Under the Pendulum Podcast

Ep. 64: A Christmas Cocktail - Milk of Human Kindness

Pull up that yule log and have a Christmas Cocktail with us! In this episode, we surprise each other with holiday stories including the origins of the ghosts in a Christmas Carol, The Children's Blizzard of 1888, Hans Trapp, and the Caganer. We hope you enjoy these holiday gifts from us here at Under the Pendulum.
 
Sources: 
Caganer
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20181216-spains-beloved-scatological-christmas-custom
https://www.amicsdelcaganer.cat/?page_id=1838
 
Hans Trapp
https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/hans-trapp/
https://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/
 
Children's Blizzard
Laskin, David. The Children’s Blizzard. HarperCollins, 2009.
 
 

Ep. 63: Table Read - Cat Wife

On this special Halloween episode, we bring you a tale of betrayal, murder, and...a cat wife! First aired on Lights Out in 1936, Cat Wife will have you yowling on the floor.
 
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Ep. 62 - Creepy Dudes 2: Halloween Edition

It's spooky month y'all! For our first of two Halloween episodes, we will be returning to the unsettling world of creepy dudes. We look at two stories of murder, betrayal, and not a lot of planning. Lock your doors and check that candy before listening to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 

Ep. 61: Theme Park Tragedies - Butterfish

On this episode we have Thrills! Chills! and disregard for safety regulations. We are talking about a few of the deadliest and tragic theme park disasters in history. Check your seatbelts before listening to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 
 
Sources for this episode:
Short History
https://www.napha.org/Resources/Facts-Figures/Great-Moments-in-Amusement-Park-History
https://www.brownstonedetectives.com/coneys-1st-coaster-the-switchback-railway/
https://www.oldest.org/entertainment/amusement-parks/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925753518311238
https://mathsciencehistory.com/2020/01/19/physics-of-the-flip-flap-rollercoaster/#:~:text=Once%20the%20coaster%20reached%20the,the%20base%20of%20their%20spines.
Black Sunday - Kings Island
https://kicentral.com/parkhistory/past-attractions/flight-commander/
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/06/10/Three-die-in-amusement-park-accidents/1219676526400/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_Island#See_also
Battersea Fun Fair Big Dipper Disaster
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/battersea-park-big-dipper-disaster-in-1972-the-funfair-tragedy-the-nation-forgot-10302238.html
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/battersea-funfair-disaster-five-children-24033227
https://www.patreon.com/posts/67570701
Six Flags Great Adventure Haunted Castle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted_Castle_(Six_Flags_Great_Adventure)
https://www.app.com/story/news/local/2014/05/10/six-flags-haunted-castle-fire-remembered-30-years-later/8950291/
Fascinating Horror: The Six Flags Haunted Castle Disaster on YouTube

Ep. 60: Haxan - Groovy Party

What film encompasses torture, blasphemy, sacrifice, witchcraft, and demons? We're going back to the early 20th century to discuss the silent film, Haxan. Pointy tongues and self flagellation are abound in this episode of Under the Pendulum. 
 
 

Ep. 59: Ludlow Massacre - Death Special

Today we are discussing the Ludlow Massacre that happened in Southern Colorado in 1914. We discuss the massacre and conditions for miners at the turn of the century. Fight for your right to listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 
 
Sources: 
Walker, M. (2003). The Ludlow Massacre: Class, Warfare, and Historical Memory in Southern Colorado. Historical Archaeology, 37(3), 66–80. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25617081
https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/hastings-mine-explosion
McGuire, R. H., & Reckner, P. (2002). The Unromantic West: Labor, Capital, and Struggle. Historical Archaeology, 36(3), 44–58. http://www.jstor.org/stable/25617011
Rosenbloom, J. L. (1998). Strikebreaking and the Labor Market in the United States, 1881-1894. The Journal of Economic History, 58(1), 183–205. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2566258
https://guides.loc.gov/chronicling-america-ludlow-massacre
https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/msha/msha20210113
https://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5737/
 

Side Quest: Horror Video Games - Blood Bath and Beyond

We're talking horror video games baby! Heather and Chris and joined by friend of the pod and avid gamer John Cleary to discuss some early horror video games as well as some of our favorites. We're talking Resident Evil, Doom, 3D Monster Maze, Silent Hill, and many more. What makes a game horror? We'll discuss that and more in this episode of Under the Pendulum.
 
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Ep. 58: Mortuary Rituals and Practices - The Hunger

On this episode, the gang discusses some mortuary rituals and practices from around the world. They discuss the Towers of Silence from India and Pre-Islamic Iran, and the Wari people out of the Amazonian rainforest of Brazil. Don't eat before you listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum. 
 
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Sources: 
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/jan/26/death-city-lack-vultures-threatens-mumbai-towers-of-silence
SHOKOOHY, M. (2007). The Zoroastrian Towers of Silence in the Ex-Portuguese Colony of Diu. Bulletin of the Asia Institute, 21, 61–78. http://www.jstor.org/stable/24049363
Conklin, B. A. (1995). “Thus Are Our Bodies, Thus Was Our Custom”: Mortuary Cannibalism in an Amazonian Society. American Ethnologist, 22(1), 75–101. http://www.jstor.org/stable/646047

Ep. 57: Brutal Nature - Eat the Babies

Under the Pendulum goes wild! In this episode, the trio talks about the brutal and sometimes cruel habits of certain animals. We discuss the habits of the Lammergeier, Vampire Finch, Otters, Meerkats and more! Instead of eating your babies, listen to this episode of Under the Pendulum instead. 
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Sources:
Vampire Finch
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-vampire-finches.html
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-some-darwins-finches-evolved-drink-blood-180976814/
Meerkats
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/28/495798448/what-meerkat-murder-tells-us-about-human-violence
https://www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/mammals/meet-the-worlds-most-murderous-mammal-the-meerkat/
Flatworms
https://blog.nus.edu.sg/lsm1303student2013/2013/04/11/nobody-wants-to-be-your-mama-flatworms-battle-in-sex/
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2014/tran_tram/reproduction.htm
https://www.britannica.com/animal/flatworm/Ecology
Lammergeier
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-lammergeier-0
Otters
https://mmru.ubc.ca/biology/sea-otter-biology/#:~:text=Mating%20is%20aquatic%20and%20often,while%20attempting%20to%20subdue%20her.
https://www.iflscience.com/otters-are-not-cute-they-are-sick-depraved-jerks-47995
https://werc.ucsc.edu/Publications/2010%20Harris%20et%20al.pdf
Reef Stonefish
https://www.mountsinai.org/health-library/poison/stonefish-sting
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/reef-stonefish-synanceia-verrucosa-bloch-schneider-1801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4170453/

Ep. 56: Hauntings and Legends of Massachusetts - Ghost Lobster

To ring in the new year, we will be telling some ghost stories and legends from Massachusetts. Join us as we discuss the Old Coot, The Hoosac Tunnel and the Strange Tale of Asa Snow. You will have a wicked awesome time on this episode of Under the Pendulum.
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Sources:
https://www.tuckabold.com/waypoints/the-old-coot/
https://www.theyankeexpress.com/2021/11/03/373756/old-coot-of-mount-greylock
http://mysterious-hills.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-old-coot-of-greylock-legend-in-full.html
https://upcountryonline.wordpress.com/2019/01/02/old-coot-ghost-on-the-thunderbolt/
https://hoosactunnel.net/
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Haunted_Massachusetts/9bxpt_2X6PoC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Ghost+stories+of+Massachusetts&pg=PA1&printsec=frontcover
https://newengland.com/today/travel/massachusetts/curious-tale-asa-snow/