Family Plot
An odd dad and his 11 year old daughter exploring the strange and unusual in a peculiar world. Discussions will be kept PG-13. Hosted by Dean Boese and Krysta Williams.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/family-plot--4670465/support.
Episodes
Episode 262 Creatives in Wartime - The US Ghost Army
We talk about so much in this episode. Arthur takes us to his corner to discuss his new school and a new OC he's literally creating while he talks. Plus we talk Gavin Newsom's hilarious tweets, and the Garfield commercial about fat cats. …
Episode 261 - The Cash-Landrum UFO Incident - UAPs and a Medical Mystery
This episode is so chock full of content, you might accidentally learn something in the first ten minutes. In Arthur's Corner, among other things, he talks about a recent visit to Children's Mercy Hospital and Dean brings up Josh Gates as …
Episode 260 Ultimate Girlboss - The Story of Clara Barton and the American Red Cross
Well this was as fun an episode to do as (we hope) it is for you to listen to. In Arthur's Corner he talks Dandy's World, getting over illness and his return to school as well as his recent popularity as a young transman on Threads. The r…
Episode259 The Strange Case of Ricky C. McCormick
There is so much going on in this episode, we almost needed a playbook. First, we visit Arthur's Corner to find out he's feeling sick and he recently lost his kitten. After that we dig in the Death of Ricky C. McCormick, a man one psychia…
Episode 258 - Belle Starr - The Story of the Bandit Queen
This week we head to Carthage Missouri to attend the birth of a Wild West :Legend, the Bandit Queen Belle Starr, We discuss her birth, her family, her brothers who all came to bad ends, including one who disappeared mysteriously. We discu…
Episode 257 A Kansas City Tale - The Sad Life of Sands W. Hopkins
TRIGGER WARNING - This Episode contains mentions of accidental shootings and murder-suicide. If these are too much for you, please, feel free to skip the episode. You Matter!Well, Friends and Neighbors, pull up a chair and sit a spell as …
Episode 256 The Forgotten History of Autherine Lucy with Guest Lexi Boese
This week on Family Plot, we’re joined by our youngest plotter—8-year-old Lexi Boese—who asked us to tell the story of Autherine Juanita Lucy, the first Black student admitted to the University of Alabama. Her brave enrollment in 1956 was c…
Episode 255 Shelf-Life - A History of Bookstores as Resistance Centers with Kelsey Black
In this episode we are joined by Kelsey Black, of the Book Burrow Bookstore in Pflugerville Texas as we discuss the history of Bookstores as Resistance Centers. We discuss David Ruggles and the first Black-owned bookstore in the United Sta…
Episode 254 PRIDE 2025 Special Episode Harvey Milk The Hero We Need
This is such an episode, so full of information that you will not believe it! This week, our second of 2 PRIDE episodes this month, we discuss the life and times of Harvey Milk. We will look into the history of this young gay man who will…
Episode 253 Finding the Real Delphine LaLaurie with Brenda from Horrifying History
Arthur couldn't be with us as we recorded the episode, so he recorded his parts early and danged if it don't sound like he was there with us! Arthur was starting on his first shift at McDonald's and was happy with his first day of work. H…
Episode 252 PRIDE 2025 Special Episode - Why We Love Alice B. Toklas
It's time to watch To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar! and get ready for PRIDE! Put on your most rainbow-y outfit and catch this, the first of two special PRIDE episodes this month! Today's episode we introduce Alice B. Tokl…
Episode 251 The Inevitable Return of Sharon Kinne
Like a good candy bar, this episode is chock full of nutty goodness! In Arthur's corner he discusses (among other things) a concert he recently attended featuring Staind and Breaking Benjamin, among others. Dean suggests that it was a but…
Episode 250 Eliza Hamilton with a special introduction by Edward October.
Our very special 250th Episode begins with a word of congratulations from the one and only Ed October from OctoberpodAM. The show itself is full of goodness about the life of Eliza, not Alexander Hamilton. We cover this sutprising and int…
Episode 249 Valiant Thor, Phil Schneider and the Guardian UFO Tape - The Weird History of UAPs
This episode comes with a Trigger Warning as we discuss potential victims of suicide as well as infant mortality in the section After Arthur's Corner and again in our final thoughts. If these things are too much for you, feel free to skip,…
Episode 248 James MacLaine and William Plunkett - Gentleman Bandits of the 1700s
Well, we have a gem of an episode here, where we look into the life of James MacLaine and William Plunkett. We follow what we can of their births and young lives as we discuss how the pair came to be the Gentleman Bandits that they were, w…
Episode 247 Victoria C. Woodhull - Spiritualist, Stockbroker, Presidential Candidate and Icon
What an episode!!! In Arthur's Corner, he discusses fudge, chocolate chip cookies and 12 Angry Men. We also discuss the neurodivergent line that seems to run through our family. Then we settle down and begin to discuss this week's subject…
Episode 246 The Story of Hans Island and the Whisky Wars
Well this episode is a ton of fun. We are joined by longtime friend of the Fam, Stand Up Comic and Dutch Uncle Dale Hilton. He requested we cover a topic called the Whisky Wars and it is a doozy. In 1973 Canada and Denmark were unable to…
Episode 245 The Greenbrier Ghost - The Murder of Zona Shue
This episode has so much going on, we don't know where to begin. Arthur discusses a recent family visit to Kansas City's Case Park and some rather naughty grafitti he discovered. The family discusses their favorite Kansas City Barbecue jo…
Episode 244 Woman on Trial - The Laurie Bambenek Story
We cover soooo very much in this episode. The Seven Layer Dip of Hell. Author S. J. Tilly. Stuffed Austrian Shepherds. Sponsor Girls. And so very much more as we head, in spirit, to Milwaukee Wisconsin to talk about the life, trial, and…
Episode 243 The Great Chicago Fire - A city wide tragedy in 1871
