That's right folks...we're taking it back...FOR THE PEOPLE! Think of all of the post-global warming real estate opportunities! It's so cold in "The A"! This one gets HIGH & DEEP folks! "High Strangeness" and "Deep Weirdness"! Please to enjoy!

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SOURCES:

“Vril Society” — Wikipedia article on the mythic German occult group linked to Nazi polar speculation

“Wilkes Land crater” — Live Science article on the massive gravity anomaly beneath East Antarctica

“Nazi Antarctic Base” — CoolAntarctica overview of the Hitler/New Swabia secret‑base legends

“Nazi UFOs” — Wikipedia entry on Nazi flying‑disc and base conspiracies (includes Antarctic mentions)

“The Wilkes Land Anomaly revisited” — Earth Planets & Space (2018) peer‑review on geophysical evidence for subglacial impact basin

“The Vril Society: Fact, Fiction, and Nazi Connections” — Hangar1 blog overview of myth vs history

Hidden Antarctic Secrets – CoolAntarctica “Antarctic mysteries map” page

Why Does Antarctica Attract So Many Conspiracy Theories? – Swoop Antarctica blog overview

Banned Occult Secrets of the Vril Society – Nexus Illuminati blog post

Black Sun (symbol) – Wikipedia entry on the occult/neo‑Nazi symbol

Upgoing ANITA Events as Evidence of the CPT Symmetric Universe – A. Anchordoqui et al., arXiv (2018)

Occult Secrets of Vril – Scribd PDF text (Nazi occult/antigravity disc claims)

Hitler’s Antarctic Base: The Myth and the Reality – C. Summerhayes research article

Above Majestic – Documentary film on grand alien conspiracy (includes Antarctic claims)

Jan Udo Holey – Wikipedia page on author/researcher of black‑sun/underground base theories

Fogg, G.E. A History of Antarctic Science (1992)

Byrd, R.E. Alone (1938)

National Science Foundation, “Antarctic Operations Overview” (official reports)

Australian Antarctic Division, personnel incident archives

U.S. Navy declassified Operation Highjump reports

Müller, W.H. Polaria: The Gift of the White Stone (1954)

Godwin, J. Arktos: The Polar Myth in Science, Symbolism, and Nazi Survival (1993)

Evola, J. Revolt Against the Modern World (1934)

Blavatsky, H.P. The Secret Doctrine (1888)

Guénon, R. The Reign of Quantity and the Signs of the Times (1945)

Healy, C. The Ningen and Antarctic Cryptids: Myth, Folklore, and Observation (2015)

Fortean Times Archives: Antarctic anomaly reports (1950s–present)

Online scientific papers on Lake Vostok and subglacial microbial life (NSF, NASA)

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It's the weird wide world of Willie Seabrook! Proto-Gonzo journalism! Absinthe for breakfast! Occultism! Alcoholism! (Maybe in relation to the whole "absinthe for breakfast" thing? Listen & find out!) Insane Asylums! Travelogues! BDSM! AND SO MUCH MORE! Willie Seabrook is exactly the type of man who was born and lived for the sole reason of providing content for exactly this type of show! GIVE IT A LISTEN OR GET SPANKED!

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SOURCES: (are in the episode, cuz there's a lot & I didn't wanna have to type all that shit out!

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Here's what was originally intended to be my primary Halloween episode, detailing the life and works of Leilah Wendell, so called "Queen of The Necrophiles". It's a straight up read of my original script, no punch up, just...DEAD SERIOUS! Enjoy...or not. No sweat off my corpse!

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SOURCES:

"Encounters with Death: A Compendium of Anthropomorphic Personifications of Death" (1996)

"Necromance: Intimate Portrayals of Death" (1998)

"The Gothic Tarot" (1999)

64 Parishes article on Westgate Necromantic

Zero Equals Two obituary and tribute

Westgate Necromantic website

Documentary footage and interviews (where available)

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Here ya go folks, a dash of coverage on a question that not enough people seem to be asking.

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Another Halloween Hotdog! In this one I relate a story in which there are no heroes. Somewhat heavy on the editorializing, as I discuss some things which I view as exemplifying just about everything wrong with true crime. Also...there's a curse.

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SOURCE:

https://www.dominionpost.com/2022/10/15/the-overlooked-confession-morgantown-man-thinks-he-knows-who-killed-two-wvu-coeds-in-1970-and-hes-getting-assistance-from-the-state-police/

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MORE HALLOWEENIN"! This episode covers a "quadrilogy?" (sure, why not) of four mysterious deaths with potentially "otherworldly" details surrounding them. While the actual cause of death may seem evident at first glance, it's the circumstances surrounding them that leave both us, and investigators, scratching their various itchy bits.

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SOURCES:

https://medium.com/@anncarney51/the-strange-death-of-netta-fornario-b4d6817d7e6f

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._Scott_Rogo

https://www.texasmonthly.com/true-crime/mountain-lion-christopher-whiteley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o8x1x5zrqE&t=1243s

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Round 2 of Halloween (mini?) episodes! This one covers the exploits of Sigvard "Manhunter" Thurneman & The Sala Gang, an under the radar influence on Nordic black metal's intersection between crime & the occult!

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SOURCES:

*https://www.bardomethodology.com/articles/2021/06/30/wulvaricht-interview-manhunter-the-story-of-the-swedish-occultist-and-serial-killer-thurneman/

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sala_gang

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigvard_Thurneman

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Here it is folks! The first of an unknown number of Halloween episodes! Hope you dig it! It's gonna be a half & half-ish mix betwixt silly and spooky. I think. This one covers the concept and creation of the "homunculus". People actually tried this...many people, many times. Stay tuned for more murder, mayhem, & madmen! More around the corner folks! Happy Halloween!

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SOURCES:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/alchemical-recipe-homunculus-sperm-rotting-meat-mini-artificial-human-009836

https://pelicanmagazine.com.au/2020/04/18/how-to-build-a-guy-in-40-days-paracelsus-homunculus-recipe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homunculus

https://recipes.hypotheses.org/7052/the‑curious‑case‑of‑the‑homunculus‑and‑the‑allegorical‑recipe/

https://karlshuker.blogspot.com/2012/01/grow‑your‑own‑homunculus.html

https://www.crazyalchemist.com/dark-history/the-strange-experiments-of-count-kuefstein-the-man-who-made-ten-homunculi/

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