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The time has come: it’s the final episode of Casting Lots. For real this time.

Join Alix and Carmella for all your remaining cannibalism questions answered, plus a bonus Arctic adventure involving an Italian airship and a very good dog.

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CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend. Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• Filimonov, A. and R. Coalson. (2018). Cannibal Island: in 1933, nearly 5,000 died in one of Stalin’s most horrific labour camps. Available at: https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html
• Hug, C. (2012). ‘Nobile’s drama and Amundesen’s end’. Polar Journal, 24 April. Available at: https://polarjournal.ch/en/2021/04/24/nobiles-drama-and-amundsens-end/
• Museum of the World Ocean. (n.d.). Umberto Nobile’s Expedition 1928. Available at: https://www.krassin.ru/en/o-ledokole-en/podvig-vo-ldakh-en.html
• Piesing, M. (2021). N-4 Down. Boston, NY: Mariner Books.
• ‘Ring Around Nobile’. (1928). Time, 6 August. Available at: https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,787439-1,00.html
• ‘Was Zappi a cannibal?’. (1929). Worker, 17 April, p. 2. Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71159996

TRANSCRIPT

Alix: Have you ever been really, really hungry?

Carmella: You’re listening to Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

A: I’m Alix.

C: I’m Carmella.

A: And now let’s tuck into the gruesome history of this ultimate taboo…

[Intro Music – Daniel Wackett]

C: Welcome to the final episode of this mini-season of Casting Lots. Alix and I asked you to send in any lingering questions about cannibalism, and here we are to answer them!

[Intro music continues]

C: Hello and welcome to the final ever episode!

A: Well, final bearing any major news stories that may or may not break in the future.

C: Yeah, you can still add to this list. [Laughs] But until then, this is the final ever episode of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast. We mean it this time.

A: Fingers crossed. No, we do. We are genuinely out of content that we can find in English. We have scoured every bookshop.

C: We spend so much time in Waterstones looking through the indexes of various books that it’s becoming a bit creepy. And I think booksellers are going to start kicking us out.

A: I’ve actually run out of searches on eBay for ‘cannibalism book’, and they’re just trying to get me to buy cookbooks that I feel very uncomfortable about.

[Carmella laughs]

A: We have decided that all good things come to an end. And Season Four is, as we’ve said, barring the space cannibalism that might come in our lifetime– barring that, we’ve reached the end. The barrel is empty.

C: You know what happens then? [Pause] Like, ‘cause the barrel– You’re out of food in the barrel.

[Alix groans at the bad joke]

C: So it’s time to eat each other.

A: Yes, that’s actually how we’re ending the season. The entire series.It is just–

C: A live recording of Alex and Carmella eating one another.

[Both giggle]

C: [Not sure about that one] Hmm.

A: The thing is, for posterity, I feel like we have to leave that in. But also we’re going to be on so many–

[Carmella laughs]

A: I’m not sure if it’s worse, the fact we’re gonna be on like police records or like vore Reddit. Neither are good. Was this what you expected when on… It wasn’t quite Christmas Eve…

C: It was my birthday.

A: Was it your birthday?

C: It was my birthday party.

A: No, it wasn’t your– No, it was before then. It was before then, because I had been on a really dodgy Christmas lights tour of London with my best friend, had drunk both mine and her cocktails at the one that’s near her Majesty’s Theatre, Planet Hollywood. And then slightly tipsily, texted you – who at the time, we only sort of vaguely knew each other – and was like ‘so do want to do a cannibalism podcast?’

C: So yeah, that was when the text was.

A: Yeah.

C: But the verbal face-to-face discussion was at my birthday party.

A: Yes. We are both correct. So is this what you expected?

C: I have to say I didn’t think that we would get as far as recording an episode.

[Alix laughs]

C: But we followed through, and what a journey it’s been.

A: Over the ice, dragging our sledges full of recording materials. One day, we’re going to earn back in merchandise the value of our microphone. If anyone was worried that this is like a money making scheme, rest assured that it is very much not.

C: However, the true value has been the friendships that we’ve made over the course of this podcast. And as you’ve all heard, in this most recent season, we have actually met people through survival cannibalism on the internet!

A: Now that sounds dodgy. But no, we have. We’ve made lots of friends. And in that very slightly parasocial way, there are some of you out there, who when you reach out to us, we are like, ‘Oh, those are our friends, they’ve messaged us again.’ So if you, you know, ever worry that content creators, you know, are high up above it and, you know, think highly of themselves, we do like screenshot positive feedback and send it back and forth to each other on WhatsApp, because we’re really sad, and you make us really happy.

C: Thank you so much to everyone who has ever listened to our voices telling you about cannibalism.

A: It is always a very awkward one when you’re having that, ‘Oh, so what do you do for fun?’ It’s always like ‘Well, I do embroidery and I go wild swimming. And I have a cannibalism podcast on the internet that’s got four seasons now.’ And they sort of turn round at you and they’re like, ‘Sorry, did I miss something?’ I’m like, ‘No, no, that’s exactly– That’s exactly what I said. Now, either you think this is fascinating, and we’re going to have a great conversation, or we are never going to talk about it again. And it’s entirely how you respond right now.’

C: [Laughs] It’s a talking point that I somehow inevitably bring about in every dinner party, gathering, workplace session.

A: I mean, we’ve definitely been introduced as ‘This is Alix and Carmella, they have a cannibalism podcast.’

C: 100%.

A: Like, it’s one of the easiest things to just be like, boom, you want an anecdote? Here, anecdote. And then we get all the inevitable questions. ‘Have you watched the film Alive?’ No, I haven’t.

C: ‘So do you do the cannibalism?’ No, we don’t.

A: ‘What’s wrong with you?’ Wish I knew. You know, more of the usual. Also, I don’t know if you can tell, but I’m very much out of my comfort zone, because none of this episode is scripted. So Alix is really just babbling at this point. And I don’t understand how people do this in ordinary life. I don’t have my tablet. I don’t have all of my jokes pre-prepared. I don’t know what to do, Carmella!

C: Well, on the subject of people asking us questions…

A: Oh, thank God, do we have some structure?

C: We have some structure. We asked our beloved followers and listeners to send in their outstanding cannibalism questions, the things that we somehow didn’t cover in four seasons.

A: And also to beautifully mirror our terrible episode zero. (Please don’t listen to it. We just needed Apple to acknowledge us as a podcast.) So we just wanted to wrap it up quite nicely. We started with a Q&A. Let’s end on a Q&A. So Anonymous, probably not the organisation but you know, gets all sorts, asked us on Tumblr. Do we actually know if a person would get more nutrition or energy from eating raw human flesh or cooked? Their money says cooked because the easier it is to digest, the less calories needed for digestion, equals more energy overall. And just because we really like positive feedback, still loving the show, re-listening to episodes as usual. And lots of hearts. Genuinely actually means so much that people like our podcast! Like it’s madness. The first time we had people that weren’t our friends comment on it. Like ‘Wow, real people listen to this as well.’ Okay, but I will let Carmella actually answer the question now.

C: Well, I started this by thinking about vegetables. And I do know that with vegetables, when you cook them, they lose nutrients. But I would say it depends on what you’re counting as nutrition, or what you think is most important to be getting from the food that you’re eating. So in general, when you cook food, meat, vegetables, whatever, you’re losing nutrients, just through the process of cooking. But that’s nutrients like your vitamin C, your… vitamin… others.

[Alix snorts]

C: The other vitamins that you need to survive.

[Both laugh]

A: Your Sunny Delight.

C: Your Sunny Delight. And when you’re in a survival situation, as our subjects so often are–

A: But not always.

C: Not always. In general. What you actually need in that moment is just calories.

A: Any way you can get them.

C: Obviously, the vitamin C will become a problem in the long term. But first things first, enough energy to actually remain alive is important.

A: A minimum of 1,100 calories per day at starvation rations. That’s not a question. That’s a fact. That’s from– That’s from when I worked it all out on the back of a napkin.

C: And it stuck in your head forever.

A: It has.

C: Once you get to the pure calorific value of meat, or human meat in particular, it seems to be pretty much for much. So you will lose a certain amount of energy in the cooking process. However, cooked protein is easier to digest. And when you start looking for the different nutritional values of different types of food on the internet, even in, you know, accredited scientific literature, it’s actually a really contentious science. People can’t seem to agree.

A: And that’s even when the food in question isn’t human flesh.

C: [Laughs] Yeah, exactly. So my advice to anyone who is sitting before a body and wondering whether or not to cook it, would be to prepare it in the way that you best can with the means at hand, and that will make the meat as edible to you as possible. Because I guess at the end of the day, if you are physically able to eat the meat because it’s been cooked, that’s better than if you can’t bring yourself to eat it because it’s raw.

A: If you can’t eat human sushi, human jerky will do.

C: On that note, on to the next question. Another question from an Anonymous user on Tumblr: who, out of the people we researched, resorted to cannibalism the fastest? And their suggestion is Raft of the Medusa.

A: Three days. I didn’t say that with the cadence that we gave it in the episode, but I have to be honest, Raft of the Medusa has come up as a lot of people’s favourite episodes. And I think the fact it only took them three days to descend into utter anarchy, up to and maybe including cannibalism, on day three slash four, has probably got a lot to do with it. I tend to use it as a good recommendation if people want to start the podcast. I’m like, ‘Okay, you want to avoid these really depressing ones until you’re used to it. Go with Medusa.’ And yeah, it’s a bit of a whistlestop introduction to the sort of thing that goes on, however, three days is– It’s around the quickest we’ve ever had.

C: I would counter that with the Nautilus, which, as you will recall, is a case from 1807, in which a group of people aboard a ship hit a rock during a storm, and then spend a very unpleasant time clinging to that rock as various potential helpers sail on by, waving to them dismissively. After four days, they turn to cannibalism.

A: So while we’ve covered before that ten days is generally your average. If you’ve been on starvation rations, Day Zero is the day you run out of starvation rations. From there, it’s then Day Ten, where you tend to start looking at your comrades as lunch, or indeed, pick a fallen comrade and start crunching on down… I don’t like the choice of the word ‘crunch’ that I used then.

C: No.

A: But we’re sticking with it. So ten days is your average, but three to four days. It is possible.

C: That’s like the lowest part of your range.

A: Yeah. Or is it?

C: Or is it? Well, there are some other cases which are a bit more spurious.

A: Have more dubious reference to timescale.

C: Yes. There’s also of course, Alexander Pearce, known as the Maneater of Macquarie Harbour–

A: And you will not believe how long it took us to work out how to say Macquarie when we were first recording that episode.

C: Three days!

[Both laugh]

C: Alexander Pearce was a–

A: Cannibal.

C: I was gonna say escaped convict, but he wasn’t like… ‘Attempted escaped’.

A: Well, no, he did escape.

C: Yeah. And on escape attempt number two–

A: He wasn’t a very good escaped convict. It wasn’t a permanent state of affairs for him.

C: He and his companion ran into the bush where they hid and, according to some sources, sustained themselves on catching fish and after finding a pack of rations. Allegedly on the same day as finding this pack of rations, Alexander Pearce murdered and ate his travelling companion.

A: His travelling companion who was also a massive cannibalism fanboy and thought Pearce was really cool and wanted to know what eating people was like.

C: ‘When I voted for the leopards eating my face party, I didn’t think they’d eat my face!’

A: I mean, maybe he was into it.

C: In any case, I think that this one may be more of a case of it’s more fun in the story if they’ve already had a good meal before they turn to cannibalism, than the actual facts.

A: And speaking of ones where the actual facts may or may not be true – you know it, I’m gonna go for it – it’s the Elizabeth Rashleigh potato boat, where allegedly she still had a hold full of potatoes and the crew still resorted to cannibalism. Is this true? No, it’s not. Is it a fantastic anecdote? Yes, it is. Elizabeth Rashleigh potato boat. I need that on a badge with absolutely no context. Does someone want to design me a badge with ‘Elizabeth Rashleigh potato boat’ on? We do pay everyone who makes us art, they will vouch for us. I want it. I want it to make no sense whatsoever with all of the rest of my Casting Lots merch. Our next question, or set of questions comes, from cannibal_kori on Instagram, who has asked us several questions, which is good fun to sink our teeth into.

C: [At the pun] Yeah!

A: I’ve Stockholm Syndromed Carmella, she actually enjoyed that one.

[Carmella laughs]

A: They have asked question number one: What is our favourite cannibalism story?

C: Shall I go first?

A: Go for it.

C: I’m afraid it is the Raft of the Medusa. That one is hilariously good fun.

A: It’s my mum’s favourite.

C: Well, then we know it’s the best! I would also find that out with the OC.

[Alix wheezes]

C: Sir John Franklin. The Franklin Expedition.

A: What does the C stand for– [Realising] Oh, yeah.

Both: Original cannibal!

A: Yep, I got that. I got it.

C: Just because that was my gateway cannibalism story. And therefore it has a fond place in my heart.

A: That’s what gave you the taste for it.

C: Eyyy.

A: So I’m sure no one will be surprised to hear that the story that has a place in my heart…

C: I don’t know what to say apart from that it’s the Essex,right?

A: Yeah, it’s Essex. It’s the Essex. I read In the Heart of the Sea. It changed me. Somewhere in an attic in Nantucket is Captain Pollard’s diaries. That’s not quite what I mean. It’s like in Mamma Mia.

[Carmella cackles]

A: That’s not what I mean. His account, his narrative, and I want it. It’s– Nathaniel Philbrick’s book is so fantastically written. It’s just– It’s so good. It’s so good. I mean, listen to our episode, if you want to hear me have emotions, but just read In the Heart of the Sea. Don’t watch the film. It’s beautiful. It’s not accurate. I’m going to, um, actually open up this one a bit: ‘What’s your favourite?’ And then answers, ‘Every single one we’ve ever done.’ That’s not quite what I mean. But I also want to– I want to shout out a couple. Obviously, I want to shout out Miracle in the Andes. While a lot of people as soon as you raise the podcast go, oh, did you know about the rugby crew in 1975? And it’s like, yes, yes, I did. We all know how emotional I get about, you know, the human spirit of cannibalism, and that story. Really does it for you. But the other ones, the more unexpected ones, I wanted to give a shout out that I probably only encountered because of the podcast are the weird fucked up shit of the 20th century, aka the Rooseboom and the Dumaru.

C: [Agreeing] Mmm!

A: I’m like what the fuck?

C: Clown boat.

A: Clown boat. ‘Like a clown on an evil sea.’ They don’t write ‘em like that anymore. And just because it is, and I quote myself, ‘the most fucked up shit I’ve ever heard’: Granicus.

C: Oh yeah!

A: That is a horror story that I would expect Ally Wilkes to write.

C: Eyy!

A: In fact, let’s see if we can get them to do it.

C: [Laughs] Book three, Ally, come on.

A: If you’ve not done a re-listen to some of our ‘Fun on Boats’ compilations, there is some wild stuff hidden in those.

C: They are good fun.

A: On boats.

C: And ships.

A: Thank you. Okay, we went off topic there. But let’s get back on topic, to: Do you ever feel people in dire situations should have eaten people sooner? I’ve answered this with one word. Yes.

C: Yes.

A: It does sort of lead into the next question, though, they are combined, which is: Why wait until they’re weak and distressed? The answer to that is sort of those pesky human emotions, isn’t it?

C: Yeah, this like idea that it might be wrong to kill and eat other people. So you have to wait until they’re already dead or almost dead. [Scoffs in mock disgust.]

A: We talk a good game, but I do think we would also be fucked up by it.

C: Yeah.

A: See, and this is where Miracle in the Andes is just your peak example of… I don’t want to say ‘a near perfect survival cannibalism situation’, because that is very disrespectful. And also, you know, untrue because they kept getting hit by fucking avalanches. However, people died in the crash before they suffered the effects of starvation, which meant that there were, quote unquote, ‘fresh bodies’ that they didn’t need to kill that could be eaten humanely. They were in cold conditions, that meant that bodies weren’t going to decompose or rot as quickly. It meant that people didn’t have to get to the state of being weak and distressed before they sat down and had the conversation. And because it was a very rapid and sudden loss of all food and provisions, it meant they had to have that discussion.

C: There was no long term rationing plan.

A: Exactly. And there wasn’t the assumption that oh, we will just live off the land for X, Y and Z. There was no choice but to stop and think about it. Compare that to train guy…

C: Oh, Flatters?

A: Flatters!

C: Compare that to [bad French accent] Monsieur Flatters.

A: [Worse French accent] Monsieur Flatters. [Normally] With his cameleers. It’s like comparing chalk and cheese.

C: In semi-jest, we’ve answered yes to this question, however, one thing that I can say for sure, is that there have definitely been situations where we would have liked them to use the bodies to catch more food.

A: Thank you, Peggy. The only ship that I can think of that actually use the body as bait.

C: See, in some cases, the right thing to do isn’t to eat the body immediately; it’s to use the body to acquire more food.

A: Sort of cannibalism by proxy.

C: Yeah.

A: I can’t believe no one’s asked a question about gastronomic inceset. I’m having to insert it into making up weird phrases about cannibalism.

[Carmella laughs]

A: Okay, we’ve not quite finished though, we still have more from cannibal_kori. Their final question is: What is your favourite representation of cannibalism on television? I am struggling to think of a single programme I’ve watched that has fictional cannibalism in it because I am a fact purist. So what I’m going to say here is I give my oath to you, our listeners, that by the time that you are listening to this podcast, that I will have watched the film Alive.

[Carmella laughs]

A: Because it’s actually getting silly now. Not just a documentary, not just a podcast about it. I will watch the fictionalised film. On my honour, I promise as an ex Scout. I will do it. Carm, would you like to talk about television, because you know more about media than me?

C: I would follow that up with… ‘None of them.’

[Alix laughs]

C: Out of– I greatly enjoy cannibalism media, as it will be no surprise to hear. However, despite my enjoyment of it, I think that they normally get the cannibalism wrong. You’ve got your survival cannibalism shows like The Terror or like Yellowjackets, where it’s just not accurate to how people really behave in real life, given what we’ve seen. And then of course, you’ve got your shows like Hannibal, which are all fun and games, but–

A: Bougie cannibalism.

C: And whilst I greatly enjoy Hannibal, it’s a real– Again–

A: [Laughing] Are you saying Hannibal’s not realistic?

C: Ha! Whilst I greatly enjoy Hannibal, it doesn’t quite scratch the itch of real-life survival cannibalism in the same way.

