Odd Tonic

Did this already happen? Jennifer and Maxwell explore extraordinary, mind-altering encounters with parallel dimensions and glitches in reality! Part 2 in our exploration of time slips and temporal turmoil, you may start to question everything!

Time Slips and Multidimensional Mayhem Pt.2

Sources:

Slips in Time and Space, by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

The Spectrum: Glimpses of the Paranormal and Encounters with the Strange by, Justin Bamforth

Time Storms, by Jenny Randles

https://www.thoughtco.com/time-dimension-travel-missing-time-stories-2596697

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Maxwell and Jennifer enthusiastically reach back into the mystical mailbag to share heart-pounding stories of life-threatening ghosts, rebellious spirits, and disembodied voices!

Have a seat in the candlelight and enjoy your eerie visit.

Parlour Stories: Bathroom Séance Edition

Sources

Thank you to all the fine people who sent in stories for this week's episode! You are dear to our hearts. Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Eerie Atmospheric Wine Glasses Dark Ambient Low Atmosphere Composer: Matt Gerry Dreamstate Drone - Calm, Chilled Composer: Ian Hubball Tense Hands (Stinger) Shadows Hang (Stinger) They're Coming This Way (Stinger) Uneasy Dusk (Stinger 1) Composer: Numsi Dark Wave (Cinematic Ambient Drone) Composer: Melodies In Motion Dark Ambient Drone Seamless Loop 11 Composer: MundoSound Media Stinger 1 - sad and dark voice and strings Composer: Jonathan Edward Carlile Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!

Don't take reality for granted! This week, Jennifer and Maxwell explore bizarre, mind-bending encounters with alternate dimensions and glitches in space/time! Maybe there's something more to Déjà vu! Maybe there's something more to Déjà vu!

Time Slips and Multidimensional Mayhem Pt.1

Sources:

Slips in Time and Space, by Rosemary Ellen Guiley

https://www.examiner.net/article/20101201/news/312019710

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2016/10/bizarre-tales-of-real-inter-dimensional-travelers/

https://www.distractify.com/trending/2018/08/28/nht2E/glitch-in-the-matrix

Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Dark Wave (Cinematic Ambient Drone) Composer: Melodies In Tense Hands Stinger Shadows Hang Stinger Composer: Numsi Media Stinger 1 - sad and dark voice and strings Composer: Jonathan Edward Carlile Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support! Please subscribe and leave us a review!

Curses, ghosts, fairies, witches, and minks! Could one of these be the reason why countless canines are leaping to their death off Scotland's Overtoun Bridge? Join Maxwell and Jennifer as they pursue this perplexing pooch problem.

The Baffling Bridge of Dog Doom

Show Notes:

Overtoun Bridge, photo by UGC

© C.A.Ingram , www.caingram.info

© C.A.Ingram , www.caingram.info

Sources:

The Baron of Rainbow Bridge, by Paul Owens

https://theghostinmymachine.com/2018/01/22/creepy-wikipedia-overtoun-bridge-scotland-dumbarton-dogs-keep-jumping-off/

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

http://www.theparanormalguide.com/blog/overtoun-bridge

https://www.historicmysteries.com/overtoun-bridge-dog-deaths/

http://omgfacts.com/the-mystery-of-scotlands-dog-suicide-bridge/

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/12/05/overtoun-bridge/

Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Medieval Faire Composer: Matthew Reid Loch Ness Monster Composer: Stuart Moore Tense Hands Stinger Shadows Hang Stinger Composer: Numsi Dark Ambient Drone Seamless Loop 11 Composer: MundoSound Media Stinger 1 - sad and dark voice and strings Composer: Jonathan Edward Carlile Dark Ambient Low Atmosphere Composer: Matt Gerry Sneaky Composer: Hakan Eriksson Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support! Please subscribe and leave us a review!

Meowing nuns, deadly dancing, and a fever for flowers! Get swept away with Jennifer and Max as they explore maniacal moments from history, when entire populaces were abruptly compelled into incredibly strange behaviors!

