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    Rockette Fox Presents: Fantastically Strange

    Lovers of all things strange, allow me to be your guide as we journey through peculiar tales, curious histories, and uncanny cases! Rockette Fox is a Korean-American storyteller, illustrator, performer, designer of oddities, and embracer of the strange. She’s spoken nationally on topics such as villainesses, diversity in media, storytelling, and folktales for over seven years.

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    Movers and Strange Shakers Dec 28, 2020
    Show notes

    This week as we approach the fabled end of 2020, I share three tales of fascinating and history-making individuals who lived to the beat of their own drum to help inspire as we enter the new year. They boldly challenged the conventions of their times in unusual ways and forged paths in unexpected ways from a whiskey-drinking, cigar-smoking, gun-toting lady who would stop at neither snow nor rain nor heat nor even gloom of night, to finely dressed former slave who made LGBTQ history when being arrested for throwing a party, to a shrewd business woman running a floating empire.
    Our bonus patreon story this week is extra in depth and features the story of an incredibly diversely-talented woman who was known for her wild boldness, had single-handedly fought against three men twice and won, and won the King's favor in a precarious situation... twice. To find out more, learn how to support, and take a peek, visit patreon.com/rockettefox.
    *    Content note: there is the mention of sex, violence, and assault for one of the stories, though nothing explicit or graphic. Just use discretion.
    fantasticallystrange.com
    facebook.com/fantasticallystrange
    instagram.com/fantasticallystrange
    twitter.com/fantasticoddpod
    Amazing logo illustration by Constance Hermit
    instagram.com/constancehermit
    Killer theme song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
    facebook.com/draven
    Sources

    • https://www.history.com/news/meet-stagecoach-mary-the-daring-black-pioneer-who-protected-wild-west-stagecoaches
    • https://postalmuseum.si.edu/stagecoach-mary-fields
    • https://blackgirlnerds.com/stagecoach-mary-crushed-stereotypes-and-built-dreams/
    • https://qvoicenews.com/2020/03/05/william-dorsey-swann-the-1st-drag-queen-lgbtq-rights-pioneer/
    • https://rediscovering-black-history.blogs.archives.gov/2020/06/29/william-dorsey-swann-the-queen-of-drag/
    • https://www.blackenterprise.com/the-story-of-former-slave-turned-history-making-drag-queen-william-dorsey-swann/
    • https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/ching-shih-prostitute-pirate-lord-002582
    • https://historydaily.org/ching-shih-the-pirate-queen
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ching_Shih
    500 Download Thank You and Number Facts! Dec 21, 2020
    Show notes

    I'm a little under the weather this week, but could not let a week pass without sending a HUGE thank you! We've reached 500 downloads, and I am beyond over the moon. Thank you so much! Also, I couldn't let even a mini-episode pass without some strange facts so additionally I present some strange number facts. I hope you enjoy!
    fantasticallystrange.com
    facebook.com/fantasticallystrange
    instagram.com/fantasticallystrange
    twitter.com/fantasticoddpod
    patreon.com/rockettefox
    Amazing logo illustration by Constance Hermit
    instagram.com/constancehermit
    Killer theme music "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
    facebook.com/draven
    Sources

    • https://mashedradish.com/2017/04/25/the-origin-of-hundred-doesnt-exactly-equal-100/#:~:text=An%20etymological%20%E2%80%9Creckoning%E2%80%9D&text=Well%2C%20if%20we%20break%20the,numeral%20100%20in%20Old%20English.&text=That%20%2Dtig%20was%20a%20suffix,words%20like%20twenty%20or%20ninety.
    • https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,5753,-1358,00.html
    • https://bestlifeonline.com/number-facts/
    • https://facts.net/science/number-facts
    Get Cracking Dec 14, 2020
    Show notes

    This week in light of the recent cracking of the Zodiac killer code, I bring you three stories of codes and ciphers from a pigeon lost for seventy years, to a badass woman pioneer in codebreaking, to a long and colorful text that to this day has the world stumped.
    Bonus for Patreon supporters this week includes a quick look at a strange code from the 1600s supposedly written by the Devil and brought to light by the dark web.
    fantasticallystrange.com
    instagram.com/fantasticallystrange
    twitter.com/fantasticoddpod
    Amazing logo design by Constance Hermit
    instagram.com/constancehermit
    Killer intro song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
    facebook.com/draven
    SOURCES

    • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55285805
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20456782
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-20749632
    • https://www.nsa.gov/About-Us/Current-Leadership/Article-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/
    • https://www.nsa.gov/About-Us/Current-Leadership/Article-View/Article/1623028/elizebeth-s-friedman/
    • https://themobmuseum.org/notable_names/elizebeth-friedman/
    • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2017/10/elizebeth-friedman-codebreaker-nazi-spy-fagone/
    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/6-things-know-about-mysterious-voynich-manuscript-180964847/
    • https://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3519597
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55285805
    Unusual Animal Sex(es) Dec 07, 2020
    Show notes

    My loves! Let’s talk about sex...es in the animal world. More specifically chromosomes, clones, and beyond - because nature is strange and fantastic in the best of ways and so much more complex than anything we - or at least I - learned in my early science classes. And as much as humans have historically looked to the animal kingdom to reinforce ideas of the status quo, it seems the more we learn the more these very ideas can be shaken up by the same incredible creatures and the secrets they hold.
    Logo illustration is by Constance Hermit
    Instagram @ConstanceHermit
    Theme song "Hey Dorothy" is by Cruz Machine
    www.facebook.com/draven
    Sources

    • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/10/rose-breasted-grosbeak-half-male-half-female/
    • https://powdermillarc.org/bird-banding-at-powdermill-avian-research-center-parc/
    • https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-komodo-d/
    • https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/23/science/23shark.html#:~:text=A%20hammerhead%20shark%20that%20gave,been%20documented%20in%20a%20shark.
    • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101103111210.htm
    • https://listverse.com/2016/03/21/10-amazing-animals-that-clone-themselves/
    • https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2019/10/17/meet-the-blob-a-creature-that-has-almost-720-sexes--but-no-brain/?sh=ab4439a75422


    Songs, Sound Effects

    • "Snake" by M.W.D.
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/MWD/Singing_Forest/04_mwd-snake
    • Dramatic 8 by digifishmusic
    • https://freesound.org/people/digifishmusic/sounds/76064/
    Big and Not So Bad Nov 30, 2020
    Show notes

    Big, bad, majestic, and misunderstood to a fault, the wolf has been the placeholder for all that’s evil to the citizens of fairytales, guardians and guides to the spiritual in various cultures, and - at the end of the day - trying to just get by in a world that’s hunted them mercilessly. Today, we will look at three fascinating stories involving and inspired by this beautiful animal, and perhaps we’ll come to find that big and bad is, well, not so bad.
    The amazing logo art is by Constance Hermit
    Instagram @ConstanceHermit
    The killer theme "Hey Dorothy" is by Cruz Machine
    facebook.com/draven
    Sources

    • https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-the-dire-wolf-1093336
    • https://siberiantimes.com/science/casestudy/news/still-snarling-after-40000-years-a-giant-pleistocene-wolf-discovered-in-yakutia/
    • https://allthatsinteresting.com/discovery-ancient-wolf-head
    • https://www.texasmonthly.com/news/extinct-red-wolf-dna-discovered-galveston-strays/
    • https://allthatsinteresting.com/red-wolf-galveston-texas
    • https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/us/red-wolf-judge-rules-government-violated-federal-law-trnd/index.html
    • https://www.fws.gov/southeast/wildlife/mammals/red-wolf/
    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/robotic-monster-wolf-protects-japanese-town-bears-180976300/


    Monster Wolf Image

    • https://tinyurl.com/monsterwolfimage


    Wolf Resources Links

    • https://wolf.org/
    • https://wolfhaven.org/
    • https://missionwolf.org/


    Song

    • "Wolf Song" by Stephen Bartolomei on Free Music Archive
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Stephen_Bartolomei/Live_on_WFMU_with_Irene_Trudel_-_September_8_2014/Bartolomei_Stephen_-_01_-_Wolf_Song
    Three About the Number Two Nov 23, 2020
    Show notes

