Kaydra gets into the first of three horrifying cases of doctors who, to put it lightly, broke their Hippocratic oaths. In story 1, you will hear the dark tale of Linda Burfield Hazzard who operated “Starvation Heights."

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SOURCES:

1. An article from Physiciansweekly.com with contributions from Linda Girgis, MD: https://www.physiciansweekly.com/top-14-most-evil-doctors-of-the-last-two-centuries/
2. Wikipedia
3. An article from Smithsonianmag.com by Bess Lovejoy: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/doctor-who-starved-her-patients-death-180953158/
4. An article by Kathrine Beck: https://www.historylink.org/File/7955

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Kaydra has her best friend, Jazmine on the pod! From 1991 to 1993, 4 men and 4 women made history when they spent 2 years in a geodesic dome to learn about the Earth’s biosphere, climate change, and about sustaining life in outer space. But how they would go down in history is up for debate. Apologies for the audio quality-- we had some unforeseen technical difficulties in this episode.
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SOURCES:

1. Documentary "Spaceship Earth" directed by Matt Wolf
2. Weird History on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tf3Z6iRKqRM&ab_channel=WeirdHistory
3. Wikipedia
4. An article from Forbes.com by Sonia Moskowitz: https://www.forbes.com/profile/bass/?sh=2c4d4bac6c29
5. https://www.rvheraclitus.org/
6. The podcast “Nice Try!” From Curbed, New York Magazine, and the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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In 1973, two children had an unforgettable experience when they met Sam the Sandown Clown. Sam was later described by the children as a mix between a clown, a robot, and an alien.

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SOURCES:

1. An article from theghostinmymachine.com by Lucia: https://theghostinmymachine.com/2022/05/30/encyclopaedia-of-the-impossible-sam-the-sandown-clown/
2. An article from lorethrill.com by Alex Postrado: https://lorethrill.com/sandown-clown-alien-or-hoax/
3. An article from curiousarchive.com by Ashley: https://www.curiousarchive.com/sam-the-sandown-clown-alien-man-in-black-or-folie-a-deux/
4. An article from ranker.com by Jodi Smith: https://www.ranker.com/list/sandown-clown-incident/jodi-smith

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Kaydra (finally) does an episode entirely dedicated to the lil green guys up above. The U.S. government’s Project Blue Book set out in 1952 to determine if UFOs were a potential threat for the nation's security, and to gain a better scientific understanding of UFOs. But what they found would be so baffling, so impossible to explain… the truth simply couldn’t stay hidden for long.

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SOURCES:

1. An article from News Nation by Brian Entin: https://www.newsnationnow.com/space/military-whistleblowe-us-ufo-retrieval-program/
2. A fact sheet from the Department of Air Force Archives: https://archive.ph/20120719123429/http://www.af.mil/information/factsheets/factsheet_print.asp?fsID=188&page=1
3. Air Force article: https://www.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/104590/unidentified-flying-objects-and-air-force-project-blue-book/
4. "The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects," Edward J. Ruppelt, https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17346/pg17346-images.html
5. Web.archive.org:https://web.archive.org/web/20061209172010/http://www.nicap.dabsol.co.uk/51-69.htm
6. "A Journey in Disinformation, Paranoia, and UFOs: Mirage Men," by Mark Pilkington: https://books.google.com/books?id=TQ3BBAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false
7. Wikipedia
8. Interview with General Samford: https://youtu.be/4-MbGYAv7Cg

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Kaydra gets into the horrifying and perplexing true story of the Tsavo Man-eaters, which inspired the 1996 movie from Kaydra’s childhood, “The Ghost and The Darkness.”

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SOURCES:
1. Wikipedia
2. Movieweb.com: https://movieweb.com/true-story-that-inspired-the-ghost-and-the-darkness/#:~:text=The%20story%20is%20based%20on,railway%20bridge%20in%20Kenya%2C%20Africa.
3. Dailykos.com: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2014/4/9/1250842/-Tsavo-Man-Eaters-The-True-Story-of-the-Ghost-and-the-Darkness
4. Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/73WjZpe4sXjO6jUzz6LG3c?si=im3IwrX8RyS0AGUeRyqUtA
5. Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6nHR3xsc7frpsWyBW6ZUDx?si=LyDgH6IzSbCpoApNpiFZRw
6. Wideopenspaces.com: https://www.wideopenspaces.com/the-ghost-and-the-darkness/
7. An article from Livescience.com: https://www.livescience.com/58735-man-eating-lions-analyzed.html
8. An article from Irishexaminer.com: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20449005.html

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Kaydra shares two listener stories, along with her thoughts of the recent Titan submarine disaster and an alleged siren sighting.
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In this episode, Kaydra gets into the history of Route 66, the infamous Highway that provides a scenic route from Chicago, to St. Louis, to Los Angeles. But this Highway has a dark history… and is packed full of perplexing stories!

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SOURCES:

1. Wikipedia
2. A 2018 History.com article by Elizabeth Nix: https://www.history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-route-66
3. An article from Motortrend.com: https://www.motortrend.com/features/route-66-road-trip-guide-tips-and-tricks?slide=14
4. Several articles from Route66News.com
5. Several articles from LegendsofAmerica.com: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-ghosts/
6. A RoadTripUSA.com article: https://www.roadtripusa.com/southern-pacific/new-mexico-and-texas/roswell-ufo-central/
7. A 2018 article from KQRE.com by Kim Vallez: https://www.krqe.com/news/recent-nm-skinwalker-photo-ignites-fear/
8. An NPR article by Evie Hemphill: https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-05-19/a-half-century-since-they-disappeared-the-lost-boys-of-hannibal-still-prompt-questions
9. https://youtu.be/YJSHY5109hE

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In this bonus PODCAST EXCLUSIVE episode, Kaydra reads a fictional story from the /NoSleep Reddit forum that kept her up at night. This episode contains explicit language and creepy content. Listener discretion is advised. The story was written by Reddit user WorldAwayTweedy.

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SOURCE:
https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/13pmz0q/as_i_got_on_the_elevator_the_man_getting_off/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=2&utm_term=1--- 

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Kaydra gets into the perplexing and rare Cotard’s Syndrome, discovered in the late 1800’s. Only about 200 cases around the world have been recorded to date. Persons with Cotard’s have delusions of negation that can range from believing they lost their organs, blood, or body parts, to being certain they have lost their soul, are dead, or do not exist at all.

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SOURCES:

1. Psychiatry (Edgmont). 2008 Jun; 5(6): 28–29. Published online 2008 Jun. “A Case Report of Cotard’s Syndrome,” by Anne Ruminjo, MD and Boris Mekinulov, MD.
2. WebMD
3. “Sudden Onset of Cotard’s Syndrome as a Clinical Sign of Brain Tumor,” by Luis Moreira Goncalves and Alberto Tosoni (2016): https://doi.org/10.1590/0101-60830000000080
4. https://psychologydictionary.org/negation/
5. An article from “Life in the Fastlane” by Anthony Vu and Mike Cadogan: https://litfl.com/jules-cotard/
6. An article from Medium.com by Dale M. Brumfield:https://medium.com/lessons-from-history/mademoiselle-x-living-while-dead-8fe06146b711
7. AAPC.com: https://www.aapc.com/codes/icd-10-codes/F22
8. Wikipedia
9. A 2017 article by Aradhana Sahoo, BS, and Keith A. Josephs, MD: "A Neuropsychiatric Analysis of the Cotard Delusion." https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.17010018
10. Psychcentral.com: https://psychcentral.com/health/what-is-a-mental-health-crisis#how-to-get-help
11. A 2013 article by Helen Thomson: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23583-mindscapes-first-interview-with-a-dead-man/

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As per your request, it’s time for some weird and dark history! And what better place to start than Ancient Rome? Kaydra shares several shocking stories that will make you grateful to live in the 21st century.

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SOURCES:
1. "The History Voyager" podcast episode "Female Gladiators in Ancient Rome"
2. World Atlas website: Worldatlas.com/amp/ancient-world/the-5-darkest-secrets-of-ancient-rome.html
3. An article by Natasha Sheldon: https://historycollection.com/caligula-the-infamous-roman-emperor-who-made-his-horse-a-senator/

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