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 May 10, 2022
Tuesday May 10, 2022
"Mr. Cruel" was the nickname given to an unidentified serial child rapist who terrorized the northern and eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria when he attacked three girls in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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Sources:
Mr Cruel - Wikipedia
Mr. Cruel — Unresolved
Who is Mr Cruel? – Website dedicated to unmasking Melbourne child predator Mr Cruel
Mr. Cruel: Nightmare In Melbourne | Australian Crime Stories | Real Crime - YouTube
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Who should be the new mascot of Easter? The Bunny Man is great, but how about a giant rooster, an evil rooster, or a rooster stealing phantom!
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Giant Rooster | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
Pollo Maligno | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
Wanna See something Weird? — The Basan is a chicken-like Yokai found in the... (tumblr.com)
Phantoms and Monsters - Real Eyewitness Cryptid Encounter Reports: Oklahoma's 'Abominable Chicken Man'
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
Saturday Apr 02, 2022
BREAKING NEWS... A BROKEN STONE?? Sesshi seki has broken open, possibly releasing a nine-tailed fox demon. Hide yo kids, hide yo wives, and hide yo concubines because Tamamo no Mae is coming for world domination.
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Sessho-seki - Wikipedia
Tamamo-no-Mae - Wikipedia
Otogi-zōshi - Wikipedia
Sesshō seki | Yokai.com
Tamamo no Mae | Yokai.com
japanese time periods - Bing
In Japan, the mythical “stone of death” cracked and released an ancient demon (anomalien.com)
Sessho-Seki: In Japan, 'Killing Stone' Splits Open, Unleashing Legend Of Trapped Demon (ndtv.com)
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
Saturday Mar 19, 2022
The Endurance22 has located a shipwreck dating back over 100 years to Earnest Shackleton's third failed attempt to reach the South Pole. We hope this episode sticks in your heart the way the original Endurance spent 10 months stuck in pack ice, and we hope the new crew gets unstuck a bit quicker!
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https://www.history.com/news/shackleton-endurance-survival
https://www.npr.org/2022/03/09/1085432575/endurance-ship-found-ernest-shackleton#:~:text=An%20expedition%20that%20set%20out,the%20vessel%20sank%20off%20Antarctica.
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
Saturday Mar 05, 2022
We are back to steal your hearts with a heist! On March 18th, 1990, thieves stole 13 paintings from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Will the world's largest property theft ever be solved?
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum | Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner - Wikipedia
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft - Wikipedia
The Thrilling Gardner Museum Heist - YouTube
Isabella Stewart Gardner Heist Solved by FBI - artnet News
Five Things to Know About the Gardner Museum Heist—the Biggest Art Theft in Modern History | Smart News | Smithsonian Magazine
This is a Robbery: World's Biggest Art Heist on Netflix
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Saturday Jan 22, 2022
Be warned... the Wolpertinger is stinky when startled! The bright side? It has helped us find a solution to male pattern baldness and a new love for taxidermy.
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German folklore: The Wolpertinger (iamexpat.de)
Dilldapp - Wikipedia (de-m-wikipedia-org.translate.goog)
Rasselbock | Monster Wiki | Fandom
Skvader | Monster Wiki | Fandom
Elwetritsch - Wikipedia
Jackalope - Description, History, Myths & Interpretations | Mythology.net
Bavaria’s weirdest and wackiest mythical creature, the Wolpertinger (thelocal.de)
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
BREAKING NEWS: Anne Hathaway was NOT killed by giant crabs. Some individuals, however, have been allegedly killed by the Ya-te-veo... a blood-thirsty, man-eating plant!
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8 Great Trees That Come to Life in the Movies | Fandango
The Giving Tree - Wikipedia
Whomping Willow | Harry Potter Wiki | Fandom
Fighting Trees | Oz Wiki | Fandom
Ents | The One Wiki to Rule Them All | Fandom
SCARY CRYPTIDS - IfOnlyUKnew
Sea and Land: Dreaded and Grotesque Natural World Illustrated (cultofweird.com)
Sea and Land by J. W. Buel, 1889 | Flickr
Ya-Te-Veo | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom
1874: Man-Eating Tree of Madagascar | Anomalies: the Strange & Unexplained (anomalyinfo.com)
Man-eating tree - Wikipedia
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
The 1991 murder of four teen girls in an Austin, Texas yogurt shop left the city shaken to its core. Although numerous suspects have been questioned and confessions have been given in previous years, the case remains unsolved.
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Sources:
1991 Austin yogurt shop murders - Wikipedia
Confrontation Clause - Wikipedia
The Unsolved Austin Yogurt Shop Murders – The True Crime Files
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
With the massive crowd that turned out for the 2014 Shanghai New Year's Eve celebrations came an unexpected tragedy. The excitement turned into panic when a stampede broke out, killing 36 and injuring 49.
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Why Is Celebration of New Year So Important? (newyearsparty.in)
The Biggest New Year's Eve Celebrations Around the World - WorldAtlas
The Most Terrifying Things To Happen On New Years Eve (ranker.com)
2014 Shanghai stampede - Wikipedia
Shanghai new year crush kills 36 - BBC News
Shanghai: dozens killed and injured in stampede at new year celebrations | China | The Guardian
Sequence of errors led to Shanghai stampede - The Washington Post
Why do stampedes happen? (livemint.com)
Stampede: What to Know (webmd.com)
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
What's the dill with Christmas pickle ornaments? Join us as we get down to the bread and butter of the theories surrounding this holiday tradition!
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Sources:
The Christmas Pickle's History - WhyChristmas.com
404 whychristmas?com - WhyChristmas.com
Christmas pickle
Santa and the Pickled Children