    We knew this day was coming. Yes, my friends and loves, today your number one fantastically strange podcast visits the number two. We take a look into three tales of animals that have unusual poop in some form or another. From laughing gas, to a weekly harrowing endeavor, to what makes a cube, join me for this episode that is sure to be... odd to say the least.
    *Episode quasi-warning: while I won't be getting into anything too graphic, we are talking about poop so know that going in.
    Amazing cover illustration by Constance Hermit
    www.instragram.com/constancehermit
    Killer theme song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
    www.facebook.com/draven
    Sources

    • https://oceanwide-expeditions.com/to-do/wildlife/king-penguin
    • https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-love-antarctic-penguin-poop-here-s-why
    • https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/19/world/king-penguins-laughing-gas-scn-trnd/index.html
    • https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/mammal-has-worlds-slowest-metabolism
    • https://www.businessinsider.com/the-horror-sloths-go-through-every-time-they-have-to-poop-2018-6#:~:text=Not%20only%20do%20sloths%20only,an%20easy%20target%20for%20predators.
    • https://animals.howstuffworks.com/mammals/sloths-only-poop-once-week.htm
    • https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/11/wombat-poop-cube-why-is-it-square-shaped/#close
    • https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46258616


    • For an image of wombat poop: https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnet.com%2Fnews%2Fscientists-discover-why-wombat-poop-is-cube-shaped%2F&psig=AOvVaw210595R_hsx2R19kSinBOc&ust=1606173324525000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNiz1oqkl-0CFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD


    Seeing Rose (Tint) Nov 16, 2020
    Show notes

    This week we take a deeper dive into the unforgiving and brutal world of... chickens. Well, that's at least where we'll begin before seeing why rose-tinted specs became all the rage - or rather rage-stopper - in the poultry industry. Then we'll take a little more of an in depth scientific look at a couple studies into both how the red tint may affect our brain as well as how our mood may actually affect how our eyes take in information.
    The amazing color illustration is by Constance Hermit
    Instagram @ConstanceHermit
    The killer theme song "Hey Dorothy" is by Cruz Machine
    Facebook.com/dravenashly
    Sources

    • https://modernfarmer.com/2016/03/pecking-order/#:~:text=The%20pecking%20order%20is%2C%20literally,the%20point%20across%2C%20they%20peck.
    • http://www.poultryhub.org/health/disease/types-of-disease/cannibalism-or-aggressive-pecking/
    • https://io9.gizmodo.com/thousands-of-chickens-once-wore-glasses-to-stop-them-ki-1700343874
    • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_eyeglasses#:~:text=One%20variety%20used%20rose%2Dcolored,beginning%20of%20the%2020th%20century.
    • https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090603103807.htm#:~:text=People%20Who%20Wear%20Rose%2Dcolored%20Glasses%20See%20More%2C%20Study%20Shows,-Date%3A%20June%206&text=They%20found%20that%20donning%20the,the%20expansiveness%20of%20the%20view.
    • http://www.coe2ndwis.com/civiliancorner/strangefacts.html
    • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6563619/
    • https://www.radiologyinfo.org/en/info.cfm?pg=fmribrain
    Small Things Nov 09, 2020
    Show notes

    During a time that has been rife with change, stress, and anticipation - including a very big recent election for the United States, I want to take this week's episode to focus on some stories of instances where something small has made a very big impact. If you're anything like me, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and insignificant but I would hope that after these tales you take heart in what's possible from seemingly singular, small, and unexpected places.
    Logo illustration is by Constance Hermit
    Instagram @ConstanceHermit
    Theme song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
    facebook.com/dravenashly
    Sources

    • https://www.odditycentral.com/travel/the-oakland-buddha-how-one-buddha-statue-brought-neighbourhood-crime-down-by-82.html
    • https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Buddha-seems-to-bring-tranquillity-to-Oakland-5757592.php
    • https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/05/11/405622494/south-koreas-single-moms-struggle-to-remove-a-social-stigma
    • https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2019/02/119_264411.html
    • http://koreabizwire.com/leaving-controversies-behind-baby-box-saves-over-1500-lives-in-a-decade/131802
    • https://www.facebook.com/babyboxkorea/
    • https://homeofheroes.com/heroes-stories/world-war-i/cher-ami/


