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In this episode, Andrew sits down with intrepid traveler and language enthusiast Ben Jovic to hear about his 2012 study abroad year. Ben skipped the typical sunny Spanish beaches his classmates preferred for a Soviet-style apartment in Yaroslavl. Surviving -40 degree winters and an endless supply of his host's homemade beetroot soup, Ben talks about culture shock and daily life in Russia at the time. He also shares some unforgettable stories that he picked up along the way. It's a funny, fascinating look at jumping headfirst into an entirely different way of life.Guest:British-born and currently living in the United States.An avid language learner. He has studied Russian, Spanish, French, and German.Chapters:00:00:00 Introduction and the origins of Ben's travel bug.00:04:36 Ben's linguistic background and learning multiple languages.00:09:14 The decision to study abroad in Russia.00:14:58 Arriving in Yaroslavl and eating the babushka's beetroot soup.00:24:36 Moving to Saint Petersburg and adjusting to Russian life.00:28:44 A late-night adventure getting a ride home from strangers.00:32:09 Encounters with metro security and the resilient local snow shovelers.00:36:39 Reflecting on the adventure and touring Moscow.00:40:55 Recent trips to Asia and future plans to visit China.Resources and Links:Yaroslavl, Russia, a city known for its Orthodox churches.Saint Petersburg, Russia, where Ben spent his second semester.Interrail Pass, which Ben used to travel Central Europe.Novodevichy Cemetery, located in Moscow.Lenin's Mausoleum, located in Red Square.Call to action:Check out our website at oneofftravelstories.com. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review the podcast.

F&C S2E6 - Twisted dreams with a dash of croak. Finn the Human an unlucky bloke. Running clocks times a ticking. Cake the cat won't stop licking. DJ Flame has a type. Fionna heroes with all her might. Ned and Russell journey to the land of Ooo with all of you.

I'd love to hear your thoughts - send me a text hereSince my unique military career only saw serve in one true division, and given that I was a company commander in that division AND deployed with it to Afghanistan, the 10th Mountain Division has a special place in my heart. Because of that, I have wanted to tell the story of arguably the division's most famous soldier for some time now, and I am finally getting around to it.Many people are likely familiar with Senator Bob Dole's political career, but I wager that fewer know the specifics of his World War II service, aside from his severe injury. And it was his injury that inspired him to write his autobiography, to give people a batter understanding of what wounded warriors go through when they return from the battlefield.This week's Ghost of Arlington is:Army Sergeant Craig Lewis Nelson - Hillcrest Memorial Park and Mausoleum, Red Chute, Louisiana

The Chinese mainland released a set of measures on Sunday aimed at promoting peaceful cross-Strait relations and improving the well-being of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, as a delegation led by Cheng Li-wun, chairwoman of the Chinese Kuomintang party, concluded its visit to the mainland.4月12日，在中国国民党主席郑丽文率领的代表团结束大陆之行之际，大陆方面发布一系列举措，推动两岸关系和平发展、增进两岸同胞福祉。The Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee announced a package of 10 measures covering areas such as party-to-party dialogue, youth exchanges, infrastructure connectivity, cross-Strait transportation, trade facilitation and cultural cooperation. It came following a meeting on Friday between Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and Cheng, which was the first such top-level meeting between the two political parties across the Strait in a decade.中共中央台办公布十项措施，涵盖政党对话、青年交流、基础设施联通、两岸交通、贸易便利化及文化合作等领域。此前，中共中央总书记习近平于10日会见郑丽文主席，这是两岸两党十年来首次高层会晤。At the meeting, Xi said that the goal of developing cross-Strait relations is to enable people on both sides to lead better lives.会晤中，习近平表示，发展两岸关系的目标，是要让两岸同胞过上更美好的生活。As this year marks the start of the mainland's 15th Five-Year Plan (2026-30) period, he expressed willingness to share development opportunities and achievements with Taiwan compatriots and jointly build a stronger Chinese national economy.今年是大陆“十五五”开局之年，习近平表示，我们愿同广大台湾同胞共享发展机遇和成果、共同壮大中华民族经济。Xi also said at the meeting that Taiwan's agricultural and fishery products, as well as other high-quality goods, are welcome to enter households across the mainland.习近平还指出，欢迎台湾农渔产品、优质商品进入大陆千家万户。According to the 10 initiatives announced on Sunday, the mainland proposed exploring a regularized communication mechanism between the CPC and the KMT, based on adherence to the 1992 Consensus and opposition to "Taiwan independence".根据4月12日公布的十项举措，大陆方面提议，在坚持“九二共识”、反对“台独”的共同政治基础上，探索建立国共两党常态化沟通机制。The 1992 Consensus, which embodies the one-China principle, was reached between the mainland-based Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Strait and the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation with authorization from authorities on both sides of the Strait in 1992.“九二共识”体现一个中国原则，是由中国大陆的海峡两岸关系协会与台湾地区的海峡交流基金会于1992年经两岸授权达成的。The measures also include strengthening youth exchanges through institutionalized programs and arranging annual visits by Taiwan delegations to the mainland.十项举措还包括：建立国共两党青年双向交流机制化平台，每年邀请岛内青年团组来大陆交流参访。It said efforts will focus on advancing utility links and bridge projects between Fujian province and the islands of Jinmen and Matsu. Authorities will also promote normalization of direct cross-Strait passenger air services and resume routes between Taiwan and selected mainland cities.推动福建沿海地区在条件具备情况下同金门、马祖通水、通电、通气、通桥；推动全面恢复两岸空中客运直航正常化，支持尽快恢复台湾与大陆部分城市两岸航班。The measures further aim to facilitate purchases of Taiwan agricultural and fishery products that meet relevant standards, support Taiwan businesses in accessing mainland markets, and improve conditions for Taiwan fishing vessels.此外，为符合检验检疫标准的台湾农渔产品输入大陆提供便利，支持台企开拓大陆市场，改善台湾渔船作业条件。In addition, the mainland will allow more Taiwan-produced content to be broadcast and encourage joint media production to promote the innovative development of Chinese culture.扩大台湾影视内容在大陆播出，鼓励两岸媒体合作制作，推动中华文化创新发展。The mainland will work toward resuming individual travel from Shanghai and Fujian to Taiwan, as only group tours are currently allowed for Fujian and Shanghai residents. Fujian individuals' tours to Jinmen and Matsu have also resumed since the second half of 2024.推动恢复上海市及福建省居民赴台（本岛）个人游试点（目前两地仅开放团队游），福建居民赴金门、马祖个人游已于2024年下半年恢复。Chang Jung-kung, a KMT vice-chairman and member of the delegation, said on Sunday that the policy package could be regarded as a "gift" from the mainland, delivered through Cheng, to the people of Taiwan, enhancing their well-being.中国国民党副主席、代表团成员张荣恭12日表示，这一政策礼包可视为大陆方面通过郑丽文主席送给台湾同胞的“礼物”，切实增进台湾民众福祉。He said it demonstrated goodwill and sincerity from the mainland and has brought tangible benefits to Taiwan.他表示，此举彰显大陆方面的善意与诚意，为台湾带来实实在在的利益。The measures came as Cheng's delegation concluded their six-day trip to the mainland from Tuesday to Sunday, which included stops in Jiangsu province, Shanghai and Beijing. The trip also marked the first visit to the mainland by a KMT chairperson in a decade.上述举措出台之际，郑丽文率领的代表团结束为期六天的大陆之行。代表团于7日至12日先后访问江苏、上海及北京，此次系国民党主席十年来首次访陆。The itinerary included traditional stops for KMT leaders visiting the mainland, such as the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall at Biyun Temple at Xiangshan in Beijing, where the delegation paid tribute to Sun as an important founding figure of the KMT. This year also marks the 160th anniversary of Sun's birth.行程中，代表团按惯例拜谒南京中山陵、北京香山碧云寺孙中山纪念堂，纪念这位国民党重要创始人。今年正值孙中山诞辰160周年。Meanwhile, the trip featured several visits highlighting the mainland's technological development. On Sunday, the delegation visited the Xiaomi EV Hyperfactory in Beijing, where they learned about the mainland's progress in electric vehicle research and development, marking the final stop of their mainland tour.此次访问还安排多项展现大陆科技发展的参访活动。12日，代表团参访北京小米汽车超级工厂，了解大陆电动汽车研发进展，为此次大陆之行最后一站。On Saturday, the delegation toured the Zhongguancun National Innovation Demonstration Zone Exhibition Center in Beijing's Haidian district, which showcased the latest technologies, including artificial intelligence, embodied intelligence and high-end medical devices.11日，代表团参观北京海淀区中关村国家自主创新示范区展示中心，观摩人工智能、具身智能、高端医疗器械等前沿技术成果。"I found answers for Taiwan's future here," Cheng said at the exhibition center, noting that the island's service sector and traditional manufacturing industries are facing mounting challenges.郑丽文在展示中心表示：“我在这里找到了台湾未来的答案。”她指出，台湾服务业与传统制造业正面临日益严峻的挑战。Cheng said she was impressed by the mainland's applications of AI and technological innovation across sectors, describing the trip as "highly rewarding".她对大陆人工智能应用及各领域科技创新印象深刻，称“不虚此行”。"Without political barriers across the Strait, the two sides could make significant contributions to humanity," she said, calling for strengthened cross-Strait cooperation based on each side's respective strengths.“如果两岸可以毫无政治障碍，对人类的贡献将不可限量。”郑丽文呼吁，立足各自优势，深化两岸合作。She also emphasized that efforts on both sides to address differences and reduce confrontation are ultimately aimed at improving the lives of people across the Strait.她同时强调，两岸化解分歧、减少对立，最终目的是增进两岸同胞民生福祉。Li Peng, dean of the Taiwan Research Institute at Xiamen University, said Cheng's visit once again reaffirmed that both sides of the Strait should pursue peaceful development, uphold the 1992 Consensus, oppose "Taiwan independence", and work to improve the well-being of people on both sides.厦门大学台湾研究院院长李鹏表示，郑丽文此行再次表明，两岸应坚持和平发展、坚持“九二共识”、反对“台独”，共同增进同胞福祉。He noted that mainstream public opinion in Taiwan supports the resumption and expansion of cross-Strait people-to-people exchanges, with many hoping to share the benefits of mainland development.他指出，台湾主流民意支持恢复并扩大两岸民间交流，众多民众期盼共享大陆发展红利。"Cheng's trip has also achieved these objectives," Li said, adding that the policy package released by the mainland represents tangible benefits for Taiwan compatriots and constitutes an important outcome of her visit to the mainland.“郑丽文此行达成上述目标。”李鹏说，大陆方面出台的政策礼包为台湾同胞带来实实在在的好处，是此次访陆之行的重要成果。resume routes/ /rɪˈzuːm ruːts/恢复航线tangible benefits/ /ˈtændʒəbl ˈbenɪfɪts/实际利益itinerary/ /aɪˈtɪnərəri/行程安排pay tribute to/ /peɪ ˈtrɪbjuːt tuː/致敬strengthen cross-Strait cooperation/ /ˈstreŋθən krɒs streɪt kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃn/加强两岸合作

The United States and Iran have agreed to call off strikes and continue negotiations in Pakistan in a move welcomed by the international community including China (01:07). China has vetoed a resolution on reopening the Strait of Hormuz at the UN Security Council, saying it's biased against Iran (07:31). And the Chinese mainland says compatriots from both sides of the Taiwan Strait are one family as a KMT delegation visits the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum (14:04).

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Last time we spoke about the Chiang Kai-Shek-Wang Jingwei divide. In the late 1930s, amid the Second Sino-Japanese War, tensions escalated between Chiang Kai-shek and Wang Jingwei. Following the Nomonhan Incident and Soviet-Japanese neutrality pact, Japan intensified its invasion of China. At the 1937 Mount Lu Conference, Chiang delivered a speech committing to resistance against Japanese aggression, though both leaders initially hoped for peace. However, Japan's advances, including the fall of Shanghai and the brutal Rape of Nanjing, displaced millions and relocated the government to Chongqing. Wang, disillusioned by Chiang's scorched-earth tactics—such as the devastating Yellow River flood and Changsha fire, which caused immense civilian suffering, joined a "peace faction" of intellectuals favoring negotiation. In December 1938, Wang defected from Chongqing, fleeing to Hanoi via Kunming to broker peace with Japan. An assassination attempt, likely ordered by Chiang, killed Wang's secretary Zeng Zhongming instead, deepening the rift.    #194 The Wang Jingwei Regime Welcome to the Fall and Rise of China Podcast, I am your dutiful host Craig Watson. But, before we start I want to also remind you this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Perhaps you want to learn more about the history of Asia? Kings and Generals have an assortment of episodes on history of asia and much more  so go give them a look over on Youtube. So please subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry for some more history related content, over on my channel, the Pacific War Channel where I cover the history of China and Japan from the 19th century until the end of the Pacific War. The assassination of Zeng Zhongming struck a severe blow to Wang Jingwei. Although Lin Baisheng had been stabbed in Hong Kong in January, Wang apparently did not foresee himself becoming a target. To him, Zeng's death signified that Chiang Kai-shek would no longer tolerate a potential rival to power. In mourning, on April 1, Wang Jingwei published a defiant piece titled "An Example" (Ju yige li) in the South China Daily News. Drawing on Zeng's final words, he argued that a peaceful settlement was not something Wang proposed alone, but a result of a consensus reached at the highest levels of the national government. He referenced the December Hankou minutes in which Trautmann's mediation was discussed. He asserted that the minutes were only one of many covert negotiation instances and, for the sake of national interests, he would reveal no further details. He contended that Konoe's conditions could similarly underpin peace, especially now that a larger portion of China had fallen. He argued that a Sino-Japanese total war would be mutually destructive and must end for both nations to survive. He hoped Zeng's blood would become a bright torch for the "peace movement."   This article proved deeply embarrassing for Chiang Kai-shek. Wu Zhihui quickly wrote a rebuttal, accusing Wang of leaking government secrets and falsifying the minutes. However, the original minutes were not released to support Wu's claim. Henceforth, any pretence of civility or understanding between the two camps was lost. This hostility meant that Chongqing's path to peace through negotiation was closed. If Wang ever sought to broker peace between Chongqing and Tokyo, the publication of this article burned that bridge, making his course of action increasingly irreversible. On the Japanese side, the Hiramuma Cabinet, previously uncertain about how to handle Wang, now felt compelled to protect their new asset. Two days after the incident, the Five Ministers Conference decided to send Kagesa Sadaaki and Inukai Takeru to Hanoi immediately. Inukai, a congressman and the son of assassinated prime minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, carried with him the grim memory of a frenzied public cheering for his father's killers, serving as a sobering counterweight to militant nationalism. Zeng's death also inaugurated a bloody cycle of killings and retaliation. Shen Song, Wang Jingwei's nephew, was assassinated in August in Hong Kong. Wang and his followers felt compelled to protect themselves. Lacking military backing, they turned to the secret police, establishing the notorious spy agency known as "No. 76," named after its Shanghai headquarters at 76 Jessfield Road. It recruited the city's worst elements and was led by the defected BIS agent Ding Mocun and Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics agent Li Shiqun. Both men had defected to the Japanese and were handed over to Wang's faction, which thus wielded limited control over them. Spy violence in Shanghai persisted throughout the war, infamous for its brutality and shifting allegiances. Wang Jingwei attempted to erect a martyr's cult around Zeng Zhongming within the RNG. Beginning in 1942, the propaganda ministry in Nanjing held annual memorials on the anniversary of Zeng's death. This date sat between Sun Yat-sen's death (March 12) and the RNG's founding (March 30), and it became part of the RNG's foundational narrative that the Wang regime promoted. Yet the Zeng cult seemed to matter most to Wang Jingwei himself. After Wang's death in November 1944, the propaganda ministry quietly discontinued the Zeng anniversary service, though Sun Yat-sen's death continued to be mourned and the RNG's founding was still celebrated in March 1945, five months before the regime fell. The journey from Hanoi to Nanjing was long and winding, and Wang Jingwei eventually emerged at the far end as both an emblem and an enigma. To his followers and sympathizers, he was a cult figure who single-handedly saved half of China from total subjugation, likened to a bodhisattva who descended into Hell to rescue tortured souls. To others, his name became a byword for treason. The resistance ultimately gained unity through its hatred of traitors. For the Japanese government, Wang's role and value evolved with the war's shifting dynamics, at times seeming to be an asset, a puppet, an enemy, and a partner all at once. After months of courtship, Kagesa Sadaaki and Inukai Takeru became the first Japanese agents to meet Wang in person. On April 16, they arrived in French Indochina with forged passports aboard a rented civilian vessel, the Hikkōmaru. They found Wang entangled in a fresh scandal. Eleven days earlier, Chongqing's Dagongbao published an alleged secret agreement that Gao Zongwu claimed Wang had brokered in late February. In this plan, Wang proposed forming a GMD collaborationist organization with branches in key Japanese-occupied cities. When the Japanese army moved toward Xi'an, Yichang, and Nanning, Wang would make a statement to "take responsibility for peace," while Long Yun and other local warlords would respond to the call. A new national government under Wang would be established in Nanjing on October 10, 1939, creating a unified government over all of China (excluding Manchukuo) and making Japan its ally in East Asia. All of these activities would be funded by the Japanese government. The plan provoked an uproar, with critics accusing Wang of "selling the nation." Gao Zongwu was suspected of leaking the plan, and Wang denied that the agreement existed. Gao accused the Japanese of leaking a forged plan to sow further division between Chongqing and Wang. Wang's supporters were deeply divided. Gao later claimed he came to prefer the French option, citing Japan's insincerity. Chen Gongbo suggested Wang remain in Hong Kong first to recover from Zeng Zhongming's death before going overseas. Zhou Fohai and Mei Siping favored international concessions in Shanghai. Kagesa and Inukai's mission was to bring Wang into Japan's grasp. On April 18, through Wang's Japanese-language secretary Zhou Longxiang, the Japanese agents met him for the first time. Wang Jingwei, dressed in a traditional Chinese-style long white robe, impressed them with his characteristic poise and sincerity, as he often did with visitors. It was not the first time his personal charm helped him escape danger. If in 1910 he avoided death as a byproduct of Prince Su's favor, in the following decades he weaponized his intimate charisma. These agents, moved by Wang's apparent altruism and sincerity, eventually played a peculiar role as intermediaries between the Japanese government and Chinese collaborators. The Umē Kikan "Plum Agency" was founded on August 22, 1939, in Shanghai under Kagesa's leadership and was seen as a puppet master guiding the RNG's fate. Yet it often fought on behalf of the collaborators with the Japanese cabinet to secure better terms. Kagesa Sadaaki, initially an advocate of aggressive strategy, especially in Manchuria, was removed from his post as supreme military advisor at Nanjing in May 1942 by the new prime minister, Tojo Hideki, who deemed him "too soft toward China." He was reassigned to Manchuria and eventually to Rabaul. In the shadow of illness and death, he produced a memoir in December 1943 to atone for having failed Wang's trust. In truth, perhaps because of Kagesa's sympathy, Wang remained cautiously optimistic about Japan's intentions, unable to disengage from negotiations even as conditions deteriorated. Wang Jingwei chose Shanghai as the destination, but he refused to board a Japanese ship or reside in the Hongkou concession, preferring other autonomous international concessions to avoid appearances of patronage. Unfortunately, the 750-ton vessel rented from the Indochina government nearly foundered in a storm. In Hainan, Wang and his entourage were rescued by the 5,000-ton Hikkōmaru. On May 6, they finally arrived in Shanghai aboard a Japanese ship. For security reasons, Wang had to stay in the Hongkou District for three weeks before moving to 1136 Lane Yúyuan Road, a site within the expanded, unofficial French concession. This episode became another public relations setback. After reaching Shanghai, on May 28 the Wang group presented the Japanese government with a "Concrete Plan to Solve the Current Situation." Key proposals included: convening a GMD national congress to preserve orthodoxy; calling a multiparty central political conference to legitimize a reorganization of the national government and approve personnel choices; founding a national government in Nanjing and dissolving existing collaborationist regimes to signal national unity. Three days later, Wang flew to Japan by navy plane to meet Hiranuma in person, accompanied by eleven followers including Zhou Fohai, Mei Siping, and Gao Zongwu. It was his first visit to Japan in three decades, aside from occasional stopovers. When he left Japan in 1910, many Japanese intellectuals and politicians supported China's modernization and backed its Nationalist revolution morally and financially. Now, with such goodwill scarce, he hoped to appeal to Japan's rational self-interest. In Tokyo, a June 6 cabinet meeting concluded