MindSnatched

Today we discuss the Ugly Law, Microevolution, Beliefs in the '60s, and the Mercator Projection.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: Youtube Audio Library

Sources: “Mercator Projection,” Abigail Alkire, Youtube.com; “Mercator Projection,” Wikipedia; “Microevolution,” Wikipedia; “Examples of Microevolution,” evolution.berkeley.edu; “Mercator Projection,” Reddit; Grunge.com; ChicagoTribune.com

Halloween Special 4

Today we discuss some spooky travel destinations, the legend of the bunny man, behind the scenes during the Saw movie series, and the Golden State Killer.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources: “Bunny Man”, Wikipedia; The Bunny Man Unmasked: The Real Life Origins of an Urban Legend, by Brian A. Conley; “Joseph James DeAngelo,” Wikipedia; “I’ll Be Gone In the Dark,” Michele McNamara; “I’ll Be Gone In the Dark,” HBO Series; vintagenews.com, USAtoday.com

Halloween Special 3

Today we discuss the killer candy legend, Quibi, Barney and Betty Hill, and the McKamey Manor.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources: “Betty and Barney Hill,” Wikipedia; “How Betty and Barney Hill’s Alien Abduction Story Defined the Genre” by Linda Lacina, History.com, “Poisoned candy myths,” Wikipedia, “Is Poisoned Halloween Candy a Myth?,” Origin of Everything, Youtube.com, Quibi.com, Mckameymanor.com, Netflix, "I Survived McKamey Manor: The Real Truth," Youtube.com, TheGuardian.com

Halloween Special 2

Today we discuss Halloweenophobia, Arachnophobia, Origins of the Ouija, and the Highgate Vampire.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources:“Thrills, Chills, & Spiders: The Making of Arachnophobia”, Youtube.com; “Arachnophobia (1990) - Five Facts”, Youtube.com; "Top 10 Crazy  Spider Facts”, Youtube.com; “Highgate Vampire”, wikipedia.com, “The Vampire Hunter of Highgate Cemetery”, Last Podcast on the Left, Forbes.com, History.com, Smithsonianmag.com

Halloween Special 1

Today we discuss the Suicide Volcano, Killer Movie, Cecil Hotel, and The Bean Family.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources: Elisa Lam, wikipedia.com; "The Volcano Suicides”, drvitelli.typepad.com; “A Thousand Deaths At Mount Mihara”, mysteriesunsolved.com; History.com, IMDB.com, BBC.com

Today we discuss the Gruen Transfer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the show ALONE, and the Metronome.

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Sources: “A New York Clock That Told Time Now Tells Time Remaining” by Colin Moynihan, NY Times, “The Climate Clock: Counting down to 1.5 degrees C" by H.Damon Matthews, Glen Peters, Myles Allen, and Piers Forster, thecoversation.com, mcc-berlin.net, "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Not A Radical. But She Was Revolutionary” by Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, psmag.com, history.com, Amazon Video

Today we discuss identifying key people in history, jet packs, 9/11 survival stories, and hacking the lottery.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources: "Mathematician Reveals How He Won The Lottery 14 Times” by Emma Rosemurgey, tyla.com, “How a Romanian mathematician hacked the system and won the lottery 14 times” by Rachel Premack, independent.co.uk, “Stefan Mandel: The Man Who Hacked The Lottery and Won 14 Times” by Gina Dimuro, allthatsinteresting.com, “Top 5 Insane Stories from Real Lottery Winners” by Jonathan, lottosend.com, The Atantic, PragerU.com

Today we discuss social media following, today's slang, and Action Park.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources: urbandictionary.com, "Class Action Park" documentary on HBO, "Action Park" wikipedia

Today we discuss 2020 impulse buying, satellite hamming, and body farms.

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Sources: "Amateur Astronomer Finds Long Lost NASA Satellite" by Jason Daley, SmartNews; amsat.org; "NASA and Amateur Radio Operators Piece Together PhoneSat Picture" by Ruth Dasso Marlaire, nasa.gov; "Amateur Satellites," wikipedia.org; "r/amateursatellites," Reddit; allthatsinteresting.com; "Body Farm," wikipedia.

Today we discuss mutant mosquitoes, Dunkin vs. Starbucks, and breaking up with the Royal Family.

Intro and Outro Music: "Mr. Pink", Topher Mohr and Alex Elena; Source: YouTube Audio Library

Sources: Breaking Up with Royal Family: Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand,  "750 million genetically engineered mosquitoes approved for release in Florida" by Sandee LaMotte CNN.com, "The History of Dunkin Donuts" by Don Daszkowski, Starbucks historylink.org, Wikipedia.org