The Weirding Hour – Details, episodes & analysis

We're baaaack! With a supermega fresh new topic we definitely haven't already done before...

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.japanpowered.com/japanese-horror/japans-ghosts-the-yurei

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

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/aokigahara-jukai-suicide-forest

https://travelnoire.com/suicide-forest

https://www.thisishorror.co.uk/legend-behind-japans-suicide-forest/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan#:~:text=In%20Japan%2C%20suicide%20(%E8%87%AA%E6%AE%BA%2C,unavailable%20due%20to%20technical%20issues.

Nina:

This week we're talking about food - how could food possibly be weird you say? Listen to find out! Craft of the week is collage. (PS. soz for the borking)

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Sources:

Bothwell:

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1967235_1967238_1967227,00.html

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hot-dogs-choking-hazard-kids_l_610874fbe4b0497e67026cd9/amp

Mimi:

https://www.cracked.com/article_25092_7-special-fx-that-were-made-out-food-and-super-gross.html

https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/cinema-sound-secrets-foley-artist/

Nina:

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYHDj2sB-rc&list=PLqHu1T-JTPFvKXXeitiIKZnNtUEuVB90e&index=11

Dive with us into this week's topic of maritime archaeology where we paint and somehow manage to chat about heart removal, death by lampreys and, most shocking of all, an actual shipwreck.

(We apologise for the slightly wonky sound on this episode - we're working on it!)

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Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/article/140116-maya-mexico-yucatan-cenote-bones-haunted-taboo-archaeology-science?loggedin=true

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_civilization#Human_sacrifice

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

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/15538/mayan-body-modifications

https://cvltnation.com/blood-water-ancient-mayan-body-modification/

https://core.tdar.org/document/397774/of-cenotes-and-serpents-modern-and-ancient-cave-ritual-at-mayapan-yucatan-mexico

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/archaeologists-find-elongated-skulls-maya-underwater-cave-001228

Rhea:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9693019/Earl-Spencer-joins-expedition-divers-evidence-wreck-White-Ship.html

The Ship that sank a royal dynasty - History Extra Podcast

https://www.theoldie.co.uk/blog/the-900th-anniversary-of-the-worst-ever-royal-disaster

Nina:

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

https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-andrea-doria

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2016/05/19/the-mysterious-shipwreck-that-swallows-deep-sea-divers-who-try-to-find-it/

https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2017/08/02/the-lures-and-dangers-of-diving-to-the-andrea-doria/

This week we have another excellent listener-suggested topic; we're talking about getting away with murder! We are also collaging, because everyone knows those two go hand in hand.

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Sources:

Mimi:

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

https://filmdaily.co/obsessions/true-crime/hinterkaifeck-farm-murders/

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

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

Rhea:

https://www.biography.com/news/casey-anthony-muder-trial-timeline-facts

Imperfect Justice - Jeff Ashton

Nina:

Murder Mile podcast: how to get away with murder series

https://www.wise-geek.com/what-is-the-perfect-crime.htm

https://www.ranker.com/list/perfect-crimes/mike-rothschild

Much Wikipedia

Much Murderpedia

We're back again and talking about animals with jobs while making some more origami, don't say we don't treat ya! This week is Mimi's debut episode so please get on social media and tell us all how much you miss Bothwell already...

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Sources:

Mimi:

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/559031/signalman-jack-baboon-worked-railroad-south-africa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_(baboon)#CITEREFConway_Morris2003

https://web.archive.org/web/20160125001616/http://www.earthfoot.org/lit_zone/signalmn.htm

http://www.knoxvilledailysun.com/news/2012/august/jack-the-signalman.html

https://www.railforums.co.uk/threads/baboon-signalman-fact-or-fiction.193126/

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

https://afrinik.com/james-wide-jack-but-what-did-jack-the-baboon-do-with-his-money/

Rhea:

https://mensweardog.com/pages/about/

https://www.instagram.com/mensweardog/?hl=en

https://twitter.com/mensweardog

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2800587/menswear-dog-gets-paid-shiba-inu-talent-modeling-designer-clothing-pulls-15-000-month.html

Nina:

https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/10-animals-with-better-jobs.htm

https://www.ranker.com/list/weird-animal-jobs/nathan-gibson

https://www.cracked.com/article_19439_7-mind-blowing-ways-jobs-are-being-outsourced-to-animals.html

https://www.britannica.com/list/working-like-a-dog-7-animals-with-jobs

https://www.ferret-world.com/felicia-the-littlest-particle-physicist/

We talk about trees - mythology, attempted murder and one malicious tree that wants to f**k you up!

