Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 35, and we’ll be hopping in the time machine back to the American West, where we’ll be discussing a brutal string of murders committed by the notorious Bender family.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Moon Brews podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Murder, descriptions of bodies/injuries, descriptions of gore, discussions of the harshness of the American West.

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References:

Wikipedia: Bloody Benders - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Benders

National Archives: The Homestead Act - https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/homestead-act

Smithsonian Magazine: The Kansas Homestead Where America’s First Serial Killer Family Committed Its Crimes Is Up for Sale - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/sale-kansas-land-where-bloody-benders-committed-their-crimes-180974121/

Crime Reads: The Bloody Benders: America's First Family Of Serial Killers - https://crimereads.com/the-bloody-benders-americas-first-family-of-serial-killers/

Mental Floss: The Bloody Benders, America's First Serial Killer Family - https://www.mentalfloss.com/crime/bloody-benders-americas-first-serial-killers

Library of Congress: Image 2 of The Weekly Kansas chief (Troy, Kan.), May 22, 1873 - https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82015484/1873-05-22/ed-1/?sp=2

Kansas Historical Society: Bender Knife - https://www.kansashistory.gov/kansapedia/bender-knife/10106

CPI Inflation Calculator - https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1873?amount=2000

Kansas Alumni: What lies beneath: KU students, faculty search ‘Bloody Benders’ property - https://kansasalumnimagazine.org/magazine-article/bloody-benders-property/

Welcome back Strangers! Today’s episode will focus on Moon Eyed People, based on our episode about Appalachian Folklore. Featuring out super special guest, Ali!

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Macabre Mondays podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussion of the displacement of indigenous peoples

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References:

Wikipedia: Moon-eyed people - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon-eyed_people

Wikipedia: Madoc - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madoc

Atlas Obscura: Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia? - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/moon-eyed-people-appalachia

https://youtu.be/F84m4fKe6Yo?si=GwrApUNVP7Ycu1LJ

https://youtu.be/KMive_Q1zMU?si=eLOY3r3YTMgbOm-_

Cherokee Phoenix: “In White county, state of Tennessee, near the town of Sparta, there have been discovered three bury” - https://www.wcu.edu/library/DigitalCollections/CherokeePhoenix/Vol1/no25/in-white-county-state-of-tennessee-near-the-town-of-sparta-there-have-been-discovered-three-bury-page-2-column-4b.html

Georgia Department of National Resources, State Parks and Historic Sites: Fort Mountain - https://gastateparks.org/FortMountain

Historic UK: The discovery of America… by a Welsh Prince? - https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/The-discovery-of-America-by-Welsh-Prince/

National Archives, Thomas Jefferson to Meriwether Lewis, 22 January 1804 - https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-42-02-0285

Native American Legends: Yunwi Tsunsdi' - http://www.native-languages.org/morelegends/yunwi-tsunsdi.htm#google_vignette

Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/IndianCountry/comments/1mf61x2/cherokee_moon_eyed_people/

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 34 today, and we have a super special guest with us today - Brett, of the Haunted Therapist podcast! Today, we’ll be discussing AI Psychosis.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Haunted Therapist podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of suicide

Suicide Hotline phone and text line: 988

Suicide Hotline website: https://988lifeline.org/

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References:

Psychology today: The Emerging Problem of AI Psychosis - https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/urban-survival/202507/the-emerging-problem-of-ai-psychosis

Psychiatry Online, Special Report: AI induced Psychosis- A New Frontier in Mental Health - https://psychiatryonline.org/doi/10.1176/appi.pn.2025.10.10.5

Wikipedia Chatbox psychosis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis

PBS article: What to know about AI psychosis and the effects of chatbots on mental health - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-ai-psychosis-and-the-effect-of-ai-chatbots-on-mental-health

The guardian: AI Psychosis is a growing danger. Chat GPT is moving in the wrong direction - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/28/ai-psychosis-chatgpt-openai-sam-altman

BBC: open AI shares data on users with Suicidal thoughts, psychosis - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yd90g0q43o

Yale school of medicine: what is psychosis - https://medicine.yale.edu/psychiatry/step/psychosis/

NASA: What is artificial intelligence - https://www.nasa.gov/what-is-artificial-intelligence/

PBS - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/what-to-know-about-ai-psychosis-and-the-effect-of-ai-chatbots-on-mental-health