Episode 64 Sources: Harry Caray’s Very Scary Fairies

Join us for a discussion on all things fairies (AKA faeries, fae, fay, Little People, Wee Folk, Fair Folk, etc. etc., etc.). Turns out, when it comes to Celtic and western European fairy lore, pretty much EVERYTHING comes down to the fae, and they are not having it with our human sh*t. From changelings, to banshees, to boggarts, to brownies – Holy Cow – it’s all fairies! Listen on Apple PodcastsSpotifyStitcherGoogle PodcastsAmazon MusicPandoraiHeartRadio, and more.

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Here are our sources:

  1. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/britchange.html
  2. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/12/19/are-fairies-real-origin/8121470001/
  3. https://www.livescience.com/25413-fairies.html
  4. https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Origins-of-Fairies/
  5. https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/irish-folklore-fairies/
  6. https://www.irishstar.com/culture/nostalgia/not-friendly-fairies-irish-folklore-29298408
  7. https://irishpagan.school/sidhe-irish-fairy-folklore/
  8. https://thegallerist.art/the-origins-of-fairies-myths-and-folklore/
  9. https://theconversation.com/fairies-werent-always-cute-they-used-to-drink-human-blood-and-kidnap-children-170305
  10. https://owlcation.com/humanities/Faerie-lore-of-the-British-Isles
  11. https://public.oed.com/blog/december-2013-update-release-notes/
  12. https://claireryanauthor.com/blog/2017/2/22/2644-the-origins-of-fairies/
  13. https://www.buzzfeed.com/watch/video/127552
  14. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26844486
  15. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-archaeological-journal/article/bewitched-by-an-elf-dart-fairy-archaeology-folk-magic-and-traditional-medicine-in-ireland/7EF2D9BD63A34CAA405A42E120C4D421
  16. https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/the-origin-and-lore-of-fairies-and-fairy-land/
  17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifications_of_fairies 
  18. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy

Episode 51 Sources: The Missing Lighthouse Keepers of Eilean Mor

It’s December 1900, and three men go missing while working as keepers at the Eilean Mor Lighthouse. To this day, their disappearance is an unsolved mystery. Stories of what happened span everything from a rogue wave to a murder-suicide to mystical bird transformations. In this episode, we discuss the days leading up to the disappearance, the investigation, and what (we think) really happened.

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Here are our sources for this episode:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan_Isles_Lighthouse
  2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWeZJfD42Lg
  3. https://www.history101.com/eilean-more/
  4. https://www.ancient-origins.net/unexplained-phenomena/curious-disappearance-eilean-mor-lighthouse-keepers-scottish-mystery-004820
  5. https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/eerie-disappearance-eilean-mor-lighthouse-keepers-1480049
  6. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/roguewaves
  7. https://interestingengineering.com/science/rogue-waves
  8. https://news.sky.com/story/most-extreme-rogue-wave-on-record-confirmed-in-north-pacific-ocean-12541824
  9. https://www.historicalblindness.com/blogandpodcast//blind-spot-three-men-gone-from-eilean-mor-the-missing-keepers-of-the-flannan-isles-light
  10. https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/historical-strangeness/tag/captain+james+harvey+eilean+mor