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Sources:

Rhea:

https://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/blog/shrine-st-frideswide

https://d.lib.rochester.edu/teams/text/reames-middle-english-legends-of-women-saints-legend-of-frideswide-introduction

https://www.zigzagging.net/legend-st-frideswide/

Nina:

https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/08/31/the-bizarre-story-of-a-man-who-tried-to-murder-a-600-year-old-tree/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_Oak_(Austin,_Texas) 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/treaty-oak-2

Bothwell:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1127797/ 

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

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.sciencealert.com/do-not-stand-under-world-s-most-dangerous-tree-manchineel-tree/amp

Suspenseful stories of survival to keep you on the edge of your seat - Tilly Tooters terrifying tale, Ada Blackjack's arctic adventure and a Thai juniors football team's survival against the odds!

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Suggest crafts and topics to weirdinghour@gmail.com

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Sources:

Nina:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/broward/article233254831.html#storylink=cpy

Bothwell:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tham_Luang_cave_rescue%20%20https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-44791998%20

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/10/stanford-expert-explains-how-meditation-helped-the-thai-boys-survive.html

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ada-blackjack-arctic-survivor 

https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/blog/ada-blackjack-forgotten-queen-of-arctic-expedition-survivors 

 https://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0106/p20s01-bogn.html, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhjalmur_Stefansson

Its spoopy season! This week we talk about haunted places and...things?

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Sources:

Bothwell: 

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/the-strange-tale-of-londons-phantom-number-7-bus-that-ran-drivers-off-the-road-162404.html

https://www.spookyisles.com/the-ghost-bus-of-ladbroke-grove/

Rhea:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Blandy, http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/mblandy.html 

https://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/mary-blandys-execution-oxford/

https://www.oxfordcastleandprison.co.uk/about/news/ghosts-oxford-castle-chapter-two/

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House https://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/sarahs-story/ 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winchester-mystery-house https://allthatsinteresting.com/winchester-mystery-house

https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2018/01/30/winchester-house-helen-mirren-true-story/1076785001/ 

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/winchester https://patch.com/california/milpitas/5-spooky-tales-famous-winchester-mystery-house 

https://www.countryliving.com/life/travel/a45210/winchester-mystery-house/

This week we talk about anal guardians, snails on your face and corpses in your eyes! It’s ancient self-care! We can also absolutely 100% guarantee that Bothwell makes the most mind-blowing quilled snail you will ever see and that we are definitely not even a bit exaggerating in the slightest...

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To suggest crafts or topics: email weirdinghour@gmail.com

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Sources:

Bothwell:

https://capitalcounselor.com/beauty-industry-statistics/

https://uk.fashionnetwork.com/news/Global-k-beauty-market-to-be-worth-21-8-billion-by-2026,1155548.html

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

Rhea:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/corpse-medicine

Mummies, Cannibals and Vampires by Richard Sugg

Nina:

https://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/ancient-egyptian-medicine.html

https://christineshahin.com/2017/06/27/ancient-egyptian-beauty-practices/ 

https://www.historyextra.com/period/prehistoric/7-facts-about-the-history-of-medicine/

https://www.marieclaire.com/beauty/news/a14366/beauty-makeup-secrets-ancient-egypt/

https://afrolegends.com/2018/07/09/african-ancient-medicine-the-kahun-gynecological-papyrus/

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1061/cosmetics-perfume--hygiene-in-ancient-egypt/

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/med/birthpapyrus.html

This week we go a bit off-topic and a lot off-the-rails while chatting about the weird origins of turns of phrase and making stuff with charcoal.

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Sources:

Bothwell:

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

Rhea:

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/how-to-skin-a-cat.html

https://wordhistories.net/2017/05/09/no-room-to-swing-a-cat/

Nina:

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/14-expressions-with-crazy-origins-that-you-would-never-have-guessed/

https://www.stylist.co.uk/books/everyday-sayings-explained/124076

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/bury-the-hatchet.html

https://history.howstuffworks.com/history-vs-myth/10-expressions-from-ancient-world.htm