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. Support the show: ko-fi.com/bittersweetinfamy
139 episodes transcribedTaylor tells Josie about the video game that had the U.S. Senate in an uproar. Plus: a plague of zombie cicadas grips America's Eastern Seaboard.
Guest host Francine Cunningham tells Josie and Taylor about the people who only sleep when they're dead. Plus: COVID shots in Dracula's castle, and a...
Josie tells Taylor about the world's dumbest dolphin research facility. Plus: the true story behind the Streisand effect.
Guest host Mitchell Collins tells Josie and Taylor about the helicopter crash that killed three actors on the set of Twilight Zone: The Movie. Plus: t...
Taylor tells Josie about the daring escape of Laurie Bembenek. Plus: the dark origins of Mother's Day.
Josie tells Taylor about the woman who built an adoption empire by stealing children. Plus: the crazy coloured ketchup trend of the early 2000s.
Taylor tells Josie about June and Jennifer Gibbons, the infamous "silent twins." Plus: why the number 13 is so unlucky.
Josie tells Taylor about the world's deepest manmade hole and the hellish hoax surrounding it. Plus: Pennsylvania's deepfake cheerleader mom.
Taylor tells Josie about the French serial killer known as "The Ogress." Plus: an update on Ashley Judd's bonobo-watching injury.
Josie tells Taylor about the reclusive millionaire who used a fetish empire to ruin lives. Plus: the 2021 Texas ice storm.
Taylor tells Josie about Breatharians: people who claim they can live without food or water. Plus: white lady mahjong.
Josie tells Taylor about the time white supremacists tried to overthrow the government of Dominica. Plus: the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the...
Taylor tells Josie about the literary 'it' boy who never really existed. Plus: a journalist falls in love with her infamous subject.
Josie tells Taylor about San Diego's gnarliest divorce. Plus: Hilaria Baldwin's disappearing, reappearing accent.
Taylor tells Josie about the most controversial figure in the history of women's professional wrestling.
Holiday special! Taylor tells Josie about the world's worst Christmas village.
Josie tells Taylor about the celestial shenanigans that vexed Witch Twitter in the summer of 2020.
Taylor tells Josie about the Pokémon episode that caused mass seizures and hospitalizations.
Josie tells Taylor about the late great Samantha Streisand-Brolin (2003-2017), her clones, and the commercial pet cloning industry.
