Podcast Episodes

Ouija Boards

Episode 117

Originally posted on Patreon on March 11, 2024.

As we're exploring tools used by ghost hunters and mediums, let's take a look at the Ouija board, a mass produced version of the talking board, which w…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

Halloween Special: 'Perfect Skin' by L.J. Stanton

Happy Halloween! In celebration, Hallie is proud to present Perfect Skin, a short horror story, written exclusively for the MCP by author L.J. Stanton.

This audiobook will be free for everyone for tw…

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

The Salem Witch Trials pt. 2 - Executions

Episode 131

In the beginning of 1692, young women in Salem village began experiencing strange symptoms, which were soon blamed on witchcraft. The girls began accusing neighbours of bewitching them, escalating th…

Published on 10 months, 4 weeks ago

The Salem Witch Trials pt. 1 - Accusations

Episode 132

In the beginning of 1692, young women in Salem village began experiencing strange symptoms, which were soon blamed on witchcraft. The girls accused three women of bewitching them, but instead of reso…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

The Witch's Door - Ryan Matthew Cohn and Regina Marie Rossi

Episode 130

In this special spooky season episode, Hallie interviews Ryan Matthew Cohn (Oddities) and Regina Marie Rossi (Oddities Flea Market) about their upcoming book The Witch's Door. They talk exploded skul…

Published on 11 months, 4 weeks ago

A Cosy Witchy Mystery: An Interview with Bad Viking Games

Episode 127

MCP host Hallie sites down with John and Rob Donkin, also known as Bad Viking Games, to discuss thier cozy mystery game Strange Horticulture. You are the owner of horticultural shop in the bleak town…

Published on 1 year ago

The Tyburn Tree: Public Execution in England

Episode 128

CW: Detailed descriptions of execution methods and corpse desecration

Before 1868, executions in England were held in designated public spaces. One of these was famous due to its long history as a pl…

Published on 1 year ago

Lizzie Borden (MCP Remastered)

Episode 1

"Lizzie Borden took an axe

and gave her mother 40 whacks.

When she saw what she had done

she gave her father 41." 

Or did she?

In this epic remaster of the MCP's very first episode, we go over the de…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Freak Shows

Episode 126

During the Victorian era, the display of differently abled humans, termed the Freak Show, was a hugely popular form of entertainment. Today this form of entertainment is nearly taboo, but the morbid …

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Tomb of a Mayan King (FOWO)

Episode 109

Originally released on Patreon on Nov 17, 2023

"In this episode, we discuss a rare example of a monumental tomb from the ancient Maya. This tomb is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries in t…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago