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Family Plot
An odd dad a loving mom and their 17 year old son exploring the history in a peculiar world. Discussions will be kept PG-13. Hosted by Dean Boese, Lauura Williams and Arthur Williams. Become a supporter of this podcast: patreon.com/FamilyPlotPodcast .
Episodes
Family PlotEpisode 208 The Poet and the Musician - The Story of Bonnie and Clyde
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…
Family PlotEpisode 207 The Apollo 11 Moon Landing
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…
Family PlotEpisode 206 Anne Bonny and Mary Read - Piracy and Freedom
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…
Family PlotEpisode 205 Doctor Sam Sheppard - Wrestling with Loss featuring 'Chronic' Chris Page
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…
Family PlotEpisode 204 Stand for Something - The Life of Rosa Parks
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…
Family PlotEpisode 203 The Saga of One-Eyed Charley - A PRIDE month special episode
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…
Family PlotEpisode 202 Aliens at the Ariel School
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…
Family PlotEpisode 201 The Curious Murder of the Hammersmith Ghost
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…
Family PlotEpisode 200 Searching For the Amber Room
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…
Family PlotEpisode 199 Ambrose Bierce Iconic American Author and the Devil's Delight
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…
Family PlotEpisode 198 Ching Shih, China's Pirate Queen
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…
Family PlotEpisode 197 Fairy Tale Origins 2 or Make Sure the Puppet Lives!
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…
Family PlotEpisode 196 The Tale of the Black Dahlia
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…
Family PlotEpisode 195 The Kidnapping and Murder of Bobby Greenlease Jr.
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…
Family PlotEpisode 194 A Headless Drummer, A Missing Piper and the other ghosts of Edinburgh Castle
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…
Family PlotEpisode 193: Xunantunich Mayan City and Maiden of the Rock
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…
Family PlotEdpisode 192 Catching the Yorkshire Ripper
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…
Family PlotEpisode 191 The Antikythera Device hits Differentially
On this episode, we discuss the Antikythera Mechanism, a device found in a Roman shipwreck off the Greek Island of Antijythera. Retrieved with several other…
Family PlotEpisode 190 Meeting the Honey Island Swamp Monster
Welcome to another episode of the Family Plot Podcast! In this episode Krysta debates as Pinkie Pie, and performs a poem about sunflowers. Then we sit back and…
Family PlotEpisode 189 The Game is Afoot The Folklore of Sherlock Holmes
In this episode, we talk Sherlock Holmes, his brilliant mind, his mastery of the arts of observation and deduction and so much more. We talk the Sherlock…
Family PlotEpisode 188 Killer Candy: The Case of Cordelia Botkin with Special Guest SoFettUp
In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean are joined by cosplayer, Mistress of All Things Hope It Holds Cosplay & Props, SoFettUp. Fett is also a member of the…
Family PlotEpisode 187 Camping in Cabin 187 in the Hoia Baciu Forest w/ Dan B Fierce
This week, we are joined by author Dan B. Fierce as we discuss the Hoia Baciu Forest in Romania. We also talk Dan and my's days at a Westport (in Kansas City)…
Family PlotEpisode 186 Hanging at Captain Tony's Key West Saloon
In this episode, Krysta, Laura and Dean discuss Key West, it's history and specifically, the business currently located at 428 Greene Street, Captain Tony's…
Family PlotEpisode 185 The Unsolved Murder of Sir Harry Oakes or Why Dean hates the Duchess of Windsor in 1943
So in this episode Laura, Krys and Dean discuss Valentines Day, mostly in Krysta's corner before we dig into the life of Harry Oakes. We discuss his life, how…
Family PlotEpisode 184 The Legend of Pecos Bill
This week we discuss folklore, American style as we discuss Pecos Bill. We discuss his author, Edward "Tex" Sinnett O'Reilly, his author's life as an American…
Family PlotEpisode 183 Four Dead in Ohio:The Massacre at Kent State
In this episode, Krysta talks Supernatural and butterflies in her corner and then we discuss the happenings at Kent State University in Kent Ohio on May 4th…
Family PlotEpisode 182 The Axeman of New Orleans
This week Family Plot Podcast goes full true crime AND folklore with a little visit to New Orleans in 1919 to meet an unknown serial killer who is forever tied…
Family PlotEpisode 181 Professor Houdini in Saint Joseph
In this episode we discuss Echo as well as the Legend of Vox Machina before we discuss a few things in Krysta's Corner and then we settle down to discuss a…
Family PlotEpisode 180 Marilyn Monroe, Queen of Hollywood's Golden Age
In this episode Krysta, Laura and Dean examine the life of Norma Jean Mortenson and how she changed into film star Marilyn Monroe. We learn about her life, her…
Family PlotEpisode 179 New Year's Weird
In this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean cover the stories the've done in 2023 as well as a few last minute stories and wish plenty of well upon their listeners…
Family PlotEpisode 178 Hanging Out At the Alaskan Bar & Hotel
This week, Krysta, Laura and Dean examine the Alaskan Bar and Hotel in Juneau Alaska. We discuss a brief history of the state, how Juneau became the capital…
Family PlotEpisode 177 Christmas Tales 2023 with Jane Nightshade
In this episode, Krys, Laura and Dean are joined by author Jane Nightshade as they discuss four tales of Christmas covering folktales, history, true crime AND…
Family PlotEpisode 176 Cu Chulainn Hero of Celtic Myth
This week, we dig into the myth of Cu Chulainn, Irish hero and prime example of great story-telling with some troubling narratives aside. We discuss his…
