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Have you ever watched the Witcher and wondered if it was actually ever a real job? What if the answer was yes, but in addition to casting out demons and other foul creatures, you could also control the weather, summon dragons and all manners of spirits, speak every language, and cure disease? The job description you just read is for the position of solomonar-- and there are still people alive today who met these strange wizards in their lifetime. So pull up and listen to some lore and firsthand accounts about one of history's strangest jobs.
Music:
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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References:
Poveşti cu solomonari by Catalin Manole
http://arhiva.formula-as.ro/2016/1246/societate-37/povesti-cu-solomonari-21640
Samanism, Ayahuasca si alte...minuni
https://samanism-ayahuasca.blogspot.com/p/povesti-cu-solomon.html
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Welcome back, children! Yes, it’s been 3 weeks, and yes it was Crow’s fault, but we’re back, and this week we bring you: Philosophy, neuroscience, and androids! No, not the phones. The humanoid robots that would have been the best human companions if they’d just stop gaining consciousness.
HAL 9000, David8, Ava, to name a few. If there’s one thing Sci Fi loves to do, it’s to freak us out. And it often does this by asking the question: what if man-made creatures gained sentience? But what exactly is ‘sentience’? What defines being human? Do we really understand what makes us us enough to pass judgment on creatures we deem unworthy of our respect? In the first of many episodes to come on Androids, Crow discusses the philosophical and neuroscientific aspects of consciousness and how it was examined in, arguably, one of the most popular modern day movies examining human androids: Ex Machina.
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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References:
Consciousness explained or described? https://academic.oup.com/nc/article/2022/1/niac001/6523097?searchresult=1#377634645
Scientific American: What Is Consciousness? https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-consciousness/
EX MACHINA (2014) EXPLAINED: THE EMPATHY QUESTION https://www.thehaughtyculturist.com/films/ex-machina-2014-themes-analysis-explained
A New Explanation for Consciousness https://neurosciencenews.com/consciousness-theory-21571/
Twilight Sleep https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twilight_sleep#:~:text=Twilight%20sleep%20(English%20translation%20of,of%20pain%20management%20during%20childbirth.
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I (Fern) am really excited to share an absolute favorite of mine, the tale of Kiviuq from Inuit mythology. This fascinating story shares the tale of a man lost at sea, trying to find his way home in the unforgivingly harsh Arctic climate. He faces strange and magical dangers as he passes through a dreamlike world, all the while doing his best not to starve or freeze to death.
Michael Kusugak's Version:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIL2lD8Wbgc
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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Skip to 6:10 to jump right into the episode.
Have you ever wondered what lay behind the chipper eyes of everyone’s favorite deep sea pineapple inhabitant? Why children make an appearance as harbingers of terror in so many horror movies? What makes someone take a look at a cat obsessed with lasagna and think ‘This cat is an eldritch god intent on the destruction of humanity’? Why are we so turned off by sluggish cartoons like Teletubbies and Moon and Me? What makes clowns and rabbits and dolls so scary when we grow up?
What makes clowns Welcome BACK, children, to another crow episode. This episode is full of experimental psychology theories and also a few of our own. We’re going to be looking into r/imsorryjon and the weird world of horror set in…children’s T.V shows? This isn’t your average nostalgic horror. This is the dark side of Spongebob that creepypastas insist exists. This is the terrifying ‘what ifs’ that explore corrupted innocence. And when works that explore lost innocence like Hereditary and Skinamarink do exist, you’ve got to wonder…why pick at 1990’s comics and cartoons meant to entertain children? What do we see as adults that we were so blind to as 8 year olds? Well, you’ll just have to listen to find out…
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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References:
Vsauce: Why are Things Creepy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEikGKDVsCc
What’s so fascinating about weird children’s TV shows? By Linda Geddes. https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191206-why-children-find-weird-television-so-mesmerising
Science Daily: Children and adults see the world differently, research finds https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100913153630.htm
On The Nature of Creepiness https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0732118X16300320
The Uncanny Valley: A Possible Explanation for Creepiness https://medium.com/@lutian_71494/the-uncanny-valley-a-possible-explanation-for-creepiness-5ce7361d777e
Children’s perception of uncanny human-like virtual characters https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0747563214002015
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Today I fulfill my promise to Crow to "put her through hell" as we discuss one of her favorite phobias-- rabbits and hares. We'll talk about the folklore throughout the ages and across the world. Are rabbits kind and helpful, devious tricksters, or downright dangerous beings who will use their innocent appearance to put us at ease right before they destroy us? Topics today include the Hare in the Moon, Br'er Rabbit/Compère Lapin, Rabbits in witchcraft, Milk hares, the Bunny Man Killer, and yes, the one and only Easter Bunny and the history behind it. Come see if I succeed in scaring Crow with stories of hares and rabbits from folklore and mythology!
