We’re back with the two OG best friends this week and it’s an expedish! Shannon brings us the story of Salomon August Andrée’s Arctic balloon expedition and the mystery that surrounds what happened to the crew to this day. Emma gets excited about mass spectrometry, there are so many pigeons, and a 24-year-old professor makes an appearance; bound to be a great time. Yay science! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The Map House:...
Dec 08, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 151
This week it’s all things vampy with special guest host Marissa! Shannon and Emma are along for the centuries-long ride as Marissa talks through the origins, history, and facts of vampire lore. Would we want to be alive forever, having to make new friends every century? We’d rather not, please and thank you? So come join the sparkly chaos and learn how Emma knows next to nothing about Twilight; like, where the hell you been, loca?! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our w...
Dec 01, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 150
We’re back in the Nook with Sara for a short and sweet one to talk about the sourdough starter of the cryptid world: the Squonk! Shannon reveals just how sad this little “fearsome critter” is and who evades capture by succumbing to its tears. Tune in for conversation on cryptid themed candles, friends just “getting” us, and naked mole rats. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: Wikipedia Cryptid Wiki 1910 Text via Lumberwoods Unn...
Nov 24, 2023•31 min•Season 1Ep. 149
This week we went to our guest Sara’s home state of Pennsylvania to explore the history and mystery of Pennhurst State School and Hospital. Although it’s a, to some uncomfortable, Halloween attraction now, the campus used to house over 3,000 residents with disabilities of all kinds. They were not, however, treated well. Are the spirits people see in the facility now those of patients who never left? We really hope not, and pray that it’s all just silly, catcalling ghost hunters making things up ...
Nov 17, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Vincent Van Gogh was both prolific and tragic, his art only just on the rise at the time of his death. Many suspect his untimely end was self-inflicted, but was he actually murdered and history just forgot? Come join us this week with our special guest Erica back in the nook for bad French accents and discussions of mental health and the beauty of art. As well as Dr. Who. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The National Gallery...
Nov 10, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 147
Pull on your skeptic hats because this week Emma is bringing us some Grey’s Anatomy realness with the mysterious death of Gloria Ramirez. Known as the “Toxic Woman” by the media, Gloria is blamed for the illnesses of those who treated her. But is she really the one at fault, or was she used to cover up something a bit more Breaking Bad? The world may never know the actual circumstances of the incident, but every medical drama is sure to reference it until the end of time. There will be talk of n...
Nov 03, 2023•55 min•Season 1Ep. 146
We have completed the wife set with this week's guest host Erica! She's here to talk all things Disney, but primarily the theory that Walt is now frozen somewhere in Arizona. If so, could we have a Walt-sicle reanimated in the near future? An AI generated ad that only comes on at 3 AM sure thinks so! Come learn just how cursed the Hall of President's is and all about the original Little Miss Capitalism, Walt Disney. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us...
Oct 27, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 145
The crime of the 19th century in a brand new nation; sensationalism who?! This week we commit hard to the bit as Emma brings us the story of America’s first recorded murder trial and the death of Elma Sands. Were our favorite Law Kens able to figure out whodunnit? Or the answer to a bigger question: Was it even murder? Come find out with your midwest mom and fancy Russian neighbor, the bit stealers of the week. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a he...
Oct 20, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 144
Huzzah, my dudes! This week it’s all about Maryland’s favorite beastie, the Snallygaster. Is it a one eyed octopus? A winged beak-faced monster? Likely it’s just moonshine, but we know he’s so much more. For sure that he’s part of the Cryptid Hunting Club and has his own license to hunt skinny kids (a joke). So hop on over to listen to this week’s gravelly episode where Emma gains a bit more state pride. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart far...
Oct 12, 2023•41 min•Season 1Ep. 143
A home in Spain is haunted by faces that keep appearing on the kitchen floor. Are these the ghosts of the skeletons beneath? Or simply the drawings of a bored housewife? No matter if they were real, psychical researchers have been interested in the faces of Bélmez since they first started appearing. And this week Emma tries her best not to scare the Scoobert Doobert out of Shannon and guest Brittany. Come join in on this short but wild episode discussing horse facts, the afterlife, and the poetr...
