Broads Next Door

Grab your stake, your silver crucifix and some Holy water as we're joined by SlayerFest 98 to try and gain a broader understanding of the Buffy revival that wont be. 

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Grab your rabbit’s foot, avoid walking under any ladders, and maybe cancel your dinner reservation for thirteen, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Friday the 13th- and the fear of the number 13. 


Is it all just superstition? 


How did it start, and why did it stick?

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in this conversational episode we share some personal news while trying to gain a broader understanding of the world right now and how chaotic everything has been. 

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Grab your suspect list and get ready to meet some real weirdos as we gain a broader understanding of the murder of JonBenet Ramsey; today we’ll be focusing on the more overlooked intruder theory. Could there be more to confessions, letters, and local Boulder crimes?

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Grab your copy of People magazine and a bowl of pineapple because today we’re continuing to gain a broader understanding of the 1996 murder of child beauty queen JonBenet Ramsey. 

Police suspected from the beginning that this was an inside job so today we’ll be exploring things from that angle. 

Could parents really make an accident look like a murder? Could a 9 year old really do something like this? Why wasn’t DNA evidence enough to exonerate the Ramsey’s in the eyes of the Boulder Police Department? 

Today we’re pulling back the layers- f...

Hold your babies close and dont trust your local police because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the crime that broke America’s brain, and heart the murder of JonBenét Ramsey.

full sources available in show notes 

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Grab your favorite playlist and get ready to have a song stuck in your head because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the music of Fire Walk With Me and Twin Peaks

Tessa and Daniela get some big help from Lori Eschler and Scott Ryan to explore the music of the show, the movie, the history and most of all the music



Sources & Further Reading:

More on Lori-

Dean Hurley about the approach to music sound. 

https://www.instagram.com/lorieschleragain 

https://bsky.app/prof...

Grab your camcorder & your belief that people deserve to be weird in peace,  because today we’re getting a broader understanding of “Britney & Kevin: Chaotic” the five part 2005 reality series that was less of a show and more of a fever dream with a UPN budget and the plot of a scrapbook.

Britney is constantly being criticized for her Instagram but I’m here to tell you, she’s always been documenting her life.

The good, the bad, the music & the memories.

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Grab a box of tissues and your voodoo doll of Justin Timberlake because in this episode we’re time traveling back to the 90’s and 2000’s by way of The Woman in Me, the new memoir by Britney Spears. Using quotes from the book as well as news clips and interviews we’ll try to gain a broader understanding of the life of Britney Spears— how everything was taken from her and how she’s using her own voice to finally set the record straight.

Sources:
The Woman in Me by Britney Spears Gallery Books (October 24, 2023)
The New York...

Grab the angel above your bed and get ready for some psychic warnings, as we go further into the world of the Twin Peaks prequel (with help of honorary co-host Tessa) and get a broader understanding of poems as prophecy, nightmares as warnings, men with missing limbs, and what happens when the horror isn’t just in your home but instead directly in your bed. 

CW: spoilers, SA, violence 

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Hide your secret diary and compartmentalize your life, because today we’re joined by Tessa W. to gain a broader understanding of the Twin Peaks prequel film Fire Walk With Me. In Part 1, we’ll get an introduction to the film and how it was made before diving deeper and pulling back the layers of Lynch.


CW: spoilers, SA, violence 



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Get a slice of cherry pie & hide your secret diary, in this episode we take a light look at Twin Peaks! The inspiration behind some of the stories and characters, how actors and creators felt making the show, the iconic filming locations, mingling studio execs, the cancellation, the return and why it’s still such a cult classic today.

Sources available in show notes


When Bob Iger Ruined Season 2 of ‘Twin Peaks’

Collider

The Timeless Allure of Twin Peaks

Nevada Sagebrush, Emily Hess

Laura Palmer is Based on not...