that the new Chinese government would comprise Wang, the retired strongman Wu Peifu, established collaborationist regimes, and a reformed Chongqing regime; the foundation date would be set by Japan. The plan called for collaboration under a divided governance framework, and the GMD could continue only if it pledged friendship to Japan, recognized Manchukuo, and committed to anti-communism. The document's tone suggested trouble for Wang's visit, and the gap between each side's demands seemed insurmountable. Over the next ten days, Wang held marathon meetings with Hiranuma, cabinet members, and Prince Konoe. He briefed his followers daily, appearing increasingly despondent. He suggested Japan's best option was to strike a peace deal with Chiang Kai-shek; the second option was peace via a new national government under Wang, for which he demanded: an army of about half a million, immediate withdrawal of Japanese forces after his government's foundation, non-interference in China's internal affairs, immediate recognition of his government by Japan, Germany, and Italy, a three-hundred-million-yen loan, and administrative control over North China. Japanese officials listened politely but added numerous conditions. Frustrated, Wang began to walk away. Alarmed, the Japanese cabinet made some concessions on June 16, and the "Concrete Plan" was approved, though it still insisted on divided governance and did not address the crucial issue of a military withdrawal. On June 18, Wang departed Japan for Tianjin. This negotiation round was only the prelude. Beyond questions of jurisdiction, military occupation, and economic renationalization, Wang insisted on preserving an ostensibly unified "national government," including its official doctrine (the Three Principles) and the nationalist flag, and he pressed for annexation of existing collaborationist regimes in Beiping and Nanjing. This was a daunting task, as each regime had a different patron. After the fall of Nanjing, the North China Area Army instructed Wang Kemin to establish a provisional government in Beiping. Liang Hongzhi was recruited by the Central China Area Army to lead the Reformed Government in Nanjing, founded on March 28, 1938. Both were Beiyang loyalists, and their regimes used the Five-Color Beiyang flag, an anti-GMD symbol. Asking them to subordinate themselves to a "latecomer" and old rival proved difficult. Wang's aim was thus to reassert GMD political authority over occupied territories. However, the idea of creating a client government that would conflict with Chongqing split Wang's followers and even some Japanese sympathizers. Gao Zongwu, Nishi Yoshiaki, and Matsumoto Shigeharu opposed the plan. Given Gao Zongwu's growing pessimism, Japan's eventual negotiating partner leaned more toward the optimistic Zhou Fohai. Wang sought legitimacy to give his future government the appearance of autonomy, despite Japan's backing. As historian David Serfass observed, aligned with Sun Yat-sen's concept of "political tutelage," a state-formation process must be initiated by the ruling party. Thus, reorganizing an "orthodox" GMD in occupied China became a prerequisite for reconstituting the state's legal framework in Nanjing, enabling the new regime to claim legitimate authority vis-à-vis Chongqing. On August 28, 1939, the Sixth National Congress of the GMD was held in Shanghai. With most Reorganization Clique members declining to join, CC Clique members within Wang's circle recruited locally, and thirty-six CC Clique members in Shanghai endorsed Wang, giving his faction dominance at the congress. This foreshadowed a future RNG split between the Mansion Clique (gongguan pai) around the Wang couple and the CC Clique around Zhou Fohai. The communique did not reject resistance outright but criticized Chiang's methods, arguing that Wang's negotiations had already achieved the goal of national resistance—peace. Among other resolutions, the congress revised the GMD charter, abolished the authoritarian zongcai system, elected Wang as chairman of the Central Executive Committee, and redefined the highest principles as the Three Principles, anticontainment of communism, and friendship with Japan and Manchukuo. Civil liberties, such as freedom of speech and assembly, were protected, though communists were excluded. The congress promised to convene a national assembly and promulgate a constitution once peace was achieved. Importantly, it opened the door for other parties to join the Central Political Committee, signaling Wang's attempt not only to create a rival "peace" government to Chongqing but also to establish a competing, if imperfect, democratic framework. For the next year and a half, constitutionalism became a central objective in the Wang faction's political program. Wang's communique proposed a remedy for the separatist client regimes. On September 20 in Nanjing, an agreement was announced that nominally ended GMD single-party rule and established a multiparty coalition government. A Central Political Conference (a semi-parliament) would be formed, comprising one-third GMD members, one-third former Beiyang collaborators, and one-third small parties or independents. In practice, this tripartite power sharing was never fully realized in the RNG. The negotiations with Japan stretched into a lengthy verbal marathon that persisted for months. As Gerald Bunker noted, the Wang peace movement depended on convincing both sides to accept a conciliatory posture from the other, a plan doomed from the start. During the Shanghai negotiations, Wang sought an agreement with Japan that would give real substance to his "Peace Government." But Japan's demands were excessive. To address the chaos Japan's China policy had created, Konoe established the Kōain (Asia Development Board) to coordinate all government activities and economic initiatives in China, reporting directly to the prime minister. Its staff came from across ministries—Foreign Affairs, Finance, Army, and Navy, making it a natural battlefield for power struggles. Following changes at the General Staff Office, Kagesa, then an Army officer, found himself suddenly in charge of the entire "peace movement," a coveted position. When he and Inukai were shown the secret Kōain draft that would form the basis for future talks with Wang, they were stunned by its strict demands. The draft was presented to the Wang camp on November 1 in Shanghai, provoking astonishment and confusion by imposing harsher terms than Gao Zongwu's deal a year earlier, or even than Konoe's latest statement. Kagesa adopted a duplicitous stance: each night, Inukai privately met with Zhou Fohai to seek more lenient terms, and the next morning Kagesa would propose those terms for the next round. Tao Xisheng warned that Japan planned to slice China into thin rings, each attached to Japan's core interests. According to Tao, Wang broke into tears, declaring, "If Japan can conquer China, let it try. It cannot, so it wants me to sign its plan. This document cannot be an indenture to sell China. China is not something I can sell. At most, my signature would be an indenture to sell myself." The Wang couple considered halting talks and seeking refuge in France. Hearing this, Kagesa hurried to see Wang. Tears stained the page where Wang was taking notes, and his words moved Wang, who privately admitted that Kagesa might be sincere after all. The next day, Kagesa returned to Tokyo to report Wang's discontent, and the France option was again shelved. Just as Wang weaponized his sincerity, Kagesa's genuine wish to end the war through Wang Jingwei was instrumentalized by the Kōain. The latter appeared torn between reason and greed. Moreover, who claimed the war in China was unwinnable? Like Wang, the Japanese believed in the neo-Confucian ideal of a thoroughly cultivated, invincible self, a conviction echoed in their wartime sacrifices. Similarly, Wang viewed the negotiations as a contest of moral principles. Tao Xisheng described it as "drinking poisoned wine." He took a sip, found it poison, and nearly died; Wang concluded he might as well finish the cup. Kagesa's plea to improve terms was rejected by Tokyo. He returned a changed man, stiff, overbearing, and determined to ram the demands down his counterpart's throat. But just as talks reached another breaking point, Kagesa abruptly altered course, overstepped his authority, and made a few quick concessions on key issues, ending the discussion. Compared with the original plan, the December 30, 1939 agreement, titled "Principles of Adjusting the New Sino-Japan Relationship," introduced changes on eleven points, spanning from substantive to symbolic matters. The Great Wall line separating the Mongolian Autonomous Zone from North China was placed under the Wang regime's jurisdiction; Chinese administrative rights over Japanese military areas were reaffirmed; a two-year timeline for total troop withdrawal from occupied Chinese territories after peace was achieved was established; and Manchukuo was not listed as a separate entity. The future Wang regime was granted greater latitude in economic policy and personnel appointments, provided it guaranteed Japan's wartime supply. The dispute over a naval base in Hainan became a focal point of contention. Japan's navy representative, General Sugahiko Jirō, clashed with Chen Gongbo in a contentious exchange. This time, Wang Jingwei compelled Chen to concede. Even Inukai lamented that Wang made concessions too readily, since the Hainan base symbolized a failure of Japan's restraint in venturing into the Southern Pacific. The concession jeopardized not only Wang's cause but also Japan's fate. According to Inukai, even if the conditions needed to reach a credibility threshold of 60 points to avoid rendering Wang a traitor, Kōain's original draft scored at best 30; through coordinated efforts with Kagesa, they improved it to 57 or 58, still short of the credibility gap Gao Zongwu called crucial, between saving the nation and selling it. Gao Zongwu and Tao Xisheng declined to participate in the signing ceremony. Gao felt alienated from the movement he had helped initiate and his ties with the Japanese had become strained. Thinking he faced mortal danger, he persuaded Tao to flee Shanghai together. In mid-November, Gao secretly copied Kōain's terms in negotiation. The photocopies were published in the Hong Kong Dagongbao on January 22, 1940, fueling the impression that the final signed agreement had been reached and undermining the Wang faction's public narrative of securing genuine peace and national independence. An editorial decried it as "the ultimate fulfillment of the Japanese militarists' pipe-dreams! The greatest betrayal in the history of China and the world!" A national uproar ensued. The Wang camp, while moving toward Qingdao to build consensus with established collaborators, was blindsided. Zhou Fohai swore to "kill these two animals." For the embryonic Wang regime, appearances mattered