The Weirding Hour (The Coven Media)

In this episode we talk predictions and make some anonymous papercraft; we predict it's gonna be a goodun!

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Camping

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-25424916

https://www.livescience.com/14295-failed-doomsday-rapture-suicides.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/18/us/harold-camping-radio-entrepreneur-who-predicted-worlds-end-dies-at-92.html

Rhea:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-news/blind-mystic-baba-vanga-who-12208429

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_Vanga

Nina:

https://www.businessinsider.com/the-simpsons-is-good-at-predicting-the-future-2016-11?r=US&IR=T

https://simpsonswiki.com/wiki/Blinky#cite_note-Skybox-1

https://gizmodo.com/the-simpsons-called-it-three-eyed-fish-caught-outside-5853988

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/3-eyed-fish-found-near-argentinean-nuclear-power-plant_n_1067679?ri18n=true

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-36913915

Wikipedia

Youtube video Nina referenced:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkSTP3ZgBcs (How wealth changes people - Georg Rockall-Schmidt)

Dive with us into this week's topic of maritime archaeology where we paint and somehow manage to chat about heart removal, death by lampreys and, most shocking of all, an actual shipwreck.

(We apologise for the slightly wonky sound on this episode - we're working on it!)

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Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/140116-maya-mexico-yucatan-cenote-bones-haunted-taboo-archaeology-science?loggedin=true

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization#Human_sacrifice

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Cenote

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/15538/mayan-body-modifications

https://cvltnation.com/blood-water-ancient-mayan-body-modification/

https://core.tdar.org/document/397774/of-cenotes-and-serpents-modern-and-ancient-cave-ritual-at-mayapan-yucatan-mexico

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-find-elongated-skulls-maya-underwater-cave-001228

Rhea:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9693019/Earl-Spencer-joins-expedition-divers-evidence-wreck-White-Ship.html

The Ship that sank a royal dynasty - History Extra Podcast

https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/the-900th-anniversary-of-the-worst-ever-royal-disaster

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Andrea_Doria

https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-andrea-doria

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/19/the-mysterious-shipwreck-that-swallows-deep-sea-divers-who-try-to-find-it/

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/08/02/the-lures-and-dangers-of-diving-to-the-andrea-doria/

This week we go a bit off-topic and a lot off-the-rails while chatting about the weird origins of turns of phrase and making stuff with charcoal.

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_origins_of_language

Rhea:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/how-to-skin-a-cat.html

https://wordhistories.net/2017/05/09/no-room-to-swing-a-cat/

Nina:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/14-expressions-with-crazy-origins-that-you-would-never-have-guessed/

https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/everyday-sayings-explained/124076

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bury-the-hatchet.html

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/10-expressions-from-ancient-world.htm

Listen to us discussing the Mandela effect while one of us gets unnecessarily angry - can you guess who it'll be this week? Also we made cardboard creations!

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/media-spotlight/201503/remembering-911

https://www.livescience.com/15914-flashbulb-memory-september-11.html

https://time.com/3739786/memory-september-11/

Rhea:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-shared-past-that-wasnt/

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/02/22/alternate-realities-and-trump-mandala-effect-and-what-cern-does.html

http://mandelabiblechanges.com/index.php/2019/05/17/the-wolf-and-the-lamb-quantum-bible-changes-mandela-effect-isaiah-116/

Nina:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-secret-rooms-that-were-custom-built-to-hide-your-priest

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/entertainment/g28438966/mandela-effect-examples/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/585887/mandela-effect-examples

https://www.readersdigest.com.au/true-stories-lifestyle/thought-provoking/44-mandela-effect-examples-that-are-seriously-mind-bending

https://fionabroome.com/ https://hollowhill.com/ https://mandelaeffect.com/what-is-the-mandela-effect/

This week we're talking about truth behind fairy tales while attempting some more clay crafting. Join us!

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White

https://www.literacyworldwide.org/blog/literacy-now/2013/10/24/the-twisted-history-of-snow-white

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/exploring-true-origins-snow-white-and-seven-dwarfs-004150

https://www.independent.ie/world-news/europe/once-upon-a-time-snow-white-lived-in-bavaria-26058455.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/08/08/snow-white-gravestone/

Rhea:

https://www.pookpress.co.uk/project/hansel-and-gretel-history/

https://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm015.html

https://allthatsinteresting.com/hansel-and-gretel-true-story#:~:text=When%20a%20great%20famine%20struck,story%20of%20Hansel%20and%20Gretel.&text=Dark%20as%20it%20is%2C%20the,cannibalism%2C%20enslavement%2C%20and%20murder.

Nina:

https://gizmodo.com/10-totally-psychotic-fairy-tales-that-hollywood-should-5880769

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm023.html

https://listverse.com/2013/03/16/10-unusual-little-known-fairy-tales/

https://www.flavorwire.com/344667/the-disturbing-origins-of-10-famous-fairy-tales

Expect some dark stuff this week as we talk about people eatin' people while crafting out of wax.

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Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/franklins-doomed-arctic-expedition-ended-gruesome-cannibalism-180956054/

https://www.livescience.com/51614-doomed-franklin-expedition-cannibalism.html

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/20/magazine/franklin-expedition.html

Rhea:

https://history.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/0233.pdf

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/utter-van-ornum-massacre-idaho/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utter_Party_Massacre

Nina:

https://www.celebheightwiki.com/big-lurch-height

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/asx0k6/the_cannibal_rapper_did_rapper_big_lurch_kill_his/

https://www.talktofrank.com/drug/pcp?a=PCP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMx8DONQ7Ac

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYV1glRiU5Q&t=36s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Lurch

Roll up for this week's episode on torture, featuring both famous and lesser-known torture devices - don't say we don't treat you! We also make some lovely torture collages.

