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The Dozier School for Boys. Boys from the ages of six to twenty-one trapped in a place that claimed to be their saving grace. The school claimed to help all boys who were a little troubled. You acted up? You went to Dozier. You smoked? You went to Dozier. You tried to run away? You were an orphan? Got convicted of petty larceny? You went to Dozier, and those who made it out were never the same. Socials: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram Sources: Allen Greg, “Florida’s Dozier School For Boys: A True Horror Story” https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story, NPR 15 Oct 2012. Accessed 28 June 2024. Dailey, Kate. “Who are the 55 bodies buried at the Dozier School?” https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26980611?ocid=socialflow_twitter BBC, 16 April 2014. Accessed 28 June 2024. EXPLORE WITH US, “These Boys Went Through Hell: The Dozier School of Horrors.” YouTube, 3 July 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACj0phcl-SM&list=PL185EtHnpktS8_orUTFSWEgbiGD9D9zUd&index=8 [Video]. Accessed 28 June 2024. Luscombe, Richard. “‘A type of justice’: Florida reform school yields evidence of more graves” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/apr/22/a-type-of-justice-florida-reform-school-yields-evidence-of-more-graves The Guardian, 22 April 2019. Accessed 28 June 2024. Luscombe, Richard. “‘Rape dungeon’ allegations emerge in abuse report on Dozier School for Boys” The Guardian, 6 Feb 2015. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/06/dozier-school-for-boys-abuse-florida-new-allegations Accessed 29 June 2024. Montgomery, Ben. “More ‘possible graves’ found at Dozier School for Boys” Tampa Bay Times, 11 April 2019. https://www.tampabay.com/florida-politics/2019/04/11/more-possible-graves-found-at-dozier-school-of-boys/ Accessed 30 June 2024. Staff Writer. “White House Boys: Justice may come, finally” https://www.jacksonville.com/story/opinion/editorials/2009/01/25/stub-85/15997940007/ The Florida Times-Union, 24 Jan 2009. Accessed 29 June 2024.

The story of Genie Wiley, the “feral” child kept in isolation for 13 years, and what happened to her after. Sources: Armchair Investigator. “The True Story Of Genie Wiley: The Feral Child Kept In Isolation For 13 Years” YouTube, 6 April 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2v7tSlgKW4 [Video]. Accessed 12 Jan 2024. Carroll, Rory. “Starved, tortured, forgotten: Genie, the feral child who left a mark on researchers” The Guardian, 14 July 2016. https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/14/genie-feral-child-los-angeles-researchers Accessed 13 Jan 2024. Georgetown University. “Case 4 Genie, The Wild Child Research or Exploitation?” High School Bioethics Curriculum Project. https://highschoolbioethics.georgetown.edu/units/cases/unit3_4.html Accessed 17 Jan 2024 Payne, Laura. “Genie: American child” Britannica, 6 Sep 2023. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Genie-feral-child Accessed 17 Jan 2024. Shrouded Hand. “The Worst Abuse In History – The Tragic Story of Genie Wiley” YouTube, 29 Nov 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uru3DlmOv_M [Video]. Accessed 14 Jan 2024. The Back of the Archive. “Genie Wiley: the feral child” YouTube, 13 Dec 2020. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqflmQ5TaFQ [Video]. Accessed 17 Jan 2024. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram

What is it about the holidays that makes us want to tell spooky stories? We’ve heard it time and time again with “scary ghost stories and tales of the glories.” And yet, nothing else about the winter holidays matches the spooky vibe of this lyric. Join me as I go down another holiday-themed rabbit hole! Sources: Curious History. “The Ghost of Christmas Past (The English Tradition of Christmas Ghost Stories)” YouTube, Dec. 4, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzpH06LNOGo [Video] Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. Dickey, Colin. “A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories” The Smithsonian Magazine, Dec. 15, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/ Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. Huntley, Andrew. “The History of Holiday Ghost Stories” Carnegie Museum of Natural History, https://carnegiemnh.org/history-of-holiday-ghost-stories/ Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. The Jolly Reiver. “The History of Telling Ghost Stories at Christmas” YouTube, Dec. 19, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_MWXeIsGF4 [Video] Accessed Dec. 7, 2023. Yuko, Elizabeth. “How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England” History, Dec. 15, 2021. https://www.history.com/news/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories Dec. 7, 2023. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram

It’s 1989, 18 year old Mandy Stavik goes on a run with the family dog. Heartbreakingly, hours later, the dog runs home without Mandy, sending the whole community of Acme, Washington into a citywide manhunt. Three days later, Mandy would be found dead in the river and it would take thirty years to solve her murder. SOURCES: ABC 20/20. “30 Years of Searching” Hulu, Sep 20, 2019. Season 41, E44 https://www.hulu.com/watch/ac762c15-6662-4fec-84c1-674bddfe8836 [Video] Accessed Nov 11, 2023. Salo, Jackie. “Can of Coke may have cracked Mandy Stavik cold case” The New York Post, 19 Dec 2018. https://nypost.com/2018/12/18/can-of-coke-may-have-cracked-mandy-stavik-cold-case/ Accessed 11 Nov 2023. Sirken, Alec. “Mandy Stavik case: How two moms chatting at a water park helped crack a Thanksgiving cold case murder” CBSNews, July 16, 2020. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mandy-stavik-case-how-two-moms-chatting-at-a-water-park-helped-crack-thanksgiving-cold-case-murder/ Accessed 11 Nov 2023. Urquhart, Alaina & Kelly, Ash. “E470: The Murder of Mandy Stavik” Morbid: A True Crime Podcast, June 22, 2023. Wondery Network. [Podcast] https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/morbid/id1379959217?ign-itscg=30200&ign-itsct=wondery_podcasts Accessed 11 Nov 2023. 48 Hours. “Mandy Stavik: The Case No One Could Forget | Full Episode” YouTube, Nov 1, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xU7GIDi66xE [Video] Accessed Nov 11, 2023. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram

Rochester, New York. The 1970s. When the bodies of 10 year old Carmen Colón, 11 year old Wanda Walkowicz and 11 year old Michelle Maenza were found, the people of New York was brought to their knees. Sources: Carlton, Genevieve. “The Chilling Story of the Alphabet Murders That Targeted Girls With Double Initials'' ed. John Kuroski. All That’s Interesting, 10 Dec 2022 https://allthatsinteresting.com/alphabet-murders Accessed 5 Nov 2023. Clark, Dylan Wade. “The Alphabet Murders That Terrified Rochester, NY For Three Years Remains Unsolved Today” The Medium, 14 Oct 2022. https://medium.com/the-history-insider/the-alphabet-murders-that-terrified-rochester-ny-for-three-years-remains-unsolved-today-32c7a7891b0c Accessed 6 Nov 2023. Craig, Gary. “'Double initial' murders remain mystery after 35 years — Police still track leads into three 1970s slayings that shattered community's calm” Democrat & Chronicle, 25 April 2017. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/investigations/2009/03/01/double-initial-murders-remain-mystery-after-35-years-police-still/77384622/ Accessed 6 Nov 2023. Cummings, Dan. “Timesuck | The Alphabet Murders,” YouTube, Dan Cummings Presents: Bad Magic Productions, 17 Dec 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4l2bI0ub0w Moe, Taylor. “Murder in Rochester” RIT Reporter, 30 Jan 2023. https://reporter.rit.edu/culture/murder-rochester Accessed 5 Nov 2023. Real Crime. “New York Alphabet Murders: Children Killed For Their Names | Real Crime” YouTube, 22 Oct 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFo3qIcfR64 5 Nov 2023. Troopers. “Homicide Victim: Walkowicz, Wanda Lee” New York State Troopers, https://troopers.ny.gov/homicide-victim-walkowicz-wanda-lee Accessed 5 Nov 2023. If you have any information, please call: New York State Police Troop E, Major Crimes Unit, Canadaigua, New York (585) 398-4100 or e-mail the information to: [email protected] MY SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on instagram

Join me as I tell the story of one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers, Harold Shipman. At the end I list the names of all 215 people he murdered. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: Sources: Absolute Crime. Born To Kill? Experts Delve Inside The Minds Of Britain's 5 Worst Serial Killers | Absolute Crime” YouTube, Oct 2, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArRiVhlY9Ag [Video] Accessed Oct 29, 2023. Alvarez, Lizette. “‘Dr. Death’ British Serial Killer, Kills Himself” The New York Times, Jan 14, 2004. https://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/14/world/dr-death-british-serial-killer-kills-himself.html Accessed Oct 29, 2023. Chairman Dame Janet Smith. The Shipman Inquiry: First Report, (vol, 1) July 2002, http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/27_01_05_shipman_firstreport.pdf Accessed Nov 2, 2023. Green, Ryan. Twelve from Hell: The Ultimate True Crime Case Collection, Ryan Green Publishing, June 6, 2022. https://ryangreenbooks.com/ Accessed Oct 29, 2023. Jackson, Trevor & Smith, Richard. “Harold Shipman” National Library of Medicine, Jan 24, 2004. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC318504/ Accessed Oct 29, 2023. Jenkins, John Philips. “Harold Shipman: British physician and serial killer” Britannica, Jan 10, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Shipman Accessed Oct 29, 2023. Rama Yasaei; Alan Rosani; Abdolreza Saadabadi.”Meperidine” National Library of Medicine, July 10, 2023. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470362/ Accessed Nov 1, 2023. Real Stories. “Unmasking the Evil: Harold Shipman and Myra Hindley | Real Stories True Crime Double Bill” YouTube, March 11, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuteXurBuF4 [Video] Accessed Oct 29, 2023. Reed, Betsy. “Harold Shipman: full list of victims'' The Guardian, July 19, 2002. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jul/19/shipman.health2 Accessed Nov 1, 2023

