The Least Haunted Podcast

Where Science, Skepticism, Anthropology, and Humor meet to discuss all things haunting, spectral, paranormal, and just the plain ridiculous. Hosted by Cody Franks and, almost always, Garth von Ahnen.

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It’s time for our annual PRIDE FUNDRAISER again BBs so, grab your hottest, smartest, most chronically-online friends and start a fundraising team for QLL on @givebutter! ✨ For every $300 your team raises you get to choose a book to add to the collection. This is your chance to add yet another queer theory text, or sapphic monster romance novel or just about anything in between.

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HERE’S THAT LINK!! https://givebutter.com/qqlls-pride-campaign-2026-rg3yn3

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IT’S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

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I T S T H E M I D D L E O F J U N E

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I T I S H A L L O W E E N T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

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ok who the fuck got this on my dash it’s still june

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get spooky

[tshifty]

how does this appear every june

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T I M E T O G E T S P O O K Y

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it’s june

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T I M E T O G E T S P O O K I N G Y’ A L L

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LEE IT’S JUNE

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GAY HALLOWEEN TIME

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y’all know what fuckin month it is 😎

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It’s pride month everybody!!!!!!

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[the-irreverend]

pov: you're waking up and it's june 1st

(happy pride month yall!)

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PRINCESS MONONOKE もののけ姫 1997, dir. Hayao Miyazaki

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Episode 158: Talking Cryptids and Sea Monsters with Dr. Darren Naish

This time we are joined by paleontologist Dr. Darren Naish, expert on tetrapod zoology, cryptozoology, and ancient marine reptiles- to talk about a scholarly interest in cryptids, the nature of scientific skepticism, and sea monsters!  You may know his work from many places. Including: His long running blog TetZoo, the BBC series Prehistoric Planet, a wide number of books on paleontology and cryptozoology, his annual paleontology convention DinoCon, and so much more!  

Find more of Darren's work: https://tetzoo.com Tickets for DinoCon 2026: https://www.dinocon.co.uk

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[ordinaryschmuck]

I agree with this statement.

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REST IN PISS SORA AI

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video podcast killed the normal podcast star

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it's extremely funny reading historical accounts of Spontaneous Human Combustion because it follows the normal historical trend of other 1800s paranormal phenomena where it stopped happening as much right around the time cameras were invented and stopped happening entirely when everyone started carrying mini cameras in their pockets, but unlike most others of its ilk, it was effectively replaced by this mysterious phenomena where alocoholics would spill liqour on themselves and then fall asleep smoking a cigarette and turn into a fireball. nobody knows if these two things are related

[biichama]

As someone who was morbidly fascinated by spontaneous human combustion as a kid, I am completely unsurprised by this, not the least because people also believed that a contributing factor to spontaneous human combustion was being an alcoholic.

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chuck tingle accidentally used an AI image on his latest cover and not only did he fix the mistake but he made me think the phrase “the skeleton has been replaced out of an abundance of caution,” for which i am eternally grateful