Podcast appearances and mentions of dan nosowitz

They appear in lace and corsets, drifting from the fog… but why do so many ghosts wear Victorian mourning clothes?Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version of #WeirdDarkness: https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateIN THIS EPISODE: Victorian-era ghosts… they seem to haunt not only our imaginations, but also our Halloween wardrobes. Why were people in the mid-to-late 1800s so obsessed with the supernatural? And why are we so fascinated by Victorian ghost stories still today? (What's The Deal With Victorian Ghosts?) *** The story of Queen Esther is chilling – full of an Iroquois warrior woman's quest for vengeance, brutal warfare, haunting legends, ghostly wails, and a curse that many believe still has power even today. (The Curse of Queen Esther) *** No one can remember exactly when the ghost story began, but records show it dates back to at least 1926. The tale centers around the Administration Offices of Rockford School District 205 on South Madison Street, formerly Rockford High School. Built in 1885, the school gained a spooky reputation due to eerie events reported in its underground tunnels. After a tragic accident in the school's swimming pool claimed the life of a student named Gosta Anderson, strange sightings and sounds fueled the legend of his restless spirit, haunting the very site where he died. (Gosta's Ghost) *** Plumas County, California, holds a chilling mystery that dates back to 1978. On a winter night with a half-moon, five friends left a basketball game at California State University, Chico, and drove away, never to be seen again. Their car was found abandoned on a remote mountain road, leading to a series of eerie discoveries, unanswered questions, and clues that still baffle investigators today. (The 5 Boys Who Never Came Back)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00.00.000 = Disclaimer, and short story “Lost Hearts” by M.R. James00:24:47.662 = Show Open (Coming Up In This Episode)00:27:30.530 = What's The Deal With Victorian Ghosts?00:37:29.237 = The Curse of Queen Esther00:47:34.032 = The Five Boys Who Never Came Back01:08:28.167 = Gosta's Ghost01:15:12.327 = Show Close, Verse, and Final ThoughtSOURCES AND RESOURCES FROM THE EPISODE…Free Audiobook: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, narrated by Darren Marlar: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/AChristmasCarolNarration: “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens, narrated by Darren Marlar: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/TheSignalman“What's The Deal With Victorian Ghosts?” source = Dan Nosowitz at Atlas Obscura: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p94894t“Lost Hearts” by M.R. James (public domain)“The Curse of Queen Esther” source = Creative History Stories: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3bn9kwe8“Gosta's Ghost” written by Kathi Kresol for Haunted Rockford: https://www.hauntedrockford.com/gostas-ghost/“The 5 Boys Who Never Came Back” written by Cynthia Gorney in 1978 for the Washington Post:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8hkyef=====(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: May 17, 2024EPISODE PAGE at WeirdDarkness.com (includes list of sources): https://weirddarkness.com/VictorianGhosts

IN THIS EPISODE: Victorian-era ghosts… they seem to haunt not only our imaginations, but also our Halloween wardrobes. Why were people in the mid-to-late 1800s so obsessed with the supernatural? And why are we so fascinated by Victorian ghost stories still today? (What's The Deal With Victorian Ghosts?) *** The story of Queen Esther is chilling – full of an Iroquois warrior woman's quest for vengeance, brutal warfare, haunting legends, ghostly wails, and a curse that many believe still has power even today. (The Curse of Queen Esther) *** No one can remember exactly when the ghost story began, but records show it dates back to at least 1926. The tale centers around the Administration Offices of Rockford School District 205 on South Madison Street, formerly Rockford High School. Built in 1885, the school gained a spooky reputation due to eerie events reported in its underground tunnels. After a tragic accident in the school's swimming pool claimed the life of a student named Gosta Anderson, strange sightings and sounds fueled the legend of his restless spirit, haunting the very site where he died. (Gosta's Ghost) *** Plumas County, California, holds a chilling mystery that dates back to 1978. On a winter night with a half-moon, five friends left a basketball game at California State University, Chico, and drove away, never to be seen again. Their car was found abandoned on a remote mountain road, leading to a series of eerie discoveries, unanswered questions, and clues that still baffle investigators today. (The 5 Boys Who Never Came Back)YOUTUBE TIME STAMPS…00:00.00.000 = Introduction: “Lost Hearts” by M.R. James00:24:47.662 = Show Open00:27:58.719 = What's The Deal With Victorian Ghosts?00:38:16.387 = The Curse of Queen Esther00:48:13.011 = The 5 Boys Who Never Came Back01:09:13.096 = Gosta's GhostSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…Free Audiobook: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, narrated by Darren Marlar:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/AChristmasCarolNarration: “The Signalman” by Charles Dickens, narrated by Darren Marlar: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/TheSignalman“What's The Deal With Victorian Ghosts?” source = Dan Nosowitz at Atlas Obscura: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p94894t“Lost Hearts” by M.R. James (public domain)“The Curse of Queen Esther” source = Creative History Stories: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/3bn9kwe8“Gosta's Ghost” written by Kathi Kresol for Haunted Rockford: https://www.hauntedrockford.com/gostas-ghost/“The 5 Boys Who Never Came Back” written by Cynthia Gorney in 1978 for the Washington Post:https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p8hkyefWeird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. = = = = =(Over time links seen above may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2024, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: May 17, 2024CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/our-obsession-with-victorian-ghosts/

