Strange Country Ep. 21: The Bell Witch

The Bell Witch tormented the Bell family for four years starting in 1817, according to a reporter named Martin V.B. Ingram who wrote the definitive, but terrible book in 1894. Beth slogged through the book until she couldn't take it anymore and marvels that the legend sustained itself. Listen as Strange Country attempts to coherently tell this story from a most incoherent book. Beth manages to get in a reference to Tommy Wiseau's The Room and, Kelly only yawns twice!!

Cite your sources:

Bell, Richard Williams, and M. Todd Cathey. Our family trouble: the story of the Bell Witch of Tennessee. M. Todd Cathey, 2013.

“Home of the Bell Witch.” The Bell Witch Cave, www.bellwitchcave.com/ghost_hauntings/bell_witch.htm

Ingram, M. V. An authenticated history of the famous Bell witch: the wonder of the 19th century, and unexplained phenomenon of the Christian Era ; the mysterious talking goblin that terrorized the west end of Robertson County, Tennessee, tormenting John Bell to his death ; the story of Betsy Bell, her lover and the haunting sphinx. Lowood Press, 2011. Originally published in 1894.

Lew, Josh. “The spooky history of Bell Witch Cave.” MNN - Mother Nature Network, Mother Nature Network, 5 June 2017, www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/stories/spooky-history-of-bell-witch-cave.

Nickel, Joe. “The 'Bell Witch' Poltergeist.” CSI, Jan./Feb. 2014, www.csicop.org/si/show/the_bell_witch_poltergeist.

Young, Nicole. “Psychic: I know the real Bell Witch story.” USA Today, 27 Oct. 2015, www.usatoday.com/story/life/nation-now/2015/10/27/psychic-bell-witch-story/74713998/.

Strange Country Ep. 20: Eccentrics

How do you define eccentricity? Dr. David Weeks decided to find out what makes an eccentric an eccentric and studied a whole bunch in 1984. Learn if you're one by listening to Strange Country Episode 20. Oh, and Beth really does not like FCC Chairman Ajit Pai. 

Strange Country Ep. 19: The Benders

Kansas was bleeding way before the Bender family showed up, but they sure added their share to the body count. In Strange Country Episode 19, co-hosts Beth and Kelly discuss this murderous family that ran and inn/slaughterhouse on the Osage Trail in the 1870s, and come up with a new idea for Martha Stewart.

Sources used....lots and lots...it makes me so tired:

“Bender Knife.” Kansas Historical Society, www.kshs.org/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106.

“Bleeding Kansas.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2952.html.

“The Bloody Benders, America's First Serial Killers.” Mental Floss, 14 Nov. 2013, mentalfloss.com/article/53672/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killers.

“The Bloody Benders--Serial Killers of Kansas.” Legends of America, www.legendsofamerica.com/ks-benders/2/.

Duke, Thomas. The Family That Murders Together: The Bender Family of Kansas - HistoricalCrimeDetective.Com, www.historicalcrimedetective.com/the-family-that-murders-together/. Thomas Duke wrote the short feature in 1910.

Geary, Rick. The saga of the Bloody Benders: the infamous homicidal family of Labette County, Kansas. NBM Pub., 2007.

Hallowell, Wayne. “Bloody Bender Family 1871-1873.” The Bloody Benders story, www.leatherockhotel.com/BloodyBenders.htm.

History.com Staff. “Bleeding Kansas.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/bleeding-kansas.

“John Brown.” HistoryNet, www.historynet.com/john-brown.

Mann, Fred. “The Settlement of Kansas: Railroad Hype Drew Settlers.” The Wichita Eagle, 23 Jan. 2011, www.kansas.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/the-story-of-kansas/article1053043.html.

Nash, Jay Robert. The great pictorial history of world crime. vol. 2, Scarecrow Press, 2004, books.google.com/books?id=aTghCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1045&lpg=PA1045&dq=frances mccann benders&source=bl&ots=BV-gzoSWja&sig=fIspceZHMbYSRbfowdhNB3kIBlA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwip0-KZg7fXAhXm3YMKHTGuAfkQ6AEIRTAI#v=onepage&q=frances%20mccann%20benders&f=false.

O'Brien, Liam. “Laura Ingalls Wilder and the Bloody Benders: truth or fiction? » MobyLives.” Melville House Books, www.mhpbooks.com/laura-ingalls-wilder-and-the-bloody-benders-truth-or-fiction/.

