Anomalous Fascination

This week, I will be answering listener questions about past episodes, the show as a whole, and about me - Andy. Please note - this is an unscripted and lightly edited episode - so don't expect top tier quality here. Check it out!

Music:

Music:  Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". 

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad   

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Come Fly with Me". 

 You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

In episode 22, we head south....WAY south - to explore the only known possible murder on our 7th continent...Antarctica....let’s take a stroll shall we? Sources: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/14/antarctica.robinmckie#:~:text=Mystery%20of%20poisoning%20in%20Antarctic%20deepens%20as%20suicide%20is%20ruled%20out,-Battle%20by%20New&text=In%20a%20few%20weeks%20coroner,Marks%20at%20the%20South%20Pole https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Marks https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/579732/mysterious-death-rodney-marks-scientist-who-was-poisoned-antarctica https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/russian-faces-antarctica-attempted-murder-charge-180970632/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Submillimeter_Telescope_and_Remote_Observatory https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/timeline/cruise/#:~:text=The%20trip%20to%20Mars%20will,at%20Jezero%20Crater%20on%20Mars. Music: Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad  Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower".  You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.  And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "Cursed House". You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 19, we'll be diving into a subject so incredible...that I had to make two episodes out of it. Part 1 is the story of what happened...part 2...will be everything else. Hop in and learn about a family who lost more than they could bear when an early morning tragedy struck their family....Lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources:

https://thoughtcatalog.com/emily-madriga/2018/03/35-puzzling-facts-about-the-sodder-children-disappearance/

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

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/Sodder_Family

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/522074/enduring-mystery-sodder-childrens-christmas-disappearance#:~:text=George%20and%20Jennie%20Sodder%E2%80%94both,toys%20they%20had%20already%20acquired.

Music:

 Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad" and their song "Idea". 

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower". 

You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. 

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" 

 You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 17, we're getting back to outer space...with a familiar friend that seemingly shows up everywhere in this show...aliens. We'll be tackling a question that a well known physicist once posed...."where are they?"... Lets take a stroll, shall we?

Sources

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

https://www.biography.com/scientist/enrico-fermi

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-fermi-paradox-where-are-all-the-aliens

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

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "White Atlantis"

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 16, we will be discussing a bizarre, but more light hearted subject. When something so frightening and alarming occurred...that thousands of sheep would go absolutely berserk... Lets take a stroll, shall we?

Sources

https://esoterx.com/2015/07/14/the-mysterious-oxfordshire-sheep-panic-of-1888/

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

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2020/08/the-strange-case-of-the-great-sheep-panics-of-oxfordshire/

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "When You Leave"

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 15, we will be discussing a truly haunting unsolved and unexplainable murder case. Almost 100 years after the crime, we still can't say with any certainty what exactly happened...or who did it......Lets take a stroll shall we?

Please note this episode has been marked "explicit" as there are some challenging ideas and discussions of violent events. (Nothing worse than your typical true crime show, but did not want anyone to be surprised).

Sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502044/chilling-story-hinterkaifeck-killings-germanys-most-famous-unsolved-crime

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

https://www.ranker.com/list/hinterkaifeck-farm/cat-mcauliffe

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "Far Out There"

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 14, we will be exploring yet another unexplainable mystery. This time, on a desolate island in the south Atlantic. Isolation is a strange thing...it can be peaceful and freeing under most circumstances...but sometimes amidst the quiet of isolation...something can always show up to turn your peace against you......lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources:

https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Bouvet_Island#:~:text=the%20United%20Kingdom.-,Mystery,life%20boat%20on%20that%20lagoon.

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/bouvet-island-the-most-remote-island-in-the-world

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

https://excitingearth.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/the-mystery-of-bouvet-island/

https://mikedashhistory.com/2011/02/13/an-abandoned-lifeboat-at-worlds-end/

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "True Love" and "The Healing".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 13, we will be discussing our first "paranormal" episode...and since it is episode 13, released on the 13th...what better topic than curses. More specifically, a diamond so spectacular, that despite its centuries of tragedies brought to everyone who possesses it...people can't help but keep buying it and passing it down for generations. Lets take a stroll Shall we?

Sources:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/59504/10-allegedly-cursed-objects-throughout-history

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/19579/quick-10-10-victims-hope-diamond-curse

https://www.si.edu/spotlight/hope-diamond/history

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Diamond

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-curse-of-the-hope-diamond-1779329#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20legend%2C%20a,for%20all%20who%20touched%20it.

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

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

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Loneliness" and "The Healing".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 12, we'll be taking a trip back to 1908 in Pre-soviet Russia...to the Taiga of Siberia. We will be focusing on one particular day in late june...when an awe-inspiring cataclysmic event rocked the Taiga...sending shockwaves all across the world..... Lets take a stroll shall we?

Ep 12 Sources:

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-tunguska-mystery-100-years-later/#:~:text=Exactly%20100%20years%20ago%20a,remnant%20of%20the%20impact%20body.

https://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/30jun_tunguska

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

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/10/12/new-theory-suggests-tunguska-explosion-was-a-656-foot-wide-asteroids-near-miss-with-earth/?sh=685614e43acb

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "Gray Drops" and "The Healing".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 11, we'll be doing a slightly shorter episode...covering events in the early 1980s...that were truly, truly haunting. A story of a people having faced so much hardship...and given one more reason to stay up at night....lets take a stroll shall we?

