Things Are About To Get Weird

Episode 78: Doppelgängers


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What does the word Doppelgänger make you think of? The paranormal phenomenon, with its folklore roots and links to the idea of a ‘spirit double’ signifying impending doom? Or the more modern usage – the idea that we all have a non-biological twin somewhere out there in the world? Whichever it may be, the stories behind the concept of the Doppelgänger are as fascinating as they are eerie…


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Source Shout Outs

BBC Articles:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20160712-you-are-surprisingly-likely-to-have-a-living-doppelganger

https://www.bbc.co.uk/culture/article/20241203-doppelgangers-and-the-ancient-origins-of-the-lookalike-craze

 

The Guardian Articles:

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/jun/11/twice-in-a-lifetime-would-you-dare-meet-your-doppelganger-

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/30/doppelganger-murder-ingolstadt-german-prosecutors-allege-woman-killed-lookalike-to-fake-death

Emerald Isle Article:

https://emeraldisle.ie/the-fetch

Atlas Obscura Article:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/history-doppelganger

Freud’s ‘The Uncanny’:

https://web.mit.edu/allanmc/www/freud1.pdf

 

Poe’s ‘William Wilson’:

https://poestories.com/read/williamwilson

 

Wordsworth Org Article:

https://wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2014/07/08/full-fathom-five-the-poet-lies-the-death-of-percy-bysshe-shelley/

 

Haunted Britain Article:

https://www.haunted-britain.com/eaton-place.htm

 

Business Insider Article:

https://www.businessinsider.com/doppelgaenger-study-these-people-who-look-alike-share-dna-2022-9

 

Research Paper:

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3032659/

 

Yahoo News Article:

https://au.news.yahoo.com/german-woman-convicted-murdering-her-124903843.html


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