The Human Exception

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. Hyenas: Hyenas get a bad rep, often portrayed as stupid, cowardly scavengers that heckle and antagonize our heroes. But they're Cayla's favorite mammal and she's going to tell you why
2. The Kakapo: New Zealand's national bird, the kakapo is one of the wonders of the world. Because how many ten pound, flightless, century living parrots do you know?
3. The Megalodon: Before Jaws, before the great white, there was the megalodon a massive shark measuring in at 50 feet and armed with over 250 teeth.

Pt. 1

• Hyenas

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0014-15-cackling-megaloparrots/

In this special HEX episode, we welcome our first guest! Robyn joins us all the way from Norway to tell us a bit about Norse mythology and how it's making a comeback today through a heathenous religious group known as Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost

Resources and Additional Information:

• Åsatrufellesskapet Bifrost: the religious group that Robyn is part of
• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 
• Tales of Norse Mythology by Helen A. Guerber 

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0013-robyn-the-heathen-viking/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: 

1. Baba Yaga: Like an unconventional fairy godmother, the Slavic witch Baba Yaga rides the line between villain and helper on her flying mortar. The fact that her house has chicken legs is far from the strangest thing about this legend of folkore. 
2. The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine: The 19th century of America was awash with dreams of western gold and riches beyond imagine, leaving behind dozens of tales of lost treasure and mines. Among them is the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, but not all lost things are the worth your life.
3. The Final Fantasy 7 House: Almost two decades ago, a young man, Icarus finds himself moving in with some friends he met online for what promised to be a fun summer that quickly deteriorated into a horror tale of the ages and one of the internet's most well known legends

Pt. 2

• The FF7 House

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0011-0012-baba-yagas-dutchman-house/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue: 

1. Baba Yaga: Like an unconventional fairy godmother, the Slavic witch Baba Yaga rides the line between villain and helper on her flying mortar. The fact that her house has chicken legs is far from the strangest thing about this legend of folkore. 
2. The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine: The 19th century of America was awash with dreams of western gold and riches beyond imagine, leaving behind dozens of tales of lost treasure and mines. Among them is the Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine, but not all lost things are the worth your life.
3. The Final Fantasy 7 House: Almost two decades ago, a young man, Icarus finds himself moving in with some friends he met online for what promised to be a fun summer that quickly deteriorated into a horror tale of the ages and one of the internet's most well known legends

Pt. 1

• Baba Yaga
• The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0011-0012-baba-yagas-dutchman-house/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. The Winter Solstice: Long before Christmas was a thing, cultures all around the world celebrated the Winter Solstice (or something similar). Halli tells us about some of those practices
2. Mari Lwyd: December, the days are short, the weather cold. Loved ones are on our thoughts and Christmas is around the corner. It's the perfect time to grab your bros, dig up a horse skull tie some ribbons to it and challenge your neighbors to rap battles for booze and food
3. Gryla the Christmas Witch: Iceland's version on Santa Clause consists of a witch, her thirteen children and her giant cat who eats children who aren't wearing new clothes!

Part 2

• Gryla the Christmas Witch

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0009-0010-a-very-pagan-christmas/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. The Winter Solstice: Long before Christmas was a thing, cultures all around the world celebrated the Winter Solstice (or something similar). Halli tells us about some of those practices
2. Mari Lwyd: December, the days are short, the weather cold. Loved ones are on our thoughts and Christmas is around the corner. It's the perfect time to grab your bros, dig up a horse skull tie some ribbons to it and challenge your neighbors to rap battles for booze and food
3. Gryla the Christmas Witch: Iceland's version on Santa Clause consists of a witch, her thirteen children and her giant cat who eats children who aren't wearing new clothes!

Part 1

• The Winter Solstice
• Mari Lwyd

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0009-0010-a-very-pagan-christmas/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. The Great Emu War: In 1932 the Western Australian Minister of Defense, George Pearce declared war. The opposing army was 20,000 strong, but they had better fire power and opposable thumbs! They were woefully unprepared
2. The Birdman of Alcatraz: How does an Alaskan pimp with a taste of murder and violence become one of the leading canary researcher of his time from a cell on the Rock?
3. Teal Swan: The successful internet guru and spiritualist has made a name for herself over the last couple years, drawing in thousands to her 'tribe' and cashing in on their pain and suffering. Spiritual Leader or Cult Mastermind?

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0007-0008-the-teal-swan-of-alcatraz/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. The Great Emu War: In 1932 the Western Australian Minister of Defense, George Pearce declared war. The opposing army was 20,000 strong, but they had better fire power and opposable thumbs! They were woefully unprepared
2. The Birdman of Alcatraz: How does an Alaskan pimp with a taste of murder and violence become one of the leading canary researcher of his time from a cell on the Rock?
3. Teal Swan: The successful internet guru and spiritualist has made a name for herself over the last couple years, drawing in thousands to her 'tribe' and cashing in on their pain and suffering. Spiritual Leader or Cult Mastermind?

Intro and outro music composed and performed by Jack Reed

Jack's band, Nix the Scientist has released a new ep! Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/6vyRsT7j9ve7Un46h0aFPc

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0007-0008-the-teal-swan-of-alcatraz/

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. The Moonville Tunnel: Moonville is a ghost town in Ohio. Little remains of this former mining community except a few foundations, a cemetery, and an abandoned railroad tunnel which is the subject of numerous ghost stories.
2. The Origins of Private Detectives: Eugène-François Vidocq was a French criminal who lived a wild life with multiple stints in prison, the army and a failed paper factory who somehow became the father of modern criminology and the private eye
3. The Tunguska Event: On the morning of June 30th 1908 a massive explosion occurred over the sparsely occupied eastern Siberian taiga. It flattened 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km or 830 s miles, nearly the size of Tokyo. Despite thousands of investigations, no consensus has been reached on what exactly happened all those years ago.

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0005-0006-tunguska-detectives-of-moonville/

Welcome to the Human Exception, a podcast about the strangest aspects of the human experience.

In this two part episode our hosts, Cayla, Nathan and Halli take a look a three cases of intrigue:

1. The Moonville Tunnel: Moonville is a ghost town in Ohio. Little remains of this former mining community except a few foundations, a cemetery, and an abandoned railroad tunnel which is the subject of numerous ghost stories.
2. The Origins of Private Detectives: Eugène-François Vidocq was a French criminal who lived a wild life with multiple stints in prison, the army and a failed paper factory who somehow became the father of modern criminology and the private eye
3. The Tunguska Event: On the morning of June 30th 1908 a massive explosion occurred over the sparsely occupied eastern Siberian taiga. It flattened 80 million trees over an area of 2,150 km or 830 s miles, nearly the size of Tokyo. Despite thousands of investigations, no consensus has been reached on what exactly happened all those years ago.

Sources and citations can be found here: https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/file-0005-0006-tunguska-detectives-of-moonville/