Delusions, Madness, and Mania

Show Notes:

Tanzania Laughing Epidemic

Sources:

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

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria

http://listverse.com/2009/03/16/top-10-bizarre-cases-of-mass-hysteria/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1962-laughter-epidemic-of-tanganyika-was-no-joke

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/29/tanganyika-laughter-epidemic-1962-around-1000-people-hysterically-laughing-one-year/

http://rltz.blogspot.com/2007/05/from-central-african-medical-journal.html

https://www.realclearscience.com/blog/2013/02/tanganyika-laughter-epidemic-of-1962.html

https://www.amazon.com/Humor-Code-Global-Search-Things/dp/1451665415/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=mcGraw+code+of+humor&qid=1554506380&s=gateway&sr=8-1-spell

The Dancing Plague of 1518

Sources:

https://owlcation.com/humanities/dancing-plague-of-1518

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518

https://publicdomainreview.org/2018/07/10/the-dancing-plague-of-1518/

https://www.amazon.com/Time-Dance-Die-Extraordinary-Dancing/dp/1848310218/ref=sr_1_2?crid=7C5VLPZPFS1G&keywords=a+time+to+dance+a+time+to+die&qid=1554506328&s=gateway&sprefix=a+time+to+dance+a+tim%2Caps%2C196&sr=8-2

Tulip Mania

Sources:

http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160419-tulip-mania-the-flowers-that-cost-more-than-houses

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

Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, Charles MacKay:

https://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-Crowds/dp/1539849589/ref=pd_sbs_14_1/139-3407924-6566600?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1539849589&pd_rd_r=7327f8cb-596c-11e9-9d06-a332060cea22&pd_rd_w=bUYh7&pd_rd_wg=evXyp&pf_rd_p=588939de-d3f8-42f1-a3d8-d556eae5797d&pf_rd_r=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBF&psc=1&refRID=ZZ4YYAADV34V9XNGDEBF

Weird Sisters

Sources:

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/02/12/middle-ages-mass-hysteria

https://historycollection.co/12-historys-baffling-mass-hysteria-outbreaks/3/

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-22/edition-7/dancing-plagues-and-mass-hysteria

The Lille Boarding School Hysteria

Sources:

Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds by Charles McKay

https://www.amazon.com/Memoirs-Extraordinary-Popular-Delusions-Madness-ebook/dp/B004TP6B1O/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Memoirs+of+Extraordinary+Popular+Delusions+and+the+Madness+of+Crowds&qid=1554763437&s=gateway&sr=8-1

http://www.projectcontinua.org/antoinette-bourignon/

Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Violin's Stinger - SlowSad Stinger Composer: Jonathan Edward Carlile Comedy Klezmer Circus Composer: Hakan Eriksson Tense Hands Stinger Shadows Hang Stinger Composer: Numsi Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!

Maxwell and Jennifer sift through the metaphysical mailbag and share spine-tingling stories of shadow people, Ouija boards, and a stalking helium balloon! Take a cozy seat in the firelight and enjoy your eerie visit.

Parlour Stories: Ghostly Laundry Edition

Sources

Thank you to all the fine people who sent in stories for this week's episode! You are dear to our hearts. Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Eerie Atmospheric Wine Glasses Dark Ambient Low Atmosphere Composer: Matt Gerry Spectral Scary Ambiance Composer: Landerlot Dreamstate Drone - Calm, Chilled Composer: Ian Hubball Tense Hands (Stinger) Shadows Hang (Stinger) They're Coming This Way (Stinger) Uneasy Dusk (Stinger 1) Composer: Numsi Dark Wave (Cinematic Ambient Drone) Composer: Melodies In Motion Dark Ambient Drone Seamless Loop 11 Composer: MundoSound Media Stinger 1 - sad and dark voice and strings Composer: Jonathan Edward Carlile Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!

Maxwell and Jennifer don their lab coats for a bizarre tale of strange science! Travel back to 1972 to meet the Owen Group and their famous "Philip Experiment," in which they sought to conjure a ghost and got more than they bargained for!

