Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's be
Sarah tells guest host Jamie Loftus about the Amityville Horror, how it’s a Christmas story, and why
Jamelle Bouie explains to Sarah what the Reconstruction era was, why it remains relevant today, and
Emma Berquist stops by to tell us about how true crime doesn't have to make us better people, a
Special Guest Jamie Loftus tells Sarah about Ed and Lorraine Warren (of The Conjuring and Annabelle
Special guest Dana Schwartz tells Sarah about Catherine the Great. Topics of interest include the ve
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From our friends at Maintenance Phase, the story of how Nestlé executives, global health institution
Mike tells Sarah how a tragic story became a national punchline and a decades-long moral panic. Digr
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This week, the defense hires Alan Dershowitz, Marcia Clark questions witnesses and Jill Shively trie
This week we debunk Mike Warnke right out of his cabin and into the lake, using Cornerstone Magazine
We finish our San Bernardino joyride through Mike Warnke’s 1972 “memoir” with a hex, a horrible crim
We continue our journey through Mike Warnke's 1972 "memoir" about his rise through th
Sarah and Mike return to Camp You're Wrong About for another Satanic Panic story hour. This tim
Mike and Sarah have big feelings about an enduring debate. Digressions include “Carrie,” party plann
Mike tells Sarah about an impending conflict, a dissident singer and America's first internet-e
Mike tells Sarah how liberal magazines turned a "kids these days" moral panic into a natio
Bob Shapiro is on a mission from God, F. Lee Bailey joins the Dream Team, and we get in our DeLorean
Special guest Cassie da Costa tells Mike and Sarah how Vanessa fell from grace and picked herself ba
Mike reached new levels of rantiness on his other show and we wanted to make sure all our beloved de
