Night Classy

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Swapped lessons on meteors, hauntings and crime, then class dismissed.

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Kat and Hayley each bring a lesson to Night Classy, and whoever is not teaching spends it guessing, questioning and cracking jokes. Recent subjects run from the Tunguska Event and an early reality TV experiment to a haunted house and a theory about Jack the Ripper's possible earlier crimes.

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About Night Classy

Night Classy is built on a trade. Kat and Hayley each come with a lesson, and the one not teaching becomes the class: she guesses at the subject, asks the questions an outsider would ask and pulls the talk sideways whenever a joke offers itself. The show calls itself tipsy, and its loose, jokey energy never pretends otherwise. Most episodes in this stretch start with a version of 'Where are you taking us on this learning journey?' The answer is a teaser, and then the guessing starts. A reality TV lesson draws questions about whether children or a dating format are involved, and a lesson on the Miracle of 1511 is teased as involving snowmen, pointedly not Frosty. The lessons themselves cover real ground. On the Tunguska Event, a visitor to the site looks for a crater and finds a flattened forest and a swamp, and soil samples later turn up nickel and iridium. That brings the obvious objection that such elements occur naturally, and the answer is that the levels were abnormal. Then the talk swerves into aliens nervously refilling the crater and a Chocolate Rain riff. A lesson on a women's community in Kansas City, Missouri follows women who heard Sonia Johnson speak at the National Women's Music Festival and came away wanting that kind of community all the time. The episode named for Womontown and the Servant Girl Annihilator also carries a gruesome story framed as a theory about Jack the Ripper's possible earlier crimes. Nasubi shares an episode with the Karni Mata Temple. Its reality TV lesson follows a man living in isolation on prizes such as instant noodles, a tent too big to set up in his apartment and a TV stand with no TV, all while he was unaware he was being live streamed. The lesson does not play it purely for laughs: it calls the setup problematic and points toward a documentary. Other titles show the spread. Scientific Discoveries 1924 vs. 2024 sits beside Orcas vs. Humpbacks, and Bill Nye the Science Guy sits between the Papin Sisters and the Disappearance of Bonnie Haim. The Haunted Hinsdale House lesson includes accounts from paranormal TV crews who filmed at the house, plus a detour into whether the name is scary enough, ending with a pitch to call it the honey house. One episode brings in a third voice, Alec, with a true crime story built around a three-year-old witness. The same session includes a tale of a puppy supposedly trapped in a sewer that may have been a frog all along. Tangents are part of the texture: a dog barks mid-lesson, and the pair joke about having been born in the 1900s. Some exchanges turn reflective, as when one closing conversation settles on how little has changed beyond indoor plumbing and brighter lights. Around the lessons come mentions of a Patreon, a Discord and Spotify comments, and at least one session is filmed. Most of these episodes end on the same countdown: three, two, one, 'Class dismissed.'

Made for: Suits a listener who likes odd history, unexplained science, hauntings and true crime told as back-and-forth banter rather than a straight lecture, and who is happy to follow a detour about a barking dog before the lesson picks back up.

What sets it apart: The lesson swap gives every topic a live audience in the room. The one not teaching guesses, pushes back and jokes, so a Tunguska soil sample or an isolated reality TV subject comes through real reactions rather than narration alone.

In their own words

A tipsy night class teaching the oddities and curiosities you never learned in school. Powered by a thirst for knowledge and boxed wine, best friends Kat and Hayley cover the most fascinating lessons in History, Science, True Crime, Pop Culture, and the Paranormal. Let's go on a learny journey!

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A haunted-house blanket tug becomes a cold-feet grievance; your study group is Kat and Haley.

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  • the missing crater after a massive explosion to prompt the questions you would ask out loud
  • Nasubi's reality TV ordeal discussed with the question of consent still on the table
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279. Womontown and Servant Girl AnnihilatorOct 31, 2025

A conversational history hour links women-built belonging with an unresolved theory of violence.

Night Classy sets a women's-community story against a grim theory about possible earlier crimes by Jack the Ripper, turning the episode into a conversation about chosen belonging, practical survival, and violence that keeps echoing through history.

278. Tunguska Event and EncodingOct 2, 2025

A tipsy classroom tackles a flattened forest, missing crater, and meteorite-linked clues.

This Night Classy episode gives the Tunguska-style mystery a relaxed, tipsy classroom treatment: flattened forest, missing crater, unusual soil, peat-bog findings, and a leading theory built around a high-speed stony asteroid or comet fragment.

