It’s a plague! With dancing! A dancing plague! Like, literally. There once was a town where a plague wiped out a bunch of the residents... by making them dance until they died. (Count how many dancing references Jacob manages to squeeze into this one - it’s truly something to behold.)

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Some good, solid articles to get you started if you want to know more: 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161028-the-town-the-nearly-danced-itself-to-death 

https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jul/05/bizarre-dance-epidemic-of-summer-1518-strasbourg 

https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/the-dancing-plague-of-1518 

Puppet History episode that made Jacob briefly obsessed with the story: https://youtu.be/2MZZrDA-I4M

The book Jacob did not read is by a chap called John Waller - if you want to read it buy it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1848310536/ref=nosim?tag=thepubdomrev-20 

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Did you know that in the US from 1989-2001, there were no real major prize winners of the McDonald's Monopoly game, because THE WHOLE THING WAS RIGGED? Every single person who won a big prize was part of a major scam, and when the FBI found out, they teamed up with Maccas to go UNDER COVER BABY! This one is nuts.

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

The doco called McMillion$ that just came out that Rosie is OBSESSED with and demands you all watch (available on Binge or HBO):https://binge.com.au/shows/show-mcmillion!6090

The McMillion$ podcast hosted by the doco creators:https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/the-mcmillion%24-podcast/id1495403653

Some great articles:https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-an-ex-cop-rigged-mcdonalds-monopoly-game-and-stole-millionshttps://www.vulture.com/2020/02/mcdonalds-monopoly-game-fraud-true-story.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/03/arts/television/mcmillions-hbo-explained.html

The Mary Kay Letourneau article Rosie mentioned in Breakin' Nooz:https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/mary-kay-letourneau-vili-fualauu-relationship-media-child-rape-tryst-1025466/

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So, did you know that in 1932, the Australian Army went to war... against emus? Like, actual emus. The birds. That run. And before you say it doesn't make any sense for the army to go to war against emus, the crazier part of this story is: THE EMUS BLOODY WON. Join us for this bizarre (and embarrassing tbh - for the army, not the emus) little piece of Aussie history.

We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

Some articles Jacob read:

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2016/10/on-this-day-the-emu-wars-begin/

https://medium.com/war-is-boring/australia-once-lost-a-war-to-the-mighty-emu-fd0f07203ca4

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-emu-war-in-which-some-large-flightless-birds-unwittingly-foiled-the-australian-army/

Images of the newspaper headlines/articles at the time:https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/great-emu-war-1932-weird-sounds/

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This KICK-ARSE 17th century French woman started her own fight club for lols, seduced and bedded more men and women than Casanova (and was probs better at it too), got busted for grave-robbing and arson AND was a famous opera singer. Otherwise known as Mademoiselle Maupin, this is the kind of woman we should be learning about in history class.

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

A comprehensive written account of the life of La Maupin with good footnotes that help provide context https://www.eldacur.com/~brons/Maupin/LaMaupin.html 

An even more comprehensive article https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/maupin-daubigny-c-1670-1707 

For those who prefer listicles to big slabs of text, here's one https://www.factinate.com/people/facts-julie-daubigny/ 

An author called Kelly Gardiner wrote a novel inspired by La Maupin called "Goddess" - you can buy the paperback here https://www.harpercollins.com.au/9780732298883/goddess/ or track down the ebook version. 

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She was his 36-year-old teacher. He was her 12-year-old student. She went to prison for sexually grooming and abusing him. When he turned 21, they got married. Rosie gives Jacob just the gist on why she’s FURIOUS that so many people still consider this a ‘love story’.

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there’s this:

Scandal Made Me Famous episode (super cheesy but gets the story across). Rosie found it on Binge: https://binge.com.au/shows/show-scandal-made-me-famous!4746

The book 'If Loving You Is Wrong' by Gregg Olsen: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/478075.If_Loving_You_Is_Wrong

The Barbars Walters interview that made Rosie MAD AF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ek0kBJSho

And Rosie's podcast recco!Debutante - Race, Resistance and Girl Power (Hosted by Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell): https://www.audible.com.au/pd/Debutante-Race-Resistance-and-Girl-Power-Audiobook/B089H1B33P?source_code=AUDOR02806152000JF

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The 1989 Oscars are infamous for being the most embarrassing ceremony ever. The producer never worked again. The lead actress went back to her home town never to return. THERE WERE GIANT DANCING TABLES, PEOPLE. Whip these video clips out at a dinner party and you'll be the star of the evening.

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We give you Just The Gist, but if want more, there's this:

The infamous Snow White/Rob Lowe opening number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mronRVvdmw

The 'Stars Of Tomorrow' number: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAQ9Taunh7w

Interview with Eileen Bowman
(SNOW!): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-rob-lowes-snow-white-422225

Los Angeles Magazine longread about how it all came together (or didn't lol): https://www.lamag.com/longform/snow-job/

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Rosie could not believe she had never heard of this one. There's scammers (her favourite), Ponzi schemes (another fave) and IDIOT MEN AND GENDER DYNAMICS. Also murder. And 80s heartthrob Judd Nelson. 

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want more, there's this:

People Magazine Presents: Murder Made Me Famous - The Billionaire Boys Club: https://www.LiSTNRaustralia.com.au/podcasts/murder-made-me-famous/billionaire-boys-club

Marcia Clark Investigates: The First 48 - Billionaire Boys Club: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/8-billionaire-boys-club/id1362807920?i=1000411133983

Washington Post Article 1990 'Dirty Rotten Kids': https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/entertainment/books/1990/01/14/dirty-rotten-kids/0abbbbde-de42-4f38-b361-3979522fab97/

1987 Miniseries starring Judd Nelson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQOTcBbZQU4

Some cheesy Doco Rosie found on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNijxK214yQ

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She turned up in New York and said she was an heiress to a Russian billionaire family. She stayed in the best hotels, ate at the best restaurants and hung out with the coolest high society people. BUT IT WAS ALL FAKE AND NOW SHE'S IN PRISON. For scamming, well, pretty much everyone. Genius or con artist? Or both?

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We give you Just The Gist, but if you want to dive deeper, there's this:

The viral article from The Cut that first made Anna (in)famous: https://www.thecut.com/2018/05/how-anna-delvey-tricked-new-york.html

The Fake Heiress podcast from BBC: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fake-heiress/id1491349699

The book by Rachel DeLoache Williams: 'My Friend Anna': https://www.booktopia.com.au/my-friend-anna-rachel-deloache-williams/book/9781787478299.html

Anna Delvey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theannadelvey/?hl=en

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Hey all you cool cats and kittens. Rosie tells Jacob the tragic story about the little girl who’s only remembered for being a murdered child beauty queen. (Also TIGER KING CAROLE BASKIN DID IT GOODNIGHT.)

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One of recent history’s most famous Munchausen by proxy cases... or was it? Rosie Waterland and Jacob talk about what happened between Dee Dee and her daughter Gypsy Rose. Also they sing again - harmonies this time!

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