A Mystic Picnic

This week, Ivy walks us through the VERY INFURIATING AND SAD story of Anna Göldi: the last known executed witch in Europe. Content warning for brief mentions of sexual assault.

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https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Switzerland%27s+last+witch+hunt%3A+Anna+Goldi+holds+the+dubious+honour+of...-a0188273858

https://stutenzeehistoryblog.blogspot.com/2014/03/anna-goeldi-last-witch.html?m=1 

Join Carla and Ivy for a little story for first of May's fun, frolicking bonfire parties. But, learn some interesting history behind a riot which has led to a holiday celebrated and demonstrated around the world today! Join our union, a picnic union that is! Grab a tasty drink and join the Cryptic Picnic as we fight, for your right, to party!

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Join Carla for some Swedish Valborg traditions and folklore behind Walpurgis Night. Also, learn how/why/when Ivy got to touch an actual dead saint! Grab a tasty drink and join the Cryptic Picnic in welcoming spring! Cryptic stories around the fire, maybe a dance, a bit of history, and lots of laughs!

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Enjoy this fun, bite-sized episode all about the tradition of fika. With a warm mug of coffee and good company, what more could you want?

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Carla's own meandering experience.

Shout out to Swedish Fika by Go Royal 

Pop-off with a tall glass of carbonated holy water and enjoy this episode all about an old cemetery-turned-public park!

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https://kekbfm.com/haunted-colorado-denver-cheesman-park/#:~:text=Denver%2C%20Colorado's%20Cheesman%20Park

https://nerdist.com/article/poltergeist-true-story-inspired-movie/ 

https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/denver-house-inspired-horror-film 

https://denverterrors.com/cheesman-park/ 

https://collider.com/poltergeist-haunted-history-explained/#:~:text=Zelda%20Rubinstein%20returned%20as%20well,Gary%20Sherman%20breaking%20his%20leg 

Enjoy this fun, bite-sized episode all about the fabled unicorn, and why rich people were so obsessed with eating their horns...

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https://www.metmuseum.org/articles/unicorn-narwhal

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

https://www.etymonline.com/word/unicorn 

Eggs...drugs...witches...this episode has it all! Join Carla for a Cryptic Picnic through some Swedish easter history and traditions!

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_witch#:~:text=Easter%20witches%20(Swedish%3A%20påskkärring%2C,sv%3ASkärtorsdagen)%20or%20on%20the 

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

https://sweden.se/culture/celebrations/easter-in-sweden 

https://sweden.se/culture/celebrations/easter-in-sweden

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/easter/why-do-we-eat-eggs-at-easter/#:~:text=Eggs%20represent%20new%20life%20and,egg%20was%20a%20real%20treat

https://thehumaneleague.org/article/chicken-egg-production#:~:text=That%20means%20that%20naturally%2C%20chickens,eggs%20in%20the%20darker%20months

https://thehumaneleague.org/article/chicken-egg-production#:~:text=That%20means%20that%20naturally%2C%20chickens,eggs%20in%20the%20darker%20months

https://www.history.com/news/why-witches-fly-on-brooms

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

Little bit of a warning for...um...phallic discussions! (Maybe don't play this around small children.) This week, Ivy talks about Heinrich Kramer: Author of the infamous Malleus Maleficarum (The Hammer of Witches) and probable incel.

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https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CA150743484&sid=googleScholar&v=2.1&it=r&linkaccess=abs&issn=15568547&p=AONE&sw=w&userGroupName=anon%7Eec7e400d&aty=open-web-entry 

https://projects.history.qmul.ac.uk/thehistorian/2020/01/24/the-malleus-maleficarum-an-earthquake-in-the-early-witch-craze/

https://pages.uoregon.edu/dluebke/Witches442/442MalleusMaleficarum.html 

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum#:~:text=The%20Malleus%20Maleficarum%2C%20usually%20translated,city%20of%20Speyer%20in%201486 

https://ghostcitytours.com/salem/salem-witch-trials/malleus-maleficarum/ 

https://www.controverscial.com/Heinrich%20Kramer.htm 

A ghost and a vampire walk into a bar...or...park? Get to know the ghouls and learn about the premises of this frighteningly fun podcast!

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