The Weirding Hour

This week we talk demons and get our pasta craft on again!

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Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown - apologies if quality is worse than usual, recent house move meant dodgy wifi for the evening, oooooooooops!]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://theconversation.com/stella-immanuels-theories-about-the-relationship-between-demons-illness-and-sex-have-a-long-history-143587

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_Immanuel

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stella-immanuel-alien-dna-demon-donald-trump-jr-twitter-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquin-a9642826.html

https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpzna/doctor-who-warned-of-demon-sex-and-touts-covid-conspiracies-is-now-campaigning-for-trump

Rhea:

http://yokai.com/finder/

Nina:

https://occult-world.com/asag/

https://www.ranker.com/list/weirdest-demons/melissa-brinks

https://www.ranker.com/list/belphegor-demon-facts/beth-elias?ref=collections&l=2802258&collectionId=2502

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

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

This week includes us talking about an abandoned old house, penitentiary and even an entire town. We also partake in some potato printing like the grown adults we are!

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Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.journiest.com/10-chillingly-gorgeous-abandoned-mansions-2639843614.html?rebelltitem=4

Rhea:

https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/wa/when-dust-ends-in-death-how-asbestos-devastated-wittenoom-ng-b88930946z

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/stories-44535967

https://www.aussietowns.com.au/town/wittenoom-wa

Nina:

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

https://web.archive.org/web/20060620011403/http://www.easternstate.org/history/

https://web.archive.org/web/20060622040046if_/http://www.easternstate.org/history/sixpage.html

https://www.easternstate.org/about-eastern-state/blog/pets-prison-pep-present https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Sutton#Career_in_crime

https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2013/10/21/eastern-state-pen-003-8a454dcb0994917374023efad27487a44a8561e6.jpg

https://web.archive.org/web/20060623230845im_/http://www.easternstate.org/events/images/Pep.jpg

In this episode we talk weird theme parks, scary theme parks and DEATH theme parks! Get your earholes around it.

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Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

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

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

https://www.fodors.com/news/trip-ideas/the-worlds-weirdest-theme-parks

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/chinese-theme-park-sets-death-simulator-where-volunteers-can-experience-being-cremated-10226314.html

Rhea:

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blobbygate-story-morecambes-crinkley-bottom-19669180

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM99Yi_0Rt8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Prr59WolXv4

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYqA0pzGSbY

http://travthescumbag.blogspot.com/2011/07/kings-island-black-sunday.html#:~:text=The%20darkest%20day%20in%20the,incidents%20inside%20of%20the%20park.

http://kingsislandghosts.blogspot.com/2017/11/the-paranormal-echoes-of-kings-islands.html

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/10/Three-die-in-amusement-park-accidents/1219676526400/

Our very first (and maybe last) relevant-to-the-release-date themed episode; here we recap some pranks and give you our opinions on them while making some WILDCARD crafts!

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/worst-april-fools-day-jokes-14216565

https://thevictorianhistorian.com/april-fools-day/

https://www.rd.com/list/april-fools-pranks-gone-wrong/

http://hoaxes.org/af_database/display/category/house_pranks

Rhea:

http://hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/the_history_of_the_bathtub

http://hoaxes.org/text/display/a_neglected_anniversary_text

Nina:

http://hoaxes.org/aprilfool/

https://www.grunge.com/52600/greatest-pranks-throughout-history/

In this episode we discuss old wives’ tales and their (somewhat elusive) origins, and have a quick go at quilling!

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Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/13939856/murder-at-my-door-audrey-hingston-stabbed-husband-eric/

https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/skys-murder-door-case-audrey-4949749

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/3503712.stm

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/wicked-wife-81-jailed-for-killing-husband-566183.html

https://murderpedia.org/female.H/h/hingston-audrey.htm

Rhea:

https://monicajanssensauthor.com/superstition-and-the-bed/

Black cats and Evil Eyes by Chloe Rhodes

Nina:

https://www.insider.com/the-truth-behind-common-old-wives-tales-2019-6#myth-hair-of-the-dog-gets-rid-of-a-hangover-2

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g31026484/old-wives-tales-real-fake/

https://i.pinimg.com/564x/1b/bb/e0/1bbbe0f80bc9b766446e38fd1a4bf399.jpg

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2006/sep/06/healthandwellbeing.features11#

Bury yourself in our burial rituals episode where we have another go at charcoal drawings!

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/7/haiti-ancient-traditions-voodoo/

https://frazerconsultants.com/2019/07/cultural-spotlight-haitian-funeral-traditions/

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

https://blog.sevenponds.com/cultural-perspectives/the-mystery-and-magic-of-haitian-vodou-funeral-rites

https://www.blackmagicworld.com/haiti-magical-country-of-the-caribbeans.html

Rhea:

https://celticcoins.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/head-hunters.pdf

https://www.livescience.com/64030-embalmed-heads-ancient-celts.html

Nina:

https://www.ranker.com/list/victorian-death-photography/amandasedlakhevener

https://www.ranker.com/list/victorian-mourning-customs/lisa-waugh

https://www.ranker.com/list/odd-victorian-mourning-rituals/amandasedlakhevener?ref=collections&l=2459229&collectionId=1839

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OlF-EtoGBo

https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-death/victorians-and-the-art-of-dying

https://www.springhillhistorichome.org/2016/09/a-step-by-step-guide-to-victorian-mourning/

https://victorianmonsters.wordpress.com/victorian-funerary-practices/#:~:text=The%20duty%20of%20preparing%20the,face%20and%20throughout%20the%20coffin

http://www.victoriana.com/VictorianPeriod/mourning.html

Into today's blender of weird goes brains and digital drawing. Get involved?

