Episode Guide
| Ep. Number | Guest | Synopsis | Listen Here |
|---|---|---|---|
| *Bonus* Slide Charts in Hollywood | Nanette Keir - |  | Check It Out On Patreon |
| Ep. 282 | Nanette Keir - | In this episode of Fascinating Nouns, I finally fulfill a 14-year obsession by sitting down with Nanette Keir, the creative force and public face of American Slide Chart, to explore the full history of the company and the industry it inhabits. From Perrygraf — founded in 1934 by Lester Perry in Maywood, Illinois, and so synonymous with the product that 'perrygraf' became the generic term for a slide wheel — to the bootstrap founding of American Slide Chart by James E. Johnson in 1970, to the moment in 1988 when American Slide Chart became so successful it bought back its parent company and became the largest producer of slide charts in the world. Along the way the conversation covers the Oughtred Society (the secret underground organization dedicated to the preservation of slide rules and calculating devices), the surprising and poignant story of company president Julie Anne Johnson, the tactile analog comeback driven by digital fatigue, and why volvelles and popup polyhedrons might be having their moment again. This episode is essential listening for anyone interested in print history, information design, Chicago business history, analog technology, or the quiet persistence of companies that do one thing extraordinarily well." onmouseover="this.src='https://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i2hover.png'" onmouseout="this.src='https://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i-2.png'" alt="description_i 2" src="https://fascinatingnouns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/description_i-2.png" width="16" height="15" /> | |
| *Bonus* Fire Walk With Me Into The Return | Scott Meslow - | | |
| Ep. 281 | Scott Meslow - The Strange and Wonderful World of Twin Peaks | | |
| *Bonus* Albert Belmont, Jewish Space Lasers, and Secret Sex Parties | Mike Rothschild - | | |
| Ep. 280 | Mike Rothschild - The World's Greatest Conspiracy Theory | | |
| *Bonus* The Zodiac Letters & A Real Zodiac Killer | Eddie McNamara - | | |
| Ep. 279 | Eddie McNamara - Unmasking the Zodiac Killer | | |
| Ep. 278 | Elisabeth Saake - The Unhinged Thoughts of Plants | | |
| Ep. 277 | Caroline Bicks - Stephen King's Secret Archive | | |
| *Bonus* NDE's and Mystical Time Cessation | Steven Taylor - | | |
| Ep. 276 | Steven Taylor - How To Expand Time | | |
| Ep. 275 | Gary Weiss - The Crazy Eddie Story is INSANE! | | |
| *Bonus* Giggles in the Trees | Amelia Thomas - Giggles in the Trees | | |
| Ep. 274 | Amelia Thomas - The Science of Animal Communication | | |
| Ep. 273 | Dan Meyer - The Art of Sword Swallowing | | |
| Ep. 272 | Rebecca Sharrock - The Greatest Memory in the World | | |
| *Bonus* Gangsters In Rap | Jeffrey Sussman - When Gangsters In Rap | | |
| Ep. 271 | Jeffrey Sussman - When The Mafia in Rock 'N Roll | | |
| Ep. 270 | John Scanlan - Let's Get Wasted | | |
| Ep. 269 | Al Yellon - Chicago Cubs History | | |
| *Bonus* Solutions to Human Decline | Dr. Henry Gee - Solutions to Human Decline | | |
| Ep. 268 | Dr. Henry Gee - How Humanity Ends | | |
| *Bonus* Movies as Voyeurism | Dr. James Charney - Movies as Voyeurism | | |
| Ep. 267 | Dr. James Charney - Psychopaths & Cinephiles | | |
| Ep. 266 | John O'Connor - Field Notes on Sasquatch Encounters | | |
| Ep. 265 | Dr. Brian Hare - Early Education for Puppies | | |
| Ep. 264 | Tea Krulos -Vampires VS Zombies: The Battle for the White House | | |
| *Bonus* The Legend of Baba Yaga | Noah Charney - The Legend of Baba Yaga | | |
| Ep. 263 | Noah Charney - The First Vampire | | |
| *Bonus* Finding The Waffle King | Jeff Nucera -*Bonus* Finding The Waffle King | | |
| Ep. 262 | Jeff Nucera -Reading "Weird Al"'s Mail | | |
| Ep. 261 | Paul Hynek -Understanding Aliens Through DMT | | |
