In 1985, a gang of mail-order assassins staged a string of murders-for-hire across the country - but this hitman story is less "John Wick" and more "Fargo by way of The Three Stooges."Sean introduces the sordid tale of Richard "Doc" Savage, a Vietnam ve

After a few weeks of brutality, Carrie returns with a slightly silly tale from pre-WW2 Britain: the story of Gef, a trickster entity (or spirit? or poltergeist? or cryptid? or...) who presented himself as a talking mongoose to the Irving family, and both

Listener beware: beheadings and heart-rippings abound in this week's tour through the history of human sacrifice!Ritual murder to please the gods or stave off disaster may stretch back as far as human civilization. Every civilization that sacrificed peop

New Orleans, one year post Hurricane Katrina.A man is found dead after jumping from the roof of the Omni Royal Orleans Hotel. In his pocket is a note directing police to go back to his apartment. There, the note says, they'll find the dismembered body of

Can you imagine a hunger so deep it can never be filled, no matter how you try or what you eat? Cravings wracking your whole existence, pushing you past the limits of biology, decency and morality?That was the constant condition of Tarrare, the hungriest

Could America's most famous house also be its most haunted? That's what many think of the White House, the United States' office, residence, and seat of the Presidency. Inhabited by the most powerful men in the world since 1800, the White House boasts cen

What would your last words be, if you knew you were about to die? Would you go out with a joke, a last "I love you"...or an expression of regret?This week, Sean takes us on a tour of his favorite last words throughout the ages, from Pythagoras to Groucho

We're all familiar with the trappings of Halloween that we know and love today: trick or treating, jack o' lantern carving, costume parades, witches and skeletons and ghosts and black cats...but why are those Halloween traditions? Why do we go from house

This week we take a long, hard look at one of the most publicized hauntings in British history - and the inspiration for the 2016 hit The Conjuring 2 - the Enfield poltergeist.As a single mother with four kids in 1977, Peggy Hodgson had her hands full e

We're checking out some witch trials this Halloween season, just like we did last year - only this time, we're investigating the story of the Connecticut Witch Trials, the first and longest span of witch trials in New England and America. From the 1640s a