Anxious and Afraid The Pod
161 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 99 ratingsA podcast hosted by Abby and Shawna, two gals from the Pacific Northwest who love to talk about true crime, the paranormal, conspiracies, and everything in-between. Listen in as the girls switch off each week, telling each other a story that makes them feel especially anxious and afraid.
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Episode 58: We Know Our Borf Bags, You Gotta Contain The Borf (David Burke-Mass Murderer)
January 26, 2021 08:05 - 54 minutes - 126 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna tells the crew about a 1987 mass murderer, David Augustus Burke. Burke was a disgruntled former airline employee who exacted his revenge on his former boss while on Pacific Southwest Airlines flight 1771. Listen in to hear the harrowing tale of violence and destruction ending in a devastating plane crash in the California Santa Lucia Mountains. Credits: Wikipedia.com Murderpedia.org The LA Times youtube.com -Smithsonian channel Music By: Brokeforfree.com Edit...
Episode 57: If You Do Crimes You Have A Secret Tunnel (Busby Stoop Chair-Cursed Object)
January 19, 2021 08:05 - 1 hour - 145 MBIn this week's episode, Abby terrifies the crew with the story of the Busby Stoop Chair, a reportedly cursed object which resides in Yorkshire, England. Tune in to learn of the chair's sordid past and how it came to be cursed in the first place by the owner, Thomas Busby in the early 1700s. With a supposed victim count in the 60s, this is a chair even skeptics refuse to sit in! Credits: Unsolved Mysteries The Chair of death: Busby Stoop documentary Wikipedia.com www.thenorthernecho.co.uk Blo...
Episode 56: 50s Car Chase, The Hottest Kind Of Car Chase (Charles Starkweather-Murderer)
January 12, 2021 08:05 - 1 hour - 158 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna details the chilling crimes of 19-year-old spree killer Charles Starkweather who committed 11 murders in the 1950s and was accompanied by 14-year old Caril Fugate across the states of Nebraska and Wyoming. Was Caril a victim or an accomplice in these brutal murders? Listen in to hear the gang discuss possible theories and explanations for this perplexing case. Credits: A Crime To Remember S4E1 Wikipedia.com Murderpedia.com NBCNews.com Music By: Brokeforfree.co...
Episode 55: That's Cat Revenge, That's Cat Math (Unsinkable Sam)
January 05, 2021 08:05 - 56 minutes - 130 MBIn this week's episode, Abby kicks off the new year with a more light-hearted tale involving the incredible Unsinkable Sam, a war-time cat who survived the sinking of three ships during WWII. Credits: Wikipedia The Legend Of Unsinkable Sam, The Cat That Survived 3 Shipwrecks (allthatsinteresting.com) Unsinkable Sam - Legendary Cat Survived 3 Sinking Ships (warhistoryonline.com) Cats in 20th Century History (Cats in War-Unsinkable Sam) (thegreatcat.org) Music By: Brokeforfree.com Edited By:...
Episode 54: Take A Deep Diver, Totally Globular Dude (Ball Lightning)
December 22, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 145 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna takes a deep diver into the extremely weird and unexplained phenomena of ball lightning! You may remember, not so long ago in episode 52: spontaneous human combustion, ball lightning was listed as a theory and Shawna promised us an episode all about the strange occurrence. Listen in as Shawna describes the eye witness accounts of those who have seen or experienced ball lightning, a terrifying and sometimes deadly event. Stick around to hear the theories as to ho...
Episode 53: Hold On To Your Butts 'Cause They're About To Clench (Vesna Vulovic, Plane Crash Survivor)
December 15, 2020 08:05 - 1 hour - 164 MBIn this week's episode, Abby regales the crew with the anxiety-inducing tale of Vesna Vulovic, a Serbian flight attendant who was the sole survivor of a terrorist attack on JAT flight 367 in 1972 perpetrated by the Ustasha, a group of Croatian Ultranationalists. Stick around for some personal hygiene questions and to find out what a Q-Tip wet Willy is! Credits: Article by Green Light Wikipedia.com How Vesna Vulović Survived A 33,330 Feet Fall Out Of The Sky (allthatsinteresting.com) Serbi...