| *Bonus* The Gong Show in Cinema | Adam Nedeff -*Bonus* The Gong Show In Cinema | | |
| Ep. 260 | Adam Nedeff -The Importance of Being Gonged | | |
| Ep. 259 | Ian Livingstone - The Knight Who Started a Role-playing Revolution | | |
| Ep. 258 | Wes Smoot - Learn to Harp a Slib of Boontling | | |
| *Bonus* TMNT In Video Games | Andrew Farago - *Bonus* TMNT In Video Games | | |
| Ep. 257 | Andrew Farago - TMNT: A Forty Year Phenomenon | | |
| *Bonus* How The Bad News Bears Changed Film History | Noah Gittell - How The Bad News Bears Changed Film History | | |
| Ep. 256 | Noah Gittell - Hits, Heroes, & Homeruns of Baseball Cinema | | |
| Ep. 255 | M. G. Lord - The Evolution of Barbie | | |
| *Bonus* The Mob Also Ran The Pornographic Industry | Jeffrey Sussman - The Mob Also Ran The Pornographic Industry | | |
| Ep. 254 | Jeffrey Sussman - When The Mob Ran Hollywood | | |
| Ep. 253 | Paul H. Smith - Strange Stories of a Psychic Spy | | |
| *Bonus" One Last Question | Russell Targ - One Last Question | | |
| Ep. 252 | Russell Targ - Psychic Spies & Paranormal Research | | |
| Ep. 251 | Justin McHenry - The Search for Lemuria | | |
| Ep. 250 | Dr. Jay Telotte - The When Sci-Fi Invaded Television | | |
| Ep. 249 | Dr. Gene Kritsky - The Coming Cicada Swarm | | |
| Ep. 248 | Mark Dawidziak - The Untold Tales of Edgar Allan Poe | | |
| *Bonus* Pablo Picasso: Art Thief | Noah Charney - Pablo Picasso: Art Thief | | |
| Ep. 247 | Noah Charney - The Guy Who Stole The Mona Lisa | | |
| *Bonus* Avoiding Urban Animals | Rachel Levin - Avoiding Wild Animal Encounters | | |
| Ep. 246 | Rachel Levin - Surviving Wild Animal Encounters | | |
| Ep. 245 | Darrel Perkins - Who Will It End? Let Me Count The Ways | | |
| *Bonus* The Communes of California | Christina Ward - The Communes of California | | |
| Ep. 244 | Christina Ward - How Cults & Communes Cultivated Common Cuisine | | |
| Ep. 243 | Marc Hartzman - A Brief History of Alien Visitation | | |
| Ep. 242 | Heather L. Moulton -Wild West Graveyards | | |
| *Bonus* Adventures in Bodybuilding | Dr. Roy Meals -*Bonus* Adventures in Bodybuilding | | |
| Ep. 241 | Dr. Roy Meals -Muscle - The World's Perfect Motor | | |
| *Bonus* Psychos In Cinema | Brad Weismann -Psychos In Cinema | | |
| Ep. 240 | Brad Weismann -Monster Movies & Creature Features | | |
| Ep. 239 | Kurt Kuersteiner -Haunted Houses, Horror Hosts, & Monster Cards | | |
| *Bonus* Russians, Retirees, & Ricin | Dr. Neil Bradbury-Russians, Retirees & Ricin | | |
| Ep. 238 | Dr. Neil Bradbury-Famous Poisons & How They Work | | |
| Ep. 237 | Nat Segaloff -How The Exorcist Possessed Pop Culture | | |
| Ep. 236 | Gary Flinn -The Last of the Kewpee Hamburg Hotels | | |
| *Bonus* Life After Loeb | Erik Rebain -Life After Loeb | | |
| Ep. 235 | Erik Rebain -Loeb & Leopold: Lies, Love, & Lechery | | |
| Ep. 234 | Dr. Henry Gee -Why Do Elves Live Forever? and other LOTR Science | | |
| Ep. 233 | Paul Blake Smith -Pres. Nixon, Jackie Gleason, and Four Dead Aliens | | |
| *Bonus* Klondike Characters in Hollywood | Michael Gates -Klondike Characters in Hollywood | | |
| Ep. 232 | Michael Gates -The Frozen Film Find of Dawson City | | |
| Ep. 231 | Dr. Ashley Polasek -Sherlock Holmes: Spy Glasses & Singlestick | | |
| *Bonus* Meeting Jack Chick | Kuer Kuersteiner -Meeting Jack Chick | | |
| Ep. 230 | Kurt Kuersteiner -Jack Chick: The Christian Crusader Comic Creator | | |
| Ep. 229 | Tyler Dunne -The Tight End: Football's Ultimate Position | | |
| Ep. 228 | David Auerbach -Rise of the Meganets | | |
| Ep. 227 | Dr. Gerald LeBlanc -Chemicals: The Good, The Bad, & The Unhealthy | | |
| Ep. 226 | John Dover -Portals, Petroglyphs, and UAPs | | |
| *Bonus* The Future of Game Shows | Adam Nedeff -The Future of Game Shows | | |
| Ep. 225 | href="https://fascinatingnouns.com/adam-nedeff/">Adam Nedeff -Month Hall: The Ultimate Dealmaker | | |
