Dodger Stadium is an icon of Los Angeles. The massive structure comes complete with a parking lot that can accommodate 16,000 cars. And that parking lot was built on the remains of a community that was literally dragged from their homes so they could be leveled for new construction. 

Join us as Larkin sorts through the tale of displacement and discrimination behind one of the largest ballparks in the U.S.

References

Follow Minna Lee Jameson: https://www.instagram.com/minnaleejamison

LA Dodgers

https://www.laalmanac.com/sports/sp06.php

They Moved Home Plate! How baseball’s geography has evolved with the US

Jenny Schuetz and Cecile Murray

March 28, 2018

https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-baseballs-geography-has-evolved-with-the-u-s/

NY Times Archive Article 1957

https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/09/archives/dodgers-accept-los-angeles-bid-to-move-to-coast-team-will-play-in.html

Gabrielino/Tongva Nation of the Greater Los Angeles Basin

State of California Native American Heritage Commision

https://nahc.ca.gov/cp/tribal-atlas-pages/gabrielino-tongva-nation/

Jackie Robinson Foundation

https://jackierobinson.org/jackie-robinson/

HIstory - Jackie Robinson’s Battles for Equality on and off the Baseball Field

Martin Stezano

https://www.history.com/articles/jackie-robinson-color-barrier-baseball

Negro League

https://www.britannica.com/sports/Negro-league

Farm Team

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

History Baseball owners allow Dodgers and Giants to move

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/may-28/baseball-owners-allow-dodgers-and-giants-to-move

PBS SoCal - Lost LA

Once Upon a Time in Chavez Ravine

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/clip/once-upon-a-time-in-chavez-ravine

Where is Chavez Ravine, Exactly?

Nathan Masters

September 8, 1014

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/where-is-chavez-ravine-exactly

PBS SoCal - They Moved Mountains to Build Dodger Stadium

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/they-moved-mountains-to-build-dodger-stadium

Before the Dodgers

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/episodes/before-the-dodgers

Chavez Ravine: Community to Controversial Real Estate

https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/chavez-ravine-community-to-controversial-real-estate

The Dark Heart of Dodger Stadium: The History of Chavez Ravine

Lauren Vandivier

April 25, 2025

https://thelemur.org/2025/04/25/the-dark-heart-of-dodger-stadium-the-history-of-chavez-ravine/

CHAVEZ RAVINE AND THE DODGERS: MYTHS AND REALITIES

John Caragozian

California Supreme Court Historical Society: Sept. 28, 2021 issue of the Los Angeles Daily Journal

https://www.cschs.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/History-Resources-Caragozian-Chavez-Ravine-the-Dodgers.pdf.pdf

CLU Smart Justice: Chavez Ravine - Elysian Park

https://www.callutheran.edu/college-arts-sciences/history/civilliberties/chavez_ravine_civil_liberties_ver2.html

Julian Chavez, the Old Spanish Trail

Angela Reiniche

https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/julian-chavez-the-old-spanish-trail.htm

Proclamation 2257

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-2257-pacific-mercado-international-exposition-and-worlds-fair

National Parks Service - Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo

https://www.nps.gov/cabr/learn/historyculture/juan-rodriguez-cabrillo.htm

LA Times 48-Year-Old Armory Rises From Ashes to Serve Again

DENISE HAMILTON

Oct. 2, 1986

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-10-02-ga-3747-story.html

WPA

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

Aurora Arechinga Vargas

https://share.google/images/ENoOTovry4l6kYQzw

Eminent Domain - Cornell

https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/eminent_domain

Barrio

https://www.britannica.com/dictionary/barrio

Arroyo 

https://www.britannica.com/science/arroyo

​​NPR - Remembering the Lost Communities Buried Under Center Field

October 31, 2017

Janice Llamoca

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/10/31/561246946/remembering-the-communities-buried-under-center-field

HUAC

https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/education/presidential-inquiries/house-un-american-activities-committee

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Happy Olympics! Get ready to learn a TON of ruinous stuff about the games, from the unpleasant inventor of the torch relay to how the 1984 games changed the way Los Angeles was policed. 

