Strange Country

Welcome back, readers! Where the hell have you been? This episode--249, if you are counting—Kelly and Beth explore the side of Henry Ford that weirdly gets left out of his story. Ford, the innovator and 20th-century Elon Musk, is also Henry Ford the antisemite. He didn't try to hide it, and neither are we. Welcome back to the podcast that reminds you 'merica is strange, and women take up half the world but are still ignored, as are all the people who aren't rich. Thanks for listening; it is an act of love.

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YouTube, https://aish.com/erasing-henry-fords-anti-semitism/?gclid=Cj0KCQiAt66eBhCnARIsAKf3ZNEHrdxMaFlizQD0vucC0FU3pWhYNTh6hGIwbo4JAY66qiAVqY-wWeUaAnIqEALw_wcB. Accessed 21 January 2023.

"Clara Bryant Ford." Michigan Women Forward, https://miwf.org/timeline/clara-bryant-ford/. Accessed 21 January 2023.

Cowen, Alison L. "Off the Shelf; The Industrial Genius Who Hated Difference." New York Times, Section 3 ed., 09 December 2001, p. 6, https://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/09/business/off-the-shelf-the-industrial-genius-who-hated-difference.html.

"Dearborn removes commissioner in dispute over Henry Ford antisemitism." Detroit Free Press, 25 June 2021, https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/06/25/dearborn-removes-commissioner-dispute-over-henry-ford-antisemitism/5351622001/. Accessed 21 January 2023.

Downen, Robert. "Jewish Texans see surge in antisemitism as a precursor to fascism." The Texas Tribune, 28 November 2022, https://www.texastribune.org/2022/11/28/texas-antisemitism-violence-fascism/. Accessed 21 January 2023.

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Shirley Jackson has had a resurgence this century, her works being turned into successful series and movies. But when she was writing in the mid-20th century, she had to contend with sexism, a philandering husband, a cold mother, and male reviewers who didn't get her writing about the plight of women.

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Cooke, Rachel, et al. "Laurence Jackson Hyman on his mother Shirley: 'Her work is so relevant now….'" The Guardian, 12 December 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/12/laurence-jackson-hyman-mother-shirley-jackson-dark-tales. Accessed 7 December 2022.

Franklin, Ruth. Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life. WW Norton, 2016.

Heller, Zoë. "The Haunted Mind of Shirley Jackson." The New Yorker, 17 October 2016, https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/17/the-haunted-mind-of-shirley-jackson. Accessed 7 December 2022.

McGrath, Charles. "The Case for Shirley Jackson." The New York Times, 30 September 2016, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/02/books/review/shirley-jackson-ruth-franklin.html?searchResultPosition=2. Accessed 7 December 2022.

Miller, Laura. "The Alternating Identities of Shirley Jackson." The New York Times, 11 July 2021, https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/11/books/review/laurence-jackson-hyman-the-letters-of-shirley-jackson.html. Accessed 7 December 2022.

Trombetta, Sadie, and Shirley Jackson. "Shirley Jackson's Horror Novel 'Hangsaman' Was Inspired By A Real-Life Disappearance." Bustle, 18 October 2018, https://www.bustle.com/p/shirley-jacksons-horror-novel-hangsaman-was-inspired-by-a-real-life-disappearance-12217498. Accessed 7 December 2022.

Dearest Dashies: It's time to learn about the Most Dangerous Woman in the World, aka, Mother Jones. Have you ever heard of her? Do you read the magazine that has her namesake? Mother Jones is a worthy woman to know and love and maybe resurrect from the dead. She stood up for what was right as far as labor rights and wrongs go. When she showed up, everyone listened. Not only did she have important things to say, she said it in an Irish brogue, which Beth and Kelly can almost do. Thanks for listening. It is an act of love.

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Knights of Labor - Definition, Goals & Leader - HISTORY, 7 October 2021, https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/knights-of-labor. Accessed 13 November 2022.

"The History of Mother Jones – Mother Jones." Mother Jones, https://www.motherjones.com/about/history/. Accessed 13 November 2022.

Jones, Mother. "Mother Jones." Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones. Accessed 13 November 2022.

"Mother Jones." AFL-CIO, https://aflcio.org/about/history/labor-history-people/mother-jones. Accessed 13 November 2022.

Roberts, Jacob. "Yellow Fever Fiend." Science History Institute, 7 April 2014, https://sciencehistory.org/distillations/yellow-fever-fiend. Accessed 13 November 2022.

Schumann, Larisa R., and Darrin Lythgoe. "Disease & Death in Early America." Tully Area Historical Society, https://www.tullyhistoricalsociety.org/tahs/medical.php#yellowfvr. Accessed 13 November 2022.

