The Silly Goose Society

Candy opinions get weirdly intense the moment Halloween shows up in the store aisle, so we decided to stop pretending and put the whole trick-or-treat bucket on trial. We’re talking worst Halloween candy, the stuff people hand out like it’s a clearance dump, and the treats that make you feel personally wronged as a kid. Yes, candy corn is the main defendant, and no, we are not taking plea deals. We run through the classics that start arguments at every party: black licorice, Dots, tiny...

Do ghosts have privacy rules, or are we all just living in a paranormal open-concept floor plan? We lean all the way into spooky season with a rapid-fire Q and A that starts with ghost logistics and immediately goes off the rails, because the only thing scarier than the unknown is how confidently we try to explain it. Expect big laughs, dumb questions with weirdly thoughtful answers, and the kind of monster math that only makes sense once you’re already in it. We bounce from haunted-ob...

A stranger pounds on the door and claims he needs a candle to catch Spring-Heeled Jack. Moments later, a young woman named Jane Alsop is fighting off a figure with claw-like hands and a mouth that reportedly breathes blue-white fire. That is not a campfire story we made up, it’s one of the most infamous Victorian London reports that helped launch a legend. We start with the earliest accounts, the repeating details, and the unsettling pattern of attacks that seem designed to terrify rather tha...

Three names. Three gut punches. Three reminders that a “celebrity” can still feel like someone who helped raise you. We’re talking about the losses of Dolly Parton, Tim Curry, and Peter Cullen, and why those passings landed like more than just headlines for us and for so many people listening. We start with Dolly, because her story is bigger than records or awards. Her Appalachian roots, her generosity, and her philanthropy feel like a blueprint for what real legacy looks like. We dig into t...

A simple “how are you doing?” turns into a whole philosophy problem, and that is the energy we bring today. We bounce from a real-time murder trial deep dive to the strange comfort of watching the internet piece together clues, and we talk about why true crime hits so hard even when you know it can get messy. If you’ve ever been pulled into a case, refreshing for updates like it’s a sport, you’ll recognize the mix of curiosity, dread, and can’t-look-away momentum. Then we shift into the oppo...