Happy Halloween everyone! Join me as I figure out just how in the world this spooky holiday came to be. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: Bachelor, Blane. “The twisted history transatlantic tale of American jack-o’-lanterns” The National Geographic, Oct 27, 2020. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-twisted-transatlantic-tale-of-american-jack-o-lanterns?loggedin=true&rnd=1697329027939 Accessed Oct 14, 2023. Fire of Learning. “History of Halloween–Documentary,” YouTube, Oct 4, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iro229V4Wss [Video]. Accessed Oct 14, 2023. Odyssey, David. “The Bewitching History of Black Cats and Halloween” The Wildest, Oct 16, 2023. https://www.thewildest.com/cat-lifestyle/black-cats-and-halloween Accessed Oct 26, 2023. Rowe, Kaz. “What Were Halloween Parties Like in the Early 1900s?” YouTube, Oct 11, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b-cD3-UnUA [Video]. Accessed Oct 14, 2023. Toner, Clare. “Bats and Halloween” Scottish Wildlife Trust, Oct 2019. https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2019/10/bats-and-halloween/ Accessed Oct 14 2023. The Hidden Passage. “Terror & Revelry | Pagan Roots of Halloween | Liminal Magic” YouTube, Sep 30, 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQWDYCTMLTo [Video]. Accessed Oct 14, 2023. Thomas, Heather. “The Origins of Halloween Traditions” Library of Congress, Oct 26, 2021. https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2021/10/the-origins-of-halloween-traditions/#:~:text=Yet%2C%20the%20Halloween%20holiday%20has,costumes%20to%20ward%20off%20ghos Accessed Oct 14 2023.

You know them, you love them, probably were on Team Jacob during the 2010s (let’s be real)… Today’s episode: The Werewolf! Join me as I figure out just where in the world this folklore came from and why in the world it still has a chokehold on us now. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: Ashliman, L. D. “Werewolf Legends from Germany” University of Pittsburgh, 27 February 2010. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/werewolf.html Accessed 8 October 2023. Durn, Sarah. “The Long, Hidden History of the Viking Obsession with Werewolves.” Atlas Obscura, 27 October, 2021. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/hidden-history-viking-wolf-warrior-werewolf Accessed October 8, 2023. Grandmont, Jean-Pol. “Wolfsbane: fictitious plant contains very real dangers” Evergreen, https://sites.evergreen.edu/plantchemeco/wolfsbane-fictious-plant-contains-very-real-dangers/#:~:text=Aconite%20shows%20up%20all%20across,Hamlet%E2%80%9D%20(Aggrawal%202009). Accessed Oct 13, 2023. Mythology Unleashed. “Werewolves | The Legend of Lycanthropy.” YouTube, 6 October 2021. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgGlNjNKRcg Accessed October 8, 2023. Overly Sarcastic Productions. “Halloween Special: Werewolves” YouTube, 29 October 2021. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mm0KyaovhY Accessed October 8, 2023. Storied. “The Killer Origins of the Werewolf | Monstrum” YouTube, 21 October 2021. [Video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xPFdX5qEyk Accessed October 8, 2023. WordPress. “The She-Wolf and the Werewolf Wife Tales, wolf worship and wolf shrines in Japan” https://japanesemythology.wordpress.com/study-notes-the-she-wolf-and-werewolf-wife-tales/ May 6, 2019. Accessed October 12, 2023.

Spelt with over 36 variations, this creature from Native American folklore will make you quiver with fear. Today’s themes: Starvation, cannibalism, and horrible winters. Happy Halloween! SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothink on Instagram. SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guiuXIMZ2vE [Video] PBS Storied. “Windigo: The Flesh-Eating Monster of Native American Legend | Monstrum” YouTube, 28 Aug 2019. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo All That’s Interesting. “What is the Wendigo? Meet the Cannibalistic Cryptid from your Nightmares” [Edited by: Jaclyn Anglis]. All That’s Interesting, 17 Aug 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axRkTEy4sGo [Video] Jon Solo. “The VERY Messed Up Origins™ of the Wendigo: Cannibal Demon | Native American Folklore Explained” YouTube, 7 Oct 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/ Alexander, Kathy. “Wendigo— Flesheater of the forests” Legends of America, December 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/wendigo Mingren, Wu. “What is a Wendigo? The Beast with an insatiable Hunger for Human Flesh.” Ancient Origins, 28 Dec 2022. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://www.facinghistory.org/ideas-week/more-monsters-deeper-significance-wendigo-stories Smith, Kaitlin. “More Than Monsters: The Deeper Significance of Wendigo Stories” Facing History & Ourselves, 30 Nov 2021. Accessed 30 Sep 2023. https://books.google.com/books?id=7ZaZDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PP1&pg=PT58#v=onepage&q&f=false Peters, Hammerson. The Legends of the Nahanni Valley, self published 5 May 2018. Accessed 4 Oct 2023.

Since it is the month of June, I figured why not talk about the moment that started it all? Happy Pride month y’all! 🏳️‍🌈 SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: Gillett, Charlie. “New York City 1960s Overview.” Encyclopedia Britannica, Dec 2000, https://www.britannica.com/topic/rock-New-York-City-1960s-overview-1371271 Accessed June 1, 2023. History Editors. “Stonewall Riots.” A&E Productions, May 31, 2022. https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/the-stonewall-riots Accessed June 1, 2023. Library of Congress. “1969: The Stonewall Uprising” https://guides.loc.gov/lgbtq-studies/stonewall-era Accessed June 1, 2023. Oliver, Mark & Kuroski, John. “A City on the Brink: 1960s New York in 55 Dramatic Photos” All That’s Interesting, Jan 17, 2020. https://allthatsinteresting.com/1960s-new-york-photos Accessed June 10, 2023. PBS. “Stonewall Uprising: The Year that Changed America” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/stonewall/#part01 PBS. “Stonewall Inn: Through the years” https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/stonewall-inn-through-years/ Rothberg, Emma Ph.D. “Sylvia Rivera (1951-2002)” National Women’s History Museum, https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/sylvia-rivera Accessed June 1st. Rothberg, Emma Ph.D. “Marsha P. Johnson (1945-1992)” National Women’s History Museum, https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/marsha-p-johnson Accessed June 1, 2023

Given that the first year anniversary of this tragic massacre just passed, I thought it was no better time to tell the full story. Join me as I tell the stories of the victims we lost, and the racist pig that ended their life. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: The Associated Press. .’ NPR, https://www.npr.org/2022/06/16/1105776617/buffalo-shooting-suspect-says-his-motive-was-to-prevent-eliminating-the- Democrat and Chronicle, https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/celestine-chaney-buffalo-shooting-victim-cancer-survivor/9796153002/ ” NBC News,. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-rushes-buffalo-grocery-mass-shooter-emotional-sentencing-hearing-r-rcna70250 Democrat and Chronicle https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/16/buffalo-shooting-victim-ruth-whitfield-grandmother-left-husband-side-nursing-home-before-killed/9795416002/ Democrat and Chronicle https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-geraldine-talley-helped- ” Democrat and Chronicle, https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-roberta-drury-bright-light-caring-sister/9796122002/ ” Democrat and Chronicle, .https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-aaron-salter-jr-hero-security-guard-who-sprung-action/ Democrat and Chronicle, https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-heyward-patterson-remembered/ CNN, https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting/h_109f9e753e76d51dcb44e2aa86318cf0 Democrat and Chronicle, https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-andre-mackniel-always-there-family/9796214002/ The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/15/nyregion/gunman-buffalo-shooting-suspect. Democrat and Chronicle, https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/16/buffalo-shooting-victim-katherine-massey-black-community-advocate-letter-editor-gun-violence/9796278002/ Democrat and Chronicle, https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-pearl-young-lived- Democrat and Chronicle,. https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2022/05/17/buffalo-shooting-victim-margus-morrison-school-bus-aide/9796308002/ https://www.wsj.com/articles/buffalo-shooting-supermarket-673-page-diary-reveals-suspects-descent-into-racist-extremism-11652814938 https://www.wivb.com/news/buffalo-supermarket-mass-shooting-tops/racist-screed-linked-to-buffalo-mass-shooter-plagiarized-manifesto-portions-from-christchurch-mosque-shooter-great-replacement-theory/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2022/05/16/buffalo-shooting-previous-supermarket-confrontation/ https://www.npr.org/2022/05/20/1100200267/the-buffalo-shooting-suspects-online-footprint-prompts-questions-about-red-flags https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/19/us/buffalo-supermarket-shooting-thursday/index.html