From May 1968 to the following winter, Tony Costa went on a killing spree in Cape Cod. He claimed an alter ego egged him on to do the murderous deeds. Strange Country co hosts Beth and Kelly talk about this tiresome asshole and the problems of New Journalism in today's episode.

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Driscoll, Molly. "New errors are discovered in 'In Cold Blood.'" Christian Science Monitor, 12 February 2013, https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0212/New-errors-are-discovered-in-In-Cold-Blood. Accessed 9 November 2022.

Farhi, Paul. "Author Gay Talese disavows his latest book amid credibility questions." The Washington Post, 30 June 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/author-gay-talese-disavows-his-latest-book-amid-credibility-questions/2016/06/30/1fede2b8-3e22-11e6-84e8-1580c7db5275_story.html. Accessed 9 November 2022.

Sherman, Casey. Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod. Sourcebooks, Incorporated, 2022.

Dear Dash Hounds: Be thankful you can listen to Beth and Kelly today because, if ol' misogynist Anthony Comstock had any say, we would have been shut down years ago. Our episode dives into the mayonnaise jar that is vice and the mailing of such materials. The Comstock Laws were created in 1873 and took until Roe v Wade in 1973 to be overturned. That's a lot of suppression for one man to handle- but handle he did! Thanks always for listening—much love!

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Kelly's back!!! And just in time because in this episode of Strange Country, we send in the clowns—lots of em pouring out of that one tiny car. Cohosts Beth and Kelly dive into the Clown Panic of 2016 and recognize that Americans need some media literacy lessons stat.

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Chan, Melissa. "Penn State Students Flood Streets to Hunt for Clowns." TIME, 4 October 2016, https://time.com/4517709/penn-state-clown-hunt/. Accessed 10 October 2022.

"Clowning - Circus Clowns History and Facts." History of Circus, 2022, http://www.historyofcircus.com/circus-facts/circus-clowns-history-and-facts/. Accessed 16 October 2022.

"Clown sightings prompt police calls in Green Bay, Wisconsin." ABC7 Chicago, 5 August 2016, https://abc7chicago.com/green-bay-clown-freak-gags-the-wisconsin/1458590/. Accessed 16 October 2022.

Guarino, Ben. "Clown sightings have spread to North Carolina. Now police are concerned about creepy copycats." Washington Post, 7 Sept. 2016. Gale OneFile: News, link-gale-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/apps/doc/A462681051/STND?u=nysl_sc_ahs&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=dd605091. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.

Guarino, Ben. "Police begin making arrests as false reports of clowns plague Southern towns." Washington Post, 20 Sept. 2016. Gale OneFile: News, link-gale-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/apps/doc/A464104094/STND?u=nysl_sc_ahs&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=7c0a5b24. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.

Guarino, Ben. "South Carolina community warned about reported group of scary clowns trying to lure children into woods." Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2016. Gale OneFile: News, link-gale-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/apps/doc/A461968042/STND?u=nysl_sc_ahs&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=477a76a4. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.

Holley, Peter. "This creepy 65-year-old clown will terrify your misbehaving kid for cash." The Washington Post, 3 November 2015, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/11/03/this-creepy-65-year-old-clown-will-terrify-your-misbehaving-kid-for-cash/. Accessed 10 October 2022.

JACOBO, JULIA. "Clown Lives Matter March Canceled Over Death Threats." ABC News, 14 October 2016, https://abcnews.go.com/US/clown-lives-matter-march-canceled-death-threats/story?id=42805927. Accessed 16 October 2022.

Jay, Kitty. "The Untold Truth Of Ronald McDonald." Mashed, 10 December 2020, https://www.mashed.com/124443/untold-truth-ronald-mcdonald/. Accessed 16 October 2022.

Mack, David. "People Are Being Warned About Scary Clowns Luring Kids Into The Woods." BuzzFeed News, 29 August 2016, https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/clowns-in-the-woods. Accessed 16 October 2022.

Radford, Benjamin. Bad Clowns. University of New Mexico Press, 2016.

Romano, Aja. "The great clown panic of 2016 is a hoax. But the terrifying side of clowns is real." Vox, 12 October 2016, https://www.vox.com/culture/2016/10/12/13122196/clown-panic-hoax-history. Accessed 10 October 2022.

Teague, Matthew. "Clown sightings: the day the craze began | Clowns." The Guardian, 5 October 2016, https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/05/clown-sightings-south-carolina-alabama. Accessed 16 October 2022.

Wang, Amy B. "Target halts clown-mask sales amid creepy-clown hysteria." Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2016. Gale OneFile: News, link-gale-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/apps/doc/A466826983/STND?u=nysl_sc_ahs&sid=bookmark-STND&xid=3099f93d. Accessed 16 Oct. 2022.

Life imitates art, as they say, and in these cases life inspired some famous horror films. In today's episode, Strange country co-host Beth and guest host Terry talk about the inspiration behind Scream, Poltergeist and When a Stranger Calls. Don't worry Dash Hounds, Kelly will be back.

