My Parents Were Psychics

Smoking a cigar on a riverbank in Alaska, this caller tells Gethard about the therapist's offhand suggestion that sent him north, and the long, rambling road that led him there. From sleeping in a college library to living on Greyhound buses, with many stops in between, he and Ge ...  Show more

A proudly unpredictable mom calls to talk with Gethard about errant mouth bones, thrift-store vendettas, and escaping a fundamentalist upbringing. Plus: dead snakes, a dilapidated chicken coop, and a toddler determined to keep all of us on our toes. Sign up for Beautiful/Anonymou ...  Show more

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Psychics, parents, Parkinson, and Poly.</span>

Aimy shares her experience with an entity claiming a part in her daughter's life. Eventually, through an out of body experience, she discovers demons were nearby.

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A woman talks about how she escaped being a prisoner to her abusive, controlling mother with Munchausen syndrome by proxy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices 

Joanne’s mom had always been a bit out there. Nobody could quite put her finger on it, but there were whispers that family members were witches.

When Joanne’s mom sent her out in the middle of the night to dig up something in the woods for a spell… Joanne was confused. S ...