Episodes
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A storage container full of teddy bears, several getaway cars, and a taxidermy rat. What do these things have in common? They're all evidence in a series of heists and police reports warn shits about to get WYRD. We're talking crime this week. Organised crime. We're taking a break from everything grizzly and gory to bring you some wholesome content. As always, be sure to check the content warnings just in case.
Lockdown 5 has fallen over Melbourne, Aus and with the rest of the world still very much on fire, we think it is time for a well deserved break. So sit down, pour yourself a cup of tea (or something stronger) and relax with these tales three.
Mask up, get vaccinated when able, and save Halloween. We love you.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Brief mention of rape and suicide.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
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The 300 Million Yen Robbery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery
https://www.news.com.au/world/japan-heist-remains-unsolved-44-years-on/news-story/4155fd5e0206d8a299a2948cdb1e68c7
https://moneyweek.com/363610/10-december-1968-the-300-million-yen-robbery
https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/unsolved-japans-three-hundred-million-yen-affair-b28ab3e66d73
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7885696/
https://www.vintag.es/2020/12/300-million-yen-robbery.html
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/18/300-milion-yen/
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2177413/who-was-mysterious-motorcyclist-behind-infamous-japanese-heist
Beanie Baby Burglary
https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/four-charged-after-beanie-babies-heist/article_27020ad6-cd4c-554b-9039-5e58a3812058.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/04/23/beanie-baby-mania-goes-criminal/8baadce6-1a53-4e5d-b6a6-45d58b6e8925/
https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-beanie-babies/
https://apnews.com/article/8837e14bbd0083cc377bbd15de7f7d63
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66006/12-media-accounts-beanie-babies-hysteria-circa-1990s
Banksy's Anti-Heist
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4559961
https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/41743/1/banksy-girl-with-balloon-painting-pranks-sotherbys-london
https://www.wired.com/2006/11/banksy-infiltra/
http://www.woostercollective.com/post/a-wooster-exclusive-banksy-hits-new-yorks-most-famous-museums-all-of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPAT47fSvDw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/2966c437-9ccf-4477-a30b-5dc751cafdf7
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310304/
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/most-expensive-banksy-artworks-at-auctions/keep-it-spotless
Wall And Piece by Banksy (Book)
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Animals are the best people. Fight us if you disagree. You'll win, for we are pre-arthritic and collapse at the thought of having to perform a high school beep test, but we'll attempt to anyway. Today we discuss the marvellous menageries of Nazi-era Germany, the best helpers a war effort could ask for, and the high key human trash that live for exotic animal ownership. Please forgive our lengthy absence with this extra girthy episode of bizarre beasts <3
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, mentions of war, mentions of the Holocaust, violence against children, violence against animals.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources: (will be updated shortly)
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Cemeteries: the iconic first date site for goths and socially awkward weirdos the world round. What's not to love about secret bat treasure, burped up bodies, and vampire-obsessed mobs? Romance is in the air on Lacey's Mystery History Hour! Take a break and listen along as Lacey takes Tay and Laura on a trip down cemetery lane (Cue dated My Chemical Romance track), discussing statues rubbed raw by shameless single hands seeking husbands and some good old seventies satanic panic.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against animals.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources:
Highgate Cemetery:
HighgateCemetery.org
Wikipedia
Atlas Obscura
Wikipedia
The Guardian
My London
La Recoleta Cemetery:
Wikipedia
The Culture Trip
Atlas Obscura
Lonely Planet
Afar
Landing Panda
Pere Lachiase:
Wikipedia
Paris Info
The Culture Trip
Atlas Obscura
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A return to casting (spells and pods alike) and a return to the roots that may have had a hand in making us wyrd - horror films watched way too early in our tender youth. Do you recall a time before morbid curiosity took hold, dear listener? We do - sort of. Thank you, questionable parenting skills, for your hand in shaping our deranged coven. This week Lacey, Tay and Laura bring you a restorative brew of whacked-out film lore - from actual on-screen deaths to the horrifying inspiration behind iconic 90s slashers.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against animals.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources:
Film Deaths:
Looper IMBD History Collective Classic Movie Hub The Guardian Youtube Ain't It Cool News HowStuffWorks Listverse Hopes and Fears Looper The Sun Bloody Disgusting New York Times Wikipedia Shudder - Cursed FilmsThe Exorcist:
IMBD Mental Floss Wikipedia Shudder - Cursed FilmsScream:
