Strange Country Ep. 24: New England Vampires

When you feel a slight cold coming on, do you have the desire to dig up a dead family member and burn his heart for your cure? If so, then this episode is for you. Strange Country explores the anti-vampire rituals in 18th- and 19th-century New England that were used to ward off consumption. While it may suck, this episode sure doesn't.

Sources used:

Bard, Megan . “In 1854, Vampire Panic Struck Connecticut Town.” The Register Citizen, 8 Nov. 2008, www.registercitizen.com/news/article/In-1854-vampire-panic-struck-Connecticut-town-12156066.php.

Bell, Michael E. Food for the dead: on the trail of New Englands vampires. Wesleyan University Press, 2011.

Bendici, Ray. “The Jewett City Vampires, Griswold.” Damned Connecticut, www.damnedct.com/the-jewett-city-vampires-griswold.

Johnson, Kirk. “28 Graves Giving Up Secrets of the 1700's.” The New York Times, 10 Sept. 1992, www.nytimes.com/1992/09/10/nyregion/28-graves-giving-up-secrets-of-the-1700-s.html.

Little, Becky. “The Bloody Truth About Vampires.” National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 27 Oct. 2016, news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/vampires-europe-new-england-halloween-history/.

Mandal, MD Dr Ananya. “History of Tuberculosis.” News-Medical.net, 30 Oct. 2017, www.news-medical.net/health/History-of-Tuberculosis.aspx.

Odone, Jamison. “Poor Nancy Young, the Suspected Teen Vampire of Rhode Island.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 10 Jan. 2017, www.atlasobscura.com/articles/poor-nancy-young-the-suspected-teen-vampire-of-rhode-island.

Pringle, Heather. “Archaeologists Suspect Vampire Burial; An Undead Primer.” National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 15 July 2013, news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/07/130715-vampire-archaeology-burial-exorcism-anthropology-grave/.

Thomson, Samuel. New guide to health: or, Botanic family physician. Containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan entirely new: with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and administering them to cure disease. To which is added a description of several cases of disease attended by the author, with the mode of treatment and cure. Vt., 1851, archive.org/details/cihm_01684.

Tucker, Abigail. “The Great New England Vampire Panic.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Oct. 2012, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-great-new-england-vampire-panic-36482878/.

Strange Country Ep. 10: Joseph Palmer

How much do you think about facial hair? Get ready to dive deep, and get hairy when we discuss the life of Joseph Palmer, a man persecuted for wearing the beard, in Strange Country Episode 10. It was a strange time when men were expected to be clean shaven, or else they would be attacked in fear of the free-thinkers. It's a good thing Beth wasn't around back then, she may have joined in. Tune in and beard on, or something like that. 

Cite your sources!

All About Beards. https://www.beards.org/

Atlas Obscura, http://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grave-of-joseph-palmer

"Joseph Palmer – The Man Who Was Sent to Jail for Wearing a Beard." Joseph Palmer - The Man Who Was Sent to Jail for Wearing a Beard - Page 2 of 2. N.p., 15 Oct. 2016. Web. 10 Oct. 2017. .

Sifakis, Carl. Great American eccentrics: strange and peculiar people. Galahad Books, 1984.

Strange Country Ep. 3: Lizzie Borden

Maybe you never heard of Lizzie Borden, the woman accused of allegedly hatcheting her parents to death on August 4, 1892. Or maybe you dressed up like her, like some co-host of Strange Country, for a biography project in middle school guaranteeing you would never date until college. Either way now is your chance to learn more as Beth and Kelly in episode 3 explore the first trial of the century that captivated the world, and launched one of the creepiest children’s nursery rhyme of all that will make your shoulder hair stand on end.

Sources used in the making of this podcast:

Eschner, Kat. “Lizzie Borden Didn't Kill Her Parents (Maybe).” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 20 June 2017, www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lizzie-borden-didnt-kill-her-parents-maybe-180963721/. Accessed 20 Aug. 2017.

Kent, David, and Robert A. Flynn. The Lizzie Borden sourcebook. Boston, Mass, Branden Pub. Co., 2010.

Miller, Sarah Elizabeth. The Borden murders: Lizzie Borden & the trial of the century. New York, Schwartz & Wade Books, 2016.

“Official Psychic of the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast.” Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast Museum, lizzie-borden.com/. Accessed 20 Aug. 2017.

Yuko, Elizabeth. “Lizzie Borden: Why a 19th-Century Axe Murder Still Fascinates Us.” Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2016, www.rollingstone.com/culture/features/lizzie-borden-why-a-19th-century-murder-still-fascinates-us-w432670. Accessed 20 Aug. 2017.