Broads Next Door

Grab your fertility amulets and your haunted cradle, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of Rosemary’s Baby, the film that birthed an entire genre of occult paranoia… and maybe even a few curses along the way. From the comas, to the cults, to fhe infamous crimes.

Is the devil really in the details or just in us?

CW: graphic violence

Sources:

Cursed Movies: Rosemary’s Baby
Shudder

Helter Skelter
Book by Curt Gentry and Vincent Bugliosi

Roman Polanski Opens Up About Sharon Tate's Murder | The Dick Cavett Show

Tate-LaBianca Press Conference

Tate-LaBianca: 50 Years Later
ABC News

The Most Cursed Hit Movie Ever Made

https://www.vanityfair.com/hol...

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Find a shaman and call your clairvoyant grandmother because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the tragedy that plagued the poltergeist sequels, both on and off screen, as we ask once again- can anything really be cursed or is it just our realities (and greedy studios) that haunt us?

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Turn off the movie and get ready to go behind the scenes, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the murder of Poltergeist star Dominique Dunne. This episode contains graphic descriptions of domestic violence, failures of the justice system, and the fact that sometimes the things that haunt us our deeply human. My main sources for this episode our the writings of Dominique’s father Dominic Dunne for Vanity Fair, the writings of her brother Griffin Dunne, the E! true Hollywood story on her life and court testimony of those involved. This is a heavy one for me, I really struggled to record this but I think what happened to Dominique is important to talk about, it’s something that happens every day.

CW: Domestic Violence

Sources:

Justice, Dominick Dunne for Vanity Fair

The E! True Hollywood Story: Dominique Dunne

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Grab a strong sense of spiritual boundaries, hide your clown dolls, and be prepared to feel enraged and also terrified because today, we’re getting a Broader Understanding of the curse of Poltergeist: the classic horror film that used real skeletons, haunted its cast and made America question whether some movies really are cursed.

This is Part 1

Sources:

Poltergeist Theatrical Trailer

https://youtu.be/q0p4JUlKJYI?si=K4J2V9Mz3qKSq6O7

E! True Hollywood Story: Poltergeist

The True Story That Inspired Poltergeist (Nerdist)

https://nerdist.com/article/poltergeist-true-story-inspired-movie/?amp

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Grab a mask- or better yet a hazmat suit because today we’re getting a broader understanding of the pneumonic plague- is there an outbreak or was this a one off? How bad would this be? And how many once in a lifetime events will we get in one lifetime?

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Grab a date and put on your prom dress, because today, we’re getting a broader understanding of adolescent rage, telekinetic revenge, teenage trauma and Carrie White

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On Writing, Stephen King

Is Telekinesis Real? (Ted Ed)

https://youtu.be/Jq9D_HkQhAA?s...

Analyzing Evil Margaret White from Carrie (The Vile Eye)
https://youtu.be/tihF7bFKvW8?s...

How Did Carrie Get Her Powers (Screen Rant)

https://screenrant.com/stephen...

Carrie White (The Take)

https://youtu.be/9bSCYqKsu_w?s...

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Put down your true crime coloring book, turn off that third rewatch of Mindhunter, and triple-check your locks, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of active serial killers.

Maybe they didn’t go extinct.

Maybe they changed their ways just enough that we stopped noticing.

We’re not talking about Jeffrey Dahmer’s glasses or the psychology of Ed Kemper. We’re talking about the now.
Because while Netflix has made a buffet of the past’s worst men, we seem to forget:
They’re still out there.
Still watching.
Still following.
Still killing.

But now? They’ve adapted to a world with doorbell cameras, automatic license plate readers, and a public that no longer pays attention unless there’s a trailer attached.

We prefer our killers archived, not active.
Dead, not digital.
Cold case, not current.

But that’s a myth. And today, we’re breaking it wide open.

Sources:

Houston Serial Killer (Law &Crime Network)

https://youtu.be/DWF-sP7M92g?s...

The Disturbing Trait That Almost all Serial Killers Share (Grunge)

https://youtu.be/XVNxZmPwU0s?s...

New England Serial Killer

https://youtu.be/7SGTmBEuKyM?s...

Smiley Face Killer (Oxygen)

https://youtu.be/Ju_RvpH7ng0?s...

Samuel Little (Oxygen)
https://youtu.be/CJImvxxuERU?s...

Israel Keyes (ABC News)

https://youtu.be/9mztHlgThj0?s...

MMIW & Girls (Broads Next Door)

https://open.spotify.com/episo...

Why Are There Fewer Serial Killers? (Northeastern University)

https://cssh.northeastern.edu/...

Did Serial Killers Become School Shooters? (salon)

https://www.salon.com/2018/02/...

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Grab your melatonin and turn on your sound machine because we’re kicking off spooky season with a subtle kind of horror- sleep deprivation. What does it do to us? How long can we go without rest? And for anyone who just had a baby like me, why does sleep during the newborn trenches feel like torture?

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Put on your trench coat and and get ready to call the tip line, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of one of the eeriest, mesmerizing and most iconic shows to ever hit television: Unsolved Mysteries.

