Best AP Strange Podcasts (2025)

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New Age Traveling with Steve Mills 2:38:48

2d ago2:38:48

2:38:48

Steve Mills, aka the Reverend StarDoG, returns to the show this week to discuss the festival scene throughout the U.K. in the 1970s into the 1980s. Steve had previously been on for a Third Time's the Charm episode to discuss Halloween III, but this time he and AP get into the music, culture, and adjacent wyrdshit of the free festival movement he wa…

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392: Golden Age Pirate George Lowther w/ Craig Chapman 1:10:00

14h ago1:10:00

1:10:00

George Lowther was a mutineer and a pirate, one of the most prolific during the golden age of piracy. His first mate, Edward "Ned" Low, went on to establish himself as perhaps the most sadistic and depraved of all pirate captains. Virtually all popular sources specify Lowther's death being by suicide in 1723, while marooned on the small island of B…

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MoNo Encore: The Murder of Kitty Genovese w/ Catherine Pelonero 1:09:35

4d ago1:09:35

1:09:35

(Original pub. date: 9/27/2018) Catherine Pelonero, author of "Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and its Private Consequences", is my guest. She walks us through the murder of Kitty Genovese in Kew Gardens, New York in 1964 and its aftermath. The horrific crime is especially infamous because no one called police or stepped in to hel…

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391: Civil War Era & Gilded Age Con Artist Charles Cowlam w/ Frank W. Garmon Jr. 1:01:11

7d ago1:01:11

1:01:11

Charles Cowlam stands out as one of the most remarkable con artists of nineteenth-century America. He talked his way into receiving pardons from both President Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis. Through deception, he secured a role investigating Lincoln’s assassination. He preyed on lonely widows, attempted to manipulate a Florida election, and c…

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Getting Cromulent with Michelle Elmquist 1:16:47

9d ago1:16:47

1:16:47

This week AP has a chat with his old friend Michelle Elmquist about The Simpsons- its cultural impact, the weirdness involved in some of the episodes, and how the early seasons captured a particular essence of the 1990s. Michelle had been the host of The Eternal Void, But With Jazz podcast for which AP was sometimes a guest host or cohost. The curr…

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390: Abingdon's Boardinghouse Murder w/ Greg Lilly 1:11:01

14d ago1:11:01

1:11:01

In November 1945, James Newton, a young World War II veteran, was shot four times—twice in the back—in his room at an Abingdon, Virginia boardinghouse owned by Helen Clark. She would soon stand trial for his murder, as speculation swirled about the true nature of their relationship. Was she a protective, motherly figure trying to prevent Jimmy from…

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Getting Strangely Magickal with Bill Darmon and Dave Goudsward 1:40:21

16d ago1:40:21

1:40:21

On this week's show, the documentary series Strange Magick is discussed with director Bill Darmon and researcher and author Dave Goudsward. The film explores the connections between sites in New England, the odd connections between the magic of places and larger-than-life figures such as Aleister Crowley and H. P. Lovecraft, and even espionage duri…

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389: A History of Axe Murder w/ Rachel McCarthy James 1:08:41

22d ago1:08:41

1:08:41

Much like the wheel, the boat, and the telephone, the axe is a transformative piece of technology―one that has been with us since prehistory. And just as early humans used the axe to chop down trees, hunt for food, and whittle tools, they also used it to murder. Over time, this particular use has endured: as the axe evolved over centuries to fit th…

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Looking for Mummies and Gnomes with Fred Andersson 1:22:46

23d ago1:22:46

1:22:46

Fred Andersson returns to the show this week to discuss some wild cases from his home country of Sweden, including sightings of mummies, gnomes, and lake monsters! Fred had previously appeared on the show to discuss Jaws 3-D for one of the Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) episodes, but he just has too many cool stories to share to not have him back on…

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Getting Conspiratorial with Robert Guffey 2:30:45

1M ago2:30:45

2:30:45

Robert Guffey joins AP in this episode for a lengthy and mind-bending chat that covers a lot of weird ground. Robert is a well-known writer and author of both fiction and non-fiction, and in this chat the difficulty in telling the difference between the two is well illustrated. One of his books, Chameleo, is discussed at length- in particular, how …

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388: The Adriatic Affair w/ Jennifer Sellitti 1:13:52

