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May 2, 2024

Ep. 172: Ancient Aliens

This week we're tackling the "ancient astronaut" hypothesis: the idea that ancient humans had repeated contact with extraterrestrials that is borne out in their myths, art, and monumental achievements. How were the Great Pyra...

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April 25, 2024

Ep. 171: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, Pt. 2 - Trial of the Century

Last week we shared the first half of the dramatic tale of one of America's so-called "Crimes of the Century" - the kidnapping, and tragic murder, of Charles Lindbergh Jr., toddler son to one of the most famous men in …

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April 19, 2024

Ep. 170: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping, Pt. 1 - Crime of the Century

On the night of March 1st, 1932, little Charles Lindbergh Jr. was tucked into his crib for a good night's sleep. Mere hours later, the family nurse discovered that Charles Jr. was no longer in his bed...nor was he anywhere …

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April 11, 2024

Ep. 169: The Bell Witch

It's an old school ghost story this week - and we mean *way* old school, as we jump back to the early 19th century to explore the Bell Witch Haunting. From 1817 to 1821 John Bell Sr. and his family …

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April 4, 2024

Ep. 168: Suicide Songs - 'Gloomy Sunday', Lavender Town Syndrome, and…

[Obvious TW this week for discussion of suicide.] Over the years, certain songs have attracted dark reputations. Reputations like that the songs might drive you made enough to end your own life... or make others made enough t...

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March 28, 2024

Ep. 167: Leonarda Cianciulli - The Soap-Maker of Correggio

Born in small-town Italy in 1893, Leonarda Cianciulli had led a hard and tragic life - but her friends and neighbors in Correggio, Reggio Emilia knew her as a kindly woman and a good neighbor. Naturally, they were all shocked...

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March 21, 2024

Ep. 166: Metal, Mayhem, and Murder, Pt. 2

This week, we finish our two-parter on the rise of the Norwegian black metal scene and the leaders of the pack, Mayhem, as the culture descends into edgelord-on-edgelord crime - first with a series of arsons across Norway, an...

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March 14, 2024

Ep. 165: Metal, Mayhem and Murder, Pt. 1

In the early 1990s, a series of crimes rocked the historically peaceful country of Norway. Churches were burned, home-grown terrorist plots were revealed, and arrests were made. Then, the murders came. This rash of crime all ...

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Feb. 22, 2024

Ep. 164: Hannibal, Pt. 3 - With Their Heads Buried in the Ground

The raison d'etre for our whole series on Hannibal and the Punic Wars is here this week, and that's very bad news for 50,000 Roman soldiers. After being beaten and humiliated by Hannibal for two years straight, the Romans cam...

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Feb. 15, 2024

Ep. 163: Hannibal, Pt. 2 - Shades of My Foully Murdered Countrymen

Welcome back to the dusty horrors of ancient warfare, in part 2 of our rapidly expanding series (well, to 3 episodes, anyway) on Hannibal and the Second Punic War! It's 218 BC, and Hannibal just marched a whole army across …

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Feb. 8, 2024

Ep. 162: Hannibal, Pt. 1 - Fire and Steel

Sean has the podcast reins for two weeks of HANNIBAL. No, not the cannibal - the Carthaginian general who made himself the worst nightmare of the Roman legions. Take a trip with us back to the third century B.C., where …

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Feb. 1, 2024

Ep. 161: Crossroad Blues - The Mystery of Robert Johnson

This week, Carrie takes us on a trip back to the 1930s Mississippi Delta with the mysterious story of Robert Johnson, American blues icon and “first ever rock star.” Johnson has long been identified with the legend that he, d...

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Jan. 25, 2024

Ep. 160: Black Shuck and the Deadly Hounds of Britain

Since at least the 16th century, the English counties of Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex have told stories of "Black Shuck", a ghostly black dog who appears as an omen of death. But ol' Shuck isn't the only spectral hound going …

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Jan. 19, 2024

Ep. 159: The Curious Case of the Sodder Children

On Christmas Eve, 1945, a mysterious fire burned the home of George and Jennie Sodder to the ground. George, Jennie, and four of their children escaped the blaze. The five remaining Sodder children, aged 5 to 14, were not so …

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Jan. 11, 2024

Ep. 158: Lobster Boy - The Violent Life and Death of Grady Stiles Jr.

Perhaps the most notorious carnival sideshow performer of all time, Grady Stiles Jr. is known to history as Lobster Boy. Born with severe ectrodactyly, a genetic condition that left him unable to walk and with forked, two-fin...

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Jan. 4, 2024

A Quick Update from Sean & Carrie

Hello Scary Squad! We apologize for not getting a new episode out this week - we both came down with pretty rough illnesses in the post-Christmas week. Sean wanted to hop on and give this little update, so you wouldn't …

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Dec. 28, 2023

AINTERVIEWS: A Chat with 'Connecticut Cryptids' Author Patrick Scalis…

In lieu of taking a total holiday break, we've instead brought you a post-Christmas treat: an interview with local author Patrick Scalisi and illustrator Valerie Ruby-Omen regarding their recent book release Connecticut Crypt...

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Dec. 21, 2023

HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Ain't it Scary? Saves Christmas II - Holiday Harder

With the Christmas holiday upon us for those who celebrate, we’re indulging a spooky new tradition with the Ain’t It Scary Holiday Special! Last year, Sean and Carrie presented competing casts for the modern classic, “Ain’t I...

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Dec. 14, 2023

Ep. 157: The Cottingley Fairies

This week we tiptoe around the border between worlds, in an episode dedicated to fairy photography! Taken between 1917 and 1920 by two young girls, the Cottingley Fairy photographs seem to depict tiny, dance-happy fairies (an...

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Dec. 7, 2023

Ep. 156: Saints, Stigmata, Relics and Remains

More than 10,000 people (and, honorarily, one dog) have been made Catholic saints in the more than 2,000 years that the religion has existed - and in all that time, there are bound to be some crazy stories along the …

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Nov. 30, 2023

Ep. 155: The Assassination of President James Garfield, Pt. 2

Our two-part jaunt into murder, madness and 19th century elections continues (and ends) this week, as Sean finishes the heartbreaking tragic story of the death of James Garfield — followed by the slapstick comedy romp that wa...

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Nov. 23, 2023

Ep. 154: The Assassination of President James Garfield, Pt. 1

James Garfield was shot on July 2, 1881, just a few months into his tenure as 20th President of the United States. The man who shot him, Charles Guiteau, was a lifelong loser who had previously tried his hand at …

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Nov. 16, 2023

Ep. 153: The Paris Catacombs

Inspired by a viral video on TikTok, Carrie takes us on a journey underground this week into the spooky history and unsolved mysteries of the Paris Catacombs, the world's most famous ossuary - or final resting place - of huma...

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Nov. 9, 2023

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: 2 Scary, 2 Clip Show

After 50 more episodes since our 100th celebration (and over 150 episodes of the show total!), it's time for another clip show — this time with favorites submitted by you, our wonderful listeners! From the Gaslight Queen hers...

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