Oct 06, 2023•39 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Our original ghost host Brittany is back as a guest this week with film bro Emma to hear Shannon tell the sad but gripping story of the death of Marilyn Monroe. Was she murdered by a prank-calling president's family? Was her death a cover up to protect political secrets? Aliens? Bust out your bingo cards and your belty-est musical ballads as we discuss the possibilities on our usual rollercoaster of chaos. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart f...
Sep 29, 2023•56 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Spooky season has arrived! At least here at TPDE it has. Emma fills us in this week on the most haunted place in the most haunted city in America: the Moon River Brewing Company. A once bustling hotel turned hospital turned brewery, this spot has seen a lot of death, but do the dead still linger? Come find out if the Pope’s gonna love ya with all the holy water you’ll be carting around this place and if Zac Bagans’ voice is a bit. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our we...
Sep 22, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 140
It’s Holland’s last visit to the Pod Nook™ and we’re going out with…a blob? This week Shannon shocks us with the story of the Oakville Blobs, mysterious jelly that rained from the sky in Washington State. Was it manmade? Extraterrestrial vomity goo? Or jellyfish that had been yeeted from the sea? If nothing else it was a perfect storm, a Blob-ageddon if you will. So join us for the Blob-ening. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources...
Sep 15, 2023•43 min•Season 1Ep. 139
We’re back with our resident death ambassador, Holland, this week to discuss the odd, messy, and overall just wild case of William H. Bates. First he disappears, then he reappears, then he takes a left turn with his career in "eyes." Buckle in as we jump around from North Dakota to TikTok diet influencers to truck nuts on a Saturn, because it’s weird and we’d like to talk about it. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: Mental Flo...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 138
**TW: discussion about death, including decomposition. Not for the queasy** We're switching it up a little this week, with our special guest Holland discussing body farms and all things death. We learn about elephants with jobs, Cadaver Cove, and just how serious Emma is about becoming a vase. Join us for this fascinating discussion episode, and don’t forget to write your will! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: Caitlin Dought...
Sep 01, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 137
A cryptid that Emma has met?! Okay, well not met, but maybe taken a picture of a replica of one? Yea, that sounds about right. This week, Emma digs into the story of the Beast of Bray Road, one of Wisconsin’s premier cryptids. Is it a werewolf? A hellhound? An all new creature? Whatever the case is, get out of my bucket and into our car for a quick little chaotic tour of Wisconsin. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The Mother...
Aug 25, 2023•49 min•Season 1Ep. 136
*Content Warning: some conversation on suicide* This week Shannon brings us to Arizona and tells the story of Daniel Robinson and his mysterious disappearance. A crashed car, a cryptic text message, and still no answers after multiple searches. For the missing and murdered who don’t fit the media’s mold, it can take ages to get things moving, let alone get one solved, and Daniel’s case is no exception. Tune in to hear our theories and a ghosty mailbag story! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram ...
Aug 18, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 135
We're throwing it back old-school with this vacation repost. Enjoy the trip to Jersey and we'll see you all next week! 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! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: The Mother Source Cryptid Wiki Pinelan...
Aug 11, 2023•58 min•Season 1Ep. 10
It's vacay time, and what better way to relax than a Greg episode! Enjoy the chaos, friends! *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, Fren...
Aug 04, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 9
*NSFW* Some very not-family-friendly jokes are hot and ready this week as Emma fills us in on the haunted Pfister Hotel. Are Major League Baseball players being targeted by the ghosts who want their home team to succeed? Or is this simply another historic building with some quirks? Come find out and join in our apologies to long dead gentlemen. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The Hotel Pfister history Fan Buzz ESPN Megan Th...
Jul 28, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 134
Buckle up as this week Shannon takes Emma and special guest Caroline to the waters of Japan where there may be the remnants of a lost civilization. Is the Yonaguni Monument truly a manmade structure swallowed by the seas? Is it a natural rock formation that is easily geologically explained? Or was it aliens?! Whatever the answer, it’s turtles all the way down, and we’re here to talk about it. And plenty else, like the Bone Shaman’s college days and our new girl group, The Vile Vortices. Jump in ...
