EXTRA CREDIT: Skiing Witches, Atomic Martinis and Gruesome Crimes

This week on Extra Credit, we’re bouncing between updates, history, and stories that sound too strange to be real.We start with an update from a previous Extra Credit episode. A Michigan woman who pretended to be a registered nurse has now been sentenced to prison time. We break down the sentence and want to hear from you. Was the punishment fair, too harsh, or not nearly enough?Dina then brings a developing and particularly gruesome case out of Derby in the UK. A woman has been accused of killing her girlfriend using a horse figurine. As shocking as that sounds, it is somehow not the most unbelievable part of the story.Charlotte lightens the mood with a look at a winter tradition from Switzerland involving skiing witches. We dig into the folklore behind the celebration and the original witch whose legend inspired the tradition in the first place.Dina follows with Nuclear Tourism 101. Believe it or not, one of the more popular activities in 1950s Las Vegas was watching nuclear detonations, martini in hand. What happens in Vegas might stay in Vegas, but the atomic fallout certainly did not.Charlotte then takes us through some famous riots from history that began for reasons so bizarre they almost sound fictional.As always, we wrap things up with a Strange and Unusual Death. This week’s story is truly astonishing and we are saying nothing more. You will just have to listen.Wanna see us do some ghost hunting? Check out our Ko-fi to help us get there!https://ko-fi.com/thegrimcurriculumCome hang out with us on YouTube on Saturdays at 12pm (mst)! https://www.youtube.com/@TheGrimCurriculum/videosExtra Credit Every Second Wednesday at at 12pm (mst)!https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_u7l4tepCoX4zW6PW05-Oyo703LL7wx5&si=sUvQwGsOJNFIymELWatch the video episode on Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/c/TheGrimCurriculumPUT OUR MERCH ON YOUR BODY AND IN YOUR HOMEthegrimcurriculum.threadless.comTell YOUR stories on the next episode of Grim Encounters! Email us your strange, unusual or hair-raising experience to ⁠[email protected]⁠For all the other places you can support us by checking out our TGC Merch, & Social Media Links: ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/thegrimcurriculum⁠⁠Follow us on Twitch! We are aiming for affiliate status! Help us get to 50 followers!⁠https://www.twitch.tv/thegrimcurriculum⁠