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We’re back! Thank you for your patience and a thousand blessings upon your house. Now, pour yourself a delightful glass of curdled milk or blood (we won’t judge) and heed these warnings three! A South African sex pest, a beautiful murder bird wife, or a maniac with a hook for a hand might be lurking around the next corner! We’re talking boogeymen this week. Intruders that go bump in the night, judge your messy house, and then force-feed you baby food. A little lost? You’ll just have to listen. Segments: The Tikolosh, Schnabelperchten, and Cropsey with a Willem DaFoe appreciation interlude.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against disabled peoples, kidnapping.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources:
Tikolosh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdIwEg5niQ ‘Needle Implantation Ascribed to ‘Tikoloshe.’” The Lancet, Vol. 342 , No. 8882, 1993, pp. 1304.’ https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/tokolosheSchnabelperchten:
· https://www.boneandsickle.com/tag/schnabelperchten/
· https://austrianadaptation.com/blog/perchten-austrias-wild-pagan-festival#:~:text=Perchten%20is%20an%20ancient%20pagan,through%20the%20centre%20of%20villages.&text=All%20up%20the%20costumes%20can,drumming%20in%20the%20village%20streets
· https://www.raurisertal.at/en/region/traditions-folk-customs/schnabelperchten/
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MszCKZsGx44
Cropsey:
· https://allthatsinteresting.com/andre-rand-cropsey
· https://the-line-up.com/cropsey-monster-of-staten-island
· https://classicnewyorkhistory.com/history-of-willowbrook-and-the-terrifying-legend-of-cropsey/
· https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/14/nyregion/body-unearthed-on-si-is-that-of-missing-girl.html
· https://thoughtcatalog.com/steven-casale/2015/03/creepy-history-cropsey-the-monster-of-staten-island/
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We are back with Secure Contain Protect round two. SCP in the secure UNIT! In this episode we bring you another three of our favourite frightening fictions from the OG online creative collective. Featuring SCP 2086, SCP 1875, and SCP 294. As always, we provide plenty of anecdotes to further enforce why the three of us may need special containment ourselves. Highlights include: the best drink known to man (spoilers, it's L&P), the first Wyrd Sisters discovered SCP: Tim Curry Teapot, and the fractured friendship of Lacey and Tay (will they learn to love again?).
Content Warnings: Child death, abduction, mentions of food, mentions of alcohol
SCP 2086 is written by Morgiepie
SCP 1875 is written by TheMadStork
SCP 294 is written by far2 -
Dirty, dirty topic repeaters. Or are we? We had agreed on this week’s theme to be Oceans 2.0 but, it’s more Oceans Adjacent 1.5? We cover lakes, experimental medicine, and floating cities. Whatever kind of plan we originally had for this episode, Poseidon has it now. Join us for some solid chats covering such topics as: a haunted skeleton lake, how to become Aquaman (kind of?), and why you should not book a cruise next winter. Or ever.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Intro and outro music: Halloween Creep by Bruised via Envato Market
CONTENT WARNINGS: Death, descriptions of gore, burn injuries, brief discussions of suicide, human trafficking and rape, brief discussion of body weight, kidnapping, murder, medical procedure, brief descriptions of injured animals.
Information and sources: Businessinsider.com, wound research.com, Journal of Surgical Procedurevia NCBI.com, Vice, Reddit
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Our episode this week starts with the rising of the sun (king) and ends with the waning of the moon (king). Sandwiched in the middle is a collection of botched beheadings and effed-up executions so grim you’ll be glad you’re a nobody. Episode 29 is all about Rotten Royals. Highlights include: the importance of bathing, the truth behind your favourite childhood movie, and why you should never meet your heroes. Our stories are so awful they’ll make you say “Yuck… I love it!”
Content warnings: medical procedure, discussions of gore, violence involving animals, executions, death, torture, suicide, homophobia
Sources: OMGfacts.com, Tidsskriftet.com, Britannica, Hekoten International Journal of Medical Humanities, Stanford healthcare.org,
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A big round of applause for La who is joining us this week in Lacey’s absence. Y’all know when La is on the pod, things get gross. This week we celebrate all the weird and wonderful nightmare fuel in medical history. Some old school gross shit. From power tools to invasive parasites to pool noodles, we’ve got some seriously squeamish stories just for you.
Remember, whenever in doubt: don’t put household objects, animals, or power tools inside yourself. Don’t be pre-nut stupid. Be post-nut smart.
Send all of your love to Lacey who will be back with us soon.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Content warnings: non-consensual surgery, childbirth, pregnancy, miscarriage, infant death, parasites, weird sex shit, bestiality, gore
Sources: MammaMia, Homa Khaleeli via The Guardian, The Principles of Midwifery by John Aitken, All That Is Interesting, Rain Noe via Core77, Mental Floss, Business Insider, The Pregnancy Zone, TOMO News US, Did You Know Facts?, NBC News, The Richest.com, Buzzfeed, Thomas Morris via new Scientist.com.
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Smell you later, 2020! Hello 2021! Welcome back, coven, to another year of wyrd and wonderful shit delivered to you personally by your three favourite witches. In this episode we go back to our roots and share three grisly tales of murder from our hometowns. From singed, silk pyjamas to grotty balaclavas to petrified pooches, you're in for a wild ride. Who said Aussie true crime was boring? Some drongo, probably.
Tangent topics include: face tattoos, an astronomical medical fuck up, Christmas desserts.
TRIGGER WARNINGS: Sexual assault involving minors, Rape, Murder, Home Invasion, Abduction, Hit and Run.
