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Family Plot

Family Plot Podcast

An odd dad and his 11 year old daughter exploring the strange and unusual in a peculiar world. Discussions will be kept PG-13. Hosted by Dean Boese and Krysta Williams.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.

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68:00

Episode 249 Valiant Thor, Phil Schneider and the...

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2025/05/22

This episode comes with a Trigger Warning as we discuss potential victims of suicide as well as infant mortality in the section After Arthur's Corner and again in our final thoughts. If these things are too much for you, feel free to skip, you matter.That being said, this episode gets weird as we discuss the strange life of Phil Schneider, the myster of Valiant Thor and the interesting events captured on the Guardian UFO Tape. Are these incredible hoaxes or is there some truth to be had here. So

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55:44

Episode 248 James MacLaine and William Plunkett -...

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2025/05/15

Well, we have a gem of an episode here, where we look into the life of James MacLaine and William Plunkett. We follow what we can of their births and young lives as we discuss how the pair came to be the Gentleman Bandits that they were, what famous people they robbed, how they got caught and their final, if quite different, fates. We also discuss what a blunderbuss is and why it would make a good brand name for underwear, whether James is related to John of the Die Hard Franchise, and so much

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45:10

Episode 247 Victoria C. Woodhull - Spiritualist,...

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2025/05/09

What an episode!!! In Arthur's Corner, he discusses fudge, chocolate chip cookies and 12 Angry Men. We also discuss the neurodivergent line that seems to run through our family. Then we settle down and begin to discuss this week's subject, Victoria California Woodhull. This woman, born to a devout spiritualist and a con man that got them ran out of their Homer Ohio home. She's married to a 'doctor' at 15 and works travelling medicine shows and spiritualist spectacles which eventually leads her

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Episode 246 The Story of Hans Island and the Whisky Wars

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2025/05/01

Well this episode is a ton of fun. We are joined by longtime friend of the Fam, Stand Up Comic and Dutch Uncle Dale Hilton. He requested we cover a topic called the Whisky Wars and it is a doozy. In 1973 Canada and Denmark were unable to agree as to which country owned the kidney-shaped nothing of an island called Hans Island. With neither side willing to set aside their claim to the island, this led to an interesting 'conflict' of a sort. Over the next several years, the countries would take

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76:05

Episode 245 The Greenbrier Ghost - The Murder of Zona...

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2025/04/24

This episode has so much going on, we don't know where to begin. Arthur discusses a recent family visit to Kansas City's Case Park and some rather naughty grafitti he discovered. The family discusses their favorite Kansas City Barbecue joint and Arthur discusses making Spanish Tortillas. All that plus we cover the strange case of the Greenbrier Ghost, the only ghost in American history to implicate her killer in this amazing story about the early days of West Virginia. You can't make this stuff

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58:43

Episode 244 Woman on Trial - The Laurie Bambenek Story

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2025/04/17

We cover soooo very much in this episode. The Seven Layer Dip of Hell. Author S. J. Tilly. Stuffed Austrian Shepherds. Sponsor Girls. And so very much more as we head, in spirit, to Milwaukee Wisconsin to talk about the life, trial, and conviction of Lawrencia 'Laurie' Bembenek. We cover her life's story and how she was brutally railroaded into a murder conviction for a murder that it is impossible for her to have committed. We cover her appeals, and finally her desperate escape which made her

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58:56

Episode 243 The Great Chicago Fire - A city wide...

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2025/04/10

This episode we have so much to talk about, that we barely have time to talk about the episode. We discuss Mrs. O'Leary's cow, the movie 'Near Dark', the Independence Center Mall, more stuff in Arthur's Corner, what it must have been like to be an inmate freed because of the fire and so, so much more. We examine the histroy of the city around the time of the fire and whether or not the fire played into the rise of the Chicago Mafia in this deeply historical 'Now that's a fire!' episode of the

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78:35

Episode 242 Fairy Tale Origins III - Rapunzel,...

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2025/04/03

We are joined in this episode by member of the Fam, longtime friend and writer extraordinaire Dan B. Fierce as well as Lexi Boese as we discuss the origins of four more fairy tales. We divide & conquer as Dean takes Rip Van Winmkle, Arthur covers Jack & the Beanstalk, Dan covers the tale of Bluebeard and Laura tells us the story of Rapunzel. Afterwards, we talk about the tales origin,what it;s based on and so, so much more in this highly cool episode of the Family Plot Podcast!Become a

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55:23

Episode 241 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - Bad...

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2025/03/27

What can I say about this episode? It runs the gamut. The main topic is the Triangle Shirtwaiste Fire and how two businessmen who were in the habit of locking doors while employees worked doomed 147 mostly immigrants and women to their deaths. We talk the history of the company, the state of the US for workers in 1911 and the fire itself. We also cover the trial and the legacy of the fire. Arthur reminisces about his trip to Planet Comicon, and talks the Roblox sensation Dandy's World as we

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50:21

Episode 240 - Inventions We Lost to History

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2025/03/20

We have so MUCH rich muchness in this episode. A veritable souffle of things to learn and family banter! Lexi stops by to tell us she feeels sponsored. Gotta love our 7 year old. Arthur lets us know about his upcoming trip to Planet Comicon in his corner and we talk about being without water as the trailer court we live in ;upgrades' their pipes. And none of that is even the show topic!!! Ever heard of Starlite? Not Starlink, Starlite? (Pay attention bunkie). It's an incredible compound

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75:50

Episode 239 - Aqua Tofana - 'Miracle' Poison of the...

