We’re back with the two OG best friends this week and it’s an expedish! Shannon brings us the story of Salomon August Andrée’s Arctic balloon expedition and the mystery that surrounds what happened to the crew to this day. Emma gets excited about mass spectrometry, there are so many pigeons, and a 24-year-old professor makes an appearance; bound to be a great time. Yay science! 

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The Map House: George Melville Boynton

Ep. 65: Cheerio, My Dude: George Melville Boynton

Wikipedia 1

Wikipedia 2

Aviation History

ExplorersWeb: Expedition

Karolinska Institutet

SciHi Blog

ExplorersWeb: Hoax

Don’t Take Pictures

This week it’s all things vampy with special guest host Marissa! Shannon and Emma are along for the centuries-long ride as Marissa talks through the origins, history, and facts of vampire lore. Would we want to be alive forever, having to make new friends every century? We’d rather not, please and thank you? So come join the sparkly chaos and learn how Emma knows next to nothing about Twilight; like, where the hell you been, loca?!

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Ask a Mortician

History.com on Vampires 

Let’s Talk Religion on the history of Vampires

History.com on consumption 

When Rhode Island was “The vampire capital of america.” 

The Evolution of Vampires in Pop Culture

TED-Ed - Vampires: Folklore, fantasy and fact from Michael Molina

We’re back in the Nook with Sara for a short and sweet one to talk about the sourdough starter of the cryptid world: the Squonk! Shannon reveals just how sad this little “fearsome critter” is and who evades capture by succumbing to its tears. Tune in for conversation on cryptid themed candles, friends just “getting” us, and naked mole rats. 

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Wikipedia

Cryptid Wiki

1910 Text via Lumberwoods Unnatural History Museum

1939 Text via Lumberwoods Unnatural History Museum

Squonk (art group)

Penn Live/Patriot News

Reddit

This week we went to our guest Sara’s home state of Pennsylvania to explore the history and mystery of Pennhurst State School and Hospital. Although it’s a, to some uncomfortable, Halloween attraction now, the campus used to house over 3,000 residents with disabilities of all kinds. They were not, however, treated well. Are the spirits people see in the facility now those of patients who never left? We really hope not, and pray that it’s all just silly, catcalling ghost hunters making things up and throwing things at each other. Come listen as we scare ourselves and learn more about this Pennsylvania spooky spot!

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The Mother Source on Pennhurst

Pennhurst Memorial and Preservation Alliance

Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural

Weird NJ

Suffer The Little Children Documentary

1981 Patients Rights act Time Magazine write up

Ghost Adventures clip

NPR

The Little House of Horrors Blog

Ghosts of Mayflower

Philadelphia Inquirer 

Reddit ghost picture

Reddit Scare Actor from Pennhurst thread

US Ghost Adventures

National Council on Public Health

Vincent Van Gogh was both prolific and tragic, his art only just on the rise at the time of his death. Many suspect his untimely end was self-inflicted, but was he actually murdered and history just forgot? Come join us this week with our special guest Erica back in the nook for bad French accents and discussions of mental health and the beauty of art. As well as Dr. Who. 

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The National Gallery

Wikipedia: Death of Van Gogh

NPR

Vanity Fair

Abstract: A Reevaluation of the Death of Vincent van Gogh: Suicide or Murder?

Wikipedia: Theo Van Gogh

Pull on your skeptic hats because this week Emma is bringing us some Grey’s Anatomy realness with the mysterious death of Gloria Ramirez. Known as the “Toxic Woman” by the media, Gloria is blamed for the illnesses of those who treated her. But is she really the one at fault, or was she used to cover up something a bit more Breaking Bad? The world may never know the actual circumstances of the incident, but every medical drama is sure to reference it until the end of time. There will be talk of needles, dead bodies, and some potentially serious Grey’s Anatomy spoilers so prepare yourself before diving into the madness. 

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The Mother Source 

Discover Magazine

The Los Angeles Times

The Washington Post

Drug Enforcement Administration

Dr. Harini Bhat (@tilscience on TikTok)

We have completed the wife set with this week's guest host Erica! She's here to talk all things Disney, but primarily the theory that Walt is now frozen somewhere in Arizona. If so, could we have a Walt-sicle reanimated in the near future? An AI generated ad that only comes on at 3 AM sure thinks so! Come learn just how cursed the Hall of President's is and all about the original Little Miss Capitalism, Walt Disney.

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PBS

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Screen Rant

All Ears

The weird midnight ad via @Caroleidoscope

The crime of the 19th century in a brand new nation; sensationalism who?! This week we commit hard to the bit as Emma brings us the story of America’s first recorded murder trial and the death of Elma Sands. Were our favorite Law Kens able to figure out whodunnit? Or the answer to a bigger question: Was it even murder? Come find out with your midwest mom and fancy Russian neighbor, the bit stealers of the week. 

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The Mother Source on Levi Weeks

Biography.com

Encyclopedia.com

Medium

The Line Up 

The Paris Review

City Signal

Crime Reads

ListVerse

Scouting New York

Huzzah, my dudes! This week it’s all about Maryland’s favorite beastie, the Snallygaster. Is it a one eyed octopus? A winged beak-faced monster? Likely it’s just moonshine, but we know he’s so much more. For sure that he’s part of the Cryptid Hunting Club and has his own license to hunt skinny kids (a joke). So hop on over to listen to this week’s gravelly episode where Emma gains a bit more state pride. 

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Wikipedia

The Baltimore Sun

Legends of America

AppalachianHistory.net

Preservation Maryland

Ancient Origins

Dragon Distillery

The Snallygaster Museum

Atlas Obscura

Snallygaster Beer Festival

A home in Spain is haunted by faces that keep appearing on the kitchen floor. Are these the ghosts of the skeletons beneath? Or simply the drawings of a bored housewife? No matter if they were real, psychical researchers have been interested in the faces of Bélmez since they first started appearing. And this week Emma tries her best not to scare the Scoobert Doobert out of Shannon and guest Brittany. Come join in on this short but wild episode discussing horse facts, the afterlife, and the poetry of weird names among the haunting faces in the floor. 

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The Mother Source on the Bélmez Faces

Skeptoid Podcast

El Mundo

BBC News

Scary Matter

Historic Mysteries

Association of Paranormal Study

The US Sun

Atlas Obscura

The Belmez Faces: An Investigation of a Supposedly Strong Case