Bug in a Rug
Friends gather together to talk about all the things that keep us up at night! We just hope that after listening you can still sleep as snug as a bug in a rug...
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Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
Tuesday Dec 24, 2019
It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. We've made it to Christmas Eve. The celebration has begun! Sit back and listen. Please don't be rude as we tell you the final tale of Welsh Mari Lwyd.
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Sources:
https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/mari-lwyd-horse-skull-wales-wassailing
https://hyperallergic.com/345156/the-welsh-undead-horse-of-christmas-you-must-beat-in-a-battle-of-rhymes/
https://thewitchesalmanac.com/mari-lwyd/
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. Two episodes to go until all the holly jolly fun. Sit back and listen.Put out your shoe. Relax as we tell you about Gryla, her cat, and her 13 sons too.
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Sources:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-icelands-christmas-witch-much-cooler-and-scarier-krampus-180967605/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-thirteen-yule-lads-icelands-own-mischievous-santa-clauses-180948162/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore#Yule_Lads
http://www.ancientpages.com/2019/12/11/gryla-cannibalistic-evil-troll-and-her-sons-yule-lads-in-icelandic-folklore/
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/12/01/iceland-christmas-witch/
https://guidetoiceland.is/connect-with-locals/regina/gryla-and-leppaludi-the-parents-of-the-icelandic-yule-lads
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/each-christmas-icelands-yule-cat-takes-fashion-policing-extreme-180961420/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Christmas_folklore
https://www.playfulkitty.net/2014/12/19/legend-yule-cat/
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
Sunday Dec 22, 2019
It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. Three episodes to go until all the holly jolly fun. Sit back and listen for the sound of hooves. Is the Santa or Krampus up on your roofs?
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
https://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/giants/hel/
https://pantheon.org/
https://people.howstuffworks.com/culture-traditions/cultural-traditions/where-did-krampus-come-from.htm
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/12/131217-krampus-christmas-santa-devil/
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/krampus-son-hel-ancient-origins-christmas-devil-007627
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/
https://www.history.com/news/krampus-christmas-legend-origin
https://www.traveldudes.org/travel-videos/what-krampuslauf/141600
http://www.robwalkerfilms.com/content/krampusnacht-rob-walker-monster-poem
Saturday Dec 21, 2019
Saturday Dec 21, 2019
It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. Four episodes to go until all the holly jolly fun. Sit back and listen... no need to fear. Unless you have been naughty! Then Belsnickel and Zwarte Piet might switch your rear.
Sources for Belsnickel:
https://www.pennlive.com/life/2018/12/what_is_the_belsnickel_why_is.html
https://www.post-gazette.com/life/holidays/2012/11/25/The-Next-Page-Meet-Belsnickel-the-Counter-Claus/stories/201211250132
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Sources:
https://mymerrychristmas.com/the-story-of-black-peter/
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/14/black-pete-scandal-dutch-silent-sinterklaas
https://www.historytoday.com/archive/foundations/wild-hunt-odin
https://www.thespruceeats.com/the-story-of-sinterklaas-1128632
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/12/black-pete-christmas-zwarte-piet-dutch/
Friday Dec 20, 2019
Friday Dec 20, 2019
It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. Five episodes to go until all the holly jolly fun. Sit back and listen - we bet you don't know about how Jean Hilliard froze in the snow.
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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jean-hilliard
http://www.lakesnwoods.com/Lengby.htm
https://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/what-is-hypothermia#1
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/suspended-animation-cryogenic-freezing-human-experiment-maryland-us-a9211866.html
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
It's the countdown to Christmas! Yes, the time has come. Six episodes to go until all the holly jolly fun. Sit back and listen to what we will say. We love the Green Man of Pittsburgh and Hillsville, Pa.
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Sources:
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/mbk7n3/five-obscure-urban-legends-that-turned-out-to-be-true-ish
http://weekinweird.com/2011/09/26/green-man-true-pennsylvania-legend/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Robinson_(Green_Man)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/raymond-robinson
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Thursday Dec 12, 2019
Humans are friends... NOT food. I teach Whitney the difference between a Winnebago and a Wendigo, while she teaches me that Oreos are vegetarian/vegan/meat-free.
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Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/wendigo
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Wendigo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algonquian_peoples
https://www.grunge.com/160612/the-untold-truth-of-the-wendigo/
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/
https://hubpages.com/education/The-Paranormal-Wendigo-Legend-and-Encounters
https://mythologian.net/wendigo-mythical-creature-legend-origin/
http://moses.creighton.edu/kripke/jesuitrelations/relations_46.html
www.unexplainedmonsters.com/wendigo/wendigo_psychosis.html
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
Thursday Dec 05, 2019
A special podcast guest, two cats, and an unsolved mystery from 1959 Soviet Union walk into a bar. Hopefully the bartender can determine if the Dyatlov Pass incident was a natural phenomenon, a government coverup, or perhaps something beyond our comprehension that caused these experienced hikers' mysterious demise.
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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyatlov_Pass_incident#Infrasound
https://dyatlovpass.com/
https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/04/europe/dyatlov-pass-incident-scli-intl/index.html
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
Tuesday Nov 26, 2019
We discuss the tragic murder of members of the Clutter family and learn how much of an impact they had on those around them. One other thing we learned... NEVER trust your cellmate.
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Sources:
http://www.crimearchives.net/1959_clutter/html/bios.html
https://www.gcpolice.org/about-gcpd/history/famous-cases/clutter-family-murders
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/clutter-family-home
https://www.ranker.com/list/clutter-family-facts/berlin-sylvestre
https://ways-to-die.com/clutter-family-murders/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker_family_murders
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
Thursday Nov 21, 2019
We dive into the story of Richard Jewell in anticipation of the upcoming film about his ordeal.
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Sources:
https://apnews.com/9780f3df09790f323835a9d21b29ac90
https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1997/02/brenner199702
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Olympic_Park_bombing
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_Summer_Olympics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Jewell
https://www.atlantamagazine.com/great-reads/presumed-guilty/