Join hosts Sarah & Marisa as they delve deep into all things dark, weird and macabre. When you’re bored, broke, and into some batshit crazy things, no topics are off-limits for these women.
Sarah wraps up season 1 with the classic Christmas cold case of JonBenet Ramsey.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patsy_Ramseyhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_JonBen%C3%A9t_Ramsey#Parentshttps://www.biography.com/news/jonbenet-ramsey-murder-investigation-timelinehttps://www.biography.com/crime-figure/jonbenet-ramseyhttps://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/who-killed-jonbenet-ramsey-8-possible-suspects-129125/the-housekeeper-129416/swz
Marisa gets into the Christmas Spirit this episode with Santa's weird dark companions and a local Philly ghost story.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://christmaspast.media/episode-2-santa-claus-part-2/https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/06/world/saint-nicholas-day-santa-trnd/index.htmlhttps://www.1sttheworld.com/blogs/news/what-is-the-krampuslaufhttps://www.facebook.com/paradeofspiritsll/https://whyy.org/articles/krampus-brings-dark-winter-magic-to-northern-liberties/https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/article/20151026/OPINION/310269850https://mikeslickster.wordpress.com/2015/12/24/haunting-at-pen-ryn-the-ghosts-from-christmas-eve-past-the-conclusion/https://bucks.happeningmag.com/prestige-disrepair-story-pen-ryn/https://www.penrynestate.com/history/https://www.pennlive.com/life/2018/12/what_is_the_belsnickel_why_is.htmlhttps://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-christmas-chronicles-2-what-is-the-belsnickel/
Sarah covers one of her favorite subjects: The Salem Witch Trials, otherwise known as "Puritan Wrongful Convictions".Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.history.com/topics/colonial-america/salem-witch-trialshttps://www.britannica.com/event/Salem-witch-trials/The-trialshttps://study.com/academy/lesson/puritans-in-america-beliefs-religion-history.html#:~:text=The%20Puritans%20believed%20that%20they,was%20dissent%20within%20the%20colonies.https://www.womenhistoryblog.com/2007/10/puritan-laws-and-customs.htmlhttps://www.ushistory.org/us/3d.asphttps://law.jrank.org/pages/11881/Colonial-Period-Criminal-law.htmlhttps://history.hanover.edu/texts/masslib.htmlhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/salem-witch-trials-causes
Inspired by a visit to West Virginia, Marisa looks into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the fire that may or may not have claimed the lives of members of the Sodder Family.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-children-who-went-up-in-smoke-172429802/https://thetruecrimefiles.com/sodder-children-disappearance/https://medium.com/the-true-crime-times/the-sodder-family-a-christmas-inferno-f39f60843412https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodder_children_disappearance
Sarah's passion for the wrongfully convicted continues with this week's episode detailing what happens when physical evidence is overlooked and a witch hunt rules over common sense.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/memphis3/WestMemphis3Account.htmlhttps://www.eonline.com/news/1135012/inside-the-unknown-story-of-the-forgotten-west-memphis-threehttps://meaww.com/west-memphis-three-brutal-murders-three-8-year-old-boys-roots-to-satanismhttps://www.britannica.com/event/West-Memphis-Threehttps://allthatsinteresting.com/west-memphis-threehttps://famous-trials.com/westmemphis/2247-whokilled
Marisa scrutinizes the Watcher of Westfield and how a creepy anonymous letter writer could scare a family away from their dream home.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.nj.com/data/2019/06/the-wealthiest-towns-in-nj-ranked.htmlhttps://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/creative-business/13-best-skillshare-classes-for-designers-artists/https://www.thefoundrycast.com/single-post/2020/01/24/The-Watcher-of-Westfield-NJhttps://patch.com/new-jersey/westfield/infamous-westfield-watcher-house-has-new-ownershttps://www.realtor.com/news/trends/upscale-suburb-westfield-nj-scariest-place-to-live/
Sarah's love for American Horror Story continues as she dives into the history of Madame Delphine LaLaurie, the New Orleans Socialite and serial killer with a penchant for murdering and torturing her own slaves.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://ghostcitytours.com/new-orleans/haunted-places/lalaurie-mansion/madame-lalaurie/https://allthatsinteresting.com/madame-lalauriehttps://historycollection.com/12-secrets-revealed-about-historys-brutal-mistress-madame-lalaurie/9/
