Put your tin foil hats on y'all! This week we chat about the moon landing conspiracy. Sit back, pay attention, and pick out the key points to bring up at your next family dinner. There are some animal-related news stories for anyone who was wondering.

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News Links:

• https://apnews.com/article/louisiana-two-faced-calf-beb8d0c9fb4826d6a31b577afaa96b6f

• https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zambia-elephant-attack-american-tourist-dead-kafue-national-park/

References:

• https://www.sibrel.com/https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/moon-landing-conspiracy-theories/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_Sibrel https://askanearthspacescientist.asu.edu/top-question/moon-landinghttps://www.nasa.gov/history/apollo-11-mission-overview/ https://www.britannica.com/story/what-do-eggs-have-to-do-with-easter

We are back you guys. For real this time, perhaps. Apologies for the hiatus, but we are rusty. We cover the somber topic of the shooting at the University of Alabama- Huntsville. We also talk aliens for a palette cleanser. XOXO you crazy cats.

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The long-anticipated part 3 of the Non-Denominational Holiday Spectacular has arrived! Krampus has been swatting naughty children and besting Saint Nick for a long time. Plus, he is just cool. Apologies for the wait, we were being lazy. XOXO

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News Links:

• https://www.kmbc.com/article/search-fiance-3-dead-bodies-northland-home-kc/46340515
• https://www.kmbc.com/article/search-fiance-3-dead-bodies-northland-home-kc/46340515

• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/17/federal-highway-administration-ban-funny-electronic-signs/72253799007/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/01/18/university-of-cosmic-intelligence-cult-disappearances-police-say/72257648007/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/missing-people-ties-online-cult-led-rashad-jamal-dont-want-found-polic-rcna134169

References:

• Krampus Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
• Meet Krampus, the Christmas Devil Who Punishes Naughty Children by Becky Little https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin
• Belsnickle: German Christmas Brings a Sidekick for Santa by Kat M https://quietvalley.org/belsnickel-german-christmas-brings-a-sidekick-for-santa/
• The Bizarre Legend Of Belsnickel, The Centuries-Old Christmas Figure From German Folklore by Kaleena Fraga https://allthatsinteresting.com/belsnickel

This week we cover the tragic incident at the Dyatlov Pass. Buckle up because we are 66.6% through our Non-Denominational Holiday Special! There is news as well.

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News Links:

• https://apnews.com/article/california-teen-passes-bar-exam-15e8a5ac03078b8a537f4ac9737e5c79
• https://news.sky.com/story/scientists-make-vr-goggles-for-mice-so-they-can-feel-what-it-is-like-to-be-attacked-by-a-bird-13025632

References:

• BBC article “There were nine…” By Lucy Ash https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/extra/SoLiOdJyCK/mystery_of_dyatlov_pass
• Dyatlov Pass Incident Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident
• Researchers Find Another Clue in the Dyatlov Pass Mystery By Alan Yuhas https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/01/world/europe/dyatlov-pass-avalanche-russia.html
• Dyatlov Pass https://dyatlovpass.com/

This week's super-late Halloween Spooktacular is bloody fantastic. We chat vampires, but maybe not the type you're thinking of. We have news for you too, of course.

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News links:

• https://apnews.com/article/horse-loose-cargo-plane-returns-jfk-airport-6066bedc8438d69fd783fc4516bcf4e0
• https://www.npr.org/2023/08/21/1195016459/monster-hunters-largest-search-for-the-loch-ness-monster-in-50-years

References:

• New England Vampire Panic Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England_vampire_panic
• History article: When New Englanders Blamed Vampires for Tuberculosis Deathsby Crystal Ponti https://www.history.com/news/vampires-tuberculosis-consumption-new-england
• How the Spread of Disease Juiced the Lore of Vampires Into Pandemic Proportions by Jane Kelly https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-spread-disease-juiced-lore-vampires-pandemic-proportions

This week we cover the tragic death of Elisa Lam and how the internet became obsessed with the case. We will cover some news and Forrest has a movie corner, of course.

Mountain Information:

• Central Pangean Mountains Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Pangean_Mountains
• USGS https://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/understanding.html#anchor4665685

News Links:

• https://www.npr.org/2023/09/12/1198834307/spotless-giraffe-namibia
• https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2023/11/13/space-tool-bag-orbiting-earth-NASA-spacewalk/8601699880840/

References:

• Unexplained Mysteries: The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam
• Elisa Lam: The Real Story of Her Death in The Cecil Hotel by Natasha Ishak https://allthatsinteresting.com/elisa-lam-death
• American Horror Story: The Cecil Hotel by Josh Dean https://medium.com/matter/haunted-947d642a6d59
• BBC Elisa Lam: What really happened in the Cecil Hotel By Michael Baggs https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-55994935
• All Thats Interesting By Natasha Ishak https://allthatsinteresting.com/elisa-lam-death

We are back baby! The two month hiatus of pain is over and this episode is a spooky one. Inspired by my time in Vermont, I researched the Bennington Triangle and all the mysterious happenings in the area. We are back with some news as well. Cheers.

