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Some things are knowable with the information we do have. In this episode I run through the known facts of Brittany's case at this time.  When new information is discovered the facts could shift. 

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Happy Christmas, or yule, or Saturnalia or whatever you celebrate this time of year --- when the veil is thinnest between here and the great hereafter.

I give a brief history of everything from dragging shrubbery into our homes for the holidays, cats and dogs living together in harmony, druids, Romans, and of course the Victorians.

So enjoy this quick listen - stay safe, wear a mask and FFS wear a mask.

Megan Gannon is a science journalist focusing on archeological digs and discoveries. She was born and raised in NY but now lives full time in Berlin. 

We talk a bit today about her recent article in Popular Science Magazine (recently featured by Apple News as a Weekend Must Read) and what it means when a plastics giant threatens both the lives and history of one Black community in Louisiana.

There will be unintentional puns and really bad archeology jokes - and I don't apologize at all. 

Please make sure to read--because it is so good: 

https://www.popsci.com/story/science/louisiana-formosa-chemical-construction-slave-cemetery/

Did you ever worry about being abducted by a creepy green water sprite while doing your laundry in a pond? I didn't either until I headed back to the old country of Czech Republic and learned a lot about water safety.----more----

https://www.patreon.com/deadtome

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https://english.radio.cz/karel-jaromir-erben-one-greatest-all-czech-poets-now-last-english-translation-8090894

COVID19 getting you down? Feel helpless if you live in a state that doesn't really seem to care about science? 

This episode could help -- could help -- I am not a doctor or lawyer I am just a grumpy lady who has had it up to here with this nonsense. There is recourse - your state medical licensing board.

NOTE!! There is some graphic detail in this episode. 

Did you know that too often elected county sheriffs have no oversight? This week I want to warn you all: there is some disturbing stuff in this episode including the work of forensic pathologists that is briefly graphic. Also, there is a brief overview of a Supreme Court case involving the murder of three young girls.

Reference Links: https://www.kqed.org/news/11638866/pathologists-say-san-joaquin-sheriffs-meddling-could-have-compromised-murder-cases

https://cspoa.org

Connecticut votes to abolish sheriff system:

https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Connecticut-voters-decide-to-abolish-11939612.php

ALEC: https://www.alec.org

My good friend Patti tells me all about her dad, her love of halloween (and it is THE most wonderful time of year), the Troubles and maybe some dandy highwaymen. 

Shirley Jackson is one of my favorite authors - dead authors that is. She is famous for her works The Lottery, The Haunting of Hill House, We Have Always Lived at the Castle and scads more. 

But when living in Southern Vermont with her husband and four kids, a girl goes missing, and Shirley starts writing (not that she ever stopped). Over several years people would simply disappear in the wilderness sometimes referred to as The Bennington Triangle.  Did any of these disappearances influence the subtle, terrifying writings of Jackson? 

Please subscribe, like and post a (nice) comment if you enjoy this fledgeling podcast. 

Patreon  

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Sources and more!

http://www.benningtontriangle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/p9353068.jpg

http://ruthfranklin.net/author/

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/feb/10/shirley-jackson-ruth-franklin-review-a-rather-haunted-life

https://www.christianscience.com

https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/lifestyle/legacy-of-author-shirley-jackson-lives-on-in-sonoma-county/

https://twitter.com/LaurenceJH99

By Joseph Citro: 

https://www.amazon.com/Passing-Strange-England-Hauntings-Horrorsebook/dp/B007QUU6XS

Bigfoot!  https://www.bfro.net

Rebecca Robinson (SPJ freelancer page): https://www.spj.org/fdb-detail.asp?cmd=&ref=1088

Other stuff:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/29/shirley-jacksons-son-talks-to-his-fictional-mom-elisabeth-moss

https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2019/12/12/the-strange-disappearance-of-paulajean-weldon-in-the-bennington-triangle

https://crossettlibrary.dspacedirect.org/bitstream/handle/11209/12086/31October2003BFP.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

https://bookriot.com/shirley-jackson-books/

https://www.ttbook.org/interview/laurence-jackson-hyman-we-have-always-lived-castle