If Halloween looks different now than it did when you were a kid, Marisa is here to explain how and why that happened; with the fall of Trick or Treating and the rise of the dreaded Trunk or Treat.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:http://www.fourpoundsflour.com/the-razor-blade-in-the-apple-a-modern-history-of-trick-or-treating/https://www.history.com/news/how-americans-became-convinced-their-halloween-candy-was-poisonedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Clark_O%27Bryanhttps://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/is-trick-or-treating-on-the-decline/574459/https://www.womansworld.com/posts/entertainment/history-of-trick-or-treating-145611https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murdersTrick or Treat: A History of Halloween - By Lisa MortonHalloween and Other Festivals of Death and Life - edited by Jack Santino
Inspired by American Horror Story Season 5, Sarah dives into the curious and disturbing history surrounding the notorious Cecil HotelFollow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://allthatsinteresting.com/cecil-hotel-los-angeleshttps://www.biography.com/crime-figure/richard-ramirezhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/jack-unterwegerhttp://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1867198_1867170_1867291,00.htmlhttps://filmdaily.co/news/elisa-lam/https://filmdaily.co/news/haunted-hotel-cecil/
A (sort of) lighthearted episode on Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow and that time Orson Welles tricked people into thinking aliens had come to annihilate us.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.lohud.com/story/entertainment/2019/10/09/sleepy-hollow-halloween-events-food/3920210002/https://www.history.com/news/legend-sleepy-hollow-headless-horsemanhttps://www.gutenberg.org/files/41/41-h/41-h.htmhttps://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2009/10/ready-martian-invasion/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/10/30/241797346/75-years-ago-war-of-the-worlds-started-a-panic-or-did-ithttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/infamous-war-worlds-radio-broadcast-was-magnificent-fluke-180955180/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0K4ApWl4g&t=144shttps://skepticalinquirer.org/newsletter/shootout-with-martians-in-the-wake-of-the-1938-broadcast-panic/https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2749
Sarah takes it back to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair where predator HH Holmes preys on his victims by luring them to his infamous Murder Castle.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmeshttps://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/h-h-holmes-29982.phphttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72642/9-things-you-didnt-know-about-americas-first-serial-killer-hh-holmeshttps://allthatsinteresting.com/hh-holmes-hotelhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080611011945/http://www.themediadrome.com/content/articles/history_articles/holmes.htmhttps://www.cbsnews.com/news/tests-confirm-gravesite-of-1800s-serial-killer-h-h-holmes/
Marisa's recent trip to Martha's Vineyard inspires her to delve into the infamous Curse of the Kennedy Family.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/11/books/review/rosemary-the-hidden-kennedy-daughter-by-kate-clifford-larson.htmlhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/02/kennedy-curse-history-of-tragedy-saoirse-jfk-bobby/1898409001/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2004/12/kennedy-200412https://www.thedailybeast.com/joe-kennedys-answer-to-the-jewish-question-ship-them-to-africa?ref=scrollhttps://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/02/kennedy-curse-history-of-tragedy-saoirse-jfk-bobby/1898409001/https://www.cnn.com/2018/03/15/us/kennedy-family-curse/index.html
This week Sarah's obsession with witchcraft and lore led her to discuss the legendary murder of Hex Hollow.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/hexhousehttps://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/ny-metro-justice-story-rehmeyer-20181121-story.html
