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Episode 30- Butterfly Guardians: The Strange Joplin Tornado Story

Hosts Tyler, Josh, Jason, Isaac and guest Ryan dive into the 2011 Joplin F5 tornado and the eerie reports from local children who described pale, radiant, butterfly-winged beings protecting them during the storm.The episode covers media coverage, the kids' matching drawings and testimonies, and debates possible explanations—from mass hallucination to supernatural guardians—amid rowdy banter and drinks.

Episode 29- Taliesin's Flames: Frank Lloyd Wright's Tragic House

In this episode the hosts dive into the eerie history of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin in Spring Green, Wisconsin. They recount Wright’s life, his relationship that led him to build Taliesin, and the tragic 1914 attack and fire started by a servant that killed several people.The conversation covers subsequent fires, rebuilds, and local ghost stories linked to the estate, blending historical facts with the hosts’ banter and reactions.

Episode 28- The Enfield Monster: Shotguns, Skunk-Apes, and Shenanigans

Hosts and special guest Ryan Quinn explore the bizarre 1970s Enfield, Illinois monster sightings, recounting eyewitness reports of a three-legged, hissing creature, strange footprints, and locals firing shots. The episode blends folklore, investigation theories (escaped kangaroo, wild ape, or hoax) with the original reports.
Expect irreverent banter, drinking jokes, and loud laughs as the crew teases out the weirdest details and spins absurd explanations for the mystery.

Episode 27- O'Hare's Sky Secrets: The 2006 Saucer Sighting

This episode dives into the infamous 2006 Chicago O'Hare UFO sighting, where airport employees and pilots reported a silent, saucer-shaped craft hovering over gate C-17 and leaving a temporary "blue hole" in the clouds. The hosts debate possible explanations — mass hysteria, military testing, drones, or genuine extraterrestrial visitors — and discuss how the FAA initially responded.With humorous banter and listener reactions, the hosts explore witness accounts, media coverage, and lingering questions about why the sighting didn’t show up on radar and why further investigation was limited.

Episode 26- Pickle Beer & Flying Saucers: The Twining Memo Uncorked

The hosts get drunk and unpack Monroe native General Nathan F. Twining's role in early UFO history, covering the 1947 Twining Memo, Project Sign, Project Blue Book, and the Majestic 12 conspiracy.Expect local lore, chaotic banter, and a humorous, booze-soaked look at paranormal theory and small-town legends.

Episode 25- The Man with a Windowed Stomach: A 19th‑Century Medical Freakshow

On this rowdy Midwest paranormal podcast the hosts drink strange beverages and recount the true 1820s story of Alexis St. Martin — a fur trapper left with a permanently open wound into his stomach — and Dr. William Beaumont, who used him to study digestion.The episode mixes dark humor, historical medical experiments, and ethical questions about how early science treated its human subjects, all against a backdrop of booze and banter.

Episode 24- Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle and Other Holes: Where Water Disappears

In this episode the hosts swap stories about mysterious bottomless pits, starting with Minnesota’s Devil’s Kettle — a waterfall that seems to swallow water, dye and GPS trackers — and moving to the legend of Mel’s Hole, a strange well tied to Coast to Coast AM reports of impossible depths, hot ice, a cooked sheep and a seal‑like creature. Between jokes and bar banter, they discuss investigations, wild theories (from underground caves to interdimensional portals) and reports of military interest, leaving listeners with more questions than answers.

Episode 23- Ridgeway Phantoms: Shape-Shifters of the Lead Trail

On this episode the hosts stumble through history and drink breaks as they recount the eerie Ridgeway legends. From 1840s miners and stagecoach routes to shape-shifting phantoms that appear as animals, headless riders, or the spirits of two tragic brothers, the guests debate whether the sightings are ghosts, skinwalkers, or generational hauntings.They mix facts about the lead-mining boom and Military Ridge with local folklore, personal anecdotes, and the chilling detail that similar sightings persist in Ridgeway to this day.

Episode 22- Momo: Missouri’s Pumpkin‑Headed Monster

In this episode the hosts, over drinks and chaotic banter, explore the legend of Momo—the Missouri Monster—recounting 1971–72 sightings, foul odors, plaster casts of footprints, and the creature’s mysterious disappearance by the 1990s.Mixing humor with folklore, the episode balances skeptical theories and fond storytelling about a strange regional cryptid.

Episode 21- Return to Beaver Island: The Mormons, The Cannon, and The Shot That Started It All

On this rambunctious podcast episode, the hosts revisit the strange history of Beaver Island: the rise of James Strang, his self-declared kingship among a Mormon splinter group, the violent clashes with Irish fishermen, and the mysterious rumors of buried treasure and counterfeit minting on the island.Through drunken banter and dark humor, they weigh Strang’s political successes, his controversial actions, and the chaotic aftermath that led to his assassination and the forced removal of his followers.