By Sarah Marshall
Sarah is a journalist obsessed with the past. Every week she reconsiders a person or event that's been miscast in the public imagination.
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2024-11-06 Elizabeth Báthory with Princess Weekes
2024-10-24 Halloween History with Chelsey Weber-Smith
2024-10-18 A MASSIVE SEANCE Live Show Tour with American Hysteria
2024-10-12 Revolutions and Resistance with Kellie Carter Jackson
2024-09-26 Lawrence v. Texas Part 2 with Marcus McCann
2024-09-18 Lawrence v. Texas Part 1 with Marcus McCann
2024-09-04 The Jane Collective with Moira Donegan
2024-08-20 Dungeons & Dragons & The Satanic Panic with Adrian Daub
2024-08-05 Rosie Ruiz and the Marathon Women with Maggie Mertens
2024-07-22 Has the Supreme Court Always Been This Terrible? with Mackenzie Joy Brennan
2024-07-11 Balloonfest ‘86! with Harmony Colangelo
2024-06-25 Phones Are Good, Actually with Taylor Lorenz
2024-06-12 Immigration with Alejandra Oliva
2024-05-29 The Tradwife Rises with Sarah Archer
2024-05-15 Rosa Parks with Princess Weekes
2024-05-01 George Michael Part 2 with Marcus McCann
2024-04-17 George Michael Part 1 with Marcus McCann
2024-04-01 Hoax Spectacular! with Chelsey Weber-Smith
2024-03-26 BONUS Britney Spears Book Club with Eve Lindley
2024-03-19 The Oscars Streaker with Michael Schulman
2024-03-04 Balto with Blair Braverman
2024-02-20 The Shoe Bomber with Miles Klee
2024-02-06 Tiny Tim with Harmony Colangelo
2024-01-25 The “Pro-Life” Movement with Megan Burbank
2024-01-08 The Battle of the Sexes with Julie Kliegman
2023-12-28 The Exorcist with Marlena Williams
2023-12-12 Influencers with Taylor Lorenz
2023-11-28 Cattle Mutilation with Rachel Monroe
2023-11-14 Amy Winehouse with Eve Lindley
2023-10-30 Our Dearest Fears with Chelsey Weber-Smith
2023-10-17 A MASSIVE SÉANCE with American Hysteria in Portland, Oregon
2023-10-16 Lizzie Borden with Princess Weekes
2023-10-02 Mindhunting with Sarah Weinman
2023-09-05 Sound of Freedom with Michael Hobbes AND Human Trafficking re-release
2023-08-21 The Most Normal Girl in Cleveland with Heather Radke
2023-08-07 The Cottingley Fairies with Chelsey Weber-Smith
2023-07-17 Bonnie and Clyde (and Blanche and Buck) with Jamie Loftus
2023-07-11 Fleetwood Mac's Rumours with Carolyn Kendrick
2023-06-27 Renée Richards with Julie Kliegman
2023-06-12 Lesbian Seagulls with Lulu Miller
2023-05-29 The Hot Mess Express Spectacular!
2023-05-15 We Need to Talk About the New York Times with Tuck Woodstock
2023-05-08 Call for Anniversary Stories
2023-04-25 Debi Thomas with Leslie Gray Streeter
2023-04-10 Sinéad O'Connor with Allyson McCabe
2023-03-28 What Even Is Justice? with Amanda Knox
2023-03-13 Juvenile "Justice" with Josie Duffy Rice
2023-02-27 Chris McCandless with Blair Braverman
2023-02-22 Spring Tour Announcement!
2023-02-14 Napster with Niko Stratis
2023-01-31 Karen Carpenter Part 2 with Carolyn Kendrick
2023-01-24 Valentine's Show A Go-Go Livestream announcement!