Learn all about the monsters of Pennsylvania from sightings of Bigfoot to the mysterious Raystown Ray! Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.pennlive.com/life/2019/06/where-are-pennsylvanias-bigfoot-hotspots.htmlhttps://www.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2015/06/monsters_of_pennsylvania.htmlhttps://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Raystown_Rayhttps://www.pennlive.com/wildaboutpa/2015/06/raystown_ray_seen_as_pennsylva.htmlhttps://www.timberwolfinformation.org/pa-wolves-in-pennsylvania-or-new-jersey/#:~:text=Gray%20wolves%20once%20thrived%20in,Sanctuary%20of%20Pennsylvania%20in%20Lititz.https://www.outdoornews.com/2009/03/17/huge-pa-coyotes-have-us-pondering-wolves/https://unchartedlancaster.com/2019/11/10/haunted-lancaster-the-white-werewolf-and-the-full-moon-curse-of-shock-graveyard/http://schwabencreek.blogspot.com/2006/01/schwaben-creek-werewolf.htmlhttps://www.reddit.com/r/dogman/comments/d9i8u0/northeast_pa_dogman_encounter/https://pawilds.com/legend-of-the-thunderbird/https://www.legendsofamerica.com/thunderbird-native-american/https://medium.com/@indrachapa/the-teary-squonk-474d350c84a1
The women chained in the basement were already there when Gary Heidnik bought the house! What, you don't have women chained in your basement? Bonus Blabbering Segment: Sarah and Marisa talk about good television.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/schizoid-personality-disorder/symptoms-causes/syc-20354414https://murderpedia.org/male.H/h1/heidnik-gary.htmhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/gary-heidnikhttps://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20120329_After_25_years__Haidnik_captive_recalls_the_horror.htmlhttps://historydaily.org/gary-m.-heidnik-real-life-buffalo-bill
In July of 2017, four young men lost their lives to the mental breakdown of Cosmo DiNardo and his accomplice Sean Kratz. Marisa tells it all.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:The Lost Boys of Bucks County - Investigation DiscoveryConfession Recordings: Cosmo DiNardo, Sean Kratz Detail Bucks County Farm Murders - NBC10 Philadelphiahttps://www.phillymag.com/news/2020/02/25/cosmo-dinardo/https://loeschtwins.com/murder-up-the-street-two-years-after-bucks-county-pa-killings-community-looks-back/https://heavy.com/news/2017/07/cosmo-dinardo-bensalem-bucks-county-missing/https://www.trentonian.com/news/cosmo-dinardo-charged-with-stealing-car-of-missing-bucks-man-bail-set-at-5m/article_fe2eb320-b30d-51a3-a9c7-1907b636386a.htmlhttps://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20200117/quadruple-murderer-cosmo-dinardo-moved-out-of-medium-security-prisonhttps://www.cnn.com/2017/07/16/us/missing-men-pennsylvania-timeline/index.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHZ8hJTMrcAhttps://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/cosmo-dinardo-admitted-killer-in-bucks-county-slayings-was-banned-from-his-high-school-holy-ghost-prep/22882/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/bucks-county-pennsylvania-murders-cosmo-dinardo-.htmlhttps://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/20180305/new-round-of-lawsuits-blames-three-dinardo-businesses-in-killings
Sarah gets passionate about the (first of many) wrongfully convicted case of Ryan Ferguson and Charles Erickson.*Note: Kevin Crane is no longer a Judge in Missouri. His term expired in 2018.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-grisham-wrongful-convictions-20180311-story.html#:~:text=The%20rate%20of%20wrongful%20convictions,230%2C000%20innocent%20people%20locked%20away%3Fhttps://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/6l1ytv/murder_of_kent_heitholt_wrongful_conviction_of/http://www.freecharleserickson.org/casesummary.htmlDream/Killer Netfilx Documentary Wrongful Conviction S4 E4
Marisa dives deep into the rabbit hole in a whirlwind mystery surrounding the disappearance of Dutch tourists Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon in the Panamanian jungle.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-lost-girls-of-panama-the-full-storyhttps://www.thedailybeast.com/did-a-serial-killer-stalk-the-lost-girls-of-panamahttps://www.thedailybeast.com/the-lost-girls-the-bones-and-the-man-in-the-panama-morgue-1https://www.thedailybeast.com/murderous-vacations-serial-killers-stalking-the-panama-highlandshttps://www.thedailybeast.com/tourist-trap-how-did-the-lost-girls-perish-in-paradisehttps://admin.bigglobaltravel.com/adventure/panama-hikers-diappear-tw/https://truecrimediva.com/kris-kremers-lisanne-froon/https://allthatsinteresting.com/kris-kremers-lisanne-froonhttps://imperfectplan.com/2016/11/11/true-story-kris-kremers-and-lisanne-froon-missing-in-panama/https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/2017/10/25/kris-kremers-lisanne-froon-strange-disappearances-and-deaths-in-forests