276. Nasubi and Karni Mata TempleAug 14, 2025

A loose, uneasy double bill about worshiped rats, reality-TV excess, and one man's isolation.

Night Classy sets two strange forms of spectacle side by side: a reality-TV ordeal built around Nasubi's isolation, and an Indian Hindu temple where rats are treated as sacred.

274. Papin Sisters, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Disappearance of Bonnie HaimAug 7, 2025

A loose night-class hangout mixes true crime, Bill Nye, and uneasy questions about a child witness.

Night Classy frames one sitting as an after-hours class where true crime, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and half-remembered school lessons all end up on the same syllabus.

275. Haunted Hinsdale House and Miracle of 1511Aug 7, 2025

A snowman miracle and a haunted house turn history into a loose, spooky lesson.

Night Classy pairs a strange snowman miracle with the haunted Hinsdale House, then lets both threads drift through loose talk about Christmas movies, insects, paranormal TV, internet anonymity, and the small misery of a yanked blanket.

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Episodes

  1. 1

    247. Glanton Gang Scalp-Hunting and Monopoly

    ·1h 36m
  2. 2

    227. Tyrian Purple and Landfills

    ·1h 16m
  3. 3

    226. Anna Sewell, Wives of Henry VIII (Part 2), and 'The Ape and The Child' Experiment

    ·6m
  4. 4

    225. Mother Teresa and Product Flops

    ·1h 28m
  5. 5

    224. Nigerian Prince Scam and Operation Flagship

    ·1h 44m
  6. 6

    223. Robert Hanssen and Americana, Brazil

    ·1h 16m
  7. 7

    279. Womontown and Servant Girl Annihilator

    ·1h 42m
  8. 8

    278. Tunguska Event and Encoding

    ·1h 24m
  9. 9

    277. Korean Axe Murder Incident, The Unicorn Killer, and Mena Bigfoot Encounter

    ·7m
  10. 10

    276. Nasubi and Karni Mata Temple

    ·1h 16m
  11. 11

    275. Haunted Hinsdale House and Miracle of 1511

    ·1h 5m
  12. 12

    274. Papin Sisters, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Disappearance of Bonnie Haim

    ·19m
  13. 13

    253. Fad Diets and Soap

    ·1h 38m
  14. 14

    252. Self-Experimentation and Exploding Teeth

    ·1h 16m
  15. 15

    273. Sailors' Superstitions and The Real Housewives of OC Cancer Saga

    ·2h 12m
  16. 16

    272. Juliane Koepcke Plane Crash, Four Pests Campaign, and Betty & Barney Hill UFO Abduction

    ·8m
  17. 17

    271. Pope Pius XII Embalming, Lap Dogs, and Michelangelo

    ·10m
  18. 18

    270. Butterfly People of Joplin and Zombie-Ant Fungus

    ·1h 40m
  19. 19

    269. Mountain Meadows Massacre and Dental Braces

    ·2h 13m
  20. 20

    268. Angikuni Lake Village Disappearance and Vietnam Beer Run

    ·1h 38m
  21. 21

    267. Baghdad Battery and Two Food Floods

    ·1h 10m
  22. 22

    266. Annabelle Doll and Water Intoxication

    ·1h 20m
  23. 23

    265. Batavia Shipwreck and Titanic Conspiracies

    ·1h 10m
  24. 24

    264. Pope Joan and Lake Nyos Disaster

    ·1h 17m
  25. 25

    256. Shoko Asahara and White House Ghosts

    ·1h 48m
  26. 26

    262. Return to Nature Funeral Home, Chinese Ghost Marriages, and Travis Walton Alien Abduction

    ·6m
  27. 27

    261. White House Renovations and Dire Wolves

    ·1h 32m
  28. 28

    260. April Fools' Part 2 and Funeral Homes

    ·1h 7m
  29. 29

    257. Lili'uokalani, Monsieur "Mouth" Mangetout, and Mona Lisa

    ·11m
  30. 30

    256. Exploding Whale of Florence and Red Honey of New York City

    ·1h 10m
  31. 31

    255. Bananadine and Vaseline

    ·1h 6m
  32. 32

    254. The Yellow Deli, Scandoval, and B-17 Tail Gunner Gene Moran

    ·2h 14m
  33. 33

    251. Saturnalia, Disappearance of Walter Collins, and Andy Cohen

    ·7m
  34. 34

    250. Miep Gies and Gympie-Gympie

    ·1h 15m
  35. 35

    249. USS Indianapolis Shark Attack and Sir Alfred Mehran