2023-01-17 Trailer: Unreformed
2023-01-16 Karen Carpenter Part 1 with Carolyn Kendrick
2022-12-26 Baby Jessica with Blair Braverman
2022-12-12 Beanie Babies with Jamie Loftus
2022-11-28 Where Have All the Preppies Gone? with Avery Trufelman
2022-11-15 The Movie Rating System with Karina Longworth
2022-10-31 Flight 571: Survival in the Andes with Blair Braverman
2022-10-17 Your Abortion Stories
2022-10-03 Online Shopping with Amanda Mull
2022-09-26 We’ll be back next week! (And a tour update!)
2022-09-12 Hunting Serial Killers with Michael Hobbes
2022-08-29 The Donner Party with Chelsey Weber-Smith
2022-08-15 Henry Lee Lucas with Rachel Monroe
2022-08-02 Porn Wars with Nona Willis Aronowitz
2022-07-18 Eugenics with Eric Michael Garcia
2022-07-13 West Coast Tour Announcement
2022-07-04 Go Ask Alice Part 2 with Carmen Maria Machado
2022-07-04 Go Ask Alice Part 3 with Rick Emerson and Carmen Maria Machado
2022-06-20 Martha Stewart with Sarah Archer
2022-06-06 The Dyatlov Pass Incident with Blair Braverman
2022-05-23 The Prison Boom with Shannon Heffernan
2022-05-09 Go Ask Alice Part 1 with Carmen Maria Machado
2022-04-25 Medieval Torture with Dana Schwartz
2022-04-11 How Email Took Over the World with Anne Helen Petersen
2022-03-28 Juliet's Balcony with Chelsey Weber-Smith
2022-03-14 Ronald Reagan and "The Welfare Queen" with Laci Mosley
2022-03-07 Bonus: Groundhog Day with Josh Gondelman
2022-02-21 CSI: Junk Science with Josie Duffy Rice
2022-02-07 Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 3 with Jamie Loftus
2022-01-24 Tom Cruise on Oprah’s couch with Willa Paskin
2022-01-10 Talking Tammy Faye Bakker with Jessica Chastain
2022-01-03 Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 2 with Jamie Loftus
2021-12-20 Winter Book Club: The Amityville Horror Part 1 with Jamie Loftus
2021-12-06 Reconstruction with Jamelle Bouie
2021-11-22 True Crime with Emma Berquist
2021-11-08 Ed and Lorraine Warren with Jamie Loftus
2021-10-25 Catherine the Great with Dana Schwartz
2021-10-11 Mike Lives in a Downtown Hotel
2021-09-27 Bonus: The Great Protein Fiasco
2021-09-13 The McDonald's Hot Coffee Case
2021-09-06 Re-Release: Dan Quayle vs. Murphy Brown
2021-08-23 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Runaway Grand Jury
2021-08-09 Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (The Debunking!)
2021-07-26 Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (Part 3)
2021-07-12 Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (Part 2)
2021-06-28 Summer Book Club: "The Satan Seller" (Part 1)
2021-05-03 The Chicks vs. The Iraq War
2021-04-19 "Political Correctness"
2021-04-05 The O.J. Simpson Trial: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mr. F. Lee Bailey
2021-03-22 Vanessa Williams Part 2: Saving The Best For Last
2021-03-08 Vanessa Williams Part 1: Becoming Miss America
2021-03-01 Bonus: "The Dark Knight"
2021-02-22 The O.J. Simpson Trial: The DeLorean Detour
2021-02-15 Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Hearing
2021-02-08 Tipper Gore vs. Heavy Metal: The Case Against "Porn Rock"
2021-02-01 The Anti-Vaccine Movement
2021-01-25 The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Arraignmaker
2021-01-18 Shannon Faulkner & Sex Discrimination at The Citadel
2021-01-11 The O.J. Simpson Trial: My Fair Paula
2020-12-28 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Paula Escapes From L.A.
