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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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00:40:27

Ep. 159: The Poof of Despair: The Alabama Prison...

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2024/02/23

*CW: racism, autopsies, abuse, drug use, and death.* This week Shannon brings us the harrowing case of Kelvin Moore and the current state of the Alabama prison system. New laws are in place to keep inmates from earning time back for good behavior and there is a prevailing next-of-kin issue, among myriad other problems. One of these problems has led to family members of incarcerated peoples not receiving the bodies of their loved ones intact after they have passed. We explore the claims of why and

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00:41:33

Ep. 158: Show Yourself: The Flatwoods Monster

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2024/02/16

We’re back together and headed to West Virginia this week, home to not only Mothman (Holland?!) but to the Flatwoods Monster, too. Was it a cryptid? An extraterrestrial? A bird? Does it deserve to be on the runway of Ru Paul’s Drag Race? We think so. We delve deep into fandoms of Drag Race, Ghost Adventures, and Marvel so hop in the car; we’re headed on a roadtrip through the Appalachian, cryptid-covered hills!Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart

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01:25:06

Ep. 157: Experts and Idiots: Folklore 101 WITH...

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2024/02/09

Our reigning ghost host Holland is back again to talk all things folklore! Is Limewire folklore? What about Mothman? Taylor Swift?! We truly talk about everything this episode, from Slenderman to parakeets to licking. So much licking (New here? Sorry!). Come for the expert and stay for the idiots! Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Whatisfolklore.org Cryptid Quiz Green Bean Casserole: The Logic of a Midwestern Foodways Aesthetic

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01:22:46

Ep. 156: Team Tommy: The Ship of Gold WITH SPECIAL...

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2024/02/02

We're back and it's a big one! This week Professor Chris (a real professor y'all) is stepping in for Shannon to tell us about the SS Central America and her untimely end. She's full of gold when she goes down, but 130 years later Tommy Thompson finds her and brings up some of her treasure. When asked to pay his backers, Tommy disappears with the gold. So what happened to the gold? How long is too long to be held in contempt of court? And what did Emma believe was a Spanish doubloon

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00:38:48

Ep. 155: The Muppet Gallery: The Bielefeld Conspiracy

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2024/01/19

Emma didn’t get bingo this week but maybe you will as Shannon tells us about the German town of Bielefeld that just might not exist! Numerology rears her (sometimes ugly, sometimes beautiful) head, tangents abound, and there’s a lot of disclaimers, but one thing is for sure: Bielefeld understands a #bit. Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Wikipedia Deutsche Welle City of Bielefeld BBC News Degruyter: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie

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Ep. 154: In My Ice Age Era: The Disappearance of...

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2024/01/12

This week Emma shocks Shannon with the disappearance of quintessential-70s college student Steven Kubacki. What exactly happened to this man during his last year of college? Time travel? Laylines? Aliens?! Listen in to learn why aliens love the fall, who Emma’s new stepdad is, and the scope of man's audacity. Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: The first installment of Ellen Killoran’s six piece Substack Steven Kubacki, PhD

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00:46:30

Ep. 153: Let’s Not Get Physical: Sleepytime Tea and...

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2024/01/06

Have you got a demitasse set? Carafes? Drums?! Whatever you have, Buttercup Sunshine and Dandelion Moss have got the piping hot tea ready for you. This week, Shannon clues us into everyone’s favorite nighttime go-to, Sleepytime Tea, and the cult that may have started it all. Does this cult have a weak grip on the tea as it stands today? Or is it still steeped in it? Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Inverse Thought

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00:33:19

Repost: Ep. 104: Nick with the Fur: Belsnickle

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2023/12/29

Happy New Year, Pod Fiends! We're closing out 2023 with our favorite dirty Santa, Belsnickle! Enjoy the throwback and we'll be back in your ears with fresh new episodes in 2024. 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

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Repost: Ep. 61: So Much Licking: Grýla the Christmas...

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2023/12/22

Happy Holidays from your favorite chaos besties! We hope you all have a wonderful season however you celebrate and enjoy this throwback to Christmas gone by! Merry Christmas, Witches! We’ve got a short one this week to get you in the holiday mood; Shannon tells Emma the terrifying tale of Grýla, the Christmas Witch of Iceland, and her crazy sons, the Yule Lads. Is there anything better than traumatizing your kids into behaving? Probably, but telling them there are thirteen trolls coming to lick

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00:26:31

Ep. 152: Eau de Frog: The Loveland Frogman

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2023/12/15

This week it’s short and sweet…smelling? When was the last time you smelled a frog? We’re not sure as Emma regales with the legend of the Loveland Frogman. Is this creature extraterrestrial, somehow deciding that Ohio was the best place to touch down? Or is it simply an escaped Pokémon that Emma can’t pronounce? Join the chaos, and thank God for the Loveland Frog(man). Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter! Visit our website! Send us a heart fart! Sources: Loveland, Ohio and the

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01:00:46

Ep. 151: Matchy Stashy: The Andrée Arctic Expedition

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2023/12/08

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:

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Ep. 150: Oovy Groovy: Vampires WITH SPECIAL GUEST...

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2023/12/01

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

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00:30:45

Ep. 149: Donkey Squid: The Squonk WITH SPECIAL GUEST...

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2023/11/24

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

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Ep. 148: Detective Doobius: The Pennhurst State...

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2023/11/17

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 and

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00:37:43

Ep. 147: A Court of Two Muppets: Vincent Van Gogh...

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2023/11/10

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

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00:55:14

Ep. 146: Great on Bread: The Mysterious Death of...

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2023/11/03

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

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00:43:53

Ep. 145: Maintain How Cursed You Are: The Disney...

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2023/10/27

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

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Ep. 144: Murder, That’s a Thing: The Death of Elma Sands

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2023/10/20

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 heart

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00:40:36

Ep. 143: Get Beefy Stay Swift: The Snallygaster

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2023/10/12

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

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00:39:16

Ep. 142: Scoobius Doobius: The Bélmez Faces WITH...

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2023/10/06

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 poetry of

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