In this episode I talk about the railroading and trial of Walter Ogrod. EDITED BY: Mellowtonin on YouTube. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. SOURCES: Gudjonsson, Gisli H. “The Science- Based Pathways to Understanding to False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions” National Library of Medicine, Published online February 22, 2021. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7937609/ Accessed May 20, 2023. Holt, Lester. “The Investigation” Dateline Podcast, August 17, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investigation/id1464919521?i=1000532257224 Accessed April 28, 2023 Lowenstein, Thomas. The Trials of Walter Ogrod: The Shocking Murder, So-Called Confessions, and Notorious Snitch That Sent a Man to Death Row April 1, 2017. Chicago Review Press. https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Walter-Ogrod-So-Called-Confessions/dp/1613738013/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Accessed April 28, 2023. Luperon, Alberto. “Police Reopen Investigation into 1988 Murder of 4-year-old Girl after Wrongfully Convicted Man’s Exoneration” Law & Crime, November 5, 2021. https://lawandcrime.com/crime/police-reopen-investigation-into-1988-murder-of-4-year-old-girl-after-wrongfully-convicted-mans-exoneration/ Accessed May 2, 2023. Opie & Friends Show. “Who Killed Barbara Jean Horn?” Youtube, October 7, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHAnGR_LI_M [Video] Accessed April 28, 2023. Possley, Marice. “Walter Ogrod: Other Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Exonerations.”The National Registry of Exonerations, August 13, 2021. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5752 Accessed May 4, 2023. Rancher, Dave. “He Admitted to Kill tot, 4” The Philadelphia Daily News, May 15, 1992. Archived by Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9618584/philadelphia-daily-news/ Accessed April 28, 2023. Vargas, Claudia. “Philly Police Reopen Case into 1988 Murder of Barbara Jean Horn” NBC Philadelphia, November 5, 2021. https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/investigators/philly-police-reopen-case-into-1988-murder-of-barbara-jean-horn/3032949/ Accessed April 28, 2023. Yetman, Daniel. “Lobotomy Overview” Medically reviewed by MD Alana Biggers. Healthline, April 28, 2022. https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-a-lobotomy#are-they-still-performed Accessed May 4, 2023

Buckle up everyone, this story is a long one! In Part 1 I tell the unsolved murder of 4 year old Barbara Jean Horn and the man who was wrongfully convicted for her murder, Walter Ogrod. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod EDITED BY: Mellowtonin on YouTube. SOURCES: Holt, Lester. “The Investigation” Dateline Podcast, August 17, 2021. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-investigation/id1464919521?i=1000532257224 Accessed April 28, 2023 Lowenstein, Thomas. The Trials of Walter Ogrod: The Shocking Murder, So-Called Confessions, and Notorious Snitch That Sent a Man to Death Row April 1, 2017. Chicago Review Press. https://www.amazon.com/Trials-Walter-Ogrod-So-Called-Confessions/dp/1613738013/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= Accessed April 28, 2023. Luperon, Alberto. “Police Reopen Investigation into 1988 Murder of 4-year-old Girl after Wrongfully Convicted Man’s Exoneration” Law & Crime, November 5, 2021. https://lawandcrime.com/crime/police-reopen-investigation-into-1988-murder-of-4-year-old-girl-after-wrongfully-convicted-mans-exoneration/ Accessed May 2, 2023. Opie & Friends Show. “Who Killed Barbara Jean Horn?” Youtube, October 7, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHAnGR_LI_M [Video] Accessed April 28, 2023. Possley, Marice. “Walter Ogrod: Other Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Exonerations.”The National Registry of Exonerations, August 13, 2021. https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=5752 Accessed May 4, 2023. Rancher, Dave. “He Admitted to Kill tot, 4” The Philadelphia Daily News, May 15, 1992. Archived by Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9618584/philadelphia-daily-news/ Accessed April 28, 2023. Vargas, Claudia. “Philly Police Reopen Case into 1988 Murder of Barbara Jean Horn” NBC Philadelphia, November 5, 2021. https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/investigators/philly-police-reopen-case-into-1988-murder-of-barbara-jean-horn/3032949/ Accessed April 28, 2023. Yetman, Daniel. “Lobotomy Overview” Medically reviewed by MD Alana Biggers. Healthline, April 28, 2022. https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-a-lobotomy#are-they-still-performed Accessed May 4, 2023.

Given how heavy last week’s episode was, I figured I would do a lighter spookier episode! So today, we’re going to be talking about America’s 2nd most haunted college: The University of Notre Dame. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram SOURCES: College Consensus Writers. “Top 10 Most Haunted Colleges in America” College Consensus, https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/most-haunted-colleges/ Accessed April 24, 2023. College Football Hall of Fame Blog. “The Ghastly Ghost at the University of Notre Dame” College Football Hall of Fame, September 28, 2018. https://www.cfbhall.com/about/blog/the-ghastly-ghost-at-the-university-of-notre-dame/ Accessed April 24, 2023. Harrigton, Patrick & Rivers, Rebecca. “064 University of Notre Dame” Ghostly Podcast, March 2021. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4vgTeKPs4NEojHesMBUE96?si=3ffbeceee95843a5 Accessed April 24, 2023. Hartocollis, Anemona. “Notre Dame, the University, was once Devastated by Fire too,” The New York Times, April 16, 2019. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/16/us/notre-dame-university-fire.html Accessed April 28, 2022. Jane, Tori. “This Indiana College Campus was named One of the Top 10 Most Haunted Colleges in America” Only in Your State, April 10, 2023. https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/indiana/notre-dame-most-haunted-in/ Accessed April 24, 2023. Kikel, Sarah; Mckenna, Evan; Fennessey, Erin & Moster,Jim. “From the Archives: The Ghost of Washington Hall” The Observer, October 14, 2019. https://ndsmcobserver.com/2019/10/from-the-archives-the-ghost-of-washington-hall/ Accessed April 24, 2023. Lewis, Robert. “The University of Notre Dame” Encyclopedia Britannica, April 27, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/topic/University-of-Notre-Dame Accessed April 27, 2023. Taylor L. George. “Notre Dame: Main Building #6” University of North Florida, August 8, 2006. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/1061/ Accessed April 28, 2023. Zaytoun, Martha. “Ghosts of Notre Dame” Scholastic, October 25, 2021. University of Notre Dame. https://scholastic.nd.edu/issues/ghosts-of-notre-dame/ Accessed April 24, 2023

John Charles Thomas Price was your regular Aussie dude. While divorced, he was a loving father. Wanting a new life, he moves to Aberdeen where he meets Katherine Knight. “Australia’s Hannibal” is what ended Pricey’s life. The National DOMESTIC ABUSE HOTLINE: 800-799-7233. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. EDITED BY: Mellowtonin on YouTube. SOURCES: Baskin, S. Robert & Paris, Joel. “Diagnosing borderline personality disorder.” National Library of Medicine, November 6, 2012. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3494330/ Accessed April 21, 2023. Blanco, I. Juan. “Katherine Mary Knight” Murderpedia, June 4, 2017. https://murderpedia.org/female.K/k/knight-katherine.htm Accessed April 13, 2023. Crime Labs. “The Murder of John Charles Thomas Price” Youtube, June 13, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou2hM4ukI6I [Youtube] April 13, 2023. Cartwright, Lexie. “Katherine Mary Knight, Australia’s worst female killer, profiled in new documentary” The New Zealand Herald, February 25, 2019. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/katherine-mary-knight-australias-worst-female-killer-profiled-in-new-documentary/S6RYFL7U4IZR7RNBKTPMFL2FV4/ Accessed April 13, 2023. Kerrie. “John Charles Thomas Price” Find A Grave, March 21, 2004. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/8544392/john-charles_thomas-price Accessed April 13, 2023. Lee, Sandra. Beyond Bad: The Life and Crimes of Katherine Knight, Australia’s “Hannibal.” Published by Random House Australia. February 6, 2003. https://a.co/d/9Y6hdt3 Accessed April 13, 2023. Maguire, Hannah & Bala Suruthi. “Episode 31: The Lady Killer and the Human Pelt'' Redhanded, February 2018. Spotify. https://open.spotify.com/episode/4jEJapoPlHlh2r2nDhBIEK?si=70f33904cd5c46d0 [Podcast]. Accessed April 13, 2023. Serena, Katie & Kuroski, John. “How Katherine Knight Slaughtered Her Boyfriend and Made Him into a Stew” All That’s Interesting, January 2, 2022. https://allthatsinteresting.com/katherine-knight Accessed April 13, 2023. ViewMore. “Katherine Knight: Cannibal, Psychopath, Mother and Wife (Crime Documentary)” Youtube, March 13, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPXexxSrT1w [Video] Accessed April 13, 2023.

Another holiday has passed, meaning another episode about the history behind the holiday. This week’s episode is about Easter. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. EDITOR: Mellowtonin on YouTube. SOURCES: Blakemore, Erin. “Why Easter is celebrated with bunnies and egg hunts.” The National Geographic, April 15, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/brief-history-easter-biblical-origins-egg-hunts?loggedin=true&rnd=1680997447216 Accessed April 8, 2023. Encyclopedia Britannica Editors “Ishtar” Encyclopedia Britannica, November 5, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ishtar-Mesopotamian-goddess April 12, 2023. Gabriel, Angeli & Weathers, Fox. “How ancient pagan rituals helped inspire modern easter traditions” The New York Post, April 17, 2022. https://nypost.com/2022/04/17/how-ancient-pagan-rituals-helped-inspire-modern-easter-traditions/ Accessed April 8, 2023. Hillerbrand, J. Hans. “Easter” Encyclopedia Britannica, April 8 2023. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Easter-holiday/Liturgical-observances Accessed April 8, 2023 History Editors. “Easter 2023” History, March 28, 2023. A&E Productions. https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/history-of-easter Accessed April 8, 2023 McDougall, Heather. “The pagan roots of Easter” The Guardian, April 3, 2010. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism Accessed April 8, 2023. The Messenger of the Name. “The Origins of Easter” Youtube, April 5, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvxERRZxLfQ [Video] Accessed April 8, 2023. Thompson, Tok. “The Ancient Origins of the Easter Bunny” The Smithsonian Magazine, April 14, 2023. The Conversation. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-ancient-origins-of-the-easter-bunny-180979915/ Accessed April 8, 2023. Travers, Penny. “Origin of Easter: From pagan festivals and Christianity to bunnies and chocolate eggs.” Australian Broadcasting Corporation, April 14, 2017. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-15/the-origins-of-easter-from-pagan-roots-to-chocolate-eggs/8440134 Accessed April 8, 2023

