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After Romania, one night in Rome.By FinalStand. Listen to the Podcast at Explicit Novels.When our ancestor committed the first murder, was it rage, or fear that drove them to the deed?(Evening near the Metropole, Roma, Italia)"I think you've done well," Riki congratulated me as she terminated her phone call. Word had come down that her replacement was on the way. Our profile had been updated back at State and they clearly wanted to bring in the 'real professionals'. There also had been a miscommunication. I was far too stressed to be reasonable now.Some undeserving smuck was about to be at the receiving end of my wrath for no better reason than I was at my limit of accepting any further alterations to my life. In hindsight, I was being totally irrational. At that moment in time, I didn't care whose day I was ruining. Sometimes I can be a jerk and an idiot at the same time.The US State Department apparently thought I couldn't dictate who was, or wasn't, a member of 'Unit L', we now had our own designation within Javiera's expanding task-force. The government had a random name generator for this shit and we got the letter 'L'. Maybe that device didn't think we were going to last long enough to matter. Anyway, I took the phone and hit redial. Riki gave me an 'I'm puzzled' look."Who am I talking to?" I inquired."Ms, who are you?" he demanded, since my caller ID said Riki and, unless I used my high, squeaky voice, I obviously sounded like a guy."I'm Cáel Nyilas. Who is this?" I replied."I'm Bill A. Miller, Director of the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service. What seems to be the problem, Mr. Nyilas?" He was rather uptight about the call-back."Since we are working together, why don't you call me Cáel?" I politely requested. "I'll call you Willy.""My name is Bill, but you can call me Director Miller," he corrected me. "The reason for your call is?""It is Willy, or Dick; your choice," I countered. "I don't call my boss 'Director' and I worship the ground she walks on. You are not even in her league. Also, I've had bad experiences with guys named Bill which are too painful to explain right now."That was true. One was friend taking a shower and leaving me alone with his mother. The other was early on in my career when I confused a girl named Bonnie with her real name 'Bill'. I was my own personal 'The Crying Game'. I didn't handle that episode well."Besides, I didn't call to discuss name-calling. I want to know how many agents work for you.""What does that have to do with anything?" he grumbled."You are quick with the questions while painfully bereft of answers," I snorted. "Don't make me Google this too.""Over two thousand," he stopped being a total ass. "Is there anything else I can tell you that Miss Martin should have been able to tell you?" Ooops, Back to being an ass."Riki's being physically restrained from taking her phone back by some of my educationally-challenged, illegal alien, unskilled labor force of questionable loyalty," I outrageously lied. It was an odious habit of mine that I'd cultivated vigorously over the past few weeks. "Two thousand humans, thanks. Is Riki's replacement a guy, or a girl? Wait, who cares? Just send their picture and I'll let you know where to send their replacement.""Are you threatening my people?" he simmered."No. That would make me an uncooperative and nefarious nuisance," I evaded. "Of course, when a person sticks their hand into a functioning garbage disposal, you don't blame the device. You blame the moron who stuck their hand in." From the perspective of our relationship, I was the garbage disposal."That definitely sounds like a threat," he responded. He was going to stick his hand in anyway."Your inability to comprehend the nuances possible with the English language is not why I called and not something I feel I can educate you about, given my current time constraints. Just have one of your insipid flunkies send me the picture. I need to purchase duct tape and an out-of-the-way storage space," I informed him."By the way, in the spirit of legal chicanery, could you tell me how long it will take for Riki Martin's name to come back up in the rotation? Let's figure 36 hours between each hot-shot leaving DC and their eventual inability to return phone calls," I wanted to make sure he knew I was taunting his pompous self. (Me being pompous and unhelpful didn't cross my mind at that moment.)"Let me make myself clear, Mr. Nyilas," he repeated. "Not only can you not dictate terms to the US government, you are not even the team's designated leader." I wasn't? Fuck him. I had tons of useless members of the Alphabet Mafia in front of my name, all loudly proclaiming my numerous accolades.Of everyone on the team, I had the most: NOHIO (Number One House Ishara Official), HCIESI-NDI, (Havenstone Commercial Investments Executive Services' Intern -- New Directive Initiative, I didn't make that one up, I swear), MEH (Magyarorszag es Erdely Hercege) and UHAUL (Unpaid Honcho Assigned to Unit L). I liked that last one, so that was how I was going to sign off on all my reports now."First off, I AM in charge, Willy. Without me, there is no Unit L. I quit, and then what? In case you missed it, I can't be drafted or threatened by you. If you think you can replace me, please do so right now and let me get back to my life -- you know, the thing that actually puts money in my pocket.Besides, I am not refusing to take anyone you see fit to put on MY team. I'm just not going to tell you where I'm going to take them to. I suspect they are adults and can find their way home, eventually, Willy.""Mr. Nyilas, you are an unbelievably fortunate amateur and novice intellectual in a situation that demands experience and professionalism. It is time for you to step back and let the people who know what they are doing take over. Just play your part and we'll make sure you get due credit for following orders and behaving," he unleashed his fair-smelling bile."I am following your orders; your procedures dictate that a member of the State Department will be on this team," I kept my calm. "As one of the people who actually has experience with this situation, I'm letting you know how things work in the field. Every person you send will be misplaced, thus you will have to send someone else. Alerting you to the need to stay on top of your job -- sending someone else -- sounds to me like common sense advice in this circumstance.""That is not going to happen, Nyilas. If something happens, " he got out."Willy, duct tape is plentiful and cheap. Kidnapping -- thus hostage keeping -- is virtually a religion in Southern Italy. And though I am already wired into the local criminal underground, I'm just not going to be able to help you, or them. I'll make up some implausible excuses as the need arises. So now you know the score. The next move is yours," I smiled."The next words out of your mouth had better be 'I'll behave', or the State Department will revoke your passport and have stern words with the Republic of Ireland over your diplomatic status," Willy warned me."I'll behave," I fibbed. Riki snatched the phone out of my hand."Sir -- Director Miller, I want you to know I had nothing to do with Mr. Nyilas' tirade," Riki apologized. "He stole my phone.""I did." and "oww!" I hollered in the background. "She ground her heel into my instep. the fiery little minx." I was propping up her excuse because I owed her for verbally taking a dump on her boss, the ass-heap back in Romania. Riki punched me."Ms. Martin, do we need to reconsider your employment, or can we rely on you to re-organize Unit L before Ms. McCauley (her replacement) arrives?" Willy lectured."Director Miller, ""Call him Big Willy," I whispered to her. "He loves that 'Big Willy' style."This time she hit me in the thigh. My ballistic vest had gotten in the way of her first hit, but she was a quick learner."How can you know a song from 1997, yet not know that Russia invaded Georgia in 2008?" Riki put her hand over the phone and hissed at me."Ah," Pamela teased. "Somebody is a Will Smith fan." Riki looked away.I wasn't sure what to make of the Will Smith -- Ricky Martin combo forming in my mind. Will was one of my manly icons. Hey, he was a stud, scored numerous hotties in his film career and married Jada Pinkett Smith. What's not to love? Growing up, I wanted to be like Will Smith. When/if I ever finished growing up, I wanted to be like George Clooney."Director Miller," Riki tried again. "He's lying. From my personal observations and with supporting personality profiles provided by other members of the task force, I can guarantee you that Mr. Nyilas is unreliable and untrustworthy. Sir, I've watched Romani males hide their wallets and their daughters when he walks by." Okay, wasn't that last bit a lie?"that last bit a lie?es hide their wallets and their daughters when he walks by. provided by other members However, unless she has been cross-trained as a waitress at a gang-affiliated nightclub, a day-care worker for the criminally insane, plus consistently wins at Texas hold 'em, she's going to be out of her element here.""No sir, but Mr. Nyilas likes me, I'm not sure why," she glared at me. I poked her in the boob to help clarify the matter. Riki slapped my hand. Virginia punched me in the shoulder. I decided to poke Virginia in her ballistic-covered breast, hoping she was jealous for the attention. I was wrong. They both hit me again.Had this been sexual harassment, they would have hated this job and despised me. Since this was me being my painfully childish self, well, I was still annoying, but also adorable. Put it this way: if a woman could not only pepper spray a man making cat-calls at her, and was even encouraged to do so, wouldn't that de-stress the situation?"Director Miller, I don't want to stay on this assignment, yet I'd be remiss if I didn't explain some of the numerous pitfalls of working with Unit L. Every one of them is comfortable being a walking arsenal. I'm on my way to have a ballistic vest tailored for me because I'm the only one in the unit without one. I have no doubt that any of them could kill me with their bare hands in less than 5 seconds if they so desired," she explained."You would think they would want a more effective combatant with them," Miller grew icy, suspecting duplicity on Riki's part -- moron. She looked at me over the phone."Sir, I think they like me because I know I don't belong in a firefight. They can count on me to cower behind cover while the bullets are flying. That allows the rest to kill unimpeded by having to keep an eye on me," she said.Pause."One of them did show me how to recognize and start various grenades. She said if I was ever the last one alive, it would give me 'options'."Pause."Ms. Martin, don't cancel your flight back to DC yet. I'm going to give Ms. Castello a call to see what her assessment of the situation is," Willy allowed. "Good-bye.""I can't believe I talked him into making me stay with you people," Riki moaned.Our little caravan was slowing to a stop outside the Metropole Hotel. It was Hana's choice for a Roman meeting location. A restaurant and a hotel room, all in one location. Rachel and Wiesława were ahead of us, checking things out. Hana had informed us that the Illuminati had two people watching her. This was going to be my last bit of time with Rachel for a while.(Meanwhile, Back At The Ranch, )Two new members of House Ishara were on their way to Rome. They'd be joined by two members of the House Guard of Andraste from Britain. The two Isharans were the first members of the House Guard of Ishara in over a thousand years. I didn't expect them to be the martial equals of Rachel, or Charlotte. Not yet. And anyway, that didn't matter. What mattered to me was that they'd volunteered for the task and Buffy felt they were the best we had.Another nomadic pack of House Hylonome Amazons had taken in the traumatized Zola. She had to stay in Romanian until the authorities finished up her part of the investigation. A mixed group from House Živa and Ishara (led by Helena) would handle security for Professor Loma, his family and the Lovasz sisters during their trip to New York.Aliz, his wife, was officially in House Ishara's custody. That was my best play at making sure she avoided summary justice for her 'betrayal' of House Hylonome. The whole group would be handed over to House Epona as soon as the Romanians cleared them for foreign travel. It helped my case that Aliz appreciated my warnings about the danger that both families were in from House Illuyankamunus.The occult nitpicking that allowed me to leverage this maneuver was accomplished by me doing yet another rarely done feat. In the name of Alkonyka Lovasz, House Ishara was sponsoring a new Amazon house. I could testify to the existence and matronage of the Goddess SzélAnya (without her permission), which was one of the stepping stones for acceptance.Vincent was going to stay in Germany for two days, then he was off to his home and daughters in Arlington Virginia, with a long convalescence and a rumored promotion. Mona and Tiger Lily were already on their way to New York as honor guard for Charlotte's body, courtesy of the US Air Force. The Amazons needed the USAF to do it because that was the only way we could get the Romanians to release her body.The Hylonome dead, they would be buried in a private plot after all the autopsies were done. I was absolutely sure the Hylonome would steal the bodies in due time and give them a 'proper' burial. Of the Mycenaeans, Red and one of his buddies still remained at large. Of Ajax's half-brother, Teucer, and the other previously wounded Greek warrior, there was no sign. Kwen and the other POWs remained in Romania to face a laundry list of charges. Her fate was unknown to me.My bodyguard was reduced, yet no one minded. The twin reasoning was that the Black Hand in Italy would provide some protection for me. The other was that I was in the birthplace of the Condottieri. Selena's sources strongly suspected that their HQ was close to Rome itself. I could have had more security by recruiting among the 'natives'.Various sources, some inside Italy, had suggested that the Carabinieri, Italy's military police force, had 'offered' to provide some protection. That was prompted by events surrounding my visits to Budapest  and  Mindszent, Hungary and the 'action' south of Miercurea Ciuc, Romania (no one wanted to call it a battle, even though the fight involved over 1000 Romanian Land Forces troops and half a squadron of the Romanian Air Force).My refusal of the offer caused a 'disruption'. This was a polite way of saying the Italians did not want me to enter their country. I wasn't being a jerk this time. Selena and Aunt Briana were both of the opinion that the Condo's recruited heavily from European military and paramilitary units -- particularly Western Europe. And that not all their 'new hires' had left active duty either.A peculiar circumstance then developed. The pretext for denying me entry was undercut by Hungary and Romania erasing me from their official investigation. I wasn't a threat (despite the burnt landscape and tombstones sprouting up in my wake.) Romania didn't want me to stay, Hungary decided they didn't want me back -- at the moment -- and the US/UK/Ireland were telling the Italians that I was a peach, or whatever implied that in diplomatic speech.There was a compromise finally reached by Riki and shadow forces that I couldn't put names to. I could come to Italy as long as my itinerary was relayed to Carabinieri. We could keep our side arms in holsters and our big guns as long as they weren't on our persons. I could go around without a Carabinieri bodyguard as long as I ignored them floating around me at a discreet distance. A liaison officer would meet me at the hotel to maintain the illusion that I was just a paranoid tourist.Delilah had to touch base with the British again, probably for the same reasons that the US wanted to replace Riki. While both Delilah and Chaz were military and seconded to MI-6, they weren't considered Intelligence Experts by the people at the helm. For that matter, they weren't even sure how Delilah had ended up at my side, killing multi-national terrorists in three separate countries inside of one month. That was very cinematic, not realistic. The idea of governments with shadow operatives 'sanctioning' people was not something that anyone in the 'know' wanted to talk about.Whether it was before the media, a US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the United States House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, or a UK Parliamentary Foreign Affairs Select Committee this wasn't what these Department Heads wanted to discuss. Less anyone forget, my Congress and my President didn't, umm, get along.In my favor, I was an orphan from New Hampshire, both my US Senators were women and I'd worked on their campaigns or dated some of their volunteers. It might do me some good to call Dr. Kimberly Geisler at Bolingbrook to see what she could do politically. All that could wait.(Finishing Up)Selena Jovanović had the first of our two dark blue Alfa Romeo 159s, the one that disgorged Rachel and Wiesława. She, Saku and Odette would circle the block in case there was any trouble. Pamela had the driver's seat in my car. No one wanted me or Odette to drive because we didn't understand urban Italian street etiquette. It was Virginia, me and Riki in the backseat with Chaz up front with Pamela.Rachel gave the preliminary order to disembark. That meant the lobby was partially clear -- there were armed types about that seemed to be either Carabinieri, or understandable private security. Rome wasn't as dangerous as Mexico City (kidnap-wise), but events in London, Budapest and the Hungarian and Romanian countryside were putting people on edge. And those with enough money could buy some emotional comfort in the form of armed private contractors.Chaz took his H and K UMP-45, stock folded, out of the bag at his feet and secured it inside the right-side of his jacket. Three spare clips went inside a harness on his left. It was dreamlike as Virginia and I went through a similar, less heavily armed process. For FBI Girl, it was a 'carry-on' with flash-bang, concussion and smoke grenades, plus a few extra clips/mags for everyone.For me, it was a tomahawk, a second Gloc-22 and a bullet for everyone in the hotel, if that became necessary. As the car came to a stop in front of the main doors, I worked my way over Riki so that I would be the second person to exit the car. Chaz would be the first. Virginia got out on her side. Pamela would stay at the wheel -- Riki had an appointment with a tailor to keep.I felt it then, that sympathetic spiritual harmony I was one-third of. I looked up into the 'clear' Rome night. There she was, Bellatrix, the Amazon star in the Constellation of Orion. According to the Egyptian Rite, the Weave of Fate was nearly invisible by day, but by night, you could make out its strands in the motion of the stars. That was not something Alal had ever truly mastered. Still,I had a new phone since the charred remains of my old one were in some evidence locker in Budapest by now. That didn't mean I wanted to use it. I was getting squirrely about people I didn't want finding me, finding me. Chaz was in the lead, I was in the middle and Virginia covered my back. Rachel caught sight of us, gave a quick nod, and then she and Wiesława went for the elevators.Rachel would want to check out Hana's room before I got there -- if I got there. I called Odette."Hey Babe," Odette beamed excitement my way. She was in Rome and we had a guaranteed 24 hour layover. For a girl who thought her great adventure in life was going to end up being a high school trip to Philadelphia to see the Liberty Bell, she was in Nirvana."Hey to you too, Odette. I need a favor," I began."Sure," she chirped."In five minutes from, right now make sure Sakuniyas comes to see me and Hana in the restaurant by herself," I requested. Odette hesitated, taking in her knowledge of 'Cáel-speak'."No problemo Jeffe," she answered. She knew I was in some undefined trouble. We both knew that her body language would convey that unease to Saku, which was what I needed. See, I had a plan. I tapped Chaz, slowing him and thus allowing Virginia to bunch up with us."Do either one of you remember the movie 