Family PlotEpisode 175 LA's Lizard Underground
On this episode of the Family Plot Podcast, we go to LA in 1934 to discuss the LA Times article about the discovery of a 'lizard city' beneath Los Angeles. The…
Family PlotEpisode 174 Sacagawea and the Corps of Discovery
In this episode we discuss Sacagawea! How she came to join Lewis and Clark's Corps of discovery what her role was, what she did unofficially and about her life…
Family PlotEpisode 173 24 Hours Later the Death of Two Teens in Little Falls, MN
A burglar breaks into your home, what do you do? David Byron Smith, 64, responded by installing video surveillance and when he saw the person he believed to be…
Family PlotEpisode 172 Mary Pickford Queen of Silent Movies
In this episode, Krysta takes us into her corner to tell us about school and how holiday stress is beginning to creep in. She also talks about how hard it is…
Family PlotEpisode 171 Of Brendas and Boomtown Rats: The Cleveland Elementary Shooting
In this episode, we investigate the first highly publicized school shooting in the United States. We head back to 1979 and meet 16 year old Brenda Ann Spencer…
Family PlotEpisode 170 The Crimes of Jack the Ripper
In this episode of the Family Plot Podcast we talk Jack the Ripper! His most likely victims, the area of Whitechapel in 1888, suspects and so much more. Krysta…
Family PlotEpisode 169 Robert the Doll
This episode sees us revisit Robert the Doll from our haunted dolls episode (this was a ways back). We talk his origin, how he came to be the property of…
Family PlotEpisode 168 The Masked Killers of Pocatello Idaho
In this episode, we discuss a murder that happened in Pocatello Idaho in 2006. The killers wore masks and tried to terrorize and torture their victim before…
Family PlotEpisode 167 A House In Amityville
So, this episode is packed full of all the things. IN Krysta's Corner she discusses her first oratory AND her Halloween Costume and Mom chimes in with hers as…
Family PlotEpisode 166 Welcome to Haunted Atchison, KS
In this episode of the Family Plot Podcast, Krys talks makeup and Halloween costumes in her corner before we dive deep into our topic Haunted Atchison Kansas…
Family PlotEpispde 165 The Life and Death of Butch Cassidy
Hey everyone! This episode is a fun jaunt through the Wild West as we talk Robert Leroy Parker aka Butch Cassidy. We talk his birth, his life, his crimes, his…
Family PlotEpisode 164 Giants, Wolves and Trolls - Fairy Tales and their Beginnings
In this episode, we briefly hear from Lexi asking about Fairy tales before we dive deep into this topic. Bur first, as always, Krysta has some words from her…
Family PlotEpisode 163 The Curse of Bhangarh Fort
In this episode, Krys talks school in her corner while Dean layeth the (audio) slappeth down on Laura's light puns prompting Krys to revolt with the monitor…
Family PlotEpisode 162 Brother XII and his Aquarian Society
So in this episode, Krys goes into her corner to tell us about school, about how tired high school makes her, about Genshin Impact and so much more. Then we…
Family PlotEpisode 161 The Unique History and Odd Hauntings of the Tower of London
So, the Tower of London? A nearly 1000 year old landmark and now, a part of the monarchy's real estate holdings but what do you know about it? Today, we talk…
Family PlotEpisode 160 Murder, Incorporated or The Killer Candy Store
So, in this episode, we go to New York in the 1930's where Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, and Bugsy Siegel took over the Mob in New York City, leading to the…
Family PlotEpisode 159 Myths of the Moon-Eyed People
So in this episode, Krysta discusses her new squishmellow, a new Monster High doll and life in general in her corner before we get down to discussing the…
Family PlotEpisode 158 The Stonewall Uprising or Free to be Gay in the USA
In this episode, Krysta takes us to her corner to discuss her newest fursona and then we tackle a historic subject, the Stonewall Uprising (also called the…
Family PlotEpisode 157 Ghosts and Glamor, Hollywood's Roosevelt Hotel
This episode we head back to LA in the 1920's and we look into LA's famous Roosevelt Hotel. Built in the late 1920's, financed by some of the greatest names in…
Family PlotEpisode 156 Judge Crater Please Call Your Office
This week, the Family covers a lot including Krysta talking more about the Miraculous Ladybug in her corner, Dean suggesting a format for Patreon shows and in…
Family PlotEpisode 155 The Life and Legend of Jesse James
On Today's episode, Krysta takes us into her appreciation of the Miraculous Ladybug series and then we get into the life, times and crimes of Jesse James. We…
Family PlotEpisode 153 The Mystery of the Villisca Axe Murders
On this episode, Krysta talks to us about the upcoming 5 Nights at Freddy's movie and her experiences with the game. She also discusses her new fursona, a Koi…
Family PlotEpisode 152 Lost, the Story of Japanese WWII Holdouts
There is so much in this episode, the internet can barely contain it! First . Krysta discusses a recent trip to see 'Jesus Christ, Superstar' at Starlight…
Family PlotEpisode 151 The Tragedy of the Willey Family
This week, Krysta, Laura and Dean go to Crawford Notch, Vermont this time to learn about the Willey Family who had intended to go into the Inn business before…
Family PlotEpisode 150 Materializing Missouri Medium John H Mott
On this episode, Laura, Krysta and Dean are joined by member of the extended Family, Cheryl Holland as they discuss the fan-suggested topic of Materializing…
Family PlotEpisode 149: The Mokele-Mbembe: Myth or Monster?
Today, Laura, Krysta and Dean go to Africa in search of the legend of the Mokele-Mbembe, a thirty five foot long dinosaur-like cryptid. It is a creature famed…
Family PlotEpisode 148 Weirdness and Death in the White House
Who planned the Original White House? How many architects in total have worked on the White House. Who created the Oval Office? The Rose Garden? Who died in…