Did That Really Happen?

This week we're cracking open the Patreon vault to deliver unto you a bonus episode on Season 1 of The Terror! Join us as we learn about the horrors of the Franklin expedition, including lead poisoning, proof of death, and creepy old diving gear.

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https://www.divingheritage.com/deanekern.htm https://www.whitstablemuseum.org/exhibit/diving/ https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/~cmi/dive/diveHist.html https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/archaeologists-get-eerie-first-look-inside-arctic-shipwreck-franklin-hms-terror-180973011/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Terror_(TV_series) Indiewire: https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/the-terror-location-cgi-not-shot-outside-1201945793/

Keith Millar, Adrian W. Bowman, and William Battersby, "A re-analysis of the supposed role of lead poisoning in Sir John Franklin's last expedition, 1845-1848," Polar Record 51, no. 258 (2015): 224-38. Anne Keenleyside, Margaret Bertuli, and Henry C. Fricke, "The Final Days of the Franklin Expedition: New Skeletal Evidence," Arctic 50, no.1 (1997): 36-46. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40512040 Douglas R. Stenton, "Finding the dead: bodies, bones and burials from the 1845 Franklin northwest passage Expedition," Polar Record (2018): 197-212. Brian D. Powell, "The memorials on Beechey Island, Nunavut, Canada: an historical and pictorial survey," Polar Record 2, no.223 (2006): 325-33. https://parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nu/epaveswrecks Soup tin: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-2033 Peglar Papers: https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-2113 https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/did-lead-poisoning-finish-off-a-doomed-arctic-expedition/

This week we're traveling back to 1970s Brazil with The Secret Agent! Join us as we learn about deaths at Carnival, the legend of the Hairy Leg, indigenous servants, and more!

Sources: Da-Silva, Elidiomar. (2025). A PERNA CABELUDA, DE RECIFE, PERNAMBUCO: POSSÍVEIS DIÁLOGOS COM A ZOOLOGIA CULTURAL - Barbante - Revista Literária (ISSN 2338-1414) (Da-Silva, Elidiomar. 2025). 13. 20-27. 10.5281/zenodo.17655754. Diario de Pernambuco, Issue from 10 December 1975: https://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=029033_15&pagfis=78246 Diario de Pernambuco, Issue from 11 December 1975: https://memoria.bn.gov.br/docreader/DocReader.aspx?bib=029033_15&pagfis=78266 Wilson Chapman, Watch 'The Secret Agent' Director Kleber Mendonça Filho Tell Guillermo del Toro the Story Behind the Film's Hairy Leg," Indiewire: https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/the-secret-agent-hairy-leg-making-of-1235182134/

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Agent_(2025_film) Andy Crump, "How The Secret Agent Appeals to Brazilian Collective Memory," Time, available at https://time.com/7336528/the-secret-agent-brazilian-history-interview/ Erik Luers Interview with Kleber Mendonca Filho, Filmmaker, available at https://filmmakermagazine.com/132652-interview-kleber-mendonca-filho-the-secret-agent/

Christopher Dunn, "Afro-Bahian Carnival: A Stage for Protest," Afro-Hispanic Review 11, no. 1/3 (1992): 11-20. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41417220 Victoria Baena, "Favelas in the Spotlight: Transforming the Slums of Rio de Janeiro," Harvard International Review 33, no. 1 (2011): 34-37. https://www.jstor.org/stable/42763442 "AROUND THE WORLD Rio Celebrates 'Quiet' Carnival." 1979., Feb 28 The Globe and Mail. "March 3, 1976 (Page 4 of 56)." 1976., Mar 03 Detroit Free Press, General edition, 4. "180 die in Brazil's carnival," (1971) https://www.nytimes.com/1971/02/25/archives/180-die-in-brazils-carnival.html Tom Murphy, "92 deaths reported as Rio Carnival ends," UPI Archives (Feb. 20, 1985). https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/02/20/92-deaths-reported-as-Rio-Carnival-ends/5635477723600/ "164 Die in Rio During Carnival," Los Angeles Times (March 1, 1990), https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-03-01-mn-2198-story.html US and Brazil: https://www.statista.com/statistics/187592/death-rate-from-homicide-in-the-us-since-1950/ and https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24027422/#&gid=article-figures&pid=fig-2-uid-1