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References

https://hmh.org/event/the-impact-of-racist-ideologies-jim-crow-and-the-nuremberg-laws/

https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model?srsltid=AfmBOopIJ8XgP5D-qsXzbdgv5Txx5QWVIMW6PY6vhZ-DGrQ9IKisoXHn

Bombing of Prague/Challenger Explosion

https://english.radio.cz/80-years-ago-american-bombs-fell-prague-8842882

https://www.mentalfloss.com/holidays/valentines-day-horrible-historical-events

History of the Olympic Games

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games/what-is-the-origin-of-the-olympic-games

https://www.britannica.com/sports/Olympic-Games

https://www.britannica.com/event/Classical-antiquity

https://researchguides.cpcc.edu/his111-112/world-timeline

https://www.britannica.com/sports/Pythian-Games

http://britannica.com/sports/pentathlon

https://www.suu.edu/blog/2016/08/naked-athletes-olympic-history.html

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/ancient-olympic-games

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/roman-copies-of-greek-statues

https://www.pbs.org/empires/romans/empire/nero.html

https://www.historyskills.com/classroom/ancient-history/nero-olympics/?srsltid=AfmBOoolsB8Q-kP0EylmFHnvmXcnwDvcwEddg8XdqrcZFkZ6hRNh3COd

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/ioc-overview/ioc-history/ancient-olympics/the-end-of-the-ancient-games

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/faq/history-and-origin-of-the-games/when-were-the-first-olympic-winter-games-held

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/paris-1894-olympic-congress

https://www.3wiresports.com/articles/2025/3/20/the-iocs-first-female-and-first-african-president-kirsty-coventry

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/mrs-kirsty-coventry

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/sports-and-leisure/salt-lake-city-olympics-bid-scandal

Elitism/Racism in the Olympics

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033350617301282

https://www.newyorker.com/business/currency/interactive-wealth-equality-and-olympic-success

https://thecrimsonwhite.com/94225/opinion/the-olympics-reveals-inequalities-in-sports/

https://theconversation.com/why-some-college-sports-are-often-out-of-reach-for-students-from-low-income-families-167334

https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/special-admission/9781978821200

https://www.businessinsider.com/parents-of-olympic-athletes-have-these-3-traits-in-common-2021-8

https://fox59.com/2024-olympics/do-olympic-medalists-get-paid-it-depends/

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

https://www.olympics.com/en/milano-cortina-2026/news/norway-support-lower-profile-wintersport-nations

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/47618178/norway-coaches-banned-18-months-ski-jumping-suit-scandal

https://nypost.com/2026/01/17/world-news/ski-jumping-rocked-by-penis-gate-claims-athletes-manipulated-genitals-for-aerodynamic-edge/

https://www.usopc.org/us-olympic-and-paralympic-foundation

https://www.dorfonlaw.org/2016/08/the-olympics-amateurism-and-american.html

https://usopm.org/jim-thorpe/

https://www.americanindianmagazine.org/story/jim-thorpe-backlash-olympic-medals-debacle-and-demise-carlisle

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

https://www.them.us/story/history-of-racism-at-the-olympic-games

https://www.britannica.com/topic/worlds-fair

https://www.scribd.com/document/298308484/The-1904-Anthropology-Days-and-Olimpic-Games

https://www.npr.org/2004/05/31/1909651/living-exhibits-at-1904-worlds-fair-revisited

https://asianamericanedu.org/1904-worlds-fair-exhibition-of-the-igorot-filipino-people.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16295827

https://www.runnersworld.com/runners-stories/a37039437/1904-olympic-marathon/

https://www.olympics.com/en/news/the-strange-case-of-the-st-louis-1904-marathon

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-olympic-torch-relays_b_96648

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nazi-olympics-berlin-1936

https://jesseowens.com/

​​https://www.ushmm.org/online-calendar/event/MAHATEIMPCTDC0319

https://www.olympics.com/ioc/news/jesse-owens-and-the-greatest-45-minutes-in-sport

