To celebrated the end of the spookies, Lizz tells the stories of Obon and Fet Gede and Shannon tells the story of the Day of the Dead.

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon_(festival)

https://gogonihon.com/en/blog/what-is-obon/

Gogonihon.com What is Obon? A Guide to the Japanese Spirit Festival by Andy Tellier

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/festival-celebrating-dead-japan-obon

Atlasobscure.com The Cucumber Horses and Eggplant Cows That Welcome Back the Dead by Ellen Freeman

https://visithaiti.com/festivals-events/fet-gede-haitian-day-of-the-dead/

Visithaiti.com Fet Gede - the Hatian Day of the Dead by Jean Fils and translated by Kally Paulemon

https://medium.com/@lunionsuite/10-things-we-learned-about-fet-gede-haitian-day-of-the-dead-4a9f3b36c4a3

Medium.com 10 Things We Learned About Fet Gede “Haitian Day of The Dead” by Lunion Suite

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

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead#:~:text=In%20pre%2DColumbian%20times%20indigenous,protect%20them%20during%20the%20year. https://www.history.com/.amp/topics/halloween/day-of-the-dead https://dayofthedead.holiday/history/ https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/29/day-of-the-dead-parade-james-bond-mexico-city https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/arts/poetry/these-wicked-day-of-the-dead-poems-dont-spare-anyone https://www.mamalisa.com/blog/calaveras-skull-poems-the-danse-macabre/#:~:text=Calaveras%20are%20poems%20recited%20for,or%20in%20the%20public%20eye.

This episode will continue spooking us for some time to come. Listen to the true stories that inspired the movies The Exorcist, The Amityville Horror, The Possession, and Borderland.

SOURCES

https://www.atgtickets.com/blog/the-real-life-exorcism-that-inspired-the-exorcist/#:~:text=Did%20you%20know%20that%20author,a%20student%20at%20Georgetown%20University.

https://screenrant.com/exorcist-movie-true-story-regan-roland-doe-explained/

https://themissingreel.com/2012/05/21/the-possession-and-its-true-story/

https://www.liveabout.com/is-the-possession-based-true-events-2431413

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-25-ca-gornstein25-story.html

https://www.thefader.com/2018/10/24/post-malone-worlds-most-haunted-object-dybbuk-box

https://www.altpress.com/post-malone-has-finally-addressed-being-cursed-by-that-haunted-box/

https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/the-amityville-horror-true-story-46638432 

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

https://h2g2.com/edited_entry/A2927478 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borderland_(2007_film) 

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10008140-borderland/ 

http://www.francesfarmersrevenge.com/stuff/serialkillers/constanzo.htm 

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

https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/13/us/drugs-death-and-the-occult-meet-in-grisly-inquiry-at-mexico-border.html

https://www.hereliesastory.com/blog/the-amityville-horror

In this spooky episode, we talk about the spookiest places in our home state of Utah. Kay's Cross, Mercur Cemetery, Salt Lake City Cemetery, The Bigelow Hotel  (The Ben Lomond Hotel), and Antelope Island.

SOURCES:

Kay's Cross:  https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/kayscross https://www.slugmag.com/community/kays-cross/ 

http://kayscross.blogspot.com/2019/10/halloween-2019-treat-kingston-order.html 

http://www.kayscross.com/legend 

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/kayscross

Mercur Cemetery:  https://www.shellatreille.com/mercur/ 

http://haunteddaily.com/mercur-cemetery-mercur-ut 

https://bonnevillemariner.wordpress.com/2010/10/29/ghosts-of-mercur-cemetery-dont-reveal-themselves-easily/ 

SLC Cemetery: https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/lilly-gray-victim-of-the-beast-666-2 

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/emos-grave-salt-lake-city

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/baffling-ut-mystery/

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/lilly-gray-victim-of-the-beast-666-2

Thedeadhistory.com Lilly Gray: Victim of the Beast 666

Bigelow Hotel: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/utah/ut-most-haunted-hotel/

Onlyinyourstate.com The Stories Behind Utah’s Most Haunted Hotel Will Give You Nightmares by Catherine Armstrong

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/ben-lomond-hotel-ogden-utah#:~:text=The%20original%20hotel%20was%20called,the%2028th%20of%20June%201891.

Thedeadhistory.com The Bigelow Hotel - Ogden, Utah

Antelope Island: https://www.ksl.com/article/50270033/ghost-island-historic-ranch-leaves-visitors-uneasy-touched-even-scratched

Ksl.com ‘Ghost’ Island: Historic ranch leaves visitors uneasy, touched, even scratched by Andrew Adams

http://www.sgha.net/ut/gsl/AntelopeIsland.pdf

https://www.thedeadhistory.com/blog/jean-baptiste-salt-lake-city

Thedeadhistory.com The Legend of Jean Baptiste: Grave Robber of Salt Lake City

In this episode we add some philosophy, spice, and fashion to our spooky while telling the stories of Bram Stoker's Dracula and Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus.

