The Grand Can-Spiracy
In 1909, the Arizona Gazette ran an article titled "Exploration in Grand Canyon." It said that an explorer by the name of G.E. Kincaid went into the National Park for the Smithsonian and found caves f...
10 Nov 202331min
Introducing ICYMI: "How a Substack Revived the Dracula Fandom"
This episode is brought to you by Slate's ICYMI podcast. Co-hosts Rachelle Hampton and Candice Lim talk to writer Cyrena Touros about Dracula Daily, a newsletter that emails bite-sized passages from...
3 Nov 202333min
Endless Dread: Campfire Chills
Gather round the fire with us for three hair-raising tales from the internet. For the finale of our series "Endless Dread," we explore stories of haunted woods, computer bugs, and mysterious hole to t...
27 Okt 202330min
Episodes We Love: Listener beware… it’s ‘Goosebumps The Musical’
“Goosebumps” book fans and musical theater fans, unite! In this episode, Amory and producer Quincy introduce you to “Goosebumps The Musical” and find out what it might take to get it to Broadway (hint...
25 Okt 202339min
Freaky Furby Friday
Alert: Furbys have invaded "Endless Dread!" They're having a bit of a moment. In this episode, producers Jacob Garcia and Quincy Walters dig into the creepy and paranormal corners of Furby internet — ...
20 Okt 202330min
The Spider Web
With new and exotic species available at the click of a button, the digital age forever changed the multimillion-dollar arachnid industry. What has that meant for spiders? Credits: This episode was w...
13 Okt 202333min
Introducing 'The Gun Machine' Ep. 1: The U.S. gun industry's surprising origin story
Hey, threadheads. It's a different day than we'd normally be in your feed, and we HAVE... something different for you! It's the first episode of a new series from WBUR, our home station, of course, a...
9 Okt 202340min
Find A Grave: Social Media Icon
Host Ben Brock Johnson and producer Quincy Walters go to an historic Boston cemetery to try out findagrave.com — a volunteer-generated database of millions of graves throughout the world. At the cem...
6 Okt 202333min