A: Can you recommend us some better cannibalism media? That is a challenge we put to you. Now we actually have one more question from cannibal_kori, but what we’re actually going to do since we’re on the topic of cannibalism media, if you don’t mind Carm, I’m going to jump to another question that I think we need to, um, explain.

C: We need to address… It’s the elephant in the room.

A: It is the massive white polar bear in the room. And it’s from someone who has such a long name on Twitter that I can’t read their handle, but nonetheless, such a beautiful name, so I’m going to read it in full, because Jess The Polar Dilf Enthusiast–

[Carmella giggles]

A: Has addressed us with a question which I think might be slightly leaned towards me, Alix, but nonetheless, I will atone for my sins– Who was re-listening to our Franklin episode and got the sense that we didn’t love The Terror series. Was there a reason for that? Or did it just not resonate with us? So I’m going to hand over to you, Carm, to start with, because you said you’ve been watching survival cannibalism media such as The Terror and they got things wrong. So I’m going to hand that one to you. And then I will explain myself.

C: Indeed, as we discussed with the Mayday Podcast when they guested earlier this season, I loved The Terror! I really enjoyed it. I had a great time watching it. However, do I think it’s the best depiction of survival cannibalism? I’m not saying it’s inaccurate, but–

A: I am.

C: It’s very much in the camp of the bad guys do the cannibalism. The good guys don’t want to and are only forced to buy pressure. And also, I mean, a little bit, the bad guys are gay. So there’s multiple things in The Terror that I would just critique, despite greatly enjoying it as a piece of media.

A: The ratty gay cannibal lives. Well–

C: And you know, he is an icon, he– And significantly does not live.

A: Yeah, that was the bit I was about to correct there, I was like ‘well…’ It just really– I know that they were going for ‘look, he thrives in being evil’, but it really inherently pissed me off that everyone else was looking haggard, and he was looking fine. Like, I know, that’s the visual imagery that they’re going for. And I know they had a massive fuck-off polar bear. So they weren’t exactly being completely a fictionalised recreation. But that just really annoyed me. And also, yes, as Carm says, the cannibalism was very much what evil people do for evil reasons. And as we’ve seen, that’s just not true. Anyone could do cannibalism, evil or not. But I will–

C: Which leads us on to the true question at the heart of The Terror. Who is actually evil? Is it Hickey or, Alix–?

A: How dare you accuse me of being in The Terror?!

[Both laugh]

A: Apparently my theory that the true villain–

[Both giggle]

A: I’m genuinely not sure whether my slightly autistic, acerbic wit came through when I made the argument that Goodsir was the real villain of The Terror. I know he’s not. I just think it’s really funny to accuse him of being the bad guy, because he is one of like, two good men in a crew and cast of like, 130. But yes, no, I am fully aware that Goodsir is not the true villain. You know who is the true villain? Tobias Menzies. And do you know why? Because I met him once. He was not polite. He was not a polite man. And it did mean that I went into The Terror slightly biassed against James Fitzjames. It was like ‘I hope you get cannibalised! You’re a bad man.’ And then they didn’t even bloody cannibalise him. When he asked for it.

C: Where is the justice?

A: I’m sorry, but ‘My body, use it, feed the men.’ They could have turned that show around, had they made that decision? Because what a peak moment of the humanity of cannibalism. ‘My body, use it, feed the men.’ And the show didn’t even acknowledge it! it was like that was Tobias Menzies’ redeeming moment for me. I don’t care that I’m conflating Tobias Menzies and James Fitzjames.

[Carmella laughs]

A: And the real story of the Franklin Expedition. Don’t give a shit. If they’d have done that? Five stars.

C: So to fully answer your question, it’s that from like a fun narrative storytelling point of view, we can acknowledge that it’s a good show, but from our lofty heights as survival cannibalism experts, the show is trash.

A: [Laughs] You can get cancelled now.

[Carmella laughs]

A: But no. I know this is my disparaging comment about In the Heart of the Sea as well. But The Terror is a beautiful show, like the accuracy of the set pieces and the uniforms and just it resonates so well, that it’s actually quite disappointing yhat they went for cannibalism equals bad guys.

C: Yeah.

A: Because that’s always going to dock some stars in our opinion.

C: Too easy.

A: It’s too basic.

C: To return to cannibal_kori, if we may, they had one final question for us. Which is: [with strange enunciation] Would either of us try human meat? I don’t know why I pronounced that like Matt Berry in What We Do In The Shadows!

[Alix laughs]

C: [More normally] Would either of us two try human meat if we could, without killing anyone, of course?

A: We do appreciate the disclaimer.

[Carmella laughs]

A: Yes, with a caveat. If it was like that, lab grown meat?

C: Oh, yeah!

A: Definitely. If it was from a person. From a human person. Human-grown, as it were. I’m less likely to say yes. Well, you don’t know where they’ve been. I don’t think… Oh, this is one hell of a sentence to say. I don’t think people are, you know, bred for their meat.

C: [Laughs] So you’re more worried about the taste experience?

A: The taste experience. Believe it or not, the ethics. The general… Well, you know, the guy that made tacos out of his own leg?

C: Yeah.

A: I mean, he lost that in a motorbike crash. I’m like that’s not exactly…

C: You’re concerned about the hygiene?

A: Yeah, it’s not hygienic. And also it’s like with not necessarily organ donation because you don’t really have a choice about that, you take it or leave it, but thinking about say like sperm donors, like you get…

C: [Laughing] Okay! This has taken this has taken an entirely new tack!

A: But, like… You get you get like all of the specs.

C: [In a farmer voice] ‘That’s sperm, that is.’ [Pause] Don’t know why I said it in that voice!

A: Like, you know, ‘five foot nine, brown hair, athletic, Taurus.’

C: You spend a lot of time on sperm donor websites do you, Alix?

A: I watch a lot of documentaries. I’ve seen it in films.

C: So it must be true.

A: It must be true. I don’t know. I just– I just feel like you know, ‘Oh, do you want to try some human sausage?’ from someone off the street is likely to be dodgy. So I would feel more comfortable having lab-grown human. Go on then, Carmella, yes or no? Human meat.

C: Well, I question the phrasing of the question of ‘would I, if I could?’ I think it’s more that I would eat it if I had to in a survival situation. But I’m not going to choose to recreationally sample it, no.

A: Because I think that’s the nature of the question. The question is, if you could just give it a go?

C: Yeah, for funsies. And as everyone knows, my opinion of cannibalism for fun is very low.

A: It’s a serious subject. No fun allowed when it comes to cannibalism. No one must enjoy it. And that is why we are a serious podcast.

C: No jokes here, everything we say is entirely sincere.

A: And this is why we must close the podcast forthwith, for we have enjoyed it too much.

C: [Laughs] Next question comes from Ally Wilkes.

A: Friend of the podcast.

C: Not sure why they didn’t just ask us this earlier when we were chatting, but whatever.

A: I think it’s because we explicitly asked for questions for the Q&A.

C: No, this is all completely organic. Ally asks, in a situation in which everyone has the same limited access to… [Whispered] Fuck. [Struggling to pronounce ‘antiscorbutics’] Antiscor– Antis– I thought it was ‘antiscorbitants’ but that’s not a… In a situation in which everyone has the same limited access to vitamin C, would eating the flesh of your comrades offer an advantage in terms of vitamin C intake?

A: Yes, but not in the way you’d probably be hoping. I mean, as Carm’s already said, when she was answering about is it better to cook the meat or eat it raw, if you cook it, you’re gonna get rid of some of the vitamins in it. But let’s be real, there are not a lot of [also unable to pronounce it] antisco– Fuck. There are not a lot of antiscorbitants [sic] going to be knocking around in these bodies. So to be perfectly honest with you, it is more of a point of we’re cutting down on the number of people who need vitamin C, than you’re likely to get much usable vitamin C out of a human body. You’ll get some versus eating nothing and dying. But it’s probably not going to be added to the Boots wellness aisle anytime soon. And finally, a question that’s come out from several people. Well, question slash ‘more of a comment really’ (I’m looking at you, Ellis) asking whether we’ve done anything on Cannibal Island, the Siberian Gulag Nazino. Hate to break it to people, but we have.

C: It was very early on in Season One.

A: So as a little treat, Carmella’s gonna tell us again.

C: Alix told it last time. Clearly, it wasn’t memorable enough.

[Alix laughs sarcastically]

C: So to recap; Nazino Island, or Cannibal Island.

A: [Ironically] What happened there?

C: Or [page turning noises] ‘The Island of Death’. In 1933, 6,700 prisoners were deported by the Soviet authorities to Nazino Island in Siberia, just north of the Arctic Circle.

A: So this is an ice episode.

C: It is. Ostensibly, they were sent there to construct a special settlement

A: Of death.

C: Noice. [Laughs] Not nice. With guards overseeing their every move, they were left with no tools or shelter, and just a handful of rye flour handed out once every five days.

A: ‘You’ll be fine. Just get on with it.’

C: ‘How much do people need to eat? One handful of rye flour every five days? Yeah, that sounds right.’

A: Sounds about right.

C: Nearly 300 people died on the first day alone just from the bad conditions. The prisoners suffered starvation, violence, dysentery and exposure to the elements. Not to mention the reign of terror led by the guards, who executed people for minor offences and, you know, wouldn’t let them leave. And yet, more and more people kept being shipped in.

A: Well, they’re trying to settle, and for some reason these people just keep dying.

C: They’re just not thriving in these conditions, what?

A: They’re just not putting the effort in.

C: By three months in, only about a third of the prisoners remain alive. And you guessed it, they’d been resorting to cannibalism to do this.

A: [With fear] I think I’ve just remembered one of the stories from this one.

C: It’s bad.

A: It is bad.

C: Content warning: this is gonna get gory.

A: Oh, yeah. [Strained] Carry on.

C: This is of course murder cannibalism, the type of cannibalism where they’re not already dead. Victims – often the women – were tied to trees so that flesh could be stripped off them like, as we said in our previous account of this, ‘kebab meat’.

A: [Horrified] Yeah.

C: Yeah, you remember the kebab meat now?

A: I remember the kebab meat now. Maybe everyone just sort of pushed this one out of their minds.

C: From the horror. A resident of nearby Nazino Village, later in life, recalled a woman from the so-called Island of Death was brought to her house en route to another camp.

A: She’s the woman with the legs, isn’t she?

C: Her calves had been cut off and cooked to eat… She was still alive.

A: [Shuddering] Yeah, that’s my entire reaction to that.

C: Later, several officials were reprimanded and sentenced to prison terms of one to three years.

A: Now, I don’t want to say that a just punishment would have been being sent to cannibal island. But punishment fits the crime? No, no, it’s just too sick. It’s just too sick.

C: So if you’d forgotten that one, you’re welcome for being reminded now. But on the subject of cases from the past that we may have missed.

A: Well, all of our cases are from the past. It’s how history works.

C: I–

A: [Giggles with malice] I mean, you know I’m not gonna cut that.

C: No. Thank you for that contribution, Alix.

A: We’re coming up to the end, I’m getting overexcited.

C: As I was saying, despite our scraping the barrel and really scraping it, I think Alix has managed to grab up one final morsel of food from the wood of the cask.

A: Maybe like part of the lid had like a leather stoppage on, and we’re literally scraping off.

C: Like sucking the cork.

A: Yeah.

C: Yeah.

A: But yes, I have found another case. It’s another ice one. And firstly, this is not properly scripted. So who knows where this is going to go? And secondly, this is a Carmella special.

C: [Delighted] Did they or didn’t they?

A: It’s a did they or didn’t they?

C: Yes!! Okay.

A: After three seasons of having a go at Carmella for doing did they or didn’t they? I thought the best treat would be to do a Carmella special of my own.

C: They definitely did. Continue.

A: The end.

C: Full stop.

A: So we’re going to set the scene. I’ve said it’s an ice one. I’ve said I’m into my 20th century bullshit. And what does Alix also quite like doing? Normally I’ve had about one per season of ones that involve…

C: Gastronomic incest?

A: There is no gastronomic incest.

C: [Laughs] I’m running out. The tender human soul?

A: Do you want me to tell the story or not? It’s a flying one.

C: Oh, okay! I didn’t guess that.

A: No.

C: We got a plane.

A: We don’t have a plane.

C: Oooh?

A: We’ve got an airship.

C: Ooh… what’s an airship? Like a hot air balloon?

A: Yeah, it’s like a blimp.

C: [Excited again] Oh, like a blip! We got a blimp!

A: It’s like a blimp. It’s like the Hindenburg.

C: We’re blimping.

A: We’re blimping.

C: Blimp away.

A: So it’s 1928. We’re in the Arctic and an Italian airship named… the Italia.

C: Simple, love it.

A: Otherwise known as N-4, because that’s the– there’s a long and convoluted history that to be honest, I’ve not written down and there is a very good book called N-4 Down by Mark Piesing that I highly recommend. But all we need to know is it’s 1928, the airship Italia is trying to be the first airship to sail over the North Pole.

C: Why is everyone so obsessed?

A: They just think it’s neat. She did not succeed in flying over the North Pole.

C: [Mock surprise] No!

A: So her captain is a man called Umberto Nobile. He is joined, as he is on every single journey that he ever does, with his dog.

[Carmella gasps in delight]

A: Titania.

C: Have you just made up this story?

A: Nope! Genuinely has a dog.

C: It’s gonna go badly wrong.

A: Dog survives.

C: Hey!

A: Not all the people survive.

C: Ah, who cares about them?

A: But the dog survives. The explorer Roald Amundsen actually gets really pissed off with Nobile, because he’s like, ‘why the fuck is he bringing that fucking dog?’ It’s not even a working dog, it’s like a terrier.

C: Oh, is it like his comfort animal? Wait, no, that’s not the word.

A: Emotional support?

C: His emotional support animal.

A: Yeah.

C: Aww.

A: I mean, you need emotional support when you do what he does, which is–

C: Yes, you really do!

A: Crash his fucking airship into the Arctic.

A: Now who’s laughing, Amundsen? Still Amundsen.

A: Amundsen actually dies in trying to rescue him, so it’s definitely not Amundsen! He’s going down like ‘that fucking dog!’

C: The dog gets the last laugh.

A: [Agreeing] The dog gets the last laugh. Okay, so on the 25 of May, N-4, the Italia,crashes. Now, as we’ve covered, the Italia is an airship, not an aeroplane.

C: Blimp.

A: Blimp.

C: Schloop.

A: Schloop! [Laughs] And something very unfortunate happens when she crashes.

C: More unfortunate than crashing?

A: More– You say that, it is more important than crashing.

C: Explosion?

A: More unfortunate. She partially crashes. Her gondola, where some of the crew are, crashes. Nine men and Titania are thrown to the ground. The rest of the crew, with the gondola having been smashed and the weight leaving…

C: [Realising] Oh.

A: Fly away. They have no means of control and are never seen again.

C: Yeah, that is unfortunate.

A: It is quite unfortunate. The 25 of May 1928. Nine men and one dog are somewhere in the Arctic. And that question of ‘somewhere in the Arctic, where are they?’ continues. I’ve already spoiled that Amundsen comes on a rescue and dies. But there’s a little bit of history between Nobile and Amundsen. They’ve worked together before, didn’t get on.

C: [Disappointed] Oh, okay. I thought [suggestively] a little bit of history, huh?

A: It’s not a Bills & Boon history.

C: Why don’t– Why don’t they get on, you know? Bad breakup?

A: ‘I can’t believe you hate my dog, Amundsen.’

C: ‘It’s me or the dog.’

A: ‘I’m sticking with the dog.’ So that is definitely 100% what happened there? However, Amundsen is one of the explorers who’s like, ‘Nope, we’re going on a rescue mission. Off we go.’

C: It’s like no matter how much I hate you, you don’t deserve to starve to death in the Arctic.

A: Exactly. And it is recognised by Arctic explorers that this shit is bad and not going to be good for anyone on the ground, and so the rescue effort begins. But the men of the Italia also want to save themselves.

C: Good for them.

A: Two Italian naval officers, Adalberto Mariano and Felippo Zappi, Swedish meteorologist Finn Malmgren, who has an injured shoulder from having been thrown out of a fucking airship–

C: That will do it.

A: Decide on 30 of May that they are going to walk to safety. They’re going to go and find help. They’re going to go to King’s Bay. That is where they’d flown out of, so it’s not entirely unreasonable. Spoilers: yeah, it is. On the 11 of July, rescue ship the Krassin comes across Zappi and Mariano. There is no sign of Malmgren. His body is never found.

C: [In a silly detective voice] Oh, how interesting!

A: Now, Malmgren had been in the Arctic before. He’d flown on another airship, the Norge, in 1926. He’s actually, if you’re into your metrological Swedish articles, he’s published. He’s–

C: [Mock impressed] Oh, wow, there we go!

A: He’s still being cited and stuff to this day. Like he did know his shit. However…

C: He died.

A: He died. The end. No. However, clearly, that wasn’t quite enough. And so the question is, what happened to Malmgren?

C: They ate him.

A: Allegedly, on the 15 or the 16 of June, Malmgren collapsed and asked to be left behind so the others could go on.

C: I mean, that happens.

A: It does happen. When Zappi and Mariano were rescued, it was noted that Mariano was in the standard level of salvation one would expect, but Zappi was, quote, “well nourished”, and also wearing all of Malmgren’s extra clothes, his coat and his gloves.

C: So he wasn’t sharing with Mariano?

A: The day before they were rescued… Now this is one hell of a Russian name for me to try and pronounce not having written it phonetically. Chukhnovsky. Is it right? I don’t know. Did I say it confidently? That’s good enough.

C: There we go.

A: The Soviet rescue pilot of the Karrin [sic] allegedly spotted three figures. Tow alive and one corpse.

C: Hmm.

A: There are a lot of accusations that end up in the media in the following days and weeks after the rescue of the survivors, both human and canine–

C: Yay!

A: That the two Italians cannibalised, quote, “that Swedish man”.

[Carmella laughs]

A: “Nobile aides accused of cannibalism on icy trek”. And this was raised, you know how the gutter press is, to various Arctic explorers, all of whom refused to pass judgement on what had or hadn’t happened. Because they quote, “knew what snow and ice could drive a man to.” Now Zappi actually would later go and speak to Malmgren’s mother and seek forgiveness? It’s not quite clear, but apparently, she did forgive him. And–

C: Mariano.

A: Mariano. I feel bad for Mariano because A) I can’t remember his name a lot, B) He’s not the one that mainly gets accused of the cannibalism, and C) he dies only a few months after being rescued. So all in all, he’s not having a lot of luck. But at least he isn’t Mawson. Zappi is my Mawson. But Malmgren’s mother forgives the two of them for whatever they may have done, and says that she entirely believes the account that they gave, they didn’t do anything.