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Would you drink Laura’s blood cocktail? Sip the sweet nectar of Lacey’s swollen dry-shaved lumps? Tongue Tay’s eviscerated armpit? You might, if you’re the type to shimmy down chimneys in the dead of night to gain access to a stranger's home. We’re on to you, Fat Man. We know your ways. Come with us on the final episode of the hellish mess that has been 2020 - happy anniversary, coven! And pleasant holidays all round 💚💜🖤
Content Warning: rape, murder, assault
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Desert, Tundra, the funky Jungle. The trifecta of cursed expeditions. Let us take you on a round-the-world trip with these three idiotic tales. A race to the top of Australia - interrupted by rats, the polar bear war, and the holiday cabin from hell, and finally, a nine-month long walk home that ends in dysentery. You don't need your passport, you don't even have to leave your house, mate. Kick back and enjoy. Highlights include: Laura's Polar Bear Fact Corner and a lot of yelling. Big thank you to our wonderful La: friend of the pod and honorary coven member. They stand in for Lacey this week! Tune into episode 26 for a life update!
Content Warnings: Death, animal death, mention of slavery, we drop the C bomb a lot (Sorry mum!)
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We'll put a spell on you. Come and explore the beautiful, mysterious, and misunderstood culture of Voudon, commonly known as Voodoo. This culture isn't all pins in dolls and hexes. We're talking A Game of Thrones levels of intrigue. Was the fact that Voodoo was so misunderstood, the force that gave it power? Come with us on this journey, and don't forget your plastic hairdressing cape.
Content Warning: rape, slavery, graphic descriptions of gore and violence, murder
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All Hallow's Eve approaches and we have three spectacular tales of haunting real estate just for you. Yes, you who is reading this description. We recorded this episode specifically for you because we love you. Ain't that grand? Now, follow us through the chapel... mind the oubliette. Then we'll pass by the trebuchet. Don't mind the drumming. We'll exit through the trapdoor into the dungeon. The neighbours are lovely... very high-spirited.
As always, wash your hands, stay safe, and protect Halloween.
Content/Trigger Warnings: child death, torture
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Double-double check your pill bottles, deduce your desserts, and maybe… don’t go to the theatre. Trust us, just don’t go. Stay in for dinner, but don’t sign any weird insurance policies from an estranged lover. Ok, don’t even bother with visitors. Just pop a couple of Tylenol and call us in the morning. Wait…
It’s Poison week and the first episode of Spooky Season 2020. Stay home, wash your hands, and listen to your favourite hags. We have three tantalising tales of murder, foul play, and everything that makes you sick. (Including a journey in which we get side-tracked by teeth.)
Content Warnings: mention of child death, Thalidomide, Terrorism, Hostage Situations
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What is your precise time of birth? Do you have intimate knowledge of your sun, moon and rising signs? Are you a Libra man? We're here to let you know that none of it matters because any old idiot can take a bedazzled sex toy to your head, no matter your star sign. This week we investigate blinged-out phalluses, knives so flexible they break all the Hauge conventions, and an absolutely killer console - pun 100% intended.
Please note that this podcast contains mature content. This episode contains depictions of violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Trigger warnings include infant death, discussions of homophobia and hate crimes.
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Father's Day, the day where spawn everywhere tear their hair out trying to decide which last-minute gift dad will hate the least: the overpriced chocolate golf balls or the Lynx Africa body wash set? We love you, Dad, we just don't know what to buy you. In honour of fathers everywhere, we're here to tell you about three top-tier terrible daddies: a god-fearing Lutheran, a Winchester-toting rancher, and an extremely sensuous horse. Sit back, relax, and ponder life's greatest questions with your friendly coven of willfully wyrd sisters - like, is it fighting capitalism to clean your washing machine with piss, or is Gwyneth Paltrow just the worst?
Please note that this podcast contains mature content. This episode contains depictions of violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Trigger warnings include child death.
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Volcanic eruption? Sounds like an excellent opportunity to surf on a crocodile. Why not? With a 36-metre tall tsunami cruising in, it doesn't look like either of you are making it out of this one anyway. Featuring a brief but embarrassing few seconds of exceedingly average singing, this week's episode is a few days behind but she is absolutely brimming with nature's vengeance. It's the revenge of Gaia with three terrifying tales of natural disasters from your favourite coven of creeps.
Please note that this podcast contains mature content. This episode contains depictions of violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Trigger warnings include child death.
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I fell in the pit. You fell in the pit. We all fell in the pit. As a tribute to one of the greatest musical compisitions of all time, this week's episode features (surprise) a pit. It also features new microphones! Revel in the slightly less tinny quality of our fortnightly screeching as we discuss three horrific disasters put in motion by man's own hand. What is child labour against marginal profits? Would you value your pride over an entire city's ability to see? Of course you would!
Please note that this podcast contains mature content. This episode contains depictions of violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Trigger warnings include suicide and child death.
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Some people listen to a story about a haunted rock that has murdered everyone who has ever owned it and cleverly reject that shit - other people get down on one knee and give it to the love of their life. In week three of Victoria's stage three Covid lockdown we discuss three haunted objects that potentially have the power to flick you off this mortal coil. This is our last episode before The Wyrd Sisters receives an audio upgrade! Stay tuned for superior sound quality.
Please note that this podcast contains mature content. This episode contains depictions of violence that some listeners may find disturbing. Trigger warnings include suicide.
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