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

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20231011-in-history-how-tommie-smith-and-john-carloss-protest-at-the-1968-mexico-city-olympics-shook-the-world

https://www.britannica.com/event/Moscow-1980-Olympic-Games

https://www.aaihs.org/black-los-angeles-and-the-lapd-in-the-early-1960s/

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2017/04/26/492848045/-it-s-not-your-father-s-lapd-and-that-s-a-good-thing

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/gangs-terrorism-and-radicalization

https://digitalscholarship.umich.edu/lsa-history/showcase/season-1-episode-6-transcript/

https://blackpast.org/african-american-history/operation-hammer-1987-1990/

https://cityclerk.lacity.org/onlinedocs/2020/20-1376-S1_ord_draft_7-02-21.pdf

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This week, Kate and Larkin are thrilled to chat with professional cosplayer Alia Pyatt, aka Magical Black Girl Alia, who discusses her experiences as a Black female cosplayer. While her time in cosplay has been overwhelmingly positive, she’s also seen her fair share of racism, sexism, and ableism in the community. Tune in to learn about the rampant gatekeeping that has driven many cosplayers out of a hobby that was once an escape for them. 

CW: Suicide. If you or someone you know is experiencing thoughts of suicide or self-harm, visit this support site for help.

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References

https://www.csustan.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/borjonashley_article-the-social-phenomenon-surrounding-b_ashley-borjon.pdf

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Gynecological exams and procedures are notoriously unpleasant, and the field is frustratingly under-researched. It seems like it’s already ruined, so why do an episode on it?

Well, Larkin has an abundance of unpleasant history to add to the mix, including a long line of men known as the “fathers” of the practice, who committed horrific acts while barely advancing their understanding. From murdering the poor to performing unanesthetized surgeries on enslaved people, graphic atrocities abound. 

Listener discretion is definitely advised.

Content Warning: Medical Trauma, Birth Trauma

References

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New Year’s Resolutions are a common way to set goals for the upcoming year. But they can also cause self-doubt and unnecessary pressure. Anti-burnout coach Rhia Batchelder teaches Kate and Larkin about the puritanical origins of the tradition and gives tips on how to make resolutions that will actually motivate you, without driving you into a shame spiral.

Book a free assessment with Rhia on her website, rebuildwithrhia.com, and follow her on TikTok and Instagram for more amazing insights and advice. 

References

https://www.history.com/articles/the-history-of-new-years-resolutions

https://www.almanac.com/history-of-new-years-resolutions

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/when-did-new-years-resolutions-start

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/history-of-new-years-resolutions

https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/luxury/article/a-history-of-new-years-resolutions-times-luxury-dst9n092x?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=AWEtsqd3VPsIuXrvrVZDRfOJpxE_ulWWU5iKyynDv6QwyftHeRPphJwesshI5wjSa2k%3D&gaa_ts=6942ec2c&gaa_sig=xPzgGd7NZVEVRoniYVBzX4kxeH9-W1m5nhlMrd0zoLJQrX-ON8w4VrbgDEd4S5owePl-xdZXxtTbTKCNWfisiA%3D%3D

https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/31/health/new-years-resolutions-history-wellness

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7725288/

Norcross JC, Ratzin AC, Payne D. Ringing in the new year: The change processes and reported outcomes of resolutions. Addict Behav. 1989;14(2):205–212. 10.1016/0306-4603(89)90050-6

https://www.britannica.com/procon/New-Years-resolutions-debate

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It’s a Now It’s Ruined holiday special! 

Kate breaks the usual format to bring you three shorter Christmas-related ruins. She discusses a cannibalistic scarecrow, the murder-riddled true story behind Good King Wenceslas, and how the Vikings permanently deforested Iceland. 

Happy holidays!

Special thanks to Elisa Hanssen, aka Elisa in Iceland, for helping us pronounce Icelandic words! Follow her on Instagram and TikTok.