Reference Links:
Eostre Archeology Paper (Cute bunny broaches pg 221): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/346357286_The_Shifting_Baselines_of_the_British_Hare_Goddess
Bunny Man Creepy Pasta (Forbes): https://www.castleofspirits.com/the-classics/the-clifton-bunny-man
Brian A Conley's Paper on the Bunny Man: https://research.fairfaxcounty.gov/local-history/bunnyman
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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Welcome BACK, children. In today's episode, we're finally going to be taking a look into a genre that more or less introduced Weird Fiction to a wider audience: Cosmic Horror. Crow takes us abroad the S.S What's It, so we can sail to the island of Greater Marrow. In Dredge we play a fisherman who explores the oceans around the island to catch a wide variety of fish. This is no fishing simulator, however. Because when night falls, strange things start to happen...and our fisherman finds himself teetering on the edge of sanity the longer he spends in the midst of them.
What strange things, you ask?
Well, you're just going to have to listen and find out!
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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References:
Cosmic Horror: A Study of the Unknowable
Fear of the unknown: One fear to rule them all?
u/khlnmrgn
A Short History of the Sublime
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The world has always been fascinated with noxious nightshades. Visions, shape-shifting, contact with the dead-- these are just a few of the things associated with these toxic plants. This week we talk about both the science and the folklore surrounding belladonna and henbane, two of the old world's most important hexing herbs.
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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After the birth of her daughter in 1885, Charlotte Perkins Gilman suffered from severe postpartum depression. This led her to Doctor Silas Weir Mitchell, one of the most prominent neurologists of his time and a pioneer of the once popular rest cure. Two years after her divorce and three years after the treatment, in 1892, Charlotte wrote one of her most well known works: The Yellow Wallpaper. A story about a woman led into madness after being prescribed the rest cure by none other than her physician husband.
Welcome back, children, to another Crow episode. Today we're taking a look at an important piece of horror and weird fiction: Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. In doing so, we're also going to be taking a look at a rather difficult subject that many have struggled with. What happens when your medical concerns are dismissed by the medical community? What is the history behind this? How can we improve so that we don't keep slipping between the cracks? Buckle in, because we're in for a longwinded ride!
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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References:
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/isabella-beecher-hooker/
https://www.cwhf.org/inductees/catharine-beecher
https://www.harrietbeecherstowecenter.org/harriet-beecher-stowe/uncle-toms-cabin/
https://connecticuthistory.org/charlotte-perkins-gilman/
‘Why I wrote The Yellow Wallpaper? ’, by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
The living of Charlotte Perkins Gilman : an autobiography
The diaries of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/article-abstract/488986#:~:text=The%20name%20hysteria%20is%20derived,Celsus%2C%20Arataeus%2C%20and%20Soranus.
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Datura is somehow the nightshade that no one knows about. And yet, despite that it's been used throughout the world to connect with the divine and peer into the future. This deadly plant has a rich lore, both in modern horror stories and the mythology of the past surrounding the vivid hallucinations it produces and the deftness with which it takes the lives of its users. I guarantee, this is the most interesting plant you've never heard of.
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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Welcome back, children, to another episode of 'are you guys ever going to stick to a proper release schedule?'. In today's episode, Crow and Fern wear a sardine suit and make their way through a pulsating fish processing planet. That's right, we're taking a look at How Fish is Made and what it truly means to choose. Are any of us really responsible for our choices? Are we significant enough to possess 'free will'? Does any of it really matter? Grab your Omega-3, because maybe this oily fish will shed some light on those questions for us!