The Zodiac Killer's reign of terror might be one of America's greatest mysteries, but beneath the chilling letters and unsolved murders lies a web of speculation, contradictions, and the haunting possibility that the truth is far more elusive than we imagine.Darkness Syndicate members get the ad-free version. https://weirddarkness.com/syndicateInfo on the next LIVE SCREAM event. https://weirddarkness.com/LiveScreamInfo on the next WEIRDO WATCH PARTY event. https://weirddarkness.com/TVIN THIS EPISODE: A man starts to dig a swimming pool in his backyard – and unearths numerous human corpses. The resulting story is so incredible that it inspired the film, “Grave Secrets”. The true story behind the “Black Hope Horror”. (Black Hope Horror) *** America… the home of baseball, apple pie, jazz, and… the birth of spiritualism. (Spiritualism) *** From the spirits of famous female historical figures, to the girlish ghouls of urban legend, female ghosts are some of the scariest spirits out there. (Ghoulish Ghost Girls) *** Was the legendary serial killer the Zodiac a hoax? (Zodiac: The Phantom Killer) *** A hundred years ago, the Spanish Influenza epidemic ripped through the United States, with fatalities reaching as high as 1,000 per week. We'll look at what happened. (The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees) *** A young girl, dealing with the trauma of her parents getting a divorce, is traumatized even more when staying at a friend's house that appears to be haunted. (A Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People) *** Joan Crawford's daughter exposed her sadistic behavior – but how truthful were those accusations? (The Claims of Christina Crawford) *** Along with sightings of Bigfoot, extraterrestrials, ghosts, and shadow people, there is a growing number of reports of entities which appear to be wearing futuristic armor, or high-tech suits. Could these be inter-dimensional beings? Extraterrestrial spacemen? Time-traveling soldiers? What is it people are seeing? (Armored Phantoms)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Disclaimer and Cold Open00:03:08.818 = Show Intro00:05:53.050 = Zodiac: The Phantom Killer00:43:05.803 = Spiritualism in America00:49:47.284 = Ghoulish Ghost Girls00:57:45.123 = Armored Phantoms01:20:52.239 = The 1900s Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees01:29:17.637 = Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People01:39:29.343 = The Claims of Christina Crawford01:45:34.576 = The Black Hope Horror01:53:28.736 = Show CloseSOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Zodiac: The Phantom Killer”: https://tinyurl.com/s39qy65“Spiritualism in America” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/s48kes8“Ghoulish Ghost Girls” by Carolyn Cox: http://ow.ly/AysF30mi5HS“The 1900s Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/wpvaes2“Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People” by Rachel Grace: https://tinyurl.com/talccxq“The Claims of Christina Crawford” by Gina Dimuro: https://tinyurl.com/ydcy3lmj“Black Hope Horror”: https://tinyurl.com/rvdsk2l“Armored Phantoms” by Brent Swancer: https://tinyurl.com/qusshmnWeird 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 ©2025, Weird Darkness.= = = = =Originally aired: October 19, 2018SOURCES PAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/UnmaskingTheZodiacTRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/4e52fun2

