Night of the Living History

Turning back the glowing dial to the United States factories during World War I, we will touch on the working lives of the Radium Girls. The lies that were kind of literally fed to them about the poison they were exposed to everyday.

Music Credit: Melancholia by Ryan Creep

Sources: https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie

https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace

https://www.historynet.com/radium-girls-vs-us-radium/#:~:text=Young%20Women%20Hired%20to%20Paint%20Gadgets&text=Painting%20an%20average%20of%20250,earn%20in%20other%20factory%20jobs.

Lizzie Borden had an axe...this episode talks about the infamous story of Lizzie Borden goes back a bit farther than the bludgeoned deaths of her parents. We will discuss her upbringing, as well as the relationships and conspiracies surrounding the murders.

Music Credit: Creepy Music B0x (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy

Sources: https://historycooperative.org/lizzie-borden-and-her-acquital/#:~:text=that%20remains%20unsolved.-,Early%20Life,at%20only%20two%20years%20old.

https://lizzie-borden.com/history/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Moody

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-19th-century-axe-murderer-lizzie-borden-was-found-not-guilty-180972707/

https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/famous-murders/lizzie-borden/

Skeletons, disease, war, and overpopulation. We're heading into the bowels of Paris to talk about the history of one of the worlds most macabre locations. The Catacombs.

This episode talks about the life of Edgar Allan Poe. The author of many classic horror stories and great poems about love and loss, his life was filled with tragedy and loneliness.

Music:

Creepy Music Box (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy

Darkest Child by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com

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Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe

https://poemuseum.org/poe-biography/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

https://www.biography.com/writer/edgar-allan-poe

Dolls and spooky spirits. We're taking you to Xochimilco, Mexico to tell you a tale of recent history involving dolls and the spirits of children.

Music Credit: Creepy Music Box (Dark Music) - Terra Fantasy

Sources:

https://isladelasmunecas.com/visit-island-of-the-dolls-mexico/

https://www.discovery.com/exploration/the-island-of-the-dolls-has-a-murky-and-terrifying-history

In this episode we have 2 unexpected guests! Also, we had a little bit of our own spooky events as some potential ghost activity messed with our microphones. We will be discussing different Native American monsters that are deeply rooted in history and culture!

Music Credit: Creepy Music Box (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy

Sources:

https://www.history.co.uk/shows/curse-of-skinwalker-ranch/from-skinwalkers-to-wendigos-4-native-american-myths-and-legends

https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/skinwalkers-wendigos-and-witchery-way

https://www.newmexicoexplorer.com/native-american-skinwalkers/

https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Lechuza

Join us as we enter the world of H.H. Holmes and discuss the theory that the Ripper and Holmes are one in the same!

Music Credit: Creepy Music Box (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy

Sources:

https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-serial-killer-is-hanged

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/enduring-mystery-hh-holmes-americas-first-serial-killer-180977646/

In this episode I have a new co-host, Annie! Join us as we travel to the streets of London in the territory of the notorious serial killer known as Jack the Ripper. We will talk about the cases and some of the theories surrounding this dark part of London's past.

Music Credit: Creepy Music Box (Dark Music) by Terra Fantasy

Sources:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historicfigures/ripperjack_the.shtml

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jack-the-Ripper

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

Love is in the air....along with vulgar jazz words, Tommy guns and notorious mob bosses of the 1920's. Let's jump into a story about the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, and travel together to the Noir period of the 1920's.

Background Music: Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall - By the Ink Spots and Ella Fitzgerald

Sources :

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Al-Capone

https://stvalentinemassacre.org/the-massacre/#full

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/al-capone

https://www.history.com/topics/roaring-twenties/prohibition