As a bit of a pallet cleanser I thought I would do a book vs movie episode. In this episode, not only do I talk about the differences between the movie and the book but I also talk about Don Bluth Productions, Robert C. O’Brien, and some interesting things I learned about the production of the movie. SOCIALS: therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram. This episode was also EDITED BY Mellowtonin on YouTube SOURCES: Angela Lee Dunkin. “Robert C. O’Brien” Youtube, April 25, 2011 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9dqg6caatg [Video] Accessed March 30, 2023. Britannica Kids. “Robert Carroll O’Brien” Encyclopedia Britannica. https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Robert-Carroll-OBrien/312776 Accessed March 30, 2023 Draper, Matt. “The Disney/Don Bluth Animation War - The Story of A Rise, Fall & Renaissance” Youtube, June 1, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKCLqeh0fjw [Video] Accessed March 30, 2023. Ness, Mari. “The Secret of NIMH” Uncanny Magazine, November 7, 2017. https://www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-secret-of-nimh/ Accessed March 30, 2023. RubberOnion Animation Podcast. “Don Bluth Interview” Youtube, January 15, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59hxUKhLzi0&t=0s [Video] Accessed March 30, 2023 Saberspark. “What RUINED Don Bluth Animation?” Youtube, September 20, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRBRNoc_Ybw&t=914s [Youtube] Accessed March 30, 2023. Wikipedia. “Robert C. O’Brien (author)” October 1, 2022. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_C._O%27Brien_(author) Accessed March 30, 2023. Wikipedia. “The Secret of Nimh” Wikipedia, March 28, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_of_NIMH Accessed March 30, 2023.

In this episode I cover the story of Molly Watson, a woman killed two days before her wedding because her fiancé had a secret double-life. SOCIALS: @therestoomuchtothinkpod on Instagram Edited by: Mellowtonin on YouTube SOURCES: ABC 20/20. “Episode 10: I Now Pronounce You Dead” Season 44. Hulu, January 4, 2022. [documentary] https://www.hulu.com/watch/bb6fb630-07b3-41cd-bd17-baaa3d045ccd Accessed March 12, 2023. Connolly, Kate. “Hans Asperger aided and supported Nazi programme, study says” The Guardian, April 18, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/19/hans-asperger-aided-and-supported-nazi-programme-study-says Accessed by March 21, 2023. Court TV. “You Took Away My Mom From Me” Powerful Victim Statements Made by the Family of Molly Watson| Court Tv” [Youtube] April 29, 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvyx7PhMbfw [Video] Accessed March 21, 2023. Diaz, Joseph; Paparella, Andrew and Lauren Effron. “Ex-wife found out husband had secret life when he was arrested for fiancee's murder” 11 ABC: The Red Carpet, January 8, 2022. https://abc11.com/james-addie-2020-tonight-molly-watson-melanie/11437140/ Accessed March 12, 2023. Glaub, Gina. “Double-Life Wife: The Murder of Molly Watson” Midwest Crime Files: A True Crime Blog & Podcast. September 7, 2022. https://www.themidwestcrimefiles.com/post/double-life-double-wife-the-murder-of-molly-watson Accessed on March 12, 2023. Katz, Brigit. “Hans Asperger ‘Actively Assisted’ Nazi Eugenics Policy, Study Claims” The Smithsonian Magazine, April 19, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hans-asperger-actively-assisted-nazi-eugenics-policies-study-claims-180968845/ Accessed March 21, 2023. Rae, Kendall. “Man Living a Double Life Murders Fiance 2 Days Before the Wedding? The Murder of Molly Watson” True Crime With Kendall Rae, August 2022. [Podcast] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0LqLxRrfPLCTqVRpS54eZv?si=BiQunCFTQYSFYg9yxVWt2A Accessed March 12, 2023. Schiefer, Christine & Schulz, Em. “E18: Collateral Damage to Everyone’s Misdeeds and Thor Peanut Butter Schiefer Schulz”. And That’s Why We Drink, March 12, 2023. [Podcast]. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1p2O5ZrsvAb2SLTSbRMny8?si=ayL8phv2TRWCxmrFynmf6Q Accessed March 12, 2023.

Join me as I try my best to describe the interesting history behind St Patty’s Day! Was he a real person? Did he really drive out snakes from Ireland? Why do we drink on a holiday for a saint? This episode was EDITED BY: Mellowtonin on YouTube. SOURCES: BBC Archives: “Religions: Saint Patrick” August 8, 2009. https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/saints/patrick_1.shtml Accessed March 14, 2023. Bitel, Lisa. “10 Things to know about the real St. Patrick.” Dornsife: College of Letters Arts and Sciences, March 15, 2018. University of Southern California. https://dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories/2768/10-things-to-know-about-the-real-st-patrick/ Accessed March 15, 2023. Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "St. Patrick’s Day". Encyclopedia Britannica, 24 Aug. 2022, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Patricks-Day. Accessed 5 March 2023. Combs, Sydney. “Who was Saint Patrick and why does he have a day?” National Geographic February 1, 2019. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/saint-patricks-day Acessed March 5, 2023. Dunbar, Ciaran. “St. Patrick’s Day: The Patron saint who liked a drink.” BBC March 16, 2019. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47543161 Accessed March 5, 2023. Esposito, Shaylyn. “Is Corned Beef Really Irish?” The Smithsonian Magazine, March 15, 2013. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/ Accessed March 5, 2023. History Editors. “St. Patrick’s Day Traditions” History, February 24, 2023. A&E Television Networks. https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/st-patricks-day-symbols-and-traditions Accessed March 5, 2023. History Editors. “History of St. Patrick’s Day” History, February 22, 2023. A&E Television Networks https://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day/history-of-st-patricks-day Acessed March 5, 2023. Mulraney, Frances. “Pubs in Ireland used to be closed on St. Patrick’s Day.” Irish Central, March 13, 2023. https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/pubs-ireland-closed-st-patricks-day Accessed March 17, 2023.

Where do Leprechauns come from? Why are they associated with St. Patty’s day? Find out with me in this short special episode before the history of St. Patty’s day next week. This episode is edited by: Mellowtonin on YouTube. SOURCES: Beresford, Jack. “The incredible true story of Ireland’s last leprechauns” The Irish Post, May 13, 2021. https://www.irishpost.com/news/leprechaun-myth-exposed-165245 Accessed March 5, 2023. Foltz, Chelsey. “A Brief History of Leprechauns, Ireland's Trickster Fairies”, Trafalgar: The Real World March 9, 2020. https://www.trafalgar.com/real-word/history-of-leprechauns-trickster-fairies/ Accessed March 5, 2023. Forsyth, Steven. “Legend of the Leprechaun” Celtic Wedding Rings, https://www.celtic-weddingrings.com/celtic-resources/myth-of-the-leprechaun#:~:text=The%20Pot%20of%20Gold,-This%20is%20the&text=Quite%20why%20Leprechauns%20even%20need,trickery%2C%20this%20is%20entirely%20possible. Accessed March 5, 2023. Kupier, Kathleen. “Leprechaun: Irish Folklore” Britannica, February 6, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/art/leprechaun Accessed March 5, 2023. Radford, Benjamin. “Leprechauns: Facts about the Irish Trickster Fairy” Livescience, March 8, 2017. https://www.livescience.com/37626-leprechauns.html Accessed March 5, 2023. Weiser, Jason & Weiser, Carrisa. “231-Irish Folklore: Challenge Accepted” Myths and Legends, June 29, 2021. https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OKtiMg3qhi4DhGJDutY5B?si=siP-HEGNTi-vhkktVz0Npw [Podcast] Accessed March 5, 2023

This story starts in the 1870s, when too many people are reported missing on their travels. The Bender Family is reported to be America’s first ever serial killer family. Join me as I figure out why their nickname is the “Bloody Benders.” SOURCES: Brown, Travis. “The Bloody Benders|America’s First Family of Serial Killers” Crimehub: A True Crime Podcast, August 2022. https://open.spotify.com/episode/39bv8qSmCG2dRC21ke87CM?si=98f55e06fd0b4f51 [Podcast] February 27, 2023. Farley, Todd. “How a serial killer family got away with murdering seven men and a baby” The New York Post. March 26, 2022. https://nypost.com/2022/03/26/how-a-serial-killer-family-murdered-8-and-got-away-with-it/ Accessed February 27, 2023. Kansas, Troy. “The Kansas Horror” The Kansas Weekly Chief. May 15, 1873. https://www.newspapers.com/image/79743338/?terms=Bloody%20Benders&match=1 [Archived Article] Accessed March 3, 2023. Katz, Brigit. “The Kansas Homestead Where America’s First Serial Killer Family Committed Its Crimes is Up For Sale” The Smithsonian Magazine, February 4, 2020. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/ Accessed 27 February 2023. Lifson, Amy. “Reading Laura Ingalls Wilder is Not the Same When You’re a Parent.” National Endowment For the Humanities. July/August 2014. https://www.neh.gov/humanities/2014/julyaugust/feature/reading-laura-ingalls-wilder-not-the-same-when-youre-parent Accessed February 28, 2023. Redd, Wyatt & Serena, Katie. “How the “Bloody Benders” Made Murder the Family Business” All That’s Interesting, October 18, 2021. https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-benders Accessed February 27, 2023. Schechter, Harold. “Little Slaughterhouse on the Prairie” Bloodlands Collection. June 28, 2018. https://www.amazon.com/Little-Slaughterhouse-Prairie-Bloodlands-collection-ebook/dp/B07CSX8SRW Accessed 27 February 2023. Urqhart, Alaina & Ash Kelly. “Episode 69: The Bloody Benders” Morbid Podcast, May 2019 https://open.spotify.com/episode/6IkZvhCTG1a6hB3Xro9vXs?si=a01bc58198524b1d [Podcast]. Accessed February 27, 2023. EDITING BY: mellowtonin on YouTube

