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The siblings are exploring the world of cursed and haunted objects on today's episode! We take a look at the long history of medieval book curses, a haunted wedding dress and painting, and an African Power Figure. A curse on ye who dares to not listen to this episode!

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Medieval Book Curses

Drogin Marc. Anathema! : Medieval Scribes and the History of Book Curses. Allanheld Osmun ; A. Schram 1983.

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/05/frying-pans-forks-and-fever-medieval-book-curses.html

Haraszti, Zoltán. “Medieval Manuscripts.” The Catholic Historical Review, vol. 14, no. 2, 1928, pp. 237–47. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25012519. Accessed 12 Jan. 2024.

The Haunted Wedding Dress and "The Hands Resist Him"

https://www.blairhistory.org/baker-mansion-1849.html

https://factschology.com/mmm-podcast-articles/haunted-wedding-dress-anna-baker

http://www.pennsylvania-mountains-of-attractions.com/real-haunted-mansion.html

https://www.stonehamstudios.com/haunted

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-hands-resist-him-the-moving-haunted-painting-that-scares-its-owners-to-death/

https://the-line-up.com/the-hands-resist-him

Music: Nightmare by Alexander Nakarada (www.creatorchords.com)

Pull up that yule log and have a Christmas Cocktail with us! In this episode, we surprise each other with holiday stories including the origins of the ghosts in a Christmas Carol, The Children's Blizzard of 1888, Hans Trapp, and the Caganer. We hope you enjoy these holiday gifts from us here at Under the Pendulum.

Sources: 

Caganer

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20181216-spains-beloved-scatological-christmas-custom

https://www.amicsdelcaganer.cat/?page_id=1838

Hans Trapp

https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp/

https://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/

Children's Blizzard

Laskin, David. The Children’s Blizzard. HarperCollins, 2009.

On this special Halloween episode, we bring you a tale of betrayal, murder, and...a cat wife! First aired on Lights Out in 1936, Cat Wife will have you yowling on the floor.

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It's spooky month y'all! For our first of two Halloween episodes, we will be returning to the unsettling world of creepy dudes. We look at two stories of murder, betrayal, and not a lot of planning. Lock your doors and check that candy before listening to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 

On this episode we have Thrills! Chills! and disregard for safety regulations. We are talking about a few of the deadliest and tragic theme park disasters in history. Check your seatbelts before listening to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 

Sources for this episode:

Short History

https://www.napha.org/Resources/Facts-Figures/Great-Moments-in-Amusement-Park-History

https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/coneys-1st-coaster-the-switchback-railway/

https://www.oldest.org/entertainment/amusement-parks/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753518311238

https://mathsciencehistory.com/2020/01/19/physics-of-the-flip-flap-rollercoaster/#:~:text=Once%20the%20coaster%20reached%20the,the%20base%20of%20their%20spines.

Black Sunday - Kings Island

https://kicentral.com/parkhistory/past-attractions/flight-commander/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Island#See_also

Battersea Fun Fair Big Dipper Disaster

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/battersea-park-big-dipper-disaster-in-1972-the-funfair-tragedy-the-nation-forgot-10302238.html

https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/battersea-funfair-disaster-five-children-24033227

https://www.patreon.com/posts/67570701

Six Flags Great Adventure Haunted Castle

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Castle_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)

https://www.app.com/story/news/local/2014/05/10/six-flags-haunted-castle-fire-remembered-30-years-later/8950291/

Fascinating Horror: The Six Flags Haunted Castle Disaster on YouTube

What film encompasses torture, blasphemy, sacrifice, witchcraft, and demons? We're going back to the early 20th century to discuss the silent film, Haxan. Pointy tongues and self flagellation are abound in this episode of Under the Pendulum. 

Today we are discussing the Ludlow Massacre that happened in Southern Colorado in 1914. We discuss the massacre and conditions for miners at the turn of the century. Fight for your right to listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 

Sources: 

Walker, M. (2003). The Ludlow Massacre: Class, Warfare, and Historical Memory in Southern Colorado. Historical Archaeology, 37(3), 66–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25617081

https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/hastings-mine-explosion

McGuire, R. H., & Reckner, P. (2002). The Unromantic West: Labor, Capital, and Struggle. Historical Archaeology, 36(3), 44–58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25617011

Rosenbloom, J. L. (1998). Strikebreaking and the Labor Market in the United States, 1881-1894. The Journal of Economic History, 58(1), 183–205. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2566258

https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-ludlow-massacre

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/msha/msha20210113

https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5737/

We're talking horror video games baby! Heather and Chris and joined by friend of the pod and avid gamer John Cleary to discuss some early horror video games as well as some of our favorites. We're talking Resident Evil, Doom, 3D Monster Maze, Silent Hill, and many more. What makes a game horror? We'll discuss that and more in this episode of Under the Pendulum.

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On this episode, the gang discusses some mortuary rituals and practices from around the world. They discuss the Towers of Silence from India and Pre-Islamic Iran, and the Wari people out of the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil. Don't eat before you listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 

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Sources: 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/26/death-city-lack-vultures-threatens-mumbai-towers-of-silence

SHOKOOHY, M. (2007). The Zoroastrian Towers of Silence in the Ex-Portuguese Colony of Diu. Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 21, 61–78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24049363

Conklin, B. A. (1995). “Thus Are Our Bodies, Thus Was Our Custom”: Mortuary Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society. American Ethnologist, 22(1), 75–101. http://www.jstor.org/stable/646047

Under the Pendulum goes wild! In this episode, the trio talks about the brutal and sometimes cruel habits of certain animals. We discuss the habits of the Lammergeier, Vampire Finch, Otters, Meerkats and more! Instead of eating your babies, listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum instead. 

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Sources:

Vampire Finch

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-vampire-finches.html

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-some-darwins-finches-evolved-drink-blood-180976814/

Meerkats

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/28/495798448/what-meerkat-murder-tells-us-about-human-violence

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/meet-the-worlds-most-murderous-mammal-the-meerkat/

Flatworms

https://blog.nus.edu.sg/lsm1303student2013/2013/04/11/nobody-wants-to-be-your-mama-flatworms-battle-in-sex/

http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2014/tran_tram/reproduction.htm

https://www.britannica.com/animal/flatworm/Ecology

Lammergeier

https://www.audubon.org/news/the-lammergeier-0

Otters

https://mmru.ubc.ca/biology/sea-otter-biology/#:~:text=Mating%20is%20aquatic%20and%20often,while%20attempting%20to%20subdue%20her.

https://www.iflscience.com/otters-are-not-cute-they-are-sick-depraved-jerks-47995

https://werc.ucsc.edu/Publications/2010%20Harris%20et%20al.pdf

Reef Stonefish

https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/poison/stonefish-sting

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/reef-stonefish-synanceia-verrucosa-bloch-schneider-1801/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170453/