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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Sunday Aug 15, 2021
Sunday Aug 15, 2021
This week we revisit the spooky subject of Yōkai while misquoting a famous movie franchise!
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@momento.mari on TikTok
Aka manto | Yokai.com
Aka Manto - Wikipedia
Kuchisake onna | Yokai.com
Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia
Kuchisake-onna | Monster Wiki | Fandom
Ao andon | Yokai.com
Yōkai Types | Yokainosekai Wiki | Fandom
5 Yokai to Run Away From Really Fast (+1 Friendly Yokai) - Voyagin Blog (govoyagin.com)
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
Sunday Aug 01, 2021
If a horse or handsome stranger approaches you near a body of water and their hair is wet, BEWARE! There is a chance that a kelpie is about to drag you to a watery grave.
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Sources:
http://ynysseamaiderp.blogspot.com/p/merrows.html
https://www.scotclans.com/scotland/scottish-myths/scottish-monsters/kelpie/
https://clan.com/blog/folklore-friday-the-kelpie
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43797/address-to-the-devil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelpie
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
Sunday Jul 25, 2021
We try not to kink shame as we discuss serial train-wrecker Sylvestre Matuschka, a potential symphorophiliac.
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Sources:
Szilveszter Matuska - Wikipedia
An Obsessive Disaster Fetish Turned This Man Into a Crazed Mass Murderer (gizmodo.com)
Biography: Sylvestre Matuschka (archive.is)
The Train Bomber: How a '30s Crime Spree Seized Europe | Medium
Lard – Sylvestre Matuschka Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
performan.org || Sylvester Matuschka
Monday Jul 19, 2021
Monday Jul 19, 2021
A pope walks into a courtroom as the defendant. Except... he doesn't walk. He is carried because he is a skeleton. They put a dead pope's skeleton on trial in 897 AD.
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https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/dead-pope-put-on-trial.htm
https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/
Conclave: How cardinals elect a Pope - BBC News
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous_trial
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Verdun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VI
Monday Jul 12, 2021
Monday Jul 12, 2021
The TV Fairy didn't require payments or sacrifices of teeth to leave unsuspecting neighbors old television sets on their porches. A master of secret identity and an unsolved mystery still loom over Richmond, Virginia.
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‘TV man’ mysteriously leaves old television sets at Virginia homes | Fox News
The Richmond TV Fairy: Virginia's Strangest Criminal Case | Weapons Grade Viral Media
More than 20 vintage TVs left on Henrico front porches: ‘It’s so weird’ (wtvr.com)
Police believe they know the identity of the masked man leaving vintage TVs on doorsteps (wtvr.com)
Who Was The Richmond TV Vigilante - The Truth - YouTube
TV Head Man Leaves 52 Old TVs on Doorsteps. WHY? - Weekly Weird News - YouTube
Who Is the Virginia TV Man? - YouTube
fanblog for the richmond virginia tv head man (tumblr.com)
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Saturday Jul 03, 2021
Australia's Prime Minister, Harold Holt, claimed to know the Cheviot Beach like the back of his hand just moments before he disappeared from its shore.
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https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2013/03/australias-dangerous-animals-the-top-30/
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/House_of_Representatives/Powers_practice_and_procedure/00_-_Infosheets/Infosheet_20_-_The_Australian_system_of_government
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harold-Edward-Holt
https://www.cnn.com/2017/12/16/asia/australia-harold-holt-missing-anniversary-intl/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L--ZgqX4o4
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
Saturday Jun 26, 2021
The tragic loss of Amanda Milan on June 20th, 2000 sparked outrage amongst the LGBTQ+ community. Her death shown further light on the inequalities and biases that the community faced and became a stepping stone for protective legislation.
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Sources:
Murder of Amanda Milan - Wikipedia
Amanda Milan | LGBT Info | Fandom (wikia.org)
The crying game | Salon.com
MAN GUILTY IN SLAYING OF TRANSSEXUAL (nypost.com)
Watershed of Mourning At the Border of Gender - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
TransGriot: Amanda Milan Anniversary
Metro Briefing - The New York Times (nytimes.com)
Remembering Our Dead - Amanda Milan (18 Jun 2000) (translivesmatter.info)
UCR Publications — FBI
New FBI Hate Crimes Report Shows Increases in Anti-LGBTQ Attacks - HRC
LGBT Rights | New York State Attorney General (ny.gov)
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Sunday Jun 20, 2021
Karl P. Schmidt dedicated his entire life to the study of herpetology. Some people go out with a bang. Unfortunately, he went out with a bite.
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https://www.reptilesmagazine.com/the-death-diary-of-noted-herpetologist-dr-karl-schmidt/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Patterson_Schmidt
https://www.pri.org/stories/2015-11-10/he-documented-his-own-death-snakebite-instead-going-hospital
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/symptoms.html
https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-snake-bites/basics/art-20056681
https://agriculture.wv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Common-Snakes-of-WV.pdf#:~:text=The%20timber%20rattlesnake%20and%20copperhead,vipers%2C%20which%20also%20includes%20cottonmouths.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/symptoms.html
https://www.mayoclinic.org/first-aid/first-aid-snake-bites/basics/art-20056681
https://agriculture.wv.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Common-Snakes-of-WV.pdf#:~:text=The%20timber%20rattlesnake%20and%20copperhead,vipers%2C%20which%20also%20includes%20cottonmouths.
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
Saturday Jun 12, 2021
A clown motel pops up next to a cemetery in a tragic mining town... what could go wrong? If you guessed a paranormal vortex would form in Tonopah, Nevada, then you would be correct.
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Sources:
THE CLOWN MOTEL, TONOPAH (theclownmotelusa.com)
Clown Motel - Wikipedia
Clown Motel – Tonopah, Nevada (tonopahnevada.com)
Take A Look Inside Nevada's Creepy And Allegedly Haunted Clown Motel (screengeek.net)
Nevada’s Creepy Clown Motel Will Haunt Your Dreams (the-line-up.com)
Haunted Clown Motel Paranormal Voyages Investigates FULL EPISODE - YouTube
"Ghost Adventures" Clown Motel and Goldfield High School (TV Episode 2015) - IMDb
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Friday Jun 04, 2021
Can we make you pee your pants using just two sentences? ...Only time will tell.
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Sources:
What Happens in Your Brain When You Get Scared (businessinsider.com)
The Science Behind Why We Like to Be Scared (healthline.com)
Two Sentence Horror Stories That Will Send Shivers Down Your Spine | Bored Panda
https://thoughtcatalog.com/michael-koh/2013/07/40-freaking-creepy-ass-two-sentence-stories/