In our eighth Patreon exclusive episode of Unsolved Canadian Mysteries, Kenton and Dylan discuss the authenticity of T. G. Hamilton's famous ectoplasmic photography. Thomas Glendenning and Lillian May Hamilton were faced with the sudden loss of their son due to the Spanish Influenza of 1918. Like many people at the time, they were struggling to cope with the meaning of life and death. However, T. G. recounted a conversation with a colleague at the University of Manitoba a few years prior. His colleague told him about a psychic he had met stateside, and how amazed he was by her abilities to contact the dead. The desire to communicate with their son drove T. G. and Lillian to begin experimenting as well. What started with Ouiji boards quickly evolved into full-blown ectoplasmic photography. By including witnesses and an entire wall of cameras, their documentation, and recordings about what they summoned brought them into the international spotlight. Everybody from former prime ministers to famous authors came to witness their seances. But a hundred years later, ectoplasmic photography is no longer popular, and many who participated were found to be frauds. T. G. Hamilton and his wife were an exception, and their photography remains unexplained. For our attempt to explain T. G. Hamiton's ectoplasmic photography, check out our new episode!

IN THIS EPISODE: A man starts to dig a swimming pool in his backyard – and unearths numerous human corpses. The resulting story is so incredible that it inspired the film, “Grave Secrets”. The true story behind the “Black Hope Horror”. (Black Hope Horror) *** America… the home of baseball, apple pie, jazz, and… the birth of spiritualism. (Spiritualism) *** From the spirits of famous female historical figures, to the girlish ghouls of urban legend, female ghosts are some of the scariest spirits out there. (Ghoulish Ghost Girls) *** Was the legendary serial killer the Zodiac a hoax? (Zodiac: The Phantom Killer) *** A hundred years ago, the Spanish Influenza epidemic ripped through the United States, with fatalities reaching as high as 1,000 per week. We'll look at what happened. (The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees) *** A young girl, dealing with the trauma of her parents getting a divorce, is traumatized even more when staying at a friend's house that appears to be haunted. (A Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People) *** Joan Crawford's daughter exposed her sadistic behavior – but how truthful were those accusations? (The Claims of Christina Crawford) *** Along with sightings of Bigfoot, extraterrestrials, ghosts, and shadow people, there is a growing number of reports of entities which appear to be wearing futuristic armor, or high-tech suits. Could these be inter-dimensional beings? Extraterrestrial spacemen? Time-traveling soldiers? What is it people are seeing? (Armored Phantoms)SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…“Zodiac: The Phantom Killer”: https://tinyurl.com/s39qy65“Spiritualism” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/s48kes8“Ghoulish Ghost Girls” by Carolyn Cox: http://ow.ly/AysF30mi5HS“The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/wpvaes2“Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People” by Rachel Grace: https://tinyurl.com/talccxq“The Claims of Christina Crawford” by Gina Dimuro: https://tinyurl.com/ydcy3lmj“Black Hope Horror”: https://tinyurl.com/rvdsk2l“Armored Phantoms” by Brent Swancer: https://tinyurl.com/qusshmnWeird 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: October 19, 2018CUSTOM WEBPAGE: https://weirddarkness.com/black-hope-horror/

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When the so-called Spanish Influenza started spreading in 1918, people locked themselves in their homes or even into small towns and tried to ride it out. It seemed to make sense – travelers could bring the virus with them, so wouldn't keeping them out keep the deadly germ out, too?It did not work, of course. No one could stay isolated for years on end while the virus and its descendants made its way through the population. People are still getting infected today by a distant descendant of that virus.Humans are far too interconnected to be able to think that keeping others out will protect them from disease. Yet that attitude remains. So does the stigmatization and exclusion of migrants.Dr. Alena Kamenshchikova, an assistant professor in the Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI) at Maastricht University in the Netherlands has been studying this very complicated intersection of language, migration, and disease spread – especially the spread of antimicrobial-resistant organisms, often called superbugs.She says that all stigma does is force people to try to hide it when they are sick. Or, worse, they may take antibiotics inappropriately to try to treat themselves when they cannot get the proper healthcare they need. This inappropriate use of antibiotics can drive the rise of drug-resistant bacteria.Listen as Dr. Kamenshchikova tells some startling stories about how keeping migrants of all kinds on the margins can endanger everyone around them.

