Grandiose But Straightforward

give me all the gold and experience points you have

From the world of Dungeons & Dragons, A silly story that only gets sillier as people keep adding to it. Read More...

Categories: Bonus Episodes, Sports & Leisure

Tags: D&D Dungeons & Dragons Presented by #13

Published: March 29, 2021
Edited: June 23, 2021

House of Eight Things We Like

There's no new episode this week, so if you need your podcast fix why not try one of these eight things we like? Read More...

Categories: Meta

Tags: Apocrypals Maintenance Phase podcasts stuff we like The Constant The Pessimist's Archive Wild Thing

Published: March 22, 2021
Edited: June 23, 2021

Run the World

who really deserves the title of "America's first woman governor?"

Both Texas and Wyoming lay claim to America's first woman governor. But who really deserves the honor? Read More...

Categories: Biography, History, People & Places, Series 6

Tags: civil law politics Presented by #13

Published: March 8, 2021
Edited: March 7, 2021

He Could Eat It All

the glitter, glamor, and gluttony of Diamond Jim Brady (1856-1917)

In an age of excess, he was the most excessive one of all. This week, we look back at the life of legendary salesman and gourmand Diamond Jim Brady. Read More...

Categories: Biography, Eccentrics & Prophecies, Series 6

Tags: 1893 Chicago World's Fair and Columbian Exposition Atlantic City, NJ food New Jersey New York, NY Presented by #7

Published: February 22, 2021
Edited: August 12, 2021

Marching to Shibboleth

a sordid story of faith healing, financial fraud, flat Eartherism, and figs

Forty miles north of Chicago lies Zion, IL, a sleepy city with a sordid history of faith healing, financial fraud, flat Eartherism... and figs? Read More...

Categories: Eccentrics & Prophecies, People & Places, Series 6

Tags: Chicago, IL Christianity cult faith healing Illinois New York, NY Presented by #13 Protestantism quackery United Kingdom United States of America

Published: February 8, 2021
Edited: February 22, 2021

What-Is-It?

there's an animal roaming round the town that is certainly gaining great renown

For one week in January 1909, the Jersey Devil walked among us. Maybe. Read More...

Categories: Footsteps into the Unknown, Hoaxes, Frauds & Forgeries, Legendary Lands & Beasts, Myths & Legends, Series 6, Wild Card

Tags: cryptozoology dime museum fakelore New Jersey Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA Presented by #13

Published: January 25, 2021
Edited: September 21, 2021

The Prophet of the Pacific

from San Francisco to Honolulu to Bombay, first class all the way

Sometimes a journey of ten thousand miles starts with mailing yourself from San Francisco to Honolulu. Read More...

Categories: Daring & Epic Journeys, Eccentrics & Prophecies, Intriguing & Unsolved Mysteries, People & Places, Series 6

Tags: Christianity Presented by #13 religion San Francisco, CA The Philippines

Published: January 11, 2021
Edited: June 23, 2021

The Terror of Gillikin Country

they terrorized the rust belt for years, and the cops were none the wiser

For years the Monongahela Valley was terrorized by the Torso Burchianti Gang. Except maybe that gang wasn't quite as fearsome as the cops thought... Read More...

Categories: People & Places, Series 6

Tags: Chicago, IL Cleveland, OH crime Detroit, MI Michigan Pennsylvania Pittsburgh, PA Presented by #13

Published: December 28, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021

The Spirit of Capitalism Made Flesh

if you like 'em big, well, they don't get any bigger than this

A fun night out at the theater featuring ethnic jokes, slapstick violence, a sappy moral, three tons of feminine pulchritude, and a dead cat. Read More...

Categories: Bonus Episodes, Entertainment & Media, Wild Card

Tags: New York, NY Presented by #13 vaudeville

Published: December 14, 2020
Edited: January 3, 2021