Spooky Science Sisters

Cryptid Chemistry: The Squonk!

What would the chemistry of tears need to be to dissolve a body? Why did lumberjacks tell so many weird stories? What do pigs think about their own reflections? We answer

Dinosaurs to Dragons with Elizabeth Shreeve

For this Substitute Sister episode, Meagan is joined by author Elizabeth Shreeve to talk about her new book, Dinosaurs to Dragons, which is all about the origins of and p

Behind the Scenes for Our 1-Year-Bookaversary!

Join us for a behind the scenes look at Spooky Science, where we share some fun stories that we wish had made it into the final cut of the book, and some musings about th

Spooky 7

It's time for another round of Short and Spooky stories! From hidden noises in haunted houses to microscopic threats in ancient tombs, this episode features two stor

The Loveland Frogman

Along a stretch of the Little Miami River in Loveland, Ohio, tales are told about encounters with a strange and, if the drawings are to be believed, surprisingly bootylic

Mokele-mbembe: The (Not) Living Dinosaur

Mokele-mbembe is a sauropod-like cryptid that has been luring cryptozoology's most optimistic explorers into some of the world's most remote swamps for over a c

The Science of Superstition

Almost everyone has at least one superstition they adhere too, and science says that might be for good reason! In this episode, we talk about the origins of two popular s

The Folklore of Geology

For tens of thousands of years, Indigenous Peoples have passed down stories of major geologic events around the world, and many times, we find that modern science is just

Not-So-Strange Things: The Montauk Project

Did the U.S. government conduct secret experiments involving mind control, psychic warfare, and time travel on a military base in Long Island in the 1970s-80s? Probably n

Keeping It 100 For Our 100th Episode!

Whether it's a game of 100 ghost stories or the 100-year-old disappearance of a famous mystery writer, we're keeping it 100 with 100-themed stories for our 100t

A Short & Spooky Christmas

Another holiday season has arrived and we're back with more spooky Christmas traditions. Listen to learn where you can get your hands on some water infused with Sant

The Sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald

As certified Midwesterners living in the Great Lakes region, we couldn't let the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald pass without dedicatin

Halloween Listener Stories VI

Halloween might be over, but you can keep the magic going for a little while longer with our SIXTH round of Halloween Listener Stories! This was a fantastic batch of spoo

Spooky True Crime Vol. 4: The Neuroscience of Serial Killers

It's time for another dive into Spooky True Crime, and in this volume we're taking a look at the science that might explain why some people turn into one of the

El Chupacabra: The Internet's First Cryptid

In this episode, we're digging into the legend of the chupacabra: part horror movie, part tabloid frenzy, and part… sick dog!? From Puerto Rico to Texas, we separate

The Phoenix Lights

On March 13, 1997, thousands of people across Arizona saw strange lights in the sky. They became known as the Phoenix Lights and remain one of the most-documented UFO sig

The Roswell Incident

In this episode, we break down the details of what became one of the most famous UFO incidents to ever occur. Initially dismissed (and accepted by the public) in 1947 as

The Wonderful World of Whirlpools

All of these years we've all been worried about quicksand would have been much better spent worried about whirlpools, which can occur naturally in the ocean and are

Frickin' Bats!

This episode is all about bats! These inherently spooky creatures have a bad reputation that dates back centuries and continues today because of the disease risk they pos

Five Year Anniversary Top Five Countdown

Join us for a celebration of the FIVE YEAR ANNIVERSARY (!!!) of Spooky Science Sisters and listen as we each countdown our top five topics or episodes of the show so far.