Brittany and Heather present each other with some...interesting cases of people who faked their own kidnappings. It's not always for the ransom money!

https://time.com/5751349/karol-sanchez-kidnapping-bronx/

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/amberjamieson/16-karol-sanchez-kidnapping-new-york

https://nypost.com/2019/12/17/karol-sanchez-staged-her-own-kidnapping-police-sources/amp/

https://people.com/crime/karol-sanchez-new-york-staged-abduction-boyfriend-honduras/

https://6abc.com/amp/bonnie-sweeten-hoax-mom-stealing-from-former-employer-wire-fraud/12341089/
https://www.inquirer.com/news/bonnie-sweeten-fake-abduction-disney-world-new-charges-theft-20221108.html?outputType=amp

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/dec/12/woman-who-faked-her-own-kidnap-and-assault-jailed-by-london-court

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/stalker-woman-fake-kidnapping-london-jessica-nordquist-alaska-rape-pr-marketing-a8680351.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6265113/Woman-claimed-ex-raped-convicted-stalking-perverting-course-justice.html





Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Chris keep the spooky going a little longer with this episode on the Headless Horseman and its possible origins.

Sources:

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving

https://www.history.com/news/legend-sleepy-hollow-headless-horseman

https://www.nyhistory.org/blogs/halloween-history-the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow-2

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

https://www.grunge.com/215250/the-legend-of-the-headless-horseman-explained/

https://www.worldoftales.com/European_folktales/German_folktale_23.html#gsc.tab=0

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

https://www.theirishplace.com/heritage/the-dullahan/

https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/abroad/how-tales-of-the-headless-horseman-came-from-celtic-mythology-1.4060086

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Welcome to the first Way Off Track episode! Thurlow tells Brittany the story of the Crash at Crush; basically, some people crash some trains into each other.

Sources:

https://wacohistory.org/items/show/70#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20most%20infamous,15%2C%201896.

https://texasproud.com/texas-the-crash-at-crush

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Jenna go way back to discuss Samhain and learn about where Halloween as we know it came from. Happy Halloween, Weirdlings!

Sources:

Year of the Witch: Connecting with Nature’s Seasons through Intuitive Magick, Temperance Alden, 2020

The Master Book of Herbalism, Paul Beyerl, 1984

Samhain in Your Pocket: A Tiny Little Book About the Celtic Origins of Halloween, I.E. Kneverday, 2022

How the Early Catholic Church Christianized Halloween, Patrick J. Kiger, 2020
https://www.history.com/news/halloween-samhain-celts-catholic-church

https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/samhain#:~:text=on%20HISTORY%20Vault-,Ancient%20Samhain,while%20the%20harvest%20was%20gathered.

https://www.worldhistory.org/Samhain/

https://time.com/5434659/halloween-pagan-origins-in-samhain/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Samhain

Brittany and Thurlow cover the fascinating life and death of Harry Houdini. Hold your breath, because this is a deep one!

Sources: https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/


https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/houdini-timeline/


https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/harry-houdini-and-the-art-of-escape

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WolfFiles/story?id=92253&page=1

The Greatest: Houdini

https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/stories/aviation-australia/our-first-aviators#:~:text=Ehrich%20Weiss%20(better%20known%20as,Rosehill%20Racecourse%2C%2018%20April%201910.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUhJLs3-i9M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj6ulLJGPB8

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Heather are here and pumped to bring you PART 2 on the topic of sleep murders! Heather's got a story to tell, so you better be ready.

Sources:


https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/sleepwalking-killer-scott-falater-wracked-guilt-murdering-wife/story?id=75468448

https://people.com/crime/scott-falater-case-man-killed-wife-claimed-sleepwalking-son-speaks-out/

https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/scott-falater-says-he-still-doesnt-remember-sleepwalking-murder?amp

https://heavy.com/news/scott-falater-today-now-update-2021/amp/

https://books.google.com/books?id=b-4Z5GoCssIC&pg=PR225&lpg=PR225&dq=Scott+Falater&source=bl&ots=WXnIQ6pTsi&sig=ACfU3U01POFQxVLX18XENgpW7LpZKU6V3Q&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjZusrPn8_6AhWwlWoFHT10BUg4ChDoAXoECAUQAg#v=onepage&q=Scott%20Falater&f=false

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Chris dive (pun maybe intended) into the fascinating origins and evolution of the story of Atlantis.

Sources:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Atlantis-legendary-island

https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/atlantis


https://www.livescience.com/23217-lost-city-of-atlantis.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/atlantis


Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Jenna (reluctantly) discuss the phenomenon of Shadow People and The Hat Man. Be prepared, because this is a long one and it may make you want to keep a light on at night.


Sources:

https://qz.com/quartzy/1444843/what-is-sleep-paralysis/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYbA6Tjux24

The Hat Man: The True Story of Evil Encounters by Heidi Hollis


Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Thurlow dig into the history and myths of absinthe, aka "The Green Fairy".

Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/frances-green-fairy-flies-again#:~:text=Absinthe's%20long%20history%20dates%20back,flavored%20wine%20called%20absinthites%20oinos

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

https://www.absinthe101.com/history.html

https://www.alcademics.com/2017/07/the-impact-of-phylloxera-on-absinthe.html

https://www.originalabsinthe.com/absinthe-blog/wormwood-health-benefits.html

https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/the-devil-in-a-little-green-bottle-a-history-of-absinthe

https://allthatsinteresting.com/what-is-absinthe

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24919378/

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686

Brittany and Heather cover the case of Randy Herman, who (spoiler) used sleepwalking as his murder defense.




Dead Asleep - https://www.hulu.com/movie/dead-asleep-26f639bf-ed6c-49df-b3b3-9db82f3d1a1b

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/crime/2021/12/07/hulu-sleepingwalking-murder-case-brooke-preston-randy-herman-jr-wants-new-trial/8890838002/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/brooke-preston-dead-asleep-tiktok-true-crime-1269399/

https://www.oxygen.com/true-crime-buzz/what-led-a-jury-to-convict-randy-herman-for-murder-of-brooke-preston

Music by Alena Smirnova: https://open.spotify.com/track/2qFfB2WYgJNvsTVLoo3ngF?si=305f46c547734686