It's time for one of those episodes every true-crime podcast needs to check off their list: Ted Bundy Part 2: Ted is a creepy mofo, but at least Zac Efron is hot.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://medium.com/@kympasqualini/ted-bundys-victims-lynda-ann-healy-e88af659dff5https://allthatsinteresting.com/ted-bundy-victimshttps://www.thoughtco.com/ted-bundy-gets-caught-973179https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/ted-bundy
It's time for one of those episodes every true-crime podcast needs to check off their list: Ted Bundy Part 1: Baby Ted grows up to be weird. Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.biography.com/news/ted-bundy-childhoodhttps://archive.vanityfair.com/article/1989/5/the-roots-of-evilhttps://www.phillyvoice.com/ted-bundy-netflix-conversations-with-killer-temple-university-philadelphia-docuseries-serial-killer/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/local/20090726_Novel_revisits__69_Shore_killings.htmlhttps://thetab.com/us/temple/2016/03/06/ted-bundy-3380https://pressofatlanticcity.com/news/crime/ted-bundy-possible-suspect-in-69-parkway-murders-author-claims/article_7fb03d9b-1595-517c-a4bb-35103b8a8114.htmlhttps://www.mirror.co.uk/film/ted-bundys-first-love-says-14995860#:~:text=Bundy%20and%20Diane%20became%20romantically,we%20developed%20an%20intense%20relationship.https://hiimted.blog/2019/11/18/the-unconfirmed-cases-susan-davis-elizabeth-perry/
Sarah gets real about Byberry State Hospital's dark and shameful history and Marisa is hyped up by the conversation about the history of mental illness.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:http://www.philadelphiastatehospital.com/https://allthatsinteresting.com/byberry-mental-hospitalhttp://www.asylumprojects.org/index.php/Philadelphia_State_Hospitalhttps://www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/literary-cultural-heritage-map-pa/feature-articles/best-intentions-byberry-asylumhttps://hiddencityphila.org/2012/10/a-haunting-place/https://northeasttimes.com/2013/06/07/inside-byberry/https://www.ranker.com/list/byberry-mental-hospital-philadelphia/stefanie-haYouTube: Final Asylum: The Closing of Philadelphia State Hospital (Part 1) [a.k.a. Byberry]
Marisa talks all about her favorite animal eating people alive in 1916 New Jersey, but then tries to convince you that they are actually pretty cool.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:Close to Shore by Michael CapuzzoJaws by Peter BenchleyCreatures That Can Kill You by Marie Noblehttp://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1916.07.01-Vansant.pdfhttp://www.sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1916.07.06-Bruder.pdfhttp://sharkattackfile.net/spreadsheets/pdf_directory/1916.07.12.a-b-Stillwell-Fisher.pdfhttps://allthatsinteresting.com/shark-attacks-1916https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2016/07/01/shark-attacks-day-terror-began/86625208/?fbclid=IwAR39s4lhf_oQAdzVovSN6okLBZHTRTCMXkFjJagulUsIj6tsQNbHm1k_8oMhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2005/07/shark-attack-threats-bull-sharks-location/#:~:text=The%20species%20has%20been%20spotted,regularly%20spotted%20in%20India's%20Ganges.https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33049099
LISTENER DISCRETION ADVISED. Sarah details the horrific conditions or Kermit Gosnell's illegally run abortion clinic.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:3801 Lancaster: An American Tragedy (documentary)https://humandefense.com/the-facts-about-kermit-gosnell/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/58-horrific-details-from-the-kermit-gosnell-trial-that-you-do-not-want-to-readhttps://whyy.org/articles/kermit-gosnells-west-philly-house-of-horrors-could-be-bought-by-anti-abortion-group/ (anti choice buying