In the 19th century, America and Europe experienced a panic over premature burial, believing that anyone could be accidentally declared dead and entombed before their time was really up. Led by a movement of quacky Spiritualists, the panic culminated in the creation of safety coffins with mechanisms that promised to save anyone who awoke six feet underground ... Show More
Apr 27
THE BENNINGTON TRIANGLE pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall
At Bennington College in southwest Vermont, tales of a curse have been passed around for 75 years. Known as the Bennington Triangle, the nearby mountains and forests were the sites of five mysterious disappearances from the late 1940s and early 1950s, disappearances that some hav ... Show More
1h 28m
Apr 20
Blowing Up the Georgia Guidestones with Tyler McBrien
In 1980, a Stonehenge-esque monument called the Georgia Guidestones appeared in the rural county of Elbert. Financed and designed by a mysterious donor, it presenting ten guidelines for mankind, guidelines that were interpreted by some as a satanic. And then in 2022, the controve ... Show More
50m 37s
Oct 2020
Episode 13: The Dark Earth at Night
The Gibson family meets their fate.CW: Gunshots, dog/monster sounds, references to murder, death by structural collapse, earthquake sounds.Written by Steve ShellSound design by Steve ShellNarrated by Steve ShellIntro music: "The Land Unknown," written and performed by Landon Bloo ... Show More
30m 33s
Nov 2019
Episode 1: Old Number Seven: Barlo, Kentucky 1917: Part One
Darkness comes to the tiny town of Barlo in the form of the worst mining disaster in Kentucky history. Young Sarah Avery runs.CW: Frank discussion of historical racism, explicit gore including facial and eye mutilation, death by industrial disaster, desecration of dead bodies, re ... Show More
16m 21s
Oct 2024
The Haitian Zombie Potion
Long before they graced our screens as mindless, brain-eating monsters, zombies were rooted in Haitian folklore. Rumors of a zombie potion made their way to 1980s Boston, where an ethnobotanist hoping to uncover the concoction found himself enmeshed in a secret society and face-t ... Show More
50m 37s
Jun 2022
Episode 36: Eminent Domain
A voice from the past calls a family to go back home one last time.CW: Loud telephone ring, references to deaths of parents and siblings, death of a mother and child in childbrith, death by monster, death by pollution-induced illness, frank discussion of historical sex work, bodi ... Show More
32m 27s
Nov 2019
Episode 2: The Schoolhouse: Barlo Kentucky 1917: Part Two
Ten year old Sarah Avery continues to deal with the fallout of the elders of Barlo's choices. A promise is made.CW: Frank discussion of historical racism, explicit gore, death by industrial disaster, desecration of dead bodies, reanimated dead, discovery of a body dead by hanging ... Show More
17m 57s