Henrique Espada Lima, "Wages of Intimacy: Domestic Workers Disputing Wages in the Higher Courts of Nineteenth-Century Brazil," International Labor and Working-Class History 88 (2015): 11-29. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43956662 Peter Wade, "Blacks and Indigenous People in Latin America," Race and Ethnicity in Latin America, 24-40 (2010). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt183p73f.7 Manuela Lavinas Picq, "Indigenous International Relations," Vernacular Sovereignties: Indigenous Women Challenging World Politics (2018): 97-125. https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt20krzcq.11 Merike Blofield, "Feudal Enclaves and Political Reforms: Domestic Workers in Latin America," Latin American Research Review 44, no.1 (2009): 158-90. https://www.jstor.org/stable/20488173

We don't have a new episode this week, so we're cracking open the Patreon vault and releasing one of our bonus episodes on The Ghost Bride! Join us on our journey to 1890s Malacca, and learn about the ghost bride custom, clothing, currency, and more!

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-07/ghost-marriages-in-rural-china-continue-to-thrive/9608624 Wenzhang Zhou and Yang Feng, "When Religious Folk Practice Meets Karl Marx: Courts' Response to Ghost Marriage in Modern China," Religions, 14 (2023) Myron L. Cohen, "Souls and Salvation: Conflicting Themes in Chinese Popular Religion," in Death Ritual in Late Imperial and Modern China, ed. James L. Watson and Evelyn S. Rawski. University of California Press, 1990

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ghost_Bride_(TV_series) Patrick Brzeski, "Netflix Unveils Launch Dates for First Trio of Chinese-Language Originals," The Hollywood Reporter, 26 August 2019, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/netflix-sets-launch-dates-first-chinese-language-originals-1234398/ Mathew Scott, "Netflix Launches Mobile-Only Plan for Malysia," The Hollywood Reporter, 24 October 2019, https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/netflix-launches-mobile-plan-malaysia-1249730/ https://decider.com/2020/01/23/the-ghost-bride-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/ Chiang Hai Ding, "The Origins of the Malaysian Currency System (1867-1906)," Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 39, no.1 (1966): 1-18. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41491873

The Kebaya: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20230302-the-asian-blouse-that-tells-a-tale-of-many-cultures Peranakan fashion: https://www.roots.gov.sg/stories-landing/stories/peranakan-fashion-and-its-international-sources/story Singapore, Sarong Kebaya and Style: Peranakan Fashion (National Heritage Board), https://artsandculture.google.com/story/6AVxGAwa3F7DJA?hl=en

**Note: Due to technical difficulties, there were issues affecting Jamie's audio quality this week. We apologize and promise it will be fixed on our next episode.**

This week we're traveling back to 1950s America with Good Night, and Good Luck! Join us as we learn about Red Scare-Era figurse like Annie Lee Moss, Joe and Shirley Wershba, Milo Radulovich, Don Hollenbeck, and more!

Sources:

Loren Ghiglione, Why Don Hollenbeck Fascinated Me Enough to Write His Biography. History News Network. Available at https://www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/why-don-hollenbeck-fascinated-me-enough-to-write-h Loren Ghiglione, Don Hollenbeck: An Honest Reporter in the Age of McCarthyism. New York: Columbian University Press CBS News: February 2nd 1951: https://youtu.be/F8DsMDzUpe4?si=2GNdaXsGlyIStfwI Interview with Loren Ghiglione: https://cupblog.org/2008/10/03/interview-with-loren-ghiglione-author-of-cbss-don-hollenbeck/