This episode we have so much to talk about, that we barely have time to talk about the episode. We discuss Mrs. O'Leary's cow, the movie 'Near Dark', the Independence Center Mall, more stuff in Arthur's Corner, what it must have been like …
Episode 242 Fairy Tale Origins III - Rapunzel, Bluebeard, Jack & The Beanstalk and Rip Van Winkle
We are joined in this episode by member of the Fam, longtime friend and writer extraordinaire Dan B. Fierce as well as Lexi Boese as we discuss the origins of four more fairy tales. We divide & conquer as Dean takes Rip Van Winmkle, Arthur…
Episode 241 The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire - Bad Business in America
What can I say about this episode? It runs the gamut. The main topic is the Triangle Shirtwaiste Fire and how two businessmen who were in the habit of locking doors while employees worked doomed 147 mostly immigrants and women to their de…
Episode 240 - Inventions We Lost to History
We have so MUCH rich muchness in this episode. A veritable souffle of things to learn and family banter! Lexi stops by to tell us she feeels sponsored. Gotta love our 7 year old. Arthur lets us know about his upcoming trip to Planet Com…
Episode 239 - Aqua Tofana - 'Miracle' Poison of the 17th Century
So in the 17th Century, in Rome, Giulia Tofana led a group of women who made devotional oils, cosmetic liquids and of course, poison. This poison was a famed untraceable and undetectable poison for it's time and it was dubbed Aqua Tofana. …
Episode 238 Lucille Ball - Why We Still Love Lucy
In this episode we cover the life of actress, comedienne and producer, Lucille Ball. We talk about her life, her time with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, her time as the queen of Television and the legacy she left behind. We talk her marriage to De…
Episode 237 Black History Month - The Big, Big Life of Robert Smalls
What an episode! This week we go back to 1839 to attend the birth of a young Black man named Robert Smalls. We watch him grow and learn how he loved the sea, how he came to work on a Coinfederate Navy Ship called the Planter and how, in t…
Episode 236 Love Gods and Goddesses w/ Cam Sully of the Jacked Up Review Show
There is so much to this episode! First, Cam Sully of the Jacked Up Review Show joins us as we talk ancient Gods and Goddesses from different cultures around the world. Is Ishtar the goddess of the worst movie ever? Maybe. We also discu…
Episode 235 The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie
Whole lotta love going on in this episode! Arthur talks being trans in these interesting times in his corner as well as Invader Zim, the Moomans and snow days. Dad gets so excited he bleeps himself, and he is the only one who knows what a…
Episode 234 The Murder (and Ghost) of Captain Joseph White
Another episode that is just so full of goodness, you'll wonder how we were able to pack it all into one episode! We go to Salem for this one, specifically the Gardner-Pingree House, which was once owned by Captain Joseph White. White was…
Episode 233 The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway w/ Brenda from Horrifying History
We have an episode so chockful of goodness you won't believe it. We are joined by Brenda from the Horrifying History Podcast as we discuss the life of Ernest Hemingway. We meet his parents, his family, his children and his many wives. We…
Episode 232 The Cursed Treasure of Tolosa featuring Edward October
In this episode, we are joined by Edward October of Octoberpod AM, a retro horror podcast for bold individualists! He voices the elevator of history for us as we get down to discussing the treasure of Tolosa. We talk about it's origins, w…
Episode 231 John F Kennedy - American Icon
In this episode, we look back at the life and times of John F. Kennedy. We talk about what life was like for the Kennedy's, how he grew up, how he injured his back and dealt with the pain of that the rest of his life. We discuss his trave…
Episode 230 The Catacombs Redux - Secrets of the Parisian Necropolis
In this episode, we revisit the subject of our second episode, the Catacombs. The empire of the dead lying beneath the streets of Paris. We discuss their odd and unique history, the stories of those who have become lost there, crimes that…
Episode 229 New Year New Weird 2025
Our first episode of 2025 where we do a review of our year in 2024 including topics, guests and surprises and we look ahead to 2025 and what we have planned for the coming year. We also take time to share our love for each other and our li…
Episode 228 - Christmas with the Fam
This episode we celebrate Christmas! Our special guest is Lexi, the youngest member of our Family making her podcast debut at 7! We each take turns picking a favorite movie and a favorite Christmas song (well two songs and a spoken word p…
Episode 227 Operation Paperclip - America Repurposes Nazi Scientists
In this episode, we dig into the end of World War II to discuss Operation Paperclip, what began by the German government as an attempt to overturn their fortunes as they were losing the war, eventually became a brain drain as America (among…
Episode 226 Katherine Johnson - NASAs Math Prodigy
In this episode, we talk about some of the email weve been getting at familyplotpodcast@gmail.com and some of the messages on our socials. Arthur and Laura promise to talk more as we slide into Arthur's Corner to discuss his day. Then we …
Episode 225 Emma LeDoux - Scandal and Murder in Stockton California
In this episode we go way back to the early 1900's to meet a California beauty named Emma LeDoux, recount the shocking murder and 'scandals' she became famous for, and in his corner Arthur explains how he knew he was trans and we give some …
Episode 224 The Challenger Shuttle Disaster - An American Tragedy
In this episode we return to Dean's senior year and find him sitting in science class watching the shuttle take off just before it exploded 73 seconds later. We discuss the Challenger itself, the crew, NASA at that time and the launch and …
Episode 223 The Witch of Taskee and Queen Bevers - Two Missouri Witches
In this episode we go back to the 1800;s to meet two Missouri witches. First we meet the Witch of Taskee who lived in Taskee Station Missouri and astounded those who saw her with her clairvoyance, that came when she was possessed by a spir…