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The Island of Gangrene: Cruise Ship Medicine Feb 16, 2023

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This week, true love is about foot smells, it's all Melanie's fault, we are buying bat bikinis, we add a bad corporate statement to the bad corporate statements hall of shame, and Melanie is mean to sharks.
Content warnings: diabetes, gangrene, appendecitis, brief and non-graphic mentions of nausea and vomiting, drowninb death and near-death of children (vague and not graphic) 45:56-46:50, explosion, severely preterm birth and baby in peril who survives 57:33, vague discussion of suicide 1:05:20 and 1:07:30

Off-air Feb 08, 2023

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Just All Mothmen, Women, & Children: Nursery Rhyme Origins Feb 01, 2023

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This week, Brianne confesses to a heist at the zoo, Melanie taunts us with a potential cameo, Cody is a not-yet recovering huffer, Brianne victim-blames children from the 1500s, leeches have an unconventional application, Brianne wants to live on Pudding Lane, Melanie is the queen of wild notions, we would like to interview Mothman, Brianne still has trust issues from the lightning strike episode, and we begin planning our post-mortem mischief.
Content warnings: harm to zoo animals, deaths of children in the context of nursery rhyme origin stories, cockroaches, choking death, leeches, plague, human sacrifice.
Links:
https://www.tiktok.com/@watch_the_rabbit_hole/video/7163655213377785090?is_copy_url=1&is_from_webapp=v1&lang=en&q=the%20muffin%20man&t=1670250938608
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/muffin-man-song-serial-killer/
https://www.whitehartdrurylane.co.uk/history
https://mirror.uncyc.org/wiki/The_Muffin_Man
https://www.bustle.com/style/influencers-are-creating-holiday-joy-inspired-by-their-favorite-starbucks-holiday-cups
https://www.ranker.com/list/creepy-nursery-rhymes/christopher-shultz
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_a_Ring_o%27_Roses
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/great-plague/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/style/2001/04/22/ring-around-the-rosy-plagued-by-misunderstanding/6284c3d3-82a4-4b8c-bb45-0a96721ba750/
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ring-around-rosie/
https://www.historicmysteries.com/london-bridge-is-falling-down/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_London
https://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/Britannia/anglo-saxon/maldon/haraldsson.html
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Ethelred-the-Unready
https://allthatsinteresting.com/london-bridge-is-falling-down
https://www.sporcle.com/blog/2018/04/the-story-behind-london-bridge-is-falling-down/
https://joannharris-53598.medium.com/human-remains-found-in-the-london-bridge-945198dcee87
https://www.escapecampusuk.com/blog/2021/06/01/a-deadly-english-nursery-rhyme-london-bridge-is-falling-down-part-two/
https://historydaily.org/london-bridge-is-falling-down-kids-nursery-rhyme-possibly-has-a-sinister-meaning/8
https://phoenixghosts.com/arizonas-london-bridge/#:~:text=One%20theory%20is%20of%20the,they%20were%20buried%20at%20all.

Butthole on an Icebox: Magic Show Disasters Part 2 Jan 25, 2023

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This week, Melanie is a mama bear and angers the internet, Brianne has advice for would-be criminals, Cody isn't real, Melanie is the little spoon, and we cover problematic magicians.
Content warnings: burn injury, racism, minstrel shows, guns, speculation about the possibility of suicide, death from being hit by a car, children in peril who survive, reptiles, slavery, death from heart attack
Links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chung_Ling_Soo
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-chung-ling-soo-the-bullet-trick-that-went-horribly-wrong
https://www.amusingplanet.com/2022/09/chung-ling-soo-magician-who-led-double.html
https://hornseyhistorical.org.uk/the-man-behind-the-magician/
https://hyperallergic.com/579526/chung-ling-soo-original-forger-of-magic/
https://www.avclub.com/the-greatest-trick-this-magician-ever-pulled-was-convin-1829157276
https://geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php?title=Karr
https://www.finchmagician.com/blog/when-magic-kills-the-magician#charles-rowan-karr
https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC6K19D_karr-the-mysterious?guid=e2f635e7-db9c-48bb-b70d-b6ee3a8c0c44
https://listverse.com/2014/02/05/10-people-killed-while-performing-magic-tricks/
https://www.sroystevenson.com/a-final-out
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Herman
https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/2442
https://www.harlemworldmagazine.com/benjamin-rucker-black-herman-of-harlem/
https://www.magictricks.com/black-herman.html
https://kentakepage.com/benjamin-rucker-aka-black-herman-the-militant-african-american-magician/
https://blackthen.com/benjamin-black-herman-rucker-prominent-black-magician-time/
https://kentakepage.com/benjamin-rucker-aka-black-herman-the-militant-african-american-magician/