C: Hm, So why do they need forgiveness then?

A: And in the other slightly strange situation, Mussolini’s government– Oh, yeah, that’s fascism going on in this story as well. It has everything.

C: Hey!

A: Mussolini’s government would actually give Malmgren’s mother a pension. A Swedish man who happened to die on an Italian expedition gets a full pension. Almost as though she’s being paid off? The book N-4 Down does actually say that this might give some weight to those accusations. Zappi: did he do it?

C: Absolutely.

A: I knew you’d say that–

C: Zappi was happy to eat another man. That was the worst way to finish that joke.

A: I’d actually like to– This is gonna be quite a long quote. Because this is from Time magazine 1928.

C: Okay! I’m ready.

A: And it has some fantastic accusations of cannibalism in. It’s about the Nobile expedition, and it’s about whether or not Malmgren was eaten. Quote: “Excitedly played by citizens of many lands, last week, was the game of Ring Around Nobile—a question game. Was that Swede really eaten by those two Italians?”

C: My favourite game!

A: “Would Dictator Mussolini snub and degrade General Nobile?”

C: Would he?

A: “What about Titina, the General’s little, yapping fox terrier bitch?”

C: What about her?!

A: “Why wasn’t she eaten?”

C: Because she’s a good girl.

A: This is… It’s on a par with ‘clown on an evil sea’. I’m not sure it’s the best quote we’ve ever given on this podcast but still, I’m glad we’ve got something with this much raw power for our final episode.

C: Okay, I’m ready.

A: [Snorts] Serious. “Is bitch eating worse than cannibalism?”

[Both laugh]

C: Is it? We all must know the answer to this question!

A: Oh dear.

C: Is bitch eating worse than cannibalism, Alix?

A: Sometimes you just read a sentence and I’m like, ‘oh, that’s going in the podcast. Can I find a context? No, I can’t. Is it going in? Yes, it is.’ Bitch eating. Worse than cannibalism. Okay, to be honest about sort of the end of that bit of the quote. It then just goes on with, you know, a bit of Soviet talk, and then goes on to say that, quote: “Coldly, factually the Soviet press service Tass presented details on the basis of which cannibalism might be imputed to Captains Filipo Zappi and Alberto Mariano (respectively Pilot and Navigator of the Nobile dirigible Italia), who set off to tramp across the ice to land with the Swedish meteorologist Dr. Finn Malmgren, but were alone when rescued…Tass reported–” I don’t know who Tass is, by the way, but he reported “that, on the day before the rescue… a Soviet plane photographed them from the air, and that a third man or his remains was… visible, prostrate on the ice. Tass told that when Captain Zappi was rescued he said that Dr. Malmgren had been left behind some days previously–”

C: [Intrigued] Hmm!

A: “(At his own request) to die. Tass stated that Captain Zappi was wearing, when rescued, Dr. Malmgren’s fur boots and coat, and two other pairs of fur boots and two other coats–”

C: [Laughing] How many men did he eat?! And how was he wearing that many boots?

[Both laugh]

A: “Whereas Zappi’s comrade, Captain Mariano, seemed sick, weak, and wore no fur boots.” End of quote. So that’s the basis of my ‘did he or didn’t he?’

C: Well, he certainly had a lot of fur boots.

A: And that is enough to condemn any man.

C: If we were going to end on any story, that story certainly has all of the hallmarks of a Casting Lots episode.

A: We weirdly made it a bit Bills & Boon.

C: We shoehorned in all the old jokes.

A: We didn’t manage to shoe in turtle ducks or portable soup.

C: We’ve said them now.

A: I’ve said them now. Is there anything else that our audience will want to hear us say?

C: Tiny horses.

A: Cameleers.

[Carmella chuckles]

A: Gastronomic incest.

[Silence]

C: We can’t let that be the final word of the podcast.

A: I think we’re gonna have to! I don’t really want to say it’s been an honour. That sounds weird. But also…

C: It’s been a pleasure.

A: It has been a pleasure. No, this podcast has been… I’m getting emotional.

C: It’s a shame that we’ll never speak to one another again after this moment.

A: [Laughs] It’s been nice knowing you, Carmella. I mean, it’s been a lot more work than I think I could have ever imagined when I slightly drunkenly said ‘do you want to make a cannibalism podcast?’ Because I was like, ‘Yeah, it’ll be a couple of episodes. We’ll have some fun. It’ll be fine.’ And then four years and a pandemic later. Not that the two are connected… But no, it’s strange to be wrapping up on something that has been quite a big part– I mean, you’re a hotshot soon-to-be-published author now. But this has been a big part of my life. You’re on to bigger and better projects.

C: No, no, nothing will ever trump Casting Lots.

A: There is no sincerity in Carmella’s eyes. It’s been good.

C: It’s been good. Thank you again for listening, and we hope that you’ve had your fill.

A: And if you haven’t, well, hopefully, you’ve learned what to do by now…

C: Eyyy!

A: Casting Lots does not actually endorse cannibalism.

[Both laugh]

[Outro Music – Daniel Wackett]

A: Thank you for listening to our Season Four taster menu. This really is the final season. We mean it this time. We’ve actually run out of content now.

[Carmella laughs]

A: For now. But we hope that you’ve enjoyed having an extra helping.

[Outro music continues]

A: Casting Lots Podcast can be found on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr as @CastingLotsPod, and on Facebook as Casting Lots Podcast.

C: If you enjoyed this episode and want to hear more, don’t forget to subscribe to us on iTunes, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, and please rate, review and share to bring more people to the table.

A: Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast, is researched, written and recorded by Alix and Carmella, with post-production and editing also by Carmella and Alix. Art and logo design by Ashley – @Tallestfriend on Twitter and Instagram – with audio and music by Daniel Wackett – Daniel Wackett on SoundCloud and @ds_wack on Twitter. Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network – search #MorbidAudio on Twitter – and the network’s music is provided by Mikaela Moody – mikaelamoody1 on Bandcamp.

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We are joined by our final dinner guests, writer Nibedita Sen and Ana and Luca of The Mayday Podcast, to talk speculative fiction, colonialism and some disastrous adventures that may not have ended in survival cannibalism, but probably should have.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/11/29/s4-e5-dinner-guests-nibedita-sen-the-mayday-podcast/

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Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With guest appearances from Nibedita Sen and The Mayday Podcast.

Nibedita can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @her_nibsen, or check out her website at https://www.nibeditasen.com/.

'Ten Excerpts from an Annotated Bibliography on the Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island' is published in Nightmare Magazine (May 2019, 80). Read it here: https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/ten-excerpts-from-an-annotated-bibliography-on-the-cannibal-women-of-ratnabar-island/.

The game 'First Times' is available in Strange Horizons (2022): http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/first-times/.

Watch Nibedita and Carmella along with some other familiar faces in the panel 'Worldbuilders After Dark: Cannibalism in Real World and Genre Fiction' via Worldbuildersinc on YouTube (14 December 2020): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik7yV0kVJdM.

The Mayday Podcast can be found online at https://themaydaypod.com/, and on Twitter and Instagram as @TheMaydayPod.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Why do we (being the specific group of people who make and listen to Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast) enjoy narratives about survival cannibalism so much? Authors Ally Wilkes and Linnea Hartsuyker join us to discuss the power of storytelling.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/11/21/s4-e4-dinner-guests-ally-wilkes-amp-linnea-hartsuyker/

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Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With guest appearances from Ally Wilkes and Linnea Hartsuyker.

Ally Wilkes can be found on Twitter as @UnheimlichManvr and on Instagram as @av_wilkes, or visit her website to find out more: https://www.allywilkes.com/. All the White Spaces (Titan Books, 2022) is out now: https://titanbooks.com/70684-all-the-white-spaces/.

Linnea Hartsuyker can be found on Twitter and Instagram as @linneaharts, or explore her website: https://www.linneahartsuyker.com/. The Half-Drowned King is the first novel in her trilogy of books (Little, Brown, 2017): https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/linnea-hartsuyker/the-half-drowned-king/9780349142531/.

For further information on the caloric content of sea lice, please refer to ‘Chances for Arctic Survival: Greely’s Expedition Revisited’ by J.M. Węslawski and J. Legeżyńska in Arctic (2002), 55(4), pp. 373-379: http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic55-4-373.pdf.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett. Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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One historian and six podcasters walk into a bar… This week, we’re chatting corpse medicine, recipe recommendations and penny dreadfuls with academic Richard Sugg, Ric and Anton of the Curiosity of a Child podcast, and Teddy and Catriona of the Grave History podcast.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/11/14/s4-e3-dinner-guests-richard-sugg-curiosity-of-a-child-amp-grave-history/

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Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With guest appearances from Richard Sugg, Curiosity of a Child’s Ric and Anton, and Grave History’s Teddy and Catriona.

Richard Sugg can be found on Twitter as @DrSugg and on Instagram as @drrichardsugg. Read more about corpse medicine in his book Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires, third edition (self published, 2020): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mummies-Cannibals-Vampires-History-Medicine/dp/B08DSZ2ZXX/. Or try Richard’s books for children, Our Week with the Juffle Hunters (self published, 2019): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Week-Juffle-Hunters-Richard-Sugg/dp/1086958969/ and Ride Your Horse Through the Chocolate Sauce (self published, 2020): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ride-Horse-Through-Chocolate-Sauce/dp/B08QRB3DKY/.

The Curiosity of a Child podcast can be found online at curiosityofachild.com, or on Twitter and Instagram as @curichildpod. Not sure where to start? Try their episode on ‘Corpse Medicine: From mummies to brains to mellified man’ (31 October 2020): https://curiosityofachild.com/episodes/halloween-special-corpse-medicine.

The Grave History Podcast can be found on Twitter as @GraveHistoryPod. For more on penny dreadfuls, try their episode ‘Dreadful and Nasty’ (5 April 2020): https://soundcloud.com/gravehistorypodcast/10-dreadful-and-nasty, or get your gross on with ‘You Know Cholera, John Snow’ (5 September 2020): https://soundcloud.com/gravehistorypodcast/15-you-know-cholera-john-snow. 

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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What’s so scary about cannibalism? We talk to horror experts Neil McRobert, host of Talking Scared Podcast, and Nicasio Andres Reed, editor at the Deadlands, to find out.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/11/07/s4-e2-dinner-guests-neil-mcrobert-amp-nicasio-andres-reed/

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Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With guest appearances from Neil McRobert and Nicasio Andres Reed.

You can find Neil McRobert on Twitter as @NakMac. Hear more from Neil on the Talking Scared Podcast: https://talkingscaredpod.com/. You can read his short story, ‘A Well-Fed Man’, in The Fiends in the Furrows II, published by Nosetouch Press (2020): https://www.nosetouchpress.com/project/the-fiends-in-the-furrows-ii-more-tales-of-folk-horror/. Or check out Neil’s recommendations of ‘The 50 Best Horror Books of All Time Will Scare You Sh*tless’ in Esquire, 9 May 2022: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/g37676766/scary-horror-books/.

You can find Nicasio Andres Reed on Twitter as @nicasioreed, and the Deadlands online: https://thedeadlands.com/. Looking for something to read? Try Katie Gill’s ‘The Custom of the Sea’ in Deadlands 13 (May 2022): https://thedeadlands.com/issue-13/the-custom-of-the-sea/.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Are you ready for an extra bite? In this bonus mini-season, Alix and Carmella invite some special dinner guests to the table.

Today, bioarchaeologist Stacy Hackner and folklorist Paul Cowdell join us to talk cannibal ballads, coprolites and the custom of the sea.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/10/31/s4-e1-dinner-guests-stacy-hackner-amp-paul-cowdell/

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Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. With guest appearances from Stacy Hackner and Paul Cowdell, and special thanks to Chris Wilson of the London Sea Shanty Collective for vocals.

Stacy Hackner can be found on Twitter as @stacytg, or check out her drag projects on Instagram as @professor_q_cumber.

Paul Cowdell can be found on Twitter as @PaulCowdell, and on his blog: http://humphreywithhisflail.blogspot.com/. ‘Cannibal Ballads: not just a question of taste’ was first published in 2010 in the Folk Music Journal 9(5), pp. 723-747. Read it online here: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Cannibal+ballads%3a+not+just+a+question+of+taste+…-a0213983185.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Coming 31 October 2022: Season 4 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

Join Alix and Carmella for an extra helping of survival cannibalism in this bonus mini-season, featuring a number of special dinner guests.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/10/03/season-4-trailer/

CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Ashley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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In time honoured tradition, have a laugh on us this April Fool’s Day. It’s the blooper reel! Did you know Casting Lots now has merch? Find us on Redbubble: https://www.redbubble.com/people/CastingLotsPod/shop CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis. Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel … Continue reading Season 3 Outtakes →

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Finishing off the season, and indeed the entirety of Casting Lots (boo hoo!), Carmella and Alix present six quick-fire stories of survival cannibalism at sea.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/01/20/s3-e13-sea-part-v---more-fun-on-boats/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Barcia, M. (2016). UCL Americas Seminar: White Cannibalism in the Slave Trade: The Curious Case of the Schooner 'Arrogante'. Available at: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/americas/events/2016/nov/white-cannibalism-slave-trade-curious-case-schooner-arrogante

Barcia, M. (2017). ‘The real horrors of the transatlantic slave trade behind Taboo and Roots’, The Conversation, 1 March. Available at: https://theconversation.com/the-real-horrors-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-behind-taboo-and-roots-73568

Barcia, M. (2021). ‘White Cannibalism in the Illegal Slave Trade’, New West Indian Guide, 22 July. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1163/22134360-bja10002

DeSpair, C. (2019). ‘Cannibalism At Sea’, Decidedly Grim, 4 July. Available at: http://www.decidedlygrim.net/?p=7331

Faiella, G. (n.d.) Terrible true tales of life at sea. Available at: https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/terrible-true-tales-of-life-at-sea/

Faiella, G. (2019). Cannibals and Carnage: Thrilling Tales of the Sea. Vol. 1. Cheltenham: History Press.

Frost, D. (2020). ‘‘Provisions being scarce and pale death drawing nigh, / They'd try to cast lots to see who should die’: The Justification of Shipwreck Cannibalism in Popular Balladry’, Exchanges, 7(2). Available at: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/article/view/459

Graham, L. et al. (2020). ‘SV Drot (+1899)’, Wrecksite, 30 September. Available at: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?168851&fbclid=IwAR01zmvkDYkywggoAv2fvXSU5rZsqeSEcXJCq2Z6AnEKM4LxVVvCRhyQYys

Hepworth Dixon, C. (1981). Seamen And The Law: An Examination Of The Impact Of Legislation On The British Merchant Seaman’s Lot, 1588-1918. Ph. D Thesis. University College London. Available at: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317735/1/282305.pdf

Jones, S.K. (1982). A Maritime History Of The Port Of Whitby, 1700-1914. Ph. D Thesis. University College London. Available at: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1381923/1/389634.pdf

Méaulle, F. (1899). Un nouveau radeau de ‘la Méduse’. [Engraving]. Available at: https://www.meisterdrucke.uk/fine-art-prints/Fortun%C3%A9-M%C3%A9aulle/743192/The-new-Raft-of-the-Medusa,-1899.--.html

Morgan, M. (2021). ‘Adrift in stormy seas, Delaware pilot crew survives on cannibalism: History’, Delmarva Now, 7 March. Available at: https://eu.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/delaware/2021/03/07/adrift-stormy-seas-delaware-pilot-crew-survives-cannibalism/6876403002/

Salmons, K. (2011). ‘Cannibalism and the Greely Arctic Expedition: A New Source for "Falk"’, The Conradian, 36(1), pp. 58-69. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/20873715

Salmons, K. (2017). Food in the Novels of Joseph Conrad. London: Palgrave Macmillan.

Shortland, S. (2020). ‘'Bites here and there': Literal and Metaphorical Cannibalism Across Disciplines Conference Review’, Exchanges, 7(2). Available at: https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/exchanges/article/view/550

Simpson, A.W.B. (1981). ‘Cannibals at Common Law’, The Law School Record, 27, pp. 3-10. Available at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=crosskey_lectures

Simpson, A.W.B. (2003). Cannibalism and the Common Law. London: A&C Black.

Société d'Archéologie et de Mémoire Maritime. (2017). Le Cannibalisme de Survie. Available at: http://www.archeosousmarine.net/cannibale.php

Zajonc, T. (2014). ‘1899 – The Drot’, Expedition Writer, 18 June. Available at: https://expeditionwriter.com/1899-the-drot/

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This week, Alix shares the choose-your-own adventure tale of the HMS Wager, an 18th century British ship on a mission to annoy the Spanish. At any cost.

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TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/01/13/s3-e12-sea-part-iv---the-hms-wager/

CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Byron, G.G. (2021). Don Juan. Urbana, IL: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/21700/21700-h/21700-h.htm

Craciun, A. (2011). ‘Writing the Disaster: Franklin and Frankenstein’, Nineteenth-Century Literature, 65(4), pp. 433-480. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/ncl.2011.65.4.433

Cusack, T. (ed.) (2017). Framing the Ocean, 1700 to the Present. London: Routledge.

Harvey, I. (2016). ‘The gruesome tale of ‘HMS Cannibal’ shipwrecked, murder & crew being eaten by shipmates’, Vintage News, 25 May. Available at: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/05/24/the-gruesome-tale-of-hms-cannibal-shipwrecked-murder-crew-being-eaten-by-shipmates/

Layman, C.H. (2015). The Wager Disaster. Luton: Andrews UK.

Robertson, J.A. (2016). Selfhood, Boundaries, and Death in Maritime Literature, 1768-1834. Pd. D Thesis. University of Leeds. Available at: https://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/16343/1/Selfhood%20Boundaries%20and%20Death%20in%20Maritime%20Literature%201768-1834.pdf

Stallings, A.E. (2017). ‘Shipwreck Is Everywhere’, Hudson Review, 70(3), pp. 365-399. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/44786322

Trifilo, S.S. (1960). ‘British Travel Accounts on Argentina before 1810’, Journal of Inter-American Studies, 2(3), pp. 239-256. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/165039

Venning, A. (2015). ‘The terrible tale of HMS Cannibal: Forgotten for centuries, it's a saga, told in a new book, of shipwreck, mutiny and murder that scandalised Britain…’, Daily Mail, 16 April. Available at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3041028/The-terrible-tale-HMS-Cannibal-Forgotten-centuries-s-saga-told-new-book-shipwreck-mutiny-murder-scandalised-Britain.html

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When John F. Kennedy backs an invasion by sea of Fidel Castro’s Cuba, disastrously poor planning leaves Brigade 2506 in dire straits.