as much as substance. But with the leak of this damning document, the illusion of sovereignty was irreparably shattered. Nevertheless, Wang resisted his followers' urge to publish the final secret terms containing the Japanese concessions, a restraint that impressed Imai. There was a hopeful note amid the media backlash. The Japanese cabinet was forced to approve the limited concessions that Kagesa had secured, particularly regarding troop deployments and railroad rights. Yet Tokyo remained stubborn in insisting that a yellow triangle pennant bearing the words "peace, anticommunism, nation-building" be appended to the flagpole beneath the national flag. The yellow pennant became a powerful emotional flashpoint for the Wang camp. For them, this unsightly symbol embodied the future character of their regime. On March 4, less than three weeks before the RNG's founding, Zhou Fohai threatened to delay the process indefinitely unless the pennant was removed. In the end, they capitulated on that point as well. On March 30, the Blue Sky White Sun flag reappeared over the occupied, ruined city of Nanjing, with a yellow triangle pennant affixed to the pole. Whenever possible, the RNG tried to display the national flag without the pennant, making such images rare in surviving visual records. Inukai observed that Wang may have faced such harsh terms because many in the cabinet and in Kōain were reluctant to negotiate with him. They regarded the RNG as a temporary fix, reserving the most favorable peace terms for Chiang Kai-shek. Konoe's remark that he would never negotiate with Chiang was an unfortunate misstep that his successors struggled to correct. Wang took that stance to heart, wasting political capital and ultimately his life. Inukai noted that in 1941, when Konoe negotiated with the United States to avert war in the Pacific, the conditions offered regarding China bore a striking similarity to what he had promised Gao Zongwu in 1938. Yet this time, Japan refused to accept them. Konoe resigned again; Tojo Hideki succeeded him, and the Pacific War erupted. Had Konoe kept his promises, the bloodshed of the war might have been avoided. Wang Jingwei returned to a changed Nanjing, a provincial city never fully modernized, ravaged by war and burdened by occupation. On March 19, 1940, Wang led a future cabinet faction to pay respects at Sun Yat-sen's Mausoleum. It was a desolate spring day. Through cutting wind and rain, a small, solemn group climbed the 392 steps to the hall. Wang stood in the main hall, raised his eyes to the 4.6-meter marble statue, and tears streamed down his cheeks. As he read Sun's testament, the hall echoed with hushed sobs. It was a sorrowful prelude to the Wang regime. Optimistic Zhou Fohai saw a brighter sign as they exited the mausoleum, noting that the sun appeared. On the same day, however, he learned that the RNG's foundation would be delayed: the Japanese cabinet was eager to push another peace initiative with Chiang, and Imai had gone to Hong Kong to meet a Chongqing representative. Zhou was annoyed, but Wang agreed to proceed. Imai's contact, who presented himself as Song Ziwen's brother turned out to be a BIS agent whose sole aim was to obstruct the Wang faction. The negotiations stalled, and the RNG's founding finally took place on March 30, 1940. An exhilarated Zhou proclaimed the day the happiest of his life, claiming nothing felt more fulfilling than realizing one's ideals. With Wang's growing passivity, Zhou effectively became the RNG's most powerful figure, controlling administration, finances, military, and policing. This fostered resentment within the Wang faction and helped spawn the Mansion Clique around Chen Bijun, Mei Siping, and Lin Baisheng. The RNG was founded on a veneer of legitimacy. Lin Sen, the GMD elder, was elected president, but since he remained in Chongqing and was unlikely to join the RNG soon, Wang Jingwei served as acting president, in addition to his roles as head of the Executive Yuan and the Military Council. The regime claimed nominal sovereignty over border regions and imagined sovereignty over parts of the interior. Nanjing's influence over North China was minimal, with that area administered by the semiautonomous North China Political Council under Wang Yitang, a Beiyang bureaucrat. Although established as China's rival national regime to Chongqing, the RNG did not receive formal recognition from Japan. Japan did, however, agree to send an ambassador to present credentials to Wang, though the implications remained vague. On this and other issues, Japan neither denied nor endorsed the RNG's sovereignty. The collaborators noticed Japan's duplicity. Rather than appoint a Japanologist as foreign minister, Wang named Chu Minyi, whose foreign language skills were French, a choice France refused to recognize, making the appointment rather provocative. From late 1940 into 1941, the United States grew more involved as the war intensified. Chongqing stood firm, while Japan found itself bogged down. Eventually, Japan abandoned hopes of peace with Chongqing. Despite his reluctance, Wang formally assumed the RNG presidency on November 29, 1940. The next day, he and the Japanese ambassador Abe Nobuyuki exchanged a "Basic Treaty" that formally recognized the RNG as China's national government. Zhou Fohai regarded this as a fresh start: previously, their aim had been to persuade Chongqing to negotiate for peace; now, he hoped Wang and Chiang would reach a tacit understanding of a dual approach—one regime aligned with the Axis, the other with the Allies—so that China would emerge victorious. Chongqing, however, did not share Zhou's optimism; on the same day, it placed a bounty on Wang's head. A consistent thread in Wang's political vision was constitutional democracy, pursued both as an ideal and as a pragmatic method to distinguish himself from rivals, chiefly Chiang Kai-shek. In the Return to the Capital Manifesto (March 30, 1940), Wang declared the regime's core aims as peace and constitutionalism. Peace followed Konoe's December 1938 "Adjustment of the Sino-Japanese Relationship" blueprint—neighborliness, joint anti-communism, and economic cooperation. Constitutionalism drew on the RNG's Sixth National Congress in Shanghai (1939). The RNG presented itself as both a peacemaker and a champion of constitutional democracy, opposing dictatorship (Chiang) and opposing the CCP's class warfare doctrine. A Constitutionalism Implementation Committee was founded on June 27, 1940, and by September adopted a plan to convene a national assembly on January 1, 1941. Yet actual liberal democracy would undermine Wang's and the GMD's leadership, and by August 1940 Wang declared that neither direct nor representative democracy suited China's current conditions, advocating instead for "democratic centralism" under a GMD-led coalition with smaller parties. That year, urgent tasks, ratifying the Basic Treaty with Japan, establishing a charter for the East Asian League Movement, and creating a Central Reserve Bank, pushed constitutional reform onto the back burner, delaying the national assembly indefinitely and shelving the constitutional program. Another source of legitimacy for the RNG was Sun Yat-sen's cult, which it continued to promote as a civil religion. Although Wang recognized Sun's fallibility and disagreed with him at times, Sun's deification aided both Wang and Chiang. The Three Principles of the People were reintroduced in schools; Sun's portrait appeared on office walls and currency; a bronze statue was erected in Nanjing; his testament was read at meetings; and memorial observances were held on Sun's birthday and death. The rivalry between Wang and Chiang over legitimacy through piety was evident in Chongqing's conferment of the title "Father of the Nation" on Sun on March 21, 1940, just before the RNG's founding. In terms of diplomatic relations, the RNG received recognition from Nazi Germany (reluctantly), fascist Italy (enthusiastically), and Franco's Spain. France, by contrast, declined to follow suit, mainly because of its delicate position balancing interests in China and Indochina, and secondly because its China-diplomatic corps was split between officials loyal to Vichy and supporters of Free France. Among the RNG's foreign relations, Manchukuo proved the most thorny. Despite the RNG's hesitant acknowledgment of Manchukuo's statehood, cautious rhetoric was used to avoid public outrage. On May 4, 1942, Wang left Nanjing for a state visit to Manchukuo, accompanied by Zhou Zuoren. On May 8, he finally met Puyi, who likely did not forget that the man before him once sought to murder his father. Regardless of sentiment, the arrangements had been set in advance with Japanese approval, leaving little to chance. The Basic Treaty, effective at the end of 1940, limited Japanese military zones to Mongolia and parts of North China, ceding central and southern China largely to the RNG. It agreed to rescind Japanese extraterritorial rights and settlements, effective immediately. The two-year grace period before total Japanese evacuation would begin immediately upon the war's end, rather than after a vaguely defined "recovery of peace." The cap on RNG troop numbers was lifted, granting the RNG more freedom to build its own police and army. Japanese advisers were confined to technical and military roles, with functions defined by the Chinese authorities. Although this fell far short of true independence that Wang Jingwei sought, concessions were made to strengthen the RNG and to help Japan as a wartime partner. The RNG's forces were not deployed in frontline combat against Chongqing or in Japan's Pacific war, but primarily to suppress growing communist influence in occupied areas. Under the RNG, economic activity in the occupied areas appeared to some extent normal, at least until early 1943, when a "command economy" was introduced to monopolize commodities as Japan's Pacific venture grew desperate. Life in occupied China, however, remained noticeably more comfortable than in "free China," fueling resentment when resistance fighters returned. I would like to take this time to remind you all that this podcast is only made possible through the efforts of Kings and Generals over at Youtube. Please go subscribe to Kings and Generals over at Youtube and to continue helping us produce this content please check out www.patreon.com/kingsandgenerals. If you are still hungry after that, give my personal channel a look over at The Pacific War Channel at Youtube, it would mean a lot to me. Wang established the Reorganized National Government (RNG) in Nanjing in 1940, after grueling talks yielding harsh Japanese terms, including limited sovereignty and a yellow pennant on the national flag. The RNG sought legitimacy through a GMD congress, constitutional promises, and Sun Yat-sen's cult, but gained only Axis recognition and faced Chongqing's hostility, ultimately serving as Japan's wartime puppet.

