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An odd dad and his 11 year old daughter exploring the strange and unusual in a peculiar world. Discussions will be kept PG-13. Hosted by Dean Boese and Krysta Williams. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.
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Every other week, we watch a horror movie and tell you if we liked it.
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Episode 216 Phantom Trains and a Headless Signalman
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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 …
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Episode 215 Boudicca Battle Queen of Early Britain
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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…
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Episode 214 The Kray Twins - Murder and Mayhem in 60's London
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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 …
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Episode 213 The Rasputin Redux - Revisiting the Mad Monk
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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 …
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Episode 212 The Radiant Life and Science of Marie Curie
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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…
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Episode 211 The Lambeth Poisoner - Doctor Thomas Neill Cream
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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…
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Episode 210 Judith Barsi - A Light Gone Too Soon
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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…
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Episode 209 Strange Days in France - The Beast of Gevaudan
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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…
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Episode 208 The Poet and the Musician - The Story of Bonnie and Clyde
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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…
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Episode 207 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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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…
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Episode 206 Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Piracy and Freedom
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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 …
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Episode 205 Doctor Sam Sheppard - Wrestling with Loss featuring 'Chronic' Chris Page
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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…
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Episode 204 Stand for Something - The Life of Rosa Parks
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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…
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Episode 203 The Saga of One-Eyed Charley - A PRIDE month special episode
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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…
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Episode 202 Aliens at the Ariel School
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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…
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Episode 201 The Curious Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost
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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…
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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…
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Episode 199 Ambrose Bierce Iconic American Author and the Devil's Delight
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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…
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Episode 198 Ching Shih, China's Pirate Queen
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So this episode is so chock full of goodness, you might need a cookie and a glass of milk to wash it down. In her corner, Krys reads us some very short horror stories. Then we go all in on Zheng Yi Sao aka Shang Yi aka Ching Shih. We talk about her early life, of which we know very little, her meeting and marrying one of the greatest pirates of her…
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Episode 197 Fairy Tale Origins 2 or Make Sure the Puppet Lives!
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In this episode we once again go deep into the history of Fairy Tales. Laura opens with Snow White and we hear the familiar tale in all it's glory. Then, in Krysta's Corner, she shares a book that touched her while reading it at school as well as shares her own found fairy tale, the Six Swans! Then we look into the origins of Snow White and how it …
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In this episode there is so much going on. Krysta is having issues as many young teens do, we discuss the life and death of Elizabeth Short, her crazy life and her rough death at the hands of person or persons unknown. After the episode stick around for a happy birthday for Lexi our daughter turning 7 on the day this episode drops. It is a full epi…
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Episode 195 The Kidnapping and Murder of Bobby Greenlease Jr.
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In this episode, Krysta talks My Hero Academia in her corner before we dig into the kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease Junior. We talk about Bobby's father and their family, how they came to be so well off and how Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady came to know of and attempt to kidnap Robert Greenlease Senior's youngest child. We get into the kidna…
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Episode 194 A Headless Drummer, A Missing Piper and the other ghosts of Edinburgh Castle
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This episode is PACKED with goodness. Krysta talks Black Velvet Petunias in her corner a wondrous and beautiful flower. Then she, Laura and Dean discuss the Maiden's Castle at Edinburgh. They discuss Castle Rock, how there has been a fortified structure on it since at least the Iron Age and it's status as the most besieged castle in all of Britain.…
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Episode 193: Xunantunich Mayan City and Maiden of the Rock
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On this episode we discuss the nation of Belize and the Mayan city of Xunantunich, what we know about it and it's former residents. Krysta talks balloon debates and civets, Dean talks ferrets and Laura keeps us all together in this fascinating archaeological, Mayan Culture, slightly paranormal episode fo the Family Plot Podcast! Become a supporter …
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Edpisode 192 Catching the Yorkshire Ripper
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This week, we go full British True Crime as we head back to the seventies and eighties and investigate the life and crimes of Peter Sutcliffe, better known as the Yorkshire Ripper. We discuss his life, what led him to become a killer, his family life, the hoax that led the police astray in this fascinating case. Meanwhile Krysta talks more dogs and…
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