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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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Episode 229 New Year New Weird 2025

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2025/01/02

Our first episode of 2025 where we do a review of our year in 2024 including topics, guests and surprises and we look ahead to 2025 and what we have planned for the coming year. We also take time to share our love for each other and our listenership as a whole. Long live the Fam! So come ride along with us on this memorable and lovable review of the year that was and the year that will

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Episode 228 - Christmas with the Fam

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2024/12/24

This episode we celebrate Christmas! Our special guest is Lexi, the youngest member of our Family making her podcast debut at 7! We each take turns picking a favorite movie and a favorite Christmas song (well two songs and a spoken word piece. We discuss their history and what they mean to us. We also discuss whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie? All this and some special greetings from special friends (including our good friends at Witches Talking Tarot who not only give us a swell

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Episode 227 Operation Paperclip - America Repurposes...

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2024/12/19

In this episode, we dig into the end of World War II to discuss Operation Paperclip, what began by the German government as an attempt to overturn their fortunes as they were losing the war, eventually became a brain drain as America (among others) tried to hire brilliant scientific minds like Wernher Von Braun away form the Nazi regime. We also discuss Bob Berdella, pangolins, Bob Newhart and why Operation Paperclip was so very controversial in this man, we did WHAT? episode of the Family Plot

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Episode 226 Katherine Johnson - NASAs Math Prodigy

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2024/12/12

In this episode, we talk about some of the email weve been getting at familyplotpodcast@gmail.com and some of the messages on our socials. Arthur and Laura promise to talk more as we slide into Arthur's Corner to discuss his day. Then we tear into the story of Katherine Johnson, how she was such a math whiz that one of her professors had to make courses just for her. She entered high school at just 10 years old! We cover her life, how she came to work at NACA which later became NASA, how she

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Episode 225 Emma LeDoux - Scandal and Murder in...

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2024/12/05

In this episode we go way back to the early 1900's to meet a California beauty named Emma LeDoux, recount the shocking murder and 'scandals' she became famous for, and in his corner Arthur explains how he knew he was trans and we give some love and shoutouts to members of the Fam who have either helped us or are having a rough go of it. So join us as we go VERY old school true crime as we discuss Emma LeDoux! Let's Learn Something!Become a supporter of this podcast:

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Episode 224 The Challenger Shuttle Disaster - An...

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2024/11/28

In this episode we return to Dean's senior year and find him sitting in science class watching the shuttle take off just before it exploded 73 seconds later. We discuss the Challenger itself, the crew, NASA at that time and the launch and what happened. Arthur also talks Genshin Impact, and we talk about Settlers of Catan in this nerdy yet tragic episode of the Family Plot Podcast!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.

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Episode 223 The Witch of Taskee and Queen Bevers -...

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2024/11/21

In this episode we go back to the 1800;s to meet two Missouri witches. First we meet the Witch of Taskee who lived in Taskee Station Missouri and astounded those who saw her with her clairvoyance, that came when she was possessed by a spirit that called itself Little Joe. Josie Forbes was reported far and wide for her abilities, even using them to solve crimes! Then we head back to the turn of the 19th Century and meet the Wild Witch of Victoria Missouri in one Prudence Bevins, a part Cherokee

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Episode 222 Indiana State Sanitorium - Horrors in a...

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2024/11/14

TRIGGER WARNING: There is a brief mention of suicide during our discussion of the hospital's history. If this is too much for you, feel free to skip this episode. As Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss used to say, You Matter! And if you need mental health resources, 988 will connect you with so much. Thank youThis week we discuss the Indiana State Sanitorium. In an episode chosen by our very own Arthur, we look into the history of tuberculosis in America, the history of the hospital itself, it's

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Episode 221 Mary Ann Cotton - When Love is Poison

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2024/11/07

So in this episode, we once more return to Victorian London where we meet Mary Ann Cotton (nee Robson) a lovely wife and mother with the unfortunate curse of having her husbands and children die around her. Digging deeper, we begin to discover she is a poisoner with a body count somewhere in the range of 15 to 20, mostly her children, husbands and lovers, We discuss her life, her history, how easilty arsenic was available to people at that time. We give our thoughts and along the way even manage

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Episode 220 The Vampire of Dusseldorf Peter Kurten

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2024/10/31

This week our final proper week of spooky season, we release a tale of a violent maniac with a literal lust for blood. We discuss Peter Kurten, psychopath, serial murderer and all around bad guy. A man whose life was almost a blueprint for creating a serial murderer he committed his first killings at the age of 9. We cover his life, his crimes and his death in this very dark and bloody episode of the Family Plot Podcast!TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains brief mentions of sexual assault and

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Episode 219 Spending a Spooky Evening at McPike Mansion

