Strange Country

Ever get the creeps from someone? Trust that instinct because sometimes that guy is the one who sets a ship on fire, makes a bomb and murders. In Ep. 49 Strange Country explores the life of George White Rogers, a radio operator who was deemed a hero in the Morro Castle disaster. But was he really? More a zero than a hero.

Theme music: Resting Place by A Cast of Thousands.

Cite your sources:

Blake, Sarah. "When the Wreckage of a Horrific Ship Disaster Became a Tourist Destination." Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 10 Sept. 2013, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morro-castle-disaster.

Hicks, Brian. When the Dancing Stopped The Real Story of the Morro Castle Disaster and Its Deadly Wake. Free Press, 2008.

Larson, Erik. "The Horror of Morro Castle Lives On." Asbury Park Press, 8 Sept. 2016, www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2016/09/08/horror-morro-castle-lives/89597224/.

Schmidt, Margaret. "About Bayonne: 75th Anniversary of Morro Castle Disaster Sparks Memories of Bayonne 'Hero'-Turned-Murderer." The Jersey Journal, 9 Sept. 2009, www.nj.com/bayonne/index.ssf/2009/09/about_bayonne_75th_anniversary.html.

Spiritualism meets photography in episode 48 of Strange Country. William Mumler found a way to connect people with their loved ones by staging live/dead photoshoots. Some skeptics cried fraud while others lined up for the spirit camera.

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Cite Your Sources Man…

Manseau, Peter. The Aparitionists.

Fabrizio, Doug. Interview with Peter Manseau. http://radiowest.kuer.org/post/man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/meet-mr-mumler-man-who-captured-lincolns-ghost-camera-180965090/

Garber, Megan . When Cameras Took Pictures of Ghosts, The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/when-cameras-took-pictures-of-ghosts/281010/

Are you ready for the zombie apocalypse? The United States is. CONPLAN 8888-11 has all the know-how for defeating eight different type of zombies. Strange Country explores this plan and various scenarios of "what would you do" if you and some repulsive man were the last people on Earth.

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Cite your sou--BRAIINNSSSSSSSSSS

Brown, Jennings. "Florida City Has Been Accidentally Sending Out Zombie Alert Messages Since Hurricane Irma." Gizmodo, Gizmodo.com, 22 May 2018, gizmodo.com/florida-city-has-been-accidentally-sending-out-zombie-a-1826223898.

Del Guercio, Gino. "The Secret's of Haiti's Living Dead." Harvard Magazine, 31 Oct. 2017, harvardmagazine.com/2017/10/are-zombies-real.

England, Charlotte. "Scientists Have Worked out How Long Humans Would Survive in a Zombie Apocalypse." The Independent, 7 Jan. 2017, www.independent.co.uk/news/science/how-long-humans-survive-zombie-apocalypse-scientists-a7513941.html.

Friend, Tad. "Superior Intelligence: Do the Perils of A.I. Exceed Its Promise?" The New Yorker, 14 May 2018, pp. 44–51.

Herbert, Geoff. "Zombie Drugs? Florida Man Stabs Couple, Eats Dead Man's Face in Random Attack." The Post Standard, 7 Aug. 2016, www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2016/08/florida_zombie_attack_austin_harrouff_flakka.html.

Loria, Kevin. "Bill Gates thinks a coming disease could kill 30 million people within 6 months — and says we should prepare for it as we do for war." Business Insider, 27 Apr. 2018, www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-warns-the-next-pandemic-disease-is-coming-2018-4. Accessed 20 June 2018.

McCall, Rosie. "If The Zombie Apocalypse Happens, This Is Where Scientists Say You Should Go." IFLScience, IFLScience, 30 May 2018, www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/if-the-zombie-apocalypse-happens-this-is-where-scientists-say-you-should-go/.

Mooney, Chris. "Hurricanes are Moving More Slowly--Which Makes Them Even More Dangerous." The Washington Post, 6 June 2018, www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2018/06/06/hurricanes-are-traveling-more-slowly-which-makes-them-even-more-dangerous/?utm_term=.898e3342a4c4. Accessed 20 June 2018.

Morgan, Thad. "Are You Prepared for a Zombie Apocalypse? The U.S. Government Is." History.com, A&E Television Networks, 31 Oct. 2017, www.history.com/news/are-you-prepared-for-a-zombie-apocalypse-the-u-s-government-is.

Morris, Hamilton. "I WALKED WITH A ZOMBIE." Harper's Magazine, vol. 323, no. 1938, 11, 2011, pp. 52-61. ProQuest, https://search.proquest.com/docview/910121144?accountid=36036.

"Rudy Eugene's Toxicology Report: Experts Speculate on What Caused 'Face-Chewing' Attack." CBS News, CBS Interactive, 28 June 2012, www.cbsnews.com/news/rudy-eugenes-toxicology-report-experts-speculate-on-what-caused-face-chewing-attack/.