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.papermag.com/tickle-sluts-bdsm-sex-dominatrix-torture-2632850926.html?rebelltitem=23#rebelltitem23

https://culturacolectiva.com/history/tickling-torture-method-can-cause-aneurysm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tickle_torture

Rhea:

https://talesoftimesforgotten.com/2019/11/11/why-most-so-called-medieval-torture-devices-are-fake/

https://www.medievalists.net/2016/03/why-medieval-torture-devices-are-not-medieval/

Nina:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/medieval-torture-devices

https://www.medievalists.net/2019/09/archaeologists-discover-medieval-man-broken-on-the-wheel/

http://dannibal.blogspot.com/2012/02/torture-devices-that-are-based-on-lies.html Wikipedia

This week we're talking about food - how could food possibly be weird you say? Listen to find out! Craft of the week is collage. (PS. soz for the borking)

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Sources:

Bothwell:

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1967235_1967238_1967227,00.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hot-dogs-choking-hazard-kids_l_610874fbe4b0497e67026cd9/amp

Mimi:

https://www.cracked.com/article_25092_7-special-fx-that-were-made-out-food-and-super-gross.html

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/cinema-sound-secrets-foley-artist/

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarrare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHDj2sB-rc&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=11

This week we’re talking supernatural locations and having another crack at origami!

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://amyscrypt.com/aradale-mental-hospital-australia-haunted-asylum/

https://www.mamamia.com.au/ararat-mental-asylum-australias-haunted-building/

https://www.aradale.com.au/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aradale_Mental_Hospital

https://kateshelby.com/going-inside-the-aradale-mental-asylum/

https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/victorian-psychiatric-patients-grim-fate-in-hellish-1800s-hospitals/news-story/c7928ebe8a9f527a941cce86e0990fef

Rhea:

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/europe/hoia-baciu-transylvania-haunted-trees-ufo-ghosts-how-visit-camping-alex-surducan-marius-a8023136.html

Nina:

https://dublin.ie/live/stories/the-hell-fire-club/

https://www.worldabandoned.com/hell-fire-club, https://www.spookyisles.com/dublin-hellfire-club/, Wiki

This week we're giving you some real/not real ghost encounters. Don't know what that means? You'll have to listen to find out! Also we made pom poms.

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Nina:

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/out-and-about/real-life-ghost-stories-167785 https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/2017/01/176149/scary-stories-reddit-paranormal#slide-4

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/7usaaw/serious_those_who_didnt_believe_in_ghoststhe/dtmu7op/.compact

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/6629qa/serious_people_of_reddit_who_have_encountered/dgfb0ns?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/9preal/skeptics_of_reddit_what_is_the_strongest_evidence/e83t2w0?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x&context=3

Someone’s getting angry again this week as we talk (debate) over mysterious disappearances while making miscellaneous crafts! Can you guess who it’ll be?

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jayme_Closs

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/jayme-closs-wisconsin-teen-who-escaped-captor-2019-doing-good-n1253938

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/10603086/jayme-closs-kidnapper-too-guilty-rape/

Rhea:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bennington-triangle

https://listverse.com/2019/03/12/10-creepy-mysteries-of-the-bennington-triangle/

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Bates_(physician)

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/516460/mysterious-disappearance-and-strange-reappearance-dr-william-horatio-bates

https://perfectsightwithoutglasses.com/

In this episode we talk weird theme parks, scary theme parks and DEATH theme parks! Get your earholes around it.

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia_Coaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haw_Par_Villa

https://www.fodors.com/news/trip-ideas/the-worlds-weirdest-theme-parks

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-theme-park-sets-death-simulator-where-volunteers-can-experience-being-cremated-10226314.html

Rhea:

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blobbygate-story-morecambes-crinkley-bottom-19669180

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM99Yi_0Rt8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prr59WolXv4

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYqA0pzGSbY

http://travthescumbag.blogspot.com/2011/07/kings-island-black-sunday.html#:~:text=The%20darkest%20day%20in%20the,incidents%20inside%20of%20the%20park.

http://kingsislandghosts.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-paranormal-echoes-of-kings-islands.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/10/Three-die-in-amusement-park-accidents/1219676526400/

Somehow we managed to make this week’s topic on hoaxes predominantly about genitals. We also made potato prints. It’s just how we do.

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Sources:

Bothwell:

Medical News Today

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_holy_foreskin

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Toft

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/07/05/an-extraordinary-delivery-of-rabbits/

Creepy cryptids and we really levelled up the classiness with this week's craft - PASTA ART!

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.mythicalwildlife.com/episode-three-the-lizard-man

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lizard_Man_of_Scape_Ore_Swamp

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3188604/Is-South-Carolina-s-Lizard-Man-New-images-claim-mythic-swamp-monster-prankster-lizard-costume.html

Rhea:

http://www.orkneyjar.com/folklore/nuckle.htm

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_Devil

https://www.atlantic-county.org/history/jersey-devil-pg1.asp

This week we're talking about killer toys while doing some pen and ink drawing, and Rhea throws us a wicked curveball...

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_(doll)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-story-behind-the-worlds-most-haunted-doll

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/4701423/real-chucky-doll-inspired-film/

https://keywest.floridaweekly.com/articles/robert-the-doll-wants-respect-or-else/

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Robert_the_Doll

Rhea:

"We Were All Freaked Out": An Oral History Of Twilight’s Renesmee - Bustle

Nina:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/annabelle-doll

https://tonyspera.com/annabelle/

Today we're talking Munchausen Syndrome while making stuff out of tape. WARNING: at times this episode gets pretty gross so maybe save it for when you're not eating anything... enjoy!

