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PODCAST

This Podcast Doesn"t Exist

Shannon McCarthy and Emma Kiely-Hampson

Do aliens exist? Was the Elvis who officiated your Vegas wedding actually Elvis? What if Bigfoot is really descended from a family of cave-dwelling humans from the dark ages? We"re just two best friends with so many questions about the world. Join us as each week we tell each other the weirdest unsolved, unimaginable, or unknown case we could find! We don"t have any answers, but where"s the fun in that?

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00:52:32

Ep. 33: The Coconuts!: The Oak Island Money Pit

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2021/06/11

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

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01:08:34

Ep. 32: Baby Bones: The Watcher

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2021/06/04

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

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00:41:34

Ep. 31: John Cena's Horcrux: Staircases in the Woods

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2021/05/28

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 Forest

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01:17:48

Ep. 30: Sugar and Blood: The Gardner Museum Heist

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2021/05/21

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 Magazine

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00:36:07

Ep. 29: Alleged Blankets: The Manslaughter Conspiracy...

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2021/05/14

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

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01:03:47

Ep. 28: Big Mac Daddy: The Montauk Project

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2021/05/07

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

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01:37:13

Ep. 27: Cocktail Hour in Heaven: Everest and the...

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2021/04/30

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 Climb by

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01:14:43

Ep. 26: If You're a Cow, I'm a Cow: The Mandela Effect

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2021/04/23

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

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00:56:38

Ep. 25: Botanical Sexism: The Seasonal Allergies...

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2021/04/16

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:

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00:54:33

Mailbag #3: Doubt Your Doubts

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2021/04/09

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

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00:49:16

Mailbag #2: Daisy Listens

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2021/04/02

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!

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01:57:22

Ep. 24: Rubber Chicken Slinky: D.B. Cooper

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2021/03/26

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

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01:39:06

Ep. 23: Pale and Frail: The Kennedy Curse

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2021/03/19

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

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01:09:59

Ep. 22: A Crop Circle of Virgin Mary's: Annabelle the...

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2021/03/12

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

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Ep. 21: Jean-Paul Joe Schmoe: Amelia Earhart

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2021/03/05

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

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00:51:27

Ep. 20: Batpig: The Mothman

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2021/02/26

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

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01:08:01

Ep. 19: Woo! Politics: El Dorado

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2021/02/19

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:

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01:09:35

Ep. 18: A Dingo Ate My Body!: The Tamam Shud Case

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2021/02/12

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):

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01:10:16

Ep. 17: Error 401: The Titanic

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2021/02/05

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

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00:58:23

Ep. 16: An Undiagnosed Wizard: Robert the Doll

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2021/01/29

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:

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