Rudolph, Vance. Kate Bender, The Kansas murderess: The horrible history of an arch killer. Pickle Partners Publishing , 2017, books.google.com/books?id=dgQqDwAAQBAJ&dq=paul ponziglione kate bender&source=gbs_navlinks_s.

Rutter, Michael. Bedside book of bad girls: outlaw women of the Old West. Farcountry Press, 2008, www.farcountrypress.com/emails/images_sept08/Farcountry_Press_Bedside_Bad_Girls_chpt1.pdf.

Turner, Erin H. Outlaw tales of the Old West: Fifty true stories of desperadoes, crooks, criminals and bandits. Rowman & Littlefield , 2016, books.google.com/books?id=C0PCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA114&lpg=PA114&dq=wetzell kate bender&source=bl&ots=Xfzsdpj79E&sig=BwUWtqip75A4-AhORiB4bTYdoE4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidv9yXibfXAhWp7IMKHWRYAh8Q6AEIRjAI#v=onepage&q=wetzell%20kate%20bender&f=false.

Strange Country Ep. 18: Sarah Bennett

Sarah Bennett, a mother of five living in the Adirondacks in the early 1900s took the overprotective mother role a little too far. Strange Country Episode 18 is the true culmination of all things Strange Country. You have motherhood; rural America; going crazy; and good vs evil...or that may be a bit of a stretch. Helicopter parenting is looking slightly better.

Cite your sources....man

Darling, Nancy, PhD., Is Your Parenting Style Psychologically Controlling? Psychology Today. Oct. 24, 2012. Psychologicallytoday.com. accessed Nov. 2017. https://www.psychologicallytoday.com/blog/thinking-about-kids/201210/is-your-parenting-psychologically-controlling

Gooley, Lawrence. Adirondack Witchcraft? Sarah Bennett's Babies in Hope, NY. Adirondack Almanack. Monday, October 23, 2017. Adirondack almanac.com, accessed Nov. 2017. https://www.adirondackalmanack.com/2017/10/the-witch-of-the-adirondacks-how-did-she-do-it.html

Strange Country Ep. 17: Liebeck vs. McDonald's

Imagine spilling blazing hot coffee on yourself, getting such terrible third-degree burns the doctors think you'll die and then being called a money-grubbing dummy. That's what happened to Stella Liebeck. She became the villain and McDonald's the victim. Not cool...literally. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly decide good must prevail against evil even if it requires a whole new category of damages called "penitive damages."

Don't forget to give credit where credit is due:

Drum, Kevin. “The Truth About Stella Liebeck.” Mother Jones, 25 June 2017, www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2011/07/truth-about-stella-liebeck/.

“Liebeck v. McDonald's.” The American Museum of Tort Law, www.tortmuseum.org/liebeck-v-mcdonalds/.

Saladoff, Susan, director. Hot Coffee. Amazon Video, www.amazon.com/Hot-Coffee-Susan-Saladoff/dp/B008HRPBRU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1508845546&sr=8-1&keywords=hot coffee documentary.

Silver-Greenberg, Jessica, and Robert Gebeloff. “Arbitration Everywhere, Stacking the Deck of Justice.” The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/business/dealbook/arbitration-everywhere-stacking-the-deck-of-justice.html?_r=0.

Stout, Hillary. “Not Just a Hot Cup Anymore.” The New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2013/10/21/booming/not-just-a-hot-cup-anymore.html.

Sweet, Ken. “Big banks score win with scrapping of consumer class-Action lawsuit rule.” The Chicago Tribune, 26 Oct. 2017, www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-consumer-class-action-lawsuit-rule-20171025-story.html.

Strange Country Ep. 16: Pepacton

Do you hear the sound of our world slowly disappearing under water, or is that "glug glug glug" the sound of Beth's bass guitar? Find out when you listen to today's episode:"Under Water: Home is Where the Heart Is" or go take a long walk off a short pier. 

This story is not so much about a strange person, but rather a strange bunch of towns that once existed and now lie on the bottom of acres-wide reservoirs which hold the drinking water for all of New York City. What happened to these little upstate farm towns? What happened to the people, and the dead bodies at the town cemetery?

Do you believe in ghosts? Do you believe in global warming? Listen and enjoy, and hang on tight to your beliefs or disbelief as we take you on another journey into Beth and Kelly's Strange Country. Also we apologize to Alanis Morissette, and Meghan Trainor, and Sammy Hagar, and Seinfeld.

