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Episode 25 – X-Ray Diva

Hey, I just met you and this is crazy. This week, Johnny and Tyler talk about the horrifying case of Carl Tanzler and the Granny Ripper, Tamara Samsonova. Plus: haunted bedroom sets for sale, Cheetos on the runway, and when it’s appropriate to jam!

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Carl Tanzler (having a short shorts moment)
2. Maria Elena Milagro de Hoyos
3. Maria’s body after Carl ‘reconstructed’ her
4. Maria’s glass eye
5. Carl’s spaceship that was supposed to bring Maria back to life
6. Valentina Ulanova
7. Tamara Samsonova’s apartment
8. Samsonova caught on security footage
9. Tamara Samsonova blowing kisses to the press after her arrest

Episode 24 – Library Gost

We’re not here for any unfinished business. That’s dumb! This week, Tyler and Johnny discuss the complex case of Shiva Tripathi and Sumitra Singh, and the murder of Scott Amedure (aka ‘the Jenny Jones murder’). Plus: a terrifying library gost (their spelling, not ours), child letter writing, and diva worship!

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Letter from the Fredericton ‘Library Gost’
2. Shiva Tripathi
3. Sumitra Singh
4. Scott Amedure
5. Scott greeting Jonathan Schmitz on the Jenny Jones Show
6. Scott and Jonathan
7. Jonathan Schmitz: human skid mark

Episode 23 – Snow Chupacabra

Time to clean the jam off your hands! This week, Johnny and Tyler discuss the haunting of LA’s Comedy Store and the mystery of the Toronto Tunnel Monster. Plus: a burping cult on the rise, the importance of spilling the tea, and our favourite cigar smoking baby!

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Ciro’s night club
2. The Comedy Store in present-day
3. Mitzi Shore soon after taking over the business
4. The main showroom stage
5. Artist rendering of the Tunnel Monster
6. Article about the monster by Laurie Goldstein
7. The Omajinaakoos found in the Hudson River
8. The IKEA monkey

Episode 22 – Pomeranian Watchdog

Welcome to the cysterhood! This week, Tyler and Johnny discuss the original Dybbuk Box and the infamous Hinterkaifeck farm massacre. Plus: the dumbest name of 2019, multidisciplinary freelance gorillas, and a very quick chat about the kickoff to RuPaul’s Drag Race season 11!

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Photos in order after cover:
1. The original Dybbuk Box and its contents
2. Jason Haxton with the Dybbuk Box
3. Zak Bagans in his haunted museum
4. Facebook post made by the dybbuk box O.G. himself
5. Hinterkaifeck Farm
6. Josef’s room (taken by police at the scene)
7. A mattock
8. Family’s caskets awaiting burial
9. Monument standing on the land of the farm in present-day

Episode 21 – Candi with an “I”

It’s Tuberculicious! This week, Johnny and Tyler discuss the haunting of the Foster family and the Parker-Hulme murder that inspired ‘Heavenly Creatures’. Plus: going to see ‘My Favorite Murder’ live, and a woman who wants a purse made from her leg!

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Note: there are no photos for the Foster haunting, as the family is super-private.

Photos in order after cover:
1. Pauline Parker
2. Juliet Hulme
3. The Tea House in Victoria Park
4. The walking trail in Victoria Park
5. Hilary Nathan aka Pauline Parker
6. Author Anne Perry aka Juliet Hulme

Episode 20 – Conspirasissies

Don’t tell Dad! This week, Tyler and Johnny discuss the sinking of the SS Ourang Medan and the Ouija board killer, Dorothea Turley. Plus: a big announcement, finding true love with a zombie doll, and a quick chat about the finale of Drag Race All Stars 4!

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Photos in order after cover:
1. SS Ourang Medan
2. Map of Strait of Malacca
3. Excerpt from the declassified CIA letter
4. Photograph of frozen body (real or fake?)
5. Dorothea Turley’s ‘American Venus’ photo
6. American Venus contest newspaper ad
7. Ernest Turley
8. Newspaper excerpt about Mattie Turley

Episode 19 – Drama Daddy

Let your frown be your umbrella! This week, Tyler and Johnny cover the San Pedro haunting and serial killer, Bruce McArthur. Plus: how to be a basic witch, drag queens running for congress, two minutes about All Stars 4, and a send-off for Susan Hiller.

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Jackie Hernandez
2. Jeff Wheatcraft hanging in the attic
3. Tina Lawler with the burned bedding
4. Jeff Wheatcraft and Barry Conrad during the seance
5. Bruce McArthur
6. The 8 victims of McArthur
7. Soil planters seized by police from
8. Andrew Kinsman’s Missing Persons poster in the Village
9. Toronto’s Gay Village

Episode 18 – Different Places!

Get ready for some pro beauty tips! This week, Johnny and Tyler discuss the infamous cases of the Handcuff Man and the Radium Girls. Plus: a home invasion that turns into a makeover, Judy Garland’s significance to Stonewall, and two minutes on the newest episode of Drag Race.

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Robert Lee Bennett Jr. – The Handcuff Man
2. Bennett’s white Lincoln Town Car
3. Max Shrader
4. Michael Jordan Jr.
5. Gary Clapp
6. Dial painters at work
7. Grace Fryer
8. Afflicted Radium Girl
9. Catherine Donahue (Wolfe) testifying on her death bed

Episode 17 – Ye Olde McMansion

Break out your favourite eatin’ dress! This week, Tyler and Johnny cover the little-known cult, the Ant Hill Kids, as well as the haunting of Summerwind Mansion. Plus: ghost divorce, troll hunting, and Club 96.

TRIGGER WARNING: Themes of domestic violence and torture discussed in first story between 15:09 and 55:49.

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Roch Thériault and his followers
2. The Ant Hill Kids selling goods on the highway
3. The kitchen table where Moses (Roch) performed his surgeries
4. Roch Thériault and Gabrielle Lavallée
5. Summerwind Mansion
6. Inside Summerwind & the upstairs hallway
7. Summerwind on fire in 1988
8. Summerwind ruins as they stand to this day

Episode 16 – Here’s The Ti

Clutch your Pumpkin Spice Lattes, because we’re getting basic! This week, Tyler and Johnny cover the spook house, Villa Montezuma, and the infamous Heaven’s Gate cult. Plus: cutie patootie selfie Devil statues, sparking joy, and the Gay Olympics.

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Photos in order after cover:
1. Young Jesse Shepard
2. Lawrence Tonner
3. Exterior of Villa Montezuma
4. Interior of Villa Montezuma during Shepard’s ownership
5. Stained glass detailing of Shepard
6. Marshall Applewhite (Do) and Bonnie Lu Nettles (Ti)
7. Heaven’s Gate logo from their official website
8. Do being a video vixen
9. ‘Heaven’s Gate Away Team’ patch that was on all of the victims