Furby's Revenge with "Unspookable" Podcast
This is a collaborative look at the panics around Furby with the podcast Unspookable, a show much like ours that takes a more kid-friendly approach to understanding urban legends. In honor of the retu...
17 Jul 202350min
Hot Dog Urban Legends with Comedian Jamie Loftus
Jamie Loftus is the author of the recent New York Times bestselling book 'Raw Dog: The Naked Truth about Hot Dogs.' Together we discuss some very weird hot dog-related urban legends and conspiracy the...
3 Jul 20231h
THE CANNIBAL PIG PEOPLE OF PIG HILL
*Urban Legends Hotline* The inbred cannibal pig people who are said to inhabit Pig Hill in Meadville, PA attack teenagers who park on its lovers lane. But these are far from the only human-pig hybrids...
26 Jun 202357min
My Pronouns are Jack/Ass with Podcaster Harmony Colangelo of 'This Ends at Prom'
Harmony Colangelo is one of the hosts of This Ends at Prom, a podcast that analyzes coming of age teen girl movies through a queer feminist lens, using her perspective as a trans woman and her wife’s ...
12 Jun 20231h 7min
JACKASS
In the year 2000, a group of rowdy skateboarders and loosely defined "performers" came to MTV with a pitch that would showcase their vulgar antics—outrageous stunts, shocking pranks, and gross-out hum...
5 Jun 20231h 5min
Context Clues: Welcome to Jackass
This episode will give context for our upcoming series on Jackass, an early reality show starring a group of skateboarders and unorthodox performers that filmed their stunts and pranks, becoming the o...
29 Mai 202350min
Unabandoned with Podcaster Blake Pfeil of 'All-American Ruins'
Blake Pfeil is the host of 'abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast,' a multimedia travelogue exploring abandoned spaces across the United States. Together, we discuss what our deep love of these Am...
15 Mai 20231h 12min
THE GHOST CHILDREN OF MUNGER ROAD
*Urban Legends Hotline* Lauren's story: On a rural road outside Chicago, the ghosts of children killed in a school bus-train collision are said to push cars uphill, off the tracks, and out of harm's w...
8 Mai 202348min