Put on a pair of dark glasses and try to remember that the heart is deceitful above all things as we explore the broader story behind the infamous literary phenomena that was J.T LeRoy

Was it all a hoax or merely a work of fiction?

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Grab your matches & your uneasy premonitions because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the haunting last days of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes. From the life she lived, to the visions she had, and the trip that changed everything. 

Sources:

The Last Days of Left Eye
VH1

The Terrible Secret Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes Took to Her GraveThe Terrible Secret Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopes Took to Her Grave
Golden Roots, YouTube

Tyler Henry Connects T-Boz to TLC's Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes: FULL READING | Hollywood Medium | E!

Aaliyah & Lef...

Put on your flotation devices and keep an eye on the catering table, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of what happened on the set of Titanic when around 80 cast and crew members were drugged with PCP on the last night of filming in Nova Scotia 

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Grab a book for your flight delay, turn off Lifetime, and cling to any sliver of hope because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the government shutdown and flight delays, the distasteful Lifetime movie on the murders of Kaylee, Maddie, Xana and Ethan, and then finishing on a positive note with the Mamdani victory for NYC mayor

Sources available in show notes

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Hide your chicken & get ready to roll with the homies, today we’re taking a look at The Life and Death of Brittany Murphy. We will celebrate Brittany’s life & career, and examine the tragic circumstances surrounding her death. In this episode, we take a look at Brittany’s early life, and career achievements, as well as, her family dynamics and interpersonal relationships. We will also explore the impact of negative media attention, the pressures that surround women in Hollywood, and body image standards of the early 2000s. Lastly, we will unpack Brittany and her husband Simons death, and the factor...

Phone home and don't ignore those lights in the sky, because today we're getting a broader understanding of aliens and UFOs.

In this episode we get a brief history of alien encounters and UFO sightings. We'll listen to the different theories on what they may be before getting into the whistleblower UAP hearings that recently happened in Congress and what this could mean for our intergalactic future 

(originally aired in October 2023)


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Put on your trench coat and and get ready to call the tip line, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of one of the eeriest, mesmerizing and most iconic shows to ever hit television: Unsolved Mysteries. 

We'll hear from people who worked on the series, revisit some memorable cases,

 And maybe you too can help solve a mystery

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Grab your consent forms (but don’t sign them yet) and your government-issued fetal monitoring bracelet, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of what happens when people aren’t treated like people but like data, vessels, and experiments. The body keeps the score- even when it’s for medical horror stories.

From Adriana Smith, kept alive against her will to serve as a human incubator under Georgia’s abortion laws, to Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were stolen, immortalized, and monetized without her knowledge or family’s consent, this episode unpacks the long, horrifying legacy of unethical medical rese...

Grab your neighborhood watch pamphlet and a flashlight with dying batteries because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Horror in the Suburbs.. and no, not the kind where you can’t take a five minute walk to grab a coffee but instead the insidious underbelly hiding behind perfect lawns and closed doors. Why are the suburbs so scary? Urban planning gone wrong or have we just watched Halloween too many times?

Sources:

Why do the Suburbs Exist? (This House, YouTube)

https://youtu.be/JAR7R_tecFc?s...

Horror in The Subu...

Don’t answer the phone when you’re babysitting, know that noise was not just the wind, and never say “I’ll be right back” because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of urban legends: the stories that may not be true but spread so much it seems like they should be. Why do we love them? And why do they linger?

sources: 
https://www.rd.com/list/scary-urban-legends/

https://youtu.be/S4Qq1htzd_0?si=W5YkFOYPdqXosKf0

https://crimereads.com/why-our-fascination-with-urban-legends-will-never-die/

https://youtu.be/9ofcLGx5VQA?si=nFe9GwKGIgePAagv

Be...

Find a shaman and call your clairvoyant grandmother because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the tragedy that plagued the poltergeist sequels, both on and off screen, as we ask once again- can anything really be cursed or is it just our realities (and greedy studios) that haunt us?