The part two to last week’s episode, except only talking about the hauntings of the property that allegedly took place. SOURCES: Cummings, Dan. “Timesuck | Herb Baumeister: Serial Killing Leads to a Haunting?” Timesuck [Podcast] December 12, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhVIzhiDJ_I [Video] Accessed February 11, 2023. Estep, Rich & Graves, Robert. The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer’s Home. Publication March 1, 2021. https://www.amazon.com/Horrors-Fox-Hollow-Farm-Unraveling/dp/B08Z9VZTHT Tantor and Blackstone Publishing. February 11, 2023

This is a long one folks, about the serial killer named Herb Baumiester who had killed at least 21 gay men in the ‘90s. This is a 2 parter, the second part will be about the hauntings that currently take place there today. SOURCES: Brown, Steve. “Decades later, remains of two Baumeister victims returned to their families” Fox59. December 9, 2022. https://fox59.com/news/indycrime/decades-later-remains-of-two-baumeister-victims-returned-to-their-families/ Indianapolis Area Crime. Accessed February 11, 2023. Brutal Nation. “Who had to Suffer to Keep his Shameful Truth from being Exposed to the World?” Medium, March 11, 2022. https://medium.com/@brutalnation/who-had-to-suffer-to-keep-his-shameful-truth-from-being-exposed-to-the-world-635437cd0eac Accessed February 11, 2023 Cummings, Dan. “Timesuck | Herb Baumeister: Serial Killing Leads to a Haunting?” Timesuck [Podcast] December 12, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhVIzhiDJ_I [Video] Accessed February 11, 2023. Estep, Rich & Graves, Robert. The Horrors of Fox Hollow Farm: Unraveling the History & Hauntings of a Serial Killer’s Home. Publication March 1, 2021. https://www.amazon.com/Horrors-Fox-Hollow-Farm-Unraveling/dp/B08Z9VZTHT Tantor and Blackstone Publishing. February 11, 2023. FBI Records. “The Vault—Herbert Baumeister” July 29, 1997. https://vault.fbi.gov/herbert-baumeister/herbert-baumeister-part-01-of-01/view Accessed February 11, 2023. Flowers, Ashley & Brit. “Serial Killer: Herb Baumeister” Crime Junkie [Podcast] March 4, 2018. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/serial-killer-herb-baumeister/id1322200189?i=1000404854081 Audiochuck. Accessed February 11, 2023. Newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/image/354058924/?clipping_id=42900544&article=5389ee4c-ed1f-405c-8e82-cc98a1d44abe&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM1NDA1ODkyNCwiaWF0IjoxNjc2NjA2MTc4LCJleHAiOjE2NzY2OTI1Nzh9.QKR6JdSUMWaGa-aXslO-JT-hYnixUl8Zxw3DKp-UvZ0 Wiseman, AJ. “The Bodies of Fox Hollow Farm: One man’s bravery helped end Herb Baumeister’s reign in terror.” Medium, September 2, 2020. https://medium.com/crimebeat/herb-baumeister-and-fox-hollow-farm-8d4f49bb3031 Accessed Februrary 11, 2023

Was Valentine’s Day a Roman holiday? A celebration of executions? Or about birds getting it on? Find out with me! SOURCES: Bitel, Lisa. “The Gory Origins of Valentine’s Day” The Smithsonian Magazine, Feb 14, 2018. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/gory-origins-valentines-day-180968156/ The Conversasion. Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Butler, Stephanie. “How Chocolate Became a Valentine’s Day Staple.” History, Jan 4, 2021. https://www.history.com/news/valentines-day-chocolate-box-history-cadbury A&E Productions. Accessed Feb 7, 2023. Britannica Editors. “Valentine’s Day” Britannica, Feb 2, 2023. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Valentines-Day Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Combs, Sydney. “Valentine’s Day wasn’t always about Love” National Geographic, Feb 5, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/saint-st-valentines-day Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Gershon, Livia. “Who was the Real St. Valentine? The Many Myths behind the Inspiration for Valentine’s day” History, Feb 8, 2022. https://www.history.com/news/real-st-valentine-medieval A&E Television Networks. Accessed Feb 5, 2023. History Editors. “History of Valentine’s Day” History, Feb 2, 2023. https://www.history.com/topics/valentines-day/history-of-valentines-day-2 A&E Television Networks. Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Koehler, Jeff. “How Chocolate Became a Sweet (But not so Innocent) Concort to Valentine’s Day” NPR, Feb 14, 2017. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/02/14/514565105/chocolate-love-s-sweet-but-not-necessarily-innocent-consort The Salt: What’s on Your Plate. Accessed Feb 7, 2023. Seipel, April. “The dark origins of Valentine’s Day” NPR, Feb 14, 2022 https://www.npr.org/2011/02/14/133693152/the-dark-origins-of-valentines-day Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Stack, Liam. “Valentine’s Day: Did It Start as a Roman Party or to Celebrate an Execution?” The New York Times, Feb 14, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/style/valentines-day-facts-history.html Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Summers, Keyonna. “The Hidden History of Valentine’s Day” University of Nevada, Feb 5, 2020. https://www.unlv.edu/news/release/hidden-history-valentines-day Accessed Feb 5, 2023. Vukovic, Kresimir. “Friends, Romans, Naked-Wolf Men…why an ancient festival is still controversial” The Guardian, Feb 15, 2018. https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/15/wolves-nudity-mayhem-why-an-ancient-roman-festival-is-still-controversial Accessed Feb 7, 2023

Hello Folks, my name is Maddie Bee and in this episode I’m going to be talking about other crimes and things that have happened in “the most magical place on earth”. SOURCES: Bemis, Bethanee. “In the Magic Kingdom, History was a Lesson Filled with Reassurance.” The Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Oct 2021. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/at-walt-disney-world-history-was-a-lesson-filled-with-reassurance-180978789/ Accessed 21 Dec 2022. Boone, Brian. “The Worst Accidents That Ever Happened at Disney Theme Parks.” The Grunge, 29 April 2021. https://www.grunge.com/184506/the-worst-accidents-that-ever-happened-at-disney-theme-parks/ Accessed 21 Dec 2022. Burke, Minyvonne. “Four Disney Employees Arrested in Florida human trafficking, child predator sting.” NBC News, March 17, 2022. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/four-disney-employees-arrested-florida-human-trafficking-child-predato-rcna20422 Accessed Feb 2, 2023. Cooper, Alison. “Is it true that no one dies at Disney World?” How Stuff Works, 19 March 2015. https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/destinations/theme-parks/is-it-true-that-no-one-dies-at-disney-world.htm Accessed 17 January 2023. Coffey, Kelly. “This Bizarre “it’s a small world” Secret Will Keep You Out” InsideTheMagic, January 17 2022. https://insidethemagic.net/2022/01/its-a-small-world-animatronics-never-shut-off-kc1/ Accessed 17 January 2023. Cost, Ben. “It’s A Small World’ ride turns into nightmarish scene after dark” New York Post, 24 January 2022. https://nypost.com/2022/01/24/its-a-small-world-ride-turns-into-nightmarish-scene-after-dark/ Accessed 17 January 2023. Dufrense, Alessa. “Debunking the Myth That No One Dies At Disney.” InsideTheMagic, 1 July 2021. https://insidethemagic.net/2021/07/debunk-no-one-dies-disney-ad1/ Accessed 17 January 2023. Mitchell, Alex & Hamilton, Brad. “Fights, Deaths, Suicides: How Disney Keeps the Tragic out of the Magic Kingdom.” New York Post, 20 Oct 2022. https://nypost.com/2022/10/20/fights-deaths-suicides-how-disney-world-turns-tragic-to-magic/ Accessed 21 Dec 2022. Phillips, Kyra & Zamost, Scott. “Theme Park Employees Caught in Sex Stings, Child Porn Arrests” CNN 14 July 2014. https://www.cnn.com/2014/07/14/us/theme-park-employees-child-sex-stings/index.html Accessed 21 Dec 2022. Pulver, Andrew. “Disney Removes ‘Negative Depictions of native Peoples’ from Jungle Cruise ride.” The Guardian, Jan 26, 2021. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/jan/26/disney-jungle-cruise-theme-park-ride-negative-depictions-of-native-peoples Accessed Feb 3, 2023. Rufo, Christopher F. “Disney’s Child-Predator Problem.” City Journal, 31 March 2022. https://www.city-journal.org/disneys-child-predator-problem Accessed 21 Dec 2022 Sharpe, Cynthia. “All Your Favorite Attractions Are Problematic” Thinkwell July 15, 2020 https://thinkwellgroup.com/blog/2020/07/15/all-your-favorite-attractions-are-problematic/ Accessed Feb 3, 2023. Snider, Mike. “Disney Employees, former judge among 108 arrested by Florida Police in Trafficking Sting Operation.” USA Today, 17 March 2022. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/03/17/disney-employees-judge-arrested-trafficking/7075731001/ Accessed 21 Dec 2022. Tapp, Tom. “Disney World “Regrets” Performance Featuring Racist Stereotypes of Native Americans – Update” Deadline, 18 March 2022. https://deadline.com/2022/03/disney-world-native-american-indians-performance-controvery-1234982047/ Accessed 21 Dec 2022. Tobias, Scott. “Song of the South: the difficult legacy of Disney’s most shocking movie.” The Guardian, Nov 19, 2019. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/19/song-of-the-south-the-difficult-legacy-of-disneys-most-shocking-movie Accessed Feb 3, 2023. Ward, Amelia. “There’s A Conspiracy that No One Dies at Disney World” LAD Bible, June 25 2021. https://www.ladbible.com/news/interesting-theres-a-conspiracy-that-no-one-has-ever-died-at-disney-world-20210625 Accessed Jan 30, 2023

