find out if this folklore figure is real after all. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sour...
Feb 17, 2023•57 min•Season 1Ep. 114
We’ve got a quick one for you this week with a more recent missing person’s case. Bryn Hargreaves, rugby pro turned safety inspector, was heard from in early January 2022, but it wasn’t until two weeks later anyone realized he was missing from his West Virginia home. Shannon fills Emma in on the details of the case and where it stands now, unfortunately colder than it should be. Stay to the end for our soapbox-y would-you-rather first date question and if you have any information on the whereabo...
Feb 10, 2023•32 min•Season 1Ep. 113
An almost 100 year-old murder still has no answer, which of course means Emma needs to tell Shannon all about it. A man was killed brutally in a locked hotel room on the 10th floor with no real motive or suspect in sight. Was it the mafia? A jilted lover? Donald Duck? Speculation abounds, and we’re a-bounding! Stay tuned at the end for a Mailbag Moment that is just so *us* and a special ask of you, our listeners! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a ...
Feb 03, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 112
This week Shannon brings us the unsolved and botched case of Lauren Smith Fields. Though the case remains open, the internet and Lauren’s family have clear ideas on what happened, though the start of the investigation could be why it may not be solved in the end. Join us this week to learn about Lauren and the danger most of us face in the world of dating. The Bridgeport Police Department encourages anyone with information regarding Lauren Smith-Fields’ case to contact them at 203-581-5219 or th...
Jan 27, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Are you wanting the full experience of being on a ship and potentially encountering some ghosts but don’t want to be out at sea? Well, maybe a visit to RMS Queen Mary is next on your list, because she’s permanently docked in California and according to her Book of the Dead she’s loaded with ghosties. Emma regales Shannon with some things she already knows and others she doesn’t about this glorious ocean liner of the mid-20th century and of course chaos is not far behind. Stay tuned to the end to...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 110
This cryptid has got a battle cry that neither host can resist, and we bet you won’t be able to either! Shannon takes us all the way to Indonesia to tell us about the Ahool, a bat-like, monkey, maybe dinosaur creature that is known to be territorial and sometimes very loud. Is this Emma’s spiritual cryptid? Most likely. Is she still married to Bigfoot? Definitely. Do we think Mothman would make a great babysitter? Yes. Hands (wings?) down. Join us for a quick episode and let us know who your cry...
Jan 13, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 109
Happy New Year, fiendish friends! Join us for a blast from the past and potentially a blast into space! Emma regales Shannon with the abduction story of Travis Walton and his glorious 70s mustache. From marshmallow-y aliens to Captain Kirk to Voldemort, the whole cohort is here! Start your year off like we did with an existential crisis and hot aliens and you’re sure to have an amazing 2023. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: ...
Jan 06, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 108
Happy (almost) New Year, all! Change your sheets, flip your mattress, and crack down on crime because this week Shannon is filling us in on the Mattress Firm Conspiracy. Really, since no one goes into a mattress store these days, what could the sheer amount of storefronts tell us? Is it a money laundering scheme? An elaborate and expensive marketing technique? Or a simple monopoly on all things sleep? Join us and find out (or not)! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our w...
Dec 30, 2022•41 min•Season 1Ep. 107
Happy Holidays from TPDE! We bring you a really-heckin-hot episode this week on spontaneous human combustion with our special guest, Alexis, helping us out. It might be “ick”, but can humans really go up in flames with nothing to ignite them but their own insides? We certainly hope not! We learn how much Emma knows about the death industry, what exactly we want done with our bodies after we’ve left this mortal plane, and ponder just how flammable we all are. Shannon has decided she doesn’t want ...
Dec 23, 2022•54 min•Season 1Ep. 106
Heist, heist, baby! Well, all Shannon’s asking for Christmas is to do what she wants and this week she gets it and regales Emma with The Transy Book Heist. It involved some popped polo collars, a hopeful Oceans 11 plot line, and some very silly boys. A heist getaway in a minivan? Meeting a strange old man with a skinny scarf in a park? Grabbing rare books at random? It’s gotta be guaranteed to work. We know what these boys would bring to a Powerpoint party, that’s for sure. Join us and let us kn...
