This week, Michael tells Chris and James the infernal story of John Leonard Orr, America's most prolific serial arsonist. Enjoy!

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E228: John Leonard Orr the Frito Bandito

Hello. This week, Michael tells Chris and James the infernal story of John Leonard Orr, America’s most prolific serial arsonist. Enjoy!

PLUS: movie chat, Alfonso Ribeiro gossip AND producer Monjo is a little bit tipsy!

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A breakdown of a scandal for the history books: Amanda Batula and West Wilson betraying Ciara Miller. It’s an emergency meeting. Come collect our thoughts with us.

 

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Summer House S10E9: WESTMANDOVAL/Scamandapocalypse

This week on Para(normal), we start with a Canadian study showing low belief in ghosts, psychics, and astrology, then dive into a case that refuses to make sense.

In 1906, 16-year-old Clara Germana Selle claimed she made a pact with the devil. Witnesses reported violent reactions to religious objects, unexplained language comprehension, and levitation during exorcisms. Then it all stopped. Completely. No relapse. No clear explanation.

Next, we head closer to home; the former Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital in Ontario. Once home to over 1,300 patients and more than 1,000 lobotomies, it now sits quietly as part of Humber College. But visitors still report footsteps, apparitions, and a feeling that something hasn’t settled. So we ask: is this paranormal…or just history we haven’t fully faced?

Sources

UBC Paranormal Belief Study

https://news.ubc.ca/2025/10/belief-in-paranormal-canada-ubc-study/

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The Exorcism That Worked and the Hospital That Didn’t

Hello! This week, Chris tells Mike and James about the short and disastrous life of Sid Vicious, the original bad man of punk. Enjoy, f@#kface!

PLUS: plenty of chat about overalls, Last One Laughing, and charitable deeds.

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Keep your ears open for James Hartnett’s second album, It’s Not Looking Good, dropping March 20th!  

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E227: Sid Vicious

Is Andy Cohen tired? Does the male loneliness epidemic find itself exemplified within the life of Kyle Cooke? Who is at fault for the negative repercussions of taking out a multi million dollar personal loan? Asking these culture defining questions and more on this week’s recap.

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Summer House S10E8: Sunken Cost Fallacy

From the prosperity gospel, to Jesus’ name slapped on a label, to MLMs, why do Chrisitians keep getting scammed?

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Why Do Christians Keep Getting Scammed? – Audio Version

This week, Chris, Mike and James are joined by comedian and trailblazing podcaster Graham Clark! After discussing puns, feet and modern AC/DC performances, the fellows get serious for a long, hard look at Steve Urkel/Jaleel White. Enjoy!

Be sure to follow Graham on Instagram. [https://www.instagram.com/grahamclarkwastaken/]

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E226: Steve Urkel with Graham Clark

A spin the bottle game gone right. An important conversation that needed to be had. And an unrelenting DJ chasing his dreams. Under this guise, Summer House continues.

 

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Summer House S10E7: Spin the Bottle

This week on Para(normal), Nicolina and Marie explore two chilling stories where the real horror isn’t supernatural; it’s human.

First, Nicolina dives into the Tuskegee Syphilis Study [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_Syphilis_Study], one of the most disturbing medical abuses in U.S. history. For 40 years, hundreds of Black men were deceived and denied treatment while government doctors secretly observed the progression of syphilis, even after a cure existed. The fallout from this betrayal still shapes public trust in medicine today.

Then, the conversation shifts to the shadowy world of Operation Mockingbird [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Mockingbird], the Cold War era web of CIA relationships with journalists, media organizations, and cultural institutions. What happens when the institutions meant to inform the public become entangled with those trying to shape the narrative?

From propaganda and psychological warfare to the long-term consequences of institutional deception, this episode explores the stories that still haunt society today.

Because sometimes the most paranormal thing in the room…is the truth.

If you love dark history, conspiracies, and the strange stories hiding just beneath the surface, follow Para(normal), leave a review, and stay spooky.

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Each week, Rob tackles the ever-expanding universe of Vanderpump Rules with the help of cast members, comics and reality TV experts. Vanderpump Robs is your new go-to podcast for comedy and reality.

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Podcast interviews are way more exciting with some money where those mouths are. Host Nug Nahrgang and his guest are each given secret lists of 5 random words. During the interview, for each secret word the guest gets Nug to say, they win $1. But Nug gets $1 back for each word on his list he gets the guest to say! Will the guest win $5? Will they owe Nug $5? What the hell will this interview sound like?! Listen along as we play - ONE DOLLAR WORDS!

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