Jul 21, 2023•38 min•Season 1Ep. 133
Emma tells the story this week of the Enfield Monster, an Illinois cryptid that turned a town wild for less than a year. Was it really a creature lurking in the woods? Or simply a case of social contagion? Join us to find out and learn more about Muppet-lore than you cared to know. Yip-yips, swamp slobs, and Shrek; oh, my! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The Mother Source on the creature “A Critical Examination of the Socia...
Jul 14, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 132
Buckle on in, everyone, as Shannon takes us on James Dean’s last ride in the car that so many now believe to be cursed. Dean may have been an adrenaline junkie, but was his tragic death fated from his first look at the Spyder, Little Bastard? And could Little Bastard, and every component part, really be cursed? Or were the reckless drivers behind the wheel to blame? No one can know for sure, as most of the car has disappeared to time. So, hop on in and enjoy the ride as we explore all the possib...
Jul 07, 2023•47 min•Season 1Ep. 131
Emma fights for her words (some of them swears) in this second part of the Ryman Auditorium, where for one more episode Greg is BACK. This time it's all about ghosts and the feelings they give us as we revisit this historic landmark of country music. So sit back and enjoy talk of curses, fighting poltergeists, and reasons why Patsy Cline and Lula C. Naff were the coolest. Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitter ! Visit our website ! Send us a heart fart ! Sources: The Mother...
Jun 30, 2023•46 min•Season 1Ep. 130
This week the OG Besties are back, baby! And it’s Pride Month, so Shannon brings us the story of Marsha P. Johnson’s beautiful life and mysterious death. Marsha was an icon of the LGBTQ+ community in their own time and continues to be today. Their activism, perseverance, and care for those around them was always out and proud. However ,the circumstances surrounding their death are, in our official ruling, sus. So join us this week to hear about Marsha’s impact on the world and why Emma is actual...
Jun 23, 2023•53 min•Season 1Ep. 129
Shannon’s still on vacation, so the kids have come to play (and swear, fair warning)! Greg is BACK and fills us in about the Tennessee-ness of it all while Emma tells the story of the haunted Ryman Auditorium. Built by its namesake, ushered through its golden age by a woman determined to make the name memorable, and revived by the city it sits within, the Ryman’s history is rich and lyrical. The Mother Church of Country music hosted the Grand Ole Opry and names like Elvis, Hank Williams, Teddy R...
Jun 16, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 128
Surprise!! We have a GHOST (guest host) on this episode! Brittany is stepping in this week and stepping up to the plate with the mystery of the Pittsburgh Ghost Bomber. Was this crashed plane covered up by the government because of Vegas showgirls or UFO's on board? Or is the river just that "inhospitable" that it broke down into itty bitty pieces, never to be seen again? Come listen to our ramblings on this and many other topics this week and stay nebby! Come follow us on TikTok , Instagram , a...
Jun 09, 2023•50 min
This week Emma fills us in on the tragic story of Ruth Marie Terry, the Lady of the Dunes. While the miracle of DNA analysis has led to her identification, we still don’t know what, nor who, happened to her. To diffuse the tension of this unsolved case, your Nonna Shannon and her neighbor Doris are here to talk cookies, rag on bad men, and provide some much needed grandmotherly love. Anyone with information about Ruth or Guy Muldavin and their time in New England during the 1970s should contact ...
Jun 02, 2023•44 min•Season 1Ep. 126
Who doesn’t love a treasure hunt with a bit of danger built in!? The nine individuals who perished at the curse’s hand? Maybe. This week Shannon fills us in on the Cursed Treasure of California’s Cahuenga Pass. Is it still out there, waiting to be found? Or is the real treasure the friendships we made along the way? Stay till the end for some classic Grey’s Anatomy talk and why you should never sleep on a toothache. Come press all the good buttons and follow us on TikTok , Instagram , and Twitte...
May 26, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 125
Emma may not be a pizza girl, but she’s serving up some “sorry’s” this week telling the terrifying tale of Harold the Haunted Doll. Is he actually haunted? Or is he cursed by the souls of five beings and a demon inside him? If he’s truly the cause of such unrest to those who see him (and poke fun) we’d advise making sure your home is properly guarded against evil. Just to be on the safe side. Werk it, monarch, and join us for a splendidly spooky time! Come press all the good buttons and follow u...
May 19, 2023•52 min•Season 1Ep. 124