| *Bonus* The End of the O.S.S. | John Lisle -The End of the O.S.S. | | |
| Ep. 224 | John Lisle -'Wild Bill' & the O.S.S. - A C.I.A. Origin Story | | |
| Ep. 223 | Greg DeSanto -The Life of a Circus Clown | | |
| Ep. 222 | Dave Hoekstra -The Fate of Local Newspapers | | |
| *Bonus* Slime in Pop Culture | Susanne Wedlich -Slime in Pop Culture | | |
| Ep. 221 | Susanne Wedlich - Sexy Slime, Gorgeous Goo, & Outrageous Ooze | | |
| *Bonus* Hey Thanksgiving, where do pies come from? | Michael Krondl - Hey Thanksgiving, where do pies come from? | | |
| Ep. 220 | Michael Krondl - The History of Holiday Deserts | | |
| Ep. 219 | Debra Fine - How Small Talk Can Lead To Big Things | | |
| Ep. 218 | Bruce Adams - kranky Records & The Chicago Indie Rock Scene | | |
| Ep. 217 | Guy Windsor - The Medieval Art of Sword Fighting | | |
| Ep. 216 | David Boop - Tales of the Weird West | | |
| Ep. 215 | Dr. Kendall Phillips - Carl Kolchak: Your Friendly Neighborhood Vampire Hunter | | |
| Ep. 214 | Harris Cooper - From Barrels to Beakers: The Evolution of American Whiskey | | |
| Ep. 213 | Gina Perry - The Milgram Obedience Experiments | | |
| Ep. 212 | Jon Guy - An Instruction Booklet for the Brain | | |
| *Bonus* Powdered Cheese and Restructured Meat | Anastacia Marx de Salcedo - Powdered Cheese and Restructured Meat | | |
| Ep. 211 | Anastacia Marx de Salcedo - How The Military Designed Our Food | | |
| *Bonus* The Epilogue | Gary Wietgrefe - The Epilogue | | |
| Ep. 210 | Gary Wietgrefe - Biking Almost 3000 Miles to A North Pole | | |
| Ep. 209 | Meg Hafdahl - The Science of Stephen King | | |
| *Bonus* The Fox's Confidant | Dave Hoekstra - The Fox's Confidant | | |
| Ep. 208 | Dave Hoekstra - Livin' That RV Life | | |
| *Bonus* The Free Will Delusion | Dr. Stuart Vyse - The Free Will Delusion | | |
| Ep. 207 | Dr. Stuart Vyse - Use Your Delusions | | |
| Ep. 206 | Lydia Denworth - Mastering the Art of Friendship | | |
| *Bonus* They Drove a Spacecraft Down Main Street? | Tom Carey - They Drove a Spacecraft Down Main Street? | | |
| Ep. 205 | Tom Carey - Those Who Witnessed Roswell - 75 Years Later | | |
| Ep. 204 | Rev. Ivan Stang - J. R. 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the SubGenius | | |
| *Bonus* Supervillains Ascend! | Tea Krulos - Supervillains Ascend! | | |
| Ep. 203 | Tea Krulos - Superheroes Are Real, and They're Spectacular! | | |
| Ep. 202 | Hank Garrett - From The Streets of New York to the Sets of Los Angeles | | |
| *Bonus* How Humans Will Go Extinct | Dr. Henry Gee - How Humans Will Go Extinct | | |
| Ep. 201 | Dr. Henry Gee - The History of the Earth Told In One Hour | | |
| *Bonus* How To Sell A Movie In 13 Impossible To Follow Steps | Steve Vitolo - How To Sell A Movie In 13 Impossible To Follow Steps | | |
| Ep. 200 | Steve Vitolo - Seinfeld, Scripts, and Winning Serious Awards | | |
| Ep. 199 | Gina Perry - The Robber's Cave Experiment | | |
| Ep. 198 | Arika Okrent - Why Is The English Language So Weird? | | |
| Ep. 197 | Donald Jeffries - The Ephemeral Nature of Fame | | |
| Ep. 196 | Ace Collins - The Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Songs | | |
| *Bonus* Cracking Prince's Vault | Dave McOmie - Cracking Prince's Vault | | |
| Ep. 195 | Dave McOmie - Opening The Vault of Safecracking Secrets | | |
| Ep. 194 | Marc Hartzman - A Conversation About Ghosts | | |
| Ep. 193 | Dr. Debbie Felton - Serial Killers in Antiquity | | |
| *Bonus* The Rise of Alex Jones and InfoWars | Tea Krulos - The Rise of Alex Jones and InfoWars | | |
| Ep. 192 | Tea Krulos - The Proliferation of Conspiracy Theories | | |
| Ep. 191 | Chris Marinello - How To Recover a Pilfered Picasso | | |
| Ep. 190 | Stephen Kinzer - MK-ULTRA: The C.I.A.'s Secret Mind Control Project | | |
| Ep. 189 | Bo Shaffer - The Legend of The Frozen Dead Guy | | |
| Ep. 188 | Jim Davidson - Surviving Mt. Everest | | |