https://www.michbar.org/programs/milestone/milestones_miloradulovich "Joseph Wershba on the Milo Radulovich Story" https://youtu.be/MEBNxrIT8r0?si=EqheG_CZKDzzDvQP https://findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-bhl-2008173 "The Wisconsin Magazine; 1329; Joe McCarty," 1987-05-08, PBS Wisconsin, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed February 27, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-29-42n5tgg7 Martin, Douglas, "OBITUARIES: MILO RADULOVICH, 81, DIES; SYMBOL OF '50S RED SCARE." New York Times (November 21, 2007), 1. THE RADULOVICH CASE. 1953. New York Times (1923-);30. ELAINE WOO "M. Radulovich, 81; airman's case played key role in helping to end McCarthy era." Los Angeles Times (2007);1. Holley J. "Milo radulovich; cast out of air force, he put face on 'ravages of McCarthyism'." The Washington Post (2007);1.

Matthew Wills, "How Annie Lee Moss Survived McCarthyism," JSTOR Daily, https://daily.jstor.org/how-annie-lee-moss-survived-mccarthyism/ "Mrs. Moss is Sorry," NY Times (1957), https://nyti.ms/4kXSwf3 Andrea Friedman, "The Strange Career of Annie Lee Moss: Rethinking Race, Gender, and McCarthyism," JAH 94:2 (2007): 445-68. https://www.jstor.org/stable/25094960

Joseph Wershba, Remembered. WNYC Studios, available at https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/140064-joseph-wershba-remembered?tab=transcript

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Night,_and_Good_Luck https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/good-night-and-good-luck-2005

This week we're traveling back to 1940s New York with Blue Moon! Join us as we learn about the relationship between Rogers and Hart, air raid blackouts, EB White, going on the wagon, and more!

Sources: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22off+the+wagon%22&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22on+the+wagon%22&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 Jellinek, Elvin Morton. Phases in the Drinking History of Alcoholics: Analysis of a Survey Conducted by the Grapevine, Official Organ of Alcoholics Anonymous. United States: Hillhouse Press, 1946. Coffey, Edward Hope. Manhattan Cocktail. United States: L. MacVeagh, The Dial Press, 1929. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/37132/origin-of-the-idiom-falling-off-the-wagon

Richard Goldstein, City Room Answers: https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/answers-about-world-war-ii-in-new-york-part-iii/ Siobhan McGirl, "Surprise Blackouts Sweep the East Coast," World War 2.0, available at https://blogs.shu.edu/ww2-0/1942/08/21/surprise-blackouts-sweep-the-east-coast/ "New Raid Signal Blacks Out City," New York Times, February 19 1943. Available at https://www.nytimes.com/1943/02/19/archives/new-raid-signal-blacks-out-city-public-response-encouraging-mayor.html?smid=url-share

https://time.com/7325788/blue-moon-true-story-lorenz-hart/

Robert Gottlieb, "Rodgers and Hart's Dysfunctional Partnership," The Atlantic April 2013. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2013/04/words-and-music/309249/

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1947/11/01/no-matter-what-the-skirt-length-is-every-prospect-pleases-me-because-i-am-vile https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1943/03/20/i-accept-with-widespread-pleasure

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Moon_(2025_film) Brian Tallerico review, RogerEbert.com: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blue-moon-tiff-ethan-hawke-margaret-qualley-film-review-2025 Parade magazine video: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/T7NGAvrCXkQ

This week we're covering the history of the Pacific Northwest from the late 19th century to 1968 with Train Dreams! Join us as we learn about boot memorials, Chinese and Chinese-American railroad workers, women working as fire lookouts, and more!