References

Hans Trapp

http://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/#t-1702120300802

https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/hans-trapp-the-christmas-cannibal-scarecrow/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate_(region)

https://www.britannica.com/event/Italian-Wars

https://www.ripleys.com/stories/hans-trapp

King Wenceslas

https://genius.com/Christmas-songs-good-king-wenceslas-lyrics

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemia

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wenceslas-I-prince-of-Bohemia

https://www.umnews.org/en/news/the-real-story-behind-good-king-wenceslas

https://www.britannica.com/event/East-West-Schism-1054

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism

https://magicbohemia.com/drahomira-and-the-gateway-to-hell/

Iceland, The Yule Lads, and the Vikings

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/before-the-yule-lads-evolved-into-icelandic-versions-santa-claus-they-terrorized-children-into-following-rules-180948162/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/elves-and-dwarves-0017783

https://adventures.is/blog/the-icelandic-yule-lads/?srsltid=AfmBOop5efv3ZPK06PA-xkZGzqpTLJWgJwkqF_fGGC5cThqPhaFSf2uV

https://restless-viking.com/2019/12/05/icelandic-yule-lads/

https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/history-of-iceland

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-people

https://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/art-culture/vikings/

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/viking-ships

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416524000369

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/little-known-role-slavery-viking-society-180975597/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Norse/comments/1i6m4cg/what_were_blood_brothers_in_norse_society/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Norway

https://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apaa.12102

https://www.savingiceland.org/2017/08/icelands-troubled-environment/

https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebitesvolume2/chapter/5-6-soil-erosion-in-iceland-reclaiming-a-fragile-environment/

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Kate dives into the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, exploring the crime, evidence, and theories about who was involved. She and Larkin discuss whether they think the man convicted of the crime acted alone, if the kidnapping was an inside job, and whether Charles Lindbergh’s interest in eugenics motivated him to get rid of his sickly child. 

CW: Violence against children

References

The Baby Alice Thumb Guard

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnapping

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-kidnapping/

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/was-lindbergh-kidnapping-inside-job

https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/why-newest-lindbergh-baby-conspiracy-theory-isnt-all-out-there-disability

https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1405-clinderberghtestimony

https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1404-amlinderberghtestimony

https://crimearchives.net/1935_hauptmann/html/1935-01-07_trial_gow.html

https://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/lindberg_note.jpg/@@images/image/high

https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1389-#:~:text=Wilentz%20asked%20Lindbergh%20if%20he,a%20bizarre%20line%20of%20questioning.

https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1726&context=lcp

https://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1398-ransom

https://www.bullionvault.com/gold-guide/gold-certificate

https://www.washoeschools.net/cms/lib/NV01912265/Centricity/Domain/1116/Suspect%20Number%202%20Violet%20Sharpe.pdf

https://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2024/03/dogs-in-charles-lindberghs-life.html

https://www.criminalelement.com/how-the-tragic-death-of-violet-sharpe-inspired-a-classic-mystery/

https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2004-15002-003

https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=WIT19350202-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------

https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2017/the-case-that-inspired-murder-on-the-orient-express

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bruno-Hauptmann

https://www.rutgers.edu/news/was-lindbergh-kidnapping-inside-job

https://www.the-sun.com/news/10801407/charles-lindbergh-baby-kidnapping-suspect/

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/was-wrong-person-executed-in-death-of-lindbergh-baby-ex-judges-book-and-dna-quest-raise-issues

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Need a break from your family this Thanksgiving? Come celebrate Now It’s Ruined-style! Larkin busts the idyllic myth of the first Thanksgiving before giving a rundown of how nutritional standards were shaped by the military-industrial complex and horrific experiments on Indigenous Canadian children. 

CW: Graphic Violence, Food Trauma, Medical Trauma

If you’d like to make a difference to people who are living with food insecurity, check out https://www.feedingamerica.org/ for opportunities to give back. 