This episode is a heavy one, and a bloody one. So you’ve been warned! SOURCES: Cavendish, Richard. “Death of Countess Elizabeth Bathory” History Today Aug 8, 2014. https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/death-countess-elizabeth-bathory Accessed Jan 24 2023. Craft, Kimberly. Infamous Lady: The True Story of Countess Erzsébet Báthory: Second Edition. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform Oct 11, 2014. https://www.amazon.com/Infamous-Lady-Countess-Erzs%C3%A9bet-B%C3%A1thory/dp/1502581469/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=infamous+lady&qid=1614092947&sr=8-1#detailBullets_feature_div Accessed Jan 27 2023. Dr. Strange, Mildred & Lou. “01-Elizabeth Bathory” History Lessons For Misanthropes, Jan 8, 2019. https://open.spotify.com/episode/5poUnLs8tByNgJadPOLhjk [Podcast] Accessed Jan 24, 2023. Encyclopedia. “Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia” Cengage https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/bathory-elizabeth-1560-1614 Accessed Jan 25, 2023 O’Connell, Ronan. “The bloody legend of Hungary’s serial killer countess” National Geographic Oct 21, 2022. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/article/the-bloody-legend-of-hungarys-serial-killer-countess Accessed Jan 24, 2023. History Editors. “Hungarian countesses’ torturous escapades are exposed” History. A&E Television Networks. Dec 20, 2019. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bathorys-torturous-escapades-are-exposed Accessed Jan 24 2023. Pallardy, Richard. “Elizabeth Báthory: Hungarian countess” Britannica Aug 17, 2022. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Elizabeth-Bathory Accessed Jan 24, 2023. Sherman, Elisabeth & Kuroski, John. “Meet Elizabeth Bathory, The ‘Blood Countess’ Who May Have Been History’s Most Prolific Female Serial Killer” All That’s Interesting, Oct 17, 2022. https://allthatsinteresting.com/elizabeth-bathory Accessed Jan 24, 2023. The People Profiles. “Elizabeth Bathory–The Blood Countess Documentary” Youtube Oct 31, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UqXtGDLiLA [Video] Accessed Jan 24, 2023. Urquhart, Alaina & Kelley, Ash. “Episode 51:Countess Elizabeth Bathory” Morbid. Wondery March 13, 2019. https://open.spotify.com/episode/1WfScqYFpenEUthdXh5Ift [Podcast] Accessed Jan 24, 2023

After a break, I thought I’d start the year off right with a haunting! And I plan to make “Haunted Colleges” a series. SOURCES: College Consensus. https://www.collegeconsensus.com/rankings/most-haunted-colleges/ Dan. “Mary Ellen Chase House (1827)” Historic Buildings of Massachusetts, December 17, 2014. https://mass.historicbuildingsct.com/?tag=smith-college Accessed January 19 2023 Sandwood, Jane. “Smith College, Massachusetts | The Most Haunted Campus in America?” Ghost Walks. https://ghostwalks.com/smith-college-most-haunted Nov 9, 2021. Accessed 7 Jan 2023. Shubert, Amanda. “Ghosts in the Streets: Whistler and Photography” SCMA, 2012. https://scma.smith.edu/blog/ghosts-streets-whistler-and-photography-0 Republished 23 Feb 2022. Accessed 7 Jan 2023. Smithipedia. “Ghost Stories” Smith College. https://blogs.smith.edu/blog/smithipedia/traditions/ghost-stories/ Accessed 7 Jan 2023. Smith. “About Smith” Smith College. https://www.smith.edu/about-smith The Speakeasy. “Haunted US Colleges (Ep. 1)” [Youtube]. Published Oct 15, 2020. https://blogs.smith.edu/blog/smithipedia/traditions/ghost-stories/ [Video] Accessed 7 Jan 2023 Sweeny, Cas. “Neilson construction halts because of haunting” The Sophian, March 29, 2018. Smith College. https://thesophian.com/neilson-construction-halts-because-of-haunting/ Accessed 18 January 2023. Walsh, Lara. “Colleges in the US that people believe are haunted” Insider. Sep 30, 2019. https://www.insider.com/colleges-us-believed-to-be-haunted-ghosts#some-believe-smith-colleges-oldest-building-is-home-to-a-heartbroken-ghost-named-lucy-hunt-2 Accessed 7 Jan 2023. What-When-How. “Session House, NorthHampton, Massachusetts (Haunted Place). https://what-when-how.com/haunted-places/session-house-northampton-massachusetts-haunted-place/ Accessed 7 Jan 2023 Wiki. “Smith College” Wikipedia, 4 January 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith_College Accessed 18 January 2023

A long one for y’all to listen to before the holidays, hope you all enjoy and if you do please share! Happy Holidays folks! SOURCES: Hillerbrand, Hans J. “Christmas Holiday” Britannica, 25 Oct 2022. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Christmas Accessed 7 Dec 2022 Ishak, Natasha. “Inside the Black Pete Tradition of Christmas Blackface In the Netherlands” All That’s Interesting, 14 Nov 2021. https://allthatsinteresting.com/black-pete Accessed 14 Dec 2022. Kennedy, Lesley. “Who Invented Candy Canes?” HISTORY, 7 Dec 2018. A&E Productions. https://www.history.com/news/candy-canes-invented-germany Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Kaz Rowe. “The Creepy History of Europe’s Christmas Folk Villains” [Youtube] 17 Dec 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQyEd9Vbes0 Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Malanowski, Jaime. “Untangling the History of Christmas Lights” The Smithsonian Magazine Dec 2016. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/untangling-history-christmas-lights-180961140/ Accessed 13 Dec 2022. Melina, Remy. “The Surprising Truth: Christians Once Banned Christmas” LiveScience 14 Dec 2010. https://www.livescience.com/32891-why-was-christmas-banned-in-america-.html Accessed 11 Dec 2022 Norton, Lily. “Pucker Up! Why Do People Kiss Under The Mistletoe?” LiveScience 27 Sep 2022. https://www.livescience.com/32901-why-we-kiss-under-mistletoe.html Accessed 11 Dec 2022 Pak, Sujin. “The History of Christmas” Center for Christian Ethics, 2011. Baylor University Press.https://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/159122.pdf Accessed 7 Dec 2022. PBS Origins. “Why Does Santa Wear Red?” [Youtube] 19 Dec 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fajNM5OPVnA [Video] Accessed 11 Dec 2022 Ponti, Crystal. “Some of the Earliest Christmas Cards Were Morbid and Creepy” HISTORY, 17 Dec 2020. A&E Productions. https://www.history.com/news/victorian-christmas-cards Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Real Stories. “The Legends of Santa (Christmas Documentary)” [Youtube] 6 Dec 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crocEiyluyk [Video] Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Waxman, Olivia B. “How Christmas Trees Became a Holiday Tradition” Time, 21 Dec 2020. https://time.com/5736523/history-of-christmas-trees/ Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Wisdom Land. “Pagan Origins of Christmas & Tradition History- Full Documentary” [Youtube] 19 Dec 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-ileaWlJS8 [Video] Accessed 12 Dec 2022

Hey folks! This is just a quick little teaser for the episode that’s coming out next week on the origins of Christmas. Krampus is a Christmas Demon that has roots all the way back to Norse Mythology! SOURCES: Basu, Tanya. “Who is Krampus? Explaining the Horrific Christmas Beast” National Geographic, 5 Dec 2018. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Billock, Jennifer. “The Origin of Krampus, Europe’s Evil Twist on Santa” Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Dec 2015. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/ Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Kuroski, John. “The Story Of Krampus, The Anti-Santa Who Punishes Naughty Children With Season’s Beatings” All That’s Interesting, 2 Nov 2022. https://allthatsinteresting.com/krampus Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Little, Becky. “Meet Krampus: The Christmas Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children” HISTORY 18 Dec 2020. A&E Productions. https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin Accessed 7 Dec 2022. Logan, Hannah. “The Dark Side of Christmas, The Legend of Krampus” The Fairytale Traveler 26 Feb 2022. Creepy and Obscure Places. https://thefairytaletraveler.com/2017/12/21/legend-of-krampus/ Accessed 8 Dec 2022 Tikkanen, Amy. “Krampus Legend” Britannica, 27 Nov 2019. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus Accessed 7 Dec 2022