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This episode takes a new format! Instead of fitting into a larger series or a particular theme, Luke and George simply chose two interesting pieces of architecture each that they wanted to discuss and draw out particular ideas or themes from. Let us know if you liked this format, and we will consider doing more of them in between regular episodes! In this episode, we discussed the Temple of Apollo at Didyma, the Hermitage of San Baudelio de Berlanga, the Mausoleum of Theodoric at Ravenna and Lutyens' Mercantile Marine War Memorial at Tower Hill, London. You can follow along with images of the buildings dicussed on our Instagram feed or on YouTube: https://youtu.be/N9o4-pz4dM0 Edited by Matthew Lloyd Roberts. Support the show on Patreon to receive bonus content for every show. Please rate and review the show on your podcast store to help other people find us! Follow us on twitter // instagram // facebook We're on the web at aboutbuildingsandcities.org This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

G Dubb from Flooded Mausoleum records returns to discuss his upcoming Mardi Grind 3 fest and travels doing merch for Flesh Parade. This episode was recorded before the passing of Jorge Caciedo of Flesh Parade, R.I.P.

Die Pyramiden von Gizeh, der Koloss von Rhodos, der Tempel der Artemis, die hängenden Gärten von Babylon, der Leuchtturm in Alexandria, die Zeus-Statue von Olympia, das Mausoleum von Halikarnassos. Von den sieben Weltwundern der Antike ist heute nur noch eines vorhanden. Und doch beeindrucken sie uns noch immer als Zeugnisse menschlichen Ehrgeizes. Wir erzählen in dieser Folge von technischer Meisterschaft und politischer Propaganda, von Göttern und Königen – und davon, warum manche Bauwerke selbst in Trümmern noch Geschichte schreiben.Du hast Feedback oder einen Themenvorschlag für Joachim und Nils? Dann melde dich gerne bei Instagram: @wasbishergeschah.podcast++ Die letzten Tickets für die Livetour 2026 gibts hier: wbg.190a.de ++++ Werde Teil der WBG-Community und sichere die Zukunft des Podcasts langfristig: https://steady.page/de/wbg ++++ Die NDR Serie "Schwarzes Gold", direkt hier streamen: https://linktr.ee/wasbishergeschah.podcast ++ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ever feel like no matter how many bins you buy, how many times you declutter, or how hard you try to “get disciplined”… the mess always creeps back in? You're not lazy. You're not broken. And it's definitely not just about better systems.In this video, I reveal the hidden reason ambitious, high-achieving women stay trapped in clutter—even when they're crushing it everywhere else. Spoiler: Your home isn't messy because you lack discipline. It's messy because you're rapidly outgrowing your old identity, and your environment is still holding on to who you used to be.What you'll discover:Why traditional organizing methods keep failing youThe “whisper” your clutter is secretly saying that keeps you playing smallHow one woman cleared 5 years of stuck clutter in just 5 days—without fancy systemsThe identity-shift approach that turns your home from a stress zone into a launchpad for your next-level lifeIf you're a visionary woman who's ready to stop organizing your past and start designing your future, this is for you. FREE GIFT: Grab my 60-Second Decision Filter (the 3 questions that make decluttering and life decisions stupidly easy)→ https://aprilbragg.com/decideReady to transform your home (and life) to match the woman you're becoming?Book a Clarity Call with me (limited spots):→ https://aprilbragg.as.me/ClarityComment below if you've ever felt like your house is holding you back from your bigger dreams!#declutter Timestamps / Chapters00:00 The Woman with a Big Dream (But Trapped by Clutter)00:01:00 Why the Clutter Always Came Back00:02:00 Your Home Is Whispering: “Who Do You Think You Are?”00:03:00 The Real Problem: Identity Confusion00:03:40 The 5-Day Transformation That Changed Everything00:04:20 Stop Organizing Your Past (Start Designing Your Future)00:05:00 When Your Home Became a Mausoleum vs. a Launchpad00:05:40 The Identity-Shift Decluttering Secret00:06:00 Meet Your Host + Free Gift & Clarity Call #identityshift #personaldevelopment #womenwhowantmore #organizedhome

In the labyrinthine halls of Portland's Wilhelm Memorial Mausoleum, the Ghost Hunt TV team faces their past, their present, and whether or not they--or the world--will have a future. Join us to find out along with them as we play the Monster of the Week RPG and finish up (except for the Retrospective) Season Six of The Gothic Podcast! You can find more Ghost Hunt TV goodies at ghosthunttv.com. We're also at gothicpodcast.com and on all sorts of social media.  The Gothic Podcast is an actual-play horror-and-humor audio drama recorded from our cobbled together studios in Portland, OR and around the globe. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as the Keeper, Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Helen Huli, Jesse Baldwin as Danse Sterling, and Erik Halbert as Jimmy Black. We're using rules from the Monster of the Week RPG by Michael Sands.  We would LOVE to hear from you, and we love your fan art. Plus check out our Patreon and join our Discord. Preeeety puhleeeese. Interact with the Gothic Podcast at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUoGEQE2xKIhNX7sHyVXBg Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegothicpodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegothicpodcast Tumblr: https://thegothicpodcast.tumblr.com ...and Discord (

Today – A major preservation effort is moving forward in Shelby, thanks to a $130,000 grant that could help save one of Ohio’s oldest mausoleums.Support the show: https://richlandsource.com/membersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cormac Murray is the author of a new study of the US Embassy in Ballsbridge. A visual feast, it explores one of Dublin's most unusual buildings in its architectural, social, cultural and political contexts. The work of John M. Johansen,described as "a Neoclassical Modernist", the building was something of a never-ending saga. In an edition of just 400, the study is available from Phibsboro Press You can support Three Castles Burning at Patreon.

It's barely Thanksgiving, but it's not too early to be visited by three ghosts. The GHTV team is in the thick of it now, a disturbing repeat of what happened to the original Network crew back in 2019. Can they make a difference this time? Or will they all die, too? No matter what, Danse is determined to save the dog. Join us to find out if he can as we play the Monster of the Week RPG. You can find more Ghost Hunt TV goodies at ghosthunttv.com. We're also at gothicpodcast.com and on all sorts of social media.  The Gothic Podcast is an actual-play horror-and-humor audio drama recorded from our cobbled together studios in Portland, OR and around the globe. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as the Keeper, Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Helen Huli, Jesse Baldwin as Danse Sterling, and Erik Halbert as Jimmy Black. We're using rules from the Monster of the Week RPG by Michael Sands.  We would LOVE to hear from you, and we love your fan art. Plus check out our Patreon and join our Discord. Preeeety puhleeeese. Interact with the Gothic Podcast at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUoGEQE2xKIhNX7sHyVXBg Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegothicpodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegothicpodcast Tumblr: https://thegothicpodcast.tumblr.com ...and Discord (

Pol' and Patrik are BACK from New York with returning guest and beloved Real Housewives of New Jersey icon Teresa Giudice—the platinum-blonde Jersey bombshell diving into BravoCon madness, family healing, and a stunning new coffee reading. The episode kicks off with laughter as Patrik hilariously butchers Teresa's last name (“Jai-deuce!”). Teresa recaps BravoCon chaos: Gia's dehydration scare, paramedics rushing to the Four Seasons, recycled Vegas air, exhaustion, and why she avoided cast drama by staying at the Encore—right above Delilah's, where Pol' and Patrik partied. But the real jaw-dropper? Teresa and Joe Gorga secretly reunited weeks BEFORE BravoCon at their parents' mausoleum. She shares the full emotional chain: Gia urging her to let go in Marrakesh, her breakthroughs on Special Forces, Adriana's teary hug with cousin Joey, and the first brave text she sent Joe: “Never say never.” Joe initially pushed for a four-way sit-down with Melissa and Louie, but Teresa insisted on meeting him alone. At the mausoleum, Joe immediately hugged her, admitting he missed her. That led to a quiet park meetup and then a surprise family dinner arranged by Louie—where everyone laughed like old times. Teresa shuts down critics claiming it's “for show,” insisting she would never fake family reconciliation. She opens up about Louie's pain from the show, how he lost his job, his deep love for her daughters, and why public perception of him is so wrong. Today, Louie and Joe talk daily—“bro to bro.” Pol' and Patrik revisit last year's coffee reading—when Pol' predicted someone from her past would return. Teresa swore “never”… yet here they are. This year's cup is lighter, peaceful, and shows Teresa at the center as the matriarch—the exact role Joe called her during their reunion. The reading encourages her to lead with heart, unite the family before year's end, and enter 2026 with clarity. They touch on Housewives rumors, Melissa, Jennifer Aydin cheering their reconciliation, the infamous pizza-oven drama, and even joke about RHONJ women holding tomatoes or spaghetti as tag-line props. Teresa closes with reflections on her unbreakable bond with Louie—how he's always put her and the girls first—and the divine way they met. Pol' and Patrik celebrate her honesty, strength, and the powerful new chapter she's stepping into. A funny, raw, emotional, deeply human episode—the Teresa Giudice everyone loves, finally undressed. This is another Hurrdat Media Production. Find more shows at ⁠HurrdatMedia.com⁠ or the ⁠Hurrdat Media YouTube⁠ channel!

Send us a text This episode features a conversation with Director of Cemeteries, Andrej Lah, about the recent mausoleum deep cleaning—addressing questions from families and explaining the purpose behind this important maintenance effort. Sign up for our E-Newsletter! Do you have a topic you'd like us to discuss? Please email us at podcast@clecem.org!Please feel free to "Connect With Us" via our website at www.clecem.org.Follow us on:Facebook: @catholiccemeteriesassociationTwitter: @CLECatholicCemsInstagram: @clecatholiccemsBlog: @clevelandcatholiccemeteriesPodcast: "CCAirwaves" on your favorite streaming platform!