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Garnett_Spears

https://eu.lohud.com/story/news/investigations/2014/06/17/lacey-spears-past-disturbing-stories/10659539/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-lacey-spears-a-mother-accused/

True Crime Brewery podcast- Lacey Spears episode

Rhea:

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/conditions/munchausens-syndrome/overview/

https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/506936

Nina:

https://listverse.com/2015/09/03/10-shocking-cases-involving-munchausen-syndrome-by-proxy/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/articles/200709/munchausen-unusual-suspects

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Munchausen

This week we talk about the weirdest natural phenomena we can find: black holes, crazy lakes and (somehow?!) the Mary Celeste! We also craft digital stuff, digitally.

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Spread the weird~

Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.space.com/amp/black-holes-are-scariest-objects-in-universe.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghettification

Bothwell:

Naughty Bothwell hasn't finished her homework - sauces tbc...

Rhea:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/this-alkaline-african-lake-turns-animals-into-stone-445359/

https://explorersweb.com/deadly-lake-natron/

https://www.smh.com.au/world/chopper-crew-survives-burning-lake-crash-20071211-gdrsi7.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Natron

This week's episode tackles the ever cheery topic of bodies found in trees while we try our hands at soap carving.

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/melissa-joy-dietzel-dead-bizarre-suicide-riddle-after-body-of-american-tourist-found-30ft-up-sydney-tree_n_1275897.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100499/Melissa-Joy-Dietzel-Decomposing-body-woman-30ft-tree-Sydney-missing-US-tourist.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-illness-that-dogged-a-family-and-drove-young-mima-to-a-terrible-end-20120214-1t3vu.html

Rhea:

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/04/victorian-urban-legends-bodies-in-trees/

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/18/real-tree-trunk-deaths/

http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/08/the-midsummer-oak-and-its-skeletons/

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F

https://crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271

This episode has it all! Charcoal, blowholes, Indiana Jones – even Bothwell’s dog barking in the background (sorry bout it – dog’s gonna dog)

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.businessinsider.com/an-island-in-brazil-has-so-many-snakes-that-humans-arent-allowed-on-it-and-its-the-stuff-of-nightmares-2018-6?r=US&IR=T

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/snake-infested-island-deadliest-place-brazil-180951782/

https://www.travelawaits.com/2476036/snake-island-brazils-off-limits-spot-populated-by-deadly-snakes/

https://www.thetravel.com/things-about-snake-island/

https://www.wearethemighty.com/travel/why-the-brazilian-navy-keeps-going-to-an-island-filled-with-deadly-snakes/

Martins, Marcio; Sawaya, Ricardo J.; Marques, Otavio A. V. (2008). "A First Estimate of the Population Size of the Critically Endangered Lancehead, Bothrops insularis". South American Journal of Herpetology. 3 (2): 168–174. doi:10.2994/1808-9798(2008)3[168:AFEOTP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1808-9798.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bothrops_insularis

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chapel-of-the-tablet

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069765/Ark-Covenant-revealed-leaking-roof-Ethiopian-chapel.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_Our_Lady_Mary_of_Zion

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrEzqm6dCE

https://tripbucket.com/dreams/dream/see-halona-blowhole-oahu-hawaii/ https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2002-21.html

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/01/news/story2.html

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/08/14/news/story9.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/01/ln/ln18a.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/03/ln/ln33a.html

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/841024/search-ends-in-tragedy-as-18-year-olds-body-is-found-near-blowhole/

This week we are talking about being buried alive! Is it as awful as it sounds? Yes! Our craft of the week is digital drawing - you know how we like to keep it as relevant as possible...

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.weirdworldwire.com/angelo-hayes-buried-alive/

https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0305/193.html?sh=58a6cecf2f39

https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2012/04/the-story-of-octavia-hatcher.html#:~:text=Her%20breathing%20had%20been%20shallow,in%20had%20not%20been%20airtight.

Rhea:

https://www.througheternity.com/en/blog/history/vestal-virgins-in-ancient-rome.html#

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Vesta

Nina:

https://www.basingstokegazette.co.uk/news/16321080.tale-twice-buried-alive-woman/

https://apnews.com/article/d03d6212e2bbd9e1f556059b179097df

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2019/03/27/buried-alive-a-short-history-of-premature-burial-and-safety-coffins/

https://www.thejournal.ie/readme/coffin-stuff-changed-world-history-4861270-Oct2019/

Daily Mail website (forgive me)

This episode promises a rollercoaster of emotions as we talk about people who are trapped! And we carve soap. Get listenin'!

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://medium.com/chameleon/the-accidental-aquanaut-who-was-trapped-for-3-days-underwater-fcf03bbbaf53

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquanaut

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/12/nigeria-sailor-survive-air-pocket

https://explorersweb.com/2021/03/05/great-survival-stories-harrison-okene-the-accidental-aquanaut/

Rhea:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/tech/trapped-elevator.html

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/04/21/up-and-then-down

Nina:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502829/8-bizarre-places-people-have-gotten-stuck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37196629

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/23/us-student-rescued-giant-vagina-sculpture-germany

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25618683

https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/10/california-man-gets-stuck-in-baby-swing-for-nine-hours.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-41167296

https://edition.cnn.com/2016/06/22/us/girl-stuck-in-barney-head/index.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40589631

Double digits woo! To celebrate, listen to us ramble about zombies and make some stuff out of clay.

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotard_delusion#:~:text=Cotard's%20delusion%2C%20also%20known%20as,their%20blood%20or%20internal%20organs

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/50197/plight-living-dead-10-case-reports-cotard%E2%80%99s-syndrome

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2695744/

Fabrazzo, M., Giannelli, L., Riolo, S., Fuschillo, A., Perris, F., & Catapano, F. (2020). A hypothesis on Cotard’s syndrome as an evolution of obsessive-compulsive disorder. International Review of Psychiatry, 1-6. Fabrazzo, M., Giannelli, L., Riolo, S., Fuschillo, A., Perris, F., & Catapano, F. (2020). A hypothesis on Cotard’s syndrome as an evolution of obsessive-compulsive disorder. International Review of Psychiatry, 1-6.