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TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2022/01/06/s3-e11-sea-part-iii---the-bay-of-pigs/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alfonso, P. (1998). ‘Bay of Pigs survivor: We became cannibals’, Miami Herald, 16 April. Available at: http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/bay-of-pigs/baypigs2.htm

‘Bay of Pigs Invasion’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Pigs_Invasion

‘Bay of Pigs Survivor Tells ‘Secret’ of Cannibalism’. (1998). Orlando Sentinel, 16 April. Available at: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1998-04-16-9804151076-story.html

Cannibalism: Secrets Revealed. (2007). History Channel, 24 April. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I95evV1eYqQ&ab_channel=DocumentaryArchive

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Alejandro del Valle Martí. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2121/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Ernesto Ibrahín Hernández Cosío. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2555/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Jesús Vilarchao Quintana. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2677/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Jorge García Villalta y Espinosa. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2675/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - José García Montes y Angulo. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2695/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Julio Caballero González. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2694

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Manuel J. García Rosales. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2344/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Marco Tulio García Turino. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2679/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Raúl García Menocal Fowler. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2680/

Cuba Archive. (2016). Case Record - Rubén Vera Ortíz. Available at: http://database.cubaarchive.org/search/simple-search-view-case/2676/

Cueto, J.C. et al. (2021). ‘How the Bay of Pigs invasion began - and failed - 60 years on’, BBC News, 23 April. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-56808455

Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2021). ‘Cold War’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Cold-War

Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2021). ‘Fidel Castro’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fidel-Castro

‘Fidel Castro: Dodging exploding seashells, poison pens and ex-lovers’. (2016). BBC News, 27 November. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38121583

History.com editors. (2020). ‘Bay of Pigs Invasion’, History, 30 March. Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/bay-of-pigs-invasion

History.com editors. (2021). ‘The Bay of Pigs Invasion Begins’, History, 16 April. Available at: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs-invasion-begins

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. (n.d.). The Bay of Pigs. Available at: https://www.jfklibrary.org/learn/about-jfk/jfk-in-history/the-bay-of-pigs

Newcott, B. (2021). ‘After 60 years, Bay of Pigs disaster still haunts veterans who fought’, National Geographic, 16 April. Available at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/bay-of-pigs-disaster-still-haunts-veterans-who-faught-60th-anniversary

Pruitt, S. (2021). ‘5 Things You Might Not Know About the Bay of Pigs Invasion’, History, 15 March. Available at: https://www.history.com/news/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-the-bay-of-pigs-invasion

Serena, K. (2018). ‘In 1994, The U.S. Military Actually Considered Building A “Gay Bomb”’, All That’s Interesting, 2 February. Available at: https://allthatsinteresting.com/gay-bomb

‘2 Bay of Pigs Survivors Tell of Cannibalism to Stay Alive’. (1998). Chicago Tribune, 16 April. Available at: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-04-16-9804170096-story.html#:~:text=2%20BAY%20OF%20PIGS%20SURVIVORS%20TELL%20OF%20CANNIBALISM%20TO%20STAY%20ALIVE,-CHICAGO%20TRIBUNE&text=Desperate%20to%20survive%2016%20days,of%20Pigs%20invasion%20of%20Cuba

United States. Department of State. (n.d.). The Bay of Pigs Invasion and its Aftermath, April 1961–October 1962. Available at: https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/bay-of-pigs

White, M. (2011). ‘Bay of Pigs invasion: Kennedy’s Cuban catastrophe’, BBC History Extra, May. Available at: https://www.historyextra.com/period/20th-century/bay-of-pigs-invasion-kennedys-cuban-catastrophe/

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Alix shares a shipwreck story with one hell of a plot twist in today's episode on the Invercauld.

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TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/12/30/s3-e10-sea-part-ii---the-invercauld/

CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aberdeen City Council. (2018). Invercauld. Available at: http://www.aberdeenships.com/single.asp?offset=1350&index=110961

Allen, M.F. (1997). Wake of the Invercauld. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press.

‘Auckland Islands helicopter crash: Survivors reveal sheer panic, then night on island’. (2019). New Zealand Herald, 26 April. Available at: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-islands-helicopter-crash-survivors-reveal-sheer-panic-then-night-on-island/LFK5Q5CLP23LYOTE4TQIMS2TTQ/

Craighead, L. (2012). ‘Moral strength and ingenuity vs despair and cannibalism’. Review of Island of the Lost, by Joan Druett. National Business Review, 27 July. Available at: https://www.nbr.co.nz/article/island-lost-shipwrecked-edge-world-joan-druett-weekend-review-ja-124562

Druett, J. (2007). Island of the Lost. Chapel Hill, NC: Algonquin Books.

Eden, A.W. (1955). ‘The Wrecks of the Invercauld and the Compadre’, in Islands of Despair. London: Andrew Melrose, pp. 62-69. Available at: http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-EdeIsla-t1-body-d7.html

Gibbs, M. (2003). ‘The Archaeology of Crisis: Shipwreck Survivor Camps in Australasia’, Historical Archaeology, 37(1), pp. 128-145. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25617048

‘Invercauld’. (n.d.). New Zealand Bound. Available at: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/invercauld.htm

‘Invercauld (Ship)’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invercauld_(ship)

Jackson, B. (2019). ‘Auckland Islands helicopter pilot recalls violent crash’, Stuff, 26 April. Available at: https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/112269190/auckland-islands-helicopter-crash-survivors-reunited

Lubans, J. (2010). ‘Shipwrecks & Leadership’, Leading from the Middle, 17 August. Available at: https://blog.lubans.org/index.php?itemid=139

Pdpeacock. (2012). ‘Leadership is Essential for Group Survival’, Wilderness Innovation, 12 January. Available at: https://wildernessinnovation.com/2012/01/12/leadership-is-essential-for-group-survival/

Peterson, D. (2015). ‘Can you tame the Black Swan?’, The Community Banker, 4(3), pp. 12-13. Available at: https://vacb-community-banker.thenewslinkgroup.org/flippingbooks/Pub4-2015-Issue3/12/

Quinet, A. (1882). François Edouard Raynal. Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8450673d/f1.item

Rowe, D. (2021). ‘A Tale of Two Shipwrecks’, New Zealand Geographic, 167. Available at: https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/a-tale-of-two-shipwrecks/

Scadden, K. (2006). ‘Castaways’, in Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Available at: https://teara.govt.nz/mi/castaways/print

Smith, A. (1866). The Castaways. Aberdeen: A. Brown and Co. Available at: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-921072453/view?partId=nla.obj-921075176#page/n0/mode/1up

Spence, E.L. (2017). Shipwrecks of May 11. Available at: https://shipwrecks.com/shipwrecks-of-may-11/

‘The Ship Invercauld’. (n.d.). Dartmoor Trust. Available at: https://dartmoortrust.org/archive/record/107230?redirected=true

Wood, D.E. (2009). ‘Cardiothoracic surgery: a specialty divided or as one’, The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery, 137(1), pp. 1-9. Available at: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/81200184.pdf

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This week, we look at Vietnamese ‘boat people’ and the Boliano 52 – a group of refugees left without aid in the South China Sea.

Disclaimer: This episode was recorded prior to the announcement in December 2021 of an amendment to the Nationality and Borders Bill to provide the RNLI with legal protection in the case of rescuing refugees at sea. However, we feel the sentiments expressed in this episode surrounding the bill still merit inclusion.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/12/23/s3-e9-sea-part-i---the-bolinao-52/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Associated Press. (2008). ‘Dominican migrant: We ate flesh to survive’, NBC News, 4 November. Available at: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna27531105

Associated Press. (2008). Migrants Turn to Cannibalism to Survive. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xh8cwHd-WtM&ab_channel=AssociatedPress

BBC Newsnight. (2015). Left at sea, reduced to cannibalism - Newsnight. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ2jMXvr96c&ab_channel=BBCNewsnight

Constantine, N. (2018). A History of Cannibalism. London: Arcturus Publishing. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ZFFyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90

Editors of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2015). ‘Boat people refugees’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/boat-people-refugees

Fritsch, J. (1989). ‘Balian Guilty in Viet Boat Case, to Get Reprimand’, Los Angeles Times, 24 February. Available at: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-24-mn-266-story.html

Fritsch, J. (1989). ‘‘I Killed to Help the Living’ : Cannibal or Savior: Viet Refugee Says He Was Both’, Los Angeles Times, 24 February. Available at: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-24-mn-267-story.html

Gourevitch, P. (2015). ‘Search and Rescue’, New Yorker, 26 April. Available at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/05/04/search-and-rescue

‘Government minister ‘hopes’ cannibalism at sea no longer needed thanks to new technology’. (2021). Sky News, 22 June. Available at: https://news.sky.com/story/government-minister-hopes-cannibalism-at-sea-no-longer-needed-thanks-to-new-technology-12339438

Kamm, H. (1981). ‘A Vietnamese Orphan Tells of Killings and Cannibalism in 52-Day Sea Escare’, New York Times, 13 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1981/08/13/world/a-vietnamese-orphan-tells-of-killings-and-cannibalism-in-52-day-sea-escare.html

KQED. (2008). Vietnamese American Journey: Bolinao 52. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqqIIOSTj2U&ab_channel=KQED

Liu, S. (2015). ‘Duc Nguyen, Boat Person Refugee and Documentary Filmmaker of Bolinao 52 (2007) and Stateless (2015)’, Break the Silence. Available at: https://soundcloud.com/breakthesilence_uci/ducs-interview-copy

Los Angeles Times. (1988). ‘Cannibalism on the High Seas Vietnamese Watched the Killing Begin With His Friend, Cousin’, Orlando Sentinel, 13 November. Available at: https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1988-11-13-0080230074-story.html

Lung, H. (2006). Lost Fighting Arts of Vietnam. New York, NY: Citadel Press. Available at: https://archive.org/stream/lost_fighting_arts_of_vietnam/lost_fighting_arts_of_vietnam_djvu.txt

McKenzie, S. (2000). ‘Vietnam's boat people: 25 years of fears, hopes and dreams’, CNN. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20030405185711/http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2000/vietnam/story/boat.people/

Nguyen Mang, T. (2021). Vietnamese Boat People. Available at: https://www.vietnameseboatpeople.org/

‘Officer’s action probed.’ (1988). New Castle News, 11 August, p. 1. Available at: https://newspaperarchive.com/new-castle-news-aug-11-1988-p-1/

Quang, T. et al. (2009). ‘Boat People ‘Ate Their Relatives’’, Radio Free Asia, 11 May. Available at: https://www.rfa.org/english/women/food-05112009123100.html

Richburg, K.B. (1988). ‘Vietnamese Refugees Report Cannibalism on Voyage’, Washington Post, 10 August. Available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/08/10/vietnamese-refugees-report-cannibalism-on-voyage/a914a8c6-b50a-434c-adda-ac93dff1eef2/

Right Here in My Pocket. (n.d.). Bolinao 52 Story. Available at: https://www.rhimp.com/bolinao52/story.html

Right Here in My Pocket. (2007). Bolinao 52 Trailer. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcUFFaWoydQ&ab_channel=RightHereinMyPocket

Suarez, M. (1989). ‘U.S. Captain Convicted In Cannibalism Case, Given Reprimand’, AP News, 24 February. Available at: https://apnews.com/article/3f237384445ccad8fd5da3d045e637cc

Swain, J. (1988). ‘Cannibalism: the chilling secret of lost boat people’, Sunday Times, 20 November. Available at: http://www.jonswain.org/articles/articles/articles/article1.html

‘Vietnamese boat people’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_boat_people

‘Vietnamese boat people under investigation for cannibalism’. (1988). UPI, 9 August. Available at: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1988/08/09/Vietnamese-boat-people-under-investigation-for-cannibalism/5712587102400/

‘Vietnamese refugees forced to cannibalism for survival’. (1987). UPI, 12 August. Available at: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1987/08/12/Vietnamese-refugees-forced-to-cannibalism-for-survival/8126555739200/

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What connects survival cannibalism and the house of Romanov? The answer is, of course, the Battle of Moscow of 1612.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/12/16/s3-e8-ice-part-ii---the-polish-muscovite-war/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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This week, we join Yermak Timofeyevich and his band of Cossacks in a chilly adventure across the Ural Mountains and into Siberia.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/12/09/s3-e7-ice-part-i---yermak-timofeyevich/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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‘Conquest of the Khanate of Sibir’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest_of_the_Khanate_of_Sibir

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2012). ‘Yermak Timofeyevich’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yermak-Timofeyevich

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2015). ‘Siberia’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/place/Siberia

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Howdy! This week, we’re headed west – the Wild West, to be exact. Featuring characters such as Liver Eating Johnson, the Blues Brothers, Big Phil, and Uncle Dick Wootton, Alix takes us on a quick tour of survival cannibalism on the American frontier.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/12/02/s3-e6-land-part-vi---the-best-of-the-rest-of-the-wild-west/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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‘Boone Helm’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boone_Helm

Coel, M. (2012). ‘The Indian…’, in Chief Left Hand. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, pp. 94-109. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ptNcTmQ5RpEC&pg=PA97#v=onepage&q&f=false

Edwards, E. (2012). ‘Cannibals in the Family’, in Early Reagan. Lanham, MD: Taylor Trade Publishing, pp. 30-31. Available at: http://www.ibiblio.org/sullivan/CNN/RWR/Anecdotes/aneccannib.html

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Hernandez, A. (2019). ‘‘Big Phil’ the Colorado Cannibal’, Denver Public Library Research News, 31 December. Available at: https://history.denverlibrary.org/news/big-phil-colorado-cannibal

Holzwarth, L. (2019). ‘Episodes of Cannibalism throughout History’, History Collection, 13 October. Available at: https://historycollection.com/episodes-of-cannibalism-throughout-history/15/

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Kuroski, J. (2021). ‘They Killed His Wife And Burned Down His House – Then Liver-Eating Johnson Hunted Them Down And Ate Them’, All That’s Interesting, 1 October. Available at: https://allthatsinteresting.com/liver-eating-johnson

Langford, N.P. (1912). Vigilante days and ways; the pioneers of the Rockies; the makers and making of Montana and Idaho. Chicago, IL: A.C. McClurg & co. Available at: https://archive.org/details/vigilantedaysan00unkngoog

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For as long as humans have existed, we have been eating other humans. This week, Carmella takes us on a tour of six Stone Age sites where evidence of survival cannibalism has been uncovered.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/11/25/s3-e5-land-part-v---prehistoric-cannibalism-101/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

AFP News Agency. (2016). Belgium's Goyet caves prove Neanderthals were cannibals. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pq-yZy1S12w&ab_channel=AFPNewsAgency

Andrews, P. and Y. Fernández-Jalvo. (2003). ‘Cannibalism in Britain: Taphonomy of the Creswellian (Pleistocene) faunal and human remains from Gough's Cave (Somerset, England)’, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum: Geology Series, 58(S1), pp. 59-81. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yolanda-Fernandez-Jalvo/publication/253650169_2003_Cannibalism_in_Britain_-_Andrews_y_Fernandez/links/0046351fa32b97ed28000000/2003-Cannibalism-in-Britain-Andrews-y-Fernandez.pdf

Bello, M. et al. (2017). ‘An Upper Palaeolithic engraved human bone associated with ritualistic cannibalism’, PLOS One, 12(8). Available at: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0182127

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Fernández-Jalvo, Y. (1999). ‘Human cannibalism in the Early Pleistocene of Europe (Gran Dolina, Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos, Spain)’, Journal of Human Evolution, 37(3-4), pp. 591-622. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004724849990324X

Hendry, L. (n.d.). The cannibals of Gough’s Cave. Available at: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/the-cannibals-of-goughs-cave.html Keenan, E. M. (2014). A Tale of Three Caves: Faunal Contextualisation of Mixed Human and Animal Assemblages from the Yorkshire Dales. MSc Dissertation. University of York. Available at: https://www.academia.edu/9000598/A_Tale_of_Three_Caves_Faunal_Contextualisation_of_Mixed_Human_and_Animal_Assemblages_from_the_Yorkshire_Dales_unpublished_MSc_dissertation_

Kris Hurst, K. (2018). ‘El Sidrón, 50,000 Year Old Neanderthal Site’, Thought Co., 6 June. Available at: https://www.thoughtco.com/el-sidron-evidence-for-neanderthal-cannibalism-172640

Lewis, D. (2019). ‘Why Neanderthals turned to cannibalism’, Cosmos, 28 March. Available at: https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/warm-weather-pushed-neanderthals-into-cannibalism/

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Another week, another famine. This episode, Alix looks at a modern case of famine-induced survival cannibalism in North Korea.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/11/18/s3-e4-land-part-iv---the-arduous-march/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abad-Santos, A. (2013). ‘North Koreans Reportedly Turn to Cannibalism Due to 'Hidden Famine'’, The Altantic, 28 January. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/north-koreans-reportedly-turn-cannibalism-due-hidden-famine/319002/

Amnesty International. (2019). North Korea. Available at: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/north-korea

AP News. (1998). ‘Cannibalism Reported in North Korea’, 15 April. Available at: https://apnews.com/article/91eb6e8608b6112887f498d971dde245

Asia News. (2013). ‘Rumors of cannibalism in North Korea, crushed by famine’, Asia News, 28 January. Available at: http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Rumors-of-cannibalism-in-North-Korea,-crushed-by-famine-26978.html

Associated Press. (1993). ‘Defector Cites Growing Unrest in North Korea’, August 24. BBC News. (2021). ‘Kim Jong-un warns of North Korea crisis similar to deadly 90s famine’, 9 April. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56685356

Cho, J. et al. (2013). White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea. Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification. Available at: https://www.kinu.or.kr/pyxis-api/1/digital-files/3aee4b98-d429-46d0-b040-eacfb69d968c

Collins, R. (2018). Denied from the start Human Rights at the Local Level in North Korea. Washington, DC: Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Available at: https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/Collins_Denied_FINALFINALFINAL_WEB.pdf

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Evans, B. (2013). ‘North Korean parents 'eating their own children' after being driven mad by hunger in famine-hit pariah state’, Daily Mail, 27 January. Available at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2269094/North-Korean-parents-eat-children-driven-mad-hunger-famine-hit-pariah-state.html

Fahy, S. (2012). ‘Mapping a hidden disaster’, Natural Hazards Observer, September, pp. 22-27. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195312/https://hazdoc.colorado.edu/bitstream/handle/10590/5438/C024508.pdf?sequence=1

Fisher, M. (2013). ‘The Cannibals of North Korea’, Washington Post, 5 February. Available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/02/05/the-cannibals-of-north-korea/

Howard-Hassmann, R. E. (2012). ‘State-Induced Famine and Penal Starvation in North Korea’, Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 7(2), pp. 147-165. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol7/iss2/3/

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Irish Times. (1997). ‘Cannibalism in Korea, say exiles’, 2 October. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cannibalism-in-korea-say-exiles-1.111938

Jackson, S. (2017). ‘Pleased to EAT you: World map of man-eaters reveals where cannibalism STILL exists today’, Daily Star, 14 February. Available at: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/cannibals-north-korea-kim-jong-16984291

Kim, J. (2013). The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained. Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_kim_the_family_i_lost_in_north_korea_and_the_family_i_gained

Kim, J. (2015). ‘Desperate times during the famine in North Korea’, TED Ideas, 3 June. Available at: https://ideas.ted.com/desperate-times-during-the-famine-in-north-korea/

Kim, J. (2016). Under the Same Sky. Boston, MA: Mariner Books.