Episode 52: Why Doesn't Fire Like Legs? (Spontaneous Human Combustion)
December 08, 2020 08:05 - 45 minutes - 104 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna schools the gang on the very strange and horrific occurrences of spontaneous human combustion. Listen in as the crew focuses on some of the examples of this fiery rare event and the theories behind how it could possibly happen. Credits: Wikipedia.com History.com Livescience.com Music By: Brokeforfree.com Edited By: Michael Network: www.theoracl3network.com Website: https://anxiousandafraid.com/ Support the show by purchasing our merch! https://www.teepubli...
Episode 51: A Very Special Guest Host Episode (The Bat Man Of Los Angeles)
December 01, 2020 08:05 - 53 minutes - 123 MBThis week, the crew is joined by a long-time friend and fan of the show, Jerami! We convinced her to take a break from officiating weddings and teaching 8th graders to come and tell us a true-crime story. Listen in as Jerami details the story of the Bat Man of Los Angeles which takes place in the 1920s and 30s. You won't want to miss out on this lurid tale of secret lives and bad love affairs ending in what else but violent murder. Credits: 5 Murder Mysteries That Were Almost Too Insane T...
Baby Bonus Episode
November 27, 2020 08:05 - 35 minutes - 80.4 MBWe know it's been a bit of a roller coaster lately with episode releases so we wanted to give you guys a little bonus! In this Baby Bonus episode, Shawna details the story of Sherrie Lea Laird, the lead singer of a Canadian rock band who believes she is the reincarnation of Marilyn Monroe. Credits: LATimes.com Pastlives.com YouTube.com Music By: Brokeforfree.com Edited By: Michael Network: www.theoracl3network.com Website: https://anxiousandafraid.com/ Support the show by purchasing ou...
Episode 50: Always Bring A Tornado To A Knife Fight (The Kentucky Meat Shower)
November 24, 2020 08:05 - 1 hour - 150 MBIn this week's episode, Abby regales the crew with yet another mysterious precipitous event, but this time it's not gelatinous globs in Washington. This time its bits of raw meat raining down from a clear blue sky in beautiful Olympia Springs, Kentucky. Listen in for all the particular facts surrounding this case and the theories behind how it could have possibly happened. Credits: https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/08/the-mysterious-great-meat-shower-of-kentucky/ https://www.atlasobscura.c...
Episode 49: Clack Backs And Jeebs Of The Heebs Variety (Haunted Anoka State Hospital)
November 10, 2020 08:05 - 58 minutes - 133 MBIn this week's episode, Abby takes a deep dive into the history of the haunted Anoka State Hospital, located in Anoka, Minnesota. Originally named the Anoka State Asylum upon opening in 1900, the hospital housed thousands of patients during its time, providing a place to live for the mentally ill. However, the public would soon come to know of the horrible living conditions and treatment the patients at Anoka State Hospital were enduring, eventually leading to mental health reform and the cl...
Episode 48: A Very Special Guest Host Episode (The Halloween Special)
October 27, 2020 07:05 - 52 minutes - 119 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna and Abby hand over the hosting duties to their friend, Matt! Matt comes to us with previous podcasting experience as he is one of the hosts on the Dance Shark podcast! This week, Matt will share with the crew the very meaning and history behind Halloween as well as some dastardly crimes committed on All Hallows' Eve. The gang also talks about Halloween memories and favorite costumes in this very fun Halloween episode. Credits: Wikipedia.com Vulture.com Music ...
Episode 47: A Rich Chocolaty Dress (The Brown Lady Of Raynham Hall, Ghost)
October 20, 2020 07:05 - 46 minutes - 106 MBWelcome back for another spooky story during the bewitching month of October! This week it's Shawna's turn to quicken our hearts as she regales us with a chilling ghost story about the Brown Lady of Raynham Hall. Legend says that the identity of the ghost who haunts Raynham Hall in Norfolk, England is the Lady Dorothy Walpole who died tragically, locked away in one of the rooms. Tune in to hear the history of the Raynham Hall, it's occupants, and the ghostly sightings witnessed there in the f...