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clairvius_Narcisse

http://zombieprimer.blogspot.com/2000/04/clairvius-narcisse.html

Nina:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326871#4.-Zombie-plants

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20170313-real-life-zombies-that-are-stranger-than-fiction

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/195701/20170205/mind-controlling-wasp-discovered-meet-the-euderus-set-and-other-sinister-parasites.htm

https://www.livescience.com/57624-wasp-turns-host-into-self-sacrificing-zombie.html

Today we're talking about three amazing heists and (mostly) making stuff out of wire!

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.kentonline.co.uk/kent/news/the-old-style-kent-crooks-who-tried-to-raid-the-dome-236957/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Dome_raid

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Rhea:

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2018/04/the-theater-that-shakespeare-stole.html

Nina:

https://www.latimes.com/la-tm-moonrocks23jun06-story.html?barc=0

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/02/moon-rock-thief-thad-roberts/582757/

http://einsteinsintuition.com/who-is-thad-roberts/about-thad/

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/confessions-of-a-moon-rock-thief/

We do some painting. We talk about diseases. What a civilised night in!

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Stay weird~

Sources:

Bothwell:

Wikipedia

Healthline

The salt- article by Rae Ellen Bichel

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/myth-medical-explanation-vampirism-porphyria

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/born-to-the-purple-the-st/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmQwMllhCUM&list=LLLFdcThmk-3WNS1CpPrSGMQ&index=4340

Nina:

Behind the name.com

Wikipedia

‘Dying to Sleep’ Discovery Channel documentary on Youtube

Slate.com

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK482208/

rarediseases.org

AHHHH! IT’S MASS HYSTERIA!!!!!!!!! Meanwhile, we’re calmly doing some drawing.

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded using Skype as we went into a lockdown in the UK]

Sources:

Bothwell: https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/how-curious-case-halifax-slasher-caused-mass-outbreak-hysteria-1768973 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax_Slasher http://www.calderdale-online.org/community/life/life3.html  https://historycollection.com/12-historys-baffling-mass-hysteria-outbreaks/9/ Rhea: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_psychogenic_illness https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/12/middle-ages-mass-hysteria/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudun_possessions, Epidemics of the Middle Ages by J. F. C. Hecker Nina: Wikipedia, https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/12/13122196/clown-panic-hoax-history https://thetab.com/us/pennstate/2016/10/04/riots-break-alleged-clown-sightings-last-night-5706

In this episode we tell each other urban legends and dip our brushes into paint again.

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.vice.com/en/article/mbxzvq/come-on-those-two-crazy-tinder-horror-stories-cannot-be-true

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/terrifying-tinder-date-sounds-like-12431529

https://www.mamamia.com.au/tinder-urban-legend/

https://jezebel.com/my-endless-quest-to-find-the-woman-in-this-terrifying-t-1791668318

Rhea:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00942/full

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150126-how-to-create-an-urban-legend

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/15/movies/slender-man-timeline.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man_stabbing

Nina:

http://yokai.com/teketeke/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teke_Teke

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Teke_Teke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB7-vBy5oPw

Tonight we invite you to join our séance... kidding, just listen to us talk about some notable ones involving Harry Houdini, a bucket load of ectoplasm and everybody's favourite demon - Pazuzu! If you feel like crafting along this week we're using pen.

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Sources:

Mimi:

https://whisperingdark.wordpress.com/2017/10/11/zozo/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ouija-board_b_1373589

http://zozotheouijaspirit.blogspot.com/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzv5h9QPNs8 https://allthatsinteresting.com/zozo-demon

Rhea:

https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/helen-duncan-scotland-witch-ectoplasm-spirits/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Duncan

https://www.ashmolean.org/spellbound

Nina:

https://listverse.com/2013/09/14/10-famous-seances/

https://www.magictricks.com/houdini-seance.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Crandon#Scientific_American

This week we're talking curses and we're making wire craft. Come get cursed!

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/tutankhamuns-curse

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/curse-of-the-mummy

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2014/jul/23/mummy-curse-legend-discovering-tutankhamun-ashmolean-museum

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/when-ancient-romans-had-their-clothes-stolen-they-responded-with-curse-tablets

https://latinnow.eu/2018/11/03/latinnow-is-spellbound-at-the-ashmolean/

Nina:

https://bestride.com/news/entertainment/the-curse-of-the-little-bastard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_James_Dean#Car_crash

We talk about trees - mythology, attempted murder and one malicious tree that wants to f**k you up!

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Sources:

Rhea:

https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/blog/shrine-st-frideswide

https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/reames-middle-english-legends-of-women-saints-legend-of-frideswide-introduction

https://www.zigzagging.net/legend-st-frideswide/

Nina:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/31/the-bizarre-story-of-a-man-who-tried-to-murder-a-600-year-old-tree/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak_(Austin,_Texas) 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/treaty-oak-2

Bothwell:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127797/ 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchineel

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/do-not-stand-under-world-s-most-dangerous-tree-manchineel-tree/amp

This week we’re crafting with pens and talking science, including: a disease that’ll make your skin crawl; lady testicles; and of course our favourite subject - buttholes!

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5811176/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgellons

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/morgellons-disease

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/07/morgellons-mysterious-illness

Rhea:

https://www.bibalex.org/SCIplanet/en/Article/Details.aspx?id=10296

https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/84828632.pdf

Nina:

https://www.livescience.com/weirdest-science-of-2019.html https://www.livescience.com/64956-ctenophore-sometime-anus.html

https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/2020/12/14/strange-science-weirdest-and-most-wonderful-stories-2020

https://blog.nature.org/science/2017/12/29/fantastic-fecal-phenomena-of-the-animal-world/

https://www.theverge.com/2018/7/20/17595198/black-sarcophagus-bone-juice-campaign

https://www.change.org/p/let-people-drink-the-red-liquid-from-the-dark-sarcophagus

https://www.livescience.com/65461-spider-spins-web-in-ear.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/this-is-the-horror-that-sloths-have-to-go-through-every-time-they-poop

Into today's blender of weird goes brains and digital drawing. Get involved?