BUT I'M A STAR! Jonny and Aileen talk about the horrifying origin story of X's iconic villain, Pearl. Trapped on her family's isolated farm, Pearl must tend to her ailing father under the bitter and overbearing watch of her devout mother, all the while lusting for a glamorous life like she's seen in the movies. Jonny and Aileen also discuss stag films, Bésame Cosmetics, and the Spanish Influenza. Remember to subscribe, rate and review! Follow our redes sociales: Insta: @uyquehorror Twitter: @Uy_Que_Horror TikTok: @uyquehorror Find all the películas we cover on our LinkTree. Join our Patreon! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Help spread the darkness! Vote Up This Episode at https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mvjsnkbz – you can vote up to 3X per day! Find Weird Darkness in your favorite podcast app at https://weirddarkness.com/listen. PLEASE SHARE Weird Darkness with someone who loves paranormal stories, true crime, monsters, or unsolved mysteries like you do! Recommending Weird Darkness to others helps make it possible for me to keep doing the show!IN THIS EPISODE: America… the home of baseball, apple pie, jazz, and… the birth of spiritualism. (Spiritualism) *** From the spirits of famous female historical figures, to the girlish ghouls of urban legend, female ghosts are some of the scariest spirits out there. (Ghoulish Ghost Girls) *** Was the legendary serial killer the Zodiac a hoax? (Zodiac: The Phantom Killer) *** A hundred years ago, the Spanish Influenza epidemic ripped through the United States, with fatalities reaching as high as 1,000 per week. We'll look at what happened. (The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees) *** A young girl, dealing with the trauma of her parents getting a divorce, is traumatized even more when staying at a friend's house that appears to be haunted. (A Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People) *** Joan Crawford's daughter exposed her sadistic behavior – but how truthful were those accusations? (The Claims of Christina Crawford) *** A man starts to dig a swimming pool in his backyard – and unearths numerous human corpses. The resulting story is so incredible that it inspired the film, “Grave Secrets”. The true story behind the “Black Hope Horror”. (Black Hope Horror) *** Along with sightings of Bigfoot, extraterrestrials, ghosts, and shadow people, there is a growing number of reports of entities which appear to be wearing futuristic armor, or high-tech suits. Could these be inter-dimensional beings? Extraterrestrial spacemen? Time-traveling soldiers? What is it people are seeing? (Armored Phantoms)SOURCES AND ESSENTIAL WEB LINKS…“Zodiac: The Phantom Killer”: https://tinyurl.com/s39qy65 “Spiritualism” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/s48kes8 “Ghoulish Ghost Girls” by Carolyn Cox: http://ow.ly/AysF30mi5HS “The Epidemic That Brought America To Its Knees” by Troy Taylor: https://tinyurl.com/wpvaes2 “Haunted House, Sleep Paralysis, and Shadow People” by Rachel Grace: https://tinyurl.com/talccxq “The Claims of Christina Crawford” by Gina Dimuro: https://tinyurl.com/ydcy3lmj “Black Hope Horror”: https://tinyurl.com/rvdsk2l “Armored Phantoms” by Brent Swancer: https://tinyurl.com/qusshmn= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =Weird Darkness theme by Alibi Music Library. Background music provided by Alibi Music Library, EpidemicSound and/or StoryBlocks with paid license. Music from Shadows Symphony (https://tinyurl.com/yyrv987t), Midnight Syndicate (http://amzn.to/2BYCoXZ) Kevin MacLeod (https://tinyurl.com/y2v7fgbu), Tony Longworth (https://tinyurl.com/y2nhnbt7), and Nicolas Gasparini (https://tinyurl.com/lnqpfs8) is used with permission of the artists.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =(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 12:46WeirdDarkness™ - is a production and trademark of Marlar House Productions. © 2023, Weird Darkness.= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =TRANSCRIPT: https://weirddarkness.com/archives/14389

So, the oldest person in the US, Bessie Hendricks, (who was 115) has died. Prior to her passing the shared the “secret” to having a long life. The supercentenarian lived through 21 presidents, the Spanish Influenza, the roaring '20s, two World Wars, the Great Depression, the Vietnam War, Iraq War, Afghanistan war, and Cold War, as well as the coronavirus pandemic . . . https://www.wordsfortheday.com/2023/01/supercentenarian/

This week, Syd & Jess finish the story of the 1918 "Spanish Influenza" pandemic, including some stories that you probably haven't heard. Excavating Inuit flu victims, experiments on incarcerated Americans, and the scores of heroic nurses who made the worst pandemic in history as bearable as possible - it's another exciting week of medical history! If you want to help us grow, subscribe and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcast fix!Sources for this episode:https://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/1918-commemoration/1918-pandemic-history.htmhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/influenza-boston/https://www.rayarmat.com/post/647641002830708736/the-1918-flu-virus-infection-test-at-deer-islandhttps://www.scidaily.cc/articles/en/a-creepy-experiment-on-prisoners-during-the-spanish-flu-pandemic-that-went-wronghttps://www.cdc.gov/flu/pandemic-resources/reconstruction-1918-virus.html https://www.adn.com/alaska-news/science/2020/03/22/how-an-alaska-village-grave-led-to-a-spanish-flu-breakthrough/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-did-1918-flu-kill-so-many-otherwise-healthy-young-adultshttps://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ https://slate.com/technology/2019/02/spanish-flu-women-nurses-heroism.htmlhttps://www.wimlf.org/blog/women-the-unsung-heroes-of-the-1918-flu-pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6R_eFCcVfM Music from Uppbeat: https://uppbeat.io/t/danijel-zambo/fairytalesLicense code: ZQGXUZWNXEBLK6Y0Support the show

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Steam-and hot-water heating joined hands a long time ago to make up what we today call hydronics. In this episode, Dan Holohan shares interesting stories from these two different sides of hydronics.