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Turn off the movie and get ready to go behind the scenes, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the murder of Poltergeist star Dominique Dunne. This episode contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence, failures of the justice system, and the fact that sometimes the things that haunt us our deeply human. My main sources for this episode our the writings of Dominique’s father Dominic Dunne for Vanity Fair, the writings of her brother Griffin Dunne, the E! true Hollywood story on her life and court testimony of those involved. This is a heavy one for me, I re...

Grab a strong sense of spiritual boundaries, hide your clown dolls, and be prepared to feel enraged and also terrified because today, we’re getting a Broader Understanding of the curse of Poltergeist: the classic horror film that used real skeletons, haunted its cast and made America question whether some movies really are cursed.


This is Part 1

Sources:

Poltergeist Theatrical Trailer

https://youtu.be/q0p4JUlKJYI?si=K4J2V9Mz3qKSq6O7

E! True Hollywood Story: Poltergeist 

The True Story That Inspired Poltergeist (Nerdist)

Grab your ouija board and your teenage rage because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of poltergeists

What if they aren’t ghosts at all? Not even a haunting but a manifestation? What if it’s all just the raw, unfiltered energy of adolescence, the force of pure, unspoken rage and heartbreak? A panic attack attack at a pivotal time, an attempt to be seen so strong it bends the astral realm itself- What if the scariest part of poltergeist activity is not that it’s real but that it’s us?

We’re going through the...

Grab your sleeping bag & steal your moms expired lipstick because tonight we’re getting a broader understanding of sleepover rituals: the games we played, the spirits we tried to summon, and the strange ways we scared ourselves silly just to feel something. From light as a feather stiff as a board, truth or dare, bloody mary, and a gaggle of horror stories we'll relive our teenage slumber parties with some help from a very special guest, Kristen Bear of Creative Sobriety. 

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Grab your tiny plastic tea set, your irrational attachment to Samantha’s velvet holiday dress, and maybe an extra rosary, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of dolls with baggage (with some help from Kristen Bear of Creative Sobriety)

From the American Girl historical trauma pipeline to the haunted legends of Robert and Annabelle, we’re busting out our broken babydoll memories and trying to understand why we wanted harrowing backstories instead of pristine Barbies

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Get ready to go to The Bronze but don't answer any texts from A because today we're getting a broader understanding on the joys of watching TV with your friends, with some very special help from Robin Tran. (originally aired May 2023)

You may know her from That’s My Time With David Letterman or her TikTok clips but in this episode you’ll get to know her as Daniela does- as a best friend to binge TV with.

In this episode we watch the unaired pilot episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and give our thoughts and...

Grab your garlic necklace and maybe double check that your doors are locked, because today we’re getting a Broader Understanding of The Vampire of Sacramento: Richard Chase.

CW: this one’s heavy, graphic, and disturbing. It deals with severe mental illness, animal abuse, necrophilia, cannibalism, and some of the most brutal murders I’ve ever covered on this show. 
 But we’re also going to talk about how the system failed everyone involved  and how “evil” isn’t always the right word for something that is deeply, deeply sick.


Sources: 
Can Violence be Predicted with...

Grab some tissues and your inner rage because today we're getting the verdict in the trial of Jason and Damien.

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials. In part four, Jessie Misskelley was found guilty of the crimes in a separate trial. In part five we heard from the...

Get an HBO film crew and your best experts on satanic panic, because today we're going back to West Memphis for the trial of Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials. In part four, Jessie Misskelley was found guilty of the crimes in a...

Grab your court appointed lawyer and remember anything you say may be used against you, as we head back to West Memphis for the trial of Jessie Misskelley.

In part one of this series we told you about Stevie, Michael, Chris and the murders that would forever change West Memphis Arkansas, and in part two we covered the satanic panic that led to the arrests of Jason, Damien, and Jessie. In Part three we examined the months leading up to the trials.

In Part 4 of our West Memphis series we're breaking down the January 1994 trial of...