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S5 Ep. 3: Not in Vein

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Boar bile enemas, urine as an antiseptic, and thick needles used to remove cataracts… Medical history is weird and some aspects of it are absolutely horrifying. I mean, I understand that we had to start somewhere. How were we to know that creating a poultice for an open wound using human excrement was a bad idea? We had to try it and see what would happen! Guesswork. All of it.

This episode contains bloodletting, other strange practices like cupping (yeah, it makes me uncomfortable, too), and Flying Barbers.

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Sources:

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

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4261330/

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

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/02/24/patients-that-needed-bloodletting-were-sent-to-the-barbershops-hence-the-red-white-pole-outside-of-them/

If you are contemplating suicide or just need someone to talk to about what you’re feeling, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or text HOME to 741741 (in the U.S.) I’m also including a link to NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Call 1-800-950-NAMI or Text NAMI to 741741. I’ve also included a list of helplines worldwide.

Please remember: You are not alone.

https://www.nami.org/Find-Support/NAMI-HelpLine/Top-HelpLine-Resources

https://ibpf.org/resource/list-international-suicide-hotlines

This week, I wanted to explore the nightmarish vision that is The Man in the Hat, a common figure seen during what many of us know as sleep paralysis. I’ve tackled my rendition of the creature that causes sleep paralysis in my part of the world on a past episode, The Hag and the folklore surrounding it, but I find it very interesting that The Man in the Hat is a commonality in many American cases of sleep paralysis.

This episode contains some unpleasant dreams, listener tales of real-life experiences, and an interesting phenomenon.

Find the odd pod on Twitter and Instagram @oddentitypod and on Facebook as The Oddentity Podcast. You are welcome to email suggestions for future episodes to [email protected] and if you’d like a transcript of this episode, one will be available at theoddentitypodcast.wordpress.com.

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Sources/Additional Links:

https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/sleep-paralysis#1

https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis/

https://nerdist.com/article/hat-man-nightmares-sleep-paralysis/

www.thehatmanproject.com

The Nightmare: Sleep Paralysis Documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY2gh51KdnQ

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/nightmares

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/

S5 Ep. 1: Evaporated People

Every year, over 100,000 people go missing in Japan and there’s a whole business surrounding orchestrated disappearances. Join me as I take you inside the Night Moving business in Japan and the folklore and spooky tales that permeate this part of the world. Is there a connection?

This episode contains a magical body part, a dude who wants to be a rock, some Japanese folklore, and tales of being spirited away.

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Sources:

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/japan.html#stonecutter

https://time.com/4646293/japan-missing-people-johatsu-evaporated/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245429/

https://www.amazon.com/Vanished-Evaporated-People-Stories-Photographs/dp/151070826X

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVc_AdJoAVs

https://nypost.com/2016/12/10/the-chilling-stories-behind-japans-evaporating-people/

This week, I wanted to draw attention to the reason for the season: ghost stories. An old tradition from the Victorian era was to tell ghost stories over the holidays in front of a roaring fire and I think it’s a tradition that should be rekindled.

This episode contains a little communication history, cave drawings, a little Dickens (among others), and a special holiday treat.

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Sources:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghost-stories-180967553/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._M._Burrage

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1783945087?pf_rd_p=ab873d20-a0ca-439b-ac45-cd78f07a84d8&pf_rd_r=908A93WQBSP8P3VX90RC

https://ilab.org/articles/why-did-charles-dickens-write-ghost-stories-christmas

https://reporter.rit.edu/tech/evolution-storytelling

This week, I present to you one of the most notorious mediums of all time. Even more cringe-worthy (by today’s standards) than The Long Island Medium. I’m speaking of course of Eva Carriere, a woman with the unique ability to produce “ectoplasm” (cheesecloth) from every orifice of her body. She was also super keen on cutting photos out of magazines.

This episode contains SO much chewed paper, a 300-year-old spirit, a rousing game of "Hide the Gauze", and a disillusioned German psycho therapist.

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Sources:

http://psychictruth.info/Medium_Eva_Carreire.htm

http://occult-world.com/mediums/beraud-marthe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva_Carri%C3%A8re

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/11/22/eva-carriere-the-lying-spiritualist-ectoplasm-was-said-to-come-from-every-orifice-of-her-body/

Phenomena Of Materialisation: A Contribution to the Investigation Of Mediumistic Teleplastics by Albert Schrenck-Notzing

This week Janine talks to author and journalist Patrick Whitehurst about his new book Haunted Monterey County. Discussion ranges from Whitehurst’s favorite haunted locations to traditional folklore tales and soul-sucking cats.

About Patrick Whitehurst

Patrick Whitehurst is a fiction and non-fiction author. As a journalist, he’s worked for a number of newspapers and covered everything from the heartbreaking deaths of nineteen Granite Mountain Hotshots to President Barack Obama’s visit to Grand Canyon. He’s also the author of the novellas Monterey Noir and Monterey Pulp, with a third, Monterey Lies, in the works. His most recent book, Haunted Monterey County, reveals the many ghostly locations found in the Central Coast community. He’s currently at work on a fifth nonfiction book for The History Press, Murder & Mayhem in Tucson, Arizona, due out late next year.

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This week, Janine introduces us to (supposedly) one of the most haunted places on earth: Dudleytown, Connecticut. Does the Dudley curse keep forest creatures away from Dudleytown? Is there something lurking in the woods surrounding it? Is the Dark Entry Forest Association hiding the true sinister nature of the place? Can the cases of insanity be explained away? We’ll explore the history of the settlement and some of the urban legends surrounding the location.

This episode contains sleigh robe stealing shenanigans, the Dark Entry Forest Association, unexplained disappearances, and a beheaded witch hunter.

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