S05E03: The very Victorian art of dating and the hidden codes in Victorian love letters.Sit down for a bit of old fashioned Victorian dating advice, flirting etiquette, and fan wielding tips, then cozy up by the fire to search for hidden mea

2 - The Bewitching and Beguiling Power of Love Spells

Feb 6th, 2024 1h 43m

S05E02: A brief history of love spells and how they’re still being used today.As long as there have been people, there have been love spells. They’re sometimes beautiful, frequently horny, and nearly always ethically questionable. They also

1 - Putting the Cult in Cutlery

Jan 22nd, 2024 1h

S05E01: The Oneida Cult.Ever wonder if your silverware was once in a questionable cult? No? Just us?The Oneida Cult had some truly ahead-of-its-time views on sex and sexuality. And, if their community hadn’t also included a dark shadow of a

8 - Where Did You Find That Key? Secret Drawers, Hidden Compartments, and Locked Cabinets

Oct 13th, 2023 1h

S04E08: The secret drawers, hidden compartments, and locked cabinets nestled into pieces of antique furniture.Because, who doesn’t want an excuse to look for indoor treasures on a crisp, cloudy fall day?Show notes: https://www.bonesandbobbin

7 - Wait. Where did YOU come from?

Jul 28th, 2023 1h 42m

S04E07: American islands that never lost their British accents (from the 16 and 1700s) and the unnatural origins of the Transatlantic Accent.Learn some new (old) phrases from Hoi Toiders, Outer Banks Brogue speakers, and the folks who live o

6 - Dreadnought, Sink Not

Jun 14th, 2023 1h 9m

S04E06: The USS Recruit (1917), the dreadnought in Union Square, and the Unsinkable Molly BrownLike real historical stories that are way, way better than their legendary counterparts? Join us on a trip back through time and experience the Un

5 - Traysure!

May 15th, 2023 1h 29m

S04E05: Metal detecting, geocaching, and digging up stuff in your own backyard!It’s digging in the dirt and tromping through the woods season! Come along with us while Haley contemplates metal detecting, breaking the law, and digging up her

4 - The Deadly Garden

Apr 13th, 2023 1h 23m

S04E04: Poisonous Plants and Drury Lane Gardens.Take a stroll around a garden so dangerous that just walking through it can cause you to faint, then scamper off to the world of London’s pocket parks for a wholesome reinvention of a place wit

3 - Paws, Claws, and Caws: The Lore of Black Cats, Crows, and Ravens

Mar 18th, 2023 1h 26m

S04E03: The lore of black cats, crows, and ravens.Us, to literally every black cat or corvid we see: Who’re our good little witches’ familiars? Sweet baby omens of doom? The bestest spooky speakers of truth ever?Corvids and black cats:

2 - Beauty and the Bikes

Feb 12th, 2023 1h 18m

S04E02: Beauty entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker and Boston bicycling trailblazer Kittie Knox.Fan of a multi-step beauty routine? (Same.) So, as it happens, was Madam C. J. Walker, who built a national beauty empire while pr

1 - You Can Be the President, I’d Rather Be the Pope

Jan 19th, 2023 2h 12m

S04E01: Weird pope facts and the bizarro world that is Vatican City/the Vatican/the Holy See.First: If you’re unfamiliar with the Prince song “Pope,” we highly recommend going down that weird rabbit hole. It’s where we got the title for this

17 - Indigenous Badassery

Dec 1st, 2022 1h 10m

S03E17: It’s National Native American Heritage Month, so we’re talking about stone cold badass Madame Marie Dorion, and the many ways in which Native and Indigenous Americans have contributed to medicine and public health, from baby bottles, to

16 - Feminism on Wheels

Oct 23rd, 2022 1h 42m

S03E16: Victorian dress reform, the Rational Dress Society, and the history of bicycles.For Victorian women, bicycles usher in both a newfound freedom and a new wave in practical, flexible fashion: Pants!Show notes: https://www.bonesandbo

15 - Waxing Dramatic

Oct 12th, 2022 1h 44m

S03E15: Madame Tussaud and her famed museum of lifelike wax figures, and Grand Guignol, a pioneering theater at the forefront of shockingly realistic body horror.Marie Tussaud’s exceptional talent brought a spark of (kind of creepy) life to

14 - There’s No Place Like Utopia

Sep 26th, 2022 1h 47m

S03E14: Celebration, Florida and Arcosanti, Arizona: Two very different approaches to building a (mostly failed) utopia.Learning how to almost successfully thrive in the desert, and why we wouldn’t want Disney in charge of our HOAs.Show no

12 - Professionally Sneaking

Aug 27th, 2022 1h 25m

S03E12: The spy gadgets of WWII and a married couple–Jonna and Antonio Mendez–who were very real masters of disguise.Spy craft meets spy crafts with lipstick compasses, pencil daggers, and a truly ingenious use of foot powder.Show notes:

11 - Our Bodies, Our Clothes?

Aug 13th, 2022 1h 54m

S03E11: The history of women in pants and boobs in fashion.Ah, yes. The perennial drama of possessing cleavage and/or legs.Show notes: https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/08/12/season-3-episode-11

10 - The Tower in the Woods: The Brattleboro Retreat Tower

Aug 1st, 2022 15m 39s

S03E10: The Brattleboro Retreat Tower, a Victorian structure tucked away amongst the trees and boulders on a hiking trail in Vermont.Haley goes solo this week with a tour of one of her new hometown's most notorious haunts, the Brattleboro Re

9 - Fragrance, Flowers, and Fat

Jul 16th, 2022 1h 41m

S03E09: Perfume making techniques, enfleurage, and musk.It's all flowers and frippery...until it's not.Show notes available Friday: https://www.bonesandbobbins.com

8 - Titties & Teeth: Both Shiny

May 21st, 2022 1h 38m

S03E08: Boobs and bling: the history of sports bras and custom grills.Two jock straps walk into a marathon with some pretty mind-blowing mouth jewelry.Show notes: https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/05/21/season-3-episode-08

7 - Urban Spelunking We Will Go!

Apr 25th, 2022 1h 10m

S03E07: Abandoned structures and Architectural Salvage.We don’t want to tell you how to live your lives, but maybe avoid that underground toilet bunker, okay?Show notes: https://www.bonesandbobbins.com/2022/04/25/season-3-episode-07

6 - When the Moon Hits Your Eye, Just Go With It

Apr 8th, 2022 1h 30m

S03E06: The stories behind the names for full moons and how the moon does (or doesn’t) impact the human body.Did you know that a blue moon is actually a thing, and that blood moons really do exist? Connect with your inner (North American) mo

5 - You Don’t Have to Go Home, But You Can’t Play Here: Abandoned Places

Mar 26th, 2022 2h 27m

S03E05: Abandoned Waterparks and Neverland Ranch.The heyday of bad-idea waterparks, when the kids were probably drunk and their 1980s parents decided to just roll the dice on safety, and the dark and over-the-top remnants of Neverland Ranch.

Bonus

Update: Welp. It Finally Happened.

Mar 18th, 2022 1m 5s

Hello, creepy crafters!There won't be a new episode this week, because Natali came down with the covid. We decided that excitedly telling each other stories until midnight was probably not the most reasonable road to recovery, so we'll be back

4 - Dipping a Skull into Private Clubs, Fraternal Orders, and Secret Societies

Mar 5th, 2022 1h 49m

S03E04: The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain and a fascinating look into the history of fraternities and sororities in the United States.Private clubs can be fraught with countless problematic behaviors, but our favorite find turned o