| Ep. 187 | Dan Kovalik - The Cancer of Cancel Culture | | |
| Ep. 186 | Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum - The Science of Sasquatch | | |
| *Bonus* A Mermaid's Tale | Jamie DeWolf - A Mermaid's Tale | | |
| Ep. 185 | Jamie DeWolf - The Fight Club of Underground Art | | |
| *Bonus* The Scientific Analysis of Betty's Dress | Kathleen Marden - The Scientific Analysis of Betty's Dress | | |
| Ep. 184 | Kathleen Marden - The Betty & Barney Hill UFO Abduction Story | | |
| *Bonus* The Stupidest Crime in California History | Bob Calhoun - The Stupidest Crime in California History | | |
| Ep. 183 | Bob Calhoun - Crime and the Evolution of San Fransisco | | |
| *Bonus* Authentically 90's: Floppy Disks, Analog Video, and 99 Cent Rentals | Sandi Harding - Authentically 90's: Floppy Disks, Analog Video, and 99 Cent Rentals | | |
| Ep. 182 | Sandi Harding - The Last Blockbuster on the Planet | | |
| *Bonus* The Future of Death | Jenny Kleeman - The Future of Death | | |
| Ep. 181 | Jenny Kleeman - Sex Robots, Artificial Wombs, and Lab-Grown Meat | | |
| Ep. 180 | Dr. Doug Mungin - Down On Skid Row | | |
| *Bonus* The Original Batmobile | Robert Garcia - The Original Batmobile | | |
| Ep. 179 | Robert Garcia - The 1966 Batman Bat-show | | |
| Ep. 178 | Floyd Webb - The Curious Life of Count Dante | | |
| Ep. 177 | Bob Calhoun - The Weird World of Incredibly Strange Wrestling | | |
| Ep. 176 | Anthony Amore - Rose Dugdale: From Debutante to Art Thief | | |
| *Bonus* The Worst Fashion Trends in History | Catherine Horwood - The Worst Fashion Trends in History | | |
| Ep. 175 | Catherine Horwood - Houseplants: A History | | |
| Ep. 174 | Ben Siepser - From Rocket Engineering to Neuroscience | | |
| *Bonus* The Brilliance of Trader Joe's | Benjamin Lorr - The Brilliance of Trader Joe's | | |
| Ep. 173 | Benjamin Lorr - The Hidden World of the Grocery Store | | |
| Ep. 172 | Archbishop Ron Feyl-Enright - The Ritual of Exorcism | | |
| *Bonus* Robot Rights | Dr. David Gunkel - Robot Rights | | |
| Ep. 171 | Dr. David Gunkel - Preparing for the Robot Incursion | | |
| Ep. 170 | Eleanor Herman - The Sex Lives of Presidents | | |
| Ep. 169 | Brad Gilmore - The Back to the Future Trilogy | | |
| Ep. 168 | Eric Kurlander - The Fringe Science & Supernatural Beliefs of the Third Reich | | |
| Ep. 167 | Dr. Brian Hare - Survival of the Friendliest | | |
| *Bonus* The Epilogue | Walter Wyatt, Jr. - The Epilogue | | |
| Ep. 166 | Walter Wyatt, Jr. - Surviving the Shark Filled Sea | | |
| Ep. 165 | Rod Crawford - The Not So Sinister Spider | | |
| Ep. 164 | Yinzerella - The Joy of Retro Cooking | | |
| Ep. 163 | Chris Looney - Chasing The Murder Hornet | | |
| Ep. 162 | Leonard Kinsey - The Hidden Secrets of Disney | | |
| Ep. 161 | Christopher J. Ferguson - The Craziness Caused By COVID-19 | | |
| *Bonus* The Madness of the Masses | Christopher J. Ferguson - The Madness of the Masses | | |
| Ep. 160 | Christopher J. Ferguson - How Madness Shaped History | | |
| *Bonus* The Celebrities and Artifacts of Weeki Wachee Springs | Rita King - The Celebrities and Artifacts of Weeki Wachee Springs | | |
| Ep. 159 | Rita King - The Weeki Wachee Mermaids | | |
| *Bonus* Weaponized Flatulence | Dr. Dani Rabaiotti - Weaponized Flatulence | | |
| Ep. 158 | Dr. Dani Rabaiotti - Slimy Creatures of the Animal Kingdom | | |
| *Bonus* Jesus Christ - Comedian | Gary Gagliardi - Jesus Christ - Comedian | | |
| Ep. 157 | Gary Gagliardi - Sun Tzu's The Art of War | | |
| *Bonus* Extravagant Colt Accessories | Jeffrey Richardson - Extravagant Colt Accessories | | |
| Ep. 156 | Jeffrey Richardson - Colt Revolver: Handgun of the American West | | |
| *Bonus* The Fraggle Wrangler and the White House | Guy Gilchrist - The Fraggle Wrangler and the White House | | |
| Ep. 155 | Guy Gilchrist - Illustrating The Muppets | | |