1M ago1:13:52

1:13:52

The American sailing vessel Adriatic collided with the French steamship Le Lyonnais on November 2, 1856, off the coast of Nantucket in what can best be described as a maritime hit-and-run. Adriatic’s captain, Jonathan Durham, rendered no aid and left the passenger steamship to fend for herself. 114 people died in the collision and in the days that …

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Introducing the Slaycation Podcast 24:55

1M ago24:55

24:55

Just in time for summer! This is an introduction and excerpt from the Slaycation Podcast, hosted by Kim and Adam "Tex" Davis and Jerry Kolber. Pack your body bags for a darkly comic, true crime podcast that looks at murders, mysterious deaths and whodunits that happened while people were on vacation. More here! https://www.slaycation.wtf/ Spotify l…

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MoNo Encore: The Murders of Stringbean and Estelle Akeman w/ Taylor Hagood 1:49:35

1M ago1:49:35

1:49:35

(original pub date 7/19/23) David "Stringbean" Akeman was a singer, clawhammer banjo player and an early Grand Ole Opry star, known for his lanky build and comedic personality. And as a cast member of the nationwide television show Hee-Haw, he was at the height of his popularity when he and his wife Estelle were murdered in their rural Tennessee ho…

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Winning the Leprechaunathon with Jeff Knox (3xtC) 1:33:16

1M ago1:33:16

1:33:16

Viva Las Vegas! This week AP chats with Jeff Knox, a wonderful UFO researcher and cohost of the YouTube show Ufo Sunset, about Leprechaun 3. AP had come up with the idea of a Leprechanathon- that is, watching all of the Leprechaun movies in a row, and being the madman that his Mr. Knox actually did it! In keeping with the Third Time's the Charm for…

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387: The Beatle Bandit w/ Nate Hendley 57:55

1M ago57:55

57:55

On July 24, 1964, twenty-four-year-old Matthew Kerry Smith disguised himself with a mask and a Beatle wig, hoisted a semi-automatic rifle, then held up a bank in North York, Ontario. The intelligent but troubled son of a businessman and mentally ill mother, Smith was a navy veteran with a young Indigenous wife and a hazy plan for violent revolution…

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Finding UFO Harmony with Mike Fiorito 1:34:12

1M ago1:34:12

1:34:12

This week's episode is a journey through sound and melody, as AP talks with Mike Fiorito about the interrelation between music and the Phenomenon. Mike is a musician, and a freelance music journalist, and also an award-winning author. His latest book, UFO Symphonic- Journeys Into Sound delves into the complex relationship between creativity, the un…

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386: America's Nazi POW Murders w/ William Geroux 1:13:51

2M ago1:13:51

1:13:51

The American government was faced with an unprecedented challenge: where to house the nearly 400,000 German prisoners of war plucked from the battlefield and shipped across the Atlantic. On orders from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Department of War hastily built hundreds of POW camps in the United States. Today, traces of those camps—which …

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Hailing Discordia with Bobby Campbell 1:50:20

2M ago1:50:20

1:50:20

All Hail Discordia! On this episode, comic book artist Bobby Campbell joins AP to discuss his ongoing project to adapt the Illuminatus! Trilogy into comic form. The classic of 1970s high weirdness written by Robert Anton Wilson and Bob Shea is a centerpiece in the world of Discordianism, and adapting it to other media is no small task. Bobby talks …

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385: The 1870 Murder of A.P. Crittenden w/ Gary Krist 1:09:33

2M ago1:09:33

1:09:33

Shortly before dusk on November 3, 1870, just as the ferryboat El Capitan was pulling away from its slip into San Francisco Bay, a woman clad in black emerged from the shadows and strode across the crowded deck. Reaching under her veil, she drew a small pistol and aimed it directly at a well-dressed man sitting quietly with his wife and children. T…

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Exploring Thelema with Maevius Lynn 1:15:03

2M ago1:15:03

1:15:03

Maevius Lynn joins AP this week to explore the living tradition of Thelema and discuss the complicated legacy of Aleister Crowley. Lynn is a practicing Thelemic ceremonial magician, a writer, an artist, and a lecturer who offers a unique perspective to an often misunderstood realm of the occult and religious thought. She has a knack for explaining …