Koo, S. (2014). ‘A Brief Note on the History of Korean Cannibalism’, Korea Exposée, 30 September. Available at: https://www.koreaexpose.com/why-south-koreans-crave-human-flesh/

Lallanilla, M. (2013). ‘Cannibalism Reported in Famine-Stricken North Korea’, Live Science, 29 January. Available at: https://www.livescience.com/26677-north-korea-cannibalism.html

Lee, J. (2021). ‘North Korea Says It’s Facing Worst Food Shortage in Decade’, Bloomberg, 14 July. Available at: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-14/north-korea-says-it-s-facing-worst-food-shortage-in-decade

Liberty in North Korea. (n.d.) About Us. Available at: https://www.libertyinnorthkorea.org/aboutus

Minnesota Daily. (1998). ‘French aid workers report cannibalism in famine-stricken North Korea’, 16 April. Available at: https://mndaily.com/216195/uncategorized/french-aid-workers-report-cannibalism-famine-stricken-north-korea/

Namgung, J. (2019). ‘The Face of Famine in North Korea: Blindness, Cannibalism, and a Desire to Escape’, The Science Survey, 23 November. Available at: https://thesciencesurvey.com/news/2019/11/23/the-face-of-famine-in-north-korea-blindness-cannibalism-escape/

Nelson, S. C. (2013). ‘North Korea Cannibalism Fears Amid Reports Famine-Stricken Citizens 'Forced To Dig Up Corpses & Eat Their Children'’, Huffington Post, 28 January. Available at: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/28/north-korea-cannibalism-north-korea-cannibalism-famine-corpses-eat-_n_2565100.html

Nicol, M. (2003). ‘Famine-struck N Koreans 'eating children'’, Telegraph, 8 June. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/1432366/Famine-struck-N-Koreans-eating-children.html

Nolan, M. and S. Haggard. (2007). Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform. Washington, DC: Peterson Institute for International Economics. Available at: https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/92548/

‘North Korean famine’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_famine

Rice, S. and D. Knaute. (2012). The Death Penalty in North Korea. Paris: International Federation for Human Rights. Available at: https://www.fidh.org/IMG/pdf/en-report-northkorea-high-resolution.pdf

Rigoulot, P. (1999). ‘Crimes, Terror, and Secrecy in North Korea’, in The Black Book of Communism. Harvard: Harvard University Press.

Ryall, J. (2012). ‘North Korea 'executes three people found guilty of cannibalism'’, Telegraph, 11 May. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/9259043/North-Korea-executes-three-people-found-guilty-of-cannibalism.html

Shout Out UK. (2017). Cannibalism in North Korea: Beyond The Headlines. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgat_PU2yhY

Son, S. A. et al. (2019). Mapping the Fate of the Dead: Killings and Burials in North Korea. Seoul: Transitional Justice Working Group. Available at: https://en.tjwg.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2019-Report-Mapping-the-Fate-of-the-Dead-Killings-and-Burials-in-North-Korea.pdf

Tarquinio, J. A. (2018). ‘Defector says North Korean regime turned its people into cannibals’, New York Post, 7 July. Available at: https://nypost.com/2018/07/07/defector-says-north-korean-regime-turned-its-people-into-cannibals/

USA Today. (2013). ‘20 facts about North Korea’, 13 April. Available at: https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/04/13/north-korea-factoids/2078831/

United Nations Human Rights Council. (2014). Report of the detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Geneva: UNHRC. Available at: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIDPRK/Pages/ReportoftheCommissionofInquiryDPRK.aspx

Williams, R. (2013). ‘North Korean cannibalism fears amid claims starving people forced to desperate measures’, Independent, 28 January. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/north-korean-cannibalism-fears-amid-claims-starving-people-forced-to-desperate-measures-8468781.html

Yoon, C. (n.d.) Famine in North Korea. Available at: https://asiasociety.org/famine-north-korea

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It's 1527 and a Spanish expedition to Florida are on the hunt for safe harbour, immense riches, and somewhere to put all their horses. This is the story of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and the Narváez Expedition.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/11/11/s3-e3-land-part-iii---the-narvaez-expedition/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cabeza de Vaca, A. N. (2002). Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition. Translated by F. Bandelier. London: Penguin.

‘Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (1492?-1559?)’. (2021). Encyclopedia.com. Available at: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/alvar-nunez-cabeza-de-vaca

Chipman, D. (2017). ‘Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez (ca. 1490–ca. 1559)’, Handbook of Texas, 28 July. Available at: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cabeza-de-vaca-lvar-nunez

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2021). ‘Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alvar-Nunez-Cabeza-de-Vaca

Florida Center for Instructional Technology. (2002). The Misadventures of Pánfilo de Narváez and Nuñez de Cabeza de Vaca. Available at: http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/narvaez/narvaez1.htm

Jáuregui, C. A. (2016). ‘Going native, going home. Ethnographic empathy and the artifice of return in Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación’, Colonial Latin American Review, 25(2), pp. 175-199. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos-Jauregui/publication/308096650_Going_native_going_home_Ethnographic_empathy_and_the_artifice_of_return_in_Cabeza_de_Vaca%27s_Relacion/links/5b79a3024585151fd1208561/Going-native-going-home-Ethnographic-empathy-and-the-artifice-of-return-in-Cabeza-de-Vacas-Relacion.pdf

Schnelle, R. (2001). ‘Soul-struck Soldier: Stepping Westward with Cabeza de Vaca’, Weber Studies, 19, pp. 74-81. Available at: https://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20C%20Vol.%2016.2-18.1/Vol.%2019.1/Schnelle.htm

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This week, Alix takes us on a tour of famine in Irish history, culminating in the infamous 19th century potato famine.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/11/04/s3-e2-land-part-ii---the-irish-potato-famine/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brantlinger, P. (2004). ‘The Famine’, Victorian Literature and Culture, 32(1), pp. 193-207. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25058660?seq=1

Carmody, P. (2009). ‘The story of starvation’, Irish Times, 30 May. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-story-of-starvation-1.774061

Connolly, J. (1997). ‘An Irishman's Diary’, Irish Times, 23 September. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.108966

Coogan, T. P. (2013). The Famine Plot. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Griffin.

Coste, M. (2020). ‘New RTE documentary finds evidence of cannibalism in Ireland during Great Famine’, Clé, 1 December. Available at: http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/key-story/01-12-20-great-famine-cannibalism

Dwyer, F. (2016). ‘A Famine Cover Up. Cannibalism in 1849…’, Irish History Podcast, 22 February. Available at: https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/a-famine-cover-up-cannibalism-in-1849/

ElleHaceElle. (2017). ‘Irish Famine and Cannibalism’, Breise! Breise! Extra! Extra!, 21 June. Available at: https://breisebreiseleighgoleire1969.wordpress.com/tag/did-the-irish-resort-to-cannibalism-during-the-famine/

Geography Department, University College Cork and Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (n.d.). The Great Irish Famine Online. Available at: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8de2b863f4454cbf93387dacb5cb8412

Great Britain. UK Parliament. (n.d.). The Great Famine. Available at: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/overview/the-great-famine/

‘Irish Famine (1740–1741)’ (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740%E2%80%9341)

McGreevy, R. (2020). ‘Role of ‘survivor cannibalism’ during Great Famine detailed in new TV documentary’, Irish Times, 30 November. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/role-of-survivor-cannibalism-during-great-famine-detailed-in-new-tv-documentary-1.4423323

Marx, K. (1999). ‘Chapter Twenty-Five: The General Law of Capitalist Accumulation’ in Capital, Vol. 1. N.p.: Marxists Internet Archive. Available at: https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1867-c1/ch25.htm

O’Brien, S. (2020). ‘Great Hunger documentary explores how Irish people turned to survivor cannibalism’, Irish Central, 30 November. Available at: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/great-hunger-documentary-irish-people-cannibalism

Ó Gráda, C. (2013). Eating people is wrong: Famine's darkest secret?. UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series No. WP13/02. Dublin: UCD School of Economics. Available at: https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/72202

O’Sullivan, M. (2018). ‘Possible Cannibalism in Connemara during the Great Famine’, History at Galway, 3 February. Available at: https://historyatgalway.wordpress.com/2018/02/03/possible-cannibalism-in-connemara-during-the-great-famine/

Persaud, R. (2011). ‘It's Not Everyone's Idea Of A Wholesome Meal, But Over The Ages Human Flesh Has Been Eaten By Surprisingly Large Numbers Of People’, Independent, 23 October. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/history-common-cannibal-it-s-not-everyone-s-idea-wholesome-meal-over-ages-human-flesh-has-been-eaten-surprisingly-large-numbers-people-raj-persaud-reports-2322199.html

Stromberg, J. (2013). ‘Scientists Finally Pinpoint the Pathogen That Caused the Irish Potato Famine’, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 May. Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/scientists-finally-pinpoint-the-pathogen-that-caused-the-irish-potato-famine-71084770/

Swift, J. (2019). A Modest Proposal. Urbana, IL: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm The Hunger: The Story Of The Irish Famine. (2020). RTÉ, 30 November. Available at: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/72202/1/742708829.pdf

‘Was cannibalism practiced during the Irish famine?’ (2012). Irish Central, 15 May. Available at: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/cannibalism-irish-famine-great-hunger-history

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Kicking Season 3 off with a bang, Carmella and Alix are back with the ‘maneater of Macquarie Harbour’ – Alexander Pearce.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/10/31/s3-e1-land-part-i-alexander-pearce/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

‘Alexander Pearce’. (2021). Convict Records. Available at: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/pearce/alexander/128595

Bock, T. (1824). Alexander Pearce executed for murder, July 19 1824. [Pencil]. State Library of NSW, Sydney. Available at: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-items/alexander-pearce-executed-murder-july-19th-1824-thomas-bock

Bonwick, J. (1857). ‘Alexander Pearce the Tasmanian Cannibal’, Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal, 28 January, p. 4. Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/62051091

Charleston, L.J. (2019). ‘'We ate each other one by one': The gruesome story of Alexander Pearce the cannibal convict’, New Zealand Herald, 5 May. Available at: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/we-ate-each-other-one-by-one-the-gruesome-story-of-alexander-pearce-the-cannibal-convict/IZ7HKYWQD6PM6X67MX5EOWYMQ4/

Collins, P. (2014). Hell’s Gates. Melbourne: Hardie Grant Books.

Cormick, C. (2004). ‘The confessions of a cannibal’, MARGIN: Monash Australiana Research Group Informal Notes, (62), pp. 33-37. Available at: https://www.thefreelibrary.com/Confessions+of+a+cannibal.-a0117040501

Simpson, A.W.B. (1981). ‘Cannibals at Common Law’, The Law School Record, 27, pp. 3-10. Available at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=crosskey_lectures

Stolze, D. (2014). ‘Skull of the executed murderer and cannibal Alexander Pearce’, Strange Remains, 11 February. Available at: https://strangeremains.com/2014/02/11/the-skull-of-executed-murderer-and-cannibal-alexander-pearce/

Thomas, M. (1999). ‘A Tale They Won’t Believe.’ Weddings Parties Anything. They Were Better Live. [Digital]. Melbourne: Mushroom Records Pty. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/track/1dLBPVqVNgK1NPvEsPLvjU

Wright, J. (2020). ‘The Fermanagh cannibal who lured his victims to the woods and banqueted on their flesh’, Sunday Life, 27 July. Available at: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/the-fermanagh-cannibal-who-lured-his-victims-to-the-woods-and-banqueted-on-their-flesh-39391450.html

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Coming 31 October 2021: Season 3 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

Join Alix and Carmella for 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism across time and around the world.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/10/17/season-3-trailer/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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April Fool’s! We're back for another round of outtakes from Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/04/01/season-2-outtakes/(opens in a new tab)

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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In our final episode of Season 2, Alix and Carmella offer a quick-fire selection of stories on the custom of the sea.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2024/02/24/s2-e13-sea-part-iv---fun-on-boats/

CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Boger, J. (1805). ‘Plympton, July 4, 1805’, London Gazette, 6 July, p. 869. Available at: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/15821/page/869

Boréale 138. (2019). Radio-Canada, 31 October. Available at: https://ici.radio-canada.ca/premiere/emissions/boreale-138/segments/chronique/140347/bateau-naufrage-anticosti-granicus-cannibalisme-cote-nord

Bossé, G.R. (2003). The macabre discovery of the wreck of The bark Granicus, on the Island of Anticosti, during the winter and spring of 1828-1829. Available at: http://www.geocities.ws/grbosse.geo/granicus/granicus.html

‘Charlotte de Berry’. (2021). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_de_Berry

Chronicles of the Sea. (1838). ‘Loss of H.M.S. Nautilus’, Chronicles of the Sea, 13 October, pp. 1-6. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gwUHAAAAQAAJ&dq=HMS%20Nauticus%201807&pg=PA369#v=onepage&q=HMS%20Nautilus%201807&f=false

Coolopolis Montreal. (2013). ‘Cannibalism in Quebec’, Coolopolis, 6 May. Available at: http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2013/05/cannibalism-in-quebec.html

Drew, C. and D. Stout. (2000). ‘Survivors Tell of Submarine Horrors’, New York Times, 17 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/17/world/survivors-tell-of-submarine-horrors.html

Foxe, E. (2004). Charlotte de Berry. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20050112085737/http://www.bonaventure.org.uk/ed/deberry.htm

Foxe, E. (2004). Charlotte de Berry - 1836. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20050124113946/http://www.bonaventure.org.uk/ed/lloydscdb.htm

Golden Age of Piracy. (n.d.). Charlotte de Berry. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20170903101143/http://www.goldenageofpiracy.org/buccaneers/charlotte-de-berry.php

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. (1839). Report from Select Committee on Shipwrecks of Timber Ships. London: House of Commons. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=66kxAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22elizabeth%20rashleigh%22&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q=%22elizabeth%20rashleigh%22&f=false

John Bull. (1835). ‘Shocking Sufferings’, John Bull, 25(737). Available at: https://www.lastchancetoread.com/docs/1835-01-25-john-bull.aspx

Lettens, J. (2008). ‘HMS Nautilus (+1807)’, Wrecksite, 19 January. Available at: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17256

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Lindridge, J. (1846). ‘Loss of H.M.S. Nautilus, Captain Palmer, January 5, 1807’ in Tales of Shipwrecks and Adventures at Sea. London: William Mark Clark, pp. 217-220. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=rTFFAAAAYAAJ&dq=HMS%20Nauticus%201807&pg=PA217#v=snippet&q=HMS%20Nautilus%201807&f=false

Nadeau, J. (2019). ‘Un cas de cannibalisme’, Le Devoir, 28 October. Available at: https://www.ledevoir.com/opinion/chroniques/565735/un-cas-de-cannibalisme

Nikki. (2017). ‘Charlotte De Berry’, Pirate’s Quest, 17 March. Available at: https://www.piratesquest.co.uk/charlotte-de-berry/

O’Neill, J. (2016). ‘Stove Boats, Shipwrecks, and Cannibalism: The Perils of Westport Whaling Voyages’, Westport Historical Society, 29 November. Available at: https://wpthistory.org/2016/11/stove-boats-shipwrecks-and-cannibalism-the-perils-of-westport-whaling-voyages/

Rarick, E. (2008). Desperate Passage: The Donner Party’s Perilous Journey West. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ricketts, B. (2014). ‘ANTICOSTI Island… A Writer’s Dream’, Mysteries of Canada, 30 October. Available at: https://mysteriesofcanada.com/quebec/anticosti-island/

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Simpson, B. (2003). Cannibalism and Common Law. London: A&C Black.

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Stone, G. (2008). ‘Janet: the captain’s account’, Westport Historical Society, 26 April. Available at: https://wpthistory.org/2008/04/janet_the_capta/

Terrific Record. (1849). ‘Perils of the sea’, The Terrific Record, 45, pp. 714-715. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=g_oEAAAAQAAJ&lpg=PA714&dq=%22janet%22%20%22Hosmer%22%20%221849%22&pg=PA714#v=onepage&q=%22janet%22%20%22Hosmer%22%20%22&f=false

The 1805 Club. (n.d.). Commander John Sykes. Available at: https://www.thetrafalgarway.org/john-sykes

Vanner, A. (2020). ‘Hell and high water: HMS Nautilus, 1807’, The Dawlish Chronicles, 21 February. Available at: https://dawlishchronicles.com/2020/02/21/hell-and-high-water-hms-nautilus-1807/

Wheeler, R. (2006). Palmer's Pilgrimage. Oxford: Peter Lang.

Yolen, J. (2010). ‘Charlotte de Berry’ in Sea Queens. Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, pp. 55-58.

Zajonc, T. (2014). ‘1807 - Nautilus Sloop’, Expedition Writer, 23 July. Available at: http://expeditionwriter.com/1807-nautilus-sloop/

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The SS Dumaru is poorly-built, ugly, and crewed by “bad men of the sea”. When she’s requisitioned for the war effort by the US Navy, her run of bad luck becomes a sprint to disaster.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/02/18/s2-e12-sea-part-iii-the-ss-dumaru/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adelaide Chronicle. (1918). ‘On the lone ocean’, Adelaide Chronicle, 30 November, p. 34. Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87554536

Allen, G. (2012). ‘Human’ in Deutsch, J. and N. Murakhver (eds.) They Eat That?. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 100-108.

