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A Paranormal and True Crime Podcast by Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz, and Boxed Wine. 👻🥤🖤🍷💀 We release new episodes every Sunday!

A Paranormal and True Crime Podcast by Christine Schiefer, Em Schulz, and Boxed Wine.

11/27/2025

PASS the cranberry sauce because it’s Thanksgiving! 🦃

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

11/24/2025

Deck the haunted halls... Krampus ornaments are here! 👹

Get festive with us and trim your trees with our brand new KRAMPUS HOLIDAY ORNAMENT! We're also digging into that big 'ol bag of Krampus coal to give you 30% off all our spooky yuletide (and everyday creepy) backstock, so treat yourself to that pair of last year's Krampus socks or that "Ghoul Dinner" travel cup to keep your mulled wine warm while you carol door-to-door spreading the holiday greetings from our horned, cloven footed fiend, we mean friend...

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11/23/2025

PASS the cran… berry? Because it’s Episode 459 and we’re remixing the Thanksgiving song this year. This week Em covers the Kecksburg Incident aka Pennsylvania’s Roswell, a classic UFO story. Then Christine covers the fascinating case of Lawrence Joseph Bader aka John “Fritz” Johnson. And who can settle the debate about what end of the acorn is the t***y? Happy Thanksgiving week! …and that’s why we drink!

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Image description: Em and Christine laughing at their remix of the Thanksgiving song.

11/18/2025

You too can be the neighborhood lore

11/17/2025

Calling all listeners with Satanic Panic stories!! 👹

If you’ve got a firsthand memory, family story, or hometown legend tied to the Satanic Panic, we want to hear it.

Whether it’s small-town fear, misplaced suspicion, or the ripple effects of a moral panic gone off the rails, Em and Christine are gathering your experiences.

Share your story by November 19th [email protected] or andthatswhywedrink.com/contact!

11/16/2025

It’s Episode 458 and are we actually talking to you from the future?! This week Em takes us to London for The Nameless Thing of before Christine covers the disappearance of Robert “Bobby” Dunbar, an unfortunate and mysterious case of two missing boys. And if you’re ever sad just remember, maybe you are someone’s neighborhood lore… and that’s why we drink!

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Image description: Em and Christine smiling during the episode and Em showing off the 6 of hearts card from the Cryptid Playing Card Deck that has a black and white illustration of the Nameless Thing of Berkeley Square - octopus tentacles coming out of a frame in the wall.

11/09/2025

Episode 457 and we’re wishing Gio a very happy 10th birthday! Today Em brings us to Christine’s hometown for the very haunted Cincinnati Music Hall. Then Christine covers the case of Little Miss Lake Panasoffkee now known as Maureen “Cookie” Rowan as she’s just been identified after 55 years! And please don’t leave your buckets of formaldehyde gel laying around… and that’s why we drink!

If you have any information relevant to Maureen “Cookie” Rowan’s life or death in 1971, contact the Sumter County Sheriff’s Office tip-line at 352-569-1915 or via email to [email protected]

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Image description: Stills from the episode Em smiling at Gio, Gio getting some pets from Christine and Christine’s camera close up.

11/02/2025

Happy 456 synchronicity/angel number episode!

Since it is forever spooky season in our hearts we’ve got a few more Halloween related stories today. First Em brings us to Nebraska for the terrifying Seven Sisters Road and it’s haunted hijinks. Then Christine covers the unfortunate murder of Chelsea Bruck which leaves us saying words we’ve never said before. And if you’ve got questions that no one’s ever asked before, don’t fret because Detective Schiefer is on the case! …and that’s why we drink!

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Image description: Em and Christine smiling from the episode.

11/01/2025

Welcome to November, where it’s spooky season all year! We’re feeling hypnagogic today reviewing your footage and paranormal question submissions with the Haunted Doll herself, ! We discuss such pressing paranormal issues as ghost farts and smelter energy. We also wonder if we’re the ones gaslighting ghosts with our Scooby Doo behavior... and that’s why we drink!

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10/31/2025

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the gayest of them all? Happy surprise Halloween episode!

Today we're joined by sisters Yvette Gentile and Rasha Pecoraro of So Supernatural Podcast to dive into the history of queer-coded villains, the Hays Code and our favorite, gay characters across the media landscape before they were legally able to come out of the closet. We love gay Halloween, what do you mean you're going as Luke the Halloweentown goblin before he magically turned cute... and that's why we drink!

10/29/2025

Why? How? Who chose this?!

10/26/2025

Happy Halloween episode!! 🎃👻

Today Em brings us to their home state for the 6304 Beryl Road Haunting complete with evil tumbleweeds. Then Christine covers the murder of Shelia von Wiese-Mack which has us breaking out our police lights. And is the Grinch our new Roman Empire? …and that’s why we drink!

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Image description: Em smiling in their condom costume with spooky caution tape and spider webs behind them. Christine laughing at the mishap costume reveal.

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