Episode 46: The High Priestess Of Murder (Belle Gunness Part II)
October 13, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 159 MBThe gang is back this week for the conclusion to the two-part series on Belle Gunness, one of the most notorious female serial killers in America's history. In part two, Abby covers the tragic discovery of the desecrated Gunness family after a deadly house fire followed by the startling discovery of several dismembered bodies buried on Belle's farm in La Porte, Indiana. Tune in to hear the crew discuss the trial that would follow and if they really believe Belle Gunness perished with her chil...
Episode 45: Are You Done With That? (Part I of Belle Gunness, Serial Killer)
October 06, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 182 MBThe crew is back this week to kick off spooky October with a notorious Norwegian-American female serial killer. Gather 'round as Abby kicks off part one of this two-part series with the origin story of the infamous Belle Gunness. Listen in to hear the details of Belle's early life as well as the methods she used to claim unsuspecting victims at her large farm in La Porte, Indiana in the early 1900s. Credits: Hell's Princess by Harold Schechter Wikipedia.com Music By: Brokeforfree.com Edite...
Episode 44: Let's Do A Quick Poly (Abduction of Travis Walton)
September 29, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 99 MBThe crew is back this week with an eerie encounter from out of this world! Tune in as Shawna tells the gang all about the alleged 1975 alien abduction of Travis Walton in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. Learn about Travis' up-close encounter with the otherworldly creatures as well as accounts from witnesses to the abduction. Credits: Timesofindia.com Wikipedia.com Travis-Walton.com Light Out Podcast, Episode 3 Bigfoor For Breakfast podcast, Episode 27 Superna...
Let's Do A Quick Poly (Abduction of Travis Walton)
September 29, 2020 07:05 - 1 hour - 99 MBThe crew is back this week with an eerie encounter from out of this world! Tune in as Shawna tells the gang all about the alleged 1975 alien abduction of Travis Walton in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest near Snowflake, Arizona. Learn about Travis' up-close encounter with the otherworldly creatures as well as accounts from witnesses to the abduction. Credits: Timesofindia.com Wikipedia.com Travis-Walton.com Light Out Podcast, Episode 3 Bigfoor For Breakfast podcast, Episode 27 Superna...
Episode 43: Raw Marshmallows and Gerard? Is That You Gerard? (Haunted South Eugene High School Auditorium)
September 22, 2020 07:05 - 46 minutes - 63.6 MBThe crew is back this week with a spoooky ghost story! Join in as Abby tells the gang all about the haunted South Eugene High School auditorium located Eugene, Oregon! There have been many ghostly sightings and unexplained phenomena in the SE High school auditorium since the 1970s, many believing the entity to be a former student who sadly perished on school grounds. Tune in as the gang discusses their own high school theater experiences and the merits of perfectly roasting a marshmallow ver...
Episode 42: La La La Baba Vanga (The Story Of Baba Vanga, Famous Mystic)
September 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBThe gang is back this week and more anxious than ever!Join Abby and Shawna as they discuss the craziness that is life inside Oregon fire apocalypse 2020 and what they've been up to on their time off.Then Shawna regales the crew with the mysterious tale...
La La La Baba Vanga (The Story Of Baba Vanga, Famous Mystic)
September 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBThe gang is back this week and more anxious than ever! Join Abby and Shawna as they discuss the craziness that is life inside Oregon fire apocalypse 2020 and what they've been up to on their time off. Then Shawna regales the crew with the mysterious tale of Baba Vanga, AKA Nostradamus of the Balkans, a Bulgarian psychic who became well known for her eerily accurate predictions for the 20th century and beyond. Listen in as the gang discusses Baba Vanga's predictions about events like 9/11, Th...
La La La Baba Vanga (The Story Of Baba Vanga, Famous Mystic)
September 15, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MBThe gang is back this week and more anxious than ever!Join Abby and Shawna as they discuss the craziness that is life inside Oregon fire apocalypse 2020 and what they've been up to on their time off.Then Shawna regales the crew with the mysterious tale...
A Very Special Guest Host Episode (Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard)
September 01, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBIn this week's episode, Abby and Shawna hand over the hosting reigns to a good friend and fan of the show, Abbie Wilson! Listen in as Abbie details the 1991 horrific kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard, an 11-year-old girl living in Meyers, California. Learn about the many horrors this brave girl endured over the next 18 years spent with her captors and the inspiring courage it would take to end her terrible ordeal.