Bean. T.W. (1919). ‘Invention versus Death – to a Finish’, Popular Science Monthly, 94(6), pp. 22-23. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_igDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false

Christy, C. (2020). ‘9 Shipwrecks Throughout History That Ended In Cannibalism’, Unspeakable Times, 4 February. Available at: https://www.ranker.com/list/shipwrecks-ended-in-cannibalism/chase-christy

Golden, F. and M. Tipton. (2002). ‘Necessities of sustained survival: water and food’ in Essentials of Sea Survival. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

Guy, M. (2007). ‘Shipwreck survivors: three men in a boat’, Independent, 7 January. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/shipwreck-survivors-three-men-in-a-boat-430798.html

Meister, G. (1969). Letter to Frank Geisel, 26 November. Available at: https://www.sowp.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/LR-1101141916-Meister-Letter.pdf

Newell, C. (2012). ‘A bolt of death from the sky’, Lake Oswego Review, 1 August. Available at: https://pamplinmedia.com/lor/48-news/113002-a-bolt-of-death-from-the-sky?wallit_nosession=1

New York Times. (1918). ‘Four survive the Dumaru’, New York Times, 9 November, p. 13. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1918/11/09/archives/four-survive-the-dumaru-seamen-from-burning-ship-adrift-without.html?searchResultPosition=4

New York Times. (1918). ‘11 more survivors of the Dumaru’, New York Times, 13 November, p. 3. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1918/11/13/archives/11-more-survivors-of-the-dumaru.html?searchResultPosition=2

New York Times. (1918). ‘Dumaru's Entire Crew Saved’, New York Times, 16 November, p. 2. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1918/11/16/archives/dumarus-entire-crew-saved.html

New York Times. (1930). ‘Adrift in a Life-Boat Twenty-Four Days’, New York Times, 21 September, p. 3. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/21/archives/adrift-in-a-lifeboat-twentyfour-days-a-gruesome-tale-of-cannibalism.html?searchResultPosition=3

Nourie, A. and B. Nourie. (1990). ‘Popular Science’ in American Mass Market Magazines, pp. 385-399. Available at: https://archive.org/details/americanmassmark00nour/page/385/mode/2up

Pacific Marine Review. (1920). ‘Lundin life boats praised’, Pacific Marine Review, 17, p. 198. Available at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c2603238&view=1up&seq=198&q1=dumaru

Penobscot Marine Museum. (2012). Steam, Steel Ships and an End of Wooden Shipbuilding. Available at: https://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/pbho-1/ships-shipbuilding/steam-steel-ships-and-end-wooden-shipbuilding

Rochester (NY). Historian's Office. (1924). ‘James Feretter’ in World War Service Record. Rochester, NY: City. Vol 1, pp. 137-138. Available at: http://www.libraryweb.org/~digitized/books/World_War_service_record_vol_1.pdf

Stilgoe, J. (2003). ‘Passage’ in Lifeboat. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, pp. 186-216.

The Recruit. (1918). ‘Five shipwrecked men off Guam’, The Recruit, 4(12), p. 98.

United States. Department of Commerce and Bureau of Navigation. (1920). Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States. Washington: US Government Printing Office. Vol 51. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=d14uAAAAYAAJ

Williams, G. (2017). The United States Merchant Marine in World War I. Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

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Religious turmoil. Espionage. Mutiny. Bad accents. This is the story of Charlesfort – an early French attempt to establish a colony in North America.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/02/11/s2-e11-sea-part-ii---charlesfort/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Access Genealogy. (n.d.). The French Colony of Charlesfort. Available at: https://accessgenealogy.com/south-carolina/french-colony-of-charlesfort.htm

Bell, S.M. (2012). ‘France’s Lost Colony: One of ‘Em, Anyway’, je parle américain, 17 May. Available at: https://jeparleamericain.com/2012/05/17/frances-lost-colony-one-of-em-anyway/

Curry, K. (1928). ‘Jean Ribaut, His Personality and Achievements’, Florida Historical Society Quarterly, 7(2), pp. 159-163. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30149685

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Jean Ribaut’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Ribaut

Florida Center for Instructional Technology. (2002). Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France. Available at: https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/ribault/ribault1.htm

Greene, H. (2019). ‘Charleston’, in South Carolina Encyclopedia. Available at: https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/charleston/

Harris, S. (1963). ‘The Tragic Dream Of Jean Ribaut’, American Heritage, 14(6). Available at: https://www.americanheritage.com/tragic-dream-jean-ribaut

Meide, C. (2014). Historical Background Part I: French Colonization in Florida, 1562-1565. Available at: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/14lostfleet/background/history-pt1/history-pt1.html

Quirion, K.R.T. (2020). ‘The Story of a Failed French Settlement in 16th Century North America: Charlesfort’, History is Now Magazine, 31 May. Available at: http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2020/5/31/the-story-of-a-failed-french-settlement-in-16th-century-north-america-charlesfort#.X0kAP8hKjIU=

Revue pour les jeunes filles. (1898). ‘Autour de la Floride’, in Revue pour les jeune filles. Paris: Armand Colin. Vol. 3, pp. 576-587. Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5322731v/

Saraceni, J.E. (1996). ‘Charlesfort Identified’, Archaeology, 49(5). Available at: https://archive.archaeology.org/9609/newsbriefs/charlesfort.html

SC Picture Project. (n.d.). Charlesfort & Santa Elena. Available at: https://www.scpictureproject.org/beaufort-county/charlesfort-santa-elena.html

Thompson, C. (2015). From Charlesfort to Jamestown: French and English Imperial Efforts in Early American History. M.A. Thesis. College of William and Mary. Available at: https://scholarworks.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6130&context=etd

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This week we return to the Pacific theatre of WWII, where Dutch steam-ship Rooseboom is in the process of evacuating 500 passengers from Padang to Ceylon.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/02/04/s2-e10-sea-part-i---the-ss-rooseboom/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Allen, T. and N. Vleggeert. (2019). ‘SS Rooseboom (+1942)’, Wrecksite. Available at: https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?17527

Brooke, G. (1990). Singapore’s Dunkirk. London: Leo Cooper.

Gibson, W. (2007). The Boat. Burrough on the Hill: Monsoon Books.

Gladstone, M. (2017). Largie Castle, A Rifled Nest. Southerness: Firefallmedia.

Kingshott, J.B. (n.d.). Robert William George Kingshott. Available at: https://www.kingshott.info/robert-w-g-kingshott

Pether, M. (2011). SS. Rooseboom. Available at: https://www.roll-of-honour.org.uk/evacuation_ships/html/s__rooseboom_history.htm

Pether, M. (2013). ‘SS. ROOSEBOOM – Sunk by Japanese submarine number I-159 on 1st March 1942’, South African Military History Society, May 2013. Available at: https://www.samilitaryhistory.org/diaries/roosboom.html

‘SS Rooseboom’. (2020). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Rooseboom

The Times. (2005). ‘Walter Gibson’, The Times, 27 April. Available at: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/walter-gibson-m3vb6x9pvnt

Turner, D. (2019). Be Grateful: Brighton College’s Fallen 1939–45. Oxford: Bloomsbury. Weintraub, R. (2015). No Better Friend. New York: Little, Brown.

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1. Frankish knights reach the city of Ma'arra. As the crusaders surround the city walls, in an unusual reversal of convention, this time it's the besiegers who find themselves desperate for food.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/01/28/s2-e9-land-part-vii---the-first-crusade/

CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Andrea, A.J. and A. Holt. (2015). Seven Myths of the Crusades. Indianapolis, IN: Hackett.

Asbridge, T. (2005). The First Crusade. London: The Free Press.

Heller, S. (2011). ‘Terror in the Old French Crusade Cycle: from Splendid Cavalry to Cannibalism’. Re-Visioning Terrorism: An Interdisciplinary and International Conference, Purdue University, Indiana, 8-10 September 2011. Available at: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1021&context=revisioning

Heng, G. (1998). ‘Cannibalism, the first crusade, and the genesis of Medieval Romance’, Differences, 10(1), pp. 98-174. Available at: http://clworldhistory.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/3/3/10332912/cannibalism_and_crusades.pdf

Kostick, C. (2008). ‘Pauperes and the first crusade: from Antioch to Jerusalem’, in The Social Structure of the First Crusade. Leiden: Brill, pp. 131-158. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1163/j.ctt1w8h1gw.9?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents

Le Strange, G. (1890). Palestine under the Moslems. London: Alexander P. Watt. Available at: https://archive.org/details/palestineundermo00lestuoft/page/n3/mode/2up

Maalouf, A. (2012). The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. London: Saqi Books.

Rubenstein, J. (2008). ‘Cannibals and crusaders’, French Historical Studies, 31(4), pp. 525-552. Available at: http://courses.washington.edu/holywar/Links_files/Cannibals%20and%20Crusaders.pdf

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Colorado. 1883. Alfred Packer is standing trial. His alleged crime? Luring five men into the mountains with the intention of murdering them and stealing their belongings, then eating their bodies when food ran out.

London. 2021. Casting Lots Podcast is here to answer the question once and for all: Alfred Packer, guilty or not guilty?

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/01/21/s2-e8-land-part-vi---alfred-packer/

CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adams, C. (1874). ‘A party of miners on the plains kill and eat each other’, National Republican, 26 May, p. 5. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053573/1874-05-26/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Packer Bailey, D.P. (2009). ‘Solving the American West's Greatest Mystery: Was Alferd Packer Innocent of Murder?’ [PDF] Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20130117101738/https://www.museumofwesternco.com/media/cms/includes/pathways_article_packer_solve.pdf Benson, K. and M. Benson. (2000). Alfred “Alferd” Packer. Available at: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/785/alfred-packer Colorado State Library. (n.d.) Alferd Packer: Notorious Cannibal. Available at: https://www.coloradovirtuallibrary.org/digital-colorado/colorado-histories/beginnings/alferd-packer-notorious-cannibal/ Colorado Tourism Office. (n.d.) Alfred Packer. Available at: https://lakecity.com/alfred-packer/ Curry, A. (2002). ‘Case of the Colorado Cannibal’, Archaeology, 55(3). Available at: https://archive.archaeology.org/0205/abstracts/cannibal.html Daily Arizona Silver Belt. (1907). ‘Scout who ate human flesh dies’, Daily Arizona Silver Belt, 27 April, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87082863/1907-04-27/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Alfred+Packer Di Stefano, D. (2006). ‘Alfred Packer’s World: Risk, Responsibility, and the Place of Experience in Mountain Culture, 1873-1907’, Journal of Social History, 40(1), pp. 181-204. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/4491860 Dobson, G.B. (n.d.) Fort Fetterman. Available at: http://www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com/fetterman.html Elk County Advocate. (1874). ‘A White Cannibal’, Elk County Advocate, 1 October, p. 4. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026259/1874-10-01/ed-1/seq-4/ Herald and Tribune. (1885). ‘A cannibal’s trial’, Herald and Tribune, 19 November, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033429/1885-11-19/ed-1/seq-1/ History.com Editors. (2020). ‘“Colorado Cannibal” Alferd Packer is paroled’, History, 6 January. Available at: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cannibal-alfred-packer-is-paroled Idaho Semi-Weekly World. (1883). ‘The Colorado ghoul’, Idaho Semi-Weekly World, 1 May, p. 2. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84022135/1883-05-01/ed-1/seq-2/ Kansas City Journal. (1897). ‘Packer asks pardon’, Kansas City Journal, 12 September, p. 11. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063615/1897-09-12/ed-1/seq-11/ Las Vegas Daily Gazette. (1883). ‘Callous cannibal’, Las Vegas Daily Gazette, 18 March, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90051703/1883-03-18/ed-1/seq-1/#words=Alfred+Packer Las Vegas Daily Gazette. (1883). ‘Packer packed’, Las Vegas Daily Gazette, 14 April, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90051703/1883-04-14/ed-1/seq-1/ Museums of the San Luis Valley and Southern Colorado. (n.d.). Alferd Packer - “The Colorado Cannibal”. Available at: https://www.museumtrail.org/alferd-packer.html National Republican. (1883). ‘An American cannibal’, National Republican, 13 April, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86053573/1883-04-13/ed-1/seq-1/ Neihart Herald. (1899). ‘Alfred Packer, the “man eater”’, Neihart Herald, 12 August, p. 2. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85053323/1899-08-12/ed-1/seq-2/#words=Alfred+Packer New York Tribune. (1886). ‘Eating the bodies of men’, New York Tribune, 7 August, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1886-08-07/ed-1/seq-1/ Omaha Daily Bee. (1901). ‘Alfred Packer is paroled’, Omaha Daily Bee, 9 January, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn99021999/1901-01-09/ed-1/seq-1/ Rautman, A.E. and T.W. Fenton. (2005). ‘A Case of Historic Cannibalism in the American West: Implications for Southwestern Archaeology’, American Antiquity, 70(2), pp. 321-341. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/40035706 Salt Lake Herald. (1892). ‘Packer, the man-eater!’, Salt Lake Herald, 16 December, p. 1. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85058130/1892-12-16/ed-1/seq-1/ Schechter, H. (2015). Man-Eater. London: Head of Zeus. Simpson, A.W.B. (1981). ‘Cannibals at Common Law’, The Law School Record, 27, pp. 3-10. Available at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=crosskey_lectures True Northerner. (1886). ‘The Colorado Cannibal’, True Northerner, 19 August, p. 3. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85033781/1886-08-19/ed-1/seq-3/ Washington Times. (1907). ‘Colorado’s “man eater” dies on lonely ranch before pardon comes’, Washington Times, 27 April, p. 6. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1907-04-27/ed-1/seq-6/#words=Alfred+Packer Weiser-Alexander, K. (2020). Alfred Packer – Colorado Cannibal. Available at: https://www.legendsofamerica.com/alfred-packer/ Yale Expositor. (1900). ‘An odd case revisited’, Yale Expositor, 23 March, p. 5. Available at: https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn98066406/1900-03-23/ed-1/seq-5/#words=Alfred+Packer Yost, M. (2015). ‘The Gruesome taste of Colorado: Alfred Packer the Colorado Cannibal’, Out Front Magazine, 21 October. Available at: https://www.outfrontmagazine.com/trending/the-gruseome-taste-of-colorado-alfred-packer-the-colorado-cannibal/

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Did you know that there's survival cannibalism in Dante's Divine Comedy? And it's based on a true story? This week, we look at the infamous 'Cannibal Count', Ugolino della Gherardesca.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/01/14/s2-e7-land-part-v---count-ugolino/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alighieri, D. (1997). Divine Comedy, Longfellow's Translation, Hell. Translated by H.W. Longfellow. Urbana, IL: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1001/1001-h/1001-h.htm Benigni, P. (2008). ‘Ugolino della Gherardesca: cronaca di una scoperta annunciata’, Archeologia Viva, 128, pp. 64-67. Available at: https://www.archeologiaviva.it/2976/ugolino-della-gherardesca-cronaca-di-una-scoperta-annunciata/ Bentley, R. (1864). ‘Count Ugolino of Pisa’, in Bentley, R. (ed.) Bentley's Miscellany. London: Chapman and Hall; v. 55, pp. 173-178. Casina Rosa, G. (2016). ‘Of starvation and cannibalism in Pisa’, At Home In Tuscany, 20 October. Available at: http://www.athomeintuscany.org/2016/10/20/starvation-cannibalism-pisa/ Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2019). ‘Guelf and Ghibelline’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Guelf-and-Ghibelline Herzman, R.B. (1980). ‘Cannibalism and Communion in Inferno XXXIII’, Dante Studies, 98, pp. 53-78. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40166287 Italian Tribune. (2014). ‘The Cannibal Who Inspired Dante’, Italian Tribune, 30 April. Available at: http://italiantribune.com/the-cannibal-who-inspired-dante/ Johnston, B. (2001). ‘Bones exhumed to verify Dante's cannibalism tale’, Telegraph, 28 June. Available at: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/italy/1312704/Bones-exhumed-to-verify-Dantes-cannibalism-tale.html Martinelli, N.. (2007). ‘Dante And The Cannibal Count’, Newsweek, 1 February. Available at: https://www.newsweek.com/dante-and-cannibal-count-142221 Raffa, G. (2007). Ugolino: Circle 9, Inferno 32-3. Available at: http://danteworlds.laits.utexas.edu/textpopup/inf3301.html Vazquez, P. (2020). ‘Dante's Cannibal Count: Unnatural Hunger and its Reckoning’, Arion, 28(1), pp. 67-93. Available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/4y1s-na39 Weird Italy. (2013). ‘Ugolino, the Cannibal Count’, Weird Italy, 26 March. Available at: https://weirditaly.com/2013/03/26/ugolino-the-cannibal-count/ Wukitsch, T.K. (n.d.) Cannibal(?) Count Ugolino. Available at: http://www.mmdtkw.org/VUgolino.html

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Climate change, food shortages, calls for Scottish independence and plague on the doorstep… The 14th century was a very different time.

