Histories and Mysteries with Jessica and Janel

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The family living at the Bavarian homestead of Hinterkaifeck had their share of dark secrets. None darker than their gruesome deaths at the hands of an unknown attacker, who had likely been living for several days, unnoticed, in the family's attic. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Some of us are not defined by how we choose to live, but rather how we choose to die. Tune in to our second part on celebrity author and failed paramilitary leader Mishima Yukio. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

How does a celebrated Japanese author wind up becoming a fascist cult leader and attempting a coup to reinstate the Emperor of Japan in the year 1970? Listen to find out. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

There are many theories about what happened to Joan Risch: Murder, Suicide, or an Intentional Disappearance. None fully explain the evidence she left behind. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

In 2013, former drug addict David Sullivan attacked his elderly mother. In 2015, former high school rugby star Thomas Chan brutally murdered his own father. Both suffered sever psychotic breaks, but due to a quirk in Canadian law, both were convicted. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Time for the second part of our episode on the Halifax Explosion and what is essentially a two hour body horror content warning! soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

December 6, 1917, 9:05:35 A.M. - the exact moment of the largest accidental explosion the world has ever known. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Worst place to have a breakdown? We'd have to say in a wooden boat hundreds of miles from human civilization in one of the most inhospitable climates on the planet before the popularization of two-way radio. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

On today's episode of FFF: an immigrant cook accidentally proves the power of hand-washing by infecting over 50 people with a deadly disease,Jessica develops a psychosomatic fever sweat, and Janel becomes a full-on Typhoid Mary apologist. Enjoy. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Let's join Robert Falcon Scott on the worst journey on earth on part two of the race to the South Pole. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

A race to the bottom of the world for national glory in a day and age where boats were still made primarily of wood -- what could go wrong, besides everything? soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Here's another fresh episode of FFF where Janel discusses a near 40 year old cold case and Jessica quadruples down on her questionable opinions about the Church of Latter Day Saints. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Genderless. Undead. Prophet. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Part two of the Ecole Polytechnique Massacre, focusing on the events of December 6, 1989 and their aftermath, including the divergence of American and Canadian guns laws. Join us today as Janel and Jessica finally get canceled, but only in Alabama. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

The Montreal Massacre of 1989 has for 30 years held the dubious honor of Canada's deadliest school shooting. Part of the answer lies in the personal history of the killer: Marc Lépine, Known Misogynist and Complete Fucking Loser. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Maybe she just needs some space, hmm scientists?

My New Year's resolution is to update my blog on a regular schedule, so without further ado, here's a post about the time I saw a woman eat 4lbs of peanut butter on the N train. allwitnobrevity.com/a-field-guide-…

Undermining the Nazi war machine from the inside. Staying alive behind enemy lines. Daring escapes with one arm tied behind her back and one foot blown off in a hunting accident. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

Virginia Hall: secretary, amputee, and one of WWII cleverest and effective allied spies. soundcloud.com/user-41098980/…

When my boyfriend suggested I do something about my caffeine withdrawal headaches, apparently the answer he wanted was “cut down on coffee” and not “keg-stand on an espresso machine”.