update: we have commissioned an artist to replace our cover photo, so new original art will be coming with our next episode!

This week opens with our creepy things AND some listener stories! Keep them coming, friends. Carly has a D4vd update and Cherokee is talking about how creepy a summertime cold is.

For our main topic this week, Cherokee is talking about the dark history and mistreatment of people with dwarfism through Roman times into the present. She talks about little people as pets, how The Ugly Laws hoarded little people into freak shows, and how Hollywood has continued to get it wrong.

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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SOURCES:

https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/true-stories/the-civil-war-soldier-with-dwarfism-who-was-gifted-to-the-queen/news-story/5a693fe307edae32214f515e8237c9e7

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

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/history-of-ugly-laws-america-disability

https://daily.jstor.org/the-ugly-history-of-chicagos-ugly-law/

https://editions.covecollective.org/content/taking-little-time-consider-how-dwarves-were-exploited-freak-shows

https://radaronline.com/p/wizard-of-oz-abuse-secrets-exposed-cast-member-death/

This week opens with our creepy things: spiders and hero worship.

For our main topic this week, Carly is doing a deep dive on the Jersey Devil. She goes over the history of the lore that started in the 1700s, the mass hysteria that came hundreds of years later, and the likely truth behind all of it. Oh, and be sure to vote in our Bigfoot poll!

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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This week starts with our creepy things: Cherokee's haunted house and the great rotting meat fire in Los Angeles.

for our main topic this week, Cherokee is talking all about royal testers. We start with food testers, water testers, seat and utensil kissers in medieval England. Then we jump over to 18th century Vienna where a bunch of orphans got to be the lucky unknown testers of the first smallpox inoculations. And we round the episode out in Victorian England with a chloroform guinea pig.

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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SOURCES:

https://www.thehistoryreader.com/cultural-history/killing-the-king-with-cuisine-henry-viii/

https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/medical-history/anesthesia-la-reine

https://epi-snow.ph.ucla.edu/Stream4_Snowlife_d.html

https://www.habsburger.net/en/chapter/battle-against-smallpox

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200928-how-the-first-vaccine-was-born

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

Our episode this week starts with our creepy things-- uranium teeth and ghosts caught on camera.

Carly is coming in hot with our main topic... She is telling us all about a famous ghost ship by the name of the Mary Celeste. She walks us through how the ship was discovered completely empty and then presents theories of how and why the crew disappeared. And shock of all shocks, the Bermuda Triangle and aliens make an appearance.

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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This week starts with our creepy things of the week-- weather and love island toe licking debauchery.For our main topic this week, Cherokee is bringing back her "what a dick" series with the cornflake king himself, John Kellogg. Although he has been considered a fun, quirky weirdo that contributed a lot to the wellness and health food industries, he also promoted harmful practices, sex shaming, and eugenics. This guy inspired Hitler... so he wasn't quite as lovable as he has been made out to be.

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SOURCES:

https://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/story/news/2019/03/21/john-harvey-kellogg-battle-creek-michigan-eugenics-race-nazis/3202628002/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harvey_Kellogghttps://www.npr.org/transcripts/542145177https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Creek_Sanitariummovie clips from Welcome to Wellville

This week opens with the disgusting tale of the sour toe cocktail and a creepy pooh bear man in the woods with a shovel.

Carly brings our main topic this week-- the Bermuda Triangle! She talks about the most major disappearances and then we discuss theories as to what exactly is causing this phenomenon.

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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This episode starts with our creepy things, including our personal cockroach battles and an explosive extraction that left Cherokee covered in blood.

Our main topic this week is a departure from our usual light hearted fare. To commemorate the last day of Pride month, Cherokee is bringing you some dark queer history. From the trials of Oscar Wilde, to the ground breaking work of Dr. Magnus Hirschfield, to the treatment of gay men during the holocaust-- we are covering some pretty heavy stuff. But history is important and we cant learn from it if we don't remember it. And don't worry, we still have some lol's and feel goods peppered in there.

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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SOURCES:

https://famous-trials.com/wilde/327-home

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

https://www.holocaust.org.uk/news/homosexual-victims-of-nazi-persecution

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

Today opens with the story of Half-Hangit Maggie and Carly's fear of spiders.

Carly is bringing our main topic this week and it's all about sea witches! From the Sirens of the Odyssey, to the Selkies of Ireland, to Mami Wata in Africa... we are going around the world today to discover the mythical sea babes that have scared the crap out of men and sailors since human records began. Oh, and we talk about Male-kies too-- IYKYK.

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Sorry for our delayed episode! Illness happens!

Today's episode starts with a creepy movie and the grossness of a handshake.

Our main topic is all about dark beauty trends of the 17th century. Cherokee runs us through ways to burn off your skin and hair, how to cover the scars with horse shaped patches, how to transfer lice from your scalp to your wig, and what dude soup is all about. If you're watching this on video, Carly's faces say it all.

We are always open to new topic suggestions...

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SOURCES:

https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/royal-history/beauty-stuart-age

https://ahcwyo.org/2022/04/18/transforming-the-wrinkled-hide-of-hecuba-cosmetic-politics-in-16th-and-17th-century-england/

Joumana Khalaf for Archaeology & Civilizations Group

https://investigatingversaillesblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/beauty-from-pain-a-look-at-17th-century-beauty-trends-and-products/

https://www.history.co.uk/articles/historys-most-painful-fashion-and-beauty-trends

https://www.irkmagazine.com/post/fashion-trends-disease-prevention/

This week starts with our creepy things. Cherokee is talking about elective amputations and Carly is talking mummies.

For our main topic this week, Carly is telling is all about Beltane history and traditions. We hear about fertility rituals, human sacrifice chosen through pieces of burnt cake, and running animals through fire. We also go on more tangents this week than I think we ever have and you're going to love all of the weird and wonderful places that we take you!

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