Sources: Dina Gachman, "The History of Lady Lookouts," Smithsonian Magazine, available at https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/female-fire-lookouts-have-been-saving-wilderness-over-century-180977352/ Photo of Hallie Daggett and Her Dog, Fish and Wildlife: https://www.fws.gov/media/hallie-daggett

https://www.facebook.com/ottawavalleywhereabouts/posts/loggers-memorial-griffith-on-45236783-77270483located-within-the-lower-madawaska/294395130019562/ https://www.google.com/books/edition/Canoe_Country/52-2DQAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=logging%20memorial%20boots%20nailed%20to%20tree&pg=PA66&printsec=frontcover https://www.facebook.com/100064525572391/posts/5518774848187361/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumoine_River

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29768334/ Bilge Ebiri, "Train Dreams Is a Staggering Work of Art," Vulture 21 November 2025, https://www.vulture.com/article/sundance-review-train-dreams-is-a-staggering-work-of-art.html Bob Mondello, "The new film 'Train Dreams' is almost unbearably beautiful," NPR All Things Considered 7 November 2025. https://www.npr.org/2025/11/07/nx-s1-5598447/the-new-film-train-dreams-is-almost-unbearably-beautiful Brian Tallerico, https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/train-dreams-film-review-2025 Justin Chang, https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-current-cinema/train-dreams-is-too-tidy-to-go-off-the-rails https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/train_dreams

Jennifer Fang, "Erasure and Reclamation: Centering Diasporic Chinese Populations in Oregon History," Oregon Historical Quarterly 122, no.4 (2021): 324-41. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.122.4.0324 Sarah M. Griffith, "Finding Chinese Immigrants in Unconventional Records," History News 58, no.1 (2003): 20-23. John R. Wunder, "The Chinese and the Courts in the Pacific Northwest: Justice Denied?" Pacific Historical Review 52, no.2 (1983): 191-211. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3638795 Yukari Takai, "Asian Migrants, Exclusionary Laws, and Transborder Migration in North America, 1880-1940," OAH Magazine of History 23, No.4 (2009): 35-42. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40506013 Asian Workers in Kinsey Brothers Photographs of the Lumber Industry, 1890-1945, University of Washington Digital Libraries, https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/clarkkinsey/search/searchterm/asian%20japanese/field/subjec/mode/any/conn/and/cosuppress/ https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/clarkkinsey/id/416/rec/45 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/the-bloody-history-of-anti-asian-violence-in-the-west https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Asian_Americans

This week we're traveling back to the 1950s with Hedda! Join us as we learn about pretty little things, 1950s fashion, sparklers, women working as professors, and more!

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"Celebrating the Legacy of England's First Female Professor," King's College, available at https://www.kcl.ac.uk/celebrating-legacy-of-englands-first-female-professor "Gender Breakdown for Teachers in History," Making History, available at https://archives.history.ac.uk/makinghistory/resources/statistics/gender.html Peter West, "Five Lessons on Bringing Truth Back to Politics from Britain's First Female Philosophy Professor," The Conversation, available at https://theconversation.com/five-lessons-on-bringing-truth-back-to-politics-from-britains-first-female-philosophy-professor-164191

https://www.creativescreenwriting.com/reinventing-hedda-nia-dacosta-tessa-thompson-and-nina-hoss-redefine-the-ibsen-classic-for-a-new-era/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedda_(2025_film)

Google Ngram: https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=%22pretty+little+thing%22&year_start=1800&year_end=2022&corpus=en&smoothing=3 Ellen Glasgow, The Romantic Comedians, (1926), 38. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Romantic_Comedians/c6FAAAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22pretty%20little%20thing%22&pg=PA39&printsec=frontcover Martin Holt, Out of Bondage (1905), 80. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Out_of_Bondage/IvBEAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22pretty%20little%20thing%22&pg=PA80&printsec=frontcover James Stephens, Light for Little Lanterns, (1886), 5. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Light_for_little_lanterns_a_series_of_mi/nZO4d4Up9ggC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22pretty%20little%20thing%22&pg=PA5&printsec=frontcover

https://www.directsparklers.com/inspiration/the-history-of-sparklers/ https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/technology-you-asked-general-science/how-do-sparklers-work http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/11/98/e-cyclopedia/207791.stm https://www.sun-sentinel.com/1993/07/04/the-sparkling-history-of-a-fireworks-favorite/ https://www.si.edu/object/archives/sova-nmah-ac-0533 See "Custodial History" and "Provenance" Ogata Gekko 尾形月耕, Lighting Sparklers Over River, painting, 1891. https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S2003.8.1699/