A Perfect Maniac: Magic Show Disasters Part 1 Jan 18, 2023

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This week, we have everything BUT a head in a box in the mail, we have two cameo appearances on mic, Melanie is a pretty hooligan, 1800s pettiness beats all, and we meet the most adored dog in history.
Content warnings: guns, fatal accidental shooting of pregnant woman 18:30-19:50, cocaine, gruesome discussion of autopsy on possibly living person 31:00-38:45, domestic violence, loss of adult child, death by explosion/burning, the dog dies 47:30-57:30, problematic old-timey stereotypes, fire with fatalities, 53:50 the horse also dies, death of teenager
Links:
http://raech360.blogspot.com/2014/10/magician-who-died-performing-on-stage.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullet_catch
https://www.grunge.com/118208/magicians-died-trying-pull-trick/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/28590/6-magicians-who-died-while-performing-bullet-catch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViwlVAp7Cbs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_Irving_Bishop
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/morbid-monday-the-magician-killed-by-an-autopsy
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/79876/mind-reader-who-was-killed-his-own-autopsy
https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-death-of-washington-irving-bishop/
https://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1935/11/the-last-trance-of-sir-washington-irving-bishop
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/34f4/5749010a69c62f0d6459439c9f42e39c535e.pdf
http://www.geniimagazine.com/wiki/index.php/Balabrega
https://historythings.com/magicians-history-died-hands-signature-trick/
https://allthatsinteresting.com/deadly-magic-tricks
https://www.newspapers.com/image/662027030/?terms=Balabrega%20magician&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/128809877/?terms=Balabrega%20magician&match=1
https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/The-Great-Lafayette/
https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/the-bizarre-tale-of-the-theatre-blaze-which-killed-the-great-lafayette-twice-2544076
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206068650/sigmund-neuberger
https://owlcation.com/humanities/The-Great-Lafayette-Forgotten-Illusionist
https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/magician-whose-greatest-illusion-was-death-2511731

Shrek Would Never: The Rana Plaza Collapse Jan 11, 2023

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This week, Melanie tells oil rig men about her period, a brand new bracket starts, Brianne whips out the puppy eyes, Melanie is Moth Man, someone - maybe everyone - looks the other way, Melanie reveals her endgame, and Walmart falls on hard times.
Content warnings: guns, children in peril, DIY amputation, birth during a disaster (baby survives), dire survival situations with mixed outcomes, police brutality, urine, death by burning, mass burial, grief.
Links:
https://www.newspapers.com/image/711752082/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/579168132/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/675075514/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/579168973/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/754515559/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/203416238/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/896506448/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/536122106/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/203416610/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/877813111/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/146041091/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/444248275/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/537740736/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/726462383/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse
https://www.newspapers.com/image/112518092/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/364298194/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/240395783/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/896921369/?terms=Rana%20Plaza%20Collapse&match=1
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-22477414
https://www.thedailystar.net/bail-for-rana-plaza-owner-16994
https://www.thedailystar.net/country/sohel-rana-17-others-indicted-code-violation-1239493
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24080579
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-24080579
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41082448
https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/news/world/2-infants-born-under-bangladesh-building-collapse-debris/articleshow/21202862.cms
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/baby-born-rubble-bangladesh-collapsed-factory-building-reports-article-1.1329072
https://architizer.com/blog/practice/details/rana-plaza-an-architecture-of-disaster/
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/10/bangladesh-survivor-reshma-begum
https://cleanclothes.org/about
https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/bangladesh-rana-plaza-victims-receive-first-installment-of-compensation/
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-bangladesh-garments-accident/rana-plazas-forgotten-victims-battle-poverty-as-money-dries-up-idUSKBN1HI03W
https://ranaplazaneveragain.org/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2015/apr/23/rana-plaza-factory-collapse-history-cities-50-buildings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Rana_Plaza_factory_collapse#cite_note-bbc.co.uk-106

A Gentle Rear-Ending: Automotive Recalls Part 3 Jan 04, 2023

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This week, we're not changing for anyone including ourselves, Brianne will not change her oil, it's Ford's turn to get in the pond, Melanie won't permit herself to be laid in a Pinto, and spiders are expected to be your palate cleanser.
Content warnings: cars without brakes, non-graphic mention of burn injuries, burning car accident death, seriously injured 13 year old, deaths of 3 teenage girls, upsetting description of burning death.
Links:
https://chevytalk.org/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/73396
https://www.novaresource.org/history/recall.jpg
https://www.chevyhardcore.com/news/motor-mount-recall/
https://www.nytimes.com/1971/12/05/archives/67-million-cars-face-gm-recall-but-company-denies-safety-defect-in.html
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/1977/09/pinto-madness/
https://auto.howstuffworks.com/car-driving-safety/auto-safety-testing/did-pintos-really-explode-in-the-1970s.htm
https://medium.com/the-snail/the-exploding-ford-pinto-of-1973-ff26148d8834
https://www.autorepair-review.com/shop/i92869/j-g-auto-inc/article/4002/why-did-ford-pintos-really-blow-up
https://pintostampede.com/the-pinto-myth
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1980/01/18/pinto-exploded-like-big-bomb-eyewitness-says/c6516355-20a5-4891-a311-1d94d44c31a7/
https://www.grunge.com/703729/the-real-reason-ford-pintos-used-to-explode/
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EveryCarIsAPinto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Jones_(magazine)#Controversies
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto
https://orangebeanindiana.com/2019/09/04/three-girls-gone-the-pinto-and-indiana-v-ford-motor-co/
https://medium.com/the-snail/the-exploding-ford-pinto-of-1973-ff26148d8834
https://www.repairsmith.com/blog/the-most-bizarre-car-recalls/
https://www.dontwasteyourmoney.com/spiders-still-causing-problems-toyota-owners/#:~:text=Four%20years%20ago%20Toyota%20issued,blocking%20the%20air%20conditioner%20drain.&text=Toyota%20recalled%20870%2C000%20cars%20in,module%20in%20dozens%20of%20vehicles.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/toyota-is-recalling-more-than-800-000-cars-because-of-spiders/280694/
https://money.cnn.com/2013/10/17/autos/toyota-spiders-airbag-recall/index.html