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384: The 1943 Murders of Dr. Roy & Mae Hunt w/ Christena Stephens 56:26

2M ago56:26

56:26

On a nearly moonless night in October 1943, a single gunshot rang out in Littlefield, Texas. A prominent Texas doctor and his wife were found bound, shot, beaten, and murdered. The only witness: their five-year-old daughter, who was bound to silence and refused to speak about what happened for 70 years. Christena Stephens is my guest, and her book …

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Searching for Spock with Aaron Gulyas (3xtC) 1:41:19

2M ago1:41:19

1:41:19

This week, AP and guest co-host Blackwolf John Oates chat with Aaron Gulyas about Star Trek III: The Search For Spock! Setting phasers to "snark", they boldly go where many nerds have gone before in dissecting Star Trek as a franchise, focusing on the original cast and the motion pictures they appeared in. The conversation takes a lot of turns and …

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MoNo Encore: The Murder of Carol Thompson w/ Bill Swanson 1:04:21

2M ago1:04:21

1:04:21

(Original pub date: 3/11/20) While the Coen brothers refuse to confirm it, many believe that their movie "Fargo" was inspired by the Carol Thompson murder case. She was viciously killed in her comfortable Saint Paul home by a hitman hired by her eccentric husband, T. Eugene Thompson, in March of 1963, leaving behind four small children. It was an a…

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Finding the Devil in the Details with Doug Brod 1:39:05

2M ago1:39:05

1:39:05

Journalist and author Doug Brod joins AP in this episode to discuss his recent biography Born With a Tail: The Devilish Life and Wicked Times of Anton Szandor LaVey. Doug is currently an editor at the Toronto Star, and was formerly editor in chief for SPIN and TV Guide. He has also written for The New York Times, Billboard, Hollywood Reporter, and …

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383: The Mysterious Disappearance of Molly Zelko w/ Rod Kackley 57:54

2M ago57:54

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Molly Zelko was the crusading editor and publisher of the Spectator, a newspaper devoted to battling local gangsters operating slot machines and other rackets in Joliet, Illinois. In the late night hours of September 25, 1957 she vanished, with only her shoes and signs of a struggle left as evidence that something sinister had likely happened to he…

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382: The Notorious Nancy Clem & the Cold Spring Murders w/ Wendy Gamber 1:19:31

3M ago1:19:31

1:19:31

On September 13, 1868, the bodies of Jacob and Nancy Young were discovered brutally murdered along the bank of the White River in Cold Spring, Indiana. Police would eventually set their sights on a charming and fascinating confidence woman named Nancy Clem, who happened to be involved in some extremely shady business dealings with Jacob Young at th…

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Contextualizing California with Stephanie Quick 1:49:15

3M ago1:49:15

1:49:15

For this week's show, the inimitable Stephanie Quick joins AP for a look at the cultural context around the San Francisco Bay area and her lived experience there. Offering context for a variety of personalities and organizations tangential to weird studies, the artistic and political movements of the area from the 1960s to the present are examined.…

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Getting ESPecially Spooky with Loyd Auerbach 1:21:40

3M ago1:21:40

1:21:40

This week's episode has the one-and-only Loyd Auerbach, aka Professor Paranormal, sharing his thoughts and observations from his decades-long career in parapsychology. He is a mentalist, author, investigator of paranormal claims, a chocolatier, and teaches parapsychology courses at the Rhine Education Center and Atlantic University. He and AP get i…

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381: Alabama's Kilpatrick Shooting w/ Lesa Carnes Shaul 1:27:48

3M ago1:27:48

1:27:48

Close to midnight on May 17, 1951, four north Alabama lawmen drove to a bootlegger’s home to serve an arrest warrant. Before the clock struck twelve, the bootlegger lay dead in front of the house he shared with his wife and eight children, and three of the four officers were also dead. Afterward, a sixteen-year-old boy would face a series of trials…

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Teaching Zombies to Behave with Bryan White (3xtC) 1:23:26

3M ago1:23:26

1:23:26

This week's episode is a Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) offering featuring zombies! Bryan White drops into AP's underground bunker to talk about Day of the Dead, the third installment of the George Romero zombie flicks that began with Night of the Living Dead and more or less kicked off the whole genre of zombie movies. Bryan co-hosts the horror mov…

