Think your family is dysfunctional? Join siblings Ryan and Sandra for a trip down a memory lane paved with questionable decisions, sibling rivalry, and... a massive Ku Klux Klan memorabilia auction in their hometown. Yeah, it gets weird.

In this episode, we're unpacking the family gene pool, and let's just say not everyone got an equal share. We'll meet brother David, whose birth involved an umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and whose childhood was a masterclass in impulse control issues —from taking a baseball bat to the teeth to testing the structural integrity of drywall with his body. But hey, he was a wizard with a Duncan yo-yo! Then there's sister Christina, the undisputed apple of Dad's eye, who could do no wrong... unless Grandma Van Dyke was around.

Just when you think you have a handle on the family chaos, we take a hard left turn into one of the wildest local history stories you've ever heard. Discover how a quiet farm market next door was hiding a secret room filled with the entire history of the Newaygo County KKK , complete with membership cards and receipts for prominent citizens. We were there for the auction that nearly started a riot, and are spilling all the details on the local librarians who became the unexpected heroes of free speech.

So grab your headphones, brace yourself for some unfiltered truth, and find out why sometimes the most shocking history is right in your own backyard.

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