Troy and Roger crack open the gloriously unhinged 1983 horror oddity Mausoleum, where family curses, glowing green eyes, and an honestly staggering amount of on-screen breasts collide. They dive into the film's spicy mix of demonic possession, over-the-top sexuality, and soap-opera-level relationship drama, all delivered with the kind of earnest camp only the '80s could provide. Along the way, they marvel at the movie's commitment to practical creature effects, especially the ones that seem to appear out of nowhere and vanish just as quickly. The guys also puzzle over the characters' baffling decisions, the demon's oddly specific powers, and the plot threads that never fully connect but somehow still entertain. It's a spirited, sarcastic, and surprisingly affectionate breakdown of a film that proves sometimes the messiest horror is the most fun. Find out more at https://dark-night-of-the-podcast.pinecast.co

Helen's darkest secret has come to light, but there are still secrets a'plenty to be discovered as the team comes back home to Portland, Oregon, and begins their live Halloween investigation of the Portland Mausoleum, six years after the show's first, fatal attempt at doing that very same thing. Let's see what happens this time as we play the Monster of the Week RPG (that was probably their problem: they played Ten Candles. No one survives Ten Candles ;-) ) You can find more Ghost Hunt TV goodies at ghosthunttv.com. We're also at gothicpodcast.com and on all sorts of social media.  The Gothic Podcast is an actual-play horror-and-humor audio drama recorded from our cobbled together studios in Portland, OR and around the globe. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle as the Keeper, Sharon Gollery-LaFournese as Helen Huli, Jesse Baldwin as Danse Sterling, and Erik Halbert as Jimmy Black. We're using rules from the Monster of the Week RPG by Michael Sands.  We would LOVE to hear from you, and we love your fan art. Plus check out our Patreon and join our Discord. Preeeety puhleeeese. Interact with the Gothic Podcast at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUoGEQE2xKIhNX7sHyVXBg Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegothicpodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegothicpodcast Tumblr: https://thegothicpodcast.tumblr.com ...and Discord (

For the last time, we join ex-Network CEO Felix Carter in his mansion in Portland, Oregon's West Hills as he revisits the unaired recordings from GHTV's ill-fated LIVE Halloween event with The Network back in 2019. What happened that kept GHTV off the air for five years? Tonight...we find out as we finish playing our special in-person Ten Candles game! You can find more Ghost Hunt TV goodies at ghosthunttv.com. We're also at gothicpodcast.com and on all sorts of social media.  The Gothic Podcast is an actual-play horror-and-humor audio drama recorded from our cobbled together studios in Portland, OR and around the globe. This episode stars C. Patrick Neagle, Sharon Gollery-LaFournese, Erik Halbert, Kirstin Valerie, Haley Halbert, and Clinton Johnson. For these flashbacks, we're using rules from the Ten Candles RPG by Stephen Dewey.  We would LOVE to hear from you, and we love your fan art. Plus check out our Patreon and join our Discord. Preeeety puhleeeese. Interact with the Gothic Podcast at YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbUoGEQE2xKIhNX7sHyVXBg Instagram: https://instagram.com/thegothicpodcast Facebook: https://facebook.com/thegothicpodcast Tumblr: https://thegothicpodcast.tumblr.com ...and Discord (

The last man on earth, as far as he knows, is sitting alone in a room.Tonight's story is “There Was A Lock On The Door” by Rob MacWolf, which was originally published in Howlin' For You: A Werewolf Charity Anthology from Voices From the Mausoleum. If you prefer some more wholesome werewolves, you can get his book “You Look Lost, Pup,” as well as others, from Bewere Books.Read by Solomon Harries, Cuddly Badger Dad.thevoice.dog | Apple podcasts | Spotify | Google PodcastsIf you have a story you think would be a good fit, you can check out the requirements, fill out the submission template and get in touch with us.https://thevoice.dog/episode/there-was-a-lock-on-the-door-by-rob-macwolf

In this podcast, Kushal speaks with Aabhas Maldahiyar about Taj Mahal. Was Taj Mahal a Hindu Temple? Is Tejo Mahalaya real? Or was it a symbol of love built by Shahjahan? Was it built on another structure? Follow Aabhas: X: @Aabhas24 Book: https://amzn.in/d/fhpmWT1 #tajmahal #tejomahalaya #shahjahan #mumtazbehum #hindutva #islamism #mughals ------------------------------------------------------------ Listen to the podcasts on: SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/kushal-mehra-99891819 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1rVcDV3upgVurMVW1wwoBp Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-c%C4%81rv%C4%81ka-podcast/id1445348369 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/the-carvaka-podcast ------------------------------------------------------------ Support The Cārvāka Podcast: Buy Kushal's Book: https://amzn.in/d/58cY4dU Become a Member on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKPx... Become a Member on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/carvaka UPI: kushalmehra@icici Interac Canada: kushalmehra81@gmail.com To buy The Carvaka Podcast Exclusive Merch please visit: http://kushalmehra.com/shop ------------------------------------------------------------ Follow Kushal: Twitter: https://twitter.com/kushal_mehra?ref_... Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KushalMehraO... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecarvakap... Koo: https://www.kooapp.com/profile/kushal... Inquiries: https://kushalmehra.com/ Feedback: kushalmehra81@gmail.com

The planned Halloween auction of The Conjuring house has been abruptly canceled after a mysterious buyer stepped in and purchased the infamous Rhode Island property outright. Jim and Dar dig into what's known so far, who the buyer might be, and whether this means the end of public investigations and overnight stays at one of America's most notorious haunted homes. From there, the discussion widens across the paranormal spectrum—from the debate over the interstellar object 3I/Atlas, which some believe could be an artificial craft, to Canada's new push to reduce the ridicule surrounding UFO witnesses and a former U.S. defense official's claim that the Pentagon is once again clamping down on UAP transparency. Other stories include a Pennsylvania “curse removal” scam that fleeced victims of hundreds of thousands, reports of new Bigfoot footprints near Mount St. Helens, a global alliance linking Loch Ness, Bigfoot, and Yeti researchers, and even actress Anna Kendrick's Loch Ness sighting last week. Jim also highlights new research showing how near-death experiences can upend lives in unexpected ways, and revisits a 1927 BBC telepathy experiment that tried to prove minds could broadcast like radios. The show wraps with Ohio's new title as the most haunted-house-packed state in America, merch and event updates, and an invitation to the Halloween livestream on YouTube, October 31 at 8 p.m. Eastern. Thanks for listening/watching! Please share the show! -- Get your merch at Jim's Mausoleum: https://jimharoldsmausoleum.etsy.com LINKS https://www.iflscience.com/seti-paper-responds-to-claims-interstellar-object-3iatlas-might-be-an-alien-spacecraft-81100 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/391115/30-40-chance-that-3iatlas-is-a-spaceship-claims-avi-loeb https://thedebrief.org/3i-atlas-is-displaying-surprising-new-activity-that-scientists-liken-to-a-note-from-another-planetary-system/ https://torontosun.com/news/national/science-advisor-says-ufo-reporting-in-canada-discouraged-by-ridicule-and-skepticism https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/uap-government-intelligence-classified-21083344.php https://www.iheart.com/content/2025-10-10-police-arrest-fortune-tellers-accused-of-scamming-people-out-of-600000/ https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/bigfoot-prints-found-on-mount-st-helens/ https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/bigfoot-yeti-loch-ness-monster-36022034 https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/celebrity/hollywood-actress-anna-kendrick-spotted-36008551 https://studyfinds.org/what-happens-after-near-death-experiences-seeing-light/ https://www.realtor.com/news/unique-homes/conjuring-house-auction-canceled/ https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/10/what-do-you-see-in-1927-a-physicist-ran-an-eerie-psychic-experiment-on-25000-people/ https://www.cantonrep.com/story/entertainment/2025/09/17/ohio-leads-nation-most-haunted-houses-halloween-2025/86197130007/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DNmDFXosFfZ/ https://www.thescarefactor.com/year/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey Jason,First, thank you. Your reply to America = Afghanistan was what debate used to be — informed, generous, and disarmingly human. You didn't just argue; you elevated. You said America isn't a graveyard of movements but a battleground that keeps evolving. That progress doesn't die, it sediments — layering itself into law, language, and culture. And you're right, at least partly.My essay argued that Afghanistan defeats empires not through power, but patience. It takes their money, their systems, their slogans — and outlasts them. I claimed that America does something similar with its own movements. Civil Rights, Feminism, Occupy, BLM, DEI, Climate — each storms the gates, shakes the country, gets absorbed, and eventually fades. Not through defeat, but through digestion. The system applauds, funds, and merchandises reform until it becomes part of the furniture.You called that cynicism; I call it pattern recognition.Still, I love your counterpoint — that movements compost rather than die. They decay into the civic soil and nourish what comes next. Civil rights fed feminism; feminism fed queer rights; queer rights now feed trans visibility. Progress is recursive, not reversible. It doesn't stay won, but it doesn't vanish either.Here's where I worry: compost requires gardeners. America builds landfills. Instead of letting old ideas nourish the next generation, we entomb them in marketing and bureaucracy. Feminism becomes “empowerment branding.” BLM becomes a slogan on corporate banners. Pride becomes a sponsored hashtag. We embalm activism in self-congratulation.You argue that inertia — democracy's slowness — is what saves us from tyranny. True. But inertia also preserves inequality. It cushions privilege and slows redistribution. Our institutions were designed for equilibrium, not revolution. They absorb idealism by offering symbolic wins in place of structural change.Your best line was that “we are the system.” That's the painful truth. Afghanistan's invaders leave; ours get elected. Every reformer lives inside the structure they're trying to change. We can't overthrow what we are. We fight inequality on devices made by exploited labor, on platforms profiting from outrage. Our dissent gets monetized before it matures.So maybe America isn't a graveyard or a garden — maybe it's a mausoleum with Wi-Fi. Everything that ever lived here is still visible: Civil Rights, Pride, Occupy, #MeToo — preserved, tagged, and softly lit. Nothing truly dies, but nothing truly breathes either.And yet — your optimism matters. You remind me that cynicism without hope is just moral laziness. You still believe in the slow miracle of reform, the patience of democracy, the compost of culture. Without people like you, the rest of us would drown in irony.Maybe the truth is somewhere between your garden and my graveyard — in the dirt itself, where old ideals decompose just enough to feed new ones.If Afghanistan survives by outlasting empires, America survives by arguing itself into coherence.And that argument — between faith and fatigue — might be the only proof that we're still alive.With respect and affection,Chris

Halloween is here—and so are the scary horror stories you crave.Tonight's nightmare follows four boys on BMX bikes through spooky season mayhem: a house party gone wrong, a sinister scavenger hunt, and the legend of a pumpkin-headed scarecrow who carves his way across town. As whispers spread from the playground to the dumpster behind the corner store and into a cemetery mausoleum, the truth hits like a blade: Sickle Jack isn't just a story—he's the harvest.Expect mature themes, relentless tension, and a midnight showdown in the cornfields where an ancient bargain is kept and the missing return as something… else. This is Halloween horror storytelling built for listeners who love spooky stories with teeth.This is night three of 31 shows in 31 days on Weekly Spooky—a new scare every single day this October. Subscribe, rate, and bring a friend to the fire. We go again tomorrow.Sickle Jack, the Harvester of Souls — by Joe Solmo

This week, Steven and Leo are joined by Pete from Good Beer Bad Movie Night to watch the instant "classic" Mausoleum! They talk about hilarious deaths at the mall, killing music legends, some pretty cool face melts, nonsensical weather patterns, roadside headstone and what happens when a hot lead and a bunch of gangsters team up to make a movie? You get some thing fucking crazy! Watch the trailer here - MAUSOLEUM Like the show? Rate us on Apple or Spotify!Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterLike the Ads? Check out our friends at...Give Me Back My Action & Horror Movies100 HorrorsDark AdaptationHorror HouseA Cut Above: Horror ReviewGood Beer Bad Movie NightBucket of Chum PodcastDissect that FilmThe CinemigosNext Week Puppet MasterHassle us via text during the show!

