Time for another mailbag episode! This week Dana, Zaron, and Jason answer pressing listener questions on yearbook quotes, hidden talents, and ads they'd read for free. Plus they plan a Very Special Festival (and/or Cruise). 

We'll be back with a new episode next Wednesday. Got a question for a future mailbag? Send it to veryspecialepisodes@gmail.com. 

Time for another mailbag episode! This week Dana, Zaron, and Jason answer pressing listener questions on yearbook quotes, hidden talents, and ads they'd read for free. Plus they plan a Very Special Festival (and/or Cruise).&nbsp;
We'll be back with a new episode next Wednesday. Got a question for a future mailbag? Send it to <a href="mailto:veryspecialepisodes@gmail.com">veryspecialepisodes@gmail.com</a>.&nbsp;

On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie.” Follow Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

On the Very Special Episodes podcast, we tell one incredible story each week. Stranger-than-fiction tales about normal people in extraordinary situations. Stories that make you say, “this should be a movie.” Follow Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English down a different rabbit hole every Wednesday.

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Plenty of Harry Potter fans love Severus Snape. A few truly worshipped him. In the early 2000s, these fans found each other online and came to believe Harry’s least favorite professor was real. A god in an alternate universe that bled into our own. Nothing in the world could shake their devotion to Snape.

Until their sisterhood imploded.

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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English
Written by Katie Mattie
Senior Producer is Josh Fisher
Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington
Story Editor is Virginia Prescott
Additional Editing by Mary Dooe + Josh Fisher
Voice Actors are Jonathan Washington, Bee Haskins, Katie Mattie, and Josh Fisher
Original Music by Elise McCoy
Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla
Executive Producer is Jason English

Special thanks to our guest Dr. Zoe Alderton, author of Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion Within the Harry Potter Fandom. 

 

Plenty of Harry Potter fans love Severus Snape. A few truly worshipped him.&nbsp;In the early 2000s, these fans found each other online and came to believe Harry&rsquo;s least favorite professor was real. A god in an alternate universe that bled into our own. Nothing in the world could shake their devotion to Snape.
Until their sisterhood imploded.
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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English Written by Katie Mattie Senior Producer is Josh Fisher Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington Story Editor is Virginia Prescott Additional Editing by Mary Dooe + Josh Fisher Voice Actors are Jonathan Washington, Bee Haskins, Katie Mattie, and Josh Fisher Original Music by Elise McCoy Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla Executive Producer is Jason English
Special thanks to our guest Dr. Zoe Alderton, author of <a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/5/1/219">Snapewives&rsquo; and &lsquo;Snapeism&rsquo;:</a> A Fiction-Based Religion Within the Harry Potter Fandom.&nbsp;
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The Secret Lives of Snape Wives

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In 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart ducked out of a White House event and commandeered an airplane. The First Lady and the first lady of aviation flew to Baltimore and back. The event was documented by journalists, and later recounted in books. But there was more to this spontaneous joyride that didn't make the papers. 

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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English
Written by Dylan Heuer
Produced by Josh Fisher
Story Editor is Marisa Brown
Editing and Sound Design by Chris Childs
Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier
Original Music by Elise McCoy
Research and Fact Checking by Dylan Heuer and Austin Thompson
Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla
Executive Producer is Jason English

[This episode was originally published in November 2024.]

In 1933, Eleanor Roosevelt and Amelia Earhart ducked out of a White House event and commandeered an airplane. The First Lady and the first lady of aviation flew to Baltimore and back. The event was documented by journalists, and later recounted in books. But there was more to this spontaneous joyride that didn't make the papers.&nbsp;
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Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English Written by <a href="https://www.dylanmheuer.com/about">Dylan Heuer</a> Produced by Josh Fisher Story Editor is Marisa Brown Editing and Sound Design by Chris Childs Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier Original Music by Elise McCoy Research and Fact Checking by Dylan Heuer and Austin Thompson Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla Executive Producer is Jason English
[This episode was originally published in November 2024.]

The Joyride: Amelia and Eleanor's Excellent Adventure [Re-Release]

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Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. But her biggest mystery unfolded outside the pages of her books. In this episode, Dana examines the 11 days in 1926 when the beloved author went missing, and the rollicking media circus inspired by her disappearance.

Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English
Written by Joe Pompeo
Produced by Josh Fisher
Story Editor is Marisa Brown
Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington and Josh Fisher
Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier
Voice Actors are Brittany Joyner and Steve Bradford
Original Music by Elise McCoy
Research and Fact Checking by Joe Pompeo and Austin Thompson
Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla
Executive Producer is Jason English

Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. But her biggest mystery unfolded outside the pages of her books. In this episode, Dana examines the 11 days in 1926 when the beloved author went missing, and the rollicking media circus inspired by her disappearance.
Hosted by Dana Schwartz, Zaron Burnett, and Jason English Written by <a href="https://joepompeo.net">Joe Pompeo</a> Produced by Josh Fisher Story Editor is Marisa Brown Editing and Sound Design by Jonathan Washington and Josh Fisher Mixing and Mastering by Baheed Frazier Voice Actors are Brittany Joyner and Steve Bradford Original Music by <a href="http://www.elisemccoy.com">Elise McCoy</a> Research and Fact Checking by Joe Pompeo and Austin Thompson Show Logo by Lucy Quintanilla Executive Producer is Jason English

The Case of the Missing Novelist [Re-Release]

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