Macabre for Mortals

This week we are rounding off the Execution series with the psychology of why humans find executions so morbidly fascinating. I am just going to give a preface to the episode by saying that this is of course a generalisation backed by research, but there will always be the anomalies out there that will deviate from the norm.

Sources - Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found by Frances Larson

Ted talk by Frances Larson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzfV2xVsUKc

The psychology behind morbid reality: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the fascination with blood, gore, injury, and death on the internet. Rebecca Fox Psychology 2013

Personality and curiosity about morbid and sexual events. M.Zuckerman & P. Litle Psychology 1986

What decapitation's tells us about human nature – mpr news

When Death Is a Fascination The Atlantic By Leah Sottile

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Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre with mortals. I am your host Claudia and this week we will be covering three of the most used modern methods of execution.

Execution by electrocution

Execution by lethal injection

Execution by firing squad

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Next time I will be finishing off this series by covering why we have a fascination with death and execution. Delving into the psychology of our morbid curiosity. Have a great week bye

Hi and welcome to this weeks episode of macabre for Mortals.  This week we will be covering historical executions including the Guillotine, hanging and decapitation.

Sources 

History Channel and History.com

Britannica.com

A handbook on Hanging by Charles Duff

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Next time we will be covering more modern day Executions and their origins

Take a dive into four Ancient civilizations and the methods and reasons they used execution. 

This is part one of a four part series so subscribe to listen to all four.

Sources - Kerry Muhlestein, Brigham Young University, 2015, UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 2013 escholarship.org 

www.chinahistoryforum.com,

Punishment in Ancient Athens - Danielle S. Allen, edition of March 23, 2003  Classical Athenian Democracy

The Wonder That Was India by A.L. Basham

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This week we will be building on last weeks episode, so if you have not listened to that yet then pause this and go listen to episode 5. This week we will be discussing the subject of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. I will discuss what the symptoms are, what causes it and how common it is. I will then finish off the episode by covering a few cases surrounding this syndrome.

Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP) -- or Munchausen by proxy -- is a psychological disorder marked by attention-seeking behaviour by a caregiver through those who are in their care.

MSP is a relatively rare behavioural disorder. It affects a primary caretaker, often the mother. The person with MSP gains attention by seeking medical help for exaggerated or made-up symptoms of a child in their care. As health care providers strive to identify what's causing the child's symptoms, the deliberate actions of the parent or caretaker can often make the symptoms worse.

Sources:

Web MD

Bustle – These Munchausen By proxy cases are horrifying by allie Gemmill

Villian pedia – Mrs Collins

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This week we will be covering the mysterious disorder of Munchausen syndrome.

Munchausen Syndrome is a factitious disorder in which a person repeatedly and deliberately acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick. However, the syndrome itself is considered a mental illness because it is often associated with severe emotional difficulties.

Sources :

http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/munchausen-syndrome?page=1

http://www.rjor.ro/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Munchausen-Syndrome-In-a-Teenager.pdf

Mims today

Web md

Wikipeida

If you are suffering with any mental disorders please contact :

Australia - https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

Uk - https://www.mind.org.uk

USA - https://www.crisistextline.org/

https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au

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This episode will cover four ghost stories of Brisbane. I would just like to mention that these ghost stories that I will be talking about today are quite recent and mainly linked to the time when White people took the land of Australia. I am ignorant to the stories from the Aboriginal people but I am going to do my research which will take a bit longer to cover, and I will do an episode in the future.

My sources for this episode are : 

Wikipedia

Brisbane History.com

The urban list

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Allison was born on the 1st July 1968 and was a loving mother to three daughters. She lived in Brisbane Australia, and on the 20th April 2012 her husband woke up at 6am to find she was not at home.

Sources :

Wikipeidia

Malke crime notes

Casefile podcast episode 65

The murder of Allison Baden-Clay by David Murray

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In this episode we will be taking a look at some of the spooky goings on in Liverpool my home town.

Since one story is not really enough to fill a whole episode, I decided to cover four of the most paranormal goings on in the city, and the history behind them. Each one of these stories is connected to myself in some way and I will anecdote these on the way.

Sources - VisitLiverpool.com

Tales of the Macabre by chris brown

Atlas Obscura

Ghoststory.co.uk

Haunted rooms

Spookeats.com

Creepy ghost stories

Haunted Liverpool 1 by Tom Slemen

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