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Daniel Brooks is a professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the Linnean Society of London, and a Research Fellow of the Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, University of Nebraska State Museum. He has been working for the past decade as a free-lance consultant on the evolutionary biology of climate change and emerging disease. He is also an author of The Stockholm Paradigm, which we discussed in his first episode, during the beginning of the coronavirus lockdown. In his second episode, we discussed the COVID-19 vaccine. The Stockholm Paradigm The crisis of emerging disease has been a century and a half in the making. Human, veterinary and crop health practitioners convinced themselves that disease could be controlled by medicating the sick, vaccinating those at risk, and eradicating the parts of the biosphere responsible for disease transmission. Most climate scientists made no connection between climate changes and disease. Evolutionary biologists assured themselves that coevolution between pathogens and hosts provided a firewall against disease emergence by pathogens moving to new hosts. None of those traditional perspectives anticipated the onslaught of emerging infectious diseases confronting humanity. A new understanding of the evolution of pathogen-host systems, called the Stockholm Paradigm, explains what is happening. The planet is a minefield of pathogens with pre-existing capacity to infect susceptible but unexposed hosts, needing only the opportunity to come into contact with them. Climate change has always been the major catalyst for such new opportunities, through disrupting local ecosystem structure and allowing pathogens and hosts to move to new ecosystems. Once pathogens expand to new hosts, novel pathogen variants may emerge, each with new capacities to infect hosts. Mathematical models and real-world examples uniformly support the conceptual framework. Emerging disease is thus one of the climate change-related threat multipliers confronting humanity. The universe of risk is thus enormous and climate change is the trigger - time is short, danger is great, we are unprepared. Even without deadly global catastrophes of the scale of the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic, emerging diseases cost humanity more than a trillion dollars per year in treatment and lost productivity. The Stockholm Paradigm also offers hope. Embodied in the DAMA (document, assess, monitor, act) protocol, we can “anticipate to mitigate” emerging disease, buying time and saving money while we search for more effective ways to cope with this challenge.

For two years now, we've been living through the Covid-19 pandemic. A century ago the world was consumed by another deadly virus, commonly known as The Spanish Influenza.  Spreading worldwide mainly in 1918 and 1919, it is estimated that one third of the world's population became infected with the virus. Approximately 50 million people died, and in the U.S. the death toll was around 675,000.  David Reamer is an Alaska historian who has been researching this particular period of the state's history. Since the onset of Covid-19, he has written articles for the Anchorage Daily News about the Spanish Influenza and other public health crises throughout the years.  ATMI senior producer Quinn White spoke with Reamer about his research. He talked about how the virus affected urban and rural areas differently, how Alaskans responded to subsequent public health outbreaks, and the stark parallels to what we're all living through today. They spoke on January 26th, 2022.   Hosted by Ada Bjorkman. Music by Kendrick Whiteman and Devin Shreckengost. Cover art photo provided by Alaska State Library, Harry & Carrie Dott Photo Collection, ASL-P593-009.  Alaska Teen Media Institute is based in Anchorage, Alaska. We would like to acknowledge the Dena'ina people, whose land we work on. Many thanks to supporters of our podcast, including, United Way of Anchorage for the Healthy Communities Funding Program. The opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this podcast are those of our guests and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United Way of Anchorage or the Municipality of Anchorage, Anchorage Health Department. RESOURCES FOR YOUTH DURING QUARANTINE Center for Disease Control and Prevention What foster kids need to know during Covid-19 Careline: Alaska Suicide Prevention and someone to talk to line: 1-877-266-4357 Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 and TTY 1-800-787-3224 or text LOVEIS to 22522 Call 2-1-1 or Help Me Grow Alaska 1-833-464-2527 for help connecting to resources and services or for help knowing where to start. These resources provided in collaboration with the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services, Division of Behavioral Health.  

E11 - Free Form Opening - PB Volume UP!! Thick Thigh Thursday!!! Brad Correction - Nuru massage vs Tantric Hostmonster tech support - I do NOT want to lose the website lost the website 2nd tech - give me 2-3 min 3o min...no bubbles...I checked in I need 2 min I answered I got a haircut I took a long, hot shower. still there..still not bubbles... I checked in.. need 2 min well over 1.5 hours on the support chat???!!!?? Joe Rogan Howard Stern Don Winslow Onlyfans we are working on a solution! we are building our own site Demands: Content Creator only Ok, but send docs Have to have wet signatures Have to have pics not cropped or blurry Signatures have to match No public No Firearms   Corrie Signature Drift - Common to Change over life You can change your signature anytime - let bank know, DL Why? Because we want it to[i] - Me, lazy widely dismissed as pseudoscience; the British Psychological Society lumps it together with astrology as a discipline that has “zero validity.” [ii]forensic document examiner, is an expert on the science of handwriting. She matches signatures for court cases for a living.“In my work I like to have as many as 20, [or] even more signatures for comparison purposes,” said Abbey. She needs so many samples because she says signatures often change. OF??? Voting - Ballots thrown out - Bipartisan panel compares signatures [iii]Lawsuits - Disenfranchising a voter is a big deal - ACLU got involved for the downtrodden - Sick, disabled, transgender [iv]E-Signatures don't carry the wait -NPR interview Eileen Chou (Chow) Univ of Virg.- CHOU: While these signatures are objectively the same, they do not carry the same psychological and the symbolic weight. - Experiment - more likely to lie on e-signatures   Announcements Show Announcements: Thursday - Ladies Night, Valentine Show - So You Opened Pandora's box - Now What Tonight's Show - Pushed off Non-Monogamy - Setting up some interviews Politics and News - Cause we love to rant Boardroom -     Politics and News The Matrix[v] Warner Brothers sued over movie release to HBO Max IRS Scrapping Facial Recognition for Taxpayers Identity[vi] Didn't even know this was a thing! were using ID.me planned to phase out all access except through ID.me to verify the person logging in BUT LET'S NOT TALK ABOUT ID REQUIRED TO VOTE!! WTF??? [vii]Ottowa - Truckers for Freedom against Vaccine Mandate Mayor Declares emergency Arresting people for helping! [viii]IMPORTANT: Anyone attempting to bring material supports (gas, etc.) to the demonstrators could be subject to arrest. Enforcement is underway. #ottawa #ottnews - Later said they were referring to "Hazardous Materials" Police announced Sunday morning that more than 450 tickets have been issued since Saturday morning for offenses ranging from excessive noise and seatbelt violations to obstructed license plates and improper mufflers. John's Hopkins[ix] Spanish Influenza - 10% death rate Covid - 1.4% Death rate   Virus Link:   Weekly U.S. Influenza Surveillance Report | CDC     Listener Questions/Comments Good afternoon I just wanted to give you a heart felt thank you for your podcast/YouTube content. We started our journey about five months ago and your Reddit content was one of the first things that caught our eye. Hubby was intrigued and I was SO intimidated. 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There is some help out there for those of us with a religious background but after you guys talked a lot about that and all the behind the scenes of your journey- things really started to click for us and ease some of those fears and truly helped me shift my focus that non monogamy could work for us and be a lot of fun too!     The Show Boardroom Segment Your Financial Statements I/S or P/L or Earnings Statement Important to Business Owner Where the items that are easily tracked and managed quickly are located Revenue Expenses Profit Where Weekly and Monthly KPI are typically derived from B/S The Permanent Record of your Company Assets Purpose of Business Assets create other assets Ranked by liquidity (quickest to cash) Liabilities Explain Unearned Rev Equity Corporate Value Owner Value not the same thing In Small Bus, Owner value can be negative and be a good sign Corporate Value should not be negative Retained Earnings Cash Flow Statement Shows where the Cash Came From Operations Investing Financing     Bedroom Segment How does one get on the list? Be a gentleman Strike up a meaningful conversation very much luck and timing!! Ladies / Spouses of listeners does your S/O listen with you?   Show Wrap More and More content coming!       EndNotes   [i] https://www.thecut.com/2016/09/why-your-handwriting-keeps-changing-even-in-adulthood.html [ii] https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/austin/news/2020/10/26/an-inconsistent-signature-could-decide-whether-your-mail-in-ballot-is-counted [iii] https://www.aclu.org/blog/voting-rights/signature-match-laws-disproportionately-impact-voters-already-margins [iv] https://www.npr.org/2015/10/22/450769874/do-e-signatures-change-how-people-think-of-documents [v] https://www.wsj.com/articles/matrix-co-producer-sues-warner-bros-over-hbo-max-streaming-release-11644254583?mod=hp_lead_pos6 [vi] https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-backs-away-from-facial-recognition-to-verify-taxpayers-identities-11644264843?mod=hp_lead_pos7 [vii] https://www.foxnews.com/world/ottawa-mayor-declares-state-emergency-police-threaten-arrests-bringing-gas-freedom-convoy [viii] https://twitter.com/hashtag/ottnews?src=hashtag_click [ix] https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

