It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Which means it’s time to talk about Kevin Spacey, Necrophilia, Cannibalism, A Killer Santa Claus, A Haunted Christmas Tree, The Return of Resurrection Mary, and the satanic child-eating anti-Claus known as KRAMPUS! Join Michael and Stephanie as they explore the dark side of Christmas! What a crazy ride it has been!

October 7th, 2023. Israel suffers a horrific surprise attack by the Islamist terrorist organization known as Hamas. A barbaric pogrom that cost the lives of at least 1200 Israelis. The worst massacre of the Jews since the holocaust. Israel has retaliated with a merciless bombing campaign that has cost thousands of Palestinian lives. Has Israel gone too far? Why are Tik Tokers and Gen Z kids so pro-Palestine? Why is Islam so embraced by the Communist Zoomer Left when it is a patriarchal, homophobic, and aggressively socially conservative religion? Michael and Stephanie discuss this and the state of the world in December, 2023.

Tonight we bring you a feral fairy tale about Chicago’s most famous ghost. Resurrection Mary supposedly died in a tragic car accident back in the 1930s, and she’s been coming back and haunting the living ever since. Tonight we blend history with myth to bring you our first short story about a tortured soul stuck between two worlds. It’s MaryHeimer time!

STEPHANIE and MICHAEL are back! Our dynamic duo dive into the creepy weirdness that is the DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. From horrifying MURALS to clandestine Underground Tunnels. Is DIA just a series of misguided art choices or is it hiding the secret headquarters of a SATANIC TELETUBBIE CABAL?

MICHAEL and film critic DARREN MOONEY have an exhaustive discussion about the chaotic fourth season of The X-FILES. The year the series finally conquered the 90s zeitgeist. We have a chat about Morgan and Wong’s controversial return to the show, the rise of Vince Gilligan, and all the doom and gloom surrounding the state of Hollywood these days.

Texarkana, Texas. 1946. Someone or Something is killing off random teenagers, with a crisp and cold precision, and no one has an easy reason why. When darkness falls, a sadistic maniac in a mask known as THE PHANTOM KILLER brutally murdered unsuspecting young couple’s on lover’s lane. He wore a burlap sack over his head, with holes sliced out for eyes, and managed to single-handled terrorize an entire town. In Part 2 of 2, we discuss the suspects behind the murders.

Texarkana, Texas. 1946. Someone or Something is killing off random teenagers, with a crisp and cold precision, and no one has an easy reason why. When darkness falls, a sadistic maniac in a mask known as THE PHANTOM KILLER brutally murdered unsuspecting young couple’s on lover’s lane. He wore a burlap sack over his head, with holes sliced out for eyes, and managed to single-handled terrorize an entire town.

Stephanie and Michael take a look into the life, after-life, and after-after life of one of the most mysterious men in human history. The Count of Germain was a 18th century alchemist, mystic, and renaissance man of uncanny knowledge. While he officially died in 1784, he’s been spotted all over the world for hundreds of years after his death. And every time he's seen, he looks exactly the same age. This is the bizarre story of a man who simply refused to stay dead.

East Palestine, Ohio. February 3, 2023. A freight train derails and releases a giant mushroom cloud of toxic chemicals. Animals are dying. People are starting to feel sick. Strange chemicals are seen floating in the nearby rivers and ponds. Why has this terrifying environmental hazard been largely ignored by the mainstream media? Where is the urgency?? Why is the government arresting journalists? Is a cover-up afoot? Stephanie and Michael rant about the failure of our government to protect its people against a massive corporate conspiracy. Trust No One.

In part 2 of 2 of our look at the Idaho Student Murders, Michael and Stephanie answer listeners questions about the suspect: Bryan Kohberger: a militant vegan with a bizarre neurological disorder. Was he an incel? How could such a supposedly intelligent killer make such stupid mistakes?? Were the killings sexually motivated? Michael gives women some unusual dating advice and we talk about some utterly stupid conspiracy theories surrounding the case.

