![]() ![]() ![]() In this episode, hosts Holly Frey and Tracy V. They have hundreds of skill fully researched shows that cover so many moments in history there's an episode for every occasion. We've previously featured Stuff You Missed in History Classin our history podcast round-up. Recommended Episode: Six Impossible Episodes There's a moment in The Death of Poe where a match is stuck, and you can hear the room light up. The production value on this show is always incredible, but in this episode they create an environment with sound in a particularly expert way. It's as eerie and sinister enough to do the author of The Tell-Tale Heartproud. This episode features an interesting history lesson on Poe's curious death before it dives into an audio-play speculating on the events leading up to his final moments. But they are always thought provoking and super entertaining. The Truth Podcast creates short "movies for your ears." The stories range from quite dark to obtusely funny. John's advice is tough but fair, and cites some precedents from the lesser known Witch Court legal system. In this episode, Judge John helps a poor soul dealing with a bat problem in his haunted house. By his side, is bailiff Jesse Thorn from another Maximum Fun podcast, Bullseye with Jesse Thorn. John Hodgeman, who claims to be a certified Judge, adjudicates real-life conundrums for listeners. ![]() Judge John Hodgemanis essentially the Judge Judy of the podcast world. In this episode, Sydnee and special guest Rileigh Smirl explain the real-life diseases that inspired monster myths such as vampires and werewolves. In each episode they dig through old medical journals to find the many weird ways doctors have tried to help people over the years. Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine is hosted by husband and wife Dr. Sydnee McElroy & Justin McElroy (Justin's also one of the hosts of the podcast My Brother, My Brother & Me and a million other podcasts). If you know anything about the early days of modern medicine (blood letting and grave robbing, anyone?) you know it relied a lot on trial and error. Some listeners may find it gets off to a bit of a slow start, but stick with it until episode 3 and you'll be hooked. Make sure you start with the first episode. It's best described as Serial meets X-Files. The Black Tapes tells the fictionalised story of a public radio journalist who gets mixed up in the world of the paranormal. Expect demons, ghosts, and an unsolved missing persons case that gets more and more complicated as the story goes on. The Black Tapes Podcasthas quite a die hard following (and you may have heard creator Paul Bae call out The Guardian recently in this Twitter thread). Recommended Episode: Episode 101, "A Tale of Two Tapes: Part 1" The best thing about these podcasts? No disappointing sequels. Here are 13 more ghoulish podcasts that will make you glad cell phones have made it impossible for the call to be coming from inside the house. In this episode we shared creepy tales that had you accidentally running up the stairs instead of out the front door. Halloween is the perfect time to curl up with some headphones, heat some jiffy pop and scare yourself silly listening to spooky stories. ![]()
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