The Rainy Book Nook: Recent Episodes

Shelby Savage

I'm your host, Shelby, and here at The Rainy Book Nook Podcast I cover a wide array of topics ranging from all things morbid, peculiar, and curious.

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We're back, baby!

The Disney story of the Beauty and the Beast that many of us are familiar with today is generally believed to be based on a couple of stories written in the late 1700s. But who were THOSE stories based on?

Take a stroll with me down a very old and dark road and learn about Petrus Gonsalvus, a man born in 1537 with Congenital Hypertrichosis Languinosa; a man who lived anything but an ordinary life.

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SOURCES:

https://youtu.be/inM7P7oYM5Q?si=rcYUf_ueR8ntgnm7

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamadermatology/article-abstract/423820 (Published in 2011 - No newer Stat Available for total Cases of Congenital Hypertrichosis Languinosa)

The Many Myths of Catherine de' Medici

Secret hand gestures in paintings

The Tragic Life of the REAL "Beast" in Beauty and the Beast EWU

Petrus Gonsalvus And The Real Beauty And The Beast Story All That’s Interesting

The true stories behind Beauty and the Beast and other Disney stories - BBC News

The struggles of the world's hairiest family - BBC News

The Real-Life Beauty And The Beast - Deep English

https://theroyalwomen.com/2022/01/16/catherine-gonsalvus/ The Royal Women

The Real Beauty and the Beast Didn’t Live Happily Ever After The History Collection

Beauty and the Beast: The Man Behind the Myth - France Today
798) Catherine Gonsalvus The Exasperated Historian’s Women’s List #798

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Blue: nature's most naturally unnatural color.

Many know that nature has a scarcity of blue, but what you may not know is that what blue there IS, probably isn't blue at all.

Want to know what I mean? Check out this episode of The Rainy Book Nook and learn about why blue butterflies are blue, what the heck a bile pigment is, and your next new favorite color.

Have a topic you want me to look into?

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Pictures in IG Post:

https://earthbuddies.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Hewitsons_Olivewing_Nessaea_hewitsonii_Wikimedia-Commons.jpg

https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/image/imgsrv.fcgi?cid=102059834&t=l

http://images2.pics4learning.com/catalog/b/blue2.jpg

Why Is Blue So Rare In Nature?

One Common Ancestor Behind Blue Eyes | Live Science

Rare Colors: How Nature Creates Blue Hues

Why don't Americans have a name for the color 'light blue?' Study finds unique color terms used in Japan, US

Jayarava's Raves: Seeing Blue.

Carotenoids:

Carotenoids - Definition, Function and Types | Biology Dictionary

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On December 22nd, 1987 over the span of two hours, two separate signal jamming incidents took place in Chicago during late night television.

Max Headroom, "the world's first computer generated television host" was the face on the mask - but who was behind it?

Have a topic you want me to look into?

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Sources:The Story Of The Max Headroom Incident, America's Creepiest Unsolved

TV HackThe Max Headroom Incident: The Greatest Unsolved Mystery in Pirate Television

The Max Headroom Incident — Unresolved

The Masked Lunatic That Hijacked American News • Mystery Files

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Dig up the deeply rooted history of the world's most expensive fungus - the Truffle, and learn about how they're hunted today!

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Sources:

Why Real Truffles Are So Expensive

Insider Business

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ1nY51txoA

This Truffle Dog is Facing a Really Challenging Truffle Hunt

Smithsonian, YouTube

This Truffle Dog is Facing a Really Challenging Truffle Hunt | Smithsonian Channel

Truffles “will be extinct within a generation due to climate change”

The London Economic

https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/food-drink/truffles-will-be-extinct-within-a-generation-due-to-climate-change-110046/

The History of Truffle Hunting

Valea Verde

https://www.valeaverde.com/en/stories/history-of-truffle-hunting/#:~:text=The%20hunting%20and%20eating%20of%20aromatic%20truffles%20dates,cultures%2C%20such%20as%20the%20Egyptians%2C%20Greeks%2C%20and%20Romans.

Books Cited:

Sheldrake, M. (2020). Entangled Life (pp. 25-45). Random House New York.

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Part 2 of "The Night That Horror Befell Reaper, Wyoming" concludes the events of Tillie Everts' eventful (to put it lightly) night.

Tillie has to make a very hard decision without having any clue of what the outcome will be. She shows us the strength of her will to live - but will that be enough?

FIND OUT NOW!

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WOOHOO! This was SO FUN to do, I really hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

Today's episode is a story I wrote, using contributions from you guys over on Instagram!

Follow the horrifying night that one woman in Reaper, Wyoming experiences, all by herself. This is a tale that picks at all of your worst fears of isolation.

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Let's talk about bones, baby, let's talk about jaw disease! (Doesn't have the same ring to it....)

In Episode 17 I talk about a few things that our ancestors thought was 100% normal. Spoiler Alert: It's absolutely anything but normal.

Mummy unwrappings, laws targeting disabled people, and the falsifying of Radium's purported health benefits are featured in this episode of The Rainy Book Nook's "History is F*cked Up" series.

SOURCES:

Mummy Unwrapping Parties:

https://youtu.be/pVDo2tsJeXA

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-party-people-unrolled-mummies-for-fun

Egyptomania:

https://www.ancient-egypt.co.uk/people/pages/belzoni.htm

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Egyptomania-Sphinxes-Obelisks-and-Scarabs-1688349

https://www.worldhistory.org/Egyptian_Obelisk/

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

Ugly Law:

https://www.allarts.org/programs/origin-of-everything/why-it-was-illegal-to-be-ugly-c8ps4i/

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

https://www.english.upenn.edu/sites/www.english.upenn.edu/files/Schweik-Susan_Ugly-Laws_Law-Language.pdf

Radium Segment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7875DVDdmnE

https://clickamericana.com/topics/science-technology/marie-curie-tells-how-she-discovered-radium-1921

https://periodictable.com/Elements/088/

https://dustyoldthing.com/deadly-radium-craze/

https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace

https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/magazine/centennial-radium-forged-report/

https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/SiteProfiles/index.cfm?fuseaction=second.cleanup&id=0200772

US Department of Labor, Handbook of Labor Statistics, 1936

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112032654953&seq=923

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Welcome Back! It's been a few weeks and this was worth the wait; travel to Colombia and all over the Mammalian Kingdom with your host, Shelby here at The Rainy Book Nook Podcast.

I discuss how Pablo Escobar smuggled animals into Colombia for his Estate Zoo during the 1980s, but one animal remains in the area to this day and continues to grow rapidly, recently being officially declared an invasive species.

It's not all bad news though, discover Zoonomia, the brain child of over 100 researchers.

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SOURCES/LINKS:

https://zoonomiaproject.org/

Pablo Escobar’s Hippos

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYcZMKv-iEg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ybg6hd-TUA&t=44s

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pablo-escobar-cocaine-hippos-legally-people-us-judge/

Leptospirosis

https://www.cdc.gov/leptospirosis/index.html

What is Eutrophication?

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/eutrophication.html

https://www.usgs.gov/centers/wetland-and-aquatic-research-center/science/science-topics/eutrophication

What is an Invasive Species - The Smithsonian

https://naturalhistory.si.edu/education/teaching-resources/life-science/invasive-species

Mummy Unroller - Cambridge.org

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-for-the-history-of-science/article/abs/unrolling-egyptian-mummies-in-nineteenthcentury-britain/56BF3B3408D2E13EB839FFD58CF738B4

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In Episode 15 we travel to Ireland for a new installment of our Folklore Series. Learn about how the Christianization of Ireland effected the Celtic Religion and other ways Irish mythology evolved.

I talk a bit about two Irish mythological beings who really intrigued me.

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Sources:

General Info:

https://www.irelandbeforeyoudie.com/the-10-most-famous-myths-and-legends-from-irish-folklore/

https://youtu.be/523gI5kZSSA

Hag of Beara/Halloween:

https://historycooperative.org/cailleach/

https://www.wildernessireland.com/blog/hag-beara-irish-myths-legends/

https://www.wildernessireland.com/halloween-samhain-ireland/

The Hag of Beara - West Cork People.

https://access.historyhit.com/videos/the-hag-of-beara

Pookas:

https://www.yourirish.com/folklore/irish-pookas

https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/irish-legend-pooka

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In Episode 14 I talk about 3 heart-wrenching accidents at Amusement Parks from ride safety gone wrong. Disneyland's Matterhorn Bobsled ride has seen two fatalities in its lifespan, but what other tragedies have struck the places that are meant to be the most fun?

For the final segment of the episode I talk about a murder case that happened at an abandoned theme park, one that I feel has nowhere near the amount of recognition it deserves. It is the case of the Holy Land USA murder victim, 16 year old Chloe Ottman. Rest in Peace beautiful girl.

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SOURCES:

The Matterhorn Bobsleds / Disney Accidents

https://youtu.be/6dHtRxlYAWE

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/matterhorn-ride-deaths-disneyland-fatal-accidents-16285220.php

https://www.countryliving.com/life/a43183/true-story-behind-disneyland-haunting/

https://youtu.be/cogFWQUl_pE

Joshua Smurphat: Paramount Great America Amusement Park

https://youtu.be/a9AvTpsb5yo

https://www.the-sun.com/news/7235923/mom-moment-12-year-old-son-fall-from-ride/

Murder of Chloe Ottman:

https://youtu.be/r-fOGQ9ZlmY

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/missing-teens-body-found-at-holy-land-friend-arrested/1857665/

https://archives.rep-am.com/2010/07/20/warrant-describes-chilling-details-of-girls-death/

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/the-father-of-a-murdered-waterbury-teen-speaks-out/2062782/

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” - George Eliot

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Episode 13 - On the 13th! Kinda...In this episode I talk alllll about Friday the 13th and the "history" behind it. We travel from 1792 B.C. all the way up to modern times and discuss how this number has become the sensational hell-iday it's become today. (Sorry - that was corny.)

CLARIFICATION I reference the roman numeral 17, and say it as VXII when it is XVII. OOPS!

I hope you love this one, I really do.

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https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/friday-the-13th

https://www.history.com/news/whats-so-unlucky-about-the-number-13

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1989/10/08/591089.html

https://encyclopedia.kaspersky.com/knowledge/year-1989/ A year in Computer Viruses - 1989

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1927/05/14/118643735.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0 Edward Kehoe Wins 1927 Ice Classic

https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/03/13/morituri-te-salutamus/

https://www.historyhit.com/why-is-friday-13th-unlucky-the-real-story-behind-the-superstition/

https://tinyurl.com/4v86cdss Coalition Brewing - Why is 17 considered unlucky in Italy?

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I have a new "intro" song, much shorter and way more the vibe :)

In Episode 12 I talk about one of the most unsolvable mysteries of all time - the disappearance of those on board the Brigantine ship, the Mary Celeste.

Piracy, aliens, and giant squids are just a few of the things I talk about in this episode, this one is a real head scratcher - please let me know what you think!

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Sources

https://youtu.be/6EPR4Ux-U6k Buzzfeed Unsolved

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/08/07/105084910.html?pageNumber=4 NY Times

https://www.history.com/news/what-happened-to-the-mary-celeste History

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Mary-Celeste Britannica

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Part 2 of 2!

In Part 2 I pick back up where we left off with things heating up for Hyde and his wife, entering a tumultuous legal battle that started in 1911 and ended in 1917.

In this episode we see how lack of education created a dangerous precedent in the courtoom among the jurors and even the Missouri State Supreme Court Justices. Stick around for a truly creepy story for the second half of the episode, written by me, your host Shelby.

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Have a story you want me to read, or a prompt you'd like me to try? Submissions for stories, real or otherwise, as well as other inquiries can be sent to therainybooknook@gmail.com, or you can hit me up at my Instagram, same name as the show.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/03/08/104924023.html?pageNumber=2.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/04/12/104861868.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/12/104929314.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/17/102037912.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/19/118496026.html?pageNumber=6

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/20/104930028.html?pageNumber=9

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/26/104931146.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/30/102038504.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/01/104931851.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/04/105078032.html?pageNumber=4

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/10/104933511.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/12/104934013.html?pageNumber=8

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/05/17/102039302.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/07/06/102042636.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/11/25/104883320.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/10/13/104839359.html?pageNumber=5

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/11/28/105034433.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/11/08/100555903.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1913/01/30/100607542.html?pageNumber=7

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/08/09/93636997.html?pageNumber=18

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Part 1 of 2!

In this episode we explore the life and crimes of Dr. Bennett Clark Hyde, and the family whose lives he ruined. Lies, greed, millions of dollars on the line...what would you do for an inheritance?

We follow the timeline from when the crimes in the Swope estate began, leading up to the initial investigation and some of the witness testimonials.

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https://www.findagrave.com/virtual-cemetery/393753#:~:text=On%20October%203%2C%201909%2C%20just%20two%20days%20after,the%20life%20of%20Swope%27s%20nephew%2C%20William%20Chrisman%20Swope.

https://www.historicalcrimedetective.com/dr-hyde-mr-swope/

https://kchistory.org/week-kansas-city-history/dr-hyde-and-mr-swope.

https://www.kcur.org/show/central-standard/2015-03-03/the-mysterious-death-of-kansas-citys-thomas-swope.

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/28/101229037.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/04/29/104931528.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/02/11/102035747.pdf?pdf_redirect=true&ip=0

https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/01/14/105984679.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1910/05/03/archives/expert-found-poison-in-col-swopes-body-dr-haines-says-he-and-dr.html

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TW: R*pe is mentioned in the context of explaining a criminal's origins. This episode's themes are NOT safe for children!! Thank you.

In Episode 9 I talk about the men who inspired the horrible character in Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. One of them being Robert Louis Stevenson's personal friend.

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SORRY about the background noise - I will have a better sound-proofed recording area soon!

Sources:

https://stevensonsparis.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/strange-case-of-eugene-chantrelle-the-real-mr-hyde/, https://dailyhistory.org/Was_the_story_of_Jekyll_and_Hyde_based_on_real-life_characters

https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/real-life-jekyll-hyde-who-inspired-stevensons-classic-612461https://www.bustle.com/p/is-dr-jekyll-mr-hyde-based-on-a-true-story-theres-a-complicated-terrifying-answer-

12235412https://allthatsinteresting.com/william-brodie-real-life-jekyll-hyde

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In Episode 8 I look into the Voynich Manuscript, a 13th century document that has never been deciphered. Some worry that it is a forgery perpetrated by its namesake, Wilfred Voynich. But let's see what science has to say about it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGvZL_SIZJ0&t=1612s Decoding the Unknown: Voynich Manuscript

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/6-things-know-about-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-180964847/ 

https://www.printmag.com/featured/the-voynich-manuscript-a-centuries-old-print-riddle/ 

https://news.yale.edu/2016/10/31/mysterious-voynich-manuscript-reborn-facsimile-edition#:~:text=He%20priced%20the%20manuscript,at%20%24100%2C000%2C%20Hunt%20writes.

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

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In Episode 7 of The Rainy Book Nook Podcast we have another book review....sorta! It's a lot like the first episode. After a quick review of Violet Made of Thorns #1- a fantasy novel told from the perspective of a morally gray Seer who has a little bit too much bit - we do a quick dip of the toes into the world of modern Psychics, and at the end of the episode is a short story that I wrote called, "Edris Family Farm" about a Farmer struggling to maintain the gruesome family business.

I couldn't do this without you guys - thank you!

If you have a story of your own you would like me to read, or a topic suggestion, please email me or message me on Instagram.

SOURCES

The Smell of Death in Stages

https://scienceline.org/2016/02/the-smell-of-death/

Pennsylvania Farmhouses

http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/portal/communities/architecture/styles/barns-outbuildings.html

https://www.oldhouseonline.com/house-tours/farmhouses-of-the-brandywine-valley/

https://astronlogia.com/psychics/fortune-tellers-future-predictions/

Edgar Cayce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCg04Z5BeSA&list=WL&index=19

https://www.edgarcayce.org/the-readings/ancient-mysteries/seven-prophecies-that-came-true/

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Water monsters, zombie spirits and other cannabilistic terrors cross paths today, as well as the visitation of classic Norwegian folklore and Norse mythology.

New episodes releasing biweekly on Sundays! Please leave a review wherever you are listening. :-)

Norns: https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/others/the-norns/

Nine Realms: https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-vanir-gods-and-goddesses/

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-vanir-gods-and-goddesses/njord/

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/giants/skadi/

https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/giants/ymir/

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

https://mythologian.net/what-is-niflheim-norse-mythology/

https://vikingr.org/norse-cosmology/alfheim

Stallo https://youtu.be/7Cr1fZIF9Dc

https://youtu.be/MurleEYUY4k

East of the Sun, West of the Moon:

https://www.storyberries.com/fairy-tales-east-of-the-sun-and-west-of-the-moon-by-asbjornsen-and-moe/

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Happy Sunday Friends! This episode begins a world tour of mythical folklore, full of whimsy and a little bit of chaos. 

Sorry for the late release, y'all! I give myself extra time and somehow I'm still late! Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy listening to this episode because I had a lot of fun recording it. 

First I talk about iele (ielele), the Romanian version of a fairy or nymph to put it lightly. Next I read the story of Făt-Frumos, a classic Romanian tale, as told by Petre Ispirescu.

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=inu.39000005923599&view=1up&seq=7&skin=2021&q1=%22the%20golden%20water%22 (ROMANIAN FOLK TALES RE-TOLD: The rights to this book are Public Domain) 

https://mythologica.ro/studierea-folclorului-in-romania-istorie-origini-interpretari-probleme-si-adaptari/

https://mythpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Capcaun

https://mythpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Iele

https://rolandia.eu/en/blog/romanian-myths-legends/iele-the-ladies-of-the-woods

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This episode I talk about Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, his rise to fame, and a bit of an analysis on his involvement in the murder of 75-year-old Attorney, Joseph Galfy. 

Please send in original stories or topic ideas to me!

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In episode 3 we talk about the famous Dyatlov Pass incident and shed some light on a few things that are often misconstrued. At the end of the day, the mystery still remains; but some very interesting things are brought to light.

I read a story by u/Stranger_at_night on Reddit, you can find their profile here: https://www.reddit.com/user/Stranger_at_Night/

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Sources used:

https://dyatlovpass.com/ for timeline and general information WARNING! This website contains graphic post mortem photos and other sensitive topics.

https://youtu.be/Y8RigxxiilI Lemmino Dyatlov Video

https://www.futurity.org/dyatlov-pass-incident-avalanche-2510132-2/ 

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In this episode I talk about the catastrophic incident that may have contributed to the ending of the hit show, To Catch a Predator. For the remainder of the episode I read a short story written by: yours, truly! 

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Sources for 'Suicide of Bill Conradt' segment,

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

-https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a3269/to-catch-a-predator/

https://web.archive.org/web/20070109174347/

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2006/03/28/publiceye/entry1445230.shtml

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In this episode I talk about She's Gone, a suspenseful thriller that will lure you in quickly. I also discuss many things morbid, peculiar, and curious that range from the invention of the stop light to horrifying stories on Reddit.

Origin and evolution of the traffic light:

https://www.livescience.com/57231-who-invented-the-traffic-light.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8iAlCdvjJE

Reddit Story 1:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Glitch_in_the_Matrix/comments/p5snd7/i_think_i_may_have_died_in_a_car_accident_in_an/

Reddit Story 2:

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/44vnpx/my_wife_died_in_a_car_accident_four_years_ago_now/

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