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(Sort of) The Story153. Finn McCool and the Gang (and the OG Booktok girlie)Send us a textHappy St. Patrick's Day! This week we're telling Irish stories! Janey is going to tell us about a man who runs away to fairy land, and Max is going to tell us about a woman who does the same! We hope you enjoy!A note on spelling: Janey's story is about Finn McCool, which is how "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales" spells it. The traditional spelling is Fionn mac Cumhaill, but since we wanted to make the "Cool and the Gang" joke, we're sticking to the...2025-03-132h 16(Sort of) The StoryIt: Chapter Goo (Holiday Re-Release!)Send us a textHello and happy holidays! Today we're re-releasing a story Max told on episode 106, called "Boneless", from Robert D. San Souci's Short and Shivery. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do, and that you have a safe and restful holiday season! We'll see you next year!Love, Janey and MaxMax's Sources - Boneless"Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales" by Robert D. San Souci "Boneless (folklore)" on Villains Wiki Free text of variant for "Boneless" Support the showCheck out our...2024-12-2544 min(Sort of) The Story138. Alliganey Janey– Here to Eat Your Bullets! (grand theft nautico)Send us a textWelcome back for another exciting episode of "Janey makes us cry!" This week, Max is going to tell us a story about Patricia Arquette from Holes (and her good-for-nothing ghost husband), and Janey is going to tell us yet another Scandinavian tale where the moral is "leave those giants alone!" Enjoy!Janey's Sources - The Dwarf’s Banquet“Viking Folk and Fairy Tales”, edited by J.K. Jackson FULL STORY Prose Edda Wikipedia Info on Olaf the Holy Max's Sources - The Widow Jinks “Spooky South” b...2024-08-151h 31(Sort of) The Story132. Everyday I’m Draiglin (cats can't play guitar)Send us a textHello and welcome, all you Draiglin' Hogneys. We know you're too busy draiglin away your days to read a silly little intro like this, so we'll keep it short and sweet-- this week Max is going to tell us about a Hogney that is a little more Draiglin' than the average hog, and Janey is going to tell us a story about a man who is DEFINITELY not falling in love with a cat. Spoily: Max cries in this episode, and you'll never guess where. Janey's Sources...2024-05-161h 54(Sort of) The Story129. King Lear (and the toad-spotted traitor)Send us a textTW: Very graphic eyeball stuff at 59:20Hello! In honor of Janey's birthday (which she shares with the Bard himself), we're telling more Shakespeare stories! This week, Janey is going to make us all weepy with the gut-wrenching story of King Lear, and aging king in the throws of dementia. Because these plays are so long, we had to split the episode into two, so stick around for next week, when Max will give you ANOTHER Shakespeare play! From the bottom of her heart, Janey would like to...2024-04-251h 48(Sort of) The Story119. The Edgar Allan Poe-pisode (everything is great in the Boink Bunker!)Send us a textHello and welcome to a very spooky episode, all about America's favorite sad boy, Edgar Allan Poe! Max and I watched "Fall of the House of Usher" and this is our pitch to YOU to watch it too! Today, Janey is going to convince us all of her sanity with "The Tell-Tale Heart", and Max is going to remind us how much we hate capitalists with "The Mask of the Red Death". Enjoy! Janey’s Sources - The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe: Illustrated Tales from Fall Ri...2024-02-152h 03(Sort of) The Story106. It: Chapter Goo (It’s a Friday-night body hunt!)Send us a textHappy end of October, Story Babies! Today Max is going to tell us the most bizarre cryptid tale yet (you may doubt, but you'll come to see that there is no way to top this guy.) And Janey is going to tell us one final October spoooOOOOoooky ghost story! Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Ring and the Rib“Cajun Folktales” by JJ Reneaux Max’s Sources - Boneless"Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales" by Robert D. San Souci "Boneless (folklore)" on Villains W...2023-10-261h 24(Sort of) The Story105. Same Rick Forever (and the Jar Jar Binks of cryptids)Send us a textHello and happy spooky season! Today Janey is going to tell us a lesser known ghost story about a girl with a mysterious ribbon around a body part, and Max is going to tell us all about the Australian vampire! Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - A Black Velvet Ribbon50 Great Ghost Stories, edited by John CanningNicola Gorges Wikitree/genealogy profile Howth Castle Legends Max’s Sources - The Yara-Ma-Yha-Who"Myths and Legends of the Australian Aboriginals" by W Ramsay Smith"Legendary Tales of the Austra...2023-10-191h 19(Sort of) The Story104. A Tsunami of Corpses (I like big boats and I cannot lie)Send us a textHello and HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MAX! On today's episode, Max is going to talk about an underwater foot-shaming mermaid kingdom, and Janey is going to tell us a terrifying tale of a Norwegian sea-monster! (Seals are scary, pass it on!) Janey’s Sources - Elias and the DraugRoald Dahl’s Book of Ghost Stories Draugr wikipedia Amazing reading of this story by “Classic Ghost Stories Podcast”, narrated by Tony Walker Max’s Sources - Anna Malaya"The Turnip Princess: And Other Newly Discovered Fairy Tales"...2023-10-121h 41(Sort of) The Story103. Doctors HATE this Magic Mirror (I need the love of a gourd woman)Send us a textHello and welcome to our first episode of October, recorded live on Zoom! Today Janey is talking about magic mirrors and stupid hotties, and Max is going to tell us about the Yiddish Cinderella! Enjoy!TW: At the end of this episode we talk about beating up the corpse of Ronald Reagan. If that is not something you're into, don't listen to the very end! Janey’s Sources - The Magic MirrorFull Story Source for baltic fairy and folk tales Max’s Sources - The Pri...2023-10-051h 28(Sort of) The Story102. The Easter Weasel (and the Power of Punctuality)Send us a textHello, autumn babies! Welcome to the new episode! This week, Max will tell us the classic Easter story of the white weasel/Christ allegory (?), and Janey will once again reiterate that we are #TeamTroll first and always. Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Troll Ride“An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales” Full text of “The Troll in the Ditch” Anna Wahlenberg Wikipedia Max’s Sources - The Weasel“White as Milk, Red as Blood: The Forgotten Fairy Tales of Franz Xaver von Schonwerth” tr...2023-09-281h 11(Sort of) The Story101. Goose-Foot Bertha (HEA)Send us a textHello and welcome to episode 101! This week, Janey is going to tell us a quaint little tale about a girl and her horse (TW the horse does not make it to the end of this story), and Max tells us the Shark Boy x Totoro love story we never knew we needed. (Let's never talk about HEA, okay???) Enjoy!Janey’s Sources - The Goose Girl“The Goose Girl” Free Text The Goose-Girl wikipedia “Was there a real mother goose?” History.com The Goose Girl/Bertrada legend Max’s Sou...2023-09-211h 21(Sort of) The Story13. (Sort of) Off Topic: The Beeswax WreckSend us a textOn today's Off Topic, Max tells us all about the shipwreck that inspired The Goonies, and Janey and Max develop a deep, deep love for a sensitive poet/lawyer/psychologist/conservationist. Sources:“The Ghost Hunter” by Leah Sottile for The Atavist Magazine “Unbind the Soul” - three poems from Cameron La Follette “The Unsolved Mystery of Oregon’s Beeswax Wreck” by Jennifer Burns Bright for Travel Oregon The Oregon Historical Quarterly, issue 119:2 - special issue about the Beeswax Wreck, featuring articles from Cameron La Follette (available to read for free onli...2023-09-181h 00