Pope Gregory and the Cats: A Study in Ass Licking

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07/06/22 • 33 min

In this episode, Liz and Dakota get a little silly looking at the papal bull, "Vox in Rama", and how Pope Gregory IX set out to find witches in his midst.

Episode Notes

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/did-pope-gregory-ixs-hatred-of-cats-lead-to-the-black-death-327d163adfb2

https://museumhack.com/black-cats-black-death/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pope-massacred-cats

https://historycollection.com/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/3/

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In this episode, Liz and Dakota get a little silly looking at the papal bull, "Vox in Rama", and how Pope Gregory IX set out to find witches in his midst.

Episode Notes

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/did-pope-gregory-ixs-hatred-of-cats-lead-to-the-black-death-327d163adfb2

https://museumhack.com/black-cats-black-death/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/pope-massacred-cats

https://historycollection.com/thou-shalt-not-suffer-a-cat-to-live-why-pope-gregory-ixs-vox-in-rama-implicated-cats-in-devil-worship/3/

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Tsunami Ghosts: If There's Something Strange...

This week, Liz and Dakota look at a strange phenomenon that occurred in the months following the biggest earthquake and subsequent tsunami that hit Japan in 2011: hundreds upon hundreds of ghost sightings.

Episode Notes

https://www.britannica.com/event/Japan-earthquake-and-tsunami-of-2011/Aftermath-of-the-disaster

https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/tv-movies/a34414398/unsolved-mysteries-tsunami-ghosts-real/

https://www.npr.org/2017/10/26/559062959/ghosts-of-the-tsunami-examines-the-disaster-that-haunts-japan

https://www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/tv/a34398241/japan-tsunami-ghost-sightings-true-story-unsolved-mysteries/

https://unsolved.com/gallery/tsunami-spirits/

https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/1651534/exorcist-kansho-aizawa-ishinomaki-japan-tsunami-town-ghosts/

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/tv/inside-ghost-school-ishinomaki-74-22851854

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The Dolphin Experiments: Dolphin Fluffing

This week, Liz and Dakota look back at one of the experiments conducted by a member of the secretive Order of the Dolphin, in an attempt to learn about extraterrestrial life.

Episode Notes

https://allthatsinteresting.com/margaret-howe-lovatt

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/how-a-science-experiment-led-to-sexual-encounters-for-a-woman-and-a-dolphin/372606/

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jun/08/the-dolphin-who-loved-me

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

https://historyofyesterday.com/the-woman-who-fell-in-love-with-nasas-drug-and-sex-addicted-dolphin-b8b3036e3dce

https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/06/how-a-science-experiment-led-to-sexual-encounters-for-a-woman-and-a-dolphin/372606/

https://astronomy.com/news/2018/10/the-order-of-the-dolphin-setis-secret-origin-story

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