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Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

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Spread the weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/04/the-science-of-near-death-experiences/386231/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dr-mary-neal-in-deep-shift_n_6633758

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-death_experience

Parnia, S., Waller, D. G., Yeates, R., & Fenwick, P. (2001). A qualitative and quantitative study of the incidence, features and aetiology of near death experiences in cardiac arrest survivors.

Resuscitation, 48(2), 149-156. Parnia, S., Spearpoint, K., De Vos, G., Fenwick, P., Goldberg, D., Yang, J., ... & Schoenfeld, E. R. (2014).

AWARE—AWAreness during REsuscitation—A prospective study. Resuscitation, 85(12), 1799-1805. 

Rhea:

https://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/alien-hand.htm#pt2

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12225163

https://www.npr.org/2017/07/29/540214710/when-your-hand-has-a-mind-of-its-own

https://neuro.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.12080193

Nina:

https://www.npr.org/2005/11/16/5014080/my-lobotomy-howard-dullys-journey?fbclid=IwAR1lBcqPg-ldJzgZsDWr6FBv4LqWHuq--QmMDuCiJRo0tdW5UOHcfG-hLU8

Wikipedia! (of course)

https://allthatsinteresting.com/rosemary-kennedy-lobotomy

https://www.kqed.org/pop/22432/rosemary-kennedy-the-tragic-story-of-why-jfks-sister-disappeared-from-public-view

This week we are exorcising some demons while doing a spot of painting. (Sorry if the background’s a bit clicky - girlfriend’s gonna PS4)

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/roland-doe-the-exorcist-true-story

https://www.quora.com/What-happened-to-Roland-Doe-the-real-boy-on-whose-life-the-movie-The-Exorcist-was-supposedly-based

https://medium.com/inside-the-simulation/the-true-horror-behind-bestselling-novel-the-exorcist-dea7d49c6b2d

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1999/03/24/historian-exorcises-mount-rainiers-past/68676407-6158-4eb8-a28d-3f974311d398/

https://www.altereddimensions.net/2016/ronald-hunkeler-exorcism-inspired-the-exorcist

Rhea:

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/10/an-excellent-day-for-an-exorcism.html

https://www.folklore.ee/folklore/vol23/excorcism.pdf

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-29112-3_3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corsned#:~:text=In%20Anglo%2DSaxon%20law%2C%20corsned,totalling%20about%20an%20ounce%20in

Nina:

Wikipedia

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/12/demons-and-death-the-strange-case-of-michael-taylor/

https://thetruecrimeenthusiast.co.uk/2017/10/07/the-ossett-exorcist-murder/

This episode has it all! Charcoal, blowholes, Indiana Jones – even Bothwell’s dog barking in the background (sorry bout it – dog’s gonna dog)

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Craft along with us: #weirdinghour if you want to share what you made!

To suggest crafts or topics: email [email protected]

Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.businessinsider.com/an-island-in-brazil-has-so-many-snakes-that-humans-arent-allowed-on-it-and-its-the-stuff-of-nightmares-2018-6?r=US&IR=T

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/snake-infested-island-deadliest-place-brazil-180951782/

https://www.travelawaits.com/2476036/snake-island-brazils-off-limits-spot-populated-by-deadly-snakes/

https://www.thetravel.com/things-about-snake-island/

https://www.wearethemighty.com/travel/why-the-brazilian-navy-keeps-going-to-an-island-filled-with-deadly-snakes/

Martins, Marcio; Sawaya, Ricardo J.; Marques, Otavio A. V. (2008). "A First Estimate of the Population Size of the Critically Endangered Lancehead, Bothrops insularis". South American Journal of Herpetology. 3 (2): 168–174. doi:10.2994/1808-9798(2008)3[168:AFEOTP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 1808-9798.

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

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/chapel-of-the-tablet

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2069765/Ark-Covenant-revealed-leaking-roof-Ethiopian-chapel.html

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

Nina:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTrEzqm6dCE

https://tripbucket.com/dreams/dream/see-halona-blowhole-oahu-hawaii/ https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin2002-21.html

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/07/01/news/story2.html

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2002/08/14/news/story9.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/01/ln/ln18a.html

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2002/Jul/03/ln/ln33a.html

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/841024/search-ends-in-tragedy-as-18-year-olds-body-is-found-near-blowhole/

This week we get our collage on while discussing some (mostly) Mexican mysteries!

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Stay weird~

[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/62rvs3/who_murdered_4_year_old_paulette_gebara_found/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03LdO-VLj4I

https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/netflix-the-search-true-story-a4488451.html

https://www.distractify.com/p/who-killed-paulette-gebara-farah

Rhea:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-pascualita

https://www.calebwilde.com/2014/07/the-corpse-bride-of-mexico-is-this-a-dead-girl-or-a-mannequin/

https://travelswithtalek.com/mummies-guanajuato-mexico/,

https://stevechenlz.bandcamp.com/track/la-pascualita

Nina:

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2017/08/curious-case-lead-mask-deaths/

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/3goalr/lead_masks_case_why_its_even_weirder_than_you/