Context Clues: The King is Dead Probably
The idea that Elvis Presley did not die in August of 1977, that he instead faked his death, has become one of the most famous and enduring conspiracy theories of all time, essentially elevating the fo...
26 Aug 202451min
The Disney Gimmick That Conjured a Ghost with Jim Perry of Euphomet
Our paranormal correspondent Jim Perry is back to tell us about his recent ghost hunt inside the Queen Mary ship, where he discovered that Walt Disney had installed some ghostly gimmicks decades ago, ...
12 Aug 202454min
Tarantism: Dancing Mania pt. 2 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
For part two of our series, we are returning to the phenomenon called 'Tarantism' that began in the Middle Ages in southern Italy where the bite of a local spider caused bizarre and contagious symptom...
5 Aug 20241h 18min
Tarantism: Dancing Mania pt. 1 with Sarah Marshall of 'You're Wrong About'
The phenomenon called 'Tarantism' began in the Middle Ages in southern Italy where the bite of a local spider caused bizarre symptoms almost like that of demonic possession. The only cure was to dance...
29 Jul 20241h 1min
Spider Slander: Confronting the Myths with Expert Rod Crawford
Rod Crawford is the curator of the arachnids and related research collections at Seattle’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture. His website called Spider Myths debunks the many misconceptions ...
22 Jul 202442min
THE AVERAGE PERSON SWALLOWS EIGHT SPIDERS A YEAR IN THEIR SLEEP
For this Urban Legends Hotline episode, we are dissecting the myth that the average person swallows a certain number of spiders in their sleep by following this false fact's bizarre and mysterious tra...
15 Jul 202457min
Rewind: BELIEVING IN THE BLAIR WITCH (Updated!)
This is an update on the new developments surrounding one of my favorite movies of all time, The Blair Witch Project, paired with our 2019 minisode. When news broke that the film's production company ...
24 Jun 202424min
Pretendians: Indigenous Identity Fraud with Robert Jago and Angel Ellis
For this episode, the hosts of the new podcast Pretendians, Robert Jago and Angel Ellis, explain Indigenous Identity Fraud, the phenomenon of scam artists pretending to be indigenous in order to recei...
17 Jun 202453min