Episode 41: A Very Special Guest Host Episode (Kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard)
September 01, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 61 MBIn this week's episode, Abby and Shawna hand over the hosting reigns to a good friend and fan of the show, Abbie Wilson! Listen in as Abbie details the 1991 horrific kidnapping and imprisonment of Jaycee Lee Dugard, an 11-year-old girl living in Meyers, California. Learn about the many horrors this brave girl endured over the next 18 years spent with her captors and the inspiring courage it would take to end her terrible ordeal.
Episode 40: Sayonara Fresh Start, I'm Thirsty (Murder of Donald Fish)
August 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBIn this week's episode, Abby tells Shawna about the 1990 murder of Donald Fish in the town of Roseburg, Oregon.Just before the Fourth of July, Donald Fish was brutally stoned to death and left near the Umpqua River. Listen in to learn the details of...
Sayonara Fresh Start, I'm Thirsty (Murder of Donald Fish)
August 25, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.5 MBIn this week's episode, Abby tells Shawna about the 1990 murder of Donald Fish in the town of Roseburg, Oregon.Just before the Fourth of July, Donald Fish was brutally stoned to death and left near the Umpqua River. Listen in to learn the details of...
Episode 39: Always Make It Thick (The Georgia Guidestones)
August 18, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThe crew is back this week with a mind bending mystery! Shawna tells the strange tale of the Georgia Guidestones, a granite monument erected in 1980 in Elbert county, Georgia with an origin story as strange as the stones themselves. Also known as the American Stonehenge, this monument has it's own commandments for "A New Age Of Reason" and a call for a "New World Order" which was designed by a shadowy secret society. Listen in as the gang attempts to understand this strange monument and it's...
Always Make It Thick (The Georgia Guidestones)
August 18, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThe crew is back this week with a mind bending mystery! Shawna tells the strange tale of the Georgia Guidestones, a granite monument erected in 1980 in Elbert County, Georgia with an origin story as strange as the stones themselves. Also known as the American Stonehenge, this monument has it's own commandments for "A New Age Of Reason" and a call for a "New World Order" which was designed by a shadowy secret society. Listen in as the gang attempts to understand this strange monument and it'...
Always Make It Thick (The Georgia Guidestones)
August 18, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 34.5 MBThe crew is back this week with a mind bending mystery! Shawna tells the strange tale of the Georgia Guidestones, a granite monument erected in 1980 in Elbert county, Georgia with an origin story as strange as the stones themselves. Also known as the American Stonehenge, this monument has it's own commandments for "A New Age Of Reason" and a call for a "New World Order" which was designed by a shadowy secret society. Listen in as the gang attempts to understand this strange monument and it's...
Tapioca Rain (The Oakville Blobs)
August 04, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBIn this week's episode, the gang gets real weird with the case of the Oakville blobs! The state of Washington is no stranger to rainy weather but one evening on August, 1994 in the town of Oakville, something stranger than water came from the sky. Tune in to hear all about the mysterious gelatinous blobs that rained down on the unassuming residents of Oakville and the strange illness that would follow.
Episode 38: Tapioca Rain (The Oakville Blobs)
August 04, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.9 MBIn this week's episode, the gang gets real weird with the case of the Oakville blobs! The state of Washington is no stranger to rainy weather but one evening on August, 1994 in the town of Oakville, something stranger than water came from the sky. Tune in to hear all about the mysterious gelatinous blobs that rained down on the unassuming residents of Oakville and the strange illness that would follow.
Episode 37: Space Sharttle: The Titanic of Space (The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster)
July 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna tells the gang all about the space shuttle Columbia disaster. The events of February 1st, 2003 would go down as one of the United State's most tragic and fatal disasters in spaceflight history. The impact of the tragic event would deeply effect the US's human Spaceflight program after the lost lives of 7 brave men and women. Tune in as the crew discusses how terrifying space is and why flying foam can be a serious issue.