SOURCES

https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/01/09/bram-stoker-walt-whitman-letter/

Themarginalian.org “Dracula” Author Bram Stoker’s Extraordinary Love Letter to Walt Whitman by Maria Popova

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAWbPBrdATg

The Making of Bram Stoker’s Dracula - The design of Eiko Ishioka

https://www.academia.edu/69532190/Blood_and_Couture_Dracula_by_Eiko_Ishioka_%E7%9F%B3%E5%B2%A1_%E7%91%9B%E5%AD%90_

Blood and Culture: Dracula by Eiko Ishioka by Roberto C. Ridriues

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker%27s_Dracula_(1992_film)

https://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanfiction/frankenstein-as-the-modern-prometheus.html#.YynjLkJME9D https://philosophynow.org/issues/128/Mary_Shelley_Frankenstein_and_Moral_Philosophy https://news.unl.edu/newsrooms/today/article/qa-behrendt-talks-lore-legacy-of-frankenstein/ https://www.frankenbook.org/pub/frankenstein-reframed/release/3 https://study.com/learn/lesson/frankenstein-mary-shelley-summary-themes-analysis.html https://19ctoday.wordpress.com/2019/10/29/adapting-frankensteins-monster-to-speak-or-not-to-speak/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein

https://www.bachelorandmaster.com/britishandamericanfiction/frankenstein-as-the-modern-prometheus.html#.Yz-r3XbMKUn

A spooky Jimmy Buffet episode of scary games to play at sleepovers.

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_as_a_feather,_stiff_as_a_board

https://lithub.com/the-secret-history-of-light-as-a-feather-stiff-as-a-board/

Lithub.com The Secret History of “Light as a Feather, Stiff as a Board” by Emily Temple

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/heaviest-deadlift-with-the-little-finger

Guinnessworldrecords.com Heaviest deadlift with the little finger

https://ihorror.com/paranormal-games-the-three-kings-ritual/

Ihorror.com Paranormal Games: The Three Kings Ritual by Waylon Jordan

https://creepypasta.fandom.com/wiki/Three_Kings_Ritual

Creepypasta.fandom.com Three Kings Ritual

https://www.scaryforkids.com/cat-scratch/

Scaryforkids.com Cat Scratch

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

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

https://www.britannica.com/topic/spiritualism-religion

Britannica.com Spiritualism

https://nerdist.com/article/history-behind-the-ouija-board/

Nerdist.com The History Behind the Ouija Board is Both Pure and Evil by Tai Gooden

https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1891?amount=1.50

In this episode Shannon prepares us all to own and operate our own hedge mazes and Lizz tells is about corn mazes and the queen of hearts.

SOURCES

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_maze#:~:text=Originally%2C%20the%20first%20full%2Dsize,farms%20to%20generate%20tourist%20income.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_of_Hearts_(Alice%27s_Adventures_in_Wonderland)

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_maze#:~:text=Hedge%20mazes%20evolved%20from%20the,option%20due%20to%20its%20robustness.

https://regencyredingote.wordpress.com/2010/08/20/the-hedge-or-topiary-maze/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/peace-maze-northern-ireland

https://historyimagined.wordpress.com/2017/11/10/the-long-history-of-the-hedge-maze/

https://www.historyhit.com/locations/hampton-court-maze/

https://www.petitpalais.paris.fr/en/oeuvre/labyrinth-versailles

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

https://architizer.com/blog/inspiration/industry/design-a-maze-for-the-shining-hotel/

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/largest-maze-permanent-hedge-maze

https://www.thetravel.com/worlds-largest-plant-maze-dole-pineapple-garden-oahu/

In this pumpkin spiced episode Shannon tells the legends and traditions of the Mid Autumn Festival and Lizz does the same for Lughnasadh.

SOURCES

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

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

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

https://www.almanac.com/what-harvest-moon

Almanac.com What Is the Harvest Moon? By Fred Schaaf

https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/the-ultimate-guide-to-mid-autumn-festival-in-hong-kong https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/2165247/what-mid-autumn-festival-all-about-chinese-legends-lanterns https://nationaltoday.com/mid-autumn-festival/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Autumn_Festival https://www.today.com/food/what-are-mooncakes-behind-mid-autumn-festival-treat-t192491 https://parade.com/1266123/kavitharamaswamy/mid-autumn-festival-mooncakes/

https://www.timeout.com/hong-kong/things-to-do/the-ultimate-guide-to-mid-autumn-festival-in-hong-kong

In episode 30 Lizz talks about what really goes on at Area 51 and Shannon tells us the history of crop circles.

