This Podcast Doesn't Exist

This Podcast Doesn't Exist

By Shannon McCarthy and Emma Kiely-HampsonTrue Crime
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  • Mailbag #1: Doppelganger Mom

    Welcome to our very first Mailbag episode! We read you some stories sent in by "friend-ly fans" and add some corrections from our past episodes. Buckle in for ghosts, UFOs, and mistakes! 

    52 min
  • Ep. 15: International Treasure: The Amber Room

    Did the Nazi's manage to dismantle the 8th wonder of the world and destroy it within the span of a few years? Or is it at the bottom of the ocean? Could it still be in Russia? Did Nicholas Cage find it in his new movie International Treasure? Come listen as Shannon tells Emma all about the mysterious Amber Room and where it may, or may not, be now. 


    Sources:

    • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Room
    • Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-the-amber-room-160940121/?no-ist and https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/true-story-monuments-men-180949569/
    • The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/05/ghost-army-the-inflatable-tanks-that-fooled-hitler/276137/
    • Stuff You Missed in History Class (podcast): https://www.iheart.com/podcast/stuff-you-missed-in-history-cl-21124503/episode/the-ghost-army-30207647/
    • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUSgxUKrLXw and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCsO0PzNd-A
    • Listverse: https://listverse.com/2018/07/28/10-rumored-locations-of-the-lost-amber-room/
    • Forbes:https://www.forbes.com/forbes-life-magazine/2004/0329/048.html?sh=576e01655424
    • Live Science: https://www.livescience.com/amber-room-nazi-wreck-poland.html
    • IndieBound Books: The Monuments Men: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781599951508 and Salt to the Sea: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780142423622
    • 1 hr 24 min
    • Ep. 14: Snap Me Like a Glowstick: The Life and Death of Elvis Presley

      Did Elvis actually ever "leave the building"? Or did he just hop a plane to Rio and has been sipping sangria for years? This week, hear Emma tell Shannon about the theory that Elvis is still alive. We talk about dead bodies, bad music, and how a friend tortured Emma in high school. So join us! And long live the King!

      Check out Luke Caccetta on Spotify

      Also, Emma remembered the name of the podcast Scientology: Fair Game. with Leah Remini and Mike Rinder

      Sources:

      The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elvis_Presley

      The King’s Palace: https://www.graceland.com/

      Elvis “Sightings” in the Wild: https://www.graceland.com/elvis-sightings

      Elvis Bio: https://www.graceland.com/1974---1977

      Funeral Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Acs4iWERZ4&ab_channel=TheMattDollarShow

      Catalogued Elvis Sightings: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/503466/suspicious-minds-bizarre-40-year-history-elvis-presley-sightings

      Nixon and Presley: https://time.com/4894301/elvis-president-nixon-photo/

      The Elvis Information Network: http://www.elvisinfonet.com/conspiracy.html

      Graceland Ghosts: http://alastarpacker.weebly.com/mists--moonlight/alastar-packer-haunted-graceland-and-a-ghostly-encounter-in-memphis

      Places to look for Elvis’s Ghost: https://www.houstonpress.com/music/all-the-places-to-see-elvis-presleys-ghost-6755060

      1 hr 16 min
    • Ep. 13: Gorls, Gargoyles, and Airperts: The Denver Airport

      What's scarier than a demon horse named Blucifer? Probably the Illuminati plotting government overthrows with the lizard people below the Denver International Airport. Listen this week to Shannon tell Emma all about the conspiracies surrounding the beautiful, albeit riddled with aliens, airport in Colorado's capital city. Warning: Emma screams with excitement. Watch your ears. 


      Come follow us on TikTok, Instagram, and Twitter!

      Visit our website!

      Send us a heart fart!


      Sources: 

      The Mother Source

      The Travel

      The New York Times

      The Denver Post

      Insider

      Fly Denver

      Uncover Colorado

      YouTube: Denver7

      YouTube: Atlas Obscura

      YouTube: United

      Twitter

      Fly Denver: DEN Files

      1 hr 13 min
    • Ep. 12: [email protected]: Atlantis

      This week, to start off the new year, Emma tells Shannon about her favorite place: Atlantis! Was Plato right, or was he a big fat liar? Is Atlantis still under the ocean, ruled by Milo and Kida? Tune in to hear about the good, the unknown, and the potentially magical. 