Space Sharttle: The Titanic of Space (The Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster)
July 28, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna tells the gang all about the space shuttle Columbia disaster. The events of February 1st, 2003 would go down as one of the United State's most tragic and fatal disasters in spaceflight history. The impact of the tragic event would deeply effect the US's human Spaceflight program after the lost lives of 7 brave men and women. Tune in as the crew discusses how terrifying space is and why flying foam can be a serious issue.
A Very Special Guest Host Episode (Edgar Allan Poe)
July 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna and Abby hand over the hosting duties to Chad! He is of course the podcast's talented web designer and husband of Shawna! Chad, being a literary buff, regales the crew with the equally dark and tragic life of Edgar Allan Poe. A poet, writer, literary critic, and editor, Poe was a prolific writer whose macabre works still haunt readers today. Join us in this episode to learn of the unfortunate events that seemed to plague Poe throughout his life and the mysteri...
Episode 36: A Very Special Guest Host Episode (Edgar Allan Poe)
July 21, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna and Abby hand over the hosting duties to Chad! He is of course the podcast's talented web designer and husband of Shawna! Chad, being a literary buff, regales the crew with the equally dark and tragic life of Edgar Allan Poe. A poet, writer, literary critic, and editor, Poe was a prolific writer whose macabre works still haunt readers today. Join us in this episode to learn of the unfortunate events that seemed to plague Poe throughout his life and the mysteri...
Episode 35: Sorry God (The Silent Twins)
July 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBIn today's episode, Abby will be telling the gang the story of the June and Jennifer Gibbons, AKA the silent twins, born in 1963. Join the crew as they discuss the strange and heartbreaking lives of the misunderstood sisters who spoke to almost no one but each other their entire lives. Only adding to the mystery were the secret lives they led which would ultimately end in tragedy.
Sorry God (The Silent Twins)
July 14, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBIn today's episode, Abby will be telling the gang the story of the June and Jennifer Gibbons, AKA the silent twins, born in 1963. Join the crew as they discuss the strange and heartbreaking lives of the misunderstood sisters who spoke to almost no one but each other their entire lives. Only adding to the mystery were the secret lives they led which would ultimately end in tragedy.
All Batteries Are Energetic (Andes Flight Disaster Part II)
June 30, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBIn part two of our Andes Flight Disaster series, Shawna tells the gang all about the aftermath of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane crash in the Andes and the impossible decisions the survivors were faced with if they wanted to make it out alive. You won't want to miss out on this incredible tale of survival in the face of extreme temperatures, weather, starvation, and whatever else Mother Nature could throw at the ill fated Christian rugby team.
Episode 34: All Batteries Are Energetic (Andes Flight Disaster Part II)
June 30, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 37.3 MBIn part two of our Andes Flight Disaster series, Shawna tells the gang all about the aftermath of the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 plane crash in the Andes and the impossible decisions the survivors were faced with if they wanted to make it out alive. You won't want to miss out on this incredible tale of survival in the face of extreme temperatures, weather, starvation, and whatever else Mother Nature could throw at the ill fated Christian rugby team.
Thick Legs And The Return Of Dean Overbite (Andes Flight Disaster Part I)
June 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBIn part one of this two part series, Shawna tells the crew all about the 1972 Andes flight disaster.
Episode 33: Thick Legs And The Return Of Dean Overbite (Andes Flight Disaster Part I)
June 23, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 41.8 MBIn part one of this two part series, Shawna tells the crew all about the 1972 Andes flight disaster.
Baby Bonus Episode (The Fresno Nightcrawler)
June 16, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes - 19.4 MBIn this week's baby bonus episode, Shawna details the Fresno Nightcrawler, also known as the Fresno alien. This cryptid has been spotted on video footage not once but twice in California and the content is eerie to say the least. Listen in as the crew attempts to dissect the video footage and decide for themselves if the Fresno Nightcrawler is the real deal or a crazy hoax.
Stop It With The Flowers And The Urine (The Dibbuk Box)
June 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBIn Episode 32, Abby takes a deep dive into the world of haunted objects and tells the crew all about the dibbuk box. Surfacing online in a long 2003 Ebay listing was an antique wine box which was allegedly inhabited by a dibbuk, referenced in Jewish folklore as a restless spirit looking to possess a living person. Kevin Mannis, the man who listed it on Ebay, described at length the ordeals he and his family had been through since acquiring the box and seemed to be desperate to get rid of it....
