Queers for Fears

Nov 11 2024 106 ep. 68 mins 46
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Two queer best friends since toddlerhood talk about the scarier parts of life, death, and everything in between. They take their research seriously, but each other...not so much. 

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Episode 78: Roop Kund and Mad Stones

Nov 11 2024 64 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! Oh my, Listeners. It's been a hot minute. Between some audio equipment failings, Ellie's Big Move and the school year hitting full speed we're, well, a bit behind to say the least. On this week's episode, Ellie discusses the creepy and mysterious Roop Kund and tries to offer some explanation for all those bones. Abby,

Episode 77: Radioactive Quackery and an Amphibious Infant

Sep 02 2024 60 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! On this episode, Ellie takes us to her Chemistry class to learn about isotopes and radioactive "cures" for illness throughout the years. Then, Abby talks about an...interesting experiment on a poor innocent baby by some mad man who (incorrectly) assumed that babies were amphibious and couldn't drown. Oh, you have follo

Episode 76: Man-Eating Tsavo Lions and The Darker History of Watermelon

Aug 12 2024 106 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! On this episode, Ellie discusses the pair of Tsavo Lions who ate "very few humans" (very few is in the eye of the beholder, we suppose!) as well as their post mortem fate. Once again, the real fear is colonialism here on QFF. We know what we're about. Then, Abby discusses one of her favorite summer fruits, the watermel

Episode 75: Wood Island Lighthouse and Plane Accidents

Jul 22 2024 103 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! **there were some tech issues in this episode, so please bear with us regarding the sound quality/echo!** In this episode, we celebrate our annual Besties Trip! We're going to Maine, everybody! In preparation for the trip, Abby discusses the Wood Island Lighthouse's real life horrifying terrors and rumored paranormal e

Episode 74: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon and The Hat Man

Jul 15 2024 78 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! In this episode, Abby talks about the Mas Gasser of Mattoon. In 1944 a string of strange attacks hit Mattoon Illinois. The town was full of panic. Then, Ellie tells us about The Hat Man. Cw: abby: assault, breaking and entering, gas, mysterious illness Ellie: sleep paralysis, disordered sleep Support the show

Episode 73: The Story of Sarah Gonzalez McLinn and OMG, They Were Roommates...in Antarctica?!

Jul 08 2024 78 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! In this episode, Abby talks about Sarah Gonzalez McLinn, a 20-year-old woman who murdered her roommate and boss, Harold Sasko, who was then some 30 years her senior. It seemed like it was all about money, but Sarah's story, which wasn't allowed at trial, tells us there's more to the case than what meets the eye. Then,

Episode 72: Inventors Killed by Their Inventions (feat. a drinking game) and James Sligo Jameson's Journey to Africa

Jun 24 2024 132 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! In this episode, Ellie chats about inventors that were killed by their own inventions. She also invented a cocktail AND a drinking game for this episode, folks! What can we say? We’re real Renaissance Women on this podcast. It’s a good thing we had a drinking game, too because Abby discusses the horrific topics of

Episode 71: Barney Bashing and Bothersome Balloons

Jun 17 2024 97 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! In this episode, Abby discusses some rage directed toward the beloved PBS dinosaur, Barney as well as a tragedy that struck the creator's family. Ellie discusses the Cleveland Balloonfest Catastrophe. Tangents include but are not limited to: Puzzle Place, Baby Bop and BJ, a reenactment, and more! Content Warnings Episo

Episode 70: It's Not Easy Being Green: Phrogging and the Green Children of Woolpit

Jun 10 2024 96 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! In this episode, Ellie takes us back to the 13th century and discusses the Green Children of Woolpit! We put on our detective hats and try to sort it all out for you. Spoiler Alert: it doesn't go very well. Then, Abby talks about two terrifying Phrogging situations. Topics and tangents include, but are not limited to:

Episode 69: Bug Years Don't Come in A Jar: Cicadas of 2024 and Locusts of 1874

Jun 03 2024 105 mins  
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! In this episode, Ellie discusses 2024: The Year of the Cicada?! and Abby talks about 1874: The Year of the Locust. Tangents include, but are not limited to: how much you’d need to pay us to eat bugs, being alive in the 1870s, disgusting Bug Goo, the Ancient Greeps, our own insect horrors, and more! Which creature is