Psychokinetic, Love-struck Furniture

Sources

New Horizons/ Owen Journal: https://survivalresearch.ca/nhj/ Toronto SPR "Philip Experiment" documentary clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlbxXv2mbbI&t Kenneth Batcheldor's work: https://psi-encyclopedia.spr.ac.uk/articles/kenneth-batcheldor Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Sneaky Birdie Sneaky Plucked Strings 1 Composer: Thomas VanOosting Comedy Klezmer Circus Composer: Hakan Eriksson Old French Composers - 4 pieces Harpsichordist: Major_minor Tense Hands (Stinger) Composer: Numsi Spooky Waltz Ident (Long Version) Composer: 3KTrack Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!

This episode is cursed!

Not really. But the subject matter is. Visit Jennifer and Maxwell in the parlour as they weave various tales of cursed objects in the candlelight. Ominous runestones, vengeful paintings, sinister jewelry, and more await you! Keep the salt and sage handy.

Obviously Cursed Items

Story Images

A Crying Boy Painting by Giovanni Bragolin

Infamous Headline from The Sun

The Hands Resist Him by Bill Stoneham

Sources

Spookiest Objects, by Terrance Zepke https://www.amazon.com/Spookiest-Objects-Discover-Worlds-Haunted/dp/1942738218/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_2?keywords=spookiest+objects&qid=1553481730&s=gateway&sr=8-2-fkmrnull Björketorp Runestone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rketorp_Runestone Warlord Tumir/Tamerlane: http://www.documentarytube.com/articles/how-the-curse-of-timur-s-tomb-changed-the-course-of-world-war-ii The Dibbuk Box http://www.dibbukbox.com/story.htm Valentino's Cursed Ring: http://theunexplainedmysteries.com/cursed-ring.html The Crying Boy Painting: https://exemplore.com/paranormal/The-Crying-Boy The Hands Resist Him: https://www.stonehamstudios.com/haunted https://www.dailydot.com/irl/hands-resist-him-haunted-ebay-painting/ Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Eerie Atmospheric Wine Glasses Dark Ambient Low Atmosphere Composer: Matt Gerry Dreamstate Drone - Calm, Chilled Composer: Ian Hubball Sneaky Composer: Hakan Eriksson Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Composer: Thomas VanOosting Tense Hands (Stinger) Composer: Numsi Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!

America's First Documented Spirit Possession!

Join Jennifer and Maxwell as they explore the strange and haunting tale of two Watseka, IL girls from the mid-1800s, both with mysterious, paranormal afflictions. Although they never met, their lives are forever entwined!

Unearthly Tea Time and the Watseka Wonder Sources

The Watseka Wonder by Dr. E. Winchester Stevens

Water Cure excerpt - www.mentalfloss.com

Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Tense Hands (Stinger) Composer: Numsi Eerie Atmospheric Wine Glasses Dark Ambient Low Atmosphere Composer: Matt Gerry Spectral Scary Ambiance Composer: Landerlot Dreamstate Drone - Calm, Chilled Composer: Ian Hubball Sneaky Composer: Hakan Eriksson Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Composer: Thomas VanOosting Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!

Spooky Stories From Our Guests!

Jennifer and Maxwell narrate real-life tales of the unexplained and the supernatural, sent in by our dear listeners! Grab a cup of tea and be thrilled by inexplicable, ghostly, and chilling stories that will leave you with goosebumps!

Haunted Underwear and the Angel of Death Sources

A big thank you to everyone who submitted stories for this episode!

Story Images:

The ring-turned-pendant from S's story:

Some of the apports from Donna's story:

Credits Theme Music Makenna Carrico - www.makennacomposer.com Additional Music Neglected Foundry Composer: Dmytro Krasiuk Eerie Atmospheric Wine Glasses Dark Ambient Low Atmosphere Composer: Matt Gerry Spectral Scary Ambiance Composer: Landerlot Dreamstate Drone - Calm, Chilled Composer: Ian Hubball Horror Violins Logo 3 Composer: ThomaxAudio Sneaky Composer: Hakan Eriksson Haunted Filing Cabinet Sneaky Detective Composer: Thomas VanOosting Thumbnail Photography Jennifer Page Warm & Special Thanks All of Odd Tonic's friends, new and old. Thanks for your support!