Cite your sources people!

By the way, the cross stitch thing that Kelly's can't remember is called a Sampler! And here's an etsy link to an example: https://www.etsy.com/listing/65687553/gardening-aint-easy-pattern?ref=v1_other_1

Yes, Bill Paxton died: https://www.biography.com/people/bill-paxton-20825057

Foderaro, Lisa. 'Watery Graves' Was No Figure of Speech; A Receding City Reservoir Reveals a Turbulent Past. May 14, 2002. The New York Times.com, Accessed November 2017.

Jacobson, Alice. Beneath Pepacton Waters. Andes, NY. 1988.

Mahoney, Joe. Gone, But Not Forgotten: The DEP's Pepacton Grave. Feb. 25, 2016. The Daily Star. Oneonta, NY. The dailystar.com, accessed Nov. 2017.

New York State Department of Conservation: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/84925.html

Wright, Andy. The Final Christmases of 4 Catskills Villages Flooded to Create Reservoirs. Atlas Obscura. Dec. 20, 2016. Atlasobscura.com, accessed Nov. 2017.

Strange Country Ep. 15: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

Ever been so hungry, you could eat a cat? Strange Country Episode 15 delves into the ways people deal with their hunger as cohosts Beth and Kelly explore the Minnesota Starvation Experiment in the 1940s, designed to discover what happens when people starve to counteract the mass starvation from the world wars. Spoiler alert: people act crazy. Beth shares a tale of solving world hunger by fasting for 30 hours and her fear of tampons, and both Beth and Kelly discover they have no idea what a rutabaga is or why anyone would shoplift one. Bon appetit!

Sources:

elevationweb.org. “The Civilian Public Service Story | Living Peace in a Time of War.” The Civilian Public Service Story | Living Peace in a Time of War, www.civilianpublicservice.org/. Accessed 16 Sept. 2017.

Guetzkow, Harold Steere. “Men and hunger: a psychological manual for relief workers : Guetzkow, Harold Steere : Free Download & Streaming.” Internet Archive, Brethren Publishing House, 25 June 1946, archive.org/details/MenAndHunger.

Media, American Public. American RadioWorks - Battles of Belief, americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/wwii/a2.html.

“Men Starve in Minnesota.” Life, 30 July 1945, pp. 43–46. Accessed at https://books.google.com/books?id=z0kEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA43&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=2#v=onepage&q&f=false

Miller, Kelsey, et al. “The Starvation Study You Need To Read.” Minnesota Starvation Experiment - Starving Effects, www.refinery29.com/minnesota-starvation-experiment.

Tucker, Todd. The great starvation experiment: Ancel Keys and the men who starved for science. Minneapolis, University of Minnesota Press, 2007.

Strange Country Ep. 14: The Ward Brothers

If you can conjure up the accent of an old upstate farmer better than Beth, then we've got a spot for you in our award-winning podcast. We don't think you can, she's that good. Find out about the strange tale of four brothers who grew up dirt poor in Munnsville, NY and who ended up the focus of a small town murder mystery. Who died, who lived, how did they live and were they as happy as Beth and Kelly are about the notion of bread and butter sandwiches? Listen to this Strange Country tale of the hard life and the hard death of the Ward Brothers.

Cite your sources, always.

First though you should know about this kind of butter...http://www.kriemhilddairy.com/

Associated Press, Lyman Ward, 85, Last of 4 Brothers, Dies. August 18, 2007 in The New York Times. Accessed Oct. 2017

Krajicek, David. His Brothers Keeper. The Daily News, March 25, 2000. Accessed http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/brother-keeper-article-1.272716. Oct. 2017.

My Brother's Keeper, Movie info http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103888/

Seely, Hart. A Death in the Family. Post Standard, June 11, 2000. Accessed via http://www.northofseveycorners.com/slcnys/thewards.htm, Oct, 2017.

Strange Country Ep. 13: Edgar Allan Poe

Quoth the Raven “Pray tell, my gentle listeners/readers, do listen to Strange Country Episode 13. It is filled with midnight dreary and tales of woe. Not as bad as that story of Juliet and her Romeo, but you get what I’m saying. Dark, people. Dark. And leave your garbage out of cans so I can easily get to it. I know I can make tools and stuff, but can you throw me a bone every now and then?”

