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Episode 89 – High Society Mannequin

He couldn’t hear the jazz flute, baby! This week Johnny and Tyler discuss Cynthia the Mannequin and the life/afterlife of James Whale. Plus: Drag Race All Stars is back officially, black lives will never stop mattering, and how to keep the spirit of Pride alive in COVID times.

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1. Cynthia and Lester Gaba in LIFE Magazine
2. Cynthia gets a tune up from Lester
3. Cynthia smokes while getting a manicure
4. Cynthia’s designer closet
5. Cynthia and Lester out on the town
6. Cynthia socializing at a bar
7. James Whale
8. Bride of Frankenstein production shot
9. Invisible Man production shot

Episode 88 – Stunt Stain

Oh, a child doctor, what a blessed day! This week Tyler and Johnny discuss the story of Alexis St. Martin and the mean-mugging Bélmez Faces. Plus: Drag Race season 12 crowns a winner, Black Lives Matter, and how to be an active ally.

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1. Black Lives Matter
2. Alexis St. Martin
3. William Beaumont
4. Diagram of St. Martin’s wound
5. An elderly St. Martin with his wife
6. Maria Gómez Pereria
7. The first Bélmez face and the reappearance
8. Another famous Bélmez face
9. Serving nothing but face

Episode 87 – Supermodel Documentary Hour

Sorry Daddy, I am with the gnomes now! This week Johnny and Tyler discuss the crimes of Daniel LaPlante and the mystery of the Cottingley Fairies. Plus: our thoughts on the Drag Race season 12 reunion, some A-grade oopsie poopsies, and a Bolivian orchestra quarantined in a haunted German castle surrounded by wolves.

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1. Daniel LaPlante
2. Priscilla, Abigail, and William Gustafson
3. LaPlante in court in 1987
4. LaPlante in court in 2019
5. Frances with fairies in 1917
6. Elsie with a gnome in 1917
7. Frances with fairies in 1920
8. Elsie with a fairy in 1920
9. The mysterious fifth fairy photo

Episode 86 – Hot Ghosts

Do you wanna go take a piss in the car? This week Tyler and Johnny discuss the Devil Doll of Audubon House and the mystery of Lori Erica Ruff. Plus: ghostly encounters ramping up during self-isolation, a potential vaccine for HIV/AIDS that’s in the works, and we announce Queens of the North coming in July!

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1. Audubon House
2. John Hurling Geiger
3. Photo of Mrs Peck
4. Robert the Doll
5. Lori Ruff
6. Writings found in Lori’s locked box
7. Lori’s name change paperwork
8. Young photo of Kimberley McLean
9. Old photo of Kimberley and an adult ID photo of Lori

Episode 85 – Queen of the Debbies

I want my blood with no pulp! This week Johnny and Tyler discuss the case of Gloria Ramirez (aka the Toxic Woman) and the murder of Julia Martha Thomas. Plus: a quick kiki about Drag Race, learning when your cosmetics expire, and social distance breakers forced to isolate in haunted houses!

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1. Gloria Ramirez
2. Riverside, California
3. Riverside General Hospital
4. Kate Webster and Julia Thomas
5. Kate Webster
6. Depiction of Kate’s execution
7. Julia Thomas’ skull

Episode 84 – Fashion Snowsuits

Now put on your buns! This week Tyler and Johnny discuss the alien abduction of Peter Khoury and the spontaneous human combustion of Maybelle Andrews. Plus: we sit down for an extra-special chat with Shea Smelser, a longtime Spooky Bitch who recently appeared on RuPaul’s Drag Race as Gigi Goode’s makeover!

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1. Bebe Bad and Gigi Goode
2. Peter Khoury
3. Drawing of Peter’s abduction
4. The sexy alien
5. Illustration of Maybelle Andrews
6. Phyllis Newcombe
7. Shire Hall in Chelmsford

Episode 83 – Cult Cop

Don’t talk to me in circles, in some mumbo-jumbo jive! This week we are bringing you some of our favourite topics from our mini episodes, Spooky Snacks! Johnny and Tyler discuss the Philip Experiment, the occult murder of LeRoy Carter Jr. and the Avril Lavigne death/doppelgänger conspiracy theory!

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1. Us right now
2. Spooky Snacks cover artwork
3. Philip Experiment seance
4. Drawing of Philip
5. LeRoy Carter Jr.’s grave
6. Avril Lavigne around the time her first single was released
7. The infamous Melissa photo
8. Recent Avril Lavigne (from the “Hello Kitty” music video)

Episode 82 – All About Leigh

I’m not trying to control you, boo! In this very special bonus episode, Johnny and Tyler sit down with Alaina and Ash from Morbid: A True Crime Podcast to recap The Invisible Man (2020) in a crossover kiki for the ages! Plus: birthing our inner drag queens, we accidentally write a musical, and don’t forget: Leigh Whannell.

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1. A collective now known as “Leigh Whannell”
2. Cover art for The Invisible Man (2020)
3. Sean Young making appearances as Catwoman in an effort to get cast in the role (spoiler: it didn’t work out)

Episode 81 – Homosexual Propensities

Save your drama for your new diorama mama! This week Johnny and Tyler discuss the Doodler and the murder of Clothilde Marchand. Plus: love for Nova Scotia, tour Dracula’s castle online, and some Elisa Lam tea from our conspirasissies!

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1. Police sketch of the Doodler from 1975
2. Update Doodler sketch from 2019
3. Jae Stevens in drag (looking fierce with those lashes)
4. Claus Christmann
5. Clothilde Marchand
6. Henri Marchand
7. Lila Jimerson
8. Nancy Bowen

Episode 80 – All of the Boston Creams

Hold my drink, pseudoscience, I’m going in! This week Tyler and Johnny discuss Scratching Fanny of Cock Lane and the death of Elisa Lam. Plus: Johnny comes out as a Madonna Gay, taking juicing to a whole new level, and the search for Bigfoot continues (in the apps)!

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1. The house on Cock Lane
2. Inside the Cock Lane home
3. Depiction of a seance
4. Elisa Lam
5. Exterior of the Cecil Hotel
6. Officials recovering Elisa from the water tank
7. Security camera footage part 1
8. Security camera footage part 2