References

History of nutrition science

https://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/361/bmj.k2392.full.pdf

Canada’s shameful history of nutrition research on residential school children: The need for strong medical ethics in Aboriginal health research

Noni E MacDonald, Richard Stanwick, Andrew Lynk

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3941673/

The dark history of Canada's Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy; Zoe Tennant 2021

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-food-in-canada-is-tied-to-land-language-community-and-colonization-1.5989764/the-dark-history-of-canada-s-food-guide-how-experiments-on-indigenous-children-shaped-nutrition-policy-1.5989785

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3787164/

https://gladue.usask.ca/sites/gladue1.usask.ca/files/gladue/resource559-2d380424.pdf

Military Influence on Modern American Nutrition

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/01/historian-traces-militarys-influence-modern-american-nutrition

Hannah LeBlanc

The Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They Imbue

Claire Bugos 2019

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/

https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/wampanoag-history

https://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/who-are-the-wampanoag

https://www.history.com/articles/squanto-pilgrims-help-plymouth-thanksgiving

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources/Cranberry-Day

https://www.rd.com/article/history-of-thanksgiving/

King Philip’s War

https://www.history.com/articles/king-philips-war

https://www.history.com/articles/turkey-thanksgiving-meal

Nutrition

https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/vitamins/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20805686/

https://www.britannica.com/science/amine

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216786/

Nuremberg Code

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-code

Hungerplan

https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitler-s-hungerplan

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34907689/

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There are lots of fun facts about bananas: They’re radioactive, they may be the oldest fruit in the world, and they’re technically berries! So how did the bright yellow, comedy-inspiring fruit cause massacres, coups, and human rights violations? It’s a colonialist tale as old as time, full of not-so-fun facts about bananas and the men who steamrolled entire countries in order to sell them. 

References

https://www.epa.gov/radtown/natural-radioactivity-food

https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/02/10329710/how-to-eat-a-banana-correctly

https://gardenbetty.com/a-banana-plant-is-an-herb-or-little-known-banana-facts/

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/monoculture

https://www.britannica.com/topic/banana-republic

https://abgc.org.au/our-industry-old/history-of-bananas/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cavendish,_6th_Duke_of_Devonshire

https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/harvesting-history-the-untold-story-of-united-fruit-in-costa-rica/

https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/the-seldom-recorded-life-of-minor-cooper-keith

https://www.maritimeheritage.org/vips/meiggsHenry.html

https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/timeline/1855-1880

https://www.crcdaily.com/p/the-lost-legacy-of-costa-ricas-railroads

https://library.harvard.edu/collections/united-fruit-company-photographs

https://provincetownindependent.org/history/2020/07/02/wellfleets-most-famous-son-and-a-fateful-partnership/

https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/lorenzo-dow-baker

https://twailr.com/locating-the-united-fruit-company-in-the-history-of-international-law/

http://investopedia.com/terms/v/verticalintegration.asp

https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/timeline/1900-1910

https://visitpuertoarmuelles.com/united-fruit-company-the-great-white-fleet

https://greatwhitefleet.com/

https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/race-1

https://hir.harvard.edu/the-dark-side-of-bananas-imperialism-non-state-actors-and-power/

https://history.wsu.edu/rci/sample-research-project/

https://www.anumuseum.org.il/blog/sam-zemurray/

https://www.unitedfruitcompany.com/biographies/samuel-zemurray

https://www.thecollector.com/colombia-banana-massacre-1928-story/

https://visualizingtheamericas.utm.utoronto.ca/1928-massacre-1

https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/23/tye.php

https://coha.org/peeling-back-the-truth-on-the-guatemalan-banana-industry/

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/united-fruit-guatemala/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6pprpd3x96o

https://www.justice.gov/archive/opa/pr/2007/March/07_nsd_161.html

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Happy Halloween! We’re joined again by our guest and muse, Erica Vogel, who busts some myths- and tells us some disturbing truths- about the concept of tainted Halloween candy. Where did this panic come from? How many children have been poisoned by candy? Has anyone ever actually found a razor blade in their taffy apple? Wtf is a taffy apple? And what the hell was Ann Landers’ problem with Halloween? Hear about all this and more in this fun (but still upsetting) episode that will have you saying, “Oh my god and but of course.”

Content warning: Child death, poisoning deaths

More from Erica: https://www.ericavogel.com/ 

References

https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/30/health/halloween-candy-panic-conversation-wellness

https://www.britannica.com/topic/urban-legend

https://www.snopes.com/urban-legend/

https://westridgespyglass.org/5981/op-ed/the-backstory-hersheys-happy-accidents-flavorful-failures/

https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyle/factbox-the-history-and-facts-of-halloween-idUSN23504990/

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