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
110 episodes transcribedHalloween special + season finale! Taylor tells Josie about the terrifying online suicide hoax. Plus: Madam Koi Koi, Africa's legendary high-heeled gh...
Halloween special! Guest host Nadine Bachan tells Josie and Taylor about Ruthie Mae McCoy, Chicago's public housing projects, and the true story behin...
Halloween special! Josie tells Taylor about the creepypasta that inspired an attempted murder. Plus: the killer clown outbreak of 2016.
Taylor tells Josie about the first Black Miss America, Vanessa Williams, and the turbulent history of the Miss America pageant. Plus: the infamous pol...
Josie tells Taylor about the web of lies behind a fake autobiography of Howard Hughes. Plus: Bar 9Eleven, the bar where you never forget.
Taylor tells Josie about the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum in AD 79. Plus: letters home from a COVID-era summer camp.
Josie tells Taylor about the mysterious death of actor Brittany Murphy. Plus: gender reveals gone awry.
Taylor tells Josie about shipwreck survivor Harrison Okene and the sinking of the tugboat Jascon 4. Plus: a deep dive into Deep Dive Dubai, the world'...
Josie tells Taylor about Soviet gymnast Elena Mukhina and her career-ending injury. Plus: the 2021 West Coast heat wave, and a look back at infamous f...
Taylor tells Josie about the saga of sex, murder and mayhem that unfolded on remote Floreana. Plus: the infamous Puebla sinkhole.
Josie tells Taylor about the Silicon Valley sex cult. Plus: the true story behind an urban legend about jazz musician John Coltrane.
Taylor 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.