This week, Alix looks at the Great Famine that struck Northern Europe in the early 14th century.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2021/01/07/s2-e6-land-part-iv---the-great-14th-century-famine/

CREDITS

With thanks to Dr Wingard for invaluable research help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aberth, J. (2010). From the Brink of the Apocalypse (2nd ed.). London: Routledge. Bailey, M. (1997). Review of The Great Famine by William Chester Jordan. History, 82(267), p. 488. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24423511 Brain. (2020). ‘The tale of Hansel and Gretel and the Great Famine of 1315-1317’, Fact Source, 8 June. Available at: https://thefactsource.com/the-tale-of-hansel-and-gretel-and-the-great-famine-of-1315-1317/ Carlin, M. and J.T. Rosenthal. (1998). Food and Eating in Medieval Europe. London: Hambledon Press. Charnock, R.S. (1866). ‘Cannibalism in Europe’, Journal of the Anthropological Society of London, 4, pp. xxii-xxxi. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/3025368 Davidson Sorkin, A. (2016). ‘The Next Great Famine’, New Yorker, 3 January. Available at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/the-next-great-famine Davis, D.E. (1986). ‘Regulation of human population in northern France and adjacent lands in the Middle Ages’, Human Ecology, 14, pp. 245-267. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00889240 Fara, A. (2017). ‘Production of and Trade in Food Between the Kingdom of Hungary and Europe in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Era (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)’, Hungarian Historical Review, 6(1), pp. 138-179. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26370717 Homewood, P. (2013). ‘The Great Famine Of 1315’, Not a Lot of People Know That, 27 January. Available at: https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-great-famine-of-1315/ Isaiah, 5:10-13, Holy Bible: New International Version. Johnson, B. (2014). The Great Flood and Great Famine of 1314. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Flood-Great-Famine-of-1314/ Jordan, W.C. (1996). The Great Famine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Kelly, J. (2006). ‘The Day Before the Day of the Dead’, in The Great Mortality. New York, NY: Harper Perennial. Available at: https://erenow.net/postclassical/the-great-mortality-an-intimate-history-of-the-black-death/4.php Kershaw, I. (1973). ‘The Great Famine and Agrarian Crisis in England 1315-1322’, Past & Present, 59, pp. 3-50. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/650378 King, H. (n.d.). The Great Famine. Available at: http://www.halinaking.co.uk/Location/Yorkshire/Frames/History/1315%20Great%20Famine/Great%20Famine.htm Lindenbaum, S. (2004). ‘Thinking about Cannibalism’, Annual Review of Anthropology, 33, pp. 475-498. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25064862 Lucas, H.S. (1930). ‘The Great European Famine of 1315, 1316, and 1317’, Speculum, 5(4), pp. 343-377. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2848143 McMichael, A.J. (2012). ‘Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival’, PNAS, 109(13), pp. 4730-4737. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120177109

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This week, we journey to the Sahara for a tale of railways, misadventure and betrayal in Colonial Algeria.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/12/31/s2-e5-land-part-iii---the-flatters-expedition/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Asher, M. (2007). Sands of Death. London: Phoenix. Bernard, F. (1882). Deuxième Mission Flatters: historique et rapport rédigés au service central des affaires indigènes. Algiers: Adolphe Jourdan. Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k503875m/f1.item Garric, A. (n.d.). Paul Flatters. Available at: https://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=fr&n=flatters&p=paul Heffernan, M. (1989). ‘The Limits of Utopia: Henri Duveyrier and the Exploration of the Sahara in the Nineteenth Century’, Geographical Journal, 155(3), pp. 342-352. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/635209 Jodra, S. (2004). Flatters. Available at: http://www.cosmovisions.com/Flatters.htm Strachan, J. (2011). ‘Murder in the Desert: Soldiers, Settlers and the Flatters Expedition in the Politics and Historical Memory of European Colonial Algeria, 1830-1881’, H-France Review, 4, pp. 210-222. Available at: https://h-france.net/rude/vol4/strachan4/

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Famine, war, siege and political upheaval: Alix takes us on a tour of almost 2,500 years of survival cannibalism history in China.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/12/24/s2-e4-land-part-ii-chinese-cannibalism-101/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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Available at: https://doi.org/10.1111/disa.12152 Goldblatt, H. (2000). ‘Forbidden Food: “The Saturnicon” of Mo Yan’, World Literature Today, 74(3), pp. 477-485. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/40155811 Graff, D.A. (1995). ‘Meritorious Cannibal: Chang Hsün’s Defense of Sui-yang and the Exaltation of Loyalty in an Age of Rebellion’, Asia Major, 8(1), pp.1-17. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41645511 Griner, A. (2016). ‘China’s Great Famine: A mission to expose the truth’, Al Jazeera, 11 January. Available at: https://www.aljazeera.com/program/episode/2016/1/11/chinas-great-famine-a-mission-to-expose-the-truth/ ‘Guangxi Massacre’. (2020). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangxi_Massacre Hays, J. (2016). Horrors of the Cultural Revolution. Available at: http://factsanddetails.com/china/cat2/sub6/entry-5530.html Hindustan Times. (2016). ‘China suppresses horrific history of cannibalism’, Hindustan Times, 11 May. 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When Japanese supply lines to New Guinea get cut off, the troops are left to fend for themselves in the midst of World War II.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/12/17/s2-e3-land-part-i-the-pacific-war/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Bradley, J. (2003). Flyboys. Boston, MA: Little, Brown. Drea, E. et al. (2006). Researching Japanese war crimes records: introductory essays. [n.p.]: National Archives and Records Administration for the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group. Available at: https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/japanese-war-crimes/introductory-essays.pdf Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Pacific War’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pacific-War Sayas, C. (2017). ‘Intro to Cannibalism in the Pacific’, Pacific Atrocities, 10 June. Available at: https://www.pacificatrocities.org/blog/cannibalism-in-the-pacific Sharma, M.S. (2014). ‘Japanese ate Indian PoWs, used them as live targets in WWII’, The Times of India, 11 August. Available at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Japanese-ate-Indian-PoWs-used-them-as-live-targets-in-WWII/articleshow/40017577.cms Spencer, G. (1992). ‘Japan Hears of World War II Cannibalism A Half-Century Later’, Associated Press, 11 August. Available at: https://apnews.com/article/2e7e9a8dae17cc29862c4562b44c9225 Tanaka, Y. (1998). Hidden Horrors. Boulder, CO: Westview Press. UPI. (1992). ‘Documents claim cannibalism by Japanese World War II soldiers’, UPI, 10 August. Available at: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/10/Documents-claim-cannibalism-by-Japanese-World-War-II-soldiers/2568713419200/?ur3=1

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A horrific crash-landing over the Rocky Mountains leaves two young survivors stranded in the snow.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/12/10/s2-e2-ice-part-ii-the-crash-of-the-skyhawk/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brandon Sun. (1979). ‘Air crash survivor recounts ordeal’, Brandon Sun, 1 June, p.1. Available at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brandon-sun-jun-01-1979-p-1/ Cessna. (n.d.). Cessna Skyhawk. Available at: https://cessna.txtav.com/en/piston/cessna-skyhawk DoxNM. (2017). Brent Dyer Survived A Plane Crash – Extraordinary Lives. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnhsySZTa1U Eisler, D. (1979). ‘We had to eat him and we did’, Maclean’s, 11 June. Available at: https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1979/6/11/we-had-to-eat-him-and-we-did Emilson, K. (2018). When Memories Remain (3rd ed.). Grunthal, MB: Perpetual Books. Fieldhouse, P. (2013). ‘Myths, taboos and superstitions’, in Food and Nutrition (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Springer, pp. 165-183. Gzowski, P. (1980). The Sacrament. New York, NY: Atheneum Books. Johnson v. Pischke. (1985). 108 Idaho 397, 700 P.2d 19. Available at: https://www.leagle.com/decision/citingcases/1985719700p2d191716 Lawrence Journal-World. (1979). ‘Pair walk away from crash site’, Lawrence Journal-World, 26 May, p.11. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5YyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6763%2C5697679 Regina Leader-Post. (1979). ‘Father’s protective instinct led to miracle in Idaho mountains’, Regina Leader-Post, 26 May, p.3. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=C3ZVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wz4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1112%2C3294088 Tam, L. (2019). ‘Cannibal crash survivors, 10-year-old gives birth to twins and China blanks Soviet sit-down request: headlines from 40 years ago’, South China Morning Post, 6 June. Available at: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3013453/cannibal-crash-survivors-10-year-old-gives-birth-twins-and Timson, J. (1980). ‘Survival on faith and human flesh’, Maclean’s, 6 October. Available at: https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1980/10/6/survival-on-faith-and-human-flesh Weekly World News. (1981). ‘Incredible tales of survival’, Weekly World News, 23 June, p.32. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_O8DAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA32&pg=PA32

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While Sir John Franklin is best known for his infamous lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage, it wasn’t his only trip to the Arctic that ended in survival cannibalism.

In the first episode of Season 2, we head to the Coppermine River for Sir John Franklin: The Prequel.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/12/03/s2-e1-sir-john-franklin-the-prequel-coppermine-expedition/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Baker, R. (2012). ‘Up the Coppermine without a paddle’, The Royal Society, 11 April. Available at: https://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/04/11/up-the-coppermine/

Burant, J. (1987). ‘Hood, Robert’, in Dictionary of Canadian Biography. (Volume 6). Toronto: University of Toronto/Université Laval. Available at: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hood_robert_6E.html

Dewhirst, J. (2015). The Franklin Coppermine Expedition, North East Canada, 1899-22. Available at: http://www.britainssmallwars.co.uk/the-franklin-coppermine-expedition-north-east-canada-1819-22.html

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Sir George Back’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Back

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Sir John Franklin’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Franklin

Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Sir John Richardson’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Richardson-Scottish-surgeon-and-explorer

Franklin, J. (1823). Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London: J. Murray. Available at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c106106342

John Grey Centre. (n.d.). John Hepburn: Arctic Explorer, 1794–1861 or 1864. Available at: https://www.johngraycentre.org/people/adventurers-and-explorers/john-hepburn-arctic-explorer-1794-1861-or-1864/

McCorristine, S. (2018). ‘The explorer’s body’, in The Spectral Arctic. London: UCL Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787352452

Palin, M. (2018). Erebus: The Story of a Ship. London: Hutchinson.

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Coming next week: Season 2 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

Join hosts Alix and Carmella for 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism history, starting with a very familiar name…

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/11/24/season-2-trailer/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Season 2 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast is on the way!

Join hosts Alix and Carmella in 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism history, coming December 2020.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/10/31/season-2-halloween-trailer-trick-or-treat/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Have a laugh on us this April Fool's! Alix and Carmella present the Season 1 Outtakes from Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

TRANSCRIPT

https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/04/01/season-1-outtakes/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Happy Valentine’s Day from Casting Lots Podcast!

In this special episode, Alix tells the story of young Ann Saunders and the Frances Mary: a tale of shipwreck, survival cannibalism, and love.

Looking for a book or film to enjoy while you snuggle up to your significant other this evening? We’re also discussing our favourite examples of survival cannibalism in pop culture – from the literary to the pulpy to the plain old weird.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/02/14/valentines-day-special-the-frances-mary-and-cannibalism-in-pop-culture/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Birch, C. (2011). Jamrach’s Menagerie. London: Canongate. Carlisle, H. (2000). The Jonah Man. London: Orion Books. Connors, S.T. (1973). ‘Marten Hartwell Story’. Stompin’ Tom Connors. To It and at It. [Digital]. Ontario: Stompin’ Tom Ltd. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/track/7cmxWi6JlsvWWqawkklNXw Crain, C. (1994). ‘Lovers of Human Flesh: Homosexuality and Cannibalism in Melville’s Novels’, American Literature, 66(1), pp. 25-53. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/2927432 DeSpair, C. (2019). ‘MFDJ 07/04/2019: CANNIBALISM AT SEA’, Decidedly Grim, 4 July. Available at: http://www.decidedlygrim.net/?p=7331 Faiella, G. (2019). Misery, Mutiny and Menace. Cheltenham: The History Press. Faiella, G., (2020). ‘Terrible true tales of life at sea’, The History Press, n.d. Available at: https://www.thehistorypress.co.uk/articles/terrible-true-tales-of-life-at-sea/ Ford, D. (2008). ‘Eating Flesh: Cannibalism at Sea on board Jersey Ships’, Heritage, 2008. Available at: https://www.jerseyheritage.org/heritage-magazine ‘George Byron, 7th Baron Byron’. (2020). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Byron,_7th_Baron_Byron Accessed: 19 January 2020. Kimichika, M. (2018). The Catamaran. Japan: Kindle Direct Publishing. ‘List of Catholic Saints’. (2020). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Catholic_saints (Accessed 19 January 2020) Martel, Y. (2012). The Life of Pi. Edinburgh: Canongate. Miskolcze, R. (2007). Women and Children First. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. Mitchell-Cook, A. (2011). ‘To Honor their Worth, Beauty and Accomplishments: Women in Early American-Anglo Shipwreck Accounts’, Coriolis, 2(1), pp. 17-33. Available at: http://ijms.nmdl.org/article/view/8071 Mitchell-Cook, A. (2013). A Sea of Misadventures. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press. Pembroke, J.D.T. (2015). ‘Dr. Pembroke’s Clinic – True Love and Cannibalism on the High Seas’, The Pandora Society, 14 October. Available at: https://thepandorasociety.com/dr-pembrokes-clinic-true-love-and-cannibalism-on-the-high-seas/ Petrinovich, L.F. (2000). The Cannibal Within. Piscataway, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Saunders, A. (1827). Narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of Miss Ann Saunders. Providence, RI: ZS Crossmon. Available at: https://archive.org/details/cihm_40276/page/n5 Schutt, B. (2017). Eat Me: A Natural and Unnatural History of Cannibalism. London: Profile Books. Simmons, D. (2010). The Terror. London: Transworld. Simpson, B. (2003). Cannibalism and Common Law. London: A&C Black. Solomon, J. (2013). Shipwreck in Art and Literature. New York: Routledge. Stagnaro, A. (2019). ‘St. Lawrence Laughed in the Face of Death’, National Catholic Register, 10 August. Available at: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/astagnaro/st.-lawrence-laughed-in-the-face-of-death The Terror. (2018). AMC, 25 March-21 May. Thomas, R.A.M. (2018). Interesting and Authentic Narratives of the Most Remarkable Shipwrecks, Fires, Famines, Calamities, Providential Deliverances, and Lamentable Disasters on the Seas in Most Parts of the World. Miami, FL: HardPress. Warkentin, E. (2018). A Land So Wild. San Jose, CA: Carnation Books. Wilcox, J. (2000). Humour in Anglo-Saxon Literature. Rochester: Boydell & Brewer. Your Catholic Voice Foundation. (2020). ‘Saints A to Z’, Catholic Online. Available at: https://www.catholic.org/saints/stindex.php (Accessed 19 January 2020)

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In our final episode of the season, we take to the Arctic skies for the Marten Hartwell story.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/01/16/13-ice-part-iv-the-marten-hartwell-story/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Connors, S.T. (1973). ‘Marten Hartwell Story’. Stompin’ Tom Connors. To It and at It. [Digital]. Ontario: Stompin’ Tom Ltd. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/track/7cmxWi6JlsvWWqawkklNXw

Crawford, B. (2019). ‘Fifteen Canadian Stories: The Epic Tale Of Marten Hartwell’s Arctic Survival’, Ottawa Citizen, 10 April. Available at: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/marten-hartwell-an-epic-tale-of-arctic-survival

Gein, E. and B. Marriner. (1997). Cannibalism: The Last Taboo!. Rickmansworth: Senate.

Goyette, L. (2010). Northern Kids. Victoria, BC: Brindle and Glass.

Metcalfe-Chenail, D. (2014). Polar Winds: A Century of Flying the North. Toronto: Dundurn.

New York Times. (1972). ‘Canadians Rescue Pilot of Plane Lost A Month in Arctic’, New York Times, 10 December, p.1. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/10/archives/canadians-rescue-pilot-of-plane-lost-a-month-in-arctic-canadians.html?_r=0

New York Times. (1973). ‘Bush Pilot Tells of Cannibalism’, New York Times, 2 March, p. 5. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/02/archives/bush-pilot-tells-of-cannibalism-stranded-in-arctic-he-had-eaten.html

Ottawa Citizen. (2018). Fifteen Canadian Stories: Marten Hartwell, Arctic Survivor. Available at: https://youtu.be/dhOslNyUaBE

Plimpton, G. (2004). As Told at the Explorers Club. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press.

Poling, J. (2007). Waking Nanabijou: Uncovering a Secret Past. Toronto: Dundurn.

Redish, L. and O. Lewis. (2007). ‘Setting the Record Straight About Native Languages: What Does “Eskimo” Mean In Cree?’, Native Languages of the Americas. Available at: http://www.native-languages.org/iaq23.htm

Register-Guard, Eugene. (1972). ‘Plane Crash Survivor Says Eskimo Boy ‘decided to die’’, Register-Guard, Eugene, 13 December, p. 7. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K6lVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6427%2C3261513

Sydney Morning Herald. (1972). ‘Crash Pilots 31 Day Arctic Ordeal’, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 December, p.1. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cPljAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6168%2C4662318

Tadman, P. (1991). The Survivor. Hanna, AB: Gorman & Gorman.

Watts, A. (2012). From Eskimo Point to Alice Springs: Adventures in Nursing from the Arctic to the Outback. London: Simon and Schuster.

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This episode, we’re heading south for a story of Antarctic disaster. Did Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1911 expedition end in survival cannibalism? Carmella unravels the cold case in a tale of overland hauling, extreme rationing, and all the unpleasant things that can happen to sled dogs.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/01/09/12-ice-part-iii-douglas-mawson/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Chalmers, S. (2007). ‘The icecap cannibal’, Daily Mail, 27 Oct. Available at: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20071027/282235186299099

Day, D. (2013). Flaws in the Ice. London: Scribe.

Hurley, F. (c.1914-16). Tom Crean.jpg. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tom_Crean.jpg

Leane, E. and H. Tiffin. (2011). ‘Dogs, meat and Douglas Mawson’, Australian Humanities Review, 51. Available at: http://australianhumanitiesreview.org/2011/11/01/dogs-meat-and-douglas-mawson/

PM. (2009). ABC Radio, 20 May. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2576375.htm

Shearman, D.J.C. (1978). ‘Vitamin A and Sir Douglas Mawson’, British Medical Journal, 1(6108), pp. 283-285. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1602734/

Taylor, G. (1959). ‘Obituary: Sir Douglas Mawson, O.B.E., F.R.S.’, Australian Geographer, 7(4), pp. 164-165. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/00049185908702341

Yusoff, K. (2005). Arresting visions: a geographical theory of Antarctic light. PhD Thesis. Lancaster University. Available at: https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/49392/

Yusoff, K. (2007). ‘Antarctic exposure: archives of the feeling body’, Cultural Geographies, 14(2), pp. 211-233. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1474474007075355

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‘Execution, mutiny, starvation, suicide and cannibalism’ – the story of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition has it all!

