Sam tells the extraordinary and badass redemption tale of Jeanne de Clisson, a woman betrayed and banished by her country who transformed her grief and fury into vengeance on the high seas. Once a noblewoman, Jeanne became a feared pirate known as The Lioness of Brittany — commanding her infamous Black Fleet to exact justice for her husband’s unjust and humiliating death.

Jeff then shares the harrowing survival story of Thad Phillips, the teenage boy who narrowly escaped the sadistic “Bonebreaker of Baraboo.” It’s a chilling but inspiring account of human endurance, courage, and the will to survive in the face of unimaginable cruelty.

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Sam’s Sources:

• Library of Congress – Famous French Women: Jeanne de Clisson
• Wikipedia – Jeanne de Clisson
• Rejected Princesses – Jeanne de Clisson
• Ancient Origins – The Lioness of Brittany and Her Black Fleet of Pirates

Jeff’s Sources:

• Medium – The Twisted Tale of Joe Clark: The Baraboo Bone Breaker
• The Tiger News – The Boy Who Survived the Bonebreaker
• Medium – The Lone Survivor of the Bonebreaker Killer
• Wisconsin Court of Appeals Opinion
• Espressode Podcast – Survival Story: Thad Phillips and the Bonebreaker of Baraboo
• https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-thad-phillips-real-hero-of-baraboo

Jeff shares the chilling legend of Okiku’s Well — one of the most well-known horror stories in Japanese history and the inspiration behind the movie The Ring.

Sam then tells a tragic true crime story from Chicago — a Halloween night murder that began when a man thought someone stole his candy.

Jeff wraps things up with another campfire story, and the duo discusses the “rules” of horror movies and what makes them so timelessly terrifying.

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Jeff’s Sources:

• Whispered Diaries – Okiku’s Well
• Dark Asia – Okiku’s Well

Sam’s Sources:

• Medium – Shocking True Crime: Halloween Night Murder Over a Bag of Candy in Chicago
• Illinois Courts – People v. Bonilla

Jeff tells the story of the murders at Corpsewood Manor in Chattooga County, Georgia. It’s the nearly unbelievable tale of two gay men who moved to rural Georgia in the late 1970s to live a quiet, solitary life. But their dream of peace and isolation tragically backfires.

Dr. Scudder and Joey Odom become the victims of their own haunting story — one steeped in murder, satanic symbols, government LSD, societal judgment, fear of the “other,” failed escapism, and the destructive consequences of greed and misunderstanding.

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Enjoy.

Sources:

• Petulla, A. (2019). The Corpsewood Manor Murders in North Georgia. The History Press.

Sam shares a story about a desperately lonely teenage girl who unwittingly invites evil into her family’s home. This is the chilling tale of the Beckford Family Haunting — what they endured through the spring of 1974, and how America’s favorite demonologist duo, Ed & Lorraine Warren, helped defeat the demons.

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Sam’s Sources:

• Types of Demonic Influence in the World – AIHCP
• Curious About Demonic Possession and Exorcism? 7 Things to Know – The Columbus Dispatch
• The Warren Files Podcast – Case File 1: The Beckford Haunting
• Mombies: A Horror Podcast – Episode 72: The Beckford Family Haunting

For spooky October, Jeff tells the story of the Ed Gein, The Butcher of Plainfield. Gein is known for his gruesome crimes in the 1950s, which included the murder of two women and exhumation of corpses of local cemeteries.

Some of his disturbing practices include using human skin and body parts to create clothing and household items. Gein's crimes shocked and horrified the nation but they also inspired Norman Bates in the 1960 movie Psycho, Leatherface in Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs. Find out why Ed Gein is a notorious figure in American true crime history.

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Sources:
📘 Deviant: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein, the Original “Psycho” by Harold Schechter (1989)
📰 Augusta Gein – Hanneman Archive
📖 Ed Gein – Wikipedia

Jeff and Sam have an ADHD conversation and catch up.

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It's spooky season so it's getting dark.

This week Sam recounts the harrowing story of the Kurim case, a horrific child abuse scandal that emerged in the Czech Republic in 2007.
This gripping story unveiled a clandestine cult shrouded in manipulation and cruelty, as well as the shocking revelation of a 33-year-old woman who was ...hiding a secret.

The case first came to light in May 2007 when a man in Kurim inadvertently intercepted his neighbor's baby monitor signal. What he witnessed was nothing short of horrifying: unsettling images of a naked and bound young boy named Ondrej, imprisoned in a cupboard.

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Show Sources:

• Mother, aunt, mysterious woman, girl, boy sentenced in Brno child abuse case – Radio Prague International
• The Kurim Case: A Terrifying True Story of Child Abuse, Cults & Cannibalism – Ryan Green
• Case 223: The Kurim Case – Casefile Podcast

On today's catch up episode Jeff and Sam ask each other questions plus tell a couple of cute stories. Enjoy!

Sources:

https://www.thecourierexpress.com/pets/pig-sneaks-out-to-steal-his-neighbors-pumpkins-the-dodo/video_5634c8fc-5ee6-5765-907a-7e82ae7e8661.html

https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2023/10/31/neighbors-donate-over-10000-pumpkins-after-rescue-pig-simply-cant-stop-stealing-their-jack-o-lanterns/

https://www.iflscience.com/in-1908-a-hero-dog-kept-shoving-kids-into-the-seine-for-steaks-76887