    ·59m
  36. 36

    248. Crash Test Dummies and Hands Across America

    ·1h 14m
  37. 37

    228. Mother Shipton and Sweating Sickness

    ·1h 5m
  38. 38

    245. Candy Canes, Third Man Syndrome, and John Jacob Astor IV

    ·3m
  39. 39

    244. Scientific Discoveries 1924 vs. 2024 and Orcas vs. Humpbacks

    ·1h 12m
  40. 40

    243. Animal Funerals and America's Next Top Model

    ·1h 17m
  41. 41

    242. John Murray Spear and Insects as Food

    ·1h 28m
  42. 42

    241. Beethoven, White House Security Breaches, and Breckenridge Murders 1982

    ·4m
  43. 43

    240. Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death and Eccentrics of New Jersey

    ·1h 15m
  44. 44

    239. 4B Movement and Project A119

    ·59m
  45. 45

    238. French Fries and Charles Dawson's Piltdown Man

    ·49m
  46. 46

    237. Blackout Killer and Phrogging

    ·1h 17m
  47. 47

    236. Vampire Bats, Gates to Hell, and the Body in the Drum

    ·7m
  48. 48

    235. Vampire of Düsseldorf and Frankenstein George Washington

    ·1h 26m
  49. 49

    234. Devil's Footprints and SOS Incident

    ·1h 9m
  50. 50

    233. Teflon and Trepanning

    ·1h 15m
  51. 51

    232. Bubbly Creek, Sin-Eaters, and Wollaton Gnomes

    ·3m
  52. 52

    231. Corpse Medicine and Ig Nobel Prize

    ·1h 13m
  53. 53

    230. Procrastination and Vestigial Tails

    ·1h 13m
  54. 54

    229. Dr. Robert J. White and Chernobyl Disaster

    ·1h 30m
  55. 55

    222. Taco Bell, Wives of Henry VIII (Part 1), and Murder of Shannon Mohr

    ·7m
  56. 56

    220. Brain-Eating Amoeba and Calamity Jane

    ·1h 3m
  57. 57

    219. McDonald's Ice Cream Machines and Debutante Balls

    ·1h 24m
  58. 58

    218. Jim Twins, Cincinnati Lore, and Ariel Castro Kidnappings

    ·5m
  59. 59

    217. Pythagoras and Bone Wars

    ·1h 28m
  60. 60

    216. Dr. Kellogg and "Polio Paul" Alexander

    ·1h 43m
  61. 61

    215. Cockroaches and Anna Anderson

    ·1h 12m
  62. 62

    214. Sokushinbutsu and Cicadas

    ·1h 7m
  63. 63

    213. Tony Alamo, 10 Interesting Animals, and Las Vegas Aliens

    ·4m
  64. 64

    212. Ticks and Henry Rathbone

    ·1h 2m
  65. 65

    211. Bed Bugs and Cultivated Meat

    ·1h 13m
  66. 66

    210. Gilles de Rais and Physical Education

    ·1h 13m
  67. 67

    209. Radioactive Boy Scout and Mass Hysteria LIVE! (w/ Brittany Brave)

    ·1h 13m
  68. 68

    208. Elagabalus and Bannerman Castle

    ·1h 14m
  69. 69

    207. Platypus and Nostradamus

    ·1h 5m
  70. 70

    206. Human Growth Hormone and Snoop Dogg

    ·1h 17m
  71. 71

    205. Fibonacci Sequence and Jellyfish

    ·1h 4m
  72. 72

    204. Bog Bodies and Charles Hatfield

    ·1h 12m
  73. 73

    PATREON LEAK: Collyer Brothers, America's First UFO Sighting, and Robert Llimós

    ·1h 41m
  74. 74

    203. Münster Rebellion and Tsavo Man-Eaters

    ·1h 18m
  75. 75

    202. Robbers Cave Experiment and Sam Patch

    ·1h 1m
  76. 76

    201. Chincoteague Ponies and Albert Einstein's Brain

    ·1h 21m
  77. 77

    200. Bessie Blount Griffin and Conch Republic

    ·1h 23m
  78. 78

    199. Charles Robert Jenkins and Lucia de Berk Case

    ·1h 11m
  79. 79

    198. Jack Parsons (Part 2) and Portlock, Alaska

    ·1h 8m
  80. 80

    197. Cabbage Patch Kids and Jack Parsons (Part 1)

    ·1h 30m
  81. 81

    196. Tokyo Rose and Bondo Mystery Apes

    ·1h 20m
  82. 82

    195. Transportation Security Administration and C-Sections / Dr. James Barry

    ·1h 34m
  83. 83

    194. Egg Nog Riot and Torches of Freedom

    ·1h 23m
  84. 84

    193. Reindeer and The Great Stink

    ·1h 28m
  85. 85

    192. Mercury Poisoning and Katherine Knight

    ·1h 20m
  86. 86

    191. Screaming Mummies of Guanajuato and Betty Broderick

    ·1h 56m
  87. 87

    Matchbook Flashback - Episodes 1, 2, & 3!