This week Jim and Dar cover a whirlwind of strange stories. A U.S. Congressman drops hints about secrets hidden in our oceans, while the Pentagon denies a mysterious UFO memo. In Kuwait, archaeologists uncover a 7,000-year-old figurine that looks oddly alien, and new research reveals meditation may have a darker side than most realize. Scientists even wonder if a bizarre signal could be proof of a wormhole from a parallel universe. The mysteries don't stop there—a Canadian lake monster is caught on video, and experts debate whether to nuke an asteroid that might strike the moon. A moving story of a psychic's deathbed message brings chills, while Harvard's Avi Loeb uncovers strange ocean fragments that don't quite fit our world. And finally, a haunted restaurant in Pennsylvania serves up both food and ghosts. It's a jam-packed episode filled with some laughs and behind-the-scenes memories along the way. Thanks for listening/watching and please share the show! -- -Join Jim's Spooky Studio Plus Club for exclusive content and 20 years of show archives:⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -Get Your Spooky Merch at our Mausoleum of Merch at ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/merch⁠ LINKS https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/390459/tim-burchett-there-are-entities-coming-from-several-deep-water-areas https://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/pentagon-denies-existence-of-yankee-blue-memo-reported-by-wall-street-journal/ https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/09/alien-head-discovered-mysterious-site/ https://www.sciencealert.com/meditation-and-mindfulness-have-a-dark-side-we-dont-often-talk-about https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15125717/signal-parallel-universe-detected-wormhole.html https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/390601/women-films-mysterious-creature-in-kalamalka-lake-canada https://gizmodo.com/an-asteroid-could-smash-into-the-moon-in-2032-heres-why-we-should-destroy-it-2000661550 https://www.newsweek.com/sister-deathbed-psychic-2128405 https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/390533/avi-loeb-rules-out-terrestrial-origin-of-tektites-in-alien-spherules https://avi-loeb.medium.com/belau-spherules-from-an-interstellar-meteor-site-in-the-pacific-ocean-are-not-common-terrestrial-7418fe6ac950 https://www.mashed.com/1966883/haunted-pennsylvania-restaurant-once-morgue/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Leo and Steven finish watching American Werewolf in London. They talk about werewolf transformations, hanging out at your girlfriends house, mixing horror and humor, great performances by Jenny Agguter and Griffin Dunn, the beauty of the subway scene, dressing sharp for your job at the theater and what happens when a classic horror film is throwback to the past while being something unique, funny, horrifying and tragic all on its own. Watch the trailer here - An American Werewolf in LondonYou can find Mausoleum on TUBI!!! Don't forget to Show The Fuck Up for The Toxic Avenger!Like the show? Rate us on Apple or Spotify!Follow us on Instagram Follow us on TwitterLike the Ads? Check out our friends at...Give Me Back My Action & Horror Movies100 HorrorsDark AdaptationHorror HouseA Cut Above: Horror ReviewGood Beer Bad Movie NightBucket of Chum PodcastDissect that FilmThe CinemigosNext Week Mausoleum Hassle us via text during the show!

Actor, Director and Technical Director for Treasured Films talks #weirdworcester, #boutiqueblu-ray, and all about his influences. Includes discussion of The Last Shark, Mausoleum, King of the Ants (written by Charlie Higson!!!), Reality Killers and much more from the Treasured stable.Plus Tom's directorial career, including Bella In The Wych Elm and The Pocket Film of Superstitions.Buy Tom's zine at www.thespectrallines.bigcartel.comCatch up with the whole of Treasured's output (and much more!) at https://www.filmtreasures.co.uk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why do we slow down to stare at accidents, binge horror movies, or devour true crime podcasts? What draws us toward the dark and disturbing even when it frightens us? To explore this fascinating question, I'm joined by Dr. Colton Scrivner, a behavioral scientist and the world's leading expert on morbid curiosity. His new book, Morbidly Curious: A Scientist Explains Why We Can't Look Away, digs into the psychology behind our obsession with danger, horror, and the macabre. We discuss: Why our brains are wired to pay attention to danger How horror movies and haunted houses safely feed our fears Why true crime is especially popular with women The evolutionary roots of fear — and how morbid curiosity can actually help us Morbidly Curious releases October 7, 2025, wherever you buy books. Here is the link to buy at Amazon: https://amzn.to/3KAizdZ Thanks Dr. Scrivner! -- LORAIN PUBLIC LIBRARY EVENT Join Jim at the Lorain Public Main Library on the evening of October 8th for “An Evening Around The Campfire” with Jim Harold. You can register here: https://www.lorainpubliclibrary.org/programs?action=show&id=44596 -- JIM'S MAUSOLEUM OF MERCHSupport the shows! Get spooky gear from Jim's Mausoleum of Merch: https://jimharoldsmausoleum.etsy.com/ JIM'S SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUBGet access to the entire back catalog of Jim Harold's Campfire, The Paranormal Podcast & exclusive Plus ONLY shows. That's over 2,500 episodes. Join today here: https://jimharold.com/plus--- For more information on our podcast data policy CLICK HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week on The Paranormal Report, Jim and Dar cover strange discoveries on Mars, eerie lights caught on camera in Chile, and the chilling mystery of the Hat Man—science says it's sleep paralysis, but is there more to it? They also explore brain activity in comatose patients, something being shot at in the sky in China, and a creature stirring debate in the Thames. Plus, they reflect on the legacy of Bigfoot researcher Dr. Jeff Meldrum and uncover Nevada's new paranormal passport. Stay tuned all the way until the end of the show for a BIG BLOOPER from Jim! Thank you so much for listening/watching and share the show with your friends! -- -Join Jim's Spooky Studio Plus Club for exclusive content and 20 years of show archives: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠ -Get Your Spooky Merch at our Mausoleum of Merch at ⁠⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/merch LINKS https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cd725pj0g9ro https://www.livescience.com/space/extraterrestrial-life/camera-trap-in-chile-detects-strange-lights-blazing-through-the-wilderness-researchers-are-scrambling-to-explain-them https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15084597/Who-Hat-Man-reveal-truth-ghost-like-entity.html https://www.upworthy.com/brain-after-death-is-fascinating https://metro.co.uk/2025/09/15/people-think-china-intercepted-a-meteor-ufo-fireball-video-goes-viral-24170568/ https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15083521/Ness-Monster-mystery-creature-filmed-Thames.html https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/390237/anthropologist-and-bigfoot-researcher-jeff-meldrum-dies-aged-67 https://matadornetwork.com/read/nevada-paranormal-passport-haunted/#:~:text=Nevada%20just%20announced%20an%20expanded,multiple%20gateways%20and%20visitor%20hotspots. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim is joined by paranormal investigators and real-life couple Cody Ray DesBiens and Satori Hawes — known from Ghost Hunters, TAPS, and their paranormal investigations. Together, they share how their paths crossed through the world of the unexplained and how their relationship has become inseparable from their paranormal work. Cody and Satori take us inside The Paranormal Couple's Haunted Museum of Objects, Oddities, and Curiosities, where they curate hundreds of items linked to strange, eerie, and sometimes heartwarming experiences. From dolls that move on their own, to cursed artifacts like a monkey's paw, to objects infused with love and intention, they explain how ordinary antiques can hold extraordinary stories. We also discuss their book, Archives of the Paranormal: Case Files from The Paranormal Couple's Haunted Museum, which collects some of their most fascinating cases and experiences with haunted relics. Along the way, we explore: -The story of the doll that wouldn't stay gone. -Why not everything “haunted” is negative. -What it's like to fall in love while ghost hunting. -How haunted objects can sometimes comfort rather than terrify. -Why respect — not provocation — is the key to investigating the unknown. Whether you're fascinated by cursed relics, intrigued by haunted love stories, or curious about the reality behind Ghost Hunters and TAPS, this conversation offers a unique peek into the lives of two investigators whose passion for the paranormal is matched only by their love for each other. You can find their book on Amazon at https://amzn.to/4nsMIdn Cody & Satori even have more appearances than we discussed at time of recording. Check them out here: https://paranormalcouple.com/events Thanks Cody & Satori! -- Note: Thumbnail artwork was created with the help of generative AI tools. All video/audio content is original. – Join Jim's Spooky Studio Plus Club for exclusive content and 20 years of show archives: ⁠⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/plus⁠⁠⁠ – Get Your Spooky Merch at our Mausoleum of Merch at ⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/merch⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Spooky season kicks off in style! Jim Harold welcomes back author, storyteller, and podcaster Jeff Belanger to celebrate the release of his brand-new book Wicked Strange: Your Guide to Ghosts, Monsters, Oddities, and Urban Legends from New England. Jeff shares why New England may be America's most haunted region, the importance of local legends, and how stories from cemeteries, roadside oddities, and even a legend of “satanic imps” have shaped the culture of the region. You'll also hear about his friendship with Ed & Lorraine Warren, the White Lady of Easton, and how his podcast New England Legends helped inspire the book. Along the way, Jim and Jeff swap eerie experiences about interviewing people just before they passed away, the role of storytelling in grappling with death and the unknown, and why legends matter more than ever in our information-overloaded world. This is a wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and spooky conversation. It's perfect for the start of Halloween season. You can find Jeff's book at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4g4uTyM -- This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! — – Join our Spooky Studio Plus Club for exclusive content and 20 years of show archives: ⁠⁠https://jimharold.com/plus⁠⁠ – Get Your Spooky Merch at our Mausoleum of Merch at ⁠https://jimharold.com/merch⁠ – Sign up for our FREE Virtual Campfire community: ⁠⁠https://virtualcampfiregroup.com⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is a real Bigfoot body on display at the New York State Fair? Some are calling it the smoking gun, others say it's just another sideshow. A haunted Texas hospital is suddenly off-limits. Why did officials shut it down so abruptly? A scientist claims to have solved the Bermuda Triangle once and for all… but is it really that simple? Could a glass of water reveal if your house is haunted? One odd test says yes. Researchers are checking the skies for signs of alien probes, and the results may surprise you. Pro QB Aaron Rodgers once claimed to see ghosts at training camp. Now the story is resurfacing. Zak Bagans deals with an unnerving incident at home. Stay Spooky and tell us which story grabbed you most! --- - Join our Spooky Studio Plus Club for exclusive content and 20 years of show archives: ⁠https://jimharold.com/plus⁠ - Get Your Spooky Merch at our Mausoleum of Merch at https://jimharold.com/merch - Sign up for our FREE Virtual Campfire community: ⁠https://virtualcampfiregroup.com⁠ LINKS https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/389686/man-claims-to-have-found-bigfoot-remains-in-new-york-state https://cbs6albany.com/news/local/real-or-fantasy-bigfoot-discovery-in-adirondacks-sparks-cryptid-controversy https://www.syracuse.com/statefair/2025/08/searching-for-bigfoot-at-the-2025-nys-fair.html https://www.expressnews.com/lifestyle/article/yorktown-haunted-hospital-closed-21014305.php https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-15031283/Scientist-solved-mystery-Bermuda-Triangle.html https://www.news18.com/viral/are-there-ghosts-at-your-home-check-this-creepy-water-test-aa-ws-l-9523888.html#google_vignette https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-are-using-earths-shadow-to-hunt-for-alien-probes https://www.jsonline.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2025/08/21/aaron-rodgers-conspiracy-theories-ghosts-cam-heyward-podcast-not-just-football/85766924007/ https://gizmodo.com/astronomers-revisit-the-mysterious-wow-signal-and-find-a-big-surprise-2000647644 https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/26/zak-bagans-trespasser-las-vegas-home/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In 1931, a hospital worker named Carl Tanzler stole the corpse of the woman he loved and lived with her decaying body for seven years, believing he could bring her back to life. In this week's message, we'll explore how this chilling true story reveals the dangerous difference between God's perfect love and our own twisted obsessions.Hear previous #ChurchOfTheUndead messages at https://WeirdDarkness.com/Church! Please share this podcast with your friends, family, and co-workers, and post a link to this episode in your own social media! Thank you, and God bless!SERMON TRANSCRIPT:https://weirddarkness.com/cotu-carltanzler(Over time links can and may become invalid, disappear, or have different content.)===Darren Marlar is a licensed minister through the Universal Life Church: https://www.themonastery.org. Find his other podcast, Weird Darkness, in your favorite podcast app at https://weirddarkness.com/listen. “Church Of The Undead” theme music by Epidemic Sound.==="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46===Find out how to escape eternal darkness at https://weirddarkness.com/eternaldarkness===Weird Darkness® and Church Of The Undead™ are trademarked. Copyright © 2025.===NOTE: Some of this content may have been created with assistance from AI tools, but it has been reviewed, edited, narrated, produced, and approved by Darren Marlar, creator and host of Weird Darkness — who, despite popular conspiracy theories, is not an AI voice.

