In this episode we go back to the 1800;s to meet two Missouri witches. First we meet the Witch of Taskee who lived in Taskee Station Missouri and astounded those who saw her with her clairvoyance, that came when she was possessed by a spirit that called itself Little Joe. Josie Forbes was reported far and wide for her abilities, even using them to …

TRIGGER WARNING: There is a brief mention of suicide during our discussion of the hospital's history. If this is too much for you, feel free to skip this episode. As Kate from Ignorance Was Bliss used to say, You Matter! And if you need mental health resources, 988 will connect you with so much. Thank you This week we discuss the Indiana State Sani…

So in this episode, we once more return to Victorian London where we meet Mary Ann Cotton (nee Robson) a lovely wife and mother with the unfortunate curse of having her husbands and children die around her. Digging deeper, we begin to discover she is a poisoner with a body count somewhere in the range of 15 to 20, mostly her children, husbands and …

This week our final proper week of spooky season, we release a tale of a violent maniac with a literal lust for blood. We discuss Peter Kurten, psychopath, serial murderer and all around bad guy. A man whose life was almost a blueprint for creating a serial murderer he committed his first killings at the age of 9. We cover his life, his crimes and …

Welcome to yet another spooky season episode of the Family Plot Podcast! This week we go to the McPike Mansion in Alton, Illinois. We talk about the history of this beautiful showplace, how it was built by Henry Guest McPike a Civil War soldier, a man who owned a box making company, produced his own grape that became popular in wine making, was an …

TRIGGER WARNING: This episode mentions both sexual assault and incest. If these subjects are triggering for you, please feel free to skip the episode. As our friend Kate used to say: You Matter. This week we go full spooky True Crime as we visit a German farmstead called Hinterkaifeck where we discover a particularly spooky and gruesome series of m…

We are back with another spooky season episode, this time, we go to nearby (to us) Weston, Missouri where we learn about the charming little town's history, we discuss a few haunted locations as well as a few of the more famous 'residents' of the town's Laurel Hill Cemetery. We discuss the town's beginnings and it;s modern spookiness, the most deli…

So this episode is the first of our 2024 Spooky Season and we begin with a few haunting tales of phantom trains. We begin in Washington DC for a story about Lincoln's Funeral train and how it would reappear at night years afterwards chugging it's way down the tracks attended by skeletons and sepulcheral figures. Then we go to Maco Station in North …

Well this week we go back and meet a woman who revolted against the Romans around the time of Jesus. Boudicca has become a legendary figure but we do our level best to track down what she was really like. We dig into this enduring historical figure who has become an enduring figure of empowerment as well, We discuss what we could discover of her ea…

We go full Mod in this historic true crime episode set in 60's London. We discuss the Krays a pair of twins who came up in London's East End and eventually made names for themselves as they built a criminal empire that is probably the most famous one in London. Arthur talks photography in his corner which winds up tying into the main narrative. We …

8his week is a flash to the past, like our very first episode, the past! In this episode, we revisit Rasputin, now that Dean has learned how to do better research, Arthur is four years older and now we have Laura on the show. We examine his life, what we know, what scholars believe and the legacy of the Mad Monk, including a daughter who emigrated …

Well this episode is loaded up with so much history and excitement, we just can't wait to share it! We discuss the life of Marie Slobodowska Curie aka Marie Curie or Madame Curie. But we also stop off in Arthur's corner to discuss differences between moths and butterflies (for example did you know butterflies rest with their wings closed while moth…

Man, we just got so much to say in this episode! Arthur, who has returned to school, takes us through his class schedule in a short but entertaining Arthur's corner and then we dig down into Doctor Thomas Neill Cream...who did not invent Cream Soda, sadly, but instead was a doctor trained in Canada and England who poisoned several women, mostly sex…

In this episode, we discuss the murder of child actress Judith Eva Barsi and her mother, by of all people, her father. It's a rough episode as we discuss this family annihalator Joe Barsi and his slide into madness and stalking all brought on by the fact that he was not out earning nor could he control his wife and daughter. Arthur gives us a brief…

So there is so, so much good in this episode. First, we discuss the Beast of Gevaudan, a crazy cryptid/ wolf that terrorized the countryside in Gevaudan, an area where the French believed the dark enchantments of the forest still held sway. The beast seemed to terrorize the French countryside in the area known as Gevaudan, striking from out of nowh…

This episode is full of goodness, badness and old timey sirens! Arthur discusses Therianthropes in the modern world and her relationship to them while Dean creates the pun-ishing term 'Therial Killer'. We are joined by Debbie Baker from ShopJobie and a long time member of our extended family to discuss the story of Bonnie and Clyde. Their births, t…

In this episode, we make our first foray into outer space as we cover the Apollo 11 Moon Landing, what led to it, and how there are now people who doubt that we ever made the trip. We discuss the astronauts on the flight, their histories and how they combined to make the Moon Landing the success that it was. In his corner, Arthur discusses Aardwolv…

In this episode we sail round the Horn and back again as we look into the lives, trial and mysteries of the Naussau Pirates Anne Bonny and Mary Read. Part of Calico Jack Rackham's crew, these two dressed as men, cursed, drank, fought and killed with their pirate brethren and for two months lived completely free, a rare thing for women in the Early …

So much good stuff in this episode! First, we are joined by Chris Page, the man who produces Travis Orndorff's podcast and has multiple wrestling podcasts and twitch streams. Chris and Dean discuss their history and their friendship and Arthur has a new sting to introduce her corner. (Courtesy of our new sound engineer, Blue Boese) We also focus th…

This powerful episode of the Family Plot Podcast is so full of stuff, we should wrap it in a bow! Krys announces this week that she prefers to go by Arthur with male pronouns. She also talks about dingoes, which Dean claims are his baby, or maybe just Merryl Streep's. Then we focus on the life of Rosa Parks. Her childhood, her first experiences wit…

There is so much goodness in this episode you can eat it and it will be sweet, filling, healthy and sugar-free! We are joined this week by Krysta's non-binary sibling, Blue Boese! Krys goes to her corner to finish telling us about the cartoons that influenced her most as a child. We also focus on telling the tale of One-Eyed Charley Parkhurst. Char…

This episode is crammed so full of wonderment, your mind will expand! Or maybe not! In Krysta's Corner, we discuss some of her favorite shows growing up (including Sofia the First and Daniel Tiger amongst others) we comment briefly on Dan Schneider and other not good people in Children's Programming before getting into the meat of this week's topic…

Man do we have a wonderful 201st episode for you! Ever heard of the Hammersmith Ghost Murder? Neither had we but oh, do we get into it!! And in her corner Krysta introduces us to poodle moths! Beautiful, well, unless you look at them up close. We also discuss Hawk Moths, Death's Head Moths and of course, Lunar Moths before diving back into this cas…

In this episode, we fully execute our 200th episode and with well wishes from friends, family and others, as well as Krysta's Corner plus an entire episode about the creation, acquisition, loss and recreation of the Amber Room. Dean becomes obsessed with how many flies trapped in the Amber Room had dinosaur DNA? We also discuss Sharon Kinne, Josh G…

This week, we go back to the 1850's to meet a writer named Ambrose Bierce. A man who could trace his family back to the Puritans and didn't care one whit. A man who fought in the Civil War so he could help see slavery abolished. A man who wrote against what he saw as the evils of his day even standing between a railroad magnate and his company tryi…