Where Our Minds Wander - 9: A Subterranean Town and Don't Mess With Porcupines

9: A Subterranean Town and Don't Mess With Porcupines

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07/21/22 • 29 min

Where Our Minds Wander

Beth tunnels headfirst into the unique underground opal mining town of Coober Pedy, Australia. Wes takes us on a tour through some of the weird and wacky US laws still in the books - and which ones you may have unknowingly broken.
This episode contains explicit content - listener discretion is advised.
Show notes:
https://www.purple-planet.com
https://www.cnet.com/pictures/the-strange-underground-homes-in-the-coober-pedy-desert-australia/

https://allthatsinteresting.com/coober-pedy

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/coober-pedy.htm

https://www.cooberpedy.com/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/unearthing-coober-pedy-australias-hidden-city-180958162/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/travel/coober-pedy-australia.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coober-pedy

https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/

https://www.insideedition.com/gallery/you-cant-do-what-there-some-weirdest-laws-us-48474

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/funny-food-laws/Content?oid=2320114

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-is-public-nudity-legal-in-vermont-but-public-disrobing-isnt/Content?oid=2804753

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https://allthatsinteresting.com/coober-pedy

https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/coober-pedy.htm

https://www.cooberpedy.com/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/unearthing-coober-pedy-australias-hidden-city-180958162/

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/travel/coober-pedy-australia.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/coober-pedy

https://bestlifeonline.com/weird-amazing-facts/

https://www.insideedition.com/gallery/you-cant-do-what-there-some-weirdest-laws-us-48474

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/funny-food-laws/Content?oid=2320114

https://www.sevendaysvt.com/vermont/wtf-why-is-public-nudity-legal-in-vermont-but-public-disrobing-isnt/Content?oid=2804753

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Show notes:
https://www.purple-planet.com
https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/12/7/mathias-group-from-yuba-city

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/532063/bizarre-hell-disappearance-yuba-county-five

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

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/565150/mark-twain-books-facts

http://www.ghost-story.co.uk/index.php/haunted-castles/250-houska-castle-blatce-czech-republic

https://allthatsinteresting.com/houska-castle

https://darktourists.com/inside-houska-castle/

https://www.mcgeesghosttours.com/gate-to-hell-at-houska-castle/

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https://www.purple-planet.com
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/dial-a-ghost-on-thomas-edisons-least-successful-invention-the-spirit-phone

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/602456/thomas-edison-nikola-tesla-spirit-phone

https://www.liveabout.com/edison-and-the-ghost-machine-2594017https://www.urbo.com/content/bizarre-dating-rituals-from-around-the-world/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/beast-gevaudan-terrorized-france-countryside-180963820/

https://www.history.com/news/beast-gevaudan-france-theories

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_G%C3%A9vaudan

https://allthatsinteresting.com/beast-of-gevaudan

https://www.historytoday.com/archive/sherlock-holmes-and-beast-gevaudan

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/museum-of-the-beast-of-gevaudan

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