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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References:
Free will and Determinism http://www.philosopherkings.co.uk/Freewillanddeterminism.html The clockwork universe: is free will an illusion?https://amp.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/27/the-clockwork-universe-is-free-will-an-illusion Free Will, Determinism, and the Criminal Justice System
https://www.jgcrimlaw.com/free-will-determinism-and-the-criminal-justice-system.html For Whom Does Determinism Undermine Moral Responsibility? Surveying the Conditions for Free Will Across Cultures
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6848273/#:~:text=Since%20determinism%20implies%20that%20agents,responsibility%20are%20incompatible%20with%20determinism. The Public Health-Quarantine Model by Gregg D. Caruso
https://philarchive.org/archive/CARTPH
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Today we dispel the myth that transgender people are a recent phenomenon by reaching deep into ancient mythology and discussing the stories of Caeneus and Iphis from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Ovid is one of the great Roman poets, and in this poem he made the bold attempt to record the entire history of the world up to his time, bringing together a wide variety of stories under the collective theme of transformation. The two stories I'm taking from his collection today take place in Greece and Crete and originated in Greek mythology. You will be amazed how real these characters seem and how familiar their struggles are, despite the fact that they were written thousands of years ago.
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
Other Links: The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/
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In today's episode, Crow is late (once again) to bring us the story of Niki Junpei. Or, rather, Niki is here to bring us the story of Niki Junpei, because he's going to be our guide through Kobo Abe's desert of horrors in The Woman in The Dunes!
Abe has long been described as 'The Kafka of Japan'. Although, honestly, that's taking away from the brand of surrealism he brings to his stories, which we will be taking a look at as we follow Niki (an etymologist out to discover a new species of beetle) to a fishing village somewhere in the desert shores of Japan. Having long been abandoned by officials, its houses have fallen into despair, with villagers relying on what odd plants they can harvest in the arid environment and, presumably, fishing. As night falls, we're forced to take shelter in one of the odd homes of one of the villagers who welcomes us in with open arms. We'll be back by tomorrow this time, everyone, I promise! So grab your flap caps, your desert boots, your butterfly nets, and...pack enough water to last a while...
Just in case.
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Sources:
Sound Effects and Music from Pixabay, SoundEffectsFactory, and a huge, huge shoutout from our itty bitty podcast to Michael Ghelfi Studios for letting us use their Desert ambience tracks for this episode.
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
References:
A Study Guide for Kobo Abe's "The Woman in the Dunes" by Cengage Learning, Gale.
Kobo Abe info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%8Db%C5%8D_Abe
Fake Fish: The Theater of Kobo Abe by Nancy Shields
Ars technica (TRIGGER WARNING FOR PEOPLE WHO HATE BUGS) https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/gangs-of-beetle-larvae-lure-fathers-of-their-next-meal-into-sex-trap/
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Love doesn't come as easily to some people as it does to others. For some of us, it just takes more time. In this fairytale we highlight a love that is hard won, but all the more beautiful for it. Join us as we follow Mannakin in his quest to win the heart of a princess who cannot love. This epic French tale includes a kingdom of adorable dogs, a fairy named after stinky cheese, and of course, and a formidable mountain with a palace made of ice. Wait, come back-- this isn't Frozen, I swear! One of my (Fern) all time favorite stories, this is a funny, sweet story with a surprising amount of heart behind it. (See what I did there?) Whether you want exciting adventure, quick humor, or a very genuine feeling love story, Heart of Ice is for you.
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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Hello again, children! Boy, have we got a special episode for you. Today, Crow is going to be taking us on a tour of The Backrooms--a creative writing community that takes us through the backstage of our known universe. Where pools extended into infinity and stepping into the wrong elevator can take you to a whole of vast, endless, empty horror. Ask your moms for permission, pack your bags, and come along with us as we discuss the horror of familiar places.
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Sound Effects and Music from Pixabay, and Zapsplat
Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
References:
1) Super eyepatch wolf video on Liminal Horror
2) Wendigoon's Backrooms
3) Backrooms Wiki
4) Structural deviations drive an uncanny valley of physical places5)Liminal Space :What Is It And How Does It Affect Your Mental Health?
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Hi, it's me, Fern. I'm finally back. This episode is a little different from my normal ones. Over the course of this last month I've been dealing with the death of my brother, who took his own life. I've been compiling my thoughts on loss and grief and how to heal and the stories that have helped me feel a little peace. I wanted to put it all together into an episode to commemorate him, and also because there may be someone else out there that will find comfort in these stories, too. I'm putting a trigger warning on this episode for discussion of death and suicide. If this is too heavy for you, feel free to skip to the next episode. I understand, completely.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, please take advantage of the following resources-- and remember, there are people who love you and want to help.
https://afsp.org/find-support/resources/
http://www.sprc.org/https://save.org/
Crisis Text Line: Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741-741
Crisis Phone line: 1-800-273-8255
Chat Line: http://chat.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/GetHelp/LifelineChat.aspx
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
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We're playing with the big boys this week, children. Arguably, with one of the fathers of weird fiction, none other than: Edgar Allan Poe! Like in the Kafka episode, there's an endless sea of suitcases to unpack here so we're going to be focusing on one tiny shoebox in the pile. Guilt. Many of Poe's characters fit the profile of the tortured villain, and many of these stories are often superficially analyzed in the context of the murderer with the heavy conscience. But is that really all there was to stories like The Black Cat and The Tell-Tale Heart? In this episode, we will be dissecting two of Poe's most well known stories to understand just why this was such a recurring theme in his works...