      Sources:

      The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantis

      The Theosophical Society books: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Doctrine

      Live Science, Atlantis: https://www.livescience.com/23217-lost-city-of-atlantis.html, https://www.livescience.com/4846-eruption-thera-changed-world.html, https://www.livescience.com/64176-lost-city-atlantis-spain.html and https://www.livescience.com/26275-peaceful-minoans-surprisingly-warlike.html

      Critias and Timaeus: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1571/1571-h/1571-h.htm and https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1572/1572-h/1572-h.htm

      Lost Worlds: Atlantis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QrkhGaNGnbU&ab_channel=HISTORY

      Ancient Aliens: Aliens and Forbidden Islands: https://www.hulu.com/watch/4f9c3233-e9ef-495c-9dbe-5f455b4a9c46

      National Geographic: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/archaeology/atlantis/

      Discover Magazine: https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/where-is-the-lost-city-of-atlantis-and-does-it-even-exist

      Atlantis Rising with James Cameron and Simcha Jacobovici, found on Disney +

      1 hr
    • Ep. 11: Let Me Know if You Need to Scream: Sabena Flight 548
      Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate! Honor the day and Shannon's Aunt Fran by listening to Emma scream as Shannon tells her the devastating story of Sabena Flight 548 and the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team. Stay till the end for a surprise for Emma!
      Sources: 
      Wikipedia: “1961” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961#Events)
      Wikipedia: “Sabena Flight 548” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena_Flight_548)
      ESPN: Still Crystal Clear (http://www.espn.com/espn/eticket/story?page=110215/skatingcrash&redirected=true)
      Sports Illustrated, Feb. 13, 1961 (https://vault.si.com/vault/1961/02/13/mother-set-the-style)
      Podcast: All Bad Things (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-086-sabena-flight-548/id1260408998?i=1000430564619)
      Wikipedia: “1961 U.S. Figure Skating Championships” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships)
      YouTube: “Laurence Owen - 1961 US National Championships Freeskate” (https://youtu.be/0114AudgYms)
      YouTube: “Maribel Owen & Dudley Richards - Freeskate US Nationals 1961” (https://youtu.be/qICTuC1SeWk)
      This Day in Aviation: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/sabena-flight-sn548/
      TIME: “In 1961 a Plane Crash Killed the Entire U.S. Figure Skating Team. Here's How the Tragic Legacy Lives On” (https://time.com/5172201/1961-plane-crash-us-figure-skating/)
      YouTube: “Documentary - the 1961 U.S. Figure Skating Team & the Sabena Flight 548 air disaster” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0cYfPXxcco)
      Sports Illustrated, Feb. 21, 2011, “The Day the Music Stopped” (https://vault.si.com/vault/2011/02/21/the-day-the-music-stopped)
      Washington Post: “The terrible plane crash that devastated U.S. figure skating — and still shapes it today” (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/02/20/the-terrible-plane-crash-that-devastated-u-s-figure-skating-and-still-shapes-it-today/)
      Vintage News: “The Saddest Day in Figure Skating History- The Fateful Flight of the 1961 U.S. Team” (https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/10/06/1961-figure-skating-team/)
      57 min
    • Ep. 10: Haunt People While You’re Alive: The Dybbuk Box

      This week we get extra spooky as Emma regales Shannon with the story of the most haunted item in the world: The Dybbuk Box. Is it haunted by a Jewish supernatural being, a demon, or is it all a lie? Join us this week and try not to cry! Shannon does and it's fine because scary things are scary, ya'll. 


      Sources: 

      • The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shema_Yisrael Archived 
      • EBAY description: https://web.archive.org/web/20051105000557/http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/rubyc/eBay_dibbuk.htm 
      • Questions of Zak Bagans’ idiocy of opening the box: https://www.tvshowsace.com/2020/07/02/zak-bagans-shares-ten-things-to-know-about-the-evil-dybbuk-box-prior-to-opening-on-ghost-adventures-quarantine/ 
      • Skeptoid article about the box: https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4428?gclid=CjwKCAiA_Kz-BRAJEiwAhJNY75e3xT_wpgal7quQ2Uhl84SDgBMl_9gHtsLOU4Qlo8Z4bBm06A8m5RoCQikQAvD_BwE 
      • LA Times article that was the inspiration for the movie The Possession: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jul-25-ca-gornstein25-story.html 
      • The Dibbuk Box website, run by Jason Haxton: http://www.dibbukbox.com/links.htm 
      • Keselim meanings: https://www.contdict.com/translate/turkish-english/keselim 
      • Truman University site to buy The Dibbuk Box: https://tsup.truman.edu/product/dibbuk-box-the/ 
      • Episode 1 of Season 1 of Ghost Adventures: Artifacts: https://www.hulu.com/watch/6554d8cc-ed78-433c-932b-baef056c482d 
      • Evidence of Kevin Mannis’s poetic license: https://www.facebook.com/GhostAdventures/posts/hey-zak-just-finished-watching-episode-1-of-your-artifacts-show-which-is-great-w/10154702483432413/ 
      • Opening the dybbuk box during quarantine (requires a cable connection): https://watch.travelchannel.com/tv-shows/ghost-adventures-quarantine/full-episodes/dybbuk-box-the-opening
      • Post Malone touching the box: https://www.tmz.com/2018/09/16/post-malone-emergency-plane-landing-car-crash-home-invasion-haunted-box/
      • Sinisterhood Episode 96: The Dybbuk
      • 1 hr 13 min
      • Ep. 9: Summon the Father-in-Law: The Vyne Ring

        This week, Shannon tells Emma the tale of the Vyne Ring, a (almost) cursed object from the time of the ancient Romans, stolen from a man who put his curse down in metal. Was this ring the inspiration for J.R.R. Tolkien's famous novels? Or is it just the discarded piece of jewelry from an unwanted Christmas gift? Join us this week for a short episode about elves, novels, and petty theft, oh my! 