Tiny Fish of Happiness, Flying Out: 12 Disasters of 2022 Dec 28, 2022

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This week, the grief blender hits pulse, we touch wood, the eventful seafood bracket comes to an end, Fun 4 Every 1 is not quite fun for everyone, we learn about a dino the size of a dino, falling into vats of chocolate isn’t that whimsical, we need an OSHA mole, cement gets very hard, and Brianne gets bad news about aquariums
Content warnings: stadium crush involving children and infants, people being hit by subways (discussion of gore), drowning death, bursting aquarium.

A CVS Receipt of Recalls: Automotive Recalls Part 2 Dec 21, 2022

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This week: Melanie incorporates smells into the seafood bracket, everybody can panic, a car is a naughty boy, sweet Ava was not prepared, and Melanie likes it creamy.
Content warnings: vomit 2:15, 911 call, car accidents with fatalities including a 13 year old.
Links:
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2009/09/toyota_recalls_38_million_cars.html
https://www.cars.com/articles/explaining-the-toyota-floormat-recall-1420663233094/
https://parts.olathetoyota.com/blog/373/car-recall
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-penalty/toyota-fined-17-35-million-for-u-s-floormat-recall-delay-idUSBRE8BH0J820121218
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-toyota-timeline/timeline-toyota-warned-of-floormat-risk-since-2007-idUSTRE62O3K620100325
https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna36036209
https://www.motortrend.com/news/163-news110214-toyotas-floor-mat-recall/
https://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/toyota-recalls-21-million-vehicles-floor-mats-pedals/story?id=12989254
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/toyota-reaches-12-billion-settlement-to-end-criminal-probe/2014/03/19/5738a3c4-af69-11e3-9627-c65021d6d572_story.html
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/05/who-was-really-at-fault-for-the-toyota-recalls/238076/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009%E2%80%932011_Toyota_vehicle_recalls
https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2011/02/toyota-announces-two-new-recalls-for-accelerator-pedal-safety-amends-floor-mat-recall/index.htm
https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/quality-on-the-line-the-fallout-from-toyotas-recall/
https://hbr.org/2011/02/toyotas-recall-crisis-full-of
https://www.oklahoman.com/story/business/2012/06/30/toyota-to-recall-lexus-suvs-to-fix-floor-mat/61062132007/
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2010/feb/22/toyota-memo-safety

Still on Their Bullshit: Automotive Recalls Part 1 Dec 07, 2022

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Melanie welcomes two lovable kitties, the bracket basket is ominous, a sports car may be made out of spaghetti, we love an internal memo, and Henry Ford supports the homies.
Content warnings: multiple car accidents with fatalities and serious injuries, car accident death of a 10 year old girl from 36:05-37:15, brief mention of death of 11 year old boy at 52:00
Links:
https://www.hotcars.com/this-is-the-story-behind-the-pontiac-fiero-catching-fire/#:~:text=received%20over%20140%20complaints%20about,hasn't%20been%20manufactured%20since.
https://www.nytimes.com/1990/01/24/us/gm-plans-recall-of-244000-fieros-citing-fire-hazard.html
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-06-28-9006270261-story.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=_x8Uj5WLzqEC&pg=PT76&lpg=PT76&dq=fiero+recall&source=bl&ots=bQGx1HUxUW&sig=ACfU3U37otCieOoR5fOCKAjf0ejw3hG9FA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwii7qiiuOT7AhW5lIkEHd14DKQ4FBDoAXoECA4QAw#v=onepage&q=fiero%20recall&f=false
https://autotrends.org/pontiac-fiero-history/
https://www.caranddriver.com/features/columns/a29513894/remember-the-fiero/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiac_Fiero#Problems_and_issues
https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/pontiac-fiero/
https://moneyinc.com/whatever-happened-to-the-pontiac-fiero/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/under-pressure-the-story-of-the-infamous-ford-firestone-controversy/
https://www.townfairtire.com/blog/what-you-dont-know-about-the-infamous-ford-firestone-controversy.html
https://www2.palomar.edu/users/jtagg/di/Fall2000/allen184/essay1.htm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/05/22/firestone-cuts-ties-to-ford-in-recall-fight/4a02eeb5-975a-47e0-a054-5bf71b778a28/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=94469&page=1
http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/07/21/firestone_recall/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/business/ford-and-firestone-settle-suit-over-explorer-crash.html
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2001/05/20/deadly-combination-ford-firestone-florida/

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