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-mary-neal-in-deep-shift_n_6633758

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience

Parnia, S., Waller, D. G., Yeates, R., & Fenwick, P. (2001). A qualitative and quantitative study of the incidence, features and aetiology of near death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors.

Resuscitation, 48(2), 149-156. Parnia, S., Spearpoint, K., De Vos, G., Fenwick, P., Goldberg, D., Yang, J., ... & Schoenfeld, E. R. (2014).

AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—A prospective study. Resuscitation, 85(12), 1799-1805. 

Rhea:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/alien-hand.htm#pt2

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12225163

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540214710/when-your-hand-has-a-mind-of-its-own

https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12080193

Nina:

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey?fbclid=IwAR1lBcqPg-ldJzgZsDWr6FBv4LqWHuq--QmMDuCiJRo0tdW5UOHcfG-hLU8

Wikipedia! (of course)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rosemary-kennedy-lobotomy

https://www.kqed.org/pop/22432/rosemary-kennedy-the-tragic-story-of-why-jfks-sister-disappeared-from-public-view

Its spoopy season! This week we talk about haunted places and...things?

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Sources:

Bothwell: 

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-strange-tale-of-londons-phantom-number-7-bus-that-ran-drivers-off-the-road-162404.html

https://www.spookyisles.com/the-ghost-bus-of-ladbroke-grove/

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Blandy, http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mblandy.html 

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/mary-blandys-execution-oxford/

https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/about/news/ghosts-oxford-castle-chapter-two/

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/sarahs-story/ 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winchester-mystery-house https://allthatsinteresting.com/winchester-mystery-house

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/01/30/winchester-house-helen-mirren-true-story/1076785001/ 

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/winchester https://patch.com/california/milpitas/5-spooky-tales-famous-winchester-mystery-house 

https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/a45210/winchester-mystery-house/

This week you’ll hear us discussing the moon and moon-related topics while we try our hand at pastels. (Apologies for some background barking - Bo decided he wanted to be a guest on this episode!)

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-analyze-lunar-effect-does-crime-increase-when-the-moon-is-full/

https://astronomy.com/news/2019/08/why-do-we-still-believe-in-lunacy-during-a-full-moon

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/326012

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190731-is-the-moon-impacting-your-mood-and-wellbeing

Stolzenberg, L., D’Alessio, S. J., & Flexon, J. L. (2017). A hunter’s moon: The effect of moon illumination on outdoor crime.

American journal of criminal justice, 42(1), 188-197. Thakur, C. P., & Sharma, D. (1984).

Full moon and crime. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed), 289(6460), 1789-1791.

Rhea:

https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/moons/overview/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_Overdrive

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mooning#Word_history

https://www.nasa.gov/content/former-astronauts-recall-historic-first-moon-landing

https://www.nasa.gov/exploration/home/19jul_seaoftranquillity.html

This week we talk about anal guardians, snails on your face and corpses in your eyes! It’s ancient self-care! We can also absolutely 100% guarantee that Bothwell makes the most mind-blowing quilled snail you will ever see and that we are definitely not even a bit exaggerating in the slightest...

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://capitalcounselor.com/beauty-industry-statistics/

https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/Global-k-beauty-market-to-be-worth-21-8-billion-by-2026,1155548.html

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmetics_in_Korea

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/corpse-medicine

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg

Nina:

https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egyptian-medicine.html

https://christineshahin.com/2017/06/27/ancient-egyptian-beauty-practices/ 

https://www.historyextra.com/period/prehistoric/7-facts-about-the-history-of-medicine/

https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/news/a14366/beauty-makeup-secrets-ancient-egypt/

https://afrolegends.com/2018/07/09/african-ancient-medicine-the-kahun-gynecological-papyrus/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1061/cosmetics-perfume--hygiene-in-ancient-egypt/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/med/birthpapyrus.html

We're kicking off the New Year talking about things that used to be mysteries but are now solved! We also craft things out of tape. They're totally related.

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Sources:

Mimi:

http://weekinweird.com/2011/09/26/green-man-true-pennsylvania-legend/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/85nck7/serious_whats_the_creepiestmost_interesting/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man)

https://web.archive.org/web/20170825060124/http://www.timesonline.com/charlie-no-face-the-life-and-the-legend/article_b87c3f73-9069-5d83-9a83-e8f7a02cc5db.html

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Dutchman

https://www.boredpanda.com/famous-mysteries-scientifically-explained/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/151020-city-sky-china-mirage-fata-morgana-weather-atmosphere

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI5chSkHjwg&list=PLgRgJrlop--NeVaChxUN-tQa6wspht4zC

https://icantbelieveitsnonfiction.com/2020/10/20/greg-fleniken/

https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/05/true-crime-elegante-hotel-texas-murder

We skim the surface of the giant ocean of cults and dip our toes in origami

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ervil_LeBaron

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Firstborn_(LeBaron_family)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38526255

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdI5LMl2Ci0

http://www.people.vcu.edu/~dbromley/undergraduate/spiritualCommunity/ChurchOfTheLambOfGod.html

Rhea:

https://listverse.com/2017/04/26/10-strange-facts-about-pythagoras-mathematician-and-cult-leader/

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_Koq9PYLg

So much Wikipedia

We're back again and talking about animals with jobs while making some more origami, don't say we don't treat ya! This week is Mimi's debut episode so please get on social media and tell us all how much you miss Bothwell already...