Yes, Episode 13 of Strange Country delves into the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe, the author of such classics as The Raven, The Pit and the Pendulum and Dancing with the Stars Episode 237. Co-hosts Beth and Kelly consider the many ways Poe met his untimely end, and, at the same time, come up with the perfect justice for Harvey Weinstein. How they connect those two figures is a feat of brilliance or maybe some other word. Tune in and if you like us, rate us on your favorite podcast platform. If you don’t, we will haunt you like the tell-tale heart.

Sources used in the making of this podcast

Ackroyd, Peter. Poe: a life cut short. Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, 2009.

Bloomfield, Shelley Costa. The everything guide to Edgar Allan Poe the life, times, and work of a tormented genius. Adams Media, 2007.

Geiling, Natasha. “The (Still) Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 7 Oct. 2014, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/.

Harris, Paul. “Fresh clues could solve mystery of Poe's death.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 20 Oct. 2007, www.theguardian.com/world/2007/oct/21/books.booksnews.

“The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe.” Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore - General Topics - The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm.

“Poe's Death Theories.” Poe's Death | Edgar Allan Poe Museum | Richmond, VA, www.poemuseum.org/poes-death.

Walsh, John Evangelist. Midnight dreary: the mysterious death of Edgar Allan Poe. St. Martins Minautor, 2000.

Strange Country Ep. 12: Grace Memorial Bridge

Hey...hey Gephyrophobians! This episode of Strange Country is for you. If you didn't like driving on a bridge, you definitely will like it even less thanks to episode 12. Kelly and Beth talk about the ghost drivers on the Grace Memorial Bridge in Charleston, S.C.

Strange Country Ep. 11: Halloween Psychological Experiments

Strange Country Episode 11 features special guest and talented comedian Madelein Smith as Beth, Kelly and Madelein try to actually get to the story. Should Kelly rethink her position on witches? Is it ever ok to feed adult women donuts? And will you ever take your kids trick or treating again? Listen in for all the answers as well as to hear the special parable of the traveling pube.

As always cite your stuff:

Gordon, Amie M. “Why Halloween Makes Us Act Antisocial.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 31 Oct. 2014, www.psychologytoday.com/blog/between-you-and-me/201410/why-halloween-makes-us-act-antisocial. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

“Halloween Psychology: How Mirrors Keep Kids in Line.” Social Psych Online, 25 Oct. 2015, socialpsychonline.com/2015/10/halloween-psychology-self-awareness/. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

“Halloween Psychology: Trick-or-Treaters Gone Bad.” Social Psych Online, 25 Oct. 2015, socialpsychonline.com/2015/10/halloween-psychology-deindividuation/. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

Hellion. “Home.” DeliriumsRealm.com, www.deliriumsrealm.com/history-halloween-america/. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

History.com Staff. “History of Halloween.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/halloween/history-of-halloween. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

Inglis-Arkell, Esther. “Were you part of the evil Seattle Halloween experiments?” io9, io9.Gizmodo.com, 27 Jan. 2014, io9.gizmodo.com/were-you-used-in-evil-experiments-on-halloween-1509647512. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

Lombrozo, Tania. “Halloween Provides A Look Into Human Psychology.” NPR, NPR, 31 Oct. 2016, www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2016/10/31/500034064/halloween-provides-a-look-into-human-psychology. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

“What Trick or Treating Teaches Us About Human Nature.” Time, Time, time.com/4077564/trick-or-treating-psychology-studies-michelle-obama-hillary-clinton/. Accessed 23 Sept. 2017.

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. 9: The Devil's Den

In episode 9 of Strange Country, Beth and Kelly open up a bag of worms or a box of cats as they discuss the Battle of Gettysburg, ghosts and engage in a little readers' theater. This episode came about as a suggestion from a loyal listener/reader who's son's camera went all kablooey while taking pictures at Devil's Den.

Sources used in the making of this podcast:

“The Case of the Moved Body - Civil War Glass Negatives and Related Prints.” The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/collections/civil-war-glass-negatives/articles-and-essays/does-the-camera-ever-lie/the-case-of-the-moved-body?loclr=blogtea. Accessed 14 Sept. 2017.

“Devil's Den.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 5 Sept. 2017, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_Den. Accessed 14 Sept. 2017.