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380: Murder in Blackout London w/ Amy Helen Bell 59:27

3M ago59:27

59:27

My guest today is Dr. Amy Helen Bell, author of "Under Cover of Darkness: Murders in Blackout London". She shares accounts of the terror, tragedy and crime experienced by Londoners during the blackout and the blitz in 1940s wartime Britain. More about the author here: https://amyhelenbell.com/ Interested in revisiting the serial killers mentioned i…

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Exploring Other Dimensions with Solomon Pakal 2:04:24

3M ago2:04:24

2:04:24

Solomon Pakal joins AP this week for a far-ranging discussion of occult concepts and strange phenomena, with a focus on Meso America and the Maya roots of ideas still prevalent today. Solomon is a historian, a practitioner of magic, an author, and just generally an amazingly knowledgable researcher and seeker after mystical truths. He talks a bit a…

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379: The Pan Am Flight 7 Seven Crash w/ Ken Fortenberry 1:24:07

3M ago1:24:07

1:24:07

My guest this week is award-winning journalist Ken Fortenberry, author of "Flight 7 Is Missing: The Search for My Father's Killer". He walks us through the ill-fated flight of Pan Am's luxurious "Romance of the Skies", a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser that mysteriously crashed into the Pacific Ocean in November of 1957. Forty-four people were killed, inc…

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Being Directed by David Lynch with Professor WHAM 1:51:23

4M ago1:51:23

1:51:23

AP is joined in this episode by the one and only Professor WHAM for a tribute to, and exploration of the life and works of David Lynch in honor of his passing from this realm in January of 2025. They focus in particular on the esoteric and mystical aspects of his movies and Twin Peaks, while also touching on his visual art and music. A lot of groun…

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MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders - The Reverend Lyn George Kelly w/ Edgar Epperly 1:18:58

4M ago1:18:58

1:18:58

(Original publish date: 6/7/22) In this third and final part of my interview with Dr. Edgar Epperly, the "little minister" Lyn George Jacklin Kelly is examined as a primary suspect in the 1912 Villisca Axe Murders. Although Kelly spoke obsessively about the case and even confessed to the murders, many believed that the confession was the result of …

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MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders: Wilkerson Vs. Jones w/ Edgar Epperly 1:18:07

4M ago1:18:07

1:18:07

(Original Publish Date: 5/31/22) Frank Fernando (F.F.) Jones seemed to be one of the most obvious suspects in the aftermath of the horrific 1912 Villisca Axe murders. He had a contentious business rivalry with the patriarch of the slain Moore family, Josiah (Joe) Moore, intensified further because Moore was having an affair with his daughter-in-law…

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MoNo Encore: The Villisca Axe Murders: Crime Scene w/ Edgar Epperly 1:16:30

4M ago1:16:30

1:16:30

One of my absolute favorites! This is the first of a three part interview I did with Dr. Ed Epperly about the notorious 1912 Villisca Axe Murders. (Original publish date 5/23/2022) This episode is sponsored by Strawberry .me. Get a $50 credit when you use our link: https://strawberry.me/notorious On June 9th (or) 10th, 1912, America experienced of …

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Taking Things Serios-ly with Blackwolf John Oates 1:48:27

4M ago1:48:27

1:48:27

Blackwolf John Oates returns to the show to discuss the baffling life and times of Ted Serios, Thoughtographer. Blackwolf first appeared for a Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) episode about RoboCop, but this time he and AP get into more paranormal subject matter. Ted Serios is a fascinating character, and a case study of just how wacky paranormal phen…

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378: The Murder of "Elvis Girl" Jenny Maxwell w/ Buddy Moorehouse 1:16:57

4M ago1:16:57

1:16:57

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, Jenny Maxwell was one of Hollywood's "it girls", appearing in countless television shows and films. Arguably her most memorable role was that of Ellie Corbett in Elvis Presley's 1961 movie "Blue Hawaii", where she stole every scene she was in. But despite her professional success, her personal life was a mess, muc…

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Catchin' the Drift with Walker Jaroch 1:32:44

4M ago1:32:44

1:32:44

On this week's show, Walker Jaroch joins AP to discuss some of the ideas he poses through his writings on the paranormal and to share some spooky stories he's uncovered in his home state of Wisconsin. Walker is the founder of Driftless Times Media, a website which he started in Spring of 2024- and for only having been online for less than a year, h…