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Baby Sitter's Slayer Sought in Missouri. Fort Wayne News Sentinel, CITY ed., 20 Mar. 1950, p. 28. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A114175C2A3D10D58%40EANX-K12-177A6E683941EE13%402433361-177A5277AA7053C1%4027-177A5277AA7053C1%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

Baby Sitter Murdered At Colombia, MO. Belleville News Democrat, 20 Mar. 1950, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A114CEEB0320B0130%40EANX-K12-14EFA9E7C88F291A%402433361-14EFA88A4F49B399%400-14EFA88A4F49B399%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

Baby-Sitter Raped Slain in Missouri. San Antonio Express, 20 Mar. 1950, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A10EEA20F1A545758%40EANX-K12-161F9CBDE441D531%402433361-161DABBEB9A34419%400-161DABBEB9A34419%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

Bottles Now Quiet But Furniture Falls. Greensboro Daily News , One Star ed., 25 Feb. 1958, p. 2. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68DA9EC1533C%40EANX-K12-149BCAE9291816D9%402436260-149A09E09A75560F%401-149A09E09A75560F%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Bottles Quit Bouncing. Greensboro Record , Final ed., 15 Feb. 1958, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68CD17067F8E%40EANX-K12-13F92952FAC52BDE%402436250-13F927A8655D6750%400-13F927A8655D6750%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

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Family Reports Bottle Popping is Continuing. Greensboro Record , Final ed., 17 Feb. 1958, p. 11. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11EA68CD17067F8E%40EANX-K12-13F92953D7C43508%402436252-13F927C4DE0EF853%4010-13F927C4DE0EF853%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Fight Libel Suit. Kansas City Times, Three Star ed., 22 Dec. 1950, p. 25. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11FF2A92A519802A%40EANX-K12-157E6E1FA9D57B10%402433638-157E200C3788F9FC%4024-157E200C3788F9FC%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

Fowler, Bella. "Mysterious death of 80s childstar and the 'Hollywood curse' surrounding it." NZ Herald, 22 November 2019, https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/mysterious-death-of-80s-childstar-heather-orourke-and-the-hollywood-curse-surrounding-it/ZODOLPETJFGNEAF72EEOGKRDQQ/. Accessed 7 October 2022.

Hermanns Return Home Despite Bouncing Bottles. Evening News, 24 Feb. 1958, p. 9. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11342729F00F3900%40EANX-K12-18168D1EAC91146C%402436259-181505F76591421E%408-181505F76591421E%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Horror to Babysitter. Kansas City Times, Three Star ed., 20 Mar. 1950, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11FF2A92A519802A%40EANX-K12-15E82BC44A496B50%402433361-15E6872AF047C73B%400-15E6872AF047C73B%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

A Huge Slander Suit Kansas City Star, MAIN Two Star ed., 9 Aug. 1950, p. 2. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1126152C152E4978%40EANX-K12-155B29119958819C%402433503-144E524F2CC99EF6%401-144E524F2CC99EF6%40. Accessed 3 Oct. 2022.

Kahn, Robert. "How Danny Rolling, the 'Gainesville Ripper,' Was Caught." A&E, 29 June 2022, https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/danny-rolling-caught. Accessed 8 October 2022.

Konda, Kelly. "How a Real Life Serial Killer Inspired Kevin Williamson to Write the First Scream Movie." We Minored in Film, 1 July 2015, https://weminoredinfilm.com/2015/07/01/how-a-real-life-serial-killer-inspired-kevin-williamson-to-write-the-first-scream-movie/. Accessed 8 October 2022.

Objects Shy Before Expert. Columbus Ledger, Two Star ed., 27 Feb. 1958, p. 8. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1126154AC3F56D80%40EANX-K12-16B7B374CD0B0929%402436262-16B79C6138C53545%407-16B79C6138C53545%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

People All Across the Country Offer Man Explanation for His Wayward Bottles. Lexington Herald, 23 Feb. 1958, p. 25. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A114CE9E74A478FB0%40EANX-K12-1534EC750F47B1BA%402436258-1534EB88254731E9%4024-1534EB88254731E9%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Weird Antics of Bottles Drive Family From Home. Augusta Chronicle, 22 Feb. 1958, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1252FEAF2D2D3A44%40EANX-K12-1281DB28E0AE1A2D%402436257-1281DB28E2525CCA%400-1281DB28E2525CCA%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Why Do Mysterious Bottles Keep Blowing Their Tops? Charlotte Observer, Thursday ed., vol. 89, 13 Feb. 1958, p. 9. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11260DC9BB798E30%40EANX-K12-15E2510A6995F2EF%402436248-15E33C1B4396F7CA%408-15E33C1B4396F7CA%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Yes, It Is Hard to Believe. Kansas City Times, Three Star ed., 11 Feb. 1958, p. 1. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11FF2A92A519802A%40EANX-K12-158DE84F8C17E5DF%402436246-158CA9C4AE344493%400-158CA9C4AE344493%40. Accessed 7 Oct. 2022.

