On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!

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Sources:

https://www.bedtimeshortstories.com/the-hunchbacks-tale

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Thousand_Nights_and_One_Night/Story_of_the_Hunchback

https://bardmythologies.com/macha/

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

https://symbolsage.com/macha-irish-goddess/

On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the quickest gang in South Africa from the 1970s and how one man failed his way upwards in life because of boredom. 

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Stander

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

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

https://www.scoopwhoop.com/trivia/andre-stander-the-cop-who-robbed-banks-in-his-lunch-break/

https://thecasualcriminalist.com/podcasts/andre-stander-south-africas-infamous-cop-turned-robber/

https://web.archive.org/web/20131216163946/http://www.brightreview.co.uk/ARTICLE-Whiter-Than-White.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20110508035115/http://www.africacrime-mystery.co.za/books/fsac/chp20.htm

On this episode, Emma teaches Brian about Ursula Herrmann, aka the Girl in the Box. Join us as we go through the days leading up to and the investigation surrounding the crime, as well as the strange and interesting court cases that followed. 

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Sources:

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

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/sep/24/ursula-herrmann-germany-kidnapping-mystery

https://shenbagalakshmi.medium.com/dear-ursula-herrmann-who-killed-you-befb191544c4

https://coinmill.com/DEM_USD.html#DEM=1,000

On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!

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Sources:

http://www.native-languages.org/aztecstory.htm

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

https://mythopedia.com/topics/hou-yi

On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the very bad history of Lake Lanier and the paranormal accounts, cold cases, and monsterous creatures that call it home.

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Sources:

https://fishingtackleretailer.com/lady-lake-lainer/

https://www.narcity.com/atlanta/deadly-curse-georgias-lake-lanier-shocking-fate-underwater-town

https://gon.com/fishing/huge-lanier-catfish-caught-and-released

https://www.newgeography.com/content/003821-metropolitan-dispersion-1950-2012

https://www.bugwood.org/crp/images/98201.pdf

https://sports.yahoo.com/know-responsible-10th-anniversary-truelove-040100511.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037663/College-student-disappeared-complaining-flu-symptoms-dead-lake-gunshot-wound-month-later.html

On this episode, Emma and Brian talk about the cave diving incident at the Blue Hole of Santa Rosa. Join us as we talk about why you should just go to space instead of exploring underwater caves.

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Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hole_(New_Mexico)

https://www.santarosabluehole.com/scuba-diving/

http://www.admfoundation.org/projects/santarosa/santarosaexpedition.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/31/veteran-scuba-diver-shane-thompson-dies-underwater-cave-accident-new-mexico

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pq9tBQDUe8

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9096830/#:~:text=The%20overall%20estimated%20incidence%20of,fatality%20rate%20of%201%2F76%2C900.

On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!

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Sources:

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

The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs; Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales, Translation by Margaret Hunt, Pg. 104 - 109

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/baron-samedi-0016698

https://horrornews.net/141898/who-is-baron-samedi-of-haitian-voodoo/

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

On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the mysterious discovery of the woman in the Wych Elm. No matter her name or where she came from, many mysteries surround her.

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Sources:

https://josefjakobs.info/2018/01/bella-in-wych-elm-mysterious-anna-from.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/27/murder-mccormick-murray-and-the-witches/

https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/04/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/

On this episode, Emma and Brian talk about some very well known cases of stolen children who are found again wtih varying outcomes. Everyone is safe and sound, just don't steal any babies!

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Sources:

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

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

https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/zephany-nurse-case-woman-who-raised-abducted-baby-as-her-own-up-for-parole-20220708

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

https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/kamiyah/20-years-later/

On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!

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Sources:

https://mongolianstore.com/folk-tales/

https://www.worldhistory.org/Book_of_the_Heavenly_Cow/

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

https://asa-cwis.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-nile-turns-blood-red.html