In 1930s Florida, Carl Tanzler's love for a young woman didn't end with her death—it began a horrifying obsession. After stealing her corpse and living with it for seven years, his twisted devotion shocked the nation. Was it love, madness, or something far darker?We're telling that story tonight

Ep. 686: Cranford | Chapter 8 Book talk begins at 15:54 Lady Glenmire (a real baron's widow!) is in town, and the Cranford ladies can't decide whether to curtsey or completely ignore her—Mrs. Jamieson prefers the latter. --------------------------------------------------------------- 00:00 Episode start 1:55 - MAY RAFFLE - from Rebecca S (Of Book it with Becca) 2:25 - Send your crafty videos: 4:45 - Plum Deluxe Tea-CraftLit's Discount Code! 5:05 - , 5:35 - 8:01 - ELSIE BLOUSE on WEARING HISTORY 8:50 - . Hope that helps! 10:40 - And from Donna Schmidt 13:48-Anya's voice mail   BOOK TALK—Re-hash Notes 15:57 - Last week Visiting - RE-LISTEN Pre-hash Notes 17:00 - Your Ladyship. Ended with Cherry Brandy (ha!) And Mrs Jamieson blurting out to everyone she would be hosting her SIL Lady Glenmire soon. 17:50 - shared subscription to newspaper. SOME REALLY CLEVER Austen-like wordplay in today's chapter. A lot of fun! Characters in *Cranford* (Updated for Chs. 6–8) 18:25 - County families—the landed gentry in the county - you know…the only important people in the area :( Miss Pole “I'll think of something to say back to her… tonight…”—nothing changes HA! 18:40 Peerage - prob refers to Burke's Peerage and Baronetage (first pub was 1826!!!) Only 16 Scottish peers were SELECTED to sit in the House of Lords; 19:00 -comparison to Job - God takes everything from him then torments him some more. 20:40 - The Arley's  - we learned that Lady Arley shopped at Betty Barker's milliner shop last week and was part of why the shop eventually only served the well-to-do of Cranford ——which lets us know that there WAS a well-to-do set and our ladies are not they! 22:00 - Fourth at pool - another card game 22:45 - Sedulously-Dedication, diligence 22:55 - “thought you might want a description of Mrs Smith, Her being a bride”. B/c often a bride's 1st appearance in society after honeymoon she wore her dress. 23:15 - ***nipped up her petticoats*** - 25:10 - Mr Milliner - introduce him to listeners - ignored back door (GASP) 25:15 - candle lighters as an excise LOL ALSO what's she making them out of?!??? - EXCELLENT WAY TO USE OLD BILLS & LETTERS! Assumption no one will go LOL - Poole's rationalization to go to party

This week on The Paranormal Report, Jim and Dar take a look at the mysterious structures found under the Egyptian Pyramids, Howie Mandel's UFO experience, an update on the Aaron Goodwin case, witches, and one of the creepiest creatures you'll ever see! All this and more on this week's episode! Thanks for listening and please share the show with family and friends! LINKS https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-14527193/Scientists-discovered-vast-city-underneath-Egypts-Giza-pyramid-mysterious-structures.html https://nypost.com/2025/03/23/world-news/vast-underground-city-found-below-egypts-giza-pyramids-scientists/ https://www.eonline.com/news/1415145/ghost-adventures-aaron-goodwin-reacts-to-wifes-alleged-murder-plot https://www.stangordon.info/wp/2025/03/12/bigfoot-activity-reported-in-pennsylvania-during-early-2025/ https://deadline.com/2025/03/apple-joseph-kosinski-jerry-bruckheimer-1236347695/ https://apple.news/ApccwKzSgS-CoGpdEFraijg https://www.coasttocoastam.com/inthenews/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/style/maryland-witches.html https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2025/03/23/ufo-like-object-changes-shapes-above-green-cove-springs-on-march-22/82616073007/ https://nypost.com/2025/03/21/lifestyle/beachgoers-baffled-after-finding-skeleton-like-figure-with-fins/ https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/historic-haunted-claire-house-now-221900373.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall  JIM'S SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUB Get access to the entire back catalog of Jim Harold's Campfire, The Paranormal Podcast & exclusive Plus ONLY shows. That's over 2,500 episodes. Join today here: https://jimharold.com/plus and get $30 off your FIRST YEAR or $5 off your FIRST MONTH (with promo code). JIM'S MAUSOLEUM OF MERCH Support the shows! Get spooky gear from Jim's Mausoleum of Merch: https://jimharoldsmausoleum.etsy.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On February 8, 1911, the Scott Mausoleum, a symbol of wealth for the Scott and Strong families in Erie, Pennsylvania, was desecrated by unknown vandals, coined by nationwide papers as ghouls. With the inside of the mausoleum heavily damaged - and a body missing - the crime set off shockwaves throughout the country during a time in which grave robbery, extortion and murder reigned supreme. Hundreds of reporters and newspaper correspondents throughout the country and world descend upon the Great Lakes port city. Private Detectives from the Perkins Detective Agency in Pittsburgh took charge of the case, pitted against rival detectives from the famous Burns Detective Agency. The case took a sinister turn when a series of letters were sent to wealthy local philanthropist Charles Hamot Strong, threatening to blow up his mausoleum and murder his granddaughter. My guest Justin Dombrowski is the author of "Erie's Great Mausoleum Mystery: Ghouls, Grave Robbers & Extortion". The author's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ErieTrueCrime Purchase the book on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Eries-Great-Mausoleum-Mystery-Extortion/dp/1467156612 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Did you know you have angels just waiting to help you, if you ask? This week's guest Samantha Fey says we can call on our spirit guides, ancestors, and angels to help us survive and thrive through the storms of life! You can find her recent book on the subject, Heavenly Alliance: Call on Your Spirit Guides, Ancestors, and Angels to Manifest the Life You Want, at Amazon: https://amzn.to/4agUDp5 Thanks Samantha! JIM'S SPOOKY STUDIO PLUS CLUB — EXTENDED HOLIDAY SALE! Get access to the entire back catalog of Jim Harold's Campfire, The Paranormal Podcast & exclusive Plus ONLY shows. That's over 2,500 episodes. Join today here: https://jimharold.com/plus and get $30 off your FIRST YEAR or $5 off your FIRST MONTH (with promo code*). *Promo codes valid only with the Supporting Cast version of Spooky Studio Plus. JIM'S MAUSOLEUM OF MERCH Support the shows! Get spooky gear from Jim's Mausoleum of Merch: https://jimharoldsmausoleum.etsy.com/ -- This post contains Amazon affiliate links that benefit Jim Harold Media when you make a qualifying purchase. Thank you for your support! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this weekend episode, Victor Davis Hanson, with cohost Sami Winc, takes a look at the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, a wonder of the ancient world. They also discuss the strangeness of Leftist violence and the damage it has done to Germany and England.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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