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2024/10/17

Welcome to yet another spooky season episode of the Family Plot Podcast! This week we go to the McPike Mansion in Alton, Illinois. We talk about the history of this beautiful showplace, how it was built by Henry Guest McPike a Civil War soldier, a man who owned a box making company, produced his own grape that became popular in wine making, was an executive for an Insurance company and even sold real estate. We cover McPike's history and the home's and then settle down to talk about the spooks

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Episode 218 A Killer hides at Hinterkaifeck

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2024/10/10

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode mentions both sexual assault and incest. If these subjects are triggering for you, please feel free to skip the episode. As our friend Kate used to say: You Matter.This week we go full spooky True Crime as we visit a German farmstead called Hinterkaifeck where we discover a particularly spooky and gruesome series of murders. Murders that were likely committed by someone hiding within the home. We discuss the area, events that happened around the time of the

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Episode 217 The Haunting History of Weston Missouri

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2024/10/03

We are back with another spooky season episode, this time, we go to nearby (to us) Weston, Missouri where we learn about the charming little town's history, we discuss a few haunted locations as well as a few of the more famous 'residents' of the town's Laurel Hill Cemetery. We discuss the town's beginnings and it;s modern spookiness, the most delightful place to have a cup of hot cocoa or hot apple cider while discussing things that go bump in the night with friends. We visit a rustic home and

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Episode 216 Phantom Trains and a Headless Signalman

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2024/09/26

So this episode is the first of our 2024 Spooky Season and we begin with a few haunting tales of phantom trains. We begin in Washington DC for a story about Lincoln's Funeral train and how it would reappear at night years afterwards chugging it's way down the tracks attended by skeletons and sepulcheral figures. Then we go to Maco Station in North Carolina to meet a signalman killed during a crash whose signal light would appear again and again forcing the company to put a signalman with two

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Episode 215 Boudicca Battle Queen of Early Britain

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2024/09/19

Well this week we go back and meet a woman who revolted against the Romans around the time of Jesus. Boudicca has become a legendary figure but we do our level best to track down what she was really like. We dig into this enduring historical figure who has become an enduring figure of empowerment as well, We discuss what we could discover of her early life, how she rose to power among the Iceni people and how she led a revolt that came darn close to pushing the Romans out of Britain entirely.

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Episode 214 The Kray Twins - Murder and Mayhem in...

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2024/09/12

We go full Mod in this historic true crime episode set in 60's London. We discuss the Krays a pair of twins who came up in London's East End and eventually made names for themselves as they built a criminal empire that is probably the most famous one in London. Arthur talks photography in his corner which winds up tying into the main narrative. We discuss their young life, how they became criminals and crimelords, how they ruled London and how they were eventually brought down in this man these

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Episode 213 The Rasputin Redux - Revisiting the Mad Monk

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2024/09/05

8his week is a flash to the past, like our very first episode, the past! In this episode, we revisit Rasputin, now that Dean has learned how to do better research, Arthur is four years older and now we have Laura on the show. We examine his life, what we know, what scholars believe and the legacy of the Mad Monk, including a daughter who emigrated to America and was a dancer and then became a lion tamer! Arthur in his corner introduces us to the leafy seadragon a fascinating relative of the

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Episode 212 The Radiant Life and Science of Marie Curie

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2024/08/29

Well this episode is loaded up with so much history and excitement, we just can't wait to share it! We discuss the life of Marie Slobodowska Curie aka Marie Curie or Madame Curie. But we also stop off in Arthur's corner to discuss differences between moths and butterflies (for example did you know butterflies rest with their wings closed while moths rest with them open) and then goes on to discuss the Rosy Maple Moth, which apparently is not as delicious as it sounds. However it is impressive and

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Episode 211 The Lambeth Poisoner - Doctor Thomas...

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2024/08/22

Man, we just got so much to say in this episode! Arthur, who has returned to school, takes us through his class schedule in a short but entertaining Arthur's corner and then we dig down into Doctor Thomas Neill Cream...who did not invent Cream Soda, sadly, but instead was a doctor trained in Canada and England who poisoned several women, mostly sex workers and women who wanted abortions. He was married briefly but his wife died of consumption...or perhaps poison. We cover his arrest, his

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Episode 210 Judith Barsi - A Light Gone Too Soon

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2024/08/15

In this episode, we discuss the murder of child actress Judith Eva Barsi and her mother, by of all people, her father. It's a rough episode as we discuss this family annihalator Joe Barsi and his slide into madness and stalking all brought on by the fact that he was not out earning nor could he control his wife and daughter. Arthur gives us a brief corner and catches us up before he returns to school next week. Join us to learn about this little girl who was able to bury her pain and fear to work

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