    Songs and sound effects

    • "The Feathers of a Little White Angel" by ish10yow1r0
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/ish10_yow1r0/Sampler_EP_Vol_11/08_ish10_yow1r0_-__the_white_feathers_of_a_little_angel
    • "Pigeons Fly Freak" by Nick Rivera
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nick_Rivera/Zamalek/04_Pigeons_Fly_Freak


    • Artillery fire by tomashevsky
    • Battle FX by alienbomb
    • Beating wings of a pigeon by gerardcatala
    • Buddhist monk chant/prayer, China by mycompasstv
    • Cardboard box by newagesoup
    • Cordless phone ring by cbakos
    • Distant World War 2 gunfire Kent by Cheeseheadburger
    • Hammering by dvideoguy
    • Outdoor parking lot by BigDaddyD
    • Painting by LG
    • Prayer bell by widowaker
    • Street sounds Seoul by 3bagbrew
    Halloween Special Oct 31, 2020
    Show notes

    Happy Halloween my friends and loves! Join me for a very special episode where I share three of my favorite spookily strange tales told in my most haunting fashions for the holiday! So settle in close, cuddle up with an old quilt, grab your favorite concoction of choice, close your eyes, and let me lull you into the space between dreams where reality and magic interweave, and the strange becomes real.
    Cover art by Constance Hermit
    Instagram @ConstanceHermit
    Theme song "Hey Dorothy" by Cruz Machine
    https://www.facebook.com/dravenashly
    Sources:

    • https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/sandbox-tree/sandbox-tree-information.htm
    • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022522395701931
    • https://www.donatelife.net/types-of-donation/heart-donation/
    • https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2015/07/16/new-research-might-teach-us-how-to-make-a-scarier-scream/


    Songs and sound effects:

    • Ghost Processional Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    • Long note One Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    • Road to Hell by Kevin MacLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4297-road-to-hell
    • License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


    • Falling leaves in autumn forest by Mjeno
    • Heart monitor EKG by Freqman
    • Leaves by Sheyvan
    • Ocean waves by Noted451
    • Scream14 by Grez1
    • Single gunshot by morganpurkis
    • Slingshot flyby by saturdaysoundguy
    • Waves of Hawaii by florianreichelt
    • Wooden sticks by craigsmith
    Just a Little Undead Oct 26, 2020
    Show notes

    Join me for a strange evening of true tales of the undead! From diseases that seem likely candidates for zombie inspiration to a small world of uncanny puppetry, it will certainly leave you soaking in those braaaaains....
    Sources:

    • https://allthatsinteresting.com/chronic-wasting-disease
    • https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/wasp-turns-social-spiders-zombies-build-their-cocoons-real-life-horror-story-180970919/
    • https://www.businessinsider.com/zombies-in-nature-science-2019-5#an-ecuadorian-wasp-can-turn-a-spider-into-a-zombie-that-does-its-bidding-8
    • https://childrenswi.org/newshub/stories/jeanna-giese-rabies#:~:text=In%202004%2C%20Jeanna%20was%20bitten,doctors%20confirmed%20she%20had%20rabies.
    • https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/181980#traveling


    Sound effects and songs:

    • Ghost Processional Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    • Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
    • "Smart" by Fabi Reyna
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Various_Peppermill_Records/Rohr/8-Fabi_Reyna-Smart_1768_1170
    • Spc X2x (Unseen Presence) by Kevin MacLeod
    • Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/6738-spc-x2x-unseen-presence-
    • License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
    • "The Wasp and the Butcher... and the Bird" by Nick Rivera
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Nick_Rivera/Zamalek/07_The_Wasp_and_the_Butcherand_the_Bird
    • "Zombie" by Black Flamingo
    • https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Black_Flamingo/Winter_sun/Black_Flamingo_-_Winter_Sun_-_05_Zombie


    • Bee_wasp by smytheagain
    • Creepy music box by MrKeyB0red
    • Crowds cheer01 by tim.kahn
    • Dog eating individual treats by coffee_kin
    • Door knock by subwaysandwitch420
    • Footsteps on wooden floor by craigsmith
    • Horn by 15hpanskaruttner
    • Human heartbeat by Daniel Simon
    • Knocks medium by chevy1976
    • Moose_elk by gleith
    • Success triumph resolution by FunWithSound
    • Toilet flush by gowlermusic
    • Vintage footsteps by Craig Smith
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