Where we discuss the funny, strange, and obscure crimes of yesteryear

Lindsay is joined by author Cinda Gault to discuss her book, “A Small Compass.”

In 1806, Isobel Gunn is staring down the inevitability of a spinster’s farm life in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, often referred to as the Island of Women.  At the same time and across the ocean in Maskinongé, Quebec, Marie-Anne Gaboury is facing the prospect that her dashing new coureur de bois husband will leave her a fur trade widow when he returns west to the wilderness. Both women launch themselves on perilous voyages that will change them forever and transform them into legends. A Small Compass is the story of the first two women to venture into the Canadian wilderness, where they meet and must help each other battle what they know and what they don't to defend all they love.

Lindsay and Madison discuss Giacomo Casanova, as well as how to win and lose it all gambling, that blasphemy is no joke, and how to be both charming and also a horrible human being.

Lindsay is joined by Alan Katz from Costard & Touchstone Productions to see if he can decipher what a couple of Victorian slang terms mean.

Lindsay and Madison discuss the phenomenon of “prairie madness,” as well as how isolating the Great Plains are, that silence can be just as dangerous as sound, and how man needs community.

Lindsay and Madison discuss the popular nursery rhyme “The Muffin Man,” as well as how to lure children in the 16th century, that you should never trust a door-to-door pastry salesman, and how to start an urban legend.

Lindsay is joined by author D. Paul Fleming to discuss his book, “Mystery’s at the Windham Inn: The Feral Feline,” which was released October 1, 2025.

On a bitterly cold December morning nearly 280 years ago, a young woman named Elizabeth was executed…twice!

Make no mistake: Ms. Elizabeth’s execution was not her end. Not by a long shot.

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss Nicola Aubrey, as well as how exorcisms work, that religious wars are awful, and how to get your new religion put on blast by Satan himself.

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss Scholomance and the Solomanari, as well as how to get a badass education, that being a dragon rider sounds like a pretty sweet gig, and how to get a magic stick.

Lindsay is joined by bestselling thriller and horror author Scott Wells to discuss his book, “Marked By The Ouija,” which established him as a powerful voice in YA horror—blending supernatural mystery with the emotional depth of adolescence.

Lindsay and Madison continue Spoopy month and discuss the Miniwashitu, as well as why you should be careful around waterways, that it can be more dangerous during the day than at night, and how to die via insanity.