E53 Happy Halloween & the Horrid History of Fairytales

10/30/22 • 28 min

Thank you for joining us on E53 Halloween Episode. Hear about the odd origins of a few classic Fairytales and Nursery Rhymes. And thanks to Doc Esing for permission to read out his children's story Dubois Jack the Pumpkin King
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Kiger, P. J. (2015, January 15). 10 fairy tales that are way darker than you realized as a kid. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://people.howstuffworks.com/10-dark-fairy-tales.htm

Lang, K. (2021, May 5). The true story behind beauty and the beast. HistoryvsHollywood.com. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/beauty-and-the-beast/

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Roller, S. (2021, October 22). The disturbing origins of Fairy tales. History Hit. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://www.historyhit.com/the-disturbing-origins-of-fairy-tales/

Serena, K. (2021, June 16). The bodies of dead climbers on Everest are serving as guideposts. All That's Interesting. Retrieved October 23, 2022, from https://allthatsinteresting.com/mount-everest-bodies

Yen CabagYen Cabag is the Blog Writer of TCK Publishing. She is also a homeschooling mom. (2022, May 23). 8 dark nursery rhymes. TCK Publishing. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://www.tckpublishing.com/dark-nursery-rhymes/

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Lang, K. (2021, May 5). The true story behind beauty and the beast. HistoryvsHollywood.com. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/beauty-and-the-beast/

Roller, S. (2021, October 22). The disturbing origins of Fairy tales. History Hit. Retrieved October 28, 2022, from https://www.historyhit.com/the-disturbing-origins-of-fairy-tales/

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In today's episode we talk about crossroads and why they hold such a spooky place in history. A place of punishment, a place for summoning and a place where a Delta Blues musician might sell his soul.
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Beano. (2022, March 14). The 20 creepiest scary facts to spook your friends. Beano. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://www.beano.com/posts/scary-facts

Magazine, S. (n.d.). A brief history of the haunted house. Smithsonian.com. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-haunted-house-180957008/

The Orton and Spooner Ghost house - Halloween. Historydraft. (n.d.). Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://historydraft.com/story/history-of-halloween/the-orton-and-spooner-ghost-house/537/8639

Slaven, J. (2016, July 29). The crossroads: A liminal setting for occult and supernatural activities. Owlcation. Retrieved October 1, 2022, from https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Crossroads-a-liminal-setting-for-occult-and-supernatural-activities

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Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, September 23). Pope formosus. Wikipedia. Retrieved September 30, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Formosus

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E54 The Giggling Granny

Join us for E54 where we talk about Nannie Doss, the Giggling Granny and black widow/serial killer. Listener beware, this woman killed men, women and children.
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Coleman, K. (2019, June 6). 25 craziest facts about the South. Best Life. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://bestlifeonline.com/southeast-region-facts/

DeLong, W. (2018, July 20). Meet the "giggling granny" serial killer who laughed all through her confession. All That's Interesting. Retrieved November 2, 2022, from https://allthatsinteresting.com/nannie-doss-giggling-granny

Wikimedia Foundation. (2022, November 8). Nannie Doss. Wikipedia. Retrieved November 11, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nannie_Doss

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