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TakeawaysChris Bevolo initiated our Halloween episode of The No Normal with a tribute to SNL superstar, David S. Pumpkins.In the spirit of Halloween, this episode centers on three scary trends facing marketers today, including climate change, political polarization, and you guessed it – Facebook. Climate change as a public health crisisUntil only recently, climate change hasn't been recognized as a public health crisis. With the rise of severe weather and natural disasters, brands are increasingly focusing on their role in addressing climate change.Climate change will drive more significant public health issues that health systems will have to figure out how to manage. For example, the winter storm in Texas last year made it difficult for patients to receive care and providers to deliver care.How to avoid a climate disaster by Bill Gates compares climate change deadliness to COVID-19 deadliness. By 2060, climate change could be as deadly as COVID-19 and, by the end of the century, five times as fatal as COVID-19.Hospitals and health systems are significant contributors to global warming because they produce massive amounts of carbon and will need to find ways to address their contribution to global warming.The politicization of healthThe politicization of health isn't a new concept. During the 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak, masks were a hot topic of political and social debate.COVID-19 accelerated the politicization of health. While health has always been a public issue, platforms like social media have increased the rate at which we share, consume, and react to information.Society calls for brands to become more actively involved in public health issues, which puts providers between a rock and a hard place.Health systems must stand up for medical truths, but doing so can alienate large parts of a community. As community-based organizations, hospitals and health systems cannot afford to alienate those who disagree with their principles and values.As the staffing crisis continues, health systems need to also think from an employee perspective so that they can retain talent. Perceived alignment with a political party could impact staffers' willingness to work for their current health system.Facebook, enough said. Chris deleted his Facebook account in 2018 because he didn't like how the company manages data. This process took "the better half of a day," demonstrating the depth of Facebook's information on its users.Facebook is how many marketers built their careers. What used to be seen as the "cute" side of marketing is now a significant driver in marketing strategy across industries.Recent news highlights the potential harm of social media on our society, including its adverse effects on mental health and inflammatory content. Reports show that Facebook has knowingly chosen to ignore these problems because solving them would negatively impact revenue.Our team's biggest concern about Facebook's recent scandals is that they chose not to take action. By not taking action, Facebook demonstrates value for the bottom line over the public good.Stephanie acknowledges that those in the social media space have known for a while that emotional content goes viral much more quickly than non-emotional content. With this in mind, it makes sense that inflammatory content goes viral more quickly and more frequently.Around 25% of digital marketing dollars are spent with Facebook today, which speaks to Facebook's monopoly on digital advertising. With Facebook baked into the digital advertising ecosystem, brands must ask themselves if they want to diversify their advertising channels.Chase identified whitelisting as the most shocking Facebook practice exposed by the Wall Street Journal, stating that this is hazardous because it lowers the standards for people with more influence, increasing the likelihood of spreading harm and misinformation.A few years ago, Facebook changed its algorithm to prioritize content that gets more engagement rather than content individual users express interest in. Since inflammatory content receives more engagement, the algorithm prioritizes it in users' feeds, quickly leading to "us" vs. "them" dynamics.Facebook renamed its holding company "Meta," reflecting its goals to build a metaverse beyond the Facebook platform.Stephanie follows a 70-20-10 model for financial investments in digital advertising, with 70% of your budget dedicated to what is proven to work, 20% for platforms that work fine, and 10% for experimentation.Experimentation is health systems' opportunity to diversify their media mix and to take ownership over their audiences by investing in building out their CRM and bolstering their email marketing efforts.

Continuing the spooky season vibes, we have genuine, bonafide RESEARCH on the connection between major tragedies and upticks in reports of the paranormal- from the Spanish Influenza to Covid, and a handful in between. If you want some spooky scary history facts to send shivers down your spine, this is the episode for you ;)to stay up to date, visit our instagram; for sources, click the link to our blog!@ivebeenthinkingpod  ivebeenthinkingpod.com/blog support us financially via Patreon!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/ivebeenthinkingpod)

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In this episode I go over some pages of the book by Arthur Firstenberg, The Invisible Rainbow, about the history of Electricity, Radio, and Telegraph communications affecting the health of people in varying degrees. The book was brought to my attention by Dr. Andrew Kaufman. It documents a study that proved some very surprizing details about the "Spanish Influenza," which actually originated in the US at 2 separate military training bases. In other parts of the world the same illness was deemed "the Bolshevik Disease."

Hey gang, on this week's episode, we talk about The Black Cross Cemetary near Kyle's new house: The RPN Haunted HQ! Links:

How is it possible to avoid disasters when they are inherently unpredictable? Niall Ferguson, renowned historian, senior fellow at Stanford University, senior faculty fellow at Harvard and visiting professor at Tsinghua University, has been studying historical responses to catastrophes. In this episode of Warfare, he draws upon the World Wars, Spanish Influenza and the HIV/AIDS epidemic to discuss the politics of planning for the worst. Niall and James question whether the responsibility and capability to plan for events such as the Covid-19 pandemic or global warming lie with democratic leaders or are hampered by economics and technological progress. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode I continue the discussion about the Spanish Influenza of 1918. It is really eerie in the similarities of the Influenza of 1918 and the Covid-19 epidemic that we are going through now. If you have any comments you can leave them at avintagelady1817@gmail.com I would love to hear your opinions and insight of this pandemic. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/virginia-jones2/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/virginia-jones2/support

This is part 1 of a series on the Spanish Influenza of 1918 and the similarities to the Covid epidemic of our time. It is a vast subject and one that needs to be researched and remembered. If you have any comments you can email me at: avintagelady1817@gmail.com --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/virginia-jones2/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/virginia-jones2/support

The COVID-19 pandemic is an unprecedented global event that for more than a year now has completed transformed nearly every aspect of our day-to-day lives. For most of us, the pandemic is unlike anything we’ve ever experienced, with comparisons frequently made to the Spanish Influenza outbreak more than a century ago. But in certain parts of the world, the potential danger presented by the coronavirus was identified and responded too far earlier than in others. And it wasn’t only government officials and decision-makers sharing these realizations, but average people, like you and me. My guest for today’s episode is Hong Ru, professor with Nanyang Technological University.  Along with his fellow study authors, Hong identified a shared experience that enabled certain countries to recognize and respond to the significant danger of the coronavirus threat earlier than others. This study, “Combatting the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Role of the SARS Imprint,” which will be published later this year in the INFORMS journal Management Science, investigates how previous experience with the 2003 SARS outbreak led to a quicker response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The year is 1917. Less than two decades into the new century and already the Great War is occurring in the muddy fields of France. Soon there will be the Spanish Influenza which will kill many more millions. An inauspicious start to a new millennium, to be sure. In one of Canada’s largest cities, Toronto, there has been a murder. A cab driver is found dead in west-end Toronto, stabbed multiple times. The cabbie’s name is Carmine Lapello (AKA Tony Lapello, Tony Ross), an Italian Canadian. Inquests occur, but the murderer is never found.Now, we take a leap forward to the year 1964 when a ten-year-old Joe Lapello is going through some cardboard boxes in his parent’s basement. He finds an old photo of a handsome young man. He takes the picture to his father and is told that the picture is of Joe’s great uncle, Carmine Lapello. Joe’s father was only seven years old at the time of the murder.Become entwined in a story of a young man’s undying love for a woman, which would drive him to participate in illegal alcohol smuggling during the prohibition era. Carmine was a self employed taxicab driver who became caught up with notorious people, in a small immigrant community of Toronto Ontario Canada, known as “The Ward”. Circumstances would change for the worse, turning this young man from a secretive life of crime, to that of a police informant, and eventually, paying the ultimate price. In the early morning hours of July 20, 1917, Carmine would be found brutally murdered in the street. Follow Joseph, through his discovery of this mystery, as he unravels the unsolved murder of his Great Uncle, Carmine Lapello. MURDER LOST TO TIME: The True Story of One of Canada's Oldest Unsolved Murders-Joseph A. Lapello

