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  • Season 1 Finale: Caesar Salad Origins, Gnome Liberation Front, Sam Brown, and Roland the Medieval Flatulist
    Mar 2 2023

    Ashley and Shanda discuss their favorite episodes from Season 1. Ashley gives a brief history of the origin of the Caesar Salad and talks about a prank in the United Kingdom known as the Gnome Liberation Front. Shanda gives more details about Sam Brown who made an appearance as a minor character in a couple of episodes; then she talks about Roland the Medieval Flatulist who entertained people with musical farts.


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    47 mins
  • Invisible Threats: The Summer of Hydrogen/ The Broom Method and The Japanese Uranium Plant Accident of 1999
    Feb 23 2023

    Shanda discusses the hydrogen gas leak that plagued NASA engineers during the mid-1990s and an effect way to detect the invisible and highly combustable gas was to use basic straw brooms. Ashley recounts an accident at the Tokai, Japan uranium conversion plant that exposed three technicians to high doses of gamma and neutron radiation.


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    49 mins
  • Past Lives: Children’s Memories and Dorothy Louise Eady
    Feb 16 2023

    Ashley recounts the stories of two children, Ryan Hammond and James Leininger, who remember their past lives, lists a few statistics discovered by Dr. Jim Tucker and Dr. Ian Stevenson, then discusses potential theories as to how these memories are possible. Shanda tells the story of Dorothy Louise Eady, who as a teenager in Britain began to remember her life in ancient Egypt where she was a lover of Pharaoh Seti; then, in the 1931 at age 27, moved to Egypt and helped archeologists with her memories of her past life.


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    58 mins
  • Survival: Olympic Runner Betty Robinson and Mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates
    Feb 9 2023

    Shanda discusses the quick rise of record breaking Olympic medal winning runner Betty “Babe” Robinson who after a plane crash left her so severely injured a stranger took her straight to the morgue, made a full recovery and was able to win a gold medal for the United States in the 4 x 100 meter relay at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Ashley recounts the harrowing tale of mountaineers Joe Simpson and Simon Yates and how bad weather and unfamiliar terrain left the two men with a slow descent down the West Face of nearly 21,000 foot Siula Grande peak in the Peruvian Andes with no food, no water, and a broken leg.



    Book: “The First Lady of Olympic Track: The Life and Times of Betty Robinson” by Joe Gergen
    Book:
    “Touching The Void” by Joe Simpson
    Book:
    “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why” by Laurence Gonzales
    Documentary:
    “Touching the Void” - 2003


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    56 mins
  • Debunked: RMS Titanic Conspiracy and Herbalife Smoothie Shops
    Feb 2 2023

    Ashley discusses a social media conspiracy claiming that the Titanic was switched with its sister ship The Olympic for possible insurance fraud and how researchers Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge wrote a book against this claim. Shanda tells the story of how a strange experience at a “smoothie shop” led her to discover it was actually an Herbalife store, which is not beholden to the same food service standards, causes most people who participate in this multi-level marketing scheme to go broke, and how other shady business practices have led to lawsuits and health problems.


    Book: “Titanic or Olympic Which Ship Sank? The Truth Behind the Conspiracy” by Steve Hall and Bruce Beveridge


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    56 mins
  • Beauty Queens: Joyce McKinney and Mary Leona Gage
    Jan 26 2023

    Shanda tells the story of pageant winner Joyce McKinney who in 1977, traveled to England from Salt Lake City where she allegedly kidnapped, imprisoned, and raped her Mormon boyfriend Kirk Anderson, and the tabloids made her a celebrity for the ultimate “he said, she said” recount of the events. Ashley recounts the tragic life story of the 1957 Miss USA winner Mary Leona Gage; a story that includes a troubled childhood, being twice married with two children by 18 years old, being dethroned after it was found out she lied to the pageant committee, leading to a life of more marriages, estranged children, drugs, overdoses, and a meager career in Hollywood.


    Book: “Joyce Mckinney and the Manacled Mormon” by Anthony Delano

    Documentary: “Tabloid”

    Book: “My Name is Leona Gage. Will Somebody Please Help Me?” By Leona Gage

    Article:
    “The long, unhappy pageant of Mary Leona Gage” by John Woestendiek - Baltimore Sun


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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Mythical Creatures: The Jackalope and The Kraken
    Jan 19 2023

    Shanda discusses how the Jackalope, a half rabbit half antelope creature, was created by taxidermist Douglas Herrick and his brother in 1932, which helped make their town of Douglas, Wyoming a tourist attraction, and evolved in a folklore that traveled around the world. Ashley talks about the monstrous octopus know in Norwegian folklore as the Kraken, whose tales of its colossal size and aggressive nature when attacking ships may have been exaggerated stories based on the real animal known as the giant squid.


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    50 mins
  • Killer Women: Belle Gunness and Judy Buenoano
    Jan 12 2023

    Shanda talks about murderess Belle Gunness who lured men to her La Porte, Indiana farm from 1884 to 1908, possibly faked her death by setting her house on fire, and is responsible for 14 confirmed murders. Ashley recounts the story of Judy Buenoano who committed arsenic poisoning, arson, another arsenic poisoning, drowning, insurance fraud, and attempted murder from 1971 to 1983, and after she was caught became the first woman in 150 years to be executed in Florida.


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    54 mins