property)https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2013/04/15/the-gosnell-case-heres-what-you-need-to-know/https://www.verywellfamily.com/premature-babies-week-by-week-2748606https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-kermit-gosnell-murder-trial-unlicensed-doc-fled-pa-abortion-clinic-raid-receptionist-testifies/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/why-dr-kermit-gosnells-trial-should-be-a-front-page-story/274944/https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/national-international/babies-in-fridge-feet-in-cabinets-found-in-house-of-horrors/2088790/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/news/20130412_Teen_intern_at_Gosnell_clinic_recalls_hearing_one_aborted_fetus__quot_screeching_quot_.htmlhttps://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/gosnell-abortion-worker-drugs-given-woman-murder/2086843/https://www.lifenews.com/2013/04/26/meet-semika-shaw-the-other-woman-kermit-gosnell-killed-in-an-abortion/https://www.businessinsider.com/karnamaya-mongar-died-in-abortion-clinic-2013-4https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/gosnell-kermit.htm
Marisa shares her enthusiasm about the New Jersey Pine Barrens and some of its cool history and folklore.**EDIT: To reiterate, there are DEFINITELY not wild marmosets in New Jersey, but you will find muskrats!Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/poor-peggy-clevenger-murder-or-just-an-accident.8303/https://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/12/pine-barrens-new-jersey/http://www.bassriverhistory.org/uploads/6/8/7/1/6871754/kite_report.pdfhttps://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/poor-peggy-clevenger-murder-or-just-an-accident.8303/https://www.nj.com/gloucester-county/2015/07/south_jersey_blue_holes_are_a_beautiful_deadly_tem.htmlWeird New Jersey by Mark Sceurman and Mark MoranPine Barrens Legends, Lore and Lies by William McMahonThe Jersey Devil by James F. McCloy and Ray Miller Jr.https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/still-james-1812-1882/https://freedomcenter.org/content/william-stillhttps://www.biography.com/explorer/william-kidd
Sarah tells all about the creepy little basement-dwelling incel dweeb, Stephen McDaniel.**EDIT: Flying Fish Brewery is located LITERALLY down the street from Marisa in Somerdale, NJ, not Delaware.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.macon.com/news/special-reports/lauren-giddings-murder/article30131793.htmlhttps://abovethelaw.com/2011/08/chilling-internet-postings-linked-to-stephen-mcdaniel/https://abovethelaw.com/2012/04/a-creepy-new-claim-about-stephen-mcdaniel-in-lauren-giddings-murder-case/https://www.ajc.com/news/local/grisly-killing-haunts-campus-town/zXGPW6GKxU1jvipzxg5QfO/https://abovethelaw.com/2012/04/a-creepy-new-claim-about-stephen-mcdaniel-in-lauren-giddings-murder-case/?rf=1http://courtjunkie.com/murder-lauren-giddings/https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/laurel/ph-ho-cf-ll-mcdaniel-sentencing-20140421-story.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7SCx1jsoM8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIroLgiCyP8 (interview)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIroLgiCyP8https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/dl922o/stephen_mcdaniel/
Inspired by fantasy adventure movies, Marisa dives into some real-life booby traps but finds history and Hollywood are two very different things.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:http://amidtheruins.com/top-10-real-life-trapped-tombs-temples-and-treasures/https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2038/whats-the-origin-of-booby-trap/http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2018/11/did-booby-traps-really-exist-in-ancient-egyptian-tombs/https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/flowing-rivers-of-mercury/8122.articlehttps://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-think-hidden-imperial-tomb-may-be-too-de-5971822https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/unravelling-mysteries-tomb-red-queen-palenque-006283https://www.siemreap.net/visit/angkor/temples/baphuon/https://www.history.com/shows/the-curse-of-oak-island/articles/what-is-the-money-pit
Sarah gets into the nitty-gritty reality of Satanism in America and a lot of the misconceptions surrounding it and blows Marisa's mind!Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.livescience.com/56341-where-did-satan-come-from.htmlhttps://harvest.org/know-god-article/the-origin-and-fall-of-the-devil/https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-the-devilhttps://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-do-jews-believe-in-the-devil-1.6588731https://www.livescience.com/47821-oklahoma-satanic-mass-fears.htmlhttps://www.vox.com/2016/10/30/13413864/satanic-panic-ritual-abuse-history-explainedhttps://www.churchofsatan.comhttps://thesatanictemple.com/