Image of Vintage Dress Pattern: https://thevintagepatternshop.com/shop/vintage-sewing-patterns/1950s-sewing-patterns/dresses-all-types-1950s-sewing-patterns/1950s-vintage-sewing-pattern-b34-halterneck-dress-bolero-r381/ Hedda For Your Consideration Flipbook: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/950039259/4-5/ Vintage Dancer, 10 1950s Dress Styles: https://vintagedancer.com/1950s/1950s-dress-styles/

This week we're traveling back to first-century Jerusalem with The Book of Clarence! Join us as we learn about Mary Magdalene, Barabbas, Biblical sick burns, and more!

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Martínez-Cruz, B., Mendizabal, I., Harmant, C. et al. Origins, admixture and founder lineages in European Roma. Eur J Hum Genet 24, 937–943 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejhg.2015.201 Gresham D, Morar B, Underhill PA, Passarino G, Lin AA, Wise C, Angelicheva D, Calafell F, Oefner PJ, Shen P, Tournev I, de Pablo R, Kuĉinskas V, Perez-Lezaun A, Marushiakova E, Popov V, Kalaydjieva L. Origins and divergence of the Roma (gypsies). Am J Hum Genet. 2001 Dec;69(6):1314-31. doi: 10.1086/324681. Epub 2001 Nov 9. PMID: 11704928; PMCID: PMC1235543.

James Carroll, "Who Was Mary Magdalene?" Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/who-was-mary-magdalene-119565482/ Cornelis Bennema, "Mary Magdalene: Recognizing the Shepherd's Voice," Encountering Jesus (2014). https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9m0t70.27 Meggan Watterson, Mary Magdalene Revealed: The First Apostle, Her Feminist Gospel & the Christianity We Haven't Tried Yet (audiobook).

Y'all Translation Bible, https://www.bible.com/bible/4108/JHN.20.YALL

NIV Study Bible

Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_book_of_clarence_2024 Robert Daniels, https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-book-of-clarence-film-review-2024 Alissa Wilkinson, https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/movies/the-book-of-clarence-review.html https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-book-of-clarence-review-lakeith-stanfield-1235780399/

It's a new year, so it's time for our New Year's tradition of taking a look at movies that tried to predict the future. This year, we're traveling to the year 2019 with Akira! Join us as we learn about the Tokyo Olympics, biker gangs, technical schools, riots, and more!

Sources: 2020 Host City Election Announcement: https://www.olympics.com/ioc/2020-host-city-election Image of the Stadium: https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1087204/olympic-stadium-for-tokyo-2020-completed' January 2019 image, Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kokuritsu_Kasumigaoka_Rikujo_Kyogijo-23a.jpg

Education Senmon Gakko: Japanese Vocational Education. Available at https://cordmagazine.com/education/education-senmon-gakko-japanese-vocational-education/ A Complete Guide to Senmon Gakkou in Japan: https://studyinjapan.org/a-complete-guide-to-senmon-gakkou-in-japan/

Rikkyo University Institute of Peace and Community Studies, "Local Responses to Prime Minister Abe's Attack on Article Nine and the Constitution," translated by Saito Yuriko,The Asia-Pacific Journal Vol. 14, issue 3, no. 5 (2016). David Slater, Robin O'Day, Satsuki Uno, Love Kindstrand and Chiharu Takano, "SEALDs (Students Emergency Action for Liberal Democracy): Research Note on Contemporary Youth Politics in Japan," The Asia-Pacific Journal, Vol. 13, Issue 37, No. 1, September 14, 2015. Obe Mitsuro, "World News: Students Protest Japan Military Shift," The Wall Street Journal (2015). Simon Denyer, "Japanese tennis player Naomi Osaka speaks out for Black Lives Matter, faces backlash: Protests in Japan have reignited a debate over racism and policing. Osaka has also won support for speaking out," Washington Post (June 8, 2020). Motoko Rich and Hikari Hida, "In Japan, the Message of Anti-Racism Protests Fails to Hit Home," New York Times (July 1, 2020). Anna Fifield, "Fierce opponent of U.S. military bases in Okinawa detained for three months: A protest leader's continued detention without trial has triggered accusations that Japanese authorities are trying to silence him." Washington Post (2017). "1969: Student Protestors Paralyze Tokyo in Anti-War Demonstrations," New York Times (reprinted October 22, 2019) Alastair Gale, "Japan Pushes Ahead with Antiterrorism Bill; Government says legislation is needed as part of counterterrorism preparations for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo," Wall Street Journal (May 23, 2017). Mariko Tamura, "Flower Demo: Fighting Sexual Violence in Japan," https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/16387

