It's time to dig up the truth about zombies! From zombie apocalypse courses to famous films and their dark history, enjoy another Spooky Season deep dive with your Sirens! 

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Research Material:

https://www.history.com/articles/history-of-zombies

https://www.britannica.com/topic/zombie-fictional-creature

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc

https://www.library.cmu.edu/about/news/2017-10/legacy-dead-history-zombie

https://mythus.fandom.com/wiki/Zombie

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/why-the-zombies-keep-coming-economic-fears-on-the-silver-screen/

https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/why-the-zombies-keep-coming-economic-fears-on-the-silver-screen/

https://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/08/06/zombie.film/index.html

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/12/13/250844800/zoinks-tracing-the-history-of-zombie-from-haiti-to-the-cdc

While the term 'witch' nowadays might be fun and magical, that wasn't the case until the 19th century. Join your Sirens on a chronological deep dive viewing the history of witches, and those who suffered greatly because of it.

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Research Material:

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43189/song-of-the-witches-double-double-toil-and-trouble

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1%20Samuel%2028&version=NET

https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/mesopotamian-magic-in-the-first-millennium-bc

https://www.theoi.com/Khthonios/Hekate.html

https://www.artsy.net/article/alina-cohen-artists-enchanted-witchcraft-centuries

https://www.history.com/articles/witch-hat-costume-origins

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hypatia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Kyteler#:~:text=Dame%20Alice%20Kyteler%20(/%CB%88k,condemned%20for%20witchcraft%20in%20Ireland.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc

https://sacred-texts.com/pag/mm/index.htm

https://www.history.com/articles/history-of-witches

https://www.essexrecordofficeblog.co.uk/the-trial-of-agnes-waterhouse-witchcraft-in-essex-1566/

Our first mini series is here! How many superstitions can their be around the world?! Apparently, a LOT. Join your Sirens as the dive into a few superstitions found in different parts of the world... which all somehow deal with misfortune, of course! 

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Research Material:

https://artsandculture.google.com/story/18-superstitions-from-around-the-world/kAUxTWmzJ9QvLg?hl=en

https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/the-weirdest-superstitions-from-13-countries

https://sc.edu/uofsc/posts/2021/06/06_conversation_broken_mirror.php

https://www.history.com/articles/black-cats-superstitions

https://www.history.com/articles/why-do-people-knock-on-wood-for-luck

https://www.hawaii-guide.com/why-you-should-never-take-lava-rocks-from-hawaii?srsltid=AfmBOoqM-My8A8Gi2qtaolzEgoaDtnZQgeTPEHB4NblElyMopOOPzdbC

https://www.iamexpat.de/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/most-googled-why-do-germans-make-eye-contact-when-they-toast

https://www.rsc.org.uk/macbeth/about-the-play/the-scottish-play

Happy 50th Episode! We're so thrilled to have been with you all for a whole YEAR! What better way to kick off Year 2 than with a legends we've been dying to sink our teeth into!

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Research Material:

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Lamashtu

https://oldworldgods.com/indian/hindu-mythology-vetalas/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/living-dead-chinese-hopping-vampires-006050

https://mythopedia.com/topics/empusa/

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Vlad-the-Impaler

https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html

https://www.history.com/articles/vampire-history

https://carnegiemnh.org/booseum-vampires/

http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/great-vampire-epidemic-myth-dracula-born-disease-folklore/

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2024/10/are-vampires-real-the-cursed-history-of-the-largest-vampire-epidemic

It's not always rainbows and butterflies and handsome supernatural beings... sometimes, it's darkness, fear and the undeniable truth revolving around humanity's past. Deep dive with your Sirens this week on European Folklore's Changelings. Listener Discretion Advised.

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Research Material:

‘A Treasury of Irish Myth, Legend, and Folklore’ edited by W.B. Yeats 

“Changelings” an essay by D.L. Ashliman (1997)

https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/gerchange.html#GrimmHowTo

https://lairbhan.blogspot.com/2024/03/fairy-facts-changelings.html

https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/exploring-the-irish-mythology-changelings-170347

http://rhondaparrish.com/archive/changelings-in-world-mythology/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/bridget-cleary-changeling-murder-ireland

The most famous Gorgon with the most tragic tale. Join Sarah & Yenni as they deep dive into Medusa's life, learning about how her powers affected those around her during life and after death. 

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Research Material:

Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch

Art of Preserving Health: A Poem by John Armstrong

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Medusa-Greek-mythology

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gorgon

https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Creatures/Medusa/medusa.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Athena-Greek-mythology

Join your Sirens as they deep dive into the oldest written story mankind (currently) has! Learn about Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and all the Sumerian gods... and perhaps... learn the secret to immortality? 

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Research Material:

‘Gilgamesh’ translated by Herbert Mason

‘Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria’ by Lewis Spence

Complete Epic of Gilgamesh translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs, 1998 - https://uruk-warka.dk/Gilgamish/The%20Epic%20of%20Gilgamesh.pdf 

https://www.worldhistory.org/gilgamesh/

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-31941827

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/analysis-epic-gilgamesh

https://jamesmarien.wixsite.com/colorsofghibli/mononoke

It's time to uncover (or attempt to uncover!) some myths and mysteries right in your Sirens' hometown! The unexplainable Coral Castle in Homestead, FL still has people scratching their heads today. How to did the creator behind 'Florida's Stonehenge' cut, carve and move over a thousand tons of rock on his own?!

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Research Material:

https://coralcastle.com/

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

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/pyramid

https://www.visitflorida.com/travel-ideas/articles/homesteads-coral-castle-monument-by-edward-leedskalnin/

You'll find statues of him throughout businesses, martial arts schools, restaurants and even in homes! Deep dive with your Sirens to uncover the story of General Kwan (or General Guan Yu) and understand why he's so revered in Chinese culture.

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Research Material:

Romance of the Three Kingdoms attributed to Luo Guanzhong

https://www.martialjournal.com/general-kwan-patron-saint-of-kung-fu/

https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/guan-yu.htm

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

https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/china-history/three-kingdoms.htm

https://classicalpoets.org/2021/08/a-translation-of-the-peach-garden-oath-from-romance-of-the-three-kingdoms/

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

Our Movie Myth Month ends with the infamous GODZILLA. Who and what is this creature? Why does it seek to destroy? What's it's purpose? Deep dive with your Sirens on this 70-year-old movie monster! 

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Research Material:

https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0787/13/6/145

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Godzilla

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-history-of-godzilla-movies

https://www.vice.com/en/article/a-brief-history-of-godzilla-our-never-ending-nuclear-nightmare/

https://www.reddit.com/r/GODZILLA/comments/16ji0mq/so_which_works_better_godzilla_being_a_allegory/

https://shscourier.com/50319/arts-and-entertainment/the-symbolic-importance-behind-godzilla-1954-to-present/

https://www.tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?style=44&t=33292

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/godzilla-and-world-war-ii-long-live-king-monsters

https://www.historyvortex.org/GodzillaSymbolism.html

https://easysociology.com/sociology-of-media/sociology-of-film/the-cultural-relevance-of-godzilla-for-japan-a-sociological-perspective/

https://www.brightwalldarkroom.com/2020/08/25/godzilla-is-a-metaphor/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo_Fukury%C5%AB_Maru

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godzilla_(franchise)