Yes we're repeating another topic! Yes that's your sign to contact us with new ones! But for now, again we're talking about cults!
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palo_(religion)
https://pavementpieces.com/traditions-of-palo-mayombe/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0379073814005349
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Mark_Kilroy
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolfo_Constanzo
https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/weird/constanzo/2.html
https://www.wattpad.com/amp/1062642240
Mimi:
https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/theriault-roch.htm
https://www.propensitypod.com/episodes/ant-hill-kids
We're baaaack! With a supermega fresh new topic we definitely haven't already done before...
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://www.japanpowered.com/japanese-horror/japans-ghosts-the-yurei
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Manual_of_Suicide
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/aokigahara-jukai-suicide-forest
https://travelnoire.com/suicide-forest
https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/legend-behind-japans-suicide-forest/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan#:~:text=In%20Japan%2C%20suicide%20(%E8%87%AA%E6%AE%BA%2C,unavailable%20due%20to%20technical%20issues.
Nina:
This week we're talking about food - how could food possibly be weird you say? Listen to find out! Craft of the week is collage. (PS. soz for the borking)
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Sources:
Bothwell:
http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1967235_1967238_1967227,00.html
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hot-dogs-choking-hazard-kids_l_610874fbe4b0497e67026cd9/amp
Mimi:
https://www.cracked.com/article_25092_7-special-fx-that-were-made-out-food-and-super-gross.html
https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/cinema-sound-secrets-foley-artist/
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHDj2sB-rc&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=11
Expect some dark stuff this week as we talk about people eatin' people while crafting out of wax.
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/franklins-doomed-arctic-expedition-ended-gruesome-cannibalism-180956054/
https://www.livescience.com/51614-doomed-franklin-expedition-cannibalism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/20/magazine/franklin-expedition.html
Rhea:
https://history.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/0233.pdf
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/utter-van-ornum-massacre-idaho/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utter_Party_Massacre
Nina:
https://www.celebheightwiki.com/big-lurch-height
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/asx0k6/the_cannibal_rapper_did_rapper_big_lurch_kill_his/
https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/pcp?a=PCP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMx8DONQ7Ac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYV1glRiU5Q&t=36s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lurch
This week we get into weird medical practices and we make finger paintings! You know how much we love a topic-related craft…
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://healthcareglobal.com/hospitals/6-medieval-medical-practices-you-wont-believe-doctors-are-still-using-today
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insects_in_medicine
Rhea:
https://tensunits.com/blogs/blog/a-brief-history-of-electrotherapy-its-uses-for-pain-relief
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618642/strange-medical-treatments-from-history
https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/services/physiotherapy/community/treatments-available/electrotherapy/
https://neuroscientificallychallenged.com/posts/first-use-electroconvulsive-therapy
https://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1995/PSCF12-95Malony.html
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston#Liston's_most_famous_cases
https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/4225/20130116/surgeon-left-16-items-in-body-german-man-with-prostate-cancer-medicine-wtf-medical-surgery-dirk-schroeder.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithopedion
This week we talk about the weirdest natural phenomena we can find: black holes, crazy lakes and (somehow?!) the Mary Celeste! We also craft digital stuff, digitally.
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/black-holes-are-scariest-objects-in-universe.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification
Bothwell:
Naughty Bothwell hasn't finished her homework - sauces tbc...
Rhea:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-alkaline-african-lake-turns-animals-into-stone-445359/
https://explorersweb.com/deadly-lake-natron/
https://www.smh.com.au/world/chopper-crew-survives-burning-lake-crash-20071211-gdrsi7.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Natron
We got planes and money! We got parachutes and wingsuits! We got balloons and briefcases! But best of all, we got SOCKPUPPETS. Listen in to find out what the hell we're talking about in this week's episode as we take to the skies...
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/why-are-so-many-base-jumpers-dying
https://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki_index.php?title=Fatality_Statistics
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-most-dangerous-sports-in-the-world.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt
Rhea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper
https://www.britannica.com/biography/D-B-Cooper
Nina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR2vCHYHwt8&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=5&t=311s
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight
We're kicking off the New Year talking about things that used to be mysteries but are now solved! We also craft things out of tape. They're totally related.
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Spread the weird~
Sources:
Mimi:
http://weekinweird.com/2011/09/26/green-man-true-pennsylvania-legend/
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/85nck7/serious_whats_the_creepiestmost_interesting/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man)
https://web.archive.org/web/20170825060124/http://www.timesonline.com/charlie-no-face-the-life-and-the-legend/article_b87c3f73-9069-5d83-9a83-e8f7a02cc5db.html
Rhea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman
https://www.boredpanda.com/famous-mysteries-scientifically-explained/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/151020-city-sky-china-mirage-fata-morgana-weather-atmosphere
Nina:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI5chSkHjwg&list=PLgRgJrlop--NeVaChxUN-tQa6wspht4zC
https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-fleniken/
https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegante-hotel-texas-murder
It's our 50th episode! And do we have a treat for you... listen to find out :)
This week we talk about both the darker and the browner side of rock 'n' roll. Our craft is hella METAL!!! (...it's wire.)