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_(1988_film) Tom Usher, "How Akira has Influenced All of Your Favorite Film, TV, and Music," Vice, available at https://www.vice.com/en/article/how-akira-has-influenced-modern-culture/ https://akira.fandom.com/wiki/Akira_(anime)

https://www.yokogaomag.com/editorial/bosozoku-biker-gangs-of-japan https://medium.com/@essie.angelica/the-rise-and-fall-of-japans-notorious-motorcycle-gang-ee31464c2406 https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20251017/p2a/00m/0na/053000c https://www.bfi.org.uk/features/30-years-akira-teenage-kicks-anime-style Christopher Gerteis, "Cold War Warriors," in Mobilizing Japanese Youth: The Cold War and the Making of the Sixties Generation (Cornell University Press, 2021), 100-120.

This week we're traveling back to the 19th century with Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein! Join us as we learn about syphilis, big-ass blunderbusses, the Evelyn Tables, Arctic expeditions, and more!

Sources: An account of divers schemes of arteries and veins, dissected from adult human bodies, and given to the repository of the Royal Society by John Evelyn, Esq; F. R. S. To which are subjoyn'd a description of the extremities of those vessels, and the manner the blood is seen, by the microscope, to pass from the arteries to the veins in quadrupeds when living: with some chirurgical observations, and figures after the life, by William Cowper, F. R. S. Richard K Aspin, "John Evelyn's Tables of Veins and Arteries: An Undiscovered Letter," Medical History 39 (1995) Photos: Hunterian Museum, Evelyn Tables: https://hunterianmuseum.org/whats-on/hunterian-museum-displays/surgery-and-anatomy-from-ancient-times-to-the-1700s-room-1

Erling Kagge, "Arctic Rush: Inside the 19th-Century Craze to Reach the North Pole," Literary Hub (2025), https://lithub.com/arctic-rush-inside-the-19th-century-craze-to-reach-the-north-pole/ https://guides.loc.gov/polar-exploration/timeline Javier Cacho, "Arctic Obsession Drove Explorers to Seek the North Pole," National Geographic (2020), https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/expedition-to-the-north-pole Roald Amundsen, "Expedition to the North Magnetic Pole," (1902), http://www.jstor.org/stable/1775167

Myths of the Blunderbuss https://americanrevolutioninstitute.pastperfectonline.com/webobject/46F42011-5A24-4754-86A9-630691208800 https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_469432

Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein_(2025_film) Pop Culture Happy Hour, 'Frankenstein' https://www.npr.org/transcripts/nx-s1-5600702 https://youtu.be/qIXsN-Z3UBE?si=bTQ3GigvOIWAO3_u Film School, "How Guillermo del Toro Made Frankenstein," https://youtu.be/tThIpKCXfJI?si=vKel6PTL08Z1Y_lI

The History of Syphilis, Part II: Treatment, Cures, and Legislation. Science Museum. Available at https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/history-syphilis-part-two-treatments-cures-and-legislation' Szu Shen Wong, "Syphilis and the Use of Mercury," Pharmaceutical Journal, available at https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/opinion/syphilis-and-the-use-of-mercury Jeffrey Weeks, Sex, Politics, and Society: The Regulation of Sexuality Since 1800, Third Edition