“The Devil's Den.” HistoryNet, www.historynet.com/devils-den-gettysburg. Accessed 2 Sept. 2017.

“Devil's Den and the Slaughter Pen Historical Marker.” Historical Marker, 16 June 2016, www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=15095. Accessed 2 Sept. 2017.

“Devil's Den (U.S. National Park Service).” National Parks Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, www.nps.gov/places/devil-s-den.htm. Accessed 2 Sept. 2017.

Furgurson, Ernest B. “Alexander Gardner Saw Himself as an Artist, Crafting the Image of War in All Its Brutality.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 8 Oct. 2015, www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/alexander-gardner-saw-himself-artist-crafting-image-war-all-its-brutality-180956852/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2017.

“Gettysburg Battlefield HauntedHouses.Com.” Gettysburg-Haunted-Civil-War, www.hauntedhouses.com/states/pa/gettysburg_battlefield.htm. Accessed 14 Sept. 2017.

Jones, Jennifer. “The Ghosts of Devil's Den.” The Dead History, The Dead History, 18 Mar. 2017, www.thedeadhistory.com/haunted-america/ghosts-devils-den/. Accessed 2 Sept. 2017.

RootsWeb: FOLKLORE-L [FOLKLORE] The Devil's Den... Gettysburg's Most Haunted, archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/FOLKLORE/2000-09/0967829532. Accessed 14 Sept. 2017.

“A Sharpshooter’s Last Sleep.” Museum of Hoaxes, hoaxes.org/photo_database/image/a_sharpshooters_last_sleep. Accessed 14 Sept. 2017.

Strange Country Ep. 8: The Beales

Kelly and Beth have another story, an homage to hoarders, of a family who can't quite bring themselves to cleaning up a damn thing. And it smells...bad. Join us for the story of Grey Gardens and the Beale family. It's a mother-daughter story that literally goes from the dream life on the Hampton Coast to dinners made and eaten in single beds, feces of all sorts piling up, and Strange Country details that are sure to intrigue. Will Kelly and Beth get the vacation of a lifetime at the Beale House? Stay tuned and keep listening to Strange Country. We love you, readers, and listeners!

Cite your Sources...always

http://greygardensonline.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/04/17/garden/20090417-insidegreygardens_11.html

Martin, Doug. Edith Bouvier Beale, 84, Little Edie Dies. Jan. 25, 2002. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/25/nyregion/edith-bouvier-beale-84-little-edie-dies.html

Quinn, Sally. Clues From the Past. Architectural Digest. April 30, 2009. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/grey-gardens-article

Rogers, Katie. Want to Live in Grey Gardens? New York Times, March 2, 2017. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/02/fashion/news/grey-gardens-real-estate-sally-quinn-summer-home-sale.html

Sheehy, Gail. The Secret of Grey Gardens. From the January 10, 1972 issue of New York Magazine. Accessed http://nymag.com/news/features/56102/

Strange Country Ep. 7: Typhoid Mary

In episode 7, co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore the compelling tale of Mary Mallon, and Irish cook who made a whole bunch of people sick, but never lost her spark and salty tongue. You know it's rockin' when it's Typhoid Mary time!

references: Bartoletti, Susan Campbell. Terrible typhoid Mary: a true story of the deadliest cook in America. Boston, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015.

“Hospital Epidemic from Typhoid Mary.” The New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1915/03/28/104231704.html?pageNumber=11. Accessed 18 Aug. 2017. Article originally published on March 28, 1913.

“In Her Own Words.” PBS, Public Broadcasting Service, Aug. 2004, www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/typhoid/letter.html. Accessed 19 Aug. 2017.

Levitt, Judith Walzer. “Typhoid Mary: Captive to the Public's Health.” A Menace to the Community, www.learner.org/workshops/primarysources/disease/docs/leavitt.html. Accessed 19 Aug. 2017.

McNeil, Donald G. “The Deadly Trails of Typhoid Mary.” The New York Times, 15 Apr. 2003, www.nytimes.com/2003/04/15/health/the-deadly-trails-of-typhoid-mary.html. Accessed 18 Aug. 2017.

Santora, Marc. “New Jersey Accepts Rights for People in Quarantine to End Ebola Suit.” The New York Times, 27 July 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/07/27/nyregion/new-jersey-accepts-rights-for-people-in-quarantine-to-end-ebola-suit.html. Accessed 19 Aug. 2017.