| *Bonus* The Many Molds of Mold-A-Rama | Paul Jones - The Many Molds of Mold-A-Rama | | |
| Ep. 154 | Paul Jones - Mold-A-Rama | | |
| *Bonus* Howard Hughes and RKO Studios | Jeffrey Richardson - Howard Hughes and RKO Studios | | |
| Ep. 153 | Jeffrey Richardson - Howard Hughes in Hollywood | | |
| Ep. 152 | Dr. Michael Dennin - A Scientific Formula For Free Will | | |
| Ep. 151 | Doug Dyment - The Art of Traveling Lightly | | |
| *Bonus* Dia de los Muertos | Lisa Morton - Dia de los Muertos | | |
| Ep. 150 | Lisa Morton - The Haunted History of Halloween | | |
| *Bonus* Zombies in Pop Culture | Roger Luckhurst - Zombies In Pop Culture | | |
| Ep. 149 | Roger Luckhurst - The Creepy History of the Common Corridor | | |
| *Bonus* Classic Toy Origins | Tim Walsh - Classic Toy Origins | | |
| Ep. 148 | Tim Walsh - Classic Toys | | |
| *Bonus* Creating a Neon Sign | Todd Sanders - Creating a Neon Sign | | |
| Ep. 147 | Todd Sanders - The Art of Neon Signs | | |
| *Bonus* The Billy Mitchell Situation | Walter Day - The Billy Mitchell Situation | | |
| Ep. 146 | Walter Day - The Father of Esports | | |
| *Bonus* Rare Video Game Artifacts | Sean Kelly - Rare Video Game Artifacts | | |
| Ep. 145 | Sean Kelly - A Brief History of Video Games | | |
| *Bonus* The Magnificence of Mustard | Barry Levenson - The Magnificence of Mustard | | |
| Ep. 144 | Barry Levenson - Weird Food Laws | | |
| Ep. 143 | Jason Achilles - Microphones On Mars | | |
| *Bonus* Implanting False Memories | Dr. Elizabeth Loftus - Implanting False Memories | | |
| Ep. 142 | Dr. Elizabeth Loftus - The Inaccuracies of Eyewitness Testimony | | |
| *Bonus* More Design Flaws of the Human Body | Dr. Nathan Lents - More Design Flaws of the Human Body | | |
| Ep. 141 | Dr. Nathan Lents - Design Flaws of the Human Body | | |
| *Bonus* Cheerleading's Greatest Rivalry | Dr. Natalie Adams - Cheerleading's Greatest Rivalry | | |
| Ep. 140 | Dr. Natalie Adams - The Evolution of Cheerleading | | |
| *Bonus* Alien Phenomena | Derrel Sims - Alien Phenomena | | |
| Ep. 139 | Derrel Sims - Alien Implants | | |
| *Bonus* The Strange Artifacts of Diablo Manor | Scott McClelland - The Strange Artifacts of Diablo Manor | | |
| Ep. 138 | Scott McClelland - Carnival Diablo - The Last Great Sideshow | | |
| *Bonus* The Celebrities of Braidwood, Illinois | George Kocek - The Celebrities of Braidwood Illinois | | |
| Ep. 137 | George Kocek - The Small Town Sage of Braidwood Illinois | | |
| *Bonus* Stories From A Shantytown | Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall - Stories From A Shantytown | | |
| Ep. 136 | Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall - The Hangover Cure | | |
| Ep. 135 | Stephen Wynne - The Future of the DeLorean | | |
| *Bonus* The Decline of the DeLorean | Barrie Wills - The Decline of the DeLorean | | |
| Episode 134 | Barrie Wills - The Rise of the DeLorean | | |
| Episode 133 | Tom Watkins - The Planet's Premiere Pet P.I. | | |
| *Bonus* Weird License Plate Stories | Jeff Minard - Weird License Plate Stories | | |
| Episode 132 | Jeff Minard - The History of License Plates | | |
| Episode 131 | Dr. James Fallon - The World's Friendliest Psychopath | | |
| *Bonus* Beating Casino Heat | Josh Axelrad - Beating Casino Heat | | |
| Episode 130 | Josh Axelrad - Professional Card Counting | | |
| Episode 129 | Emelyn Rude - The History of Chicken | | |
| Episode 128 | Michael Bream - Electrifying Antique Cars | | |
| Episode 127 | Michael Wallis - The Mother Road - Route 66 | | |
| Episode 126 | Erich von Daniken - Paleocontact | | |
| *Bonus* Game of Thrones Game Theory | Dr. John Donaldson - Game of Thrones Game Theory | | |
| Episode 125 | Dr. John Donaldson - Philosophy of the Simpsons | | |
| *Bonus* Mysterious Tales from the Navajo Nation | Sgt. Stan Milford - Mysterious Tales from the Navajo Nation | | |
| Episode 124 | Lt. John Dover - Paranormal Cases from the Navajo Nation | | |