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Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559031/signalman-jack-baboon-worked-railroad-south-africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(baboon)#CITEREFConway_Morris2003

https://web.archive.org/web/20160125001616/http://www.earthfoot.org/lit_zone/signalmn.htm

http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2012/august/jack-the-signalman.html

https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/baboon-signalman-fact-or-fiction.193126/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chacma_baboon

https://afrinik.com/james-wide-jack-but-what-did-jack-the-baboon-do-with-his-money/

Rhea:

https://mensweardog.com/pages/about/

https://www.instagram.com/mensweardog/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/mensweardog

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2800587/menswear-dog-gets-paid-shiba-inu-talent-modeling-designer-clothing-pulls-15-000-month.html

Nina:

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/10-animals-with-better-jobs.htm

https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-animal-jobs/nathan-gibson

https://www.cracked.com/article_19439_7-mind-blowing-ways-jobs-are-being-outsourced-to-animals.html

https://www.britannica.com/list/working-like-a-dog-7-animals-with-jobs

https://www.ferret-world.com/felicia-the-littlest-particle-physicist/

We got planes and money! We got parachutes and wingsuits! We got balloons and briefcases! But best of all, we got SOCKPUPPETS. Listen in to find out what the hell we're talking about in this week's episode as we take to the skies...

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/why-are-so-many-base-jumpers-dying

https://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/wiki_index.php?title=Fatality_Statistics

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-10-most-dangerous-sports-in-the-world.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Reichelt

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Cooper

https://www.britannica.com/biography/D-B-Cooper

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR2vCHYHwt8&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=5&t=311s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawnchair_Larry_flight

This week's episode looks into genetics while we make stuff out of... tape? See us try make that relevant on our socials!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men

https://www.newscientist.com/definition/what-is-crispr/

https://www.synthego.com/blog/could-crispr-make-x-men-a-realistic-possibility

https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/11/25/138962/exclusive-chinese-scientists-are-creating-crispr-babies/

Rhea:

https://www.treehugger.com/bizarre-examples-of-genetic-engineering-4869360

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14882008

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8070252.stm

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Fugates https://blog.prepscholar.com/blue-people-of-kentucky

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methemoglobinemia#Genetic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Jones_(Libertarian_politician)

https://historycollection.com/the-fugate-family-of-kentucky-had-blue-skin-for-generations/2/

This week it's WWW - weird weather and wire.

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Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Zoom cus we were still in lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b077j4yv

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/17/world/tambora-eruption-year-without-summer-scn/index.html

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/jun/16/1816-year-without-summer-dark-masterpieces-beethoven-schubert-shelley

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/weather/2016/05/26/year-without-a-summer-1816-mount-tambora/84855694/

Rhea:

http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/06/19/4395/

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EP14c_eXKK0

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/lightning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest_prognosticator

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/leeches-predict-weather-tempest-prognosticator

Listen to this before you dive straight in! Or don't. You do you.

This week we talk demons and get our pasta craft on again!

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To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown - apologies if quality is worse than usual, recent house move meant dodgy wifi for the evening, oooooooooops!]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://theconversation.com/stella-immanuels-theories-about-the-relationship-between-demons-illness-and-sex-have-a-long-history-143587

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stella-immanuel-alien-dna-demon-donald-trump-jr-twitter-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquin-a9642826.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpzna/doctor-who-warned-of-demon-sex-and-touts-covid-conspiracies-is-now-campaigning-for-trump

Rhea:

http://yokai.com/finder/

Nina:

https://occult-world.com/asag/

https://www.ranker.com/list/weirdest-demons/melissa-brinks

https://www.ranker.com/list/belphegor-demon-facts/beth-elias?ref=collections&l=2802258&collectionId=2502

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazuzu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vual

This episode takes us to the bottom of the sea and this week’s medium can be found at the bottom of the sea (totally deliberate) – it’s clay!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded using Microsoft Teams as we were experimenting with recording during our continued lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Lovibond

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/10/19/the-story-of-the-lady-lovibond-the-ghost-ship-that-reappears-every-50-years/

https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2014197/the-ghost-ship-of-the-english-channel-that-reappears-every-50-years-after-all-the-crew-were-killed-on-it-300-years-ago/

https://historydaily.org/lady-lovibond-ghost-ship

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarka

https://www.outlookindia.com/traveller/ot-getaway-guides/dwarka-land-myths/

http://mahabharata-research.com/about%20the%20epic/the%20lost%20city%20of%20dwarka.html

https://www.transcend.org/tms/2020/03/dwarka-krishnas-lost-city-discovered-rare-photos/

Nina: BBC website

https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/last-breath-film-diver-accident-oxygen-276006

https://www.undercurrent.org/UCnow/dive_magazine/2019/330FeetDeep201906.html

This episode we focus on famous mythical animals and have a go at drawing them.

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Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Zoom due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/bunyip

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/tim-the-yowie-man/2020/03/the-case-of-the-roaring-bunyip/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diprotodon

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bunyip

https://mythology.net/mythical-creatures/bunyip/

Rhea:

http://www.oralanswers.com/tooth-traditions-world/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzUd94o2CEo

https://www.123dentist.com/a-brief-history-of-the-tooth-fairy/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/tooth-fairy-0010523

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster#Name

https://weirdnwildcreatures.fandom.com/wiki/Loch_Ness_Monster

https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,3604,1238030,00.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/Loch-Ness-Monster-50-fascinating-facts/

https://tinyurl.com/kyuvdxne

https://s.abcnews.com/images/US/ht_loch_ness_nt_131111_wmain.jpg

This week we get our collage on while discussing some (mostly) Mexican mysteries!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Paulette_Gebara_Farah

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/62rvs3/who_murdered_4_year_old_paulette_gebara_found/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03LdO-VLj4I

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/netflix-the-search-true-story-a4488451.html

https://www.distractify.com/p/who-killed-paulette-gebara-farah

Rhea:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-pascualita

https://www.calebwilde.com/2014/07/the-corpse-bride-of-mexico-is-this-a-dead-girl-or-a-mannequin/

https://travelswithtalek.com/mummies-guanajuato-mexico/,

https://stevechenlz.bandcamp.com/track/la-pascualita

Nina:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/08/curious-case-lead-mask-deaths/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3goalr/lead_masks_case_why_its_even_weirder_than_you/

This week we have another excellent listener-suggested topic; we're talking about getting away with murder! We are also collaging, because everyone knows those two go hand in hand.

