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This episode concludes our discussion on witchcraft and witch hunts. It's a little less spooky and a little more actual, real-life horrifying. Hannah talks a bit about the words used to describe Malaysian witchcraft, Wu-ism and Mu-ism, and as always, colonial India.

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Sound design by Shannon Webster.
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For further reading:

https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/4BD60748A6726AB2D71F44C11863E105/S0021911800045460a.pdf/understanding-witchcraft-and-sorcery-in-southeast-asia-edited-by-c-w-watson-and-roy-ellen-honolulu-university-of-hawaii-press-1993-vii-222-pp-dollar3200.pdf

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

Libbrecht, Ulrich (2007). Within the Four Seas--: Introduction to Comparative Philosophy. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-90-429-1812-2.

di Cosmo, Nicola (1999), "Manchu shamanic ceremonies at the Qing court", in McDermott, Joseph P. (ed.), State and Court Ritual in China, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 352–98, ISBN 0-521-62157-7.

https://globalhistorydialogues.org/projects/same-origin-different-paths/

https://www.womenepal.org/witch-hunting/

https://asiafoundation.org/2012/08/08/legislating-against-witchcraft-accusations-in-nepal/

Tan, Michael L. (2008). Revisiting Usog, Pasma, Kulam. University of the Philippines Press.

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14753820.2015.1039387

Sarfati, Lora (2021). Contemporary Korean Shamanism: From Ritual to Digital. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

https://journals.library.brandeis.edu/index.php/caste/article/view/203

Skaria, Ajay (May 1997). "Women, witchcraft and gratuitous violence in colonial Western India". Past & Present. 155 (1): 109–141.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/13/world/asia/india-witch-hunting.html

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We're back, witches! This week, Georgia continues the discussion of witch trials with some lesser discussed Salem facts; England's last witch, Helen Duncan; McCarthyism and the Lavender Scare; and... the defamation trial of Stormy Daniels?? It's a wild and depressing ride reminding us once again that history hates women and nothing has changed.

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:

"Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials" by Marion Gibson

https://firstamendment.mtsu.edu/article/mccarthyism/

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

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

https://salemwitchmuseum.com/witch-hunt/ 

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

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Join us on part two of our deep dive into witch trials across time and space. In this episode, Hannah runs through the barest minimum of the effects of white colonization in Africa on witchcraft trials and witch hunting. She talks about whether "witches" are a part of any particular African religion, and ends with some gruesome reminders of how much people really just hate women. Sorry for that.

 Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk. 

For further reading:

https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/24328661

https://lookingbackmovingforwardinmuseumeducation.com/2022/09/15/the-history-of-witchcraft-witchcraft-in-africa/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2932523/

https://www.reddit.com/r/southafrica/comments/wfd90d/what_are_your_thoughts_on_witchcraft/?rdt=48177

https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/pdf/24328661.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A693efa0297c745d13c4d8ca0296fce3b&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

https://skepticalinquirer.org/2020/09/accused-witches-burned-killed-in-nigeria

https://www-jstor-org.proxy2.library.illinois.edu/stable/pdf/3097485.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3Af7f6c29d906b11b6a058bdc214ce24ba&ab_segments=&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1

https://anarchivists.gitbooks.io/caliban/content/colonization_and_christianization.html

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Tune in now to hear the first part of our deep dive into witch trials across time and space. We start with the Black Death; then one badass lady, Helena Schuberin, and the Malleus Maleficarum; followed by King James VI's hunt for weather witches and the trials of Geilles Duncan (Outlander?!) and Agnes Sampson; and rounded out with brief mentions of the Pendle witches and the Witchfinder General himself, Matthew Hopkins. What can we say except: history hates women.

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:

"Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials" by Marion Gibson

https://www.history.com/news/beyond-salem-6-lesser-known-witch-trials

https://www.history.com/news/salem-witch-trials-hysteria-factors 

https://www.thecollector.com/early-modern-witch-hunts/  

https://www.luthercollege.edu/university/academics/impetus/spring-2011/the-unique-concept-of-the-witch-and-the-witch-trials-in-early-modern-england/ 

https://historycollection.com/the-unfortunate-scapegoats-of-the-black-death-were-mainly-heretics-jews-and-witches/ 

https://solidgoldpet.com/blogs/news/here-s-the-actual-reason-witches-have-black-cats#:~:text=Cats%20are%20also%20nocturnal%20and,rats%20that%20spread%20the%20plague). 

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

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

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Alright, you asked for it. If you ever wondered what it's like to hang out with us while we're drunk, well it isn't pretty but you no longer have to wonder. The audio quality isn't great as we were sharing a mic in a hotel room but we had a lot of fun diving into New Orleans legends live on location. 

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Things get a little bit hairy by the end of this episode as Hannah barks through the diverse wolf and dog creatures of Asian folklore.