Soper, George A. “The Curious Career of Typhoid Mary.” Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine 45, no. 1 (October 1939): 698-712. Accessed electronically at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1911442/?page=7

“Typhoid Mary Buried; Nine Persons Attend Mass for Her at Church in the Bronx.” The New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/11/13/502454112.html?pageNumber=30. Accessed 18 Aug. 2017. Article originally published on Nov. 13, 1938

“Typhoid Mary Dies of a Stroke at 68.” The New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1938/11/12/502450322.html?pageNumber=17. Accessed 18 Aug. 2017. Article originally published on Nov. 12, 1938

Zuger, Abigail. “A Life In Pursuit of Health.” New York Times, 28 Oct. 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/10/29/health/josephine-bakers-fighting-for-life-still-thought-provoking-decades-later.html?mcubz=0. Accessed 18 Aug. 2017.

Strange Country Ep. 6: Annie Edson Taylor

In episode 6, there are many reasons to hang on to this episode from Kelly and Beth's ramblings to Annie Edson Taylor's trip of a lifetime. If you want to hear the actual Strange Country story of Annie Taylor, skip ahead to minute 29, but we will also take you down a trail of rat kings, civil war widows and of course many unrelated things.

Strange Country Ep. 4: Crazy Luce

Maybe you’ve seen the red historical marker near Cazenovia Lake or been an avid reader of the Chips & Shavings column in the Mid-York Weekly so you already know the story of Lucy Dutton.  Listen as Strange Country takes you on a journey along the roads in Madison and Onondaga counties as “Crazy Luce” trudges through snowdrifts and heatdrifts, her heart a-broken and her face a-lined. Kelly and Beth talk about their own experiences with mental health because nothing since comedy podcast more than deep depression.

Citing our Sources...of course:

Walter, George, Chips and Shavings http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2017/Morrisville%20NY%20Mid-York%20Weekly/Morrisville%20NY%20Mid-York%20Weekly%201947-1956/Morrisville%20NY%20Mid-York%20Weekly%201947-1956%20-%200033.pdf

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMW5RG_Crazy_Luce_Cazenovia_NY

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyccazen/Histories/Hammond1872Caz.html

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.

Strange Country Ep. 2: The Collyer Brothers

If you don't know what it means to enter into a Collyer Mansion, you will now. Listen as we explore the sad, twisted story of two brothers in New York City who literally couldn't find their way out of a paper bag-they just kept stuffing it with newspapers, baby carriages, bones, and more. Co-hosts Beth and Kelly explore this tale from the 1940's, as well as the real parental fear of when your own child starts to show hoarder tendencies, and when their teachers support the habit.

Sources used in the making of the podcast:

Doctorow, E. L. “Homer and Langley.” Barnes & Noble, www.barnesandnoble.com/w/homer-and-langley-e-l-doctorow/1100396862.

Franklin D Vagnone (Author) › Visit Amazon's Franklin D Vagnone Page Find all the books. “Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums 1st Edition.” Anarchist's Guide to Historic House Museums: Franklin D Vagnone, Deborah E Ryan: 9781629581712: Amazon.com: Books, www.amazon.com/Anarchists-Guide-Historic-House-Museums/dp/1629581712.

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Strange Country Ep. 1: The Fox Sisters

In their inaugural episode, Beth and Kelly talk about Maggie and Kate Fox, two young sisters who claimed they could communicate with the dead. The girls were eventually credited with founding the Modern Spiritualism movement.

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Sources used in the making of the podcast:

Weisberg, Barbara. Talking to the dead: Kate and Maggie Fox and the rise of spiritualism. San Francisco, HarperSanFrancisco, 2005.

Abbott, Karen. “The Fox Sisters and the Rap on Spiritualism.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 30 Oct. 2012, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-fox-sisters-and-the-rap-on-spiritualism-99663697/. Accessed 30 July 2017.

“One of the Fox Sisters Arrested.” New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1888/05/05/106321124.html?pageNumber=5. Accessed 30 July 2017. Article originally published in print on May 5, 1888.

“One of the Fox Sisters Dead.” New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1892/07/03/104139081.html?pageNumber=5. Accessed 30 July 2017. Article originally published on July 3, 1892.

“Death of Margaret Kane Fox.” New York Times, timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/03/10/106862739.html?pageNumber=8. Accessed 30 July 2017. Article originally published on March 10, 1893.