| *Bonus* The Legacy of Las Vegas | Dr. David Schwartz - The Legacy of Las Vegas | | |
| Episode 123 | Dr. David Schwartz - A Brief History of Gambling | | |
| Episode 122 | Phil Sexton - The Transcontinental Railroad | | |
| Episode 121 | Tom Campbell - Living In A Simulated Universe? | | |
| Episode 120 | Tom Campbell - Out of Body Experiences | | |
| *Bonus* The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Andrew Farago - The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | | |
| Episode 119 | Andrew Farago - The History of Comic Art | | |
| Episode 118 | Captain Charles Moore - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch | | |
| *Bonus* Spotting Psychic Scams | Lisa Barretta - Spotting Psychic Scams | | |
| Episode 117 | Lisa Barretta - The Mystic Art of Tattooing | | |
| *Bonus* The Forlorn Hope | Michael Wallis - The Forlorn Hope | | |
| Episode 116 | Michael Wallis - The Donner Party | | |
| *Bonus* Modern Poisonings | Eleanor Herman - Modern Poisonings | | |
| Episode 115 | Eleanor Herman - The History of Poison | | |
| Episode 114 | Linda Moulton Howe - The Robocalypse | | |
| *Bonus* The Creatures of Kcymaerxthaere | Eames Demetrios - The Creatures of Kcymaerxthaere | | |
| Episode 113 | Eames Demetrios - The Parallel Universe of Kcymaerxthaere | | |
| Episode 112 | Mitch Horowitz - The Mystical Side of Jack Parsons | | |
| *Bonus* Airport Carpeting and Clown Prohibition | George Pendle - Airport Carpeting and Clown Prohibition | | |
| Episode 111 | George Pendle - The Mysterious Life of Jack Parsons | | |
| *Bonus* How Barbed Wire Brought a University to DeKalb | Steve Bigolin - How Barbed Wire Brought a University to DeKalb | | |
| Episode 110 | Steve Bigolin - The Barbed Wire Barons | | |
| *Bonus* The End of the Wild West | Bill O'Neal - The End of the Wild West | | |
| Episode 109 | Bill O'Neal - Personalities of the Wild West | | |
| Episode 108 | Lourinda Bray - The History of Carousels | | |
| Episode 107 | Paul Bearer/Percy Pringle III - WWE Manager | | |
| Episode 106 | Mike Headley - The Homestake Mine/Sanford Lab | | |
| *Bonus* Body Snatching Parasites | Kathleen McAuliffe - Body Snatching Parasites | | |
| Episode 105 | Kathleen McAuliffe - Mind Controlling Parasites | | |
| Episode 104 | Dick Termes - The World's Leading Spherical Artist | | |
| Episode 103 | Dr. Samuel West - The Museum of Failure | | |
| Episode 102 | Jerry Rowley - The Candy Cane King | | |
| Episode 101 | Dr. Maria Drout - Neutron Star Collision | | |
| Episode 100 | Dr. Cynthia Hunt - The 100th anniversary of the 100 inch Hooker Telescope | | |
| *Bonus* H. H. Holmes as Jack the Ripper | Jeffery Mudgett - H. H. Holmes as Jack the Ripper | | |
| Episode 99 | Jeffery Mudgett - The Descendant of H. H. Holmes | | |
| Episode 98 | Harold Schechter - The History of H. H. Holmes | | |
| Episode 97 | Michael Carbonaro - The Carbonaro Effect | | |
| Episode 96 | Randy Buckmaster - The San Gorgonio Wind Farm | | |
| *Bonus* Hidden Meanings in my Favorite Movies | Robert Sullivan IV - Hidden Meanings in my Favorite Movies | | |
| Episode 95 | Robert Sullivan IV - Esoteric Imagery in Film | | |
| *Bonus* Rubel Castle Blacksmith | John Lybrand - The Rubel Castle Blacksmith | | |
| Episode 94 | Scott Rubel - Rubel Castle | | |
| Episode 93 | Christian Rodriguez - Charles Lummis | | |
| *Bonus* Firefly Vampires | Dr. Sara Lewis - Firefly Vampires | | |
| Episode 92 | Dr. Sara Lewis - Fireflies: The Secret World of the Silent Spark | | |
| *Bonus* Incredible Pathology Examples | Carla Valentine - Incredible Pathology Examples | | |
| Episode 91 | Carla Valentine - St. Bartholomew's Pathology Museum | | |
| *Bonus* The Second Crash Site | Stanton Friedman - The Second Crash Site | | |
| Episode 90 | Stanton Friedman - 70th Anniversary of The Roswell Crash | | |