Sloth, TE, and David Wong. "5 Scientific Reasons a Zombie Apocalypse Could Actually Happen." Cracked.com, 9 Oct. 2007, www.cracked.com/article_15643_5-scientific-reasons-zombie-apocalypse-could-actually-happen.html.

Sturt, David, and Todd Nordstrum. "A U.S. Government 'Zombie' Plan?" Forbes, 29 May 2014, www.forbes.com/sites/davidsturt/2014/05/29/a-u-s-government-zombie-plan/#728e01564dce.

United States, Congress, Joint Operational Planning and Execution System . "CDRUSSTRATCOM COMPLAN 8888-11 'COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE'." Intellipedia, 30 Apr. 2011. i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2014/images/05/16/dod.zombie.apocalypse.plan.pdf.

"'Zombie Chickens' Causing Debate Over Fate of Older Chickens in California." Fox News, FOX News Network, www.foxnews.com/story/2006/12/05/zombie-chickens-causing-debate-over-fate-older-chickens-in-california.html.

Elmer McCurdy died in 1911 but wasn't put to rest until 1977. What was he doing all that time? In our shortest episode to date, Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly talk about this outlaw's after life all the while trying to prepare the best mac and cheese ever.

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Cite your sources:

Engel, Matthew. "More than 100 Bodies Found as US Crematorium Gives up Grisly Secret." The Guardian, 17 Feb. 2002, www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/18/matthewengel.

"Grave of Elmer McCurdy the Sideshow Mummy." Roadside America, www.roadsideamerica.com/story/14196.

Sutter, Ellie. "Guthrie Cemetery Tours Stir Claims of Devil Worship." The Oklahoman, 14 June 1991, newsok.com/article/2360005/guthrie-cemetery-tours-stir-claims-of-devil-worship.

Sutter, Ellie. "'Squabble' Ridiculous." The Oklahoman, 15 July 1991, newsok.com/article/2362895/squabble-ridiculous.

Svenvold, Mark. Elmer McCurdy: The Misadventures in Life and Afterlife of an American Outlaw. Basic

Books, 2002.

Traxel, David. "Where's Elmer?" The New York Times, 26 Jan. 2003. The New York Times,

www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/books/where-s-elmer.html. Accessed 7 June 2016.

Washington, Glynn, producer. "The Long, Strange, 60-Year Trip of Elmer McCurdy." Snap Judgment, NPR,

9 Jan. 2015, www.npr.org/2015/01/09/376097471/the-long-strange-60-year-trip-of-elmer-mccurdy.

Accessed 7 June 2018.

There's really no telling when you will learn the next disturbing thing about love, life, or one of the cohosts of Strange Country when you listen in each week. This week we look into the world that surrounds Robert The Doll, a fixture in Key West, FL lore that still haunts drunken tourists, and accident-prone women. But Robert isn't all we talk about in this episode. In fact, we brought our own special guests to sit in and listen while we recorded. They didn't have much to say, but they left a lasting impression. Find out who still breastfeeds her babydoll in SC #45!

If there's something strange in your seance room. Who you gonna call? No, not ghostbusters. Harry Houdini. Houdini, the great escape artist, made it his mission to unmask fake mediums, and his abilities were put to the ultimate test in a WWE-style showdown with America's most famous medium. Have any idea who that might be? You probably figured out who won then. Strange Country Ep. 44 is all about the witch of lime street, and features a symphony of sound effects by DJ. Jazzy Kelly. Or is it a spirit ringing your bell box?!?

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Cite your sources:

Conliffe, Ciaran. "Mina Crandon, Psychic Fraudster." Headstuff, 6 Apr. 2015, www.headstuff.org/culture/history/mina-crandon-psychic-fraudster/.

"Houdini's Greatest Trick: Debunking Medium Mina Crandon." Mental Floss, 1 Nov. 2013, mentalfloss.com/article/53424/houdinis-greatest-trick-debunking-medium-mina-crandon.

Jaher, David. The Witch of Lime Street: séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World. Broadway Books, 2016.

"Mina Crandon & Harry Houdini: The Medium and The Magician." HistoryNet, 24 Jan. 2018, www.historynet.com/mina-crandon-harry-houdini-the-medium-and-the-magician.htm.

"Photographs from a Séance with Eva Carrière (1913)." The Public Domain Review, publicdomainreview.org/collections/photographs-from-a-seance-with-eva-carriere-1913/.

