Macabre for Mortals

Macabre for Mortals

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  • Episode 51 - Ley lines
    Hello and
    Welcome to another episode of Macabre for mortals. I have written and recorded
    these episodes quite a few months in advance as I have a few tooth operations
    coming up and a busy three months coming up. So if I fail to address something
    huge that has happened in the world please forgive me.
    Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. If you have any questions or suggestions please let me know at [email protected]
    24 min
  • Episode 50 - River Ridgeway

    Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for mortals where I bring you stories of true crime and supernatural stories. I also try to

    bring some psychological insight on some of these as this is my academic background.

    This week I will be covering the Green River Killer. Gary Ridgeway.

    Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for

    mortals, I hope you found this episode informative and found out a few details
    that you did not know before. If you have any suggestions for further episode
    then please give me an email at [email protected].

    Main source - Criminal Cold cases - Charlotte Greig

    26 min
  • Episode 49 - Triangulo de las Bermudas

    This episode I will be covering the subject of the Bermuda Triangle as it is something that haunted my dreams as a child and I would like to know more about the fascination that has captured everyone around the world.

    Thank you for

    listening to another episode of Macabre for mortals, I hope you have enjoyed
    this episode. Next time I will be covering another true crime subject.

    If you have

    any subject that you would like me to cover then please don’t hesitate to
    contact me via email at [email protected]

    24 min
  • Episode 48 - Leather Apron

    Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. I would like to thank you for listening to todays episode and hope you join me for the next where I will be covering the mystery that is the Bermuda Triangle.

    If you have any questions or comments please email me at [email protected]

    Please follow us on Instagram and facebook.

    My sources this week - Greenwood, James (1883), In Strange Company, London, p. 158, quoted in Begg, Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History, pp. 21, 45

    Daily Mail, 16 July 1901, quoted in Werner (ed.), pp. 62, 179

    Pall Mall Gazette, 4 November 1889, quoted in Evans and Rumbelow, p. 225 and Evans and Skinner (2000), p. 516

    ^ "Jack the Ripper: Why Does a Serial Killer Who Disembowelled Women Deserve a Museum?"


    ^ Honeycombe, The Murders of the Black Museum: 1870–1970, p. 54

    ^ Werner (ed.), pp. 42–44, 118–122, 141–170

    ^ Rumbelow, Complete Jack The Ripper p. 14

    ^ Rumbelow, Jack the Ripper: The Complete Casebook p. 30

    ^ White, Jerry (2007), London in the Nineteenth Century, London: Jonathan Cape, ISBN 978-0-224-06272-5, pp. 323–332

    49 min
  • Episode 47 - Alexander Pearce and the Mystery of the Winchester house

    Thank you for my special guest B for joining me this week and giving some light interjections. Please let me know if you enjoyed this episode.


    My references are - "A journey through hell's gate". The Age. 29 October 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2011.

    · Collins, Paul. Hell's Gates: the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Dieman's Land Cannibal. South Yarra, 2002. ISBN 1-74064-083-7

    · Sprod, Dan. Alexander Pearce of Macquarie Harbour. Hobart: Cat & Fiddle Press, 1977. ISBN 0-85853-031-7

    · Kidd, Paul B. Australia's Serial Killers ISBN 0-7329-1036-6

    • "Port      Arthur Historic Site". Australian      Government, National Heritage site.
    • "Australian Convict      Sites". World Heritage List. UNESCO. 2010. Retrieved 2 August 2010.

      • Maxwell-Stewart , Hamish (2006). "Macquarie Harbour Penal Station". The Companion to Tasmania History. University of Tasmania: Centre for Tasmanian Historical Studies. Archived from the original on 19 November 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2012.

      1. Wagner, Richard Allan. "The Truth About Sarah Winchester, the Belle of New Haven". The Truth About Sarah Winchester. Retrieved August 10, 2017.

      2. ^ Ignoffo, Mary Jo. "Captive of the Labyrinth: Sarah L. Winchester, Heiress to the Rifle Fortune." Columbia, Mo. : Univ. of Missouri Press, 2010. See p. 112.