Mildred Gillars was the American mouthpiece for Nazi Germany. Known by the GIs as Axis Sally, Gillars tried to derail the war effort by spewing garbage over the airwaves. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss Gillars rise to fame in Nazi Germany and how she'd likely have a cozy spot in some right-wing fringe network today.

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Applebaum, Anne. "Why Do Republican Leaders Continue to Enable Trump?" The Atlantic, 15 August 2020, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/07/trumps-collaborators/612250/. Accessed 5 October 2022.

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Axis Sally Now Living Productive Life as a Teacher. Columbus Ledger, Three Star ed., 21 Feb. 1967, p. 53. NewsBank: America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A1126154AC3F56D80%40EANX-K12-16B838199FFF8C79%402439543-16B836ACEA7D0840%4052-16B836ACEA7D0840%40. Accessed 29 Sept. 2022.

Blundo, Joseph "Joe" (January 30, 2011), "Sally's axis of evil ended at convent in Columbus", Columbus Dispatch, archived from the original on January 21, 2013.

Gunitsky, Seva. "Analysis | These are the three reasons fascism spread in 1930s America — and might spread again today." The Washington Post, 12 August 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2017/08/12/these-are-the-three-reasons-that-fascism-spread-in-1930s-america-and-might-spread-again-today/. Accessed 5 October 2022.

Lucas, Richard. Axis Sally: The American Voice of Nazi Germany. Casemate, 2010.

Podger, Pamela J. "Few ever charged or convicted of treason in U.S. history / Many Americans fought for other religious, political, cultural beliefs." SFGATE, 9 December 2001, https://www.sfgate.com/crime/article/Few-ever-charged-or-convicted-of-treason-in-U-S-2843242.php. Accessed 5 October 2022.

Suk, Jeannie. "Did Donald Trump and His Supporters Commit Treason?" The New Yorker, 28 January 2021, https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/did-donald-trump-and-his-supporters-commit-treason. Accessed 5 October 2022.

Tarm, Michael. "Notable sedition, treason cases in American history." AP News, 13 July 2021, https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-government-and-politics-capitol-siege-809273dd6e90d08a5109dd5a451a5c09. Accessed 5 October 2022.

Dear Dash Hounds and Readers: Join us this week on a flight of fancy—not really—actually the opposite. Dead birds falling from the sky in Arkansas. Thousands. So what caused it? Can you figure it out faster than E.T. can phone home? This is all intentional word salad to keep you interested and intrigued and to make you give us your weekly listening love.

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https://abcnews.go.com/US/dead-blackbirds-fall-sky-beebe-arkansas-years-eve/story?id=15269793.

"Home." YouTube, 5 December 2018, https://abcbirds.org/blog/five-fantastic-bird-migration-facts/?gclid=CjwKCAjw-L-ZBhB4EiwA76YzOVS9GNuFoyMHq0u6846EdjI5C0Xr2niteQVvcE_HWtwTRuCIIXzELhoCvzMQAvD_BwE. Accessed 25 September 2022.

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Windsor, Sophie, director. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRNqhi2ka9k.

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In 1971, middling author Clifford Irving was able to convince a giant publisher that he landed the white whale—the autobiography of reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes. This was a guaranteed best seller. Problem was, Irving had made the whole thing up. Strange Country co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss this literary con and how it all came crashing down.

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Grimes, William. "Clifford Irving, Author of a Notorious Literary Hoax, Dies at 87 (Published 2017)." The New York Times, 20 December 2017, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/20/obituaries/clifford-irving-author-of-a-notorious-literary-hoax-dies-at-87.html. Accessed 4 September 2022.

Irving, Clifford. "The Movie." Clifford Irving, 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20071224024956/http://www.cliffordirving.com/movie.php.

Linklater, Magnus, et al. Hoax: The Inside Story of the Howard Hughes - Clifford Irving Affair. Viking Press, 1972. Accessed 4 September 2022.

Loria, Kevin. "What Motivates Con Artists?" Business Insider, 12 February 2016, https://www.businessinsider.com/what-motivates-con-artists-2016-2. Accessed 9 September 2022.

Smith, Harrison. "Clifford Irving, whose 'autobiography' of Howard Hughes nearly fooled the nation, dies at 87." The Washington Post, 21 December 2017, https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/clifford-irving-whose-autobiography-of-howard-hughes-nearly-fooled-the-nation-dies-at-87/2017/12/21/83c7f9ba-e662-11e7-833f-155031558ff4_story.html. Accessed 29 August 2022.