HYPERFOCUS: A Podcast for Chaotic Minds

Happy Easter, babes! We love ya! But will Rachel and Lauren ever make up? Will they ever make more episodes after this devastating fight? Only time will tell...

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Rachel is either crazy or in love...maybe both. Today, Rachel tells the story, origin, major sightings, and cultural relevance of her favorite cryptid: Mothman. From a massive wingspan tacked onto a man-like body to disappearing dogs and shining red eyes, this creepy boy lives rent free in our minds, and he is welcome to stay. We love him. Except for the fact that he tends to be a bad omen of tragedies to come...

Petitions:

https://www.change.org/p/the-president-replace-every-statue-of-a-confederate-figure-with-one-of-mothman

https://www.change.org/p/west-virginia-state-senate-change-every-confederate-statue-to-a-mothman-statue

Sources:

https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LG0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Rf8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=620,2790721&dq=point+pleasant+roger+scarberry&hl=en

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/01/23/145334460/welcome-to-the-tnt-area-home-of-the-mothman

https://wchstv.com/news/local/man-photographs-creature-that-resembles-legendary-mothman-of-point-pleasant

https://www.wired.com/2014/03/joshua-dudley-greer-tnt-storage/

https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Men_In_Black

https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/The_Mothman_Museum#The_Men_In_Black_Exhibit

https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http://www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm

https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Eight_People_Say_They_Saw_%27Creature%27?file=Moth293.PNG

https://nerdist.com/article/mothman-why-we-are-so-obsessed/

https://www.mothmanfestival.com/events.html

https://www.mothmanmuseum.com

https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins

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

https://www.southernliving.com/culture/the-mothman-legend-west-virginia

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This one goes out to all our psych nerds with a deep appreciation for Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and memory research! In today’s episode, Lauren and Rachel host a discussion about TGA (Transient Global Amnesia), a state of amnesia that lasts up to 24 hours.

Sources:

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1941874420953323

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/magazine/transient-global-amnesia.html

https://connect.uclahealth.org/2021/02/24/transient-global-amnesia-is-scary-usually-not-dangerous/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/memory/disorders-memory

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33675214/

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/brain,-spinal-cord,-and-nerve-disorders/brain-dysfunction/transient-global-amnesia

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-the-ooze/201902/my-experience-transient-global-amnesia-tga

https://journals.lww.com/neurotodayonline/fulltext/2020/10080/recurrent_transient_global_amnesia_is_more_common.4.aspx

https://www.brainandlife.org/articles/studying-amnesia-helps-researchers-understand-memory/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/03/210310150347.htm

https://www.apa.org/research/action/speaking-of-psychology/memory-manipulated

https://www.ithaca.edu/academics/school-humanities-and-sciences/professor-finds-emotion-makes-memory-unreliable

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Before there was the Princess Street Gardens gracing the city of Edinburgh, there was a much more disgusting and foul smelling lake - Nor Loch. Today's show tells the tale of Nor Loch and its haunting history which is still a deeply significant piece of Edinburgh's legacy and haunted reputation.

Sources:

https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/lost-edinburgh-nor-loch-1546742

http://www.royal-mile.com/history/nor-loch.html

https://mysteriesrunsolved.com/2020/06/the-nor-loch-edinburgh-castle.html

https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/scotland/articles/the-haunting-story-behind-the-witches-well-in-edinburgh/

https://www.digitscotland.com/the-archaeology-of-edinburghs-nor-loch/

http://edinburghlore.co.uk/the-skeletons-of-princes-st-gardens/

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It's our first two-parter! Rachel just can't keep it short, can she? Today we head down to the depths of a Stanford University basement where Dr. Zimbardo created a mock prison experiment that has lived on in infamy. Why? Listen to find out!

Sources:

https://www.prisonexp.org

https://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/the-real-lesson-of-the-stanford-prison-experiment

https://www.nytimes.com/1973/04/08/archives/a-pirandellian-prison-the-mind-is-a-formidable-jailer.html

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0146167206292689

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