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:

https://www.wolfsongalaska.org/chorus/node/256

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

https://rkaroma.com/en-us/blogs/our-journal/ancient-indian-cult-of-yakshas-the-tutelary-deity-of-plants-and-fragrances

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-asia/south-asia/x97ec695a:1000-b-c-e-500ce-indo-gangetic-plain/a/yaksha-and-yakshi

https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=manipur.Folks.Folk_Tales.Keibu_Keioiba_By_Nganthoi_Lourembam

Murakami, Kenji (2000). Yōkai jiten. The Mainichi Newspapers. pp. 74–75.

https://yokai.com/okuriinu/

https://www.curiousordinary.com/2021/08/okuri-okami.html

Kyōgoku, Natsuhiko (2008). Tada, Katsumi (ed.). Yōkai gahon: kyōka hyakumonogatari. Kokushokankokai. p. 280.

https://ulukayin.org/boru-the-wolf-in-turkic-mythology/

http://mattsalusbury.blogspot.com/2012/03/short-history-of-dog-headed-men.html

Correa, Gustavo (1955). "El espiritu del mal en Guatemala". Nativism and Syncretism. New Orleans: Middle American Research Institute Publications, Tulane University. 19: 37–104.

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Perk up your ears this week for a *howling* good time as we talk about all things werewolves in folklore and pop culture.


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Sound design by Shannon Webster.
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For further reading:
https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/strange-creatures/werewolf.htm

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-werewolf-legend 

https://www.livescience.com/24412-werewolves.html 

https://www.wizardingworld.com/writing-by-jk-rowling/werewolves 

https://theconversation.com/the-ancient-origins-of-werewolves-104775 

https://www.history.com/news/werewolf-trials-europe-witches 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Trois-Fr%C3%A8res 

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

https://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-theories 

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The mummy conversation continues as Hannah talks about mummification practices in Mesoamerica. The ethics conversation ALSO continues as we discuss public exhibits for displaying mummified human remains and colonizing burial practices.

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:
Sacramento Daily Union, Volume 57, Number 104, 22 June 1887
https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SDU18870622.2.6&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------

Arriaza, Bernardo T. Beyond Death: The Chinchorro Mummies of Ancient Chile. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1995. Print.

Rivera, Mario A. "The Preceramic Chinchorro Mummy Complex of Northern Chile: Context, Style and Purpose." Tombs for the Living: Andean Mortuary Practices. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1991. 43-77.

Wise, Karen. "Chinchorro Mummies." Written in Bones: How Human Remains Unlock the Secrets of the Dead. Toronto: Firefly, 2003. 166-70.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Scientific_Study_of_Mummies/P_xj3QTHHvoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA142&printsec=frontcover

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/mummies/mworld2.html

https://www.perurail.com/blog/the-history-of-the-tahuantinsuyo-the-most-important-empire-in-south-america/

https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/frozen-mummies-of-the-andes/

https://www.dougstepsout.com/2012/05/08/the-squaw-hollow-sensation-part-1-introduction/

https://www.solarnavigator.net/mythology/mummies.htm

https://agenf.org/ojs/index.php/shs/article/view/155

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/12jqpne/when_did_mummies_become_horror_monsters_what_are/

https://web.archive.org/web/20090821203829/http://www.mummytombs.com/mummylocator/group/guanajuato.htm

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It's all about Mummies this week as Georgia dives into the spread of Egyptomania, medicinal cannibalism, and the truth behind the "curse" of King Tutankhamun, amongst other things. We also have a (surprisingly) intelligent conversation about the ethics of handling human remains and cultural appropriation in horror tropes (it's like that's part of our jobs or something...)

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/our-work/departments/human-remains 

https://observer.com/2023/02/the-uk-has-a-60-year-old-law-prohibiting-repatriation-of-art-is-that-about-to-change/ 

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/mummies-museums-name-change-intl-scli-scn/index.html 

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/mumia-the-strange-history-of-human-remains-as-medicine#Mummy-and-other-remains-as-panacea 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/ 

https://theconversation.com/why-did-people-start-eating-egyptian-mummies-the-weird-and-wild-ways-mummy-fever-swept-through-europe-177551 

https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-pigment-from-the-depths 

https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-technology/mummy-brown-001716 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ground-mummies-were-once-ingredient-paint-180950350/ 

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This week, Hannah goes over some real-life zombie examples and how disease has played a part in the idea of a zombie apocalypse.

Created and co-hosted by Georgia Abrams and Hannah Rucinski.
Sound design by Shannon Webster.
Inspired by your mom's pillow talk.

For further reading:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2270819/

https://www.cdc.gov/rabies/index.html

https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/

https://www.britannica.com/science/leprosy/History

https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/health-care-workers/other-hansens-disease.html

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/zombie-virus

https://websites.umich.edu/~uncanny/zombies.html

http://traumathreatandpublicsafetypsychology.com/blog/psychology-of-zombies

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Zombies by Matt Mogk (2011)

https://www.livescience.com/65593-zombie-cannibal-cultures.html

https://www.sciencealert.com/why-is-cannibalism-the-so-taboo-when-it-s-so-common-in-animals

https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/cwd/index.php

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/real-life-zombies

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