      Thank you for listening to Macabre for Mortals. If you have any questions or want to suggest and topics then please send an email to [email protected].

      Stay safe, wherever in the world you are.

      31 min
    • Episode 46 - Cannabis and Marijuana : Part Two
      My sources this week were –
      1.  Mannila J, Järvinen T, Järvinen K, Tervonen J, Jarho P (March 2006). "Sublingual administration of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol/beta-cyclodextrin complex increases the bioavailability of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in rabbits". Life Sciences. 78 (17): 1911–4. 
      2. Huestis MA (August 2007). "Human cannabinoid pharmacokinetics". Chemistry & Biodiversity.
      3.Badowski ME (September 2017). "A review of oral cannabinoids and medical marijuana for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting: a focus on pharmacokinetic variability and pharmacodynamics". Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology.
      4. Nahas GG (April 2001). "The pharmacokinetics of THC in fat and brain: resulting functional responses to marihuana smoking". Human Psychopharmacology.
      5. Bridgeman MB, Abazia DT (March 2017). "Medicinal Cannabis: History, Pharmacology, And Implications for the Acute Care Setting". P & T. 42 (3): 180–188. PMC 5312634. PMID 28250701.
      6. Nahas GG, Sutin KM, Harvey DJ, Agurell S (5 April 1999). Marihuana and Medicine. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-59259-710
      7. Osborne GB, Fogel C (2008). "Understanding the motivations for recreational marijuana use among adult Canadians" (PDF). Substance Use & Misuse. 43 (3–4): 539–72, discussion 573–9, 585–7. doi:10.1080/10826080701884911. PMID 18365950. S2CID 31053594.
      8. ^ "Marijuana: Factsheets: Appetite". Adai.uw.edu. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
      9. Riviello RJ (2010). Manual of forensic emergency medicine : a guide for clinicians. Sudbury, Mass.: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. p. 41. ISBN 9780763744625.
      10. Leweke FM, Mueller JK, Lange B, Rohleder C (April 2016). "Therapeutic Potential of Cannabinoids in Psychosis". Biological Psychiatry
      Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for mortals.
      50 min
    • Episode 45 - Cannabis and Marijuana : Part One
      Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This week as I mentioned at the end of last weeks mini Macabre I will be doing a two part episode on drugs. I have chosen to first focus on Cannabis. This week I will be focusing on what cannabis is and what components act in our bodies and how it created the reactions it does. Then next week I will provide arguments for and against the use of cannabis.
      This week my sources were –
      Geoffrey William Guy; Brian Anthony Whittle; Philip Robson (2004). The Medicinal Uses of Cannabis and Cannabinoids. Pharmaceutical Press. pp. 74–. ISBN 978-0-85369-517-2.
      Watts G (January 2006). "Cannabis confusions". BMJ. 332 (7534): 175–6. doi:10.1136/bmj.332.7534.175. PMC 1336775. PMID 16424501.
      Gilmore S, Peakall R, Robertson J (January 2003). "Short tandem repeat (STR) DNA markers are hypervariable and informative in Cannabis sativa: implications for forensic investigations". Forensic Science International. 131 (1): 65–74. doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(02)00397-3. PMID 12505473.
      Rudgley, Richard (2005). Prance, Ghillean; Nesbitt, Mark (eds.). The Cultural History of Plants. Routledge. p. 198. ISBN 0415927463.
      Block, R (1998). "Sedative, Stimulant, and Other Subjective Effects of Marijuana: Relationships to Smoking Techniques". Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior. 59 (2): 405–412. doi:10.1016/S0091-3057(97)00453-X. PMID 9476988. S2CID 29421694
      Zuardi AW, Shirakawa I, Finkelfarb E, Karniol IG (1982). "Action of cannabidiol on the anxiety and other effects produced by delta 9-THC in normal subjects". Psychopharmacology. 76
      Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for mortals. Next week I will be covering the two sides of the case for use of cannabis. I have touched on it this week but I will be going into more depth with this.
      If you have any feedback or cases that you would like me to cover please email me at [email protected] or  DM on Instagram at Macabreformortals. Stay safe wherever in the world you are. Bye!
      48 min
    • Episode 44 - The Fox Twins and The Henry Classification System
      Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This Episode will be slightly shorter than usual as this week in Brisbane we have been in a full lock down. I know this has been a reality for most of you for so long and honestly I think every single person no matter of your circumstances is amazing. This week I have had to home school my son, work, study and manage to run our house. Which has seen me tearing my hair out trying to work out all the new techniques children learn in. So I hope you can forgive this week, I will be better prepared for next week but I still wanted to put out and episode worthy of my listeners.
      My sources this week were : http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2090549_2090540_2090530,00.html
      https://www.hertspastpolicing.org.uk/content/crimes_and_incidents/criminals/the_fox_twins/like_letting_a_fox_guard_the_hen_house
      Tewari RK, Ravikumar KV. History and development of forensic science in India. J. Postgrad Med 2000,46:303-308.
      1.  J.S. Sodhi & Jasjeed Kaur The forgotten Indian pioneers of fingerprint science, Current Science 2005, 88(1):185-191.
      2. ^ Colin Beavan: Fingerprints: The Origins of Crime Detection and Murder Case that Launched Forensic Science, Hyperion, NY, USA, 2001.
      Thank you for listening to a mini Macabre for Mortals. If you have a study or a mini case you would like me to cover then please give me and email on [email protected] or send me a DM on Instagram. Thank you for your patience and also taking the time to listen. I hope you stay safe wherever in the world you are. Bye
      21 min
    • Episode 43 - Fingerprinting

      Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This is a special episode as it marks my one year anniversary of this podcast. For this episode I wanted to delve into a subject which I think was one of the most pioneering discoveries in the Criminal Investigation world. The discovery and use of finger prints.

      My sources this week where: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint

      James W.H. McCord and Sandra L. McCord, Criminal Law and Procedure for the paralegal: a systems approach, supra, p. 127.

      Becker, Ronald F.; Dutelle, Aric W. (2018). Criminal Investigation. Jones & Bartlett Learning

      New Scotland Yard (1990). "Fingerprint history: A synopsis of the development of fingerprint identification with particular reference to New Scotland Yard". Metropolitan Police (New Scotland Yard) training manuals. London: Metropolitan Police Service, SO3 Scenes of Crime Branch, Training Section. pp. 8–9., Beavan, Colin (2001).

      Double loop podcast

      Next week I will be covering the case of the Fox Twins and how finger printing lead to their capture for their multiple crimes.

      Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for Mortals, if you have any questions, feedback or subjects you would like me to cover then pleased give me an email at [email protected] or send me a DM at Macabre for mortals on Instagram.

      Thank you to everyone who has made this first year of my podcast just amazing, I have loved all the subjects I have covered and I am so happy you have come along on this journey with me.

      As always please keep safe wherever you are in the world. Bye!

      39 min
    • Episode 42 - Sleep Paralysis

      Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. I am sorry this episode is a few days late, I had a loss in my family and I needed to take the time to be present there.

      This weeks Sources were:

      Sharpless, BA (2016). "A clinician's guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis". Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. 12: 1761–67.

      Jalal, Baland; Samir, Sherine W.; Hinton, Devon E. (2017-02-01). "Adaptation of CBT for Traumatized Egyptians: Examples from Culturally Adapted CBT (CA-CBT)". Cognitive and Behavioral Practice

      Sharpless, Brian Andrew; Grom, Jessica Lynn (2016-03-03). "Isolated Sleep Paralysis: Fear, Prevention, and Disruption". Behavioral Sleep Medicine. 14 (2): 134–139.

      Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep_paralysis#cite_note-3


      Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. If you have any subject you would like me to cover then please send me an email at [email protected] or send me a DM on Instagram at Macabre for Mortals.


      I hope everyone has a great week, and stay safe where ever you are in the world. Bye!

      37 min

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    This is a podcast that dives into all macabre subjects. From true crime to ghost stories.