We'll hear from people who worked on the series, revisit some memorable cases,

And maybe you too can help solve a mystery

(originally released October 31st 2025)

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Get ready to finally wrap this case up with us and probably never be able to trust the Facebook marketplace or wedding photographers the same way ever again. We know this has been a long and emotional rollercoaster for all of us, but we are officially at the end of what we know, and after this episode, you can be certain you have a broad understanding of one of the worst things you’ve probably ever heard.

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Get ready to take an ambulance ride and listen to some infuriating audio as we continue to gain a broader understanding of fetal abduction and the Netflix documentary Maternal Instinct. When we last left off, Taylor Parker had been pulled over on the side of the road claiming she had just given birth.
In this episode we’ll travel with her to the hospital, hear the initial interrogation, her arrest, and questioning by police

Traffic stop: https://youtu.be/ACzcLHwLzyU
Hospital:https://youtu.be/TEG12NTJ138?is=q0-8CtN6Khrt-166
Texas police interview: https://youtu.be/RmHWvvzSQYk?is=l6YtxM0wJbfL8yj7
Texarkana crime scene details: https://youtu.be/ueZEWoYTpko?is=tHUKfGs_opE8Qn3N

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Make sure you’re sitting down because in part four of our fetal abduction series, we’re arriving at the crime scene, as we continue to gain a broader understanding of the crimes of Taylor Parker and the murder of Reagan Hancock

For the past three episodes we’ve been telling two stories.
The first belonged to Reagan Hancock.
A young wife. A mother to three-year-old Kynlee. Thirty-five weeks pregnant with a little girl named Braxlynn Sage. A woman whose family described as kind, funny, loyal, and the sort of person who made room for other people.

The second belonged to Taylor Parker.
A woman who spent months building a pregnancy that didn’t exist. Creating a nursery. Faking a pregnancy. Living inside a story that became larger and larger until reality could no longer keep up.

For three episodes-those stories have existed side by side. Today, they become one.

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Don’t trust pathological liars but do keep track of what they say because today we’re continuing to gain a broader understanding of fetal abduction and the Netflix doc Maternal Instinct by looking at the longtime lies of the woman who looks different in every picture, Taylor Parker.

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Grab your security blanket, a cold beverage, and your internal rage because Today we’re continuing our No Maternal Instinct series, but we’re taking a slightly different path than the documentary as we try and gain a broader understanding of fetal abduction.

Because after Part One, a lot of you wrote to us.
Some of you were excited.
Some of you were surprised that we spent an entire episode talking about fake pregnancies instead of jumping right into Taylor Parker.
And a few of you basically said…
“…Okay, but when are we getting to Taylor?”

Fair question.
And today…
we’re getting closer.
But before we talk about Taylor Parker…
we want to tell you about the woman whose name almost slipped away- Reagan Simmons Hancock

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Tune into your skepticism and lock your car doors because today we’re beginning our multi part series on Netflix’s Maternal Instinct and the horrifying crime of fetal abduction as we try and gain a broader understanding of why and how this ever happens

in part one we"re looking at the broader picture- why women fake pregancies. From false pregnancies to manipulation to the worst case scenarios we're laying down the ground work before getting to the most extreme ending of fetal abductions. It's very, very rare for a faked pregnancy to end murder- in part one we're looking at the more common outcomes.

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Grab your lease agreement, your air conditioner, and your Chili’s Triple Dipper… because today we’re getting a broader understanding of New York City’s rent freeze, Europe’s dangerous heatwave, and why World Cup fans are falling in love with the beautiful, chaotic spectacle that is American chain restaurants.

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warning: contains spoilers for season 1 of Widow's Bay!!!

Grab your life jackets and get your fog horns out, cause today we’re diving into the lore behind everyone’s new favorite small seaside town secret history: Widow’s Bay. And if you’re looking for an excuse to use that Apple TV free trial period, this show might be worth the trouble. It’s just 10 episodes and pretty quick to binge, so if you haven’t seen it yet, go do yourself a favor and get busy before you come back to listen to this episode, because we will be discussing some spoilers as we gain a broader understanding of why everyone wants to go to Widow's Bay

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Grab your calendars and get ready to notice some patterns with us, because today we’re questioning the stars with a very special guest. Our friend Laura from @6thHouseAstro has come back to help us get a broader understanding of the mundane, the magical, and a forecast of things to come.

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Grab your tweed jacket, your favorite book from the library stacks, and maybe a wooden stake just in case, because today we’re getting a broader understanding of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Giles, nostalgia, grief, and why losing someone we never actually met can feel like losing a little piece of ourselves as we take a look back on Buffy and the career of Anthony Head.

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(originally released in March 2023, not the best audio quality!!)

Before there was Fyre Festival there was Woodstock 99. The festival took place from July 23-25, 1999 in Rome, New York. Though it was intended to be a celebration of the 30th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival, it ended up being anything but. It turned out to be the hottest weekend of the year, with temperatures reaching over 100 degrees.

The festival grounds were designed to hold 50,000 people, but over 200,000 showed up. There were long lines for water and bathrooms, and the prices for food and merchandise were sky-high. And to make matters worse, there were reports of sexual assault and harassment throughout the weekend- in this episode we examine Woodstock ‘99 what went right, what went Korn, and what went wrong.

Sources:
Trainwreck Woodstock ‘99, Three Part Netflix Series

Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage, HBO

Women Deserve More than Five Minutes, The Independent, 2022

Woodstock Arrives, New York Times, July 22 1999

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