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2020/01/02/11-ice-part-ii-adolphus-greely/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Greely, A. (1886). Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-1884 and the Attainment of Farthest North. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Available at: https://archive.org/details/threeyearsofarct00greeuoft/page/n6 and https://archive.org/details/threeyearsofarct02gree/page/n6 The Greely Expedition. (2019). PBS, 5 February. Available at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/greely/ Guttridge, L.F. (2006). Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The harrowing true story of the Greely expedition. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse. Jampoler, A.C.A. (2010). ‘Disaster at Lady Franklin Bay’, Naval History Magazine, 24(4). Available at: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2010/august/disaster-lady-franklin-bay Kershner, K. (2013). ‘10 True Stories of Survival Cannibalism’, HowStuffWorks.com, 30 May. Available at: https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/10-true-stories-survival-cannibalism8.htm ‘Lady Franklin Bay Expedition’. (2019). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Franklin_Bay_Expedition (Accessed 29 December 2019) Miles, J. (2000). ‘”Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition” by Leonard F. Guttridge’, Salon, 21 January. Available at: https://www.salon.com/2000/01/21/guttridge/ National Museum of American History. (2011). ‘A mysterious fork leads to the story of the infamous Greely Expedition’, O Say Can You See?, 4 November. Available at: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2011/11/greely_expedition.html New York Times. (1884). ‘The shame of the nation’, New York Times, 13 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1884/08/13/archives/the-shame-of-the-nation-dreadful-sufferings-in-the-camp-at-cape.html New York Times. (1884). ‘Crazed by starvation’, New York Times, 16 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1884/08/16/archives/crazed-by-starvation-another-chapter-in-the-awful-story-of-cape.html New York Times. (1884). ‘Horrors of Cape Sabine’, New York Times, 12 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1884/08/12/archives/horrors-of-cape-sabine-terrible-story-of-greelys-dreary-camp-brave.html United States Congress. War Department. (1884). The Proceedings of the “Proteus” Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883. (Senate Ex. Doc. 100, 48th Cong, 1st Sess.). Washington: Government Printing Office. Węslawski, J.M. and J. Legeżyńska. (2002). ‘Chances for Arctic Survival: Greely’s Expedition Revisited’, Arctic, 55(4), pp. 373-379. Available at: http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic55-4-373.pdf

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What happened to the Franklin Expedition? This episode, we’re headed up to the Arctic circle to investigate one of the greatest mysteries of the Victorian era.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/12/26/10-ice-part-i-the-franklin-expedition/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cavell, J. (2013). ‘Publishing Sir John Franklin’s fate: cannibalism, journalism, and the 1881 edition of Leopold McClintock’s “The voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic seas”’. Book History, 16, pp. 155-184. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/42705784

Geiger, J.G. and O. Beattie. (2004). Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. London: Bloomsbury.

Hawkes, N. (1995). ‘Trapped explorers were forced into cannibalism; Sir John Franklin expedition’. The Times, London, 13 May. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/318284753

Keenleyside, A., M. Bertulli and H.C. Fricke. (1997). ‘The final days of the Franklin Expedition: new skeletal evidence’. Arctic, 50(1), pp. 36-46. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1089

Landseer, E.H. (1864). Man proposes, God disposes [Oil on canvas]. Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manproposesgoddisposes.jpg

Mays, S. and O. Beattie. (2016). ‘Evidence for end-stage cannibalism on Sir John Franklin’s last expedition to the Arctic, 1845’. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 26, pp. 778-786. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.2479

Murphy, J. (2018). ‘Is the Arctic set to become a main shipping route?’. BBC News, Toronto, 1 November. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-45527531

Palin, M. (2018). Erebus: The Story of a Ship. London: Hutchinson.

Peglar, H. (2000). Russell Potter’s transcript of the “Peglar Papers,” MS. 9388/1-11, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. Transcribed by R. Potter. Available at: http://www.ric.edu/faculty/rpotter/aglooka/peglar-fulltext-rev_2000.pdf

Rogers, S. (1981). ‘Northwest Passage’. Stan Rogers. Northwest Passage (Remastered). [Digital]. Ontario: Borealis Records & Forgarty’s Cove Music. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/track/1LMJZeNGgZ5aqHR1yqd8Fy

Shapton, L. (2016). ‘Artifacts of a doomed expedition’. New York Times Magazine, 18 March. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/03/20/magazine/franklin-expedition.html

Smurftrooper. (2019). Supposed Route of Franklin’s expedition 1845-1848.svg. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Supposed_Route_of_Franklin%27s_expedition_1845-1848.svg

Stenton, D.R. (2014). ‘A most inhospitable coast: the report of Lieutenant William Hobson’s 1859 search for the Franklin Expedition on King William Island’. Arctic, 67(4), pp. 511-522. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4424

Stenton, D.R., A. Keenleyside and R.W. Park. (2015). ‘The “boat place” burial: new skeletal evidence from the 1845 Franklin Expedition’. Arctic, 68(1), pp. 32-44. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4454

Stenton, D.R. and R.W. Park. (2017). ‘History, oral history and archaeology: reinterpreting the “boat places” of Erebus Bay’. Arctic, 70(2), pp. 203-218. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic4649

Stiles, D. (2017). ‘“Common disaster”?!: three works revealing the importance of Inuit presence and Inuit oral history [on the writings about the man in charge / the men about / the unceasing searching for the Erebus and Terror]’. Journal of Canadian Studies, 51(2), pp. 520-532. Available at: https://doi.org/10.3138/jcs.2017-0002.r1

Woods, A. (2016). ‘Franklin’s last voyage’. Archaeology, 69(4), pp. 36-41. Available at: https://www.archaeology.org/issues/220-1607/features/4559-canada-erebus-discovery

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The emigrant ship Cospatrick is headed to Auckland when it catches ablaze at sea, resulting in a tragic loss of lives that makes it one of the worst disasters in New Zealand’s history. But for the few survivors who escape by lifeboat, the horror isn’t over yet…

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/12/19/9-sea-part-vi-the-cospatrick/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Clark, C.R. (2006). Women and Children Last: The Burning of the Emigrant Ship Cospatrick. Dunedin: University of Otago Press.

Cowdell, P. (2010). ‘Cannibal ballads: not just a question of taste…”. Folk Music Journal, 9(5), pp. 723-747. Available at: www.jstor.org/stable/25654209.

Illustrated London News. (1875). ‘Burning of the Emigrant-Ship Cospatrick at Sea’. Illustrated London News, 2 January. Available at: http://www.theshipslist.com/accounts/cospatrick.shtml

Liverpool Mercury. (1874). ‘An emigrant ship burned, supposed Loss of 450 lives, terrible privations of the survivors’. Liverpool Mercury, 29 December. Available at: http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/cospatrick.html

Liverpool Mercury. (1874). ‘The burning of an emigrant ship, further particulars, the Second Mate’s statement’. Liverpool Mercury, 30 December. Available at: http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/cospatrick.html

Rhodes, T.S. (2014). ‘Cannibalism at sea’, The Pirate Empire, 13 January. Available at: http://thepirateempire.blogspot.com/2014/01/cannibalism-at-sea.html

Vietze, A. and S. Erickson. (2012). Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press.

Wilson, J. (2005). ‘Fire on the Cospatrick’ in Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Wellington: Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Available at: https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/2563/fire-on-the-cospatrick

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Is survival cannibalism illegal? After the crew of the Mignonette turn to the custom of the sea, they find themselves embroiled in a landmark 19th Century court case. The status of maritime cannibalism in British law will never be the same again.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/12/12/8-sea-part-v-the-mignonette/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1907). (1884). ‘The wreck of the Mignonette’, Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 – 1907), 15 November. Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71020081/5045099#

Hanson, N. (1999). ‘The custom of the sea’, Independent, 6 October. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/docview/311526455

Hibbard, A. (2019). ‘Cannibalism and the late-Victorian adventure novel: The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens’, English Literature in Transition, 1880-1920, 62(3), pp. 305-327. Available at: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/721841/summary

Kidd-Hewitt, D. (2017). ‘Homicide By Natural Necessity: The Mignonette Tragedy’, David Kidd-Hewitt, 6 November. Available at: https://davidkiddhewitt.wordpress.com/2017/11/06/homicide-by-natural-necessity-the-mignonette-tragedy/

Moreton, C. (1996). ‘He wanted some adventure on the high seas. His shipmates ate him’, Independent, 28 July. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/he-wanted-some-adventure-on-the-high-seas-his-shipmates-ate-him-1330828.html.

The Queen v. Dudley and Stephens. (1884). 14 QBD 273 DC. Available at: http://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/1884/2.html

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The crew of a 19th Century whaleship experience an unlucky turn of fate when they’re sunk by a whale. In this episode, Alix tells the story of the Essex, the disaster which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/12/05/7-sea-part-iv-the-whaleship-essex/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alexander, C. (2004). The Bounty: The true story of the mutiny on the Bounty. London: Penguin Books. Beidler, A. (2009). Eating Owen: The Imagined True Story. Seattle, WA: Coffeetown Press. Boren, M.E. (2000). ‘What’s Eating Ahab? The Logic of Ingestion and the Performance of Meaning in Moby-Dick’, Style, 34(1), pp. 1-24. Available at: www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/style.34.1.1 Carlisle, H. (2000). The Jonah Man. London: Orion Books. Cook, P. (2019). You Wouldn’t Want To Sail On A 19th-Century Whaling Ship!, Brighton: Book House. Cowdell, P. (2010). ‘Cannibal Ballads: Not Just a Question of Taste…’, Folk Music Journal, 9(5), pp. 723-747. Available at: www.jstor.org/stable/25654209 Dolin, E.J. (2008), Leviathan: the history of whaling in America. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Dowling, D.O. (2016). Surviving the Essex: The Afterlife of America’s Most Storied Shipwreck. Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England. Gatineau, M. and S. Mathrani. (2011). Obesity and Ethnicity. Oxford: National Obesity Observatory. Available at: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20170110172557/https://www.noo.org.uk/uploads/doc/vid_9851_Obesity_ethnicity.pdf Hosain, G.M.M., M. Rahman, K.J. Williams, and A.B. Berenson. (2010). ‘Racial differences in the association between body fat distribution and lipid profiles among reproductive-age women’, Diabetes & Metabolism, 36(4), pp. 278-285. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2939924/ In the Heart of the Sea. (2015). [DVD]. Directed by Ron Howard. Burbank, CA: Warner Bros. Karttunen, F.R. (2005). The other islanders: people who pulled Nantucket’s oars. New Bedford, MA: Spinner Publications. Krueger, P.M. and E.N. Reither. (2015). ‘Mind the gap: Race/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in obesity’, Current Diabetes Reports, 15(95). Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947380/ Mass Moments. Captain Absalom Boston dies on Nantucket. Available at: https://www.massmoments.org/moment-details/captain-absalom-boston-dies-on-nantucket.html Melville, H. (2008). Moby Dick; or, The Whale. Urbana, IL: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm Nickerson, T. and O. Chase. (2000). The Loss of the Ship Essex, Sunk by a Whale: First-Person Accounts. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Philbrick, N. In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Rhodes, T.S. (2014). ‘Cannibalism at sea’, The Pirate Empire, 13 January. Available at: http://thepirateempire.blogspot.com/2014/01/cannibalism-at-sea.html Severin, T. (2018). In search of Moby Dick: Quest for the white whale. London: Endeavour Media. Wagner, D.R. and V.H. Heyward. (2000). ‘Measures of body composition in blacks and whites: a comparative review’, The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 71(6), pp. 1392-1402. Available at: https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/71/6/1392/4729362 The Whale. (2013). BBC One Television, 22 December.

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Have you ever been so drunk you’ve started eating people? This episode, Carmella tells the absurd true story behind Géricault’s famous painting of ‘The Raft of the Medusa’.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/28/6-sea-part-iii-the-raft-of-the-medusa/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Corréard, A. and H. Savigny. (1821). Naufrage de la frégate ‘La Méduse’, faisant partie de l’expédition du Sénégal, en 1816 (5th edition). Paris: Corréard. Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1036098.texteImage Géricault, T. (1819). Le Radeau de la Méduse [Oil on canvas]. Louvre, Paris. Available at: https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/raft-medusa Journal des débats politiques et littéraires. (1816). ‘Naufrage de la Méduse’, Journal des débats politiques et littéraires, 13 September, pp. 2-4. Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k421756q/f2.image Riding, C. (2003). ‘The fatal raft’, History Today, 53(2), pp. 38-44. Shaw, M. (2012). ‘The Doctor and the cannibals’, The Dickensian, 108(487), pp. 117-125. Available at: https://search.proquest.com/openview/d26548f821f01e3d29bef995e47fbc0e

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Eating your crew-mates after a shipwreck used to be so common that it was known as the ‘custom of the sea’. This episode, Alix offers up a buffet of maritime disasters that ended in cannibalism.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/21/5-sea-part-ii-the-custom-of-the-sea/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Blick, J.P. (1988). ‘The cannibalism issue: structuralist and materialist interpretations and other concerns’, Lambda Alpha Journal of Man, 18, pp. 8-29. Available at: http://hdl.handle.net/10057/1805 Grahame, K. (2010). The Wind in the Willows. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Harvard University. (2009). Justice: What's The Right Thing To Do? Episode 01 "THE MORAL SIDE OF MURDER". Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBdfcR-8hEY Kemmy, J. (1981). ‘The Death of a Cabin Boy’, The Old Limerick Journal, 9(4), p. 3. Available at: http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/death%20of%20a%20cabin-boy.pdf Murphy, C. (2014). ‘Theatre: The terrible and true story of the ship's captain who ate his crew’, Irish Independent, 2 November. Available at: https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/theatre-arts/theatre-the-terrible-and-true-story-of-the-ships-captain-who-ate-his-crew-30696766.html Rhodes, T.S. (2014). ‘Cannibalism at sea’, The Pirate Empire, 13 January. Available at: http://thepirateempire.blogspot.com/2014/01/cannibalism-at-sea.html

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A fire at sea leads to a grisly fate for the crew of the Luxborough Galley, an 18th Century slave ship.

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https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/14/4-sea-part-i-the-sinking-of-the-luxborough-galley/

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

With special thanks to Ellys Harrison for the indispensable help with research.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Campbell, J. (1813). ‘William Boys, Esq.’, in Naval history of Great Britain, including the history and lives of the British admirals. (Volume 5). London: John Stockdale, pp. 318-325. Available at: https://archive.org/details/navalhistoryofgr05campiala/page/318

Crain, C. (1994). ‘Lovers of human flesh: homosexuality and cannibalism in Melville’s novels’, American Literature, 66(1), pp. 25-53. Available at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2927432

Harrison, E. (2018). The Sinking of the Luxborough Galley. Unpublished.

Kellaway, W. (2014). The Luxborough Galley. Available at: http://www.leshaigh.co.uk/notesstories/luxborough.html

Knight, C. (1834). ‘Burning of a ship at sea, and sufferings of the survivors among the crew’ in The Penny Magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. London: Charles Knight, pp. 260-262. Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bKdbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA260

Lowry, E. (2018). Dark Water. London: Riverrun.

Southey, T. (1827). ‘1727’, in Chronological History of the West Indies. (Volume 2). London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, pp. 240-244. Available at: https://archive.org/details/chronologicalhi01soutgoog/page/n249

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What forces an entire settlement into cannibalism? In this two-part episode, we’re looking at Jamestown and Leningrad – two stories of the terrible effects of war and famine on a desperate populace.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/11/07/3-land-part-iii-the-starving-time-at-jamestown-and-the-siege-of-leningrad/

CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Busch, R. (2014). Survivors of Stalingrad: eyewitness accounts from the 6th Army, 1942-43. London: Frontline Books.

Clapperton, J. (2007). ‘The Siege of Leningrad as sacred narrative: conversations with survivors’, Oral History, 35(1), pp. 49-60. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40179922

Coates, T. (2004). ‘Grappling with Holodomor: thoughts on Timothy Snyder’s “The Bloodlands”’, The Atlantic. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/grappling-with-holodomor/282816/

Filimonov, A. and R. Coalson. (2018). Cannibal Island: in 1933, nearly 5,000 died in one of Stalin’s most horrific labour camps. Available at: https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html

History.com. (2019). Battle of Stalingrad. Available at: https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad

Jones, M. (2008). Leningrad: state of siege. New York, NY: Basic Books.

Kelso, W. M. (2017). Jamestown, the truth revealed. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press.

Killgrove, K. (2015). ‘Skeletons of Napoleon’s soldiers discovered in mass grave show signs of starvation’, Forbes. Available at: https://www.forbes.com/sites/kristinakillgrove/2015/07/25/skeletons-of-napoleons-soldiers-in-mass-grave-show-signs-of-starvation/#1cd86fa73743

Percy, G. (2012). ‘“This starveing Tyme”; an excerpt from “A Trewe Relacyon of the procedeings and ocurrentes of Momente which have hapned in Virginia”’, in Encyclopedia Virginia. Charlottesville, VA: Virginia Humanities. Available at: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/_This_starveing_Tyme_an_excerpt_from_A_Trewe_Relacyon_of_the_procedeings_and_ocurrentes_of_Momente_which_have_hapned_in_Virginia_by_George_Percy

Pocahontas. (1995). [VHS]. Directed by Mike Gabriel and Eric Goldberg. United States: Walt Disney Pictures.

Schubel, T. (2016). Patawomeck Tribe in Stafford. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVjLvzCTS4o

Vardy, S. B. and A. H. Vardy. (2007). ‘Cannibalism in Stalin’s Russia and Mao’s China’, East European Quarterly, 41(2), pp. 223-228. Available at: https://www.questia.com/library/journal/1G1-167652841/cannabilism-in-stalin-s-russia-and-mao-s-china

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If you’re scared of flying, here’s why you’re right! This episode, we’re covering the tragic fate of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, also known as The Miracle of the Andes.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/10/31/episode-2-uruguayan-flight-disaster/

CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Constantine, N. (2018). A History of Cannibalism: From ancient cultures to survival stories and modern psychopaths. London: Arcturus Publishing.

I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash. (2010). [DVD] Directed by Brad Osborne. Dallas, TX: AMS Pictures.

Read, P. P. (2012). Alive: The True Story of the Andes Survivors. London: Random House.

Schutt, B. (2017). Eat Me: A Natural and Unnatural History of Cannibalism. London: Profile Books.

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Why shouldn’t you take an untested shortcut on the California trail? In our first episode, we sink our teeth into the story of the Donner Party: the most infamous case of survival cannibalism in American history.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/10/31/episode-1-donner-party/

CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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What have you always wanted to know about cannibalism?

Whet your appetite and meet your hosts Alix and Carmella as they answer listener questions about all things anthropophagous (aka "human flesh-eating") in the run up to Episode One.

TRANSCRIPT https://castinglotspod.home.blog/2019/10/24/s1-e0/

CREDITS Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Constantine, N. (2018). A History of Cannibalism: From ancient cultures to survival stories and modern psychopaths. London: Arcturus Publishing.

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Would you eat another person to survive?

Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast launches on 31 October 2019.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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How far would you go to stay alive?

From failing colonies to the frozen North, from whaling ships to wagon trains, humans have been eating other humans to survive since time began.

Join hosts Carmella and Alix in a new podcast on the true history of survival cannibalism. Each episode, we'll be telling a different real-life story about people pushed to break this ultimate taboo.

Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast launches on 31 October 2019.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

View Details

Join hosts Alix and Carmella in a new podcast on the true history of survival cannibalism.

Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast will be launching 31 October 2019.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.