Good Company in the Car: The Bigfoot and Murder and Everything Else Podcast

A young woman is murdered by a California highway late at night. The killer is the last person anyone in San Diego expected...

(The AI recaps used to be so much more dramatic…) Kevin and Jack discuss the new Scream film—its recycled thrills, satisfying reveals, and a personal trigger scene—then move into reflections about urgent medical care and how it feels to be told to wait. The episode then shifts to a lively Disney trip recap: Animal Kingdom animals, Avatar and Banshee flight, meeting Kevin from Up, getting stuck on Pirates of the Caribbean which was amazing, park tips, shopping frustrations, and the relaxing and slightly boozy Brightline ride home.

Where do we start? Anti-freeze? Check. Life insurance? Check. Infidelity? Check. It's like falling on a bruise...

Thank goodness for cell phone pings or this monster might have gotten away with it!

Two friends recount their seven-night Norwegian cruise from Miami, comparing it to Celebrity, navigating port visits in Puerto Plata, St. Thomas and Tortola, and sharing amusing encounters—like a line dispute with a fellow passenger, shopping at an amber museum, and meeting two fun couples from Long Island. The episode highlights practical annoyances (slow internet, drink packages, and desalinated water), sunny island moments at Stirrup Cay, local sights and costs, and a brief health scare that turned out to be resolvable—wrapped up with candid humor about travel expectations and onboard life.

Jack and Kevin travel from Florida to Maryland for a nostalgic weekend in St. Michael's, enjoying ramen, conveyor-belt sushi, and a homecoming dinner with longtime friends. The trip blends warm memories, quirky motel and hotel moments, Goodwill finds, and a tense airport delay and de-icing scare before returning to sunny Florida.

After the heartbreak of suddenly losing their dog , Jack and Kevin took a Celebrity Reflection cruise to distract themselves from their sadness. The episode covers a frantic drive to the port, a harrowing last‑minute boarding, off-putting martini‑bar hangouts, inevitable casino losses, and a pretty good magician. They stop in Freeport Bahamas instead of Cocoa Cay due to storm damage to the pier (Freeport is not a tourist destination) and explore Nassau’s colorful architecture, the pink courthouse, and the historic Balcony House.

This episode explores the 1896–1897 mystery airship wave across the United States: thousands of reported nighttime lights and dramatic accounts of airborne craft, alleged crews, and even Martian visitors. It traces the sightings from Sacramento through the Midwest, examines explanations (hoaxes, misidentifications, secret inventors, and early aviation), and looks at how newspapers and later UFO enthusiasts shaped the story.

There's just no shortage! After a steady diet of murder we needed the podcast equivalent of pickled ginger last week and now we're already for the next case. Bring on the stupidity Ken Fitzhugh!

The town of Carthage, Texas' most wealthy and cantankerous resident is found murdered. A lot of people thought she had it coming, but no one could believe who did it!

The hosts trade stories about signing up for scuba lessons, exploring the Florida reef, beach metal-detecting, and quirky moments like naming a local shark “Bruce.” They also share everyday life updates—assembling patio furniture, a gardening mobility cart, canceled golf plans, and half-price mahi dinners. The episode focuses heavily on sleep apnea and CPAP experiences: the awkward at-home sleep study, insurance hassles, struggles to stay awake for testing, and how better sleep transformed their mornings. They close with plans to resume regular research-driven crime episodes in the new year.

Hosts Jack and Kevin recount a laid-back holiday season after moving to Florida: warm weather instead of winter, big kitchen cooking sessions with turkeys and hundreds of cookies, and a quiet Christmas and New Year. They share travel highlights (a Phoenix trip and old mining town visit), small home victories like winter tomatoes and finished pavers, and humorous moments including a raffle-winning menopause kit and a gift of a metal detector.

On the night of August 21, 1955, the Sutton and Taylor families in rural Kentucky reported being besieged for hours by small, strange humanoid figures with glowing eyes. Their vivid accounts, gunfire on the property, and the rush of law enforcement turned the incident into one of the most famous and debated UFO encounters. Theories range from extraterrestrials and mass hysteria to misidentified wildlife such as great horned owls, but no conclusive explanation has been found, leaving the Kelly–Hopkinsville case a lasting mystery.

In Grand Junction, Colorado, real estate developer Alan Helmick is found shot in his home and his car later set on fire. Investigators focus on his wife, Miriam Helmick, after a hand-delivered threatening greeting card is traced to her by surveillance footage. Additional evidence, including incriminating online searches, forged checks, and a ballistic match to a decades-old bullet, points to motive and opportunity. Prosecutors say Miriam stood to gain financially, and forensic work helped secure her conviction for first-degree murder and a lengthy prison sentence. The case shows how small pieces of physical and digital evidence can connect to form a compelling case.