    ·1h 40m
  88. 88

    190. Rollercoasters and Old Leatherman

    ·1h 36m
  89. 89

    189. Mushroom Priestess and Arsinoe

    ·1h 42m
  90. 90

    188. Organ Transplants and Tide Pod Panic

    ·1h 44m
  91. 91

    187. Restricted and Wych Elm Bella

    ·1h 34m
  92. 92

    186. Robert the Doll and Fukushi Masaichi

    ·1h 30m
  93. 93

    185. Whisper Estate and Anneliese Michel

    ·1h 59m
  94. 94

    184. Owls and Cat Ladies

    ·1h 17m
  95. 95

    183. Illuminati and Frankenstein Castle

    ·1h 36m
  96. 96

    182. Peace Project / Sex Raft and SCP Foundation

    ·1h 20m
  97. 97

    181. Sawney Bean and Motorcycle Gangs

    ·1h 25m
  98. 98

    221. Nongqawuse and Speed Eating

    Kat and Hayley teach about a young prophetess in South Africa, aiming to rewrite history by centering people of color.

    ·1h 16m
  99. 99

    258. Famous Phone Numbers and Vampire Burials

    Kat and Hayley explore the history and folklore of vampire graves and burials, blending humor and curiosity.

    ·1h 24m
  100. 100

    259. Moberly–Jourdain Incident and April Fools' Day

    Kat and Hayley discuss a time slip phenomenon from the end of the Victorian era, blending history with paranormal curiosity.

    ·1h 21m
  101. 101

    279. Womontown and Servant Girl Annihilator

    Hidden gem

    Drea and Marianne turned a rough Kansas City block into “Womantown” for lesbians.

    Oct 31, 2025·1h 42m·2 clips
  102. 102

    278. Tunguska Event and Encoding

    Hidden gem

    A 1908 Siberian blast flattened 80 million trees, but the Tunguska event left no crater.

    Oct 2, 2025·1h 24m·2 clips
  103. 103

    277. Korean Axe Murder Incident, The Unicorn Killer, and Mena Bigfoot Encounter

    Aug 28, 2025·7m
  104. 104

    276. Nasubi and Karni Mata Temple

    Hidden gem

    Nasubi reaches 1 million yen, then producers move him to Korea for a second sweepstakes challenge.

    Aug 14, 2025·1h 16m·2 clips
  105. 105

    275. Haunted Hinsdale House and Miracle of 1511

    Hidden gem

    Night Classy pairs the Hinsdale House case from July 1973 with Brussels’ "miracle of 1511," which followed an unusually cold winter and a city festival.

    Aug 7, 2025·1h 5m·2 clips
  106. 106

    274. Papin Sisters, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Disappearance of Bonnie Haim

    Hidden gem

    Alec opens with a true-crime tease, but the longest exchange becomes his story about a Lakeland sewer “puppy” named Pluto that turned out to be frogs.