2020-12-21 The Stanford Prison Experiment
2020-12-07 Losing Relatives to Fox News
2020-11-30 The Newsboys' Strike of 1899 (Part 2)
2020-11-23 The Newsboys' Strike of 1899 (Part 1)
2020-11-19 Bonus: The "Twinkie Defense"
2020-11-16 The Electoral College
2020-11-09 Princess Diana Part 5: The Crash
2020-11-02 Princess Diana Part 4: The Divorce
2020-10-31 Halloween Re-Release: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
2020-10-29 Bonus: Why Are Dads on "Terminator 2"
2020-10-22 Bonus: The President's Physical Fitness Test
2020-10-19 Halloween Special: Creepy Encounters
2020-10-12 Princess Diana Part 3: The Affairs
2020-10-05 Princess Diana Part 2: The Wedding
2020-09-28 Princess Diana Part 1: The Courtship
2020-09-14 Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 2: The Truth
2020-09-08 Tuskegee Syphilis Study Part 1: The Lie
2020-08-31 Deep Dive Week 4: Nancy Grace v. The Constitution
2020-08-27 Bonus Episode! Sarah’s New Podcast “Why Are Dads”
2020-08-10 Wayfair and Human Trafficking Statistics
2020-08-03 Disco Demolition Night
2020-07-20 Deep Dive Week 3: Nancy Grace v. The Jury
2020-07-16 Bonus Episode! Sarah and Mike on "The Feminist Present" Podcast
2020-07-13 Deep Dive Week 2: Nancy Grace v. The Defense
2020-06-18 Deep Dive: Nancy Grace's "Objection!" (Week 1)
2020-06-17 The O.J. Simpson Trial: The Bronco Chase
2020-06-08 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (The Conclusion!)
2020-06-04 Re-Release: The Stonewall Uprising
2020-05-28 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 3)
2020-05-25 The Disappearance of Chandra Levy
2020-05-14 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 2)
2020-05-07 Quarantine Deep Dive: Jessica Simpson’s “Open Book” (Week 1)
2020-04-30 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 5)
2020-04-27 The O.J. Simpson Trial: When Kato Met Marcia
2020-04-23 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 4)
2020-04-16 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 3)
2020-04-06 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 2)
2020-04-02 The Exploding Ford Pinto
2020-03-26 Quarantine Book Club: “Michelle Remembers” (Week 1)
2020-03-23 D.C. Snipers Part 4
2020-03-09 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Marcia Clark Part 2
2020-02-24 D.C. Snipers Part 3
2020-02-14 Valentine’s Day Re-Release: Anna Nicole Smith
2020-02-10 Why Didn’t Anyone Go to Prison for the Financial Crisis?
2020-02-03 D.C. Snipers Part 2
2020-01-20 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Kato Kaelin Part 2
2020-01-06 D.C. Snipers Part 1
2019-12-16 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Kato Kaelin Part 1
2019-12-02 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Paula Barbieri Part 2
2019-11-14 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Marcia Clark Part 1
2019-11-01 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Paula Barbieri Part 1
2019-10-17 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Nicole Brown Simpson Part 2
2019-10-03 The O.J. Simpson Trial: Nicole Brown Simpson Part 1
2019-09-19 The Wardrobe Malfunction
2019-09-10 ‘Yoko Ono Broke Up The Beatles’
2019-08-16 The Victims’ Rights Movement
2019-07-26 Tonya Harding Part 2
2019-07-18 Tonya Harding Part 1
2019-06-27 The Stonewall Uprising
2019-06-20 Kitty Genovese and “Bystander Apathy”
2019-06-05 The American Taliban
2019-05-09 Dan Quayle v. Murphy Brown
2019-04-04 The “Ebonics” Controversy
2019-01-25 Tammy Faye Bakker and Jessica Hahn
2019-01-03 The Challenger Disaster
2018-12-19 “A Dingo’s Got My Baby”
2018-11-14 The Duke Lacrosse Rape Case
2018-10-24 Urban Legends Spectacular!
2018-10-17 Halloween Special! Ed Gein and Slasher Movies
2018-10-08 Shaken Baby Syndrome
2018-10-01 Multiple Personality Disorder
2018-09-19 The Obesity Epidemic
2018-07-28 Kurt Cobain and “Copycat Suicide”
2018-07-14 10th Episode Spectacular!
2018-06-30 The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
2018-06-16 The Jonestown Massacre
2018-06-09 The Clinton Impeachment
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