Sitting Crooked Podcast

Throughout history men and women have tortured themselves trying to live up to societal beauty standards. From rat infested wigs to poisonous makeup, the girls look at a few of the worst the web has to offer. 

Whether you believe in their power to contact spirits or not, there's something creepy about Ouija boards and almost everyone has a story. The girls discuss Ouija board history, rules and share listener experiences.

It's been described as the perfect place to die. For those ready to take their own lives, what is it about Aokigahara that is so alluring? The girls discuss this heavy subject and explore the creepy geography of what's been dubbed the 'suicide forest.'   Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention - Need Help https://suicideprevention.ca › need-help The Lifeline Canada Foundation Suicide prevention help; call lines, text lines, crisis centers https://thelifelinecanada.ca › help International Crisis Hotlines https://thelifelinecanada.ca/help/crisis-centres/international-crisis-centres/

It's review time! The girls talk about Black Mirror's "White Bear" episode which sparks some serious questions about crime and punishment. Spoilers ahead.

What's worse than surgery? Waking up in the middle of it. The girls explore some fun facts and stories about those of us unfortunate enough to be awake during surgery and why redheads have more fun.

Everyone's parents had rules we questioned as kids. Some more than others. The girls discuss weird parenting from the depths on the web.   Will the Circle be Unbroken(jam) by error404 (c) copyright 2010 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/presse/29830 Ft: Admiral Bob,MC Jack in the Box

It's described as the uncanny valley; that creepy, uncomfortable feeling of "wrongness" when something is just a little too close to human. We're affected by this the more technology advances with robots and CGI, but how far is too far? The girls venture into the valley and all it's dark corners.

What do you do when your true love declines your affections? Preserve her corpse of course! 

This week we dive beneath the surface of the Internet and explore all the nasty-not-niceness in the depths of the dark web.

Kids say the darndest things, especially when they can recall graphic details about their past lives... or deaths. The girls ride into the danger zone, exploring creepy reincarnated kids.

Where will you go when the dead rise? Who's on your survival team? What will do you for food? The girls discuss their plans in painful detail.

Travel back in time a few hundred years to New England where an outbreak of Tuberculosis was thought to be caused by vampires. The girls discuss old medicine and how misconceptions escalated the vampire myth.

The girls discuss some of the most elaborate escapes from prison and discover Hollywood might not be too far off from reality.

In this week's crooked conversation, the girls discuss their first encounters with death and how kids interpret the dead.

This week the girls discuss Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (or that feeling when you can't feel feelings).

Exposing yourself to radiation isn't all superheroes and upside-down kissing. The girls discuss the painful, gorey mess that becomes your body when radiation sickness takes hold and retell the story of the Goiânia accident in Brazil. 

He terrorized communities in California for years and evaded the law for decades. The girls discuss his capture and poke fun at old people. Discussions are had. Holes are filled.

Some describe it as a waking nightmare bereft with demons and monsters while others claim to see guardian angels of sorts. We ask the Internet for sleep paralysis experiences and try to unravel the mystery with lewd comments and a lot of sass.

Welcome you to the wicked world of curses, some that have spanned hundreds of years. On the docket: The Dead Man's Chair, the Crying Boy paintings and James Dean's Little Bastard.

Ever wonder how they get those shrunken heads so small? We'll tell you everything you need to know from the step by step process to avoiding a sea of counterfeits.