Ep 11 Sources:

https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death?fbclid=IwAR3ZniYASTFl4fqhEdFWQ7t-hBKFExWzIymsauKshFY0uqn_qTcTPzTmkck

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudden_arrhythmic_death_syndrome#:~:text=This%20syndrome%20occurs%20in%20populations,the%20United%20States%20and%20Canada.

https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/JAHA.117.007837

https://closeronline.co.uk/entertainment/soaps/read-horrifying-true-story-inspired-nightmare-elm-street/

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/laos-forgotten-killing-fieldsandquot/Content?oid=2174619

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

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/02/27/medical-riddle-hmong-deaths-in-us/8601cef2-a502-4438-b4ba-7e754ab52659/

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Arctic Fog" and  "Watching tower".

You can find more from them at:

http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing".

You can find more from them at:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In episode 10, we'll be covering a topic that is not only unexplainable in and of itself...but also seems to find its way into  many of history's most unexplainable and interesting events. It's time to talk about what Mass Hysteria is....and most importantly....what it isn't....

Sources:

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/322607#What-is-mass-hysteria?

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_hysteria_cases#1500%E2%88%921800

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

http://www.theinfolist.com/php/SummaryGet.php?FindGo=mass_hysteria

https://www.aafp.org/afp/2000/1215/p2655.html

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-controversy-of-female-hysteria

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

Music:

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".   

You can find more from them at:  

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad   

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Learning from Kids" and  "Watching tower". 

You can find more from them at: 

 http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.   

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing". 

 You can find more from them at:

 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In Episode 9, we are going to be diving into the lore and science surrounding Fairy Rings and Fairy Circles (yes, weirdly they are not the same thing). It will be a wild ride as we venture from a world of old British fantasy, all the way to modern day Alien conspiracy theorists....lets take a stroll shall we? Sources: http://www.fairyring.ca/fairyringfolklore.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_ring https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_circle_(arid_grass_formation) https://www.marlabrooks.com/post/2016/07/25/never-ever-step-into-a-fairy-ring http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2001/05/17/297489.htm#:~:text=William%20Withering%20dug%20into%20the,mushrooms%20that%20make%20fairy%20rings. https://www.britannica.com/science/fairy-ring https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2015/08/14/the-origin-and-lore-of-fairies-and-fairy-land/#:~:text=The%20term%20'fairy'%20is%20used,being%20of%20romance%20and%20folklore.&text=In%20European%20folklore%20and%20fairy,association%20with%20mortal%20human%20beings. https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/fairy-circles-southern-africa Music:   Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".   You can find more from them at:  http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad   Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their song "Watching tower". You can find more from them at:  http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.   And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their songs "The Healing" and "When you leave".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing

In episode 7, we go back in time to the late 1800s...a time when big things were happening all around...unless you lived out in rural America. Until one fine day, an event so bizarre happened...that it changed a small Kentucky town forever....Lets take a stroll shall we?

Sources: 

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

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/running-ponies/the-great-kentucky-meat-shower-mystery-unwound-by-projectile-vulture-vomit/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/kzkmgw/the-mystery-of-the-kentucky-meat-shower

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kentucky-meat-shower

https://allthatsinteresting.com/kentucky-meat-shower

https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1870_fast_facts.html

https://www.juniorsbook.com/tell-me-why/what-was-the-mystery-behind-the-great-kentucky-meat-shower/

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

Music: 

Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad". 

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad 

Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Flekkefjord"

You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com. 

And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing". 

You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing.

In episode 6, we go into more familiar territory...cats. Humans have known and loved cats for at least 4000 years...and yet despite all of that time...one aspect of cats remains shrouded in mystery...the purr. Sources https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180724-the-complicated-truth-about-a-cats-purr https://moderncat.com/articles/the-mystery-of-the-purr/#:~:text=Purrrrrrrr.&text=While%20the%20purr%20itself%20happens,to%20150%20vibrations%20per%20second. https://pets.webmd.com/cats/features/why-cats-purr#1 https://www.businessinsider.com/phenomena-science-cant-explain-2019-1#scientists-understand-how-cats-purr-but-theyre-still-not-sure-why-they-do-7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purr https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12312/how-do-cats-purr#:~:text=Biologists%20used%20to%20think%20that,the%20body%20into%20the%20heart. https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/item/why-and-how-do-cats-purr/ Music:  Thank you to Kai Engel for the use of our theme song "Homeroad".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Satin_1564/Kai_Engel_-_Satin_-_09_Homeroad  Thank you to Blear Moon for the use of their songs "Watching tower" and "Letting Go Again" You can find more from them at: http://secretpress.bandcamp.com.  And thank you to Sergey Cheremisinov for the use of their song "The Healing".  You can find more from them at: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sergey_Cheremisinov/The_Healing/The_Healing.