Episodes
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On the final episode, Brian teaches Emma about one of the reasons that United States Police are armed like they are in an action film. Join us as we talk about the North Hollywood shoot out!
Again, thank you all so much for the years we spent together. All previous episodes will remain up for the foreseeable future, so please enjoy for as long as you like. Keep being weird and be safe out there. - Brian & Emma.
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Sources:
https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/robberies/north-hollywood-shootout/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Hollywood_shootout
https://www.policemag.com/340710/how-the-north-hollywood-shootout-changed-patrol-arsenals
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-feb-14-me-64180-story.html
https://www.northhollywoodshootout.net/
https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a682007.html
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Welcome back to part two of the Uberlingen Collison. In this episode, Emma and Brian talk about the aftermath and the one man who used one bad act as justification for another.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collision
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/tears-in-the-rain-the-2002-%C3%BCberlingen-midair-collision-591232d0c51e
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3265469/russian-politician-arnold-schwarzeneger-film/
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On the episode, Emma teaches Brian about the Uberlingen Collison and the horrible effects that some simple oversight can have. Always remember to dot your 'T's and cross your 'I's because this corporation certainly didn't.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_%C3%9Cberlingen_mid-air_collision
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitaly_Kaloyev
https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/tears-in-the-rain-the-2002-%C3%BCberlingen-midair-collision-591232d0c51e
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3265469/russian-politician-arnold-schwarzeneger-film/
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about some more scary creatures. Each of them brings a description of a monster and the other uses their knowledge of the creepy to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
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Sources for this episode:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dreaming
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_(Australia)
https://bluemountainstoursydney.com.au/blog/dream-time-story-of-the-3-sisters-in-the-blue-mountains/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunyip
https://fairytalez.com/wooing-olwen/
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On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the wild murder of Mike Malloy, aka Mike the Durable, and the men who tried to kill the unkillable. PSA we shouldn't have to give: Don't go around drinking wood alcohol.
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Sources:
https://www.irishpost.com/life-style/incredible-story-durable-mike-malloy-donegal-man-living-new-york-simply-refused-die-169395
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-man-who-wouldnt-die-89417903/
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On this episode, Emma teaches Brian about the outragious murder case of Lindsay Hawker. Would you accept money from a murderer? What about Hollywood? Are they just the same thing? All this and less, in this episode!
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Lindsay_Hawker
https://abcnews.go.com/2020/story?id=4361278&page=1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Ichihashi:_Journal_of_a_Murderer
https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/JPN/japan/crime-rate-statistics
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2011/jul/04/japanese-man-lindsay-ann-hawker-murder
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about some more scary creatures. Each of them brings a description of a monster and the other uses their knowledge of the creepy to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
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Sources for this episode:
https://fairytalez.com/master-cat-puss-boots/
https://tosea.net/the-creation-of-the-sun-and-the-moon-or-why-mexicans-see-a-rabbit-in-the-moon/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%93ccizt%C4%93catl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanahuatzin
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On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the unsolved case of 1114 Fountain Drive. Join us as we go over the investigation and what we think could have happened to make the walls ooze gree-RED slime.
As a short announcement: we will be taking a break for the Thanksgiving holiday next week! If you celebrate the holiday, then make sure you spend time with whoever you call family and eat a lot of good food. If not, then have a great Thursday!
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Sources:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raktabīja
https://theghostinmymachine.com/2021/08/02/unresolved-what-caused-the-atlanta-blood-houses-mysterious-mess/
https://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/homehemo
https://www.nytimes.com/1987/09/12/us/source-of-blood-in-atlanta-house-still-a-mystery.html
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On the episode, Emma teaches Brian about the tough times in Soviet Russia and the lengths that one family went to get away from their oppressive government.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_3739_(1988)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union
https://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/entertainment/the-ovechkin-family/index.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Simeons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Heroine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Kravchenko_(defector)
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about some more scary creatures. Each of them brings a description of a monster and the other uses their knowledge of the creepy to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
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Twitter: @MirthAndMurder
Sources for this episode:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolf_Man_(1941_film)#Reception
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534854/#:~:text=Introduction-,Hypertrichosis%20is%20defined%20as%20excessive%20hair%20growth%20anywhere%20on%20the,%5D%5B2%5D%5B3%5D
https://listverse.com/2019/08/06/10-amazing-people-with-hypertrichosis/
https://stacker.com/stories/3520/movie-monsters-throughout-history
https://evil.fandom.com/wiki/Lasser_Glass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Them!
