When you're stripped of humanity, sometimes the only thing you can do to feel human is cling to your friends. In this episode, Sarah tells us the story of two women who quite literally used the power of friendship to survive one of the darkest times in history, Suzanne Bouvard and Simone Séailles.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
This week, Janelle Archer returns to continue the story of Karen Read and the murder of John O'Keefe. And if you think the trial couldn't get weirder (and the prosecution more cartoonish), then buckle up, baby.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
A drunken fight. A snowstorm. A cracked headlight. And a body in the snow. In this episode, we invite our very first guest, Janelle Archer, to tell the story of one of the biggest witch hunts of the decade, Karen Read and the murder of John O'Keefe.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
This week, Maggie tells a story that has it all: An affair, threatening letters, a booby trap, and a still-unsolved mystery. This is the story of Mary Gillispie and the Circleville Letters.*Special bonus content: Maggie does a reading from her childhood notebooks.*We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
We've recorded FIFTY EPISODES!!! Our haters are quaking in their boots. To celebrate, we had our audience ask us questions about the experience. Questions like "FMK your favorite episodes?" and more!We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Meredith Blake. Fiona Montgomery. Lady Tremaine. Baroness Rodmilla de Ghent. For our FIFTIETH EPISODE, Sarah shares the history of the Evil Stepmother trope and why it remains so prevalent in modern media.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
She started in secret, at a time and place where women weren’t allowed to pursue higher education. Later, her name would be on textbooks, institutes, and even the periodic table. This week, Maggie shares the story of a woman who changed the course of history, but was nearly erased from history in the process: Marie Curie.NOTE: we had some mowers in the background, so apologies for any audio issues!We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
In 2024, a mormon mommy blogger of 6 was sentenced to 30 years in prison for aggravated child abuse. This week, Sarah shares the story of Ruby Franke.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
This week, Sarah tells us about her LEEP experience + everything she didn’t know (and learned the hard way) about HPV and cervical cancer. We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
In this episode, Maggie shares a story about the woman who had a hand in dozens of scientific advancements, including the Polio vaccine, zero-gravity space travel, and AIDS research. But this isn't your traditional Women in STEM story. We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
In this episode, Sarah tells us the story of Betty Lou Beets, a Black Widow Killer who was one of the only women to ever face the death penalty in (you guessed it) Texas.Enjoy the podcast? Be sure to like and subscribe — it really helps us out! And, for $3, you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
In this episode, Maggie digs into one of her ~special interests~ to tell us the story of Candy Jones. IYKYK. And if you don't know, well...you're in for a wild ride. We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
It's a terrible day for our haters because we are BACK baby! And we're having a ~nuclear~ kick off to 2025 with the (alleged) murder of Kerr-McGee whistleblower, Karen Silkwood.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
A woman, clearly suffering from mental illness, is publicly shamed and ostracized. It’s a tale as old as time that could be about anyone from Blanche Monnier to a dozen Disney Channel stars. In this episode, Maggie tells us one such story about a Gilded Age socialite who was involuntarily committed not once, but twice—the Vanderbilt Heiress Marie Wilmerding.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Today's madwoman built a billion-dollar empire serving wine...and serving time. In this episode, Sarah tells us about our favorite domestic diva (and Snoop's bestie) Martha Stewart. ---We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
The Blood Countess bathed in the blood of 600 women to stay young and beautiful. Or DID she? In this episode, Maggie tells the story of Elizabeth Báthory, whose story has been retold so many times over the centuries that we're not really sure what to believe!We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
It's our 40th episode (!!!) and it's about time Sarah got to talk about her favorite subject: Twilight. In this episode, we chat about Stephenie Meyer, the Mormon roots of the Twilight series, and the impact (and chokehold) it had on young women everywhere.___We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
It's spooky season, so it's time for a ghost story! This week, Maggie tells us about the only ghost that ever impacted a legal trial—Elva Zona Heaster, the Greenbrier Ghost. We also chat about Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, obvi. ---We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
Wanna-be socialite, fake heiress, scam artist, and now...Dancing with the Stars contestant? After her rise to courtroom-fashion fame in 2019, Anna Delvey is back in the spotlight in 2024 with her bedazzled ankle monitor and a severe lack of PR training—and this week, Sarah tells us the real story.---We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.
In this episode, you'll hear the story of English serial killer, Mary Ann Cotton. Far more importantly, you'll hear Maggie and Sarah talk about sandwiches for 15 minutes.We now have a Discord just for Patreon subscribers! For $3 you can support us on Patreon and gab with the gals about episodes, post your unhinged on hinged screenshots, share your crafts and current reads, and more. LET'S BE FRIENDS IRL!!! https://www.patreon.com/MadWomanintheAtticPodHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.