        Sources: 

        • The National Trust: http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/719789
        • Astonishing Legends: https://www.astonishinglegends.com/astonishing-legends/2018/7/7/the-ring-of-senicianus
        • Cursed Objects: Strange but True Stories of the World's Most Infamous Items by J.W. Ocker (https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781683692362)
        • Imgur: “Behold the cursed ring that may have inspired Tolkien's One Ring” (https://imgur.com/gallery/0I1wu)
        • Ripley’s Believe It or Not: “One Ring to Curse Them All” (https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/one-ring-to-curse-them-all/)
        • YouTube: The Vyne - A Tolkien-inspired experience for children (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mMxjzaSoTs)
        • CNN: “'The Lord of the Rings' cast is crowdfunding to buy J.R.R. Tolkien's home and turn it into a literary center” by Scottie Andrew (https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/entertainment/tolkien-home-lord-of-the-rings-trnd/index.html)
        • 39 min
        • Ep. 8: IKEA Aliens WITH SPECIAL GUEST!: The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill

          Our very first guest, Liam, (little brother!) joins us as Emma tells Shannon the story of the 1961 abduction of Betty and Barney Hill. The Hills were a New Hampshire couple who truly believed that aliens had taken and returned them; there's even a historical marker in the spot! We all figure out that IKEA is the modern alien's abduction site and that if we get tattoos, Betty's star map may just be the inspiration.  


          Sources: 

          The Mother Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barney_and_Betty_Hill#cite_note-27 

          The Exhibition of Betty and Barney Hill at the University of New Hampshire: https://www.newswise.com/articles/exhibition-of-betty-and-barney-hill-collection-opens-at-unh-couple-claimed-to-be-abducted-by-aliens 

          The collection: https://www.library.unh.edu/find/archives/collections/betty-and-barney-hill-papers-1961-2006#series-1 

          Boston Globe “Why Alien Abductions are Down”: https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2016/06/11/why-alien-abductions-are-down-dramatically/qQ3zdBIc2tLAf3LVms8GLP/story.html 

          The Death of Betty Hill, covered by the New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/23/us/betty-hill-85-figure-in-alien-abduction-case-dies.html 

          Betty and Barney’s story by the Concord Monitor: https://www.concordmonitor.com/In-Lincoln-a-UFO-story-that-is-out-of-this-world-15987667 

          The Truth about the Star Map: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmDxXcRCkN4&ab_channel=DiscoveryUK 

          An overview of the incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixPZD8Pu_68&ab_channel=BuzzFeedUnsolvedNetwork T

          he Basement Office overview of the incident: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO5OhbIdXWU&ab_channel=NewYorkPost

          1 hr 17 min
        • Ep. 7: Hairball Awareness Day: The Lies Your Parents Told You
          This week Shannon lightens the mood with the lies your parents told you as a kid. Emma screams, Shannon waxes poetic on Santa and hairballs, and we get to hear from a special guest! Listen along to what you thought you'd never know the answers to. 
          Sources:
          CNN: “Chocolate milk definitely doesn't come from brown cows -- but some adults think otherwise” by Nancy Coleman (https://www.cnn.com/2017/06/16/us/chocolate-milk-help-trnd/index.html)
          The Conversation: “Lies about Santa? They could be good for your child” by Kristen Dunfield (https://theconversation.com/lies-about-santa-they-could-be-good-for-your-child-88855)
          SwimmingPool.com: “7 Common Swimming Pool Myths Busted” (https://www.swimmingpool.com/blog/pool-myths-busted/)
          Mayo Clinic: “Mayo Clinic Minute: Should you wait 30 minutes to swim after eating?” by Ian Roth (https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/mayo-clinic-minute-should-you-wait-30-minutes-to-swim-after-eating/)
          The Smithsonian: “A WWII Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth That Carrots Help You See in the Dark” by K. Annabelle Smith (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/a-wwii-propaganda-campaign-popularized-the-myth-that-carrots-help-you-see-in-the-dark-28812484/)
          The World Carrot Museum (http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/)
          Potato Pete jingle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3ndKK3j8ms
          Scientific American: “Fact or Fiction?: Chewing Gum Takes Seven Years to Digest” by John Matson (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fact-or-fiction-chewing-gum-takes-seven-years-to-digest/)
          Moms.com: “20 Strange Habits That Kids Have (Explained By Scientists)” by Layne G. (https://www.moms.com/20-strange-habits-that-kids-have-explained-by-scientists/)
          (CW: Super gross medical photos) National Museum of Health and Medicine: “Hairballs: Myths And Realities Behind Some Medical Curiosities” (https://www.medicalmuseum.mil/index.cfm?p=exhibits.virtual.hairball.index)
          1 hr 10 min

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