https://www.backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo
https://www.twowaymirrors.com/haunted-mirror-myths/
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
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Sources:
https://www.bedtimeshortstories.com/the-hunchbacks-tale
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Book_of_the_Thousand_Nights_and_One_Night/Story_of_the_Hunchback
https://bardmythologies.com/macha/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macha
https://symbolsage.com/macha-irish-goddess/
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On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the quickest gang in South Africa from the 1970s and how one man failed his way upwards in life because of boredom.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Stander
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Heyl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_McCall
https://www.scoopwhoop.com/trivia/andre-stander-the-cop-who-robbed-banks-in-his-lunch-break/
https://thecasualcriminalist.com/podcasts/andre-stander-south-africas-infamous-cop-turned-robber/
https://web.archive.org/web/20131216163946/http://www.brightreview.co.uk/ARTICLE-Whiter-Than-White.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20110508035115/http://www.africacrime-mystery.co.za/books/fsac/chp20.htm
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On this episode, Emma teaches Brian about Ursula Herrmann, aka the Girl in the Box. Join us as we go through the days leading up to and the investigation surrounding the crime, as well as the strange and interesting court cases that followed.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Ursula_Herrmann
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/sep/24/ursula-herrmann-germany-kidnapping-mystery
https://shenbagalakshmi.medium.com/dear-ursula-herrmann-who-killed-you-befb191544c4
https://coinmill.com/DEM_USD.html#DEM=1,000
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
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Sources:
http://www.native-languages.org/aztecstory.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yi
https://mythopedia.com/topics/hou-yi
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On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the very bad history of Lake Lanier and the paranormal accounts, cold cases, and monsterous creatures that call it home.
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Sources:
https://fishingtackleretailer.com/lady-lake-lainer/
https://www.narcity.com/atlanta/deadly-curse-georgias-lake-lanier-shocking-fate-underwater-town
https://gon.com/fishing/huge-lanier-catfish-caught-and-released
https://www.newgeography.com/content/003821-metropolitan-dispersion-1950-2012
https://www.bugwood.org/crp/images/98201.pdf
https://sports.yahoo.com/know-responsible-10th-anniversary-truelove-040100511.html
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037663/College-student-disappeared-complaining-flu-symptoms-dead-lake-gunshot-wound-month-later.html
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On this episode, Emma and Brian talk about the cave diving incident at the Blue Hole of Santa Rosa. Join us as we talk about why you should just go to space instead of exploring underwater caves.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Hole_(New_Mexico)
https://www.santarosabluehole.com/scuba-diving/
http://www.admfoundation.org/projects/santarosa/santarosaexpedition.html
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/31/veteran-scuba-diver-shane-thompson-dies-underwater-cave-accident-new-mexico
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Pq9tBQDUe8
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9096830/#:~:text=The%20overall%20estimated%20incidence%20of,fatality%20rate%20of%201%2F76%2C900.
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_with_the_Three_Golden_Hairs
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs; Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales, Translation by Margaret Hunt, Pg. 104 - 109
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/baron-samedi-0016698
https://horrornews.net/141898/who-is-baron-samedi-of-haitian-voodoo/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baron_Samedi
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On the episode, Brian teaches Emma about the mysterious discovery of the woman in the Wych Elm. No matter her name or where she came from, many mysteries surround her.
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Sources:
https://josefjakobs.info/2018/01/bella-in-wych-elm-mysterious-anna-from.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F
http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/27/murder-mccormick-murray-and-the-witches/
https://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2019/04/04/who-put-bella-down-the-wych-elm/
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On this episode, Emma and Brian talk about some very well known cases of stolen children who are found again wtih varying outcomes. Everyone is safe and sound, just don't steal any babies!
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Carlina_White
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zephany_Nurse
https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/zephany-nurse-case-woman-who-raised-abducted-baby-as-her-own-up-for-parole-20220708
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Kamiyah_Mobley
https://stories.usatodaynetwork.com/kamiyah/20-years-later/
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On this episode, Brian and Emma sit down to talk about mythology! Each of them brings a summary of a story from a different mythology and the other uses their limited knowledge to guess what it is. Join along in the fun and take a guess for yourself. Enjoy!
Want to get in touch with us?
For work related inquires and suggestions for the show: [email protected]
Twitter: @MirthAndMurder
Sources:
https://mongolianstore.com/folk-tales/
https://www.worldhistory.org/Book_of_the_Heavenly_Cow/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathor
https://asa-cwis.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-nile-turns-blood-red.html
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