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/keith-moons-10-wildest-pranks-13041/
https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/the-who-keith-moon-5-crazy-moments
Mimi:
https://www.kexp.org/read/2020/10/30/dark-lords-rise-and-fall-1980s-heavy-metal/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fight-to-save-america-from-satans-subliminal-rock-messages
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/22/before-you-know-it-its-not-a-big-deal-to-kill-a-man-norwegian-black-metals-murderous-past
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayhem_(band)
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_River_incident#Aftermath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEiCL-90Bw&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=9&t=388s
(no source for the material of the bridge, it was an educated guess)
Tonight we invite you to join our séance... kidding, just listen to us talk about some notable ones involving Harry Houdini, a bucket load of ectoplasm and everybody's favourite demon - Pazuzu! If you feel like crafting along this week we're using pen.
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://whisperingdark.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/zozo/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ouija-board_b_1373589
http://zozotheouijaspirit.blogspot.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzv5h9QPNs8 https://allthatsinteresting.com/zozo-demon
Rhea:
https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/helen-duncan-scotland-witch-ectoplasm-spirits/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan
https://www.ashmolean.org/spellbound
Nina:
https://listverse.com/2013/09/14/10-famous-seances/
https://www.magictricks.com/houdini-seance.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Crandon#Scientific_American
In this episode we talk about sleep talking, sleep paralysis and sleep... murder! Our craft is pen and, as always, we get a bit weird.
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicidal_sleepwalking
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-superhuman-mind/201212/sleep-driving-and-sleep-killing
https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/907/index.do
Rhea:
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160219-the-dark-tales-of-the-worlds-most-epic-sleep-talker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkHzdcejaac
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis
https://www.nosleeplessnights.com/sleep-paralysis-stories-intruder-demon-or-delusion/
https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/wake-up-wake-up-wake-up
Dive with us into this week's topic of maritime archaeology where we paint and somehow manage to chat about heart removal, death by lampreys and, most shocking of all, an actual shipwreck.
(We apologise for the slightly wonky sound on this episode - we're working on it!)
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/140116-maya-mexico-yucatan-cenote-bones-haunted-taboo-archaeology-science?loggedin=true
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization#Human_sacrifice
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Cenote
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/15538/mayan-body-modifications
https://cvltnation.com/blood-water-ancient-mayan-body-modification/
https://core.tdar.org/document/397774/of-cenotes-and-serpents-modern-and-ancient-cave-ritual-at-mayapan-yucatan-mexico
https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-find-elongated-skulls-maya-underwater-cave-001228
Rhea:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9693019/Earl-Spencer-joins-expedition-divers-evidence-wreck-White-Ship.html
The Ship that sank a royal dynasty - History Extra Podcast
https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/the-900th-anniversary-of-the-worst-ever-royal-disaster
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria
https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-andrea-doria
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/19/the-mysterious-shipwreck-that-swallows-deep-sea-divers-who-try-to-find-it/
https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/08/02/the-lures-and-dangers-of-diving-to-the-andrea-doria/
This week we have another excellent listener-suggested topic; we're talking about getting away with murder! We are also collaging, because everyone knows those two go hand in hand.
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Sources:
Mimi:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders
https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/hinterkaifeck-farm-murders/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crime
https://www.ranker.com/list/hinterkaifeck-farm/cat-mcauliffe
Rhea:
https://www.biography.com/news/casey-anthony-muder-trial-timeline-facts
Imperfect Justice - Jeff Ashton
Nina:
Murder Mile podcast: how to get away with murder series
https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-the-perfect-crime.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/perfect-crimes/mike-rothschild
Much Wikipedia
Much Murderpedia
We're back again and talking about animals with jobs while making some more origami, don't say we don't treat ya! This week is Mimi's debut episode so please get on social media and tell us all how much you miss Bothwell already...