TRIGGER WARNING for violence against animals in The Black Cat from 13:00 to 27:50.
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
References:
https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/2019/03/25/edgar-allan-poes-morella-a-two-minute-summary-and-analysis-of-the-classic-horror-story
https://www.oldstyletales.com/single-post/edgar-allan-poe-s-the-black-cat-a-two-minute-summary-and-literary-analysis
https://engl105fa2020sec079.web.unc.edu/2020/11/the-anguish-of-guilt-the-tell-tale-heart-by-edgar-allan-poe/
Murder in The Family: An Analysis of Two Poe Short Stories: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00901034
Edgar Allan Poe’s Black Cat Forensic Psychology: https://muse.jhu.edu/article/561947/pdf
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Make room, make room! The world's overpopulated and authors, artists, screenwriters alike are trying to think of solutions to save us from the consequences of our hubris. Crow's talking environmental dystopias this week as she dissects a weird favorite: Soylent Green! Grab a cup of hot cocoa and huddle up as the world burns around us, children, as we look into a genre that's become more relevant than ever--its origins, how it developed throughout the decades, and whether or not Soylent Green might come to a grocery store near you!
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Intro music: Beeckmans: Hymne for Theremin, Oboe, String Quartet and Piano (2018) - The Alba Septet (Listen to the whole thing on youtube, you'll thank us later).
Outro music: Magic Hour by Three Chain Links
References:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/42751030?read-now=1&seq=6#page_scan_tab_contents
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ySGcwOW5xBsC&oi=fnd&pg=PA275&dq=soylent+green&ots=bzAVb7tkVZ&sig=4JSCn2rrcBMv9U5SrQiwA3_ObWc
https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/soylent-green-made-people-science-bad-idea
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Clutch your pearls, children, it's another Crow Episode. Yes, it's true, ten million years later Crow has crawled out of her pile of decomposing leaves and blueberries to bring us the harrowing tale of a bunch of frenemies who join forces to teach us everything about killing your darlings.
Today we're talking Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw, a book with an eye catching premise and stunning descriptions. Yet--something wasn't sitting quite right with Crow as she worked her way through it. As these descriptions stacked up, a nagging piece of writing advice that Crow had long since packed into the furthest corners of her mind came crawling back: Kill Your Darlings. Should we really gut our writing of everything that makes it special to us? Should we trim our favorite characters, the descriptions we're most proud of, the scenes that give our novel life? Tune in as Crow and Fern revisit this controversial piece of writing advice along the fusuma of Heian era mansion, and the bones of a jilted bride and all her ghostly servant girls.
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References:
Word Painting: A Guide to Writing More Descriptively by Rebecca Mcclanahan
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Today's story comes from India, where a series of very real attacks on sleeping people led to terrifying tales of a truly bizarre and horrifying cryptid. Join us as we try to discover what really happened in New Delhi on those dark nights where the Monkey-Man attacked.
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Crow is BACK and ready to unleash all the post-exam frustration in this in-between episode. We're talking possessed hands from outer space and Stanley Kubrick references as she and Fern discuss Alien Hand Syndrome. When hands develop a mind of their own, and when parts of the brain fail to communicate properly, we end up with body parts that start fighting with each other, grabbing things off the shelf, or even attempting to harm the body they're attached to. Strap in to find out more about the causes of this curious neurological disorder, some documented cases, and whether or not there is a cure...
References:
Case report 1: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/65/3/366
Case report 2: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fneur.2021.718706/full
Case report 3: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4059570/#:~:text=It%20can%20be%20classified%20into,performs%20goal%2Ddirected%20activity%20not
Anatomy and Neurophysiology: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/anarchic-hand
Info about Corpus Colostomy: https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/conditions-and-treatments/procedures-and-treatments/corpus-callosotomy/
Personal story of man with AHS: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/02/09/583633358/invisibilia-the-otherworldly-alien-hand-syndrome-animated
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_hand_syndrome
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