| Episode 89 | Michael Finkel - Author of "The Stranger in the Woods" | | |
| Episode 88 | Paul Sprangers - Purveyor of Eggplant Jerky | | |
| *Update* Sneaker Culture - Big Baller Brand | Sean 'Paper Chasr' Williams - Recovering Sneakerhead | | |
| Episode 87 | Linda Moulton Howe - Cattle Mutilations | | |
| Episode 86 | Dr. Anita Sengupta - Project Manager for the Cold Atom Laboratory | | |
| *Bonus* Victorian Era Eyeglass Innovations | Jason Merrill - Victorian Era Eyeglass Innovations | | |
| Episode 85 | Jason Merrill - Victorian Era Men's Fashionista | | |
| Episode 84 | William Hanson - Etiquette & Manners Expert | | |
| Episode 83 | Ben Harrison - The Curious Case of Count Carl von Cosel | | |
| Episode 82 | Susan Quinlan - Doll & Teddy Bear Museum & Library | | |
| Episode 81 | William J. Birnes - The Battle of Los Angeles | | |
| Episode 80 | David Way - Curator of The Battleship Iowa | | |
| Episode 79 | Peter Levenda - Author of Ratline | | |
| Episode 78 | Kenny Irwin Jr. - Mastermind behind Robo Lights | | |
| *Bonus* Roller Coaster Innovators | Jim Futrell - Roller Coaster Innovators | | |
| Episode 77 | Jim Futrell - History of Amusement Parks | | |
| Episode 76 | Dr. Michael Dennin - Divine Science | | |
| Episode 75 | Chris Turner - The Ring Finders | | |
| Episode 74 | Robert Murch - Ouija Boards | | |
| *Bonus* Superstitions | Mitch Horowitz - Superstitions | | |
| Episode 73 | Mitch Horowitz - Author of Occult America | | |
| Episode 72 | Richard Trask - Salem Witch Trial Historian | | |
| Episode 71 | John Kreng - Martial Arts Stunt Choreographer | | |
| Episode 70 | James Fletcher - American Presidential Museum | | |
| *Bonus* Mascot Hall Of Fame | David Raymond - Mascot Hall of Fame | | |
| Episode 69 | Ted Giannoulas - First Professional Sports Mascot | | |
| *Bonus* Zombie Fungus | Dr. Britt Bunyard - Professor of Fungal Zombification | | |
| Episode 68 | Dr. Britt Bunyard - Editor of Fungi Magazine, and Master Mycologist | | |
| *Bonus* The Printing Press | Mark Barbour - Executive Director of the International Printing Museum | | |
| Episode 67 | Kevin Bradley - Pope: The Church of Type | | |
| Episode 66 | Carl Baldwin - Curator of The Velveteria | | |
| Episode 65 | President Kevin Baugh - Benevolent Dictator of Molossia | | |
| Episode 64 | Ted Matson - Cultivator of Bonsai Trees | | |
| *Bonus* Pencil Accessories | Caroline Weaver - Guru of Graphite-based script creating utensil accoutrements | | |
| Episode 63 | Caroline Weaver - Devotee of Analogue Writing Technologies | | |
| Episode 62 | Jonas Neubauer - 5x World Tetris Champion | | |
| Episode 61 | Taryn Harper Wright - Internet Hoax Buster | | |
| Episode 60 | Alex Evans - Head Puppeteer at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater | | |
| *Bonus* Honeybee Parasites | Lila Higgins - Entomologist at the Los Angeles National History Museum | | |
| Episode 59 | Keith Roberts - President of The Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association | | |
| Episode 58 | Bill Deeley - President of Punxsutawney Phil's Inner Circle | | |
| Episode 57 | Sean 'Paper Chasr' Williams - Shoe Collector and Kickstorian | | |
| *Bonus* Majewski's Magical Menagerie | Karla Majewski - Exotic Animal Advocate | | |
| Episode 56 | Karla Majewski - Exotic Animal Trainer | | |
| Episode 55 | Nick Bayne - World Champion Cheesemonger | | |
| Episode 54 | Kayla Drescher - History's Next Great Magician | | |
| Episode 53 | Matt Munson - Prop Making Genius | | |
| Episode 52 | David Oman - Inhabitant of The Oman House | | |
| Episode 51 | Jason Belmonte - Bowling Prodigy | | |
| *Bonus* Magnamund Mythology | Joe Dever - Magnamund Historian | | |
| Episode 50 | Joe Dever - Author of Lone Wolf | | |
| Episode 49 | Taylor Rosenbauer - Fingerboarding Legend | | |
| Episode 48 | Seth Porges - Action Park Adventurer | | |