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Spread the weird~
Sources:
Mimi:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559031/signalman-jack-baboon-worked-railroad-south-africa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(baboon)#CITEREFConway_Morris2003
https://web.archive.org/web/20160125001616/http://www.earthfoot.org/lit_zone/signalmn.htm
http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2012/august/jack-the-signalman.html
https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/baboon-signalman-fact-or-fiction.193126/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chacma_baboon
https://afrinik.com/james-wide-jack-but-what-did-jack-the-baboon-do-with-his-money/
Rhea:
https://mensweardog.com/pages/about/
https://www.instagram.com/mensweardog/?hl=en
https://twitter.com/mensweardog
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2800587/menswear-dog-gets-paid-shiba-inu-talent-modeling-designer-clothing-pulls-15-000-month.html
Nina:
https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/10-animals-with-better-jobs.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-animal-jobs/nathan-gibson
https://www.cracked.com/article_19439_7-mind-blowing-ways-jobs-are-being-outsourced-to-animals.html
https://www.britannica.com/list/working-like-a-dog-7-animals-with-jobs
https://www.ferret-world.com/felicia-the-littlest-particle-physicist/
We talk about trees - mythology, attempted murder and one malicious tree that wants to f**k you up!
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Sources:
Rhea:
https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/blog/shrine-st-frideswide
https://www.zigzagging.net/legend-st-frideswide/
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak_(Austin,_Texas)
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/treaty-oak-2
Bothwell:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127797/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel
Suspenseful stories of survival to keep you on the edge of your seat - Tilly Tooters terrifying tale, Ada Blackjack's arctic adventure and a Thai juniors football team's survival against the odds!
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Spread the weird ~
Sources:
Nina:
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article233254831.html#storylink=cpy
Bothwell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue%20%20https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44791998%20
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/stanford-expert-explains-how-meditation-helped-the-thai-boys-survive.html
Rhea:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ada-blackjack-arctic-survivor
https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/ada-blackjack-forgotten-queen-of-arctic-expedition-survivors
https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0106/p20s01-bogn.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson
Its spoopy season! This week we talk about haunted places and...things?
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-strange-tale-of-londons-phantom-number-7-bus-that-ran-drivers-off-the-road-162404.html
https://www.spookyisles.com/the-ghost-bus-of-ladbroke-grove/
Rhea:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Blandy, http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mblandy.html
https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/mary-blandys-execution-oxford/
https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/about/news/ghosts-oxford-castle-chapter-two/
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/sarahs-story/
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winchester-mystery-house https://allthatsinteresting.com/winchester-mystery-house
https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/01/30/winchester-house-helen-mirren-true-story/1076785001/
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/winchester https://patch.com/california/milpitas/5-spooky-tales-famous-winchester-mystery-house
https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/a45210/winchester-mystery-house/
This week we talk about anal guardians, snails on your face and corpses in your eyes! It’s ancient self-care! We can also absolutely 100% guarantee that Bothwell makes the most mind-blowing quilled snail you will ever see and that we are definitely not even a bit exaggerating in the slightest...
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://capitalcounselor.com/beauty-industry-statistics/
https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/Global-k-beauty-market-to-be-worth-21-8-billion-by-2026,1155548.html
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics_in_Korea
Rhea:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/corpse-medicine
Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg
Nina:
https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egyptian-medicine.html
https://christineshahin.com/2017/06/27/ancient-egyptian-beauty-practices/
https://www.historyextra.com/period/prehistoric/7-facts-about-the-history-of-medicine/
https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/news/a14366/beauty-makeup-secrets-ancient-egypt/
https://afrolegends.com/2018/07/09/african-ancient-medicine-the-kahun-gynecological-papyrus/
https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1061/cosmetics-perfume--hygiene-in-ancient-egypt/
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/med/birthpapyrus.html
This week we go a bit off-topic and a lot off-the-rails while chatting about the weird origins of turns of phrase and making stuff with charcoal.
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Sources:
Bothwell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_origins_of_language
Rhea:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/how-to-skin-a-cat.html
https://wordhistories.net/2017/05/09/no-room-to-swing-a-cat/
Nina:
https://www.grammarly.com/blog/14-expressions-with-crazy-origins-that-you-would-never-have-guessed/
https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/everyday-sayings-explained/124076
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bury-the-hatchet.html
https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/10-expressions-from-ancient-world.htm
Someone’s getting angry again this week as we talk (debate) over mysterious disappearances while making miscellaneous crafts! Can you guess who it’ll be?
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Spread the weird~
Sources:
Bothwell:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jayme_Closs
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jayme-closs-wisconsin-teen-who-escaped-captor-2019-doing-good-n1253938
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10603086/jayme-closs-kidnapper-too-guilty-rape/
Rhea:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/bennington-triangle
https://listverse.com/2019/03/12/10-creepy-mysteries-of-the-bennington-triangle/
Nina:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bates_(physician)
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/516460/mysterious-disappearance-and-strange-reappearance-dr-william-horatio-bates
https://perfectsightwithoutglasses.com/