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Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Mimi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinterkaifeck_murders

https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/hinterkaifeck-farm-murders/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crime

https://www.ranker.com/list/hinterkaifeck-farm/cat-mcauliffe

Rhea:

https://www.biography.com/news/casey-anthony-muder-trial-timeline-facts

Imperfect Justice - Jeff Ashton

Nina:

Murder Mile podcast: how to get away with murder series

https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-the-perfect-crime.htm

https://www.ranker.com/list/perfect-crimes/mike-rothschild

Much Wikipedia

Much Murderpedia

Our very first (and maybe last) relevant-to-the-release-date themed episode; here we recap some pranks and give you our opinions on them while making some WILDCARD crafts!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worst-april-fools-day-jokes-14216565

https://thevictorianhistorian.com/april-fools-day/

https://www.rd.com/list/april-fools-pranks-gone-wrong/

http://hoaxes.org/af_database/display/category/house_pranks

Rhea:

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_history_of_the_bathtub

http://hoaxes.org/text/display/a_neglected_anniversary_text

Nina:

http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool/

https://www.grunge.com/52600/greatest-pranks-throughout-history/

In this episode we talk about sleep talking, sleep paralysis and sleep... murder! Our craft is pen and, as always, we get a bit weird.

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Mimi:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homicidal_sleepwalking

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-superhuman-mind/201212/sleep-driving-and-sleep-killing

https://decisions.scc-csc.ca/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/907/index.do

Rhea:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20160219-the-dark-tales-of-the-worlds-most-epic-sleep-talker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkHzdcejaac

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis

https://www.nosleeplessnights.com/sleep-paralysis-stories-intruder-demon-or-delusion/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/danieldalton/wake-up-wake-up-wake-up

We're baaaack! With a supermega fresh new topic we definitely haven't already done before...

Follow us for updates wherever you’re listening or on Instagram @weirdinghour

To suggest topics or just get in touch: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.japanpowered.com/japanese-horror/japans-ghosts-the-yurei

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Complete_Manual_of_Suicide

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/aokigahara-jukai-suicide-forest

https://travelnoire.com/suicide-forest

https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/legend-behind-japans-suicide-forest/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan#:~:text=In%20Japan%2C%20suicide%20(%E8%87%AA%E6%AE%BA%2C,unavailable%20due%20to%20technical%20issues.

Nina:

This week we are exorcising some demons while doing a spot of painting. (Sorry if the background’s a bit clicky - girlfriend’s gonna PS4)

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Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/roland-doe-the-exorcist-true-story

https://www.quora.com/What-happened-to-Roland-Doe-the-real-boy-on-whose-life-the-movie-The-Exorcist-was-supposedly-based

https://medium.com/inside-the-simulation/the-true-horror-behind-bestselling-novel-the-exorcist-dea7d49c6b2d

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/03/24/historian-exorcises-mount-rainiers-past/68676407-6158-4eb8-a28d-3f974311d398/

https://www.altereddimensions.net/2016/ronald-hunkeler-exorcism-inspired-the-exorcist

Rhea:

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/10/an-excellent-day-for-an-exorcism.html

https://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol23/excorcism.pdf

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-29112-3_3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsned#:~:text=In%20Anglo%2DSaxon%20law%2C%20corsned,totalling%20about%20an%20ounce%20in

Nina:

Wikipedia

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/12/demons-and-death-the-strange-case-of-michael-taylor/

https://thetruecrimeenthusiast.co.uk/2017/10/07/the-ossett-exorcist-murder/

This week we get into weird medical practices and we make finger paintings! You know how much we love a topic-related craft…

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://healthcareglobal.com/hospitals/6-medieval-medical-practices-you-wont-believe-doctors-are-still-using-today

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insects_in_medicine

Rhea:

https://tensunits.com/blogs/blog/a-brief-history-of-electrotherapy-its-uses-for-pain-relief

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/618642/strange-medical-treatments-from-history

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/services/physiotherapy/community/treatments-available/electrotherapy/

https://neuroscientificallychallenged.com/posts/first-use-electroconvulsive-therapy

https://www.asa3.org/ASA/PSCF/1995/PSCF12-95Malony.html

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston#Liston's_most_famous_cases

https://www.travelerstoday.com/articles/4225/20130116/surgeon-left-16-items-in-body-german-man-with-prostate-cancer-medicine-wtf-medical-surgery-dirk-schroeder.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithopedion

This week includes us talking about an abandoned old house, penitentiary and even an entire town. We also partake in some potato printing like the grown adults we are!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.journiest.com/10-chillingly-gorgeous-abandoned-mansions-2639843614.html?rebelltitem=4

Rhea:

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/when-dust-ends-in-death-how-asbestos-devastated-wittenoom-ng-b88930946z

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-44535967

https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/wittenoom-wa

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_State_Penitentiary

https://web.archive.org/web/20060620011403/http://www.easternstate.org/history/

https://web.archive.org/web/20060622040046if_/http://www.easternstate.org/history/sixpage.html

https://www.easternstate.org/about-eastern-state/blog/pets-prison-pep-present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#Career_in_crime

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/10/21/eastern-state-pen-003-8a454dcb0994917374023efad27487a44a8561e6.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20060623230845im_/http://www.easternstate.org/events/images/Pep.jpg

"How weird can nature be?" we hear you ask - don't fear, it's pretty weird! We also upped the weirdness this week with the classic craft 'choose your own drawing implement'; enjoy!