Dr. Sydnee and Justin don't actually like grapefruits, so it's irrelevant to them, but grapefruit juice is known to interact poorly with many medications. Given the wide variety of fruits and their juices, it seems strange this is such an outlier. How was this anomaly discovered, and why exactly does it do what it does?Atlas Obscura article, "Grapefruit is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet" by Dan Nosowitz: atlasobscura.com/articles/grapefruit-history-and-drug-interactionsMusic: "Medicines" by The Taxpayers https://taxpayers.bandcamp.com/ 

THIS IS A RERUN OF EPISODE 54! I was sick all week and decided to do a rerun. So many people requested a Dan episode (why!!!!), and I will NEVER TELL HIM!!!-----A warm welcome to Dan Nosowitz, food writer extraordinaire and Caroline's husband. No one is more intimately familiar with the shopping habits of our host than Dan is, and he's here to tell us how he really feels about the KitchenAid, the $5 rice cooker, and the bread maker. He also wants to convert you to Pyrex glass storage and teach you all how to make salad dressing so you never have to buy it in the bottle again. PS — special appearance from Kevin the cat!(Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks)THE GEE THANKS GIFT GUIDES ARE HERE!: https://www.geethanksjustboughtit.com/gtjbi Mentioned On This Episode:BEST AMERICAN FOOD WRITING 2020: https://bookshop.org/a/9875/9780358344582 Descoware Cast Iron Dutch Oven: https://fave.co/3ge5BPZDan's Smart Watch (he says it's on sale): https://amzn.to/36Bflk0 Kitchenaid (on sale for $279!): https://amzn.to/2JC11zd Zojirushi Rice Cooker: https://amzn.to/37EAppo Bread Maker: https://amzn.to/2JKUvWE Car Trunk Organizer Dan hates: https://amzn.to/36Cgo37 Quilt that Caroline loves and Dan thinks is “too warm”: https://fave.co/3g9otj9 Pyrex Glass: https://amzn.to/3qsIOED Small Pyrex for Salad Dressing: https://amzn.to/2I8rOSU Dan on Salad Dressing, written 6 weeks after our first date, I am right: https://medium.com/the-awl/the-saddest-thing-you-can-buy-in-a-grocery-store-is-salad-dressing-175158d87826 Visit www.geethanksjustboughtit.com for even more recs and shop the Gee Thanks! Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/geethanksjustboughtitAs always, reach me at Caroline@geethanksjustboughtit.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan Nosowitz is back for another episode of Gee Thanks! The first time I invited him on he listed all of the things I bought in 2020 that he hated. Now I invite him to talk about gadgets, his favorite $35 smartwatch (seriously), and our LITTER ROBOT!Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!” Instagram: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod and shop all of our recs here: https://shoplist.us/geethanksjustboughtit and here: https://www.amazon.com/shop/geethanksjustboughtit Mentioned on the show:The Anker PowerCore Fusion Two-in-One Charger: https://amzn.to/2UFbf6QFlavor of the Week: https://geethanks.substack.com/ AmazeFit Smart Watch: https://amzn.to/3hSlJIe Litter Robot: https://fave.co/3hvrVH4 Top 8 Best Selling Products in the Gee Thanks! Community in 2020!8. The Hot Tub ($529): https://amzn.to/3aYP1TO7. Digit for saving: https://digit.co/r/GeeThanks?ab6. Rakuten for cash back while you shop: https://www.rakuten.com/r/CAROLI33174?eeid=281875. Universal Standard: https://fave.co/3l5KtN74. LED Lights: https://amzn.to/2WZO9WG3. Home Comforts: https://bookshop.org/a/9875/97807432728652. The Revlon One Step: https://amzn.to/3o96cFO1. The Garden Witch Overalls (Size up!): https://amzn.to/383oGltSubscribe to Hotline Skin, a twice monthly newsletter about skincare product recs from Jolie: https://www.geethanksjustboughtit.com/hotline-skin Subscribe to Flavor of the Week, a weekly newsletter featuring one product we love, why we love it, and where you can get it. It's free! https://geethanks.substack.com/p/hello-flavor-of-the-week As always, reach me at Caroline@geethanksjustboughtit.com, @geethanksjustboughtitpod on Instagram, or leave me a message at 424-245-0736. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

