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Episode One for Spooktober 2022! 🎙 In this episode of the Badass & Bookish podcast we learn about Madame KoiKoi, the Bell Witch Hauntings that led to the murder of John Bell and scare ourselves out of talking about another vengeance ghost, Kuchisake-onna, aka "Slit Mouth Woman". 

00:00 Intro 

03:45 Scary Encounters 

11:02 Book Reviews 

17:07 Madame KoiKoi 

33:00 Trigger Warning Starts 

34:15 Trigger warning Ends 

41:44 The Bell Witch

Badass and Bookish is a podcast about women in history, women who kill and women we read. Hosted by sisters and the co-founders of Paige Turner Pty Ltd, a romance ghostwriting agency, Bren Bradley shares true crime stories while Lana Wessels is the resident feminist historian.

📚 Link to the books mentioned:

• Wakenhyrst by Michelle Paver

• The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

• House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jt1MsuCr5CQ

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Inspired by A League of Their Own (series), in this episode of the Badass & Bookish podcast we learn about Jackie Mitchell, the 17 Year Old girl pitcher who struck out Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig in 1931, and Jodi Arias, Travis Alexandar's murderess ex-girlfriend.

We also delve into 'The Enid Blyton To Anal Leakage Pipeline' - a largely unexplored area in these troubled times.

Badass and Bookish is a podcast about women in history, women who kill and women we read. Hosted by sisters and the co-founders of Paige Turner Pty Ltd, a romance ghostwriting agency, Bren Bradley shares true crime stories while Lana Wessels is the resident feminist historian.

Link to All American Girls' Baseball Charm School Guide: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/images/2022/08/a-league-of-their-own/charm-school-guide.pdf

Cryptic Soup Pod: https://open.spotify.com/show/05Ll0V5xqrhE0gNNrGLCn5?si=dd41421471dd4f9e

Sources:

https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/a-league-of-their-own/

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8226360/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv

https://time.com/6205531/a-league-of-their-own-true-story-amazon/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)

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

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

Stephanie Harlowe: The case of Jodi Arias: https://youtu.be/Kf_HchMAz6w

https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/mormon/socialvalues/ethics_1.shtml#:~:text=Alcohol%2C%20tobacco%2C%20tea%2C%20coffee,drinking%20soft%20drinks%20containing%20caffeine.

https://medium.com/@bwcutler1000/mormon-soaking-fact-or-fiction-a5b8a48f84ea

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In episode 1 of the Badass & Bookish podcast we learn about Jolly Joseph and the Koodathayi Cyanide Murders as well as Truus and Freddie Oversteegen (and their friend, Hannie Schaft), sisters who joined the Dutch resistance during World War II.   

Badass and Bookish is a podcast about women in history, women who kill and women we read. Hosted by sisters and the co-founders of Paige Turner Pty Ltd, a romance ghostwriting agency, Bren Bradley shares true crime stories while Lana Wessels is the resident feminist historian.