This case is one wild ride folks, so buckle up! Today I discuss the murder of Sherri Rasmussen and how this case should NOT have taken 22 years to solve. SOURCES: Morbid Podcast: “Episode 397: The Murder of Sherri Rasmussen” Published: 11/28/2022. Accessed: 11/29/2022 https://open.spotify.com/show/1cpyLfDHP1cNnyOb478qrt My Favorite Murder Podcast: “Episode 250: Look Who’s Crossing” https://open.spotify.com/show/0U9S5J2ltMaKdxIfLuEjzE Published: Nov 26, 2020. Accessed: Nov 29, 2022. EXPLORE WITH US Youtube: “Cold Case SOLVED After 26 Years: The True Story of Sherri Rasmussen | True Crime Solved Mystery” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmrWasTSg-g Published: May 1, 2020. Accessed: Nov 29, 2022 Murder With My Husband Podcast: “Sherri Rasmussen – The Twisted Triangle - Episode 60” Published: May 16, 2021. Accessed: 11/29/2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcevvuAoliU CNN News: “A bite, bullet and broken heart: Former LA cop stands trial for murder” By: Ann O’Neill. Published: Feb 8, 2012. Accessed: 11/29/2022 https://www.cnn.com/2012/02/07/justice/lazarus-trial-cold-case/index.html Archibold, Randal. 2009. "Police Find Unlikely Suspect in a Cold Case: One of Their Own." New York Times, June 13: A11. Accessed: 11/29/2022 https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/us/13coldcase.html?searchResultPosition=1 The Atlantic: “The Lazarus File”. By: Matthew McGough. Published: June 2011 Accessed: 11/29/2022 https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/06/the-lazarus-file/308499/ Redhanded Podcast: “Episode 156: Stephanie Lazarus: The Detective Who Almost Got Away With Murder” Published: July 2020. Accessed 11/27/2022 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3cF6DhtYkI5VVXFmOK1ODg

The title says it all. Today is a short episode of fun on the cryptid Bigfoot! SOURCES: https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bigfoot https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/130907-cryptid-crytozoology-bigfoot-loch-yeti-monster-abominable-science The National Geographic: “The Science Behind Bigfoot and Other Monsters” by: Rachel Hartigan. September 9th, 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKScbbwuivw Youtube Video: “Searching for Sasquatch: Cryptozoology and the Science & Folklore of Hidden Animals | Thom Powell” By: University of Oregon. July 9, 2012. https://mil.wa.gov/the-legend-of-bigfoot Washington Military Department of the National Guard: “The Legend of Bigfoot” https://www.livescience.com/24598-bigfoot.html Live Science: “Bigfoot: Is the Sasquatch Real?” By: Benjamin Radford, and Patrick Pester. Jan 14, 2022. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-so-many-people-still-believe-in-bigfoot-180970045/ Smithsonian Magazine: “Why do so many People still Want to Believe in Bigfoot?” By Ben Crair. September 2018. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Sasquatch Britannica: “Sasquatch” By: Britannica Editors. Oct 6, 2022. https://westportlibrary.libguides.com/bigfoot The Westport Library: “Bigfoot: The Legend of Sasquatch” Oct 10, 2022 https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bigfoot_sasquatch_legend/#.Y3P_AHbMK3A The Oregon Encyclopedia: “Bigfoot (Sasquatch) Legend” By: Robert Walls. September 7, 2022. https://www.history.com/news/bigfoot-legend-newspaper History: “How The Bigfoot Legend Began” By Becky Little. January 28, 2020

Today I discuss the dark history behind this holiday and why it, for many Native American households, is a day of mourning. HAPPY NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH 🧡! SOURCES: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/ The Smithsonian Magazine: “The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue” By Claire Bugos. November 26, 2019 https://www.insider.com/history-of-thanksgiving-2017-11 Insider: “The true story behind Thanksgiving is a bloody one, and some people say it's time to cancel the holiday” By: Áine Cain and Joey Hadden. November 24, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/21/us/thanksgiving-myths-fact-check.html The New York Times: “Everything You Learned about Thanksgiving is Wrong” By: Maya Salam. November 21, 2017. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/blogs/national-museum-american-indian/2017/11/23/everyones-history-matters-and-wampanoag-indian-thanksgiving-story-deserves-be-known/ The Smithsonian Magazine: “Everyone’s history matters: The Wampanoag Indian Thanksgiving story deserves to be known” By: Lindsay McVay. November 22, 2017. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/25/the-invention-of-thanksgiving The New Yorker: “The Invention of Thanksgiving” By: Philip Deloria. November 18, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy1tvor1mRw NowThisNews Youtube: “The Harsh Truth About Thanksgiving | NowThis” November 28, 2019. https://www.npr.org/2021/11/25/1059262045/the-mashpee-wampanoag-want-you-to-know-the-full-history-behind-thanksgiving NPR. All Things Considered. “The Mashpee Wampanoag want you to know the full history behind Thanksgiving” By Ayen Bior and Jonaki Metha. November 25, 2021. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pequot-massacres-begin History: “Pequot massacres begin” By History Editors. May 24, 2022. http://www.columbia.edu/~lmg21/ash3002y/earlyac99/resources/Pequots/pequottl.htm Colombia https://www.britannica.com/topic/Wampanoag Britannica. “Wampanoag People” By: Britannica’s editors. September 21, 2022 https://mashpeewampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/culture Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Official Site. “A Strong Culture” By: Jessie Little Doe Baird. https://time.com/5911943/thanksgiving-wampanoag/ Time. “400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Its Land Amid Another Epidemic” By:Olivia B. Waxman. November 23, 2020. https://www.mptn-nsn.gov/tribalhistory.aspx Tribal Nation. “The Mashantucket (Western) Pequot Tribal Nation”

AKA the Lewis-Clark Valley Murders and Disappearances. Join me as I try to understand how in the hell this is still considered and “unsolved” case. SOURCES: Grunge Website: https://www.grunge.com/826788/the-unsolved-lewis-clark-valley-murders/ The Lewiston Tribune: https://lmtribune.com/northwest/fbi-keeps-file-open-on-kristin-david-case/article_ec559279-df44-5002-a29f-4d2c18bb978c.html The Spokesman's Review: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2017/aug/22/lewiston-law-enforcement-gives-fresh-look-at-unsol/ Yakima Herald-Republic: https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/investigation-discovery-show-debuting-thursday-will-focus-on-decades-old-mysterious-deaths-and-disappearances-in/article_2d028eea-f199-11e8-8650-87241daf0619.amp.html Slo Burn Media Podcasts: Lewis Clark Valley Serial Killer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gskkstBNxo Murder With My Husband Podcast: MWMH Episode 43: Lewis Clark Valley Disappearances: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn22cwPO-IY Boise State University: The Idaho Innocence Project: https://www.boisestate.edu/innocenceproject/exonerees/

Given that Disney is coming out with a live action of one of their classics, I thought why not dig into the author, original story, and how The Little Mermaid saved Disney? SOURCES: https://www.the-sun.com/lifestyle/1602156/little-mermaid-real-story-disney-hans-christian/ The U.S. Sun: “Mer-derous! What’s the real story behind The Little Mermaid?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfst-1-gyis abitfrank youtube: “The Little Mermaid’s PAINFUL Origin (Disney)” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vql7XZk746U Classic Audiobooks youtube: “The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen - Full Audiobook | Relaxing Bedtime Stories 🧜‍♀️” https://theconversation.com/the-little-mermaid-has-always-been-a-story-about-exclusion-and-its-author-was-an-outsider-191001 The Conversation: “The Little Mermaid has always been a story about exclusion – and its author was an outsider” https://www.pride.com/movies/2019/7/08/little-mermaid-was-originally-metaphor-unrequited-gay-love Pride: “‘The Little Mermaid’ Was Originally a Metaphor for Unrequited Gay Love” https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2495258/the-true-story-behind-why-the-little-mermaid-almost-didnt-get-made Cinema Blend: “The True Story Behind Why The Little Mermaid Almost Didn’t Get Made” https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/little-mermaid-was-way-more-subversive-you-realized-180973464/ Smithsonian Magazine: “‘The Little Mermaid’ Was Way More Subversive Than You Realized” https://rictornorton.co.uk/andersen.htm Exerpts from My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries (1998), Edited by Rictor Norton: “The Gay Love Letters of Hans Christian Anderson” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuSqIpqJ-Xc Jen Campbell Youtube: “The True History of The Little Mermaid | Fairy Tales with Jen” https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hans-Christian-Andersen-Danish-author Britanica: “Hans Christian Anderson”

I’m this episode I discuss how the treatment of little actress Shirley Temple was never fully revealed until much later in her life. Be warned: I will be discussing sexual harassment, sexualization of children, domestic violence, as well as physical abuse brought upon her by producers. SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns0roXRFluU EXPLORE WITH US: “Disturbing Horrors Behind Shirley Temple That’ll RUIN Your Childhood” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pcUEmnGX2g Janson Media: “Shirley Temple- America’s Little Darling (Full Biography)” https://www.thelist.com/129652/the-untold-truth-of-shirley-temple/ The List: “The Untold Truth of Shirley Temple” https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2017/11/24/history-sexual-harassment-work NPR: “The History of Sexual Harrasment At Work” https://www.biography.com/actor/shirley-temple Biography: “Shirley Temple” https://allthatsinteresting.com/shirley-temple-baby-burlesks All That’s Interesting: “On The Creepy Set Of Shirley Temple’s First Role As A Toddler Prostitute In The Baby Burlesks” https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2014/02/shirley-temple-the-child-star-who-wasnt-a-cautionary-tale/283747/ The Atlantic: “Shirley Temple, the Child Star Who Wasn’t a Cautionary Tale” https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/2017/10/10/hollywood-ugly-history-sexual-harassment/106498172/ The Detroit News: “Hollywood’s long ugly history with sexual harassment” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AJH6709Kpw SLOAN: “Shirley Temple: The Tragic Life of America’s Sweetheart” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaKNMQLmYVY Lady White Rabbit: “Horrors Behind Shirley Temple” The iilluminaughtii Podcast: “The Sad History of Shirley Temple | Prism of the Past''