Episode 32: Stop It With The Flowers And The Urine (The Dibbuk Box)
June 09, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBIn Episode 32, Abby takes a deep dive into the world of haunted objects and tells the crew all about the dibbuk box. Surfacing online in a long 2003 Ebay listing was an antique wine box which was allegedly inhabited by a dibbuk, referenced in Jewish folklore as a restless spirit looking to possess a living person. Kevin Mannis, the man who listed it on Ebay, described at length the ordeals he and his family had been through since acquiring the box and seemed to be desperate to get rid of it....
Episode 31: No Bro, You Smell Like A Teenage Girl (Death Of Kurt Cobain)
June 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBJoin the crew this week as Shawna takes on the tragic story of grunge rock legend, Kurt Cobain. After achieving international fame as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain found the pressure of having countless fans and a touring band to be too much. He had struggled with depression and substance abuse as well as a rocky relationship with his wife, Courtney Love and on April 8th, 1994 Cobain was found deceased in his Seattle home from an apparent suicide. Or was it? T...
No Bro, You Smell Like A Teenage Girl (Death Of Kurt Cobain)
June 02, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 48.9 MBJoin the crew this week as Shawna takes on the tragic story of grunge rock legend, Kurt Cobain. After achieving international fame as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain found the pressure of having countless fans and a touring band to be too much. He had struggled with depression and substance abuse as well as a rocky relationship with his wife, Courtney Love and on April 8th, 1994 Cobain was found deceased in his Seattle home from an apparent suicide. Or was it? T...
Crazy Theater Kids and Multiple Shame Breaks (The Story of Patty Hearst)
May 26, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBThe crew is back together this week to hear a special listener requested topic: the incredible story of Patty Hearst. Born an heiress to the vast Hearst family fortune in the 1950s, Patricia Hearst had lived a charmed and affluent life. She was fairly oblivious to the political strife happening around her in the 1970s until she was violently kidnapped by a group of violent revolutionaries. Listen in to find out what the Symbionese Liberation Army wanted with Patty Hearst and what she is wi...
Crazy Theater Kids and Multiple Shame Breaks (The Story of Patty Hearst)
May 26, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBThe crew is back together this week to hear a special listener requested topic, the incredible story of Patty Hearst. Born an heiress to the vast Hearst family fortune in the 1950's, Patricia Hearst had lived a charmed and affluent life. She was fairly oblivious to the political strife happening around her in the 1970's until she was violently kidnapped by a group of violent revolutionaries. Listen in to find out what the Symbionese Liberation Army wanted with Patty Hearst and what she is w...
Episode 30: Crazy Theater Kids and Multiple Shame Breaks (The Story of Patty Hearst)
May 26, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 70.6 MBThe crew is back together this week to hear a special listener requested topic, the incredible story of Patty Hearst. Born an heiress to the vast Hearst family fortune in the 1950's, Patricia Hearst had lived a charmed and affluent life. She was fairly oblivious to the political strife happening around her in the 1970's until she was violently kidnapped by a group of violent revolutionaries. Listen in to find out what the Symbionese Liberation Army wanted with Patty Hearst and what she is w...
I Think I'm In Love With Lou Gehrig (Reincarnation case)
May 19, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna tells Abby and Michael about the extraordinary reincarnation case of Cristian Haupt. At the young age of two years old Christian began making statements to his mother, Cathy Byrd, about his former life as a baseball player. After initial disbelief, Cathy investigated her son's statements and came to the conclusion that Christian was the reincarnation of the star baseball player Lou Gehrig, who died tragically of ALS in 1941. Listen in to hear the crazy details a...
Episode 29: I Think I'm In Love With Lou Gehrig (Reincarnation case)
May 19, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBIn this week's episode, Shawna tells Abby and Michael about the extraordinary reincarnation case of Cristian Haupt. At the young age of two years old Christian began making statements to his mother, Cathy Byrd, about his former life as a baseball player. After initial disbelief, Cathy investigated her son's statements and came to the conclusion that Christian was the reincarnation of the star baseball player Lou Gehrig, who died tragically of ALS in 1941. Listen in to hear the crazy details a...