Professional Weirdo Podcast

As the saying goes, it’s sugar and spice, and all things nice. That’s what little girls are made of. In digging around for these stories, I found a few examples of the sugar. Enough in fact, that I’m planning to do another episode down the road on that. But today’s episode is all about those little girls who were cooking with spice. 

Music recommendation for this episode: 

• Will & Worry by Land Lines
• Night Witches by True Widow
• Febersvan by GAUPA

To find these and more recommended songs for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources for this episode: 

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulia_Tofana
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_Tofana
• https://mikedashhistory.com/2015/04/06/aqua-tofana-slow-poisoning-and-husband-killing-in-17th-century-italy/
• https://aspectsofhistory.com/giulia-tofana-power-poison/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franceska_Mann
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonderkommando
• https://www.holocausthistoricalsociety.org.uk/contents/jewishaccounts/franceskamannactofresistanceinbirkenau.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_d%27Aubigny
• https://jwa.org/thisweek/oct/23/1943/ballerina-franceska-mann-kills-nazi-guard-and-injures-two-others-auschwitz
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomyris
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_of_Kiev
• https://wrightmuseum.org/the-soviet-night-witches/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Raskova

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]

Our oceans aren’t shy about coughing up all kinds of strange items. In this episode I kick-off the podcast by telling you a few stories about what's washing up. 

Music recommendation for this episode: 

• Professional Weirdo by The Haxans
• Rock Lobster by the B-52's

To find these and more recommended songs for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Sources for this episode: 

• https://listverse.com/2022/06/18/10-unusual-things-that-have-washed-ashore/
• https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230222-the-strange-items-washing-up-on-beaches
• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47732553
• https://www.rd.com/list/strangest-things-washed-up-on-beaches/
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352485522003565#b10
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/whimsical-legos-are-still-washing-ashore-decades-after-they-were-lost-at-sea-180979580/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salish_Sea_human_foot_discoveries
• https://time.com/5192715/siberia-russia-severed-human-hands-mystery/
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/severed-hands-russia
• https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5536973/Russian-authorities-admit-chopped-hands-410-corpses-year.html

Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.  

To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist

• https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5jIkaamOZlCwtd2peUk9lF?si=0238d524a374492d

Email me at [email protected]