(Ps. sorry for the slightly more dodgy sound than usual - Nina's wifi decided to be a trashbag for this episode)

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.positive.news/society/justice/meet-the-forensic-ecologist-who-uses-nature-to-solve-crimes/

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/joanne-nelson-paul-dyson-prison-3437762

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2005/jan/10/gender.uk https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/lifestyle/the-plant-detective/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Wiltshire#High-profile_cases https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-19075183

Rhea:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/defusing-africas-killer-lakes-88765263/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/2001/killerlakestrans.shtml

Nina:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/07/so-how-do-animals-swallowed-alive-actually-die-and-do-any-animals-ever-get-out-alive-after/

Wikipedia

Welcome! Listen to the trailer for a quick summary of what we're all about.

Warning - podcast may contain: heavy sarcasm, incoherent ramblings, irrelevant segways, offensive language, ostracising opinions, vicious mockery and poorly executed crafts. Enjoy!

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Pilot episode yeah! We chat about witches while embroiderising stuff.

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Stay weird~

Sources:

Bothwell:

Historic UK

Wikipedia

Book by Russell Hope Robbins

Rhea:

Superstition became a companion that followed me to Mali. #3 - @PDBongkiyung, Religious Beliefs In Mali - https://www.worldatlas.com

'Death market' opposite Mali's Parliament a unique sight - Business-standard.com

Mystery beheadings stir fear in remote Mali town, probe says killers collect blood - India Today

Perspectives on African Witchcraft - Edited by Mariano Pavenello

The dangers of anonymity: Witchcraft, rumour and modernity in Africa - Julien Bonhomme in HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory 2

Nina:

Seeksghosts.blogspot.com

Salemghosts.com

nhpr.org

history101.com

history.com

Suspenseful stories of survival to keep you on the edge of your seat - Tilly Tooters terrifying tale, Ada Blackjack's arctic adventure and a Thai juniors football team's survival against the odds!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us! #weirdinghour to share what you made!

Suggest crafts and topics to weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird ~

Sources:

Nina:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article233254831.html#storylink=cpy

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue%20%20https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44791998%20

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/stanford-expert-explains-how-meditation-helped-the-thai-boys-survive.html

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ada-blackjack-arctic-survivor 

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/ada-blackjack-forgotten-queen-of-arctic-expedition-survivors 

 https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0106/p20s01-bogn.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson

It's our 50th episode! And do we have a treat for you... listen to find out :)

This week we talk about both the darker and the browner side of rock 'n' roll. Our craft is hella METAL!!! (...it's wire.)

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Moon

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/keith-moons-10-wildest-pranks-13041/

https://www.musicradar.com/amp/news/the-who-keith-moon-5-crazy-moments

Mimi:

https://www.kexp.org/read/2020/10/30/dark-lords-rise-and-fall-1980s-heavy-metal/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-fight-to-save-america-from-satans-subliminal-rock-messages

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/22/before-you-know-it-its-not-a-big-deal-to-kill-a-man-norwegian-black-metals-murderous-past

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayhem_(band)

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Matthews_Band_Chicago_River_incident#Aftermath

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOEiCL-90Bw&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=9&t=388s

(no source for the material of the bridge, it was an educated guess)

In this episode we discuss old wives’ tales and their (somewhat elusive) origins, and have a quick go at quilling!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13939856/murder-at-my-door-audrey-hingston-stabbed-husband-eric/

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/skys-murder-door-case-audrey-4949749

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3503712.stm

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wicked-wife-81-jailed-for-killing-husband-566183.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hingston-audrey.htm

Rhea:

https://monicajanssensauthor.com/superstition-and-the-bed/

Black cats and Evil Eyes by Chloe Rhodes

Nina:

https://www.insider.com/the-truth-behind-common-old-wives-tales-2019-6#myth-hair-of-the-dog-gets-rid-of-a-hangover-2

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g31026484/old-wives-tales-real-fake/

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1b/bb/e0/1bbbe0f80bc9b766446e38fd1a4bf399.jpg

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/sep/06/healthandwellbeing.features11#

Bury yourself in our burial rituals episode where we have another go at charcoal drawings!

See what we crafted: Instagram/Twitter @weirdinghour, Facebook @theweirdinghour

Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/7/haiti-ancient-traditions-voodoo/

https://frazerconsultants.com/2019/07/cultural-spotlight-haitian-funeral-traditions/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitian_Vodou

https://blog.sevenponds.com/cultural-perspectives/the-mystery-and-magic-of-haitian-vodou-funeral-rites

https://www.blackmagicworld.com/haiti-magical-country-of-the-caribbeans.html

Rhea:

https://celticcoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/head-hunters.pdf

https://www.livescience.com/64030-embalmed-heads-ancient-celts.html

Nina:

https://www.ranker.com/list/victorian-death-photography/amandasedlakhevener

https://www.ranker.com/list/victorian-mourning-customs/lisa-waugh

https://www.ranker.com/list/odd-victorian-mourning-rituals/amandasedlakhevener?ref=collections&l=2459229&collectionId=1839

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OlF-EtoGBo

https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-death/victorians-and-the-art-of-dying

https://www.springhillhistorichome.org/2016/09/a-step-by-step-guide-to-victorian-mourning/

https://victorianmonsters.wordpress.com/victorian-funerary-practices/#:~:text=The%20duty%20of%20preparing%20the,face%20and%20throughout%20the%20coffin

http://www.victoriana.com/VictorianPeriod/mourning.html