When Conspiracies Aren't Just Theories with Journalist Tom Risen
Journalist and author Tom Risen is here to tell me about some of the real conspiracies that the CIA and the FBI were involved in from the 50s to the 70s and how, in 1975, one senator finally took thes...
25 Maalis 20241h 16min
Bigfoot's Big Adventure with Author John O'Connor
John O'Connor is the author of The Secret History of Bigfoot: Field Notes on a North American Monster, a cross-country adventure and investigation into the lore around Bigfoot as well as the personali...
18 Maalis 202453min
GANG INITIATIONS (part two)
For the second part of this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are continuing to explore various tall tales of ruthless gang initiations from the 1990s onward, as well as looking at the sweeping anti-g...
4 Maalis 202454min
GANG INITIATIONS (part one)
For this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are answering a listener message about a story of street gangs initiating wannabes with frightening rituals including driving around with their headlights of...
26 Helmi 20241h 1min
Context Clues: Ganging Up
'Gang Initiations' is the topic of our upcoming series, and this episode will provide extra context using excerpts from three previous episodes—Urban Legends, Drugs, and Dangerous Teens. Become a Pat...
19 Helmi 202437min
Alligators in the Sewer with 'You're Wrong About' [Live at SketchFest]
Live at SF Sketchfest, Sarah Marshall tells me about the urban-legendary alligators in the sewers of New York City. But of course, that's only one of the many manholes we open. Make sure you listen t...
12 Helmi 20241h 14min
The Paranormal Entertainment Industry with Sapphire Sandalo and Jim Perry
Today I'm joined by paranormal corespondent Jim Perry of the podcast Euphomet and Sapphire Sandalo of the podcast Stories With Sapphire as well as the TV shows Ghost Town Terror, Paranormal Caught On ...
22 Tammi 202456min
The Indiana Cyclone: America's First Munchausen Case with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
In this episode I tell podcaster Sarah Marshall a truly wild story I uncovered about the first recognized case of Munchausen Syndrome (Factitious Disorder) in the United States. An alleged professiona...
15 Tammi 20241h 15min
