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In this season's final episode, Hannah takes us on one last journey through time and space on the backs of dragons. Did you know that there is more than one kind of alligator? Did you know the 793 AD Viking raid on Lindisfarne was foretold by dragons appearing in Northumbria? Did you know the Book of the Netherworld found in Tutankhamun's tomb had the first ever depiction of the Ouroboros? So many things to learn this episode!

Please enjoy this season finale, but don't worry! We will be releasing BONUS episodes in the months leading up to our season two opening next February.

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.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/dragons/natural-history-of-dragons

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240208-the-surprising-4000-year-history-of-dragons

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/the-surprising-history-of-dragons/CgJyM6TaZ5rRJg

https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/chinese-alligator

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/08/the-origins-of-dragons/144532

https://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/enigmatic.htm

https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/britannia/anglo-saxon/lindisfarne/lindisfarne.html

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

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

https://www.zmescience.com/science/news-science/paleontologists-uncover-dragon-of-death-in-argentina-its-the-largest-pterosaur-ever-found-in-south-america/

https://jacksonwcrawford.com/books/the-saga-of-the-volsungs/

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This week, we learn all about the difference between sirens and mermaids, how Starbucks is pagan worship, Pliny the Elder's death in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, our favorite bones, and whether or not Christopher Columbus actually boinked a manatee. What a wild ride!

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

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YARRR MATIES it's time to learn about the Flying Dutchman and the S.S. Ourang Medan! If you don't believe in fata morgana, then this is the episode for you.

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://r.mtdv.me/articles/ourangmedansolves

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

https://www.de173.com/the-ss-ourang-medan/

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/ourang-medan.htm

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651575/ourang-medan-ghost-ship

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/ss-ourang-medan-ghost-ship/

https://www.historicmysteries.com/ourang-medan/

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Is it a giant crab? Is it a squid? Is it in an island whale? No, it's just the Kraken. Or... maybe it is a squid after all? Tune in to find out! 

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.livescience.com/terrifying-sea-monster-hafgufa-described-in-medieval-norse-manuscripts-is-actually-a-whale

https://www.wired.com/2014/09/fantastically-wrong-legend-of-the-kraken/ 

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/sea-monsters-inspiration-serpents-mermaids-the-kraken.html 

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Ever wandered the streets alone, saw a woman dressed all in white crying about trying to find her kids? Well, do we have some news for you! We discuss themes surrounding women in storytelling and how La Llorona's story has contributed to modern Chicana feminism.

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://dev.surlalunefairytales.com/book.php?id=116&tale=4944

https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2021/10/la-llorona-an-introduction-to-the-weeping-woman/

https://www.latimes.com/delos/story/2023-10-16/la-llorona-mexico-latin-america-horror-folklore

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31158002513199&seq=17

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Is that Bloody Mary in the mirror or are you just happy to see us?
Tune in this week as we talk about the many origin theories of Bloody Mary and how girls just wanna have fun, and by "fun" we mean "summon supernatural creatures at sleepovers." 

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://people.howstuffworks.com/bloody-mary-legend.htm

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4258311/ 

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myth-bloody-mary-englands-first-queen-180974221/ 

https://www.hauntedrooms.co.uk/the-bloody-mary-legend  

https://home.iscte-iul.pt/~fgvs/Dundes%20bloody.pdf 

https://allthatsinteresting.com/bloody-mary 

https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/496/cocktails/bloody-mary-cocktails-how-to-make-and-history 

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Dungeons & Dragons is a huge part of Georgia and Hannah's lives, so it only makes sense for them to talk about one of the more well-known big baddies, the Lich. We just love to talk about undead things.

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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Howard

http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2011/11/pulp-fantasy-library-sword-of-sorcerer.html

https://ghwiki.greyparticle.com/index.php/Lich

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Who's that knocking at your ears? It's Bluebeard! Tune in this week to hear all about Charles Perrault's fairytale, as well as a couple of characters referred to as "real life" Bluebeards - most notably Gilles de Rais (though we suspect another Elizabeth Bathory slander situtation is afoot). 

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://ashleyleckwold.wordpress.com/2015/10/16/a-story-with-a-ghost-crimson-peak-is-a-chilling-and-thrilling-gothic-romance/

https://www.stephgraves.net/blog/intertextual-spectres-in-crimson-peak 

.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Perrault

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

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/gilles-de-rais-bluebeard 

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Remember when Georgia mentioned screaming skulls super early on? Well tune in to hear her dive into some of those legends, as well as some other silly stories they've inspired. You also get to hear about our depression and our stims. 


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://mjwayland.com/screaming-skull/

https://hauntedpalaceblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/13/screaming-skulls-folklore-fact-and-fiction/

https://burialsandbeyond.com/2018/08/20/a-short-history-of-british-screaming-skulls/

https://www.spookyisles.com/screaming-skulls/ 

https://lancashirefolk.com/2016/08/25/the-skull-at-the-pack-horse-pub-affetside/

http://affetside.org.uk/pub_history.htm

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/king-charles-i-executed-for-treason

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Bonus double episode! Remember when Hannah mentioned the Kitsune in Episode 10? Listen for more info about how fox spirits may have originated in Japanese folklore, a few different kinds of Kitsune, and of course Hannah talks VERY briefly about Naruto.

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://japaneseonimasks.com/blogs/magazine/what-is-kitsune

https://rabbitholemag.com/kitsune-the-japanese-fox-trickster/

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8130/pg8130-images.html

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