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2025/03/14

So in the 17th Century, in Rome, Giulia Tofana led a group of women who made devotional oils, cosmetic liquids and of course, poison. This poison was a famed untraceable and undetectable poison for it's time and it was dubbed Aqua Tofana. 4 doses they said, could put any man in his grave. It was a way for women, who could not get a divorce to get out of some very bad situations and over 20 years, these women claimed to have killed over 600 men, We discuss the poison, the time, the place and

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Episode 238 Lucille Ball - Why We Still Love Lucy

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2025/03/06

In this episode we cover the life of actress, comedienne and producer, Lucille Ball. We talk about her life, her time with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, her time as the queen of Television and the legacy she left behind. We talk her marriage to Desi and her second husband Gary Morton. We talk her time as the head of Desilu studios, shows she discovered and her legacy today. Plus in Arthur's corner we talk more Dandy's World, and we talk about Arthur's latest foray into voice acting thanks to Edward

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Episode 237 Black History Month - The Big, Big Life...

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2025/02/27

What an episode! This week we go back to 1839 to attend the birth of a young Black man named Robert Smalls. We watch him grow and learn how he loved the sea, how he came to work on a Coinfederate Navy Ship called the Planter and how, in the dead of night, he stole that ship, picked up his family and the families of his crewmates and guided the ship to the Union Blockade and in doing so became a hero. He later bought his former 'master's' home and became a member of Congress in this man we love

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Episode 236 Love Gods and Goddesses w/ Cam Sully of...

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2025/02/20

There is so much to this episode! First, Cam Sully of the Jacked Up Review Show joins us as we talk ancient Gods and Goddesses from different cultures around the world. Is Ishtar the goddess of the worst movie ever? Maybe. We also discuss gods of homosexuality and 'filthy' sex. We also talk some of the Gods holidays. Plus, Valentines at Cirilla's with cats. It'll mean more when you listen to the episode. Plus we talk Josh Gates, computer connection issues (thanks Comcast) and so much more in

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Episode 235 The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha...

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2025/02/13

Whole lotta love going on in this episode! Arthur talks being trans in these interesting times in his corner as well as Invader Zim, the Moomans and snow days. Dad gets so excited he bleeps himself, and he is the only one who knows what a rimshot (hint it's NOT dirty), Laura talks reading smut, we celebrate being a family AND discuss the life of British mystery writer Agatha Christie and her strange 10 day disappearance in this little bit historical and whole lotta family episode of the Family

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82:42

Episode 234 The Murder (and Ghost) of Captain Joseph...

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2025/02/06

Another episode that is just so full of goodness, you'll wonder how we were able to pack it all into one episode! We go to Salem for this one, specifically the Gardner-Pingree House, which was once owned by Captain Joseph White. White was a a fair bit unsavory due to some of his business practices as a captain, but once he retired, he was murdered by four men who frankly, were not criminal masterminds by any stretch of the imagination. We talk his life, his murder, his murderers and their trial.

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Episode 233 The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway...

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2025/01/30

We have an episode so chockful of goodness you won't believe it. We are joined by Brenda from the Horrifying History Podcast as we discuss the life of Ernest Hemingway. We meet his parents, his family, his children and his many wives. We look into his fascinating life, the things he did as a soldier and a sportsman, his life as both a journalist and a writer. We also talk about his many injuries, how they impacted his life and writing and so much more in this heavy on discussion episode of

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Episode 232 The Cursed Treasure of Tolosa featuring...

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2025/01/23

In this episode, we are joined by Edward October of Octoberpod AM, a retro horror podcast for bold individualists! He voices the elevator of history for us as we get down to discussing the treasure of Tolosa. We talk about it's origins, where it might have come from, how much it would be worth and the sad fate of any who seemed to possess the treasure for any length of time. We meet some interesting historical personages and ask the all important question...is it still out there? Check it out!

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Episode 231 John F Kennedy - American Icon

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2025/01/16

In this episode, we look back at the life and times of John F. Kennedy. We talk about what life was like for the Kennedy's, how he grew up, how he injured his back and dealt with the pain of that the rest of his life. We discuss his travels and how a strap in his teeth and a carved coconut made him a hero. We are joined in this episode by the amazing and funny Keb Pound of the Stupid History Minute and we of course discuss Kennedy's presidency, the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis and

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54:09

Episode 230 The Catacombs Redux - Secrets of the...

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2025/01/09

In this episode, we revisit the subject of our second episode, the Catacombs. The empire of the dead lying beneath the streets of Paris. We discuss their odd and unique history, the stories of those who have become lost there, crimes that occured within, we talk cataphiles and cataflics and so much more as we go down in the Underground and find out just how interesting this place really is. Also, while Dean is talking about ugly Americans he quotes an old Howie Mandel bit. Credit where credit is

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