Dec 16, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 105
It's the holiday season! Emma’s coming atcha with the creepiest Christmas companion out there - Belsnickle. This Dirty Santa, while weird and gross, is really here to make sure that the real Santa doesn’t need to put you on his naughty list, so you’d better watch out! We’ve got Carmela the Troll, and Loretta the Elf watching too, so put on your scariest Christmas mask and join the chaos this week! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sou...
Dec 09, 2022•32 min•Season 1Ep. 104
*Listener Discretion Advised: Themes of violence, racism, and sexual assault* This week Shannon tells us about the tragic and still unsolved story of Rosenda Strong. Rosenda was a Native woman, but her story, and others like hers, was pushed aside and not given the attention it deserved. Underfunding, overworking, and a long history of racism may be the key factors in the lack of movement in Rosenda’s case, but overall her killer is still out there. Shout out to Mary Pavel, whose recent talk at ...
Dec 02, 2022•39 min•Season 1Ep. 103
This week we’re headed down to warmer climates and getting acquainted with Puerto Rico’s cryptid, El Chupacabra. While it’s debated if it’s an alien sent to ruin humanity’s food supply or just a sad dog, the mystery and mystique of this ragged cryptid survives. We make some music, laugh at some stupid jokes, and get scared by our Mailbag Moment, so bring your Chupie remixes and join the chaos. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources...
Nov 25, 2022•30 min•Season 1Ep. 102
This week we have another repost for you, this time in honor of the holiday travel we all will inevitably face in the next few months. Enjoy the conspiracies of the Denver airport and we'll see you next week for a brand new episode! What's scarier than a demon horse named Blucifer? Probably the Illuminati plotting government overthrows with the lizard people below the Denver International Airport. Listen this week to Shannon tell Emma all about the conspiracies surrounding the beautiful, albeit ...
Nov 18, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Hey everyone! We're taking a little break this week but wanted to bring you back to the National Treasure of the 1880s. Enjoy! A treasure in the Blue Ridge? Almost a billion dollars? Uncrackable ciphers and a story that’s a bit too good? This week, Emma gifts Shannon with a very Shannon-y episode about The Beale Ciphers, a set of codes printed in the 1880s that continue to draw people in. If you find the treasure the codes lead you to, you could get your own McNugget of gold! Join us and find ou...
Nov 11, 2022•1 hr 17 min•Season 1Ep. 7
*Note that today’s episode, and probably those in the future, contains swearing and adult themes. Keep the little ears away!* The chaos today is brought to you by peanut butter whiskey and a brand new cryptid, our wonderful friend Greg! Shannon tells us as much as she can about the Werewolf of Dickson County, who still might be hunting in the woods of Tennessee to this day. Tune in for wild stories, French in a southern accent, and lots of healthy cackling. And potentially a boyfriend?! Stay tun...
Nov 04, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 101
Welcome to the 100th episode!! Thanks for being here, everyone! To celebrate the Podaversary and the end of the spooky season, Emma tries to scare Shannon with the terrifying story of Dear David, the dented head little boy who haunted a man’s apartment and dreams. Was David really out to get Adam? Or was this all a ploy to get a movie in the works? We might never know, but we do think we’ll have an inspector get into every crawl space the next time we move so we don’t have to discover anything u...
Oct 28, 2022•53 min•Season 1Ep. 100
For just a dollar a day, you too can support Bi-icon Professor Shannon, who has our last Pod Pop Quiz of the season this week! Come find out what Emma was wrong about (the Princes in the tower for one) and let us know what your special skills are! Sources: The Press and Journal Hew Morrison Forensic Art KFYR TV The Washington Post PBS WYFF4 Athens Banner-Herald Courier Journal Deadline Daily Record Twitter The Church of Scotland King Charles III supports DNA testing of Princes in the Tower from ...
Oct 21, 2022•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 99
This week, Emma gives Shannon all the details we know about the “Gone Girl” of the 20th Century, socialite Dorothy Arnold. Whether it was intentional or if something awful happened to her, the actual fate of the heiress has never been revealed. Come join the chaos and don’t forget to let us know your go-to ghost hunting snacks! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The Mother Source NY Daily News All That’s Interesting The Bullet...
Oct 14, 2022•47 min•Season 1Ep. 98