The title says it all. Today I will be discussing the Cryptid El Chupacabra, what it is, where it came from, a possible explanation for the creature and so on. SOURCES: https://allthatsinteresting.com/chupacabra All That’s Interesting: “Inside The Chupacabra Legend And Its Stories Of Blood-Sucking Terror” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04X2dLml4Es SNARLED Youtube: “Puerto Rican, Mexican & U.S. Folklore- El Chupacabra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVPcBvZnfzo HISTORY Youtube: “MonsterQuest: Blood Sucking Chupacabra Attacks! (S2, E8) | Full Episode” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePj5dxlnYYo The Last Bacon Youtube: “Chupacabra History & Lore Explained” https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/fodors/top/features/travel/destinations/bermudaandcaribbean/puertorico/fdrs_feat_125_16.html?n=Top%2525252FFeatures%2525252FTravel%2525252FDestinations%2525252FBermuda+and+Caribbean%2525252FPuerto+Rico Archieved The New York Times: “Abominable Chupacabra” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmtWHzXAjK4 Grunge Youtube: “The Creepy Truth About Chupacabras” https://www.britannica.com/topic/chupacabra Britannica: “Chupacabra” https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/101028-chupacabra-evolution-halloween-science-monsters-chupacabras-picture National Geographic: “Chupacabra Science: How Evolution Made A Mythical Monster” https://dailyutahchronicle.com/2018/10/25/cryptid-of-the-week-el-chupacabra/ The Daily Utah Chronicle: “Cryptid of the Week: El Chupacabra” https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Puerto_Rican_Chupacabra Cryptidz Fandom:“Puerto Rican Chupacabra”

Hello Everyone! Today’s episode is all about the Wizard of Oz and how this beloved classic may have hit a few bumps in the road. SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTO0mreb8wk Explore With Us Youtube: “The Disturbing Horrors Behind The Wizard Of Oz That’ll RUIN Your Childhood” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhlrndJ1Hz8 Kaz Rowe Youtube: “A Deep Dive into the Horror-filled Production of The Wizard of Oz” https://time.com/5647491/wizard-of-oz-curse/ Time Magazine: “Was ‘The Wizard of Oz’ Cursed? The True Behind the Dark Stories About the Judy Garland Classic” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=050mh31Ugzk JoBlo Movies Youtube: “The Wizard of Oz- WTF Happened To This Movie?” Morbid Podcast: “Episode 281: The Dark Secrets Behind The Wizard of Oz”

Y’all remember that one time testimony from a ghost was used in court to convict somebody? Yeah, that’s this case. SOURCES: Morbid Podcast Episode “Episode 337: The Greenbriar Ghost” https://archive.wvculture.org/history/crime/shuearticles.html Archived West Virgina Culture “The Greenbrier Ghost” https://greenbrierwv.com/editorials/the-greenbrier-ghost Greenbrier Valley: “Greenbrier Ghost, Zona Heaster Shue” https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/10/31/halloween-ghost-story-time-an-apparition-helped-convict-murderer/ The Washington Post: “A Halloween Ghost Story: The Time an Apparition Helped Convict a Murderer” Supernatural Podcast with Ashley Flowers: HAUNTED: “The Greenbrier Ghost” https://allthatsinteresting.com/greenbrier-ghost All That’s Interesting: “The Only Time a Murderer was Convicted Thanks to His Victim’s “Ghost””

Today I will be diving into Peter Pan, as well as the author behind it all: J.M. Barrie, and how Disney really looked at this story through rose-tinted glasses. SOURCES: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/15/peter-pans-dark-side-emerges-with-release-of-original-manuscript The Gaurdian: Peter Pan’s Dark Side Emerges with Releases of Original Manuscript https://writingtoberead.com/2021/08/25/dark-origins-peter-pan-lost-boys-who-are-murdered-and-mermaids-who-are-sirens/#:~:text=To%20put%20it%20bluntly%2C%20Peter,of%20losing%20his%20brother%2C%20David. Writing to Be Read: Dark Origins- Lost boys who are murdered and mermaids who are Sirens. https://www.abebooks.com/books/the-gruesome-origins-of-classic-fairy-tales/ AbeBooks: The Gruesome Origins of Classic Fairy Tales Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AX3qKR8LPm8 Youtube, Isaac Carlson. Disney Theory: Why Peter Pan Never Grows Up https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2004/11/22/lost-boys The New Yorker: Why J.M. Barrie Created Peter Pan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6WmiUhWh74 Youtube, Explore With Us: The True Story Behind Peter Pan Will DESTROY Your Childhood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lru1vspvIow Youtube, ChannelFrederator: Peter Pan’s DARK Side- Disney’s Dark Secrets About Peter Pan

This is all about the famous Mothman cryptid, one people have heard about by name, but maybe don’t know the whole story. I start off with the sightings, then I go into the history, the Silver Bridge Collapse, and finally asking the question: Why is he here? SOURCES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7_3n5Z2SDs JoBlo Movies: The Mothman of Point Pleasant https://allthatsinteresting.com/mothman All That’s Interesting: The Mothman of West Virginia https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm Archived The Point Pleasant Registar: Couple See Man-sized Bird…Creature…Something https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_People_Say_They_Saw_%27Creature%27?file=Site-background-dark The Mothman Wikia https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LG0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=620,2790721&dq=point+pleasant+roger+scarberry&hl=en Archived Gettysburg Times: Monster Bird With Red Eyes May Be Crane https://timeline.com/the-deadliest-bridge-disaster-in-us-history-was-caused-by-a-tiny-crack-just-3-millimeters-deep-ca5404c4dffa Timeline: The Deadliest Bridge Disaster in U.S. History was Caused by a Tiny Crack just Three Millimeters Deep

Today’s episode is all about the dark history of a beloved classic: Alice in Wonderland. Was Alice based on a real person? Should Lewis Carroll be beloved as he is today? Find out! SOURCES: BBC Archived: Local Lives- Alice Liddell https://www.bbc.co.uk/oxford/content/articles/2009/05/21/alice_feature.shtml Smithsonian Magazine: Lewis Carroll’s Shifting Reputation https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/lewis-carrolls-shifting-reputation-9432378/ British Heritage Travel: The real story and places behind Alice in Wonderland https://britishheritage.com/travel/real-story-alice-wonderland The Atlantic: Meet the Girl Who Inspired ‘Alice in Wonderland’ https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/07/meet-the-girl-who-inspired-alice-in-wonderland/259474/ The Guardian: Just Good Friends? https://www.theguardian.com/world/2001/oct/29/gender.uk V&A Museums: The Real Alice in Wonderland https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/the-real-alice-in-wonderland#:~:text=Not%20everything%20in%20'Alice's%20Adventures,brunette%20bob%20and%20short%20fringe. Alice’s Adventures: Lewis Carroll in Popular Culture by Will Brooker An Injustice: The Real Story Behind Alice in Wonderland is Nothing Like the Beloved Classic https://aninjusticemag.com/the-real-story-behind-alice-in-wonderland-is-nothing-like-the-beloved-classic-ac517aff72b0 Britannica: Lewis Carroll British Author https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lewis-Carroll

The horrific death of a baby that leads to a feminist movement in Ireland. SOURCES: they will always be here, even if I don’t mention them in the episode: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-58562437 BBC: Kerry Babies: Remains Exhumed in 1984 Baby Death Investigation Red Handed Podcast Episode 236: The Kerry Babies https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/dec/11/one-set-twins-two-fathers-how-common-is-superfecundation The Guardian: One Set of Twins- Two Fathers: How Common is Superfecundation? https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/artsandculture/arid-40790463.html The Irish Examiner: Kerry babies case re-examined in new episode of RTÉ documentary series https://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/pdf/10.2105/AJPH.77.5.636 Public Health Then and Now: The Evolution of the Maternal Birthing Position https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4235063/ National Library of Medicine: Healthy Birth Practice #5: Avoid Giving Birth on Your Back and Follow Your Body’s Urge to Push https://www.history.com/news/magdalene-laundry-ireland-asylum-abuse History: How Ireland Turned 'Fallen Women' Into Slaves.

Jurassic Park: Books vs Movies and Today’s Science. SOURCES: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/24/1009992648/baby-dinosaur-bones-found-in-the-alaska-arctic-suggest-they-lived-there-year-rou A New Study Suggests Dinosaurs Might Not Be As Cold-Blooded As We Thought https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/06/11/jurassic-park-dinosaurs Jurassic Park's' Dinosaur Expert Looks Back 25 Years Later: 'They Were Very Realistic' https://www.livescience.com/3945-history-dinosaurs.html A Brief History of Dinosaurs https://www.livescience.com/23868-tyrannosaurus-rex-facts.html#section-what-did-t-rex-eat- Was the T.Rex a Hunter or a Scavenger? https://www.audible.com/blog/article-jurassic-park-book-vs-movie Jurassic Park: Book vs. Movie https://www.npr.org/2022/08/20/1118436090/tasmanian-tiger-australia-genetic-editing - Tasmanian Tiger: A plan to bring back the Tasmanian Tiger from extinction raises questions. https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2013/03/15/174322143/its-called-de-extinction-its-like-jurassic-park-except-its-real - It’s called ‘De-Extinction’-- It’s like Jurassic Park except it’s real. https://www.npr.org/2021/09/14/1036884561/dna-resurrection-jurassic-park-woolly-mammoth - Scientists say they could bring back Wooly Mammoths. But Maybe They Shouldn’t.

⚠️TW⚠️THERE IS MENTION OF SA, PLEASE DONT LISTEN IF YOU AREN’T IN THE RIGHT HEADSPACE. The true crime story of Helen Ruth Spence. SOURCES: Daughter of the White River by Denise White Parkinson. National Library of Medicine. Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. Morbid Podcast Episode 289: The Swamp Angel