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After some back and forth with the Uno Cards, Jess goes first again! (Huzzah, Hids says!) Jess’ topic this episode is one of our favorite recurring cards: CRYPTIDS! We learn a bit about the Baku, a Japanese creature that eats nightmares! But be careful, if they’re really hungry they’ll eat your hopes and dreams, too!

Hids gives us a look at the rise of Spiritualism in America during and after the Civil War and into the early 1900s. The rise in industrialism, innovations in science and photography and a terrible war with an incredible loss of life on a level never before seen by the people of the time led to a need for closure and solace.

Jess' Sources:

https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/10/20/baku-the-dream-eater/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baku_(mythology)

https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Baku

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/baku-legend-dream-eater-002383

https://yokai.com/baku/?srsltid=AfmBOoqB2TRlO6mShECRlsWmoGWAr2i--N8-gxtePW2F1q5IkcYiN9QA

Hids' Sources:

https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2021/10/18/the-rise-of-spiritualism-in-19th-century-america

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism_(movement)

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/spiritualism

https://blogs.loc.gov/loc/2020/10/hollywood-houdini-and-the-halloween-seance-of-1936/

https://capemaymag.com/arts-and-entertainment/victorian-vignette/victorian-spiritualism/

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