SOURCES

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-we-want-to-believe-in-aliens/

Sciencefocus.com Why We Want to Believe in Aliens By Sue Nelson

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/10/starship-memories-2/

News.harvard.edu The Harvard Gazette Starship Memories By Beth Potier

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/g28364054/are-aliens-real/

Popularmechanic.com 6 Solid Reasons to Actually Believe in Aliens By Daisy Hernandez

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/12/reports-the-pentagon-spent-millions-on-ufo-research.html

Mymag.com Intelligencer Reports: Pentagon Spent Millions on UFO Research By Benjamin Hart

https://www.military.com/space-force#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Space%20Force%20is,2020%20National%20Defense%20Authorization%20Act.

Military.com United States Space Force

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/03/space-force-explained-465799

Politico.com What the Space Force is, and isn’t By Bryan Bender

https://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equation

https://earthsky.org/space/alien-civilization-calculator-extraterrestrial-intelligence-seti/

Earthsky.org How many ETs are in our galaxy? Ask the Alien Civilization Calculator By Paul Scott Anderson

https://www.ksbw.com/article/chualar-crop-circles-8-years-ago-mysterious-image-appeared-amd/38629577

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/5772/crop-circles-in-kansas

https://www.newlyswissed.com/best-crop-circles-in-switzerland/

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/unexplained-phenomena/crop-circle.htm

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/tim-the-yowie-man/2020/09/saucer-serial-hysteria-the-case-of-the-tully-crop-circle/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crop_circle#Bower_and_Chorley

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/crop-circles-the-art-of-the-hoax-2524283/

In this episode Shannon tells the story of the life of brilliant astronaut, Peggy Whitson and Lizz answers the question; why do we want to believe in aliens?

SOURCES

https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/why-we-want-to-believe-in-aliens/

Sciencefocus.com Why We Want to Believe in Aliens By Sue Nelson

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2002/10/starship-memories-2/

News.harvard.edu The Harvard Gazette Starship Memories By Beth Potier

https://www.popularmechanics.com/space/g28364054/are-aliens-real/

Popularmechanic.com 6 Solid Reasons to Actually Believe in Aliens By Daisy Hernandez

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/12/reports-the-pentagon-spent-millions-on-ufo-research.html

Mymag.com Intelligencer Reports: Pentagon Spent Millions on UFO Research By Benjamin Hart

https://www.military.com/space-force#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20Space%20Force%20is,2020%20National%20Defense%20Authorization%20Act.

Military.com United States Space Force

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/02/03/space-force-explained-465799

Politico.com What the Space Force is, and isn’t By Bryan Bender

https://www.britannica.com/science/Drake-equation

https://earthsky.org/space/alien-civilization-calculator-extraterrestrial-intelligence-seti/

Earthsky.org How many ETs are in our galaxy? Ask the Alien Civilization Calculator By Paul Scott Anderson

https://spacecenter.org/mission-monday-peggy-whitson-becomes-the-first-female-iss-commander-with-expedition-16/

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/pdf/606877main_FS-2011-11-057-JSC-astro_trng.pdf

https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_Astronaut_Requirements.html

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

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peggy-whitson-astronaut-axiom-commercial-flight-to-space-station/

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/peggy-a-whitson/biography

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/expeditions/expedition16/index.html

In this episode Shannon and Lizz attempt to answer all of the questions they saved for later.

SOURCES

https://archive.vcstar.com/news/butch-cassidys-amnesty-colt-sells-for-175000-ep-363070804-351958671.html/#:~:text=%22Cassidy%20went%20to%20(Christison),you%20haven't%20murdered%20anyone

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

https://www.westernwriting.com/what-gun-did-billy-the-kid-use/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_the_Kid#Dedrick_ferrotype

https://www.unicef.org/stories/7-fast-facts-about-toilets

https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/real-story-of-sarah-winchester-mystery-house-12552842.php

https://dilettantearmy.com/articles/psychic-violence

https://www.strangerealms.net/RobynDale/folklore/2018/02/20/the-winchester-mystery-house/

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/12/barbie-lgbt-girlfriend-lesbian-ally-fact-check-aimee-song/

https://pagesix.com/2022/05/25/laverne-cox-honored-as-first-transgender-barbie-doll/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ver%C3%B0andi#:~:text=Ver%C3%B0andi%20is%20literally%20the%20present,both%20meaning%20%22to%20become%22.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B6%C3%B0r#:~:text=H%C3%B6%C3%B0r%20(Old%20Norse%3A%20H%C7%AB%C3%B0r%20%5B,slay%20the%20otherwise%20invulnerable%20Baldr

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrex#Use_in_telescopes

https://www.homkitchn.com/pyrex-vs-corningware/

Homkitchn.com Pyrex Vs Corningware By admin

https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/articles/how-to-pronounce-biopic/

Quickanddirtytips.com How to Pronounce ‘Biopic’ By Neal Whitman

https://u.osu.edu/animation/cinematography/

U.osu.edu 3D Animation Art and Technology

https://www.parlia.com/a/athena-helped-medusa-by-transforming-her-into

https://brobible.com/sports/article/why-is-ufc-cage-an-octagon/

Brobible.com Why Is The UFC Cage An Octagon? Its Origin Story Is Wilder Than You’d Think By Connor Toole