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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Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Travis the chimpanzee may have been raised as a human, but his raw strength and wild temper shocked his community back to reality when he attacked a family friend.
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Sources:
Chimpanzee - Wikipedia
Chimpanzee Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
Chimpanzee, facts and photos (nationalgeographic.com)
Chimpanzees as Pets | Save the Chimps
Travis (chimpanzee) - Wikipedia
Travis the Chimpanzee – Dark Tales
Owner Shared Bed and Took Baths With Chimpanzee From Connecticut Attack | Fox News (archive.org)
The horrifying story of Travis: The face-eating chimp raised as a human (sinisterisles.com)
Connecticut Exotic Animal Laws (uappeal.org)
CT - Exotic Pets - § 26-40a. Possession of potentially dangerous animal; Chapter 490. Fisheries and Game | Animal Legal & Historical Center (animallaw.info)
Laws on Exotic Pets for Each U.S. State (thesprucepets.com)
Map of Private Exotic Pet Ownership Laws | Animal Legal & Historical Center (animallaw.info)
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
Sunday Nov 21, 2021
This turkey might be too big to cook! Are you team Gobblesquatch or Gobbledygook?
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Sources:
https://visitcryptoville.com/2013/11/28/gobblesquatch-legendary-creature-or-holiday-hoax/
https://urbanlegendsonline.com/gobblesquatch/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Thanksgiving_Turkey_Presentation
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
A grand resort built in paradise. A suspicious suicide. A ghost that haunts the halls. Join us at the Hotel Del Coronado!
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Sources:
Historic Hotels in San Diego | The Famous Hotel del Coronado
Coronado, California - Wikipedia
Is Coronado an Island, Peninsula or a Tombolo? - Coronado Times
Tombolo - Wikipedia
Coronado, San Diego, CA
The True Story Of Kate Morgan, The Ghost Of The Hotel Del Coronado (allthatsinteresting.com)
At the Hotel Del, a Deadly Obsession | Voice of San Diego
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Sunday Nov 07, 2021
Drowning, saltwater crocodiles, cannibals out for revenge... all totally reasonable ways for the heir to the Rockefeller legacy and fortune to have died. But the question we are all left with is... where exactly is the Chesapeake Bay?
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catamaran
https://historyofyesterday.com/michael-rockefeller-ba42d5f245f
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_river_shark
https://www.sfzoo.org/salt-water-crocodile/#:~:text=The%20saltwater%20crocodile%20is%20the,years%20old%20in%20the%20wild.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Rockefeller
https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/collection-areas/the-michael-c-rockefeller-wing
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Stingy Jack is a reason we don't call them "Kyle-O'-Lanterns"... Happy Halloween!
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Samhain 2021 Rituals, History, and Traditions You Need To Know - (thepeculiarbrunette.com)
Samhain and the Legend of Jack O'Lantern - The Irish Place
Stingy Jack - Wikipedia
What is the tradition of pumpkin carving? (treehozz.com)
Stingy Jack | Halloween Wiki | Fandom
Halloween: The Legend Of Stingy Jack (novareinna.com)
Jack-O’-Lanterns and the Devil | Mat Auryn (patheos.com)
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Sunday Oct 24, 2021
Things that we learned hinder fire safety: special effects that resemble SMOKE, emergency exits CHAINED SHUT, flammable foam TOUCHING lighters, and fire safety inspectors that call a structure temporary for FIVE years.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Castle_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-627tDQF-Vc
https://nj1015.com/the-1984-haunted-castle-fire-at-six-flags-great-adventure/
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Saturday Oct 16, 2021
Robert Beckowitz was murdered and dismembered in his own home by the two individuals closest to him. There is no amount of sex, drugs, or rock and roll that you could pay us in order to look at the crime scene photos again...
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Sources:
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Jeannine Clark & James Glover – Murder Uncovered (murder-uncovered.com)
A Case Of Murder, Dismemberment, & Necrophilia - Morbid N' Macabre™️ (morbidnmacabre.com)
The Murder of Robert Beckowitz — Creepy Curiosities. (squarespace.com)
A Case Almost Too Gruesome To Mention - Robert Beckowitz - YouTube
Well Documented mutilation of Robert Beckowitz: Makeup&Murder | Xena Bunton - YouTube
Natural Born Killers (1994) - IMDb
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
For our 100th episode, we've found a sticky, sweet, and horrifying true crime topic! Moral of the story is to not listen to so much Def Leppard when you are angry.
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https://www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/19433220.cheshire-wife-murdered-husband-boiling-sugar-water-amid-allegations-child-sex-abuser/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-57768105
https://meaww.com/who-corinna-smith-kills-husband-michael-baines-pour-boiling-sugar-water-slept-daughter-sexual-abuse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_making#Occupational_hazards
https://www.thejournal.ie/melanie-mccarthy-mcnamara-killer-mountjoy-keith-hall-1080108-Sep2013/
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/mother-wants-torture-for-killer-after-innocent-16-year-old-shot-dead-139444913-237430941
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20242918.html
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/jail-horror-notorious-murderer-gets-8990893
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/paedophile-rape-murder-girl-six-year-old-boiling-water-groin-prison-attack-gregory-keith-davies-melbourne-australia-a7933776.html
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/mum-murdered-husband-after-hearing-21016885
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
We've narrowed down our vacation destinations to these three based on ability to social distance, sheer danger, and what will look best on our Christmas cards. Help us choose between weird boulders, a pit of fire, and a deadly stream!
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Trovants, the living stones of Romania: They grow, multiply and move! | MRU MEDIA (mysteriesrunsolved.com)
Trovants: The Growing Stones of Romania (whenonearth.net)
‘Living Stones’ in Romania: Grows and Can Move, Breathe and Reproduce (anomalien.com)
Carbonate chemistry — Science Learning Hub
Darvaza gas crater - Wikipedia
The Gates of Hell – Turkmenistan - Atlas Obscura
The Gates of Hell in Derweze, Turkmenistan (thoughtco.com)
The Real 'Gates of Hell' Haven't Stopped Burning For 46 Years (inverse.com)
Turkmenistan hopes 'Door to Hell' will boost tourism | CTV News
The Bolton Strid: The Most Dangerous River In The World? - WorldAtlas
Bolton Strid: A Stream That Swallows People | Amusing Planet
Birthday boy, 8, dies in beauty-spot river tragedy | Bradford Telegraph and Argus (thetelegraphandargus.co.uk)
The Strid - extremely dangerous | At its narrowest point the… | Flickr
How many have died in the Bolton strid? – Restaurantnorman.com
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Jessica Renee Johnson's death looked staged to everyone except local law enforcement who quickly ruled it a suicide. We share her story in hopes that her family will one day find the answers they are looking for.
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Sources:
https://truecrimedaily.com/2017/10/18/suicide-or-murder-what-happened-to-jessica-johnson/
https://dreamindemon.com/community/threads/police-say-jessica-johnson-hanged-herself-from-a-38-inch-tall-mailbox-post-found-by-mailman.90239/
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mississippi-woman-found-hanging-from-mailbox_n_596f4821e4b0000eb19742ae
Jessica Renee Johnson - Chilling Crimes
https://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/35958382/tuesday-10-how-did-jessica-really-die/
Murder or Suicide? The Baffling Case of Jessica Renee Johnson