Today on 365 days with mxmtoon, Maia talks about the OG pandemic: The Spanish Influenza of 1918. Over the course of two years, the Spanish Flu killed 675,000 Americans and 50 million people worldwide — Maia digs into the flu’s history and the lessons gleaned from that pandemic. Afterwards, she talks about Corpse’s hit track, “Cat Girls Are Ruining My Life.” Join this episode today and make sure you’re following along with the daily updates @365daysmxmtoon on all platforms.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about beating COVID-19, and rebuilding the economy in their virtual summit yesterday. We hear more about that and what else the talked about when former Canadian diplomat Colin Robertson joins us. We hear from Labrador West artist Marty Byrne about how the pandemic has changed his operation and what his plans are for the future. It happened more than 100 years ago, but you'd be surprised with some of the similarities between the Spanish Influenza and the current Covid-19 pandemic. We speak with author and journalist Anne Budgell about it. A North West River woman is reminding people to be more environmentally conscious after a walk on the sea ice turned up the remains of paper lanterns. We find out how youth in Nain are learning skills on how to interpret satellite imagery to make maps for travelling safely on sea ice. Trevor Bell from smartICE joins us. The Combined Councils of Labrador attended this week's meeting over point of entry testing. We talk with president Chad Letto. TV watcher and movie buff Wayne Walsh joins us once again to tell us about a documentary and a mini series you may or may not want to check out. Finally, we hear an exchange between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and opposition leader Erin O'Toole regarding delays in the vaccine rollout.

How did Atchison react to a pandemic that hit right at the end of a World War? Patrick and Kia go through the story of the Spanish Influenza using the Atchison Globe records from 1918, and show how our community has gone through hard times before. 

Scott (Frozen Truth, Status Pending, Dead & Gone in Wyoming, & Finding Jodie) comes back to discuss his research into the 1918 Spanish Influenza. How did this disease spread across the globe & infect the population? What was its impact on the globe?   This episode contains mature subject matter & strong language, so as always, listen at your own discretion EPISODE SOURCES- http://bit.ly/2ovvhkC  EPISODE IMAGES- http://bit.ly/2JBTe0U    Podcast Corner: Dead and Gone in Wyoming  & Status Pending Logo Design: By Madison Rumschik IG: @madisontriestoart              Twitter: @m_rumschik Sound Effects & Intro Music:  https://www.zapsplat.com   FOLLOW US ON: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DomesticPodcast  Twitter: https://twitter.com/DomesticPodcast  Instagram: @thecultofdomesticity Email us at domesticpodcast@gmail.com    Merch: https://thecultofdomesticity.threadless.com/  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/domesticpodcast  Amazon Wishlist: shorturl.at/dhFI7 PayPal: https://www.paypal.me/CultofDomesticity 

The year was 1918. We remember the Spanish Influenza pandemic. The reading is from the second chapter of the Gospel According to St. Luke. — FULL TRANSCRIPTS available: https://www.1517.org/podcasts/the-christian-history-almanac GIVE BACK: Support the work of 1517 today CONTACT: CHA@1517.org SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Overcast Google Play FOLLOW US: Facebook Twitter Audio production by Christopher Gillespie (gillespie.media).

Today, Debbie Weil brings Dr. Sam Harrington, her physician husband, back on the show to wrap up the year 2020. After 8 months of reclusive living with COVID as a backdrop, they sit down together to reflect on some of the highs and lows, for themselves and for the country, and to forecast what lies ahead. First, the vaccine: how will it be distributed, to whom, and in what order? Is this the right order? How should we value human lives? Can the new Biden Administration improve the messaging around COVID and thus slow the continuing spread of the disease? When will life return to normal - or will it ever?Sam talks about several books he’s read recently (links below) and they share some of the favorite TV programs they've binge watched. (The complete list is below.) They talk about mini-socializing outdoors, the old-fashioned Pen Pal club they’ve started with their six grandchildren (ages three to ten), the slowing down of time, and the opportunity to reminisce about their past travels during the long, cold, dark winter evenings in Maine. They end with an update on Sam’s beard (big news) and a few predictions for 2021. The podcast will be back in January after a holiday break. Mentioned in this episode or useful:Malignant: How Bad Policy and Bad Evidence Harm People with Cancer by Vinayak K. Prasad (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020)Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live by Nicholas A. Christakis MD PhD (Little, Brown Spark, 2020)Without Resources, Vaccine Rollout Could 'Fall at the Last Hurdle,' Journalist Warns (NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross, Dec. 17, 2020)Keith Raniere, Leader of Nxivm Sex Cult, Is Sentenced to 120 Years in Prison (New York Times, Nov. 27, 2020)Let's Get Liminal by Chip Conley (Wisdom Well, Nov. 1, 2019)Chip Conley: Building Empires, Tackling Cancer and Surfing the Liminal | The Tim Ferris Show, June 20 2019Solo Stove a potential sponsor for the podcast? PHOTO: Sam, minus beard, caught in the act of smiling. Previous episodes featuring host Debbie and her husband Sam:S2-EP24: Debbie & Sam on the Gap Year For Everyone, Silver Linings, and Not Should'ingS2-EP18: Debbie & Sam on the New Normal, Quarantines, Immunity Passports, and Masks & GlovesS2-EP12: Debbie & Sam on the Coronavirus, Magical Thinking, and AgingS1-EP10: On Debbie & Sam's Bucket List: Living in FranceS1-EP2: Debbie & Sam on How They Decided to Take a Gap Year at Age 62 TV programs Debbie & Sam watched (March - Dec. 2020)The “Un’s” (they loved all of these):UnorthodoxUnbelievableUnforgottenUndoing Debbie & Sam also loved:SuccessionShtiselOzarkNormal PeopleLittle Fires EverywhereGentleman JackOccupiedThe Vow (about NXIVM)Seduced (about NXIVM)Emily in Paris (Debbie)Call the MidwifeThe Crown (new season)Mystery Road (set in Australia)BelgraviaRoom 2806: The Accusation (about Dominique Strauss-Kahn)This Is Us (Debbie was obsessed; Sam refused to watch after 1st season) More programs they watched:Chicago SevenQueens GambitHomeland (final season)Le Chalet (in French; scary)Deutschland 83FaudaGold DiggerBosch (Season 6)Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy RichBabylon BerlinRevenge (Debbie liked more than Sam did)RodhamGreyhound (new Tom Hanks movie)Perry MasonThe Baby-Sitters ClubDoctor FosterSilent Witness (a few episodes)The Social Dilemma (movie)Criminal (didn't finish)Flesh and BloodHillbilly Elegy (film)Mank (film about Herman Mankiewicz)The Life Ahead (new Sophia Loren film)Self Made Note from DebbieI hope you enjoyed this podcast. Would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than sixty seconds, and it really makes a difference in attracting new listeners and upcoming guests. I might read your review on my next episode!Sign up for occasional updates and get my free writing guide at http://eepurl.com/qGTPConnect with me:Twitter: @debbieweilInstagram: @debbieweilFacebook: @debbieweilLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/debbieweilEmail: thegapyearpodcast@gmail.com- Debbie THIS PODCAST IS LOOKING FOR A SPONSORIf you are interested in reaching a smart and thoughtful audience of midlife, and older, listeners, contact Debbie Weil. Our Media PartnersNext For MeEncore.orgMEA Support this podcast:Leave a review on iTunes: it will help us find a sponsor! If you are interested, contact Debbie WeilSubscribe via Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher or Spotify Credits:Host: Debbie WeilProducer: Far Out MediaPodcast websiteMusic: Lakeside Path by Duck Lake