On November 13th 2022, four University of Idaho students – Maddie Mogen, Kaylee Goncalves, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin – were found brutally stabbed to death in their beds. In Part 1 of 2, Stephanie and Michael dive into this horrific quadruple homicide that has shocked and horrified the entire world. They also discuss and debate the discourse surrounding the utter sociopathy of parasitic Tik-Tok crime sleuths.

It’s HALLOWEEN - which means it is time to put critical thinking skills aside. For generations, teenagers have been terrorized by an abstinence-inducing creature of the night known as the murderous, ax-wielding Goatman of Maryland. Michael and Stephanie try to solve the mystery of the horny...horned beast. Is it a serial killer? A fringe science gone wrong? Or the Devil himself?!

JANE TOPPAN was a Victorian-Era Nurse with a dark secret: She was a sexual psychopath and serial killer. In part 2, we take a long, hard look into the abyss. Nurse Toppan’s sadism and cruelty reaches new heights (or depths) of depravity. Jane’s increasingly erratic behavior and inability to control her homicidal impulses ultimately dooms her to a fate worse than death. Michael and Stephanie debate the roots of evil. Was Jane born bad or molded into a monster by a callous and indifferent society? Are we all capable of evil under certain circumstances? Part 2 of 2.

What a huge goddamn relief, it's an episode of the Spookies Podcast! We are back with a Victorian horror story of murder and mayhem just in time for SPOOKY SEASON! It is 1889 and a predator is hidden in plain sight. Roaming the hospital wards of Boston, Massachusetts preying on the elderly and the sick. The dark, lurid story of Nurse Jane Toppan, is a terror tale that will chill you to your bones, haunt you in your very soul, and remind you of the forbidden truth that women can be just as monstrous as men. Part 1 of 2.

Since ancient times cultures around the world have told tales of cannibal “wild men" lurking in the woods, and reports of these creatures continue to the modern day. Does the legendary cryptid known as BIGFOOT exist? Is he a man or an animal or something in between? There's something in the woods and it will eat your face off. Michael and Stephanie are on the case of the monstrous ape-man from hell! It is definitely not safe to go back in to the forest!!

The moon. Is it hollow? Is it even REAL? Are there things living inside it? What connection does it have to President Biden? In our first case back we tackle the cosmic horror that is the Hollow Moon Conspiracy Theory. Warning: The information presented in the episode may cause permanent brain damage.

Canadian Serial Killer Robert Pickton - the Pig Farmer Killer finally faces justice after decades of murdering sex workers and homeless people with impunity. We talk about all the sad, disgusting discoveries found buried on the Pickton Murder Farm, The Miscarcass of Justice that was Bobby Willie’s Trial, and conspiracy theories of cannibal biker gangs and police sex trafficking rings in our explosive season finale.

The Gruesome Canadian Serial Killer Saga continues! A mysterious bisected skull is found near Vancouver!! Stephanie and Michael share their utter disgust with the Canadian Authorities multiple sham investigations in to the missing women. Was it a shadowy conspiracy or merely Canucks incompetence? Our dynamic duo discuss the Jerry Springer sideshow that is Mr. Scott Chubb. Michael is impressed with the mystical art of removing nails from plywood.

As sexworkers and the homeless began to go missing on the Downtown Eastside, Michael and Stephanie get salty about the Vancouver PD's abject failure to protect the city’s most vulnerable from the Pig Farmer Killer. Michael has some fun with Canadian accents as we detail the horrors of the Piggy Palace Good Times Society.

Join us as we talk about the most prolific serial killer in Canadian history: Robert “Willie” Pickton. A shockingly vile and depraved farmer who killed at least 49 women and fed them to pigs. In Part 1, Stephanie and Michael explore his horror movie childhood that molded Bobby Willie into the stuff of nightmares.