News Links:

• https://apnews.com/article/deer-restaurant-noodles-beloit-wisconsin-fe12419691c69d16e1955eae2e9b9540
• https://apnews.com/article/officer-bitten-finger-new-york-b76519c812d64dc8b99ae8ee30266539
• https://www.npr.org/2023/10/19/1207147316/colorado-funeral-home-investigation

References:

• The Vanished Town of Glastenbury and the Bennington Triangle by CHat Abramovich https://obscurevermont.com/the-vanished-town-of-glastenbury-and-the-bennington-triangle/
• Glastenbury Mountain Cairn Site https://neara.org/pages/Glastenbury%20Mountain%20Cairn%20Site.html
• Green Mountain Ghosts, Ghouls & Unsolved Mysteries by Joseph A Citro https://books.google.com/books?id=dejhSPGP3BQC&pg=PT72&lpg=PT72&dq=don+pratt+bennington+ufo+sighting&source=bl&ots=zgvdW4rSI9&sig=ACfU3U2TYyT9SG9C04Adx0xPLga8cJUVuA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj107rPzqWCAxWfEVkFHT2xC80Q6AF6BAgkEAM#v=onepage&q=bennington&f=false
• Glastenbury WIki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastenbury,_Vermont
• Bennington Triangle Wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennington_Triangle
• All Thats Interesting Bennington Triangle https://allthatsinteresting.com/bennington-triangle
• The Bennington Banner Fri, Oct 3, 2008 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/vqprwr/getting_lost_in_the_bennington_triangle_robert/

Hey y'all. We are getting radioactive this week and telling the story of the Radium Girls. This will be the last episode for a couple months but we will return in November with (maybe) an episode from Forrest! Settle in for an information dump folks and bye bye for now:)

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References:

• Radium Girls: Living Dead Women by Arlene Balkansky https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2019/03/radium-girls-living-dead-women/
• This Day in History- Marie and Pierre Curie isolate radium ​​https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/curies-isolate-radium
• Marie and Pierre Curie and the discovery of polonium and radium by Nanny Froman https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/themes/marie-and-pierre-curie-and-the-discovery-of-polonium-and-radium/
• Medical Mysteries: Radium Girls part 1 & 2
• The Story Of The Radium Girls And Their Decades-Long Fight For Justice By Richard Stockton https://allthatsinteresting.com/radium-girls/4
• Radium Girls: The dark times of luminous watches by Jacopo Prisco, CNN ​​ https://www.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html
• Radium Girls By Bill Kovarik and Mark Neuzil https://environmentalhistory.org/people/radiumgirls/
• MFM 190- Lick the Clock- Georgia’s story

This episode may be more properly named "a long discussion of animal events" as we chat lots of fauna in this one. We chat animal news, the life of Moe the Chimp and the attack of his family, and something funky that happened in Zanesville, OH. Hold your docile beagle close and listen up folks.

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News Links:

• https://www.npr.org/2023/08/07/1192455516/hank-the-tank-bear-lake-tahoe

• https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/us/lake-tahoe-bear-hank-the-tank.html

• https://apnews.com/article/florida-rabbits-invasive-species-9aed7f6aa486742fb3b1bc2382aa367e

References:

• St. James Davis chimpanzee attack Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._James_Davis_chimpanzee_attack

• LA Times A Primate Party Gone Horribly Awry by David Pierson and Mitchell Landsberg https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-05-me-chimp5-story.html

• Zanesville’s exotic animal massacre, 10 years later by Tyler Buchanan and Alissa Widman Nesse https://www.axios.com/local/columbus/2021/10/18/zanesville-exotic-animal-massacre-10-years-later

• 2011 Zanesville, Ohio animal escape https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Zanesville,_Ohio_animal_escape

• Police Kill Dozens of Animals Freed on Ohio Reserve by Greg Bishop and Timothy Williams https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/us/police-kill-dozens-of-animals-freed-from-ohio-preserve.html

• A life fit for me | Moe the Chimpanzee by JP https://selvedgeyard.com/2009/04/02/a-better-life-than-me-moe-the-chimpanzee/

• The Animal Within by Amy Argetsinger https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2005/05/24/the-animal-within/04c0903e-d75f-4e85-885a-450858c583ae/

• Cleveland.com article by John Caniglia https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2011/10/chaos_at_zanesville_exotic_ani.html

Grab a drink and put on your overalls for this one y'all. We chat Appalachian moonshine legend Marvin "Popcorn" Sutton.

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News Links: https://www.npr.org/2023/07/31/1191058640/vallow-lori-daybell-sentence-murder-doomsday https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/us/doomsday-woman-sentenced-childrens-deaths.htmlhttps://www.cnn.com/2023/08/04/us/investigation-update-gilgo-beach-murders/index.html References:

• Popcorn Sutton Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popcorn_Sutton

• Moonshine Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonshine

• Popcorn Sutton: The Last Moonshiner by Dave Tabler https://www.appalachianhistory.net/2014/06/popcorn-sutton-last-moonshiner.html

• The History of Moonshine in the United States from Belle Isle Moonshine https://www.belleislecraftspirits.com/story/history-moonshine-united-states

• My Favorite Murder Ep 376 That’s a Good Bean!

• The last Hillbilly Hero by David Kushner http://www.davidkushner.com/article/the-last-hillbilly-hero/