S02E20: Slender Man and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
Heads up: The first story involves violence against children. Listen at your own discretion.
Whether written at the dawn of a nation or crowd-sourced on the internet, all urban legends hold within them at least a tiny kernel of truth. Here’s what happens when those distorted stories stop being fiction and become real living nightmares.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 34: Decorative Gourd Season, Bitches!
It’s officially spooky season, and we’ve got yer pumpkin bread, yer crescent moon wreaths, a whole handful of yer chicken wire ghosts, and yer obligatory spice-scented spooky crafts. It’s a pre-Halloween party, and you’re obviously invited!
S02E19: Mrs. Margaret Smith-Wilkinson, nicknamed the Countess of Monte Cristo, and Lady Jane Lewson, the possible real life inspiration for Miss Havisham.
Come meet a hotel mogul turned high society con artist (who probably wasn’t a black widow), and the enigmatic walking fire hazard that might have inspired Dickens’ fictional jilted bride; two women whose actual lives are truly the stuff of fiction.
Patreon Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 33: Are You Gonna Drink That?
Drinking tea, reading the leaves, and overthrowing the patriarchy.
So, just a regular Tuesday.
S02E18: Woven spells, sewing magic, and the history of spinsters.
Is there someone in your life who knits with glass needles, spins their own yarn, sews their own patterns, or dyes their own thread? Yes? Well, we strongly discourage getting on their bad side. You know, just in case they decide to throw that project into the fire.
Dispatches from the Curiosity Shop 32: Out of the Mouths of Moms
Busting myths and embracing the weirdness of old wives’ tales.
Yes, you actually can go swimming right after you eat.