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377: The Murder of Anna Wilkens & The Birth of the Lie Detector w/ Amit Katwala 58:01

4M ago58:01

58:01

Late one evening in the summer of 1922, Henry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband or a ruthless killer who conspired with bandits to have her murdered? To find out, the San Francisco police turned to technology and a new machine that had just been invented in Berkeley by a…

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376: Erie's Mausoleum Mystery w/ Justin Dombrowski 56:34

4M ago56:34

56:34

On February 8, 1911, the Scott Mausoleum, a symbol of wealth for the Scott and Strong families in Erie, Pennsylvania, was desecrated by unknown vandals, coined by nationwide papers as ghouls. With the inside of the mausoleum heavily damaged - and a body missing - the crime set off shockwaves throughout the country during a time in which grave robbe…

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Guarding the Galaxy with Alexx Bollen (3xtC) 1:21:43

4M ago1:21:43

1:21:43

For this week's Third Time's the Charm (3xtC) presentation, Alexx Bollen joins AP to discuss the 32nd Marvel Cinematic Universe movie Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. III. They talk about Marvel movies more broadly, the attitudes of movie-goers around them, the work of James Gunn and his Troma origins, how underrated the Zune was, and the spiritual im…

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375: The Murder of Virginia Olson w/ Brian & Cameron Santana 1:25:10

4M ago1:25:10

1:25:10

On April 15, 1973, the body of Virginia Olson was discovered near the campus of the University of North Carolina-Asheville in an area known as the Botanical Gardens. She had been raped and stabbed to death in horrifically brutal fashion. Police would investigate this crime for decades, and even hone in one one particular suspect, but it still remai…

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Seeking Out Heroes and Monsters with Super Inframan 2:09:28

5M ago2:09:28

2:09:28

Super Inframan, aka Saxon, joins AP on this episode in an exploration of media that is traditionally considered geeky such as comic books and kaiju movies and how these forms of media overlap with high strangeness and real world weirdness. He is an honest-to-goodness super hero, a semi-regular co-host on Where Did the Road Go?, and a martial arts i…

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American Criminal: John Gotti - Making a Man 45:34

5M ago45:34

45:34

This is the first episode of Airship's new series about John Gotti on their American Criminal podcast. "Living in poverty as a young kid, John Gotti takes up mafia work very early on. He knows that the Gambino family is his ticket out, and he's willing to do whatever it takes to climb the ranks. Even if it means killing a guy." For more information…

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374: The Mafia, the Kennedys & Hoover w/ Louis Ferrante 1:31:53

5M ago1:31:53

1:31:53

Louis Ferrante is back on the show, sharing more of his extensive research into the history of the American Mafia. In volume two of his trilogy, called "Borgata: Clash of Titans", he focuses on the Mafia during the height of its power in the 1960s and 70s. In our interview he talks about the origins of the animosity between the mob and Bobby Kenned…

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Jumping the Shark with Fred Andersson (3xtC) 1:41:41

5M ago1:41:41

1:41:41

It's another Third Time's the Charm episode of The AP Strange Show, and this one is a doozy! This 3xtC episode enters the third dimension of terror for a disaster of a film called Jaws 3-D. Joining AP in jumping the shark, as it were, is none other than paranormal writer, researcher, television professional, and connoisseur of schlocky cinema Fred …

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373: The Murder Case that Inspired The Scarlet Letter w/ Kate Winkler Dawson 1:05:57

5M ago1:05:57

1:05:57

On a cold winter day in 1832, Sarah Maria Cornell was found dead in a quiet farmyard in a small New England town. When her troubled past and a secret correspondence with charismatic Methodist minister Reverend Ephraim Avery was uncovered, more questions emerged. Was Sarah’s death a suicide...or something much darker? Determined to uncover the real …

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On the Weird News Beat with Tim Binnall 1:25:39

5M ago1:25:39

1:25:39

Kicking off 2025 for the show is a wonderful guest in the form of the one-and-only Tim Binnall! Tim is the longtime host of the OG paranormal podcast Binnall of America, as well as the news man we count on for the straight dope on weird news over at Coast to Coast AM. He and AP start off talking about weird crime stories, but naturally wandered all…

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