Marisa gets hype about history and compares our current pandemic to the 1918 Spanish flu, and Sarah tries to open her White Claw.**EDIT: Marisa misspoke when she said 1/3 of the world's population was allegedly killed by the 1918 Pandemic. The number was 1/5.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://www.biospace.com/article/compare-1918-spanish-influenza-pandemic-versus-covid-19/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/comparing-covid-19-with-previous-pandemics#1918:-The-Spanish-fluhttps://ourworldindata.org/mortality-risk-covidhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/philadelphia-threw-wwi-parade-gave-thousands-onlookers-flu-180970372/https://www.livescience.com/spanish-flu.htmlhttps://www.phillyvoice.com/100-years-ago-spanish-flu-philadelphia-killed-thousands-influenza-epidemic-libery-loan-parade/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/1/140123-spanish-flu-1918-china-origins-pandemic-science-health/https://hiddencityphila.org/2014/07/remembering-the-citys-last-potters-field/https://www.thegreatcoursesdaily.com/the-1918-spanish-flu-how-the-flu-came-back-to-america/
Sarah dives into a vast web of crime, poison, witchcraft and unhappy housewives in 1930's South Philadelphia and Marisa finds her future calling.Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on InstagramSources:https://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2019/12/witchs-brew-how-the-philadelphia-poison-ring-exploited-unhappy-wives-and-killed-100-people/https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bolbermorris1.htmhttps://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4086757/commonwealth-v-petrillo/https://books.google.com/books?id=iw4gIIKqrLEC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=philadelphia+poison+ring&source=bl&ots=9FS0tzAv-6&sig=ACfU3U2sgTICEgTgDfCVkz52jwJT3-q03g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB5uf7hrTpAhXpg3IEHZTNBgI4FBDoATACegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=philadelphia%20poison%20ring&f=falsehttps://vtuhr.org/articles/10.21061/vtuhr.v5i1.43/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/blogs/real-time/75-years-ago-tailor-executed-heinous-crime-arsenic.htmlhttps://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/bolbermorris1.htmhttps://thoughtcatalog.com/jim-goad/2019/12/witchs-brew-how-the-philadelphia-poison-ring-exploited-unhappy-wives-and-killed-100-people/https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/4086757/commonwealth-v-petrillo/https://books.google.com/books?id=iw4gIIKqrLEC&pg=PA140&lpg=PA140&dq=philadelphia+poison+ring&source=bl&ots=9FS0tzAv-6&sig=ACfU3U2sgTICEgTgDfCVkz52jwJT3-q03g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiB5uf7hrTpAhXpg3IEHZTNBgI4FBDoATACegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=philadelphia%20poison%20ring&f=falsehttps://vtuhr.org/articles/10.21061/vtuhr.v5i1.43/Deadly women season 7 ep 20
Thanks for listening to the inaugural episode of Bored, Broke & Batshit, where Marisa & Sarah talk about the mysterious circumstances surrounding the tragic fire that set the Morro Castle cruise ship ablaze off the coast of Asbury Park.*Follow us @BoredBrokeandBatshit on Instagram*All references to Memorial Day should be corrected to Labor Day.Sources:http://www.seagirtlighthouse.com/page/the-morro-castle.aspxhttps://www.cruiselinehistory.com/september-8-2009-marks-the-75th-anniversary-of-the-luxury-liner-morro-castle-disaster/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrgDuqZluKkhttps://www.amazon.com/Inferno-At-Sea-Stories-Survival/dp/1593220618https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Morro_Castle_(1930)https://weirdnj.com/stories/mystery-history/morro-castle/https://www.app.com/story/news/history/erik-larsen/2016/09/08/horror-morro-castle-lives/89597224/https://www.nydailynews.com/news/justice-story/george-rogers-hero-doomed-ship-morro-castle-cold-blooded-killer-article-1.1101380https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/06/nyregion/new-findings-on-34-ship-disaster.htmlhttps://knowledgenuts.com/2015/10/15/the-creepy-story-of-george-white-rogers-the-ss-morro-castle/https://www.fireengineering.com/1958/03/01/270693/morro-castle-radio-hero-dies-in-prison/#grefhttps://themorrocastle.wordpress.com/2017/04/16/rogers-george-white/