    Aug 7, 2025·19m·1 clip
  107. 107

    273. Sailors' Superstitions and The Real Housewives of OC Cancer Saga

    Jul 31, 2025·2h 12m
  108. 108

    271. Pope Pius XII Embalming, Lap Dogs, and Michelangelo

    Jun 30, 2025·10m
  109. 109

    272. Juliane Koepcke Plane Crash, Four Pests Campaign, and Betty & Barney Hill UFO Abduction

    Jun 30, 2025·8m
  110. 110

    270. Butterfly People of Joplin and Zombie-Ant Fungus

    Jun 26, 2025·1h 40m
  111. 111

    269. Mountain Meadows Massacre and Dental Braces

    Jun 19, 2025·2h 13m
  112. 112

    268. Angikuni Lake Village Disappearance and Vietnam Beer Run

    Jun 12, 2025·1h 38m
  113. 113

    267. Baghdad Battery and Two Food Floods

    Jun 5, 2025·1h 10m
  114. 114

    266. Annabelle Doll and Water Intoxication

    May 29, 2025·1h 20m
  115. 115

    265. Batavia Shipwreck and Titanic Conspiracies

    May 15, 2025·1h 10m
  116. 116

    264. Pope Joan and Lake Nyos Disaster

    May 8, 2025·1h 17m
  117. 117

    256. Shoko Asahara and White House Ghosts

    May 2, 2025·1h 48m
  118. 118

    262. Return to Nature Funeral Home, Chinese Ghost Marriages, and Travis Walton Alien Abduction

    Apr 26, 2025·6m
  119. 119

    261. White House Renovations and Dire Wolves

    Apr 17, 2025·1h 32m
  120. 120

    260. April Fools' Part 2 and Funeral Homes

    Apr 10, 2025·1h 7m
  121. 121

    259. Moberly–Jourdain Incident and April Fools' Day

    Mar 27, 2025·1h 21m
  122. 122

    258. Famous Phone Numbers and Vampire Burials

    Mar 20, 2025·1h 24m
  123. 123

    257. Lili'uokalani, Monsieur "Mouth" Mangetout, and Mona Lisa

    Mar 13, 2025·11m
  124. 124

    256. Exploding Whale of Florence and Red Honey of New York City

    Mar 6, 2025·1h 10m
  125. 125

    255. Bananadine and Vaseline

    Feb 27, 2025·1h 6m
  126. 126

    254. The Yellow Deli, Scandoval, and B-17 Tail Gunner Gene Moran

    Feb 19, 2025·2h 14m
  127. 127

    253. Fad Diets and Soap

    Feb 13, 2025·1h 38m
  128. 128

    252. Self-Experimentation and Exploding Teeth

    Feb 6, 2025·1h 16m
  129. 129

    251. Saturnalia, Disappearance of Walter Collins, and Andy Cohen

    Jan 31, 2025·7m
  130. 130

    250. Miep Gies and Gympie-Gympie

    Jan 30, 2025·1h 15m
  131. 131

    249. USS Indianapolis Shark Attack and Sir Alfred Mehran

    Jan 23, 2025·59m
  132. 132

    248. Crash Test Dummies and Hands Across America

    Jan 16, 2025·1h 14m
  133. 133

    247. Glanton Gang Scalp-Hunting and Monopoly

    Jan 9, 2025·1h 36m
  134. 134

    245. Candy Canes, Third Man Syndrome, and John Jacob Astor IV

    Dec 22, 2024·3m
  135. 135

    244. Scientific Discoveries 1924 vs. 2024 and Orcas vs. Humpbacks

    Kat and Hayley compare major scientific discoveries from 1924 and 2024 in a humorous, tipsy night class format.

    Dec 19, 2024·1h 12m
  136. 136

    243. Animal Funerals and America's Next Top Model

    Dec 12, 2024·1h 17m
  137. 137

    242. John Murray Spear and Insects as Food

    Dec 5, 2024·1h 28m
  138. 138

    241. Beethoven, White House Security Breaches, and Breckenridge Murders 1982

    Nov 28, 2024·4m
  139. 139

    240. Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death and Eccentrics of New Jersey

    Nov 21, 2024·1h 15m
  140. 140

    239. 4B Movement and Project A119

    Nov 14, 2024·59m
  141. 141

    238. French Fries and Charles Dawson's Piltdown Man

    Nov 7, 2024·49m
  142. 142

    236. Vampire Bats, Gates to Hell, and the Body in the Drum

    Oct 31, 2024·7m
  143. 143

    237. Blackout Killer and Phrogging

    Oct 31, 2024·1h 17m
  144. 144

    235. Vampire of Düsseldorf and Frankenstein George Washington

    Oct 24, 2024·1h 26m
  145. 145

    234. Devil's Footprints and SOS Incident

    Oct 17, 2024·1h 9m
  146. 146

    233. Teflon and Trepanning

    Oct 10, 2024·1h 15m
  147. 147

    232. Bubbly Creek, Sin-Eaters, and Wollaton Gnomes

    Oct 1, 2024·3m
  148. 148

    231. Corpse Medicine and Ig Nobel Prize

    Sep 26, 2024·1h 13m
  149. 149

    230. Procrastination and Vestigial Tails

    Sep 19, 2024·1h 13m
  150. 150

    229. Dr. Robert J. White and Chernobyl Disaster

    Sep 12, 2024·1h 30m