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Episode 68 Sources: Short Five

It is time for our fifth round of Short & Spooky stories, which, according to The Fast and the Furious franchise naming scheme, must be called Short Five. This also means that we are bringing you five spooky stories and each one has to have some aspect including or related to the number five. There’s a little bit of everything here from alien encounters, to haunted dolls, to cursed phone numbers, and more! Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, iHeartRadio, and more.

Here is a link to the bridge video Paige references: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoITwck2oc&t=48s

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Here are our sources:

Robert the Doll:

  1. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/story-behind-robert-the-doll
  2. https://www.artisthousekeywest.com/robert-the-doll
  3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_(doll)
  4. Lore Podcast, Episode 15: Unboxed

Emily’s Bridge:

  1. https://stowecountryhomes.com/attractions/emilys-covered-bridge-stowe-vt/
  2. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/emilys-bridge
  3. https://vermonthistory.org/emilys-bridge
  4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luoITwck2oc&t=48s

The Little Witch Girl:

  1. https://www.npr.org/2019/10/05/767488427/clay-mcleod-chapman-on-the-remaking
  2. https://www.timesleader.net/opinion/myth-of-the-witch-girl-next-door/article_accafcd4-d957-11e8-a852-2bf2236a2e10.html
  3. http://www.the-press.com/Sept%2010%202009.html 

Flatwoods Monster:

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
  2. https://skepticalinquirer.org/2000/11/the-flatwoods-ufo-monster/
  3. https://www.snopes.com/articles/383097/flatwoods-monster-mothman-owl/
  4. https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/

Spooky numbers:

  1. https://nextluxury.com/interesting/scary-numbers-to-call/

Episode 38 Sources: Turkey Manslaughter & Murder Birds

This (belated) Thanksgiving episode features an exceptionally giggly discussion on spooky birds. It’s got a little bit of everything, from dinosaur-like cassowaries capable of disemboweling an adult human to mistaking owls for Mothman to meat raining from the sky!

You can listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music, Pandora, or iHeartRadio.

Here are our sources – links with images discussed in the episode are noted:

  1. Cassowary images: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/tetrapod-zoology/how-dangerous-are-cassowaries-really/
  2. Baby cassowary image: https://www.nashvillezoo.org/our-blog/posts/first-cassowary-hatches-despite-hazards
  3. Shoebill Stork images: https://allthatsinteresting.com/shoebill-stork
  4. Information on bird preservation & what you can do: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bring-birds-back/
  5. Baby owls look like aliens: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a29802935/owl-video-aliens/
  6. Barred owl with red eyeshine: https://twitter.com/edpiotrowski/status/438503770834497536?lang=ca
  7. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/
  8. https://www.npr.org/2011/01/03/132631464/What-Killed-Thousands-Of-Blackbirds-In-Arkansas
  9. https://www.insider.com/scariest-birds-2019-1.
  10. https://lemonly.com/blog/owls-are-fcking-scary-an-infographic-argument
  11. https://craigmedred.news/2020/02/05/when-owls-attack/
  12. https://www.news18.com/news/buzz/aliens-or-baby-owls-man-shocked-after-spotting-spooky-looking-creatures-in-attic-2392311.html
  13. https://lithub.com/aliens-among-us-a-brief-history-of-the-owl/
  14. https://www.audubon.org/news/is-mothman-west-virginia-owl
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatwoods_monster
  16. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Balaeniceps_rex/
  17. https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/shoebill-balaenicipitidae
  18. https://www.firerescue1.com/fire-prevention/articles/firefighters-demonstrate-the-dangers-of-deep-frying-a-turkey-PB6hDnjromoNOD4n/#:~:text=Fire%20Rescue,more%20than%2035%2C000%20burn%20injuries.
  19. https://web.extension.illinois.edu/turkey/turkey_facts.cfm
  20. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/08/cock-kills-man-california-cockfight