May Otis Blackburn and her daughter Ruth were going to write the book that would knock the world's socks off in the 1920s. The Angel Gabriel dictated it to them and in return, he would give them the lost measurements to gold, diamond and oil deposits. Did it matter that their book made no sense or that it never was a book, but more of a scam? Not to their followers who willingly signed over deeds and life savings to follow The Divine Order of the Royal Arms of the Great Eleven. Strange Country Episode 43 is culterrific and includes plans for our very own Strange Country cult. Send us your cash ASAP.

Big shout-out to Samuel Fort for his book Cult of the Great Eleven that was used in this podcast.

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Cite your sources:

Fort, Samuel. Cult of the Great Eleven. Nisirtu Publishing, 2015.

Rassmussen, Cecilia. "Divine Order's Tale Smacks of Cult Fiction." Los Angeles Times, 23 May 1999, articles.latimes.com/1999/may/23/local/me-40217.

"Who Was King Solomon in the Bible?" What Christians Want To Know RSS, www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/who-was-king-solomon-in-the-bible/.

Springtime is in full bloom and we feel it is time for a lov...a glove story. On this episode of Strange Country, join Kelly and Beth down a path of discovery on what truly is real love and what is just plain messed up. Count Carl von Cosol was a radiologist in Key West Florida in the 1930's when he met what he thought was his true love, a beautiful young married Cuban woman named Maria Elena Milagro del Hoyos. The only problem is that the love was not returned and sadly she died. This is where the story should end. But in Strange Country stories you know better Dash Hounds! It has only just begun. Listen in and see if we can get through the gory details.

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Cite Your Sources:

Meek, Miki. Dr. Stranglove, This American Life. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/610/grand-gesture/act-one

Swicegood, Thomas. VonCosol. https://www.amazon.com/Von-Cosel-Tom-Swicegood/dp/0595656897

Harrison, Ben. Undying Love: The True Story of A Passion the Defied Death

http://www.flkeysnews.com/entertainment/article195067579.html

http://www.theatre-news.com/news/UK/55019/Wade-McCollum-to-star-in-world-premiere-of-It-Happened-in-Key-West

Machlaclan, Sarah. Fumbling Towards Ecstasy.

Nelson, Brad, Sarah Maclachlan Fumbling Towards Ecstatsy. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/sarah-mclachlan-fumbling-towards-ecstasy/

Before the book Sybil, there were only a handful of cases of Multiple Personality Disorder. After the book, the number exploded. But was Sybil's story all it was said to be? Her mother's orgies in the woods with teenage girls, her mother defecating on the lawns of neighbors, giving Sybil ice-water enemas? Or was it all suggested by a therapist while the patient was hopped up on a variety of barbiturates and methamphetamine? In Strange Country Ep. 41, co-hosts Beth and Kelly look into the debunking the story of Sybil whose real name was Shirley Mason and the behavior of her beloved therapist Dr. Cornelia Wilbur.

Make Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case by Debbie Nathan your book club selection and then meet Beth at Cazenovia Bagels to talk about it.

As always, give credit where credit is due:

Inglis-Arkell, Esther. "What Truths Does 'Truth Serum' Sodium Pentothal Actually Reveal?" io9, io9.Gizmodo.com, 19 Apr. 2012, io9.gizmodo.com/5902559/what-truths-does-truth-serum-actually-reveal.

Nathan, Debbie. Sybil Exposed: the Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case. Free Press, 2012.

RetroReport. Sybil: A Brilliant Hysteric? The New York Times, 24 Nov. 2014, www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003250377/sybil-a-brilliant-hysteric.html.

"Tapes Raise New Doubts About 'Sybil' Personalities." The New York Times, 19 Aug. 1998, www.nytimes.com/1998/08/19/us/tapes-raise-new-doubts-about-sybil-personalities.html?action=click&contentCollection=Magazine&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=Marginalia&pgtype=article.

"Vitamin Deficiency Anemia." Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 9 Nov. 2016, www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/vitamin-deficiency-anemia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355025.

Barbara Newhall Follet was a child prodigy, banging out her first novel by the age of 9...accomplished enough to make the rest of us feel inadequate. But her adulthood was less than idyllic. And at the young old age of 25, she disappeared never to be seen again. In ep. 40, Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore this talented writer's life cut short. And we try out our new tagline: This is an adult conversation and may have some adult language so child prodigies beware. In ep. 40, Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore this talented writer's life cut short. And we try out our new tagline: This is an adult conversation and may have some adult language so child prodigies beware.

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The Sources:

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Collins, Paul. Vanishing Act. Lapham's Quarterly.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/books-life/7073767/Book-dedications-so-few-words-but-such-big-stories.html

http://www.farksolia.org/about-barbara-follett/

https://www.npr.org/2010/12/18/132135938/barbara-newhall-follett-disappearing-child-genius

https://www.amazon.com/House-Without-Windows-Eepersips-There/dp/1533127700/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1525228997&sr=8-1&keywords=a+house+without+windows%2C+follett