Bug in a Rug

Stingy Jack is a reason we don't call them "Kyle-O'-Lanterns"... Happy Halloween!
 
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Sources:
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)

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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Sources:
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/

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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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

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

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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Sources:
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

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

This week we revisit the spooky subject of Yōkai while misquoting a famous movie franchise!
 
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Sources:
@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)

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

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

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