| Episode 47 | Prof. A. G. Gertsacov - Acme Miniature Flea Circus | | |
| Episode 46 | Barbara Harris - Giant Rock and The Integratron | | |
| *Bonus* Zombie Insurance | Dr. James Dow and Dr. Glen Whitman - Insurance Salesmen | | |
| Episode 45 | Dr. James Dow and Dr. Glen Whitman - Economics of the Undead | | |
| Episode 44 | Dr. Deborah Gordon - World's Foremost Expert on Red Harvester Ants | | |
| Oak Island's Masonic Connections | Richard Allan Wagner - Explains all the Masonic Symbology on Oak Island. | | |
| Episode 43 | Richard Allan Wagner - Was William Shakespeare really Sir Francis Bacon? | | |
| Episode 42 | David Blankenship/Rick Lagina: The Mysterious Oak Island - Modern Day Treasure Hunters | | |
| Dark Adventure Radio Theatre | Herbert West: Reanimator - An Olde Time Radio Play | | |
| Episode 41 | H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society - Turning Lovecraft's Fiction into Reality | | |
| Episode 40 | S. T. Joshi - World's Foremost H. P. Lovecraft Expert | | |
| Episode 39 | Seth Porges - Pinball Historian | | |
| Episode 38 | Argena Marie - Tarot Card Reader | | |
| Episode 37 | Richard Wuydts - Cultivator of Carnivorous Plants | | |
| Episode 36 | Wendy Piatek - UFO Researcher and Mom From Indiana | | |
| Episode 35 | Alex Kwechansky - Forensic Accountant | | |
| Episode 34 | Aaron Vanek - Designer of Live Action Role Playing Games | | |
| Episode 33 | Siike Donnelly - Comic Book Author, Historian, and Brain Aneurysm Survivor | | |
| Episode 32 | Kristin and Andy Looney - Masterminds behind Looney Labs Game Company | | |
| Episode 31 | Adam Nedeff - Game Show Aficionado | | |
| Episode 30 | Michael Paul Smith - Master Miniature Model Maker | | |
| *Bonus* The X-Men | Dr. Michael Dennin - Student: Xavier Institute for Higher Learning | | |
| Episode 29 | Dr. Michael Dennin - The Science of Superheroes | | |
| Episode 28 | Mary Brown - The Queen of Quilting | | |
| Episode 27 | Al White - Jive talking guy from Airplane! | | |
| Episode 26 | Chris Dane Owens - Musician and Viral Video Sensation | | |
| Episode 25 | Ben Ziek - World Pun Champion | | |
| *Bonus* Vodou Zombies | Dr. Don Cosentino - Zombie Expert | | |
| Episode 24 | Dr. Don Cosentino - Professor of Hatian Vodou | | |
| Episode 23 | James D. - 60's Psychedelic Experience survivor | | |
| Episode 22 | Tamara Jacobs - Branding Expert | | |
| Episode 21 | Richard Allan Wagner - Researcher of The Winchester Mystery House | | |
| Episode 20 | Dr. Henry Ansgar Kelly - Satan Expert | | |
| Episode 19 | Ken Koury - Nationally Ranked Monopoly Player | | |
| Episode 18 | Richard Smoley - Expert in Mystical Religious traditions, and author of Supernatural | | |
| Episode 17 | George Blackman - Vermiculture, Paramagnetic Energy, Raku Pottery | | |
| Episode 16 | Nancy Lee Bentley - Cultured Foods Expert | | |
| Episode 15 | Bill Land - Communal Living Expert | | |
| Episode 14 | Vernon Mahabal - World's Greatest Palmist | | |
| Episode 13 | Dr. Anita Sengupta - Supersonic Parachute Designer for the Mars Rover Curiosity | | |
| Episode 12 | Libby Clearfield - Children's Book Author | | |
| Episode 11 | Jack Lantz - Toy Train Conductor, Big Band Musician, and Japanese Enthusiast. | | |
| Episode 10 | Chuck Stucker - Raised on Alcatraz | | |
| Episode 9 | Howard Lipp - Shaman and Audio Healer | | |
| Episode 8 | Genii Townsend - Sedona City of Light | | |
| Episode 7 | Xaque Gruber - Hollywood Renaissance Man and Fransisco the Wedding Planner | | |
| Episode 6 | Rhett Allen - Customer Service Advocate | | |
| Episode 5 | Steve Mazan - Stand-up comedian, as well as Star and Producer of "Dying To Do Letterman" | | |
| Episode 4 | Jeff Taub - Circus Clown | | |
| Episode 3 | Jeff Taub - Circus Clown | | |
| Episode 2 | Paul Bearer/Percy Pringle III - WWE Personality and Funeral Director | | |
| Episode 1 | Dr. Barry Taff - Researcher at the UCLA Parapsychology Lab | | |