On this bonus episode of The YAP, we feature another podcast, Shaken to the Chord, hosted by soprano Mimi Hilaire. Emily Hughes was a guest on this episode, in which she and Mimi discuss musicians and music during pandemics throughout the ages, including the 1918 Spanish Influenza, the plague, and the AIDS pandemic. Be sure to check Mimi's other episodes as well, in which she interviews singers about their favorite singers from all genres of music. Follow Shaken to the Chord and Mimi Hilaire on Instagram, too! Also! Announcing a special opportunity to be on the podcast! I want to show the incredible resiliency of opera singers everywhere this year, and all the many ways you've been surviving and thriving and making our world better for the future. So I'm putting together a special end-of-year "audio-collage" episode featuring all of you and your reflections on this strange year. To participate, please visit our podcast website here and click “message” to leave a message. Here are the things you should include, as applicable: What other non-singing jobs you've worked this year to make ends meet (whether a job you've always had or something you acquired for this time) Whether you've moved locations and why Any new experiences or skills acquired in this time What you're grateful for and/or what absolutely sucks about this time The changes you hope to see in our industry post-pandemic Whether you want to state your name in the message or keep it anonymous is entirely up to you! The message-leaving function will cut you off at one minute, but feel free to leave up to two messages if you'd like to speak for longer! The deadline to submit is December 18th. I can't wait to share everyone's submissions! Follow us! Instagram Twitter Facebook The theme music was composed by Nick Gish. Follow his Soundcloud here! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/youngartistpodcast/message

In this episode, Dan Holohan shares how the 1918-19 pandemic changed the way we pipe heating systems and the type of windows we use, why radiators are painted silver, and what we can learn from history.

What's up Horror Fam? Today we are talking about the Majestic Theatre in Chillicothe, OH. This place has quite the cryptic past, from it's build to it's numerous owners, to the fact it was used as a temporary morgue during the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918. There are numerous stories but we just touch on a few. So, take a listen and find out why they call it BLOOD ALLEY. Hope you enjoy and as always ... KEEP IT CREEPY!Tonight's show is brought to you by MANSCAPED. Go over and check them out. Your balls will thank you! https://www.manscaped.com/Contact us at: https://www.facebook.com/thehorrorchroniclespodcast/   https://www.facebook.com/groups/2524868434460676/?source_id=245567162773099   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2GysDofaXYuhGtSrD1XOjg   Find merch at: https://www.teepublic.com/user/the-horror-chronicles   All Music written and performed by: LUNATIC https://www.facebook.com/lunaticmetal/

The curious world of Albert Fish is not a tale for the feint at heart. Fish was a sadistic killer that felt nothing when he killed. He thought the taking of young lives was normal, like an everyday activity, like walking in the park. His madness stemmed from a very jaded up bringing, filled with abuse, physical emotion and sexual. Added to his own psychopathy, Fish was on a path from a young age to offend. Lack of resources and forensics challenged the authorities in trying to apprehend Fish. Remember, these killings were through the first world ward and during the Spanish Influenza outbreaks, which is not mentioned in any of the narratives I have research. Not only would this give Fish a certain level of anonymity during these times coupled with his age, how would anyone think this genial old guy would be America's most sadistic killer. Post-war, there was a glut of disabled servicemen that had no job or fixed abode giving Fish an even bigger victim pool. Then the flu, which has a footnote in history, even in all the material that I accessed, had no mention of the flu. Considering the amount of people that died, it's vector and spread. The world was gripped with a very high death toll. In those years, the world seems a very different place, very similar to now. I added the flu to the short story that you can access on Patreon because I think at the time Grace went missing, the flu would have impacted the Budd family. Click the link to join my newsletter and blog post, I try to get these out every week, although the last two weeks has been a little tawdry in my attention, there's a free novella attached to the link too - Troll, the prequel to my novel Harvester But any ways, hit this link and subscribe to my creative world.If you want to step it up further, click this link to Patreon. Patreon is a subscription service for creatives like myself. Like ‘Only Fans' but it's somewhere where I won't be taking my clothes off. Instead, you will have access to short stories, book outlines and other creative fun. I connect my current writing to the podcast. The killers we talk about, I write a fictional short story on these killers in the key moments in their lives, adding some context to the narrative of what these killers did, casting insight into their insanity, trying to understand it and how they impacted of the communities in which they lived. It's direct access to me and my writing and a forum in which I can earn some money and increase that creativity and spend money on it too. Cost a couple of dollars/quid, for the cost of a Starbucks keeps you entertained and and keeps me in Starbucks, so the bottom line here, Starbucks always wins.Enjoy and stay Frosty out there.Jb 

September 21, 2020 - The Great War is over, but the Spanish Influenza continues to deliver the butcher's bill. Everywhere, children are dying. But in Philadelphia, they're also disappearing -- and they all have one thing in common: They're immigrants. We dive into a riveting novel set 100 years ago that's eerily familiar today with acclaimed novelist Ellen Marie Wiseman. She brings us The Orphan Collector, a Target Book Club Pick and an Editor’s Choice in Historical Novel Society magazine. Her 13-year-old heroine, Pia, and her mother care for twins, Ollie and Max, even as prejudice and the Purple Death beset them on all sides. Like so many German immigrants, her patriotism was immediately suspect, and her father -- feeling the need to prove his loyalty -- did so by enlisting to fight the Kaiser. With Armistice Day, they dare to hope for a return to normalcy. But when Pia leaves quarantine at home in a desperate search for food, she can't imagine that she'll return to find her brothers have evaporated into thin air. Ellen Marie Wiseman's previous novels include best-sellers The Life She Was Given: A Moving and Emotional Saga of Family and Resilient Women, and, What She Left Behind: A Haunting and Heartbreaking Story of 1920s Historical Fiction -- which sold over half a million copies -- and The Plum Tree: An Emotional and Heartbreaking Novel of WW2 Germany and the Holocaust. Visit EllenMarieWiseman.com for more on her fictional adventures, and follow her at Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.      

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Today delighted former host of this very program, Anne Budgell, is our guest. She wants to hear any stories in your family about the Spanish Influenza Pandemic. Anne is the author of "We All Expected to Die: Spanish Influenza in Labrador"

On the latest episode of the LGM Podcast, I chat with Aimee Fox about her book Learning to Fight, which I reviewed in July of last year. We talk about how to research learning in military organizations, how organizations learn from one another, how the armies of 1918 reacted to the Spanish Influenza, and finally […]

When looking back at pandemics in modern history, the 1918 Spanish influenza stands out.  It took the lives of somewhere between 50 and 100 million people — and while it devastated the countries of the Global North, it took its greatest toll in the Global South.  Science writer Laura Spinney reflects on the similarities — and significant differences — between the Spanish flu and Covid-19.  She discusses how the pandemic took hold at the end of WW1 and struck down the young, and how many of the affected countries adopted universal healthcare in its wake. (Encore presentation.) Resources: Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World PublicAffairs, 2017 The post Lessons from the Spanish Influenza appeared first on KPFA.

In 1918 a deadly combination of a world war and a mutated flu strain caused what came to be known as the Spanish Influenza. In less than one year, 50 million people died worldwide. Can we study what happened in the past to help us with what's happening in the world now?

When looking back at pandemics in modern history, the 1918 Spanish influenza stands out.  It took the lives of somewhere between 50 and 100 million people — and while it devastated the countries of the Global North, it took its greatest toll in the Global South.  Science writer Laura Spinney reflects on the similarities — and significant differences — between the Spanish flu and Covid-19.  She discusses how the pandemic took hold at the end of WW1 and struck down the young, and how many of the affected countries adopted universal healthcare in its wake. Resources: Laura Spinney, Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World PublicAffairs, 2017 The post Lessons from the Spanish Influenza appeared first on KPFA.

A look back at some big stories of human health from