“DON'T EAT GABAGOOL, GRANDMA,” SAYS Meadow Soprano on an early episode of The Sopranos, perhaps the most famous depiction of Jersey Italian culture in the past few decades. “It's nothing but fat and nitrates.” The pronunciation of “gabagool,” a mutation of the word “capicola,” might surprise a casual viewer, although it and words like it should be familiar to viewers of other New Jersey–based shows like Jersey Shore and The Real Housewives of New Jersey, where food often drives conversation. The casts are heavily Italian-American, but few of them can actually speak, in any real way, the Italian language. Regardless, when they talk about food, even food that's widely known by the non-Italian population, they often use a specific accent. PLEASE NOTE: This podcast IS SOURCED from the UNEDITED audio created from video live podcast streams from the Frumess channel on youtube and comes from the Streaming eviLIVE Show. Something that will change in the future. JOIN THE PATREON FOR LESS THAN 2 BUCKS: LESS THAN A CUP OF COFFEE!! - https://www.patreon.com/Frumess https://linktr.ee/FRUMESS "How Capicola Became Gabagool: The Italian New Jersey Accent, Explained" by Dan Nosowitz - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-capicola-became-gabagool-the-italian-new-jersey-accent-explained --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/frumess/support

A warm welcome to Dan Nosowitz, food writer extraordinaire and Caroline’s husband. No one is more intimately familiar with the shopping habits of our host than Dan is, and he’s here to tell us how he really feels about the KitchenAid, the $5 rice cooker, and the bread maker. He also wants to convert you to Pyrex glass storage and teach you all how to make salad dressing so you never have to buy it in the bottle again. PS — special appearance from Kevin the cat!(Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks)THE GEE THANKS GIFT GUIDES ARE HERE!: https://www.geethanksjustboughtit.com/gtjbi Mentioned On This Episode:BEST AMERICAN FOOD WRITING 2020: https://bookshop.org/a/9875/9780358344582 Descoware Cast Iron Dutch Oven: https://fave.co/3ge5BPZDan’s Smart Watch (he says it’s on sale): https://amzn.to/36Bflk0 Kitchenaid (on sale for $279!): https://amzn.to/2JC11zd Zojirushi Rice Cooker: https://amzn.to/37EAppo Bread Maker: https://amzn.to/2JKUvWE Car Trunk Organizer Dan hates: https://amzn.to/36Cgo37 Quilt that Caroline loves and Dan thinks is “too warm”: https://fave.co/3g9otj9 Pyrex Glass: https://amzn.to/3qsIOED Small Pyrex for Salad Dressing: https://amzn.to/2I8rOSU Dan on Salad Dressing, written 6 weeks after our first date, I am right: https://medium.com/the-awl/the-saddest-thing-you-can-buy-in-a-grocery-store-is-salad-dressing-175158d87826 Visit www.geethanksjustboughtit.com for even more recs and shop the Gee Thanks! Store: https://www.amazon.com/shop/geethanksjustboughtitAs always, reach me at Caroline@geethanksjustboughtit.com, @geethanksjustboughtitpod on Instagram, or leave me a message at 424-245-0736. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Natalia, Niki, and Neil discuss the life and legacy of U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings, the rising trend of homelessness, and a new documentary about a dangerous New Jersey amusement park. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast   Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:   U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings has died. Niki referenced this Atlantic article about Cummings’ reluctant partisanship. Homelessness is on the rise, especially visible in Los Angeles. Natalia referred to this Washington Post article about the rise of “business improvement districts” and to the scholarship and teaching of historian Albert M. Camarillo. A new documentary highlights the cultural importance of the New Jersey amusement park, “Action Park.” Listener and historian Claire Potter suggested this segment based on this New York Times article. Natalia referred to this New York Times review, by historian Jackson Lears, of historian David Nasaw’s book on amusement in the United States.   In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia discussed historian Michael Zakim’s new book, Accounting for Capitalism: The World the Clerk Made. Neil shared David Yaffe-Bellany’s New York Times article, “Want Fries With That? McDonald’s Already Knows the Answer.” Niki recommended Dan Nosowitz’s Vox article, “Pumpkin Spice Has Taken Over Trader Joe’s. Here’s Why” and referred to our own Episode 103 about pumpkin spice.

It's April and Jolie is rolling out a new theme month: April Fools! In this monthlong arc, Jolie will be hosting freewheeling roundtable discussions with some favorite Friends of the Cleancast! In this episode, she's joined by Caroline Moss and Dan Nosowitz, who have come bearing questions about their very smelly cat, Kevin. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki discuss the children rescued from a Thai cave, the Trump administration’s approach to breastfeeding policy, and the fleece vests that have become a staple uniform of the finance industry. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: A Thai boys’ soccer team was rescued from a flooded cave as the world watched. Niki referred to comedian Stephen Colbert linking the rescue to the Trump administration’s family separation policy. She also commented on the longstanding media fascination with stories of being trapped underground; Natalia commented on how the trope shows up in literature, such as Edgar Allan Poe’s 1846 story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” and Neil mentioned it as a theme of the Netflix show, “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” a program we discussed on Episode 30. The Trump administration shocked many when it moved to weaken an international breastfeeding resolution. Natalia recommended Suzanne Barston’s book Bottled Up: How the Way We Feed Babies Has Come to Define Motherhood, and It Shouldn’t, historian Jessica Martucci’s Back to the Breast: Natural Motherhood and Breastfeeding in America, and her own article at the Society for U.S. Intellectual History Blog. The Instagram parody account @midtownuniform has brought attention to a new sartorial staple of the Wall Street set: the fleece vest. Natalia cited this Wall Street Journal article on the finance-industry fashion of the show Billions. In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia recommended Dan Nosowitz’s Atlas Obscura article, “Why Are There Palm Trees in Los Angeles?” Neil discussed the origins of 911 telephone service and its racist misuses which he wrote about for the Huffington Post. Niki spoke about Joe Heim’s Washington Post article, “Sacred Ground: Now Reclaimed: A Charlottesville Story.”

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by sportswriter Jessica Luther to discuss girls in baseball. Dan Nosowitz also talks about trends in basketball sneakers, and Scrabble champion Will Anderson comes on the show to recount his victory. Girls in Baseball (1:29): Jessica Luther joins to describe her time covering the elite Girls Travel Baseball team, why girls are dissuaded from playing baseball in high school, and what can be done to increase female participation in the sport. Death of the High-Top (15:53): Esquire contributor Dan Nosowitz assesses Kobe Bryant’s role in the decline of high-top basketball shoes, whether the ankle support actually works, and how sneaker-makers are finding more ways to sell shoes. Scrabble (29:38): An interview with Will Anderson, 2017 the North American Scrabble champion, with analysis of his victory, the debate over Boggle versus Scrabble, and some stump-the-champ anagramming. Afterballs (50:57):  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Stefan Fatsis and Josh Levin are joined by sportswriter Jessica Luther to discuss girls in baseball. Dan Nosowitz also talks about trends in basketball sneakers, and Scrabble champion Will Anderson comes on the show to recount his victory. Girls in Baseball (1:29): Jessica Luther joins to describe her time covering the elite Girls Travel Baseball team, why girls are dissuaded from playing baseball in high school, and what can be done to increase female participation in the sport. Death of the High-Top (15:53): Esquire contributor Dan Nosowitz assesses Kobe Bryant’s role in the decline of high-top basketball shoes, whether the ankle support actually works, and how sneaker-makers are finding more ways to sell shoes. Scrabble (29:38): An interview with Will Anderson, 2017 the North American Scrabble champion, with analysis of his victory, the debate over Boggle versus Scrabble, and some stump-the-champ anagramming. Afterballs (50:57):  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices