Bittersweet Infamy

By: Josie Mitchell + Taylor Basso
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  • Storytellers and best friends Josie Mitchell and Taylor Basso share the stories that live on in infamy: the strange and the familiar, the tragic and the comic—the bitter and the sweet. New episodes every other Sunday; returning from break December 24! Support the show: ko-fi.com/bittersweetinfamy
    2020-2024 Bittersweet Infamy
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Social Sciences True Crime
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Episodes
  • #112 - A Spirited Tour of Spiritualism

    #112 - A Spirited Tour of Spiritualism
    Oct 27 2024

    Halloween special + season finale! Josie tells Taylor about the haunting history of the modern Spiritualist movement—from the crafty teen sisters who brought it to life, to the high-profile feud between Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle that nearly caused its demise. Plus: get dressed up for Jimi (地味) Halloween, Japan's costumed celebration of the mundane and everyday; and walk with us amongst the dead at Old City Cemetery in Galveston, Texas.
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    2 hrs and 6 mins
  • #111 - The War of the Worlds

    #111 - The War of the Worlds
    Oct 13 2024

    Halloween special! Taylor tells Josie about the 1938 Orson Welles radio play about a Martian invasion that allegedly caused a mass hysteria, and the 1949 Ecuadorean remake that went even further. Plus: flesh out your fall reading list with the world's largest collection of books bound in human skin!
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    1 hr and 43 mins
  • #110 - The Killers of Eden

    #110 - The Killers of Eden
    Sep 29 2024

    Guest host Peter Chiykowski tells Josie and Taylor about the pod of orcas who hunted in harmony with humans until a brutal betrayal ended it all. Plus: catch up with Darwin the Ikea Monkey, the stylish snow macaque whose fetching winter coat kept him warm through a chilly legal battle.
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    1 hr and 42 mins

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