Month: January 2023

Episode 57 Sources: Short & Spooky

Our fourth volume of Short & Spooky stories is here, and you know the drill! This episode features three stories that are too short for a full episode, but that we really want to share with you. In this installment, you can hear about recent Yellowstone volcano fearmongering, James Dean’s cursed Porsche, and Benadryl-induced visions of the mysterious Hat Man.

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Here are our sources for this episode:

  1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0jH8zCuL5Q
  2. https://jamesdean.com/biography/
  3. https://www.mysanantonio.com/entertainment/article/James-Dean-60-years-since-fatal-crash-6537391.php
  4. https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/articles/us-scene/what-really-happened-to-james-deans-cursed-porsche?v=79cba1185463
  5. https://www.oregonlive.com/nation/2022/12/no-they-didnt-close-yellowstone-because-the-supervolcano-is-about-to-erupt.html?outputType=amp
  6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ew03hobTOhc
  7. https://k2radio.com/no-alcova-reservoir-is-not-erupting-dont-send-money/
  8. https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hat-man-benadryl-tiktok-monster-1234620397/?sub_action=logged_in
  9. https://www.reddit.com/r/benadryl/comments/rwhf3y/the_hat_man/
  10. https://www.benadryl.com/safety
  11. https://www.checkupnewsroom.com/tiktok-videos-encourage-viewers-to-overdose-on-benadryl/
  12. https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/diphenhydramine/
  13. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/benadryl-challenge-tiktok-overdose/
  14. https://www.salon.com/2020/09/30/benadryl-challenge-claims-the-life-of-one-teen-as-tiktok-claims-to-have-already-banned-the-videos/
  15. https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-conditions/sleep/nighttime-sleep-behaviors/sleep-paralysis.html
  16. https://vocal.media/horror/have-you-seen-the-hat-man

Episode 56 Sources: Make Christmas Spooky Again

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Good Yule, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanzaa, and Happy Holidays! We’re glad you’re here with us on the other side of the Long Night (i.e., the Winter Solstice). For this year’s Christmas episode, we’re talking about spooky, or just plain quirky, Christmas traditions primarily from across the pond. Listen to hear about the origins of Krampus, the villainization of Frau Perchta, the terrifying Gryla the Giantess and her mischievous sons, and, finally, an oddly adorable pooping log from Spain.

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Here are our sources from this episode:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companions_of_Saint_Nicholas
  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_gift-bringer
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household_deity
  4. https://www.pagankids.org/post/historyofyule
  5. https://nerdist.com/article/yule-curious-past-and-present-day-importance/
  6. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/winter-solstice-pagan-yule_n_585970abe4b03904470af4c5
  7. https://spookylittlehalloween.com/2022/11/29/spooky-christmas-traditions/
  8. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/
  9. https://www.livescience.com/who-is-krampus
  10. https://news.usc.edu/90213/have-you-been-naughty-then-beware-krampus-is-coming/
  11. https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/12/22/572569325/caga-ti-a-catalan-log-that-poops-nougats-at-christmas
  12. https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/the-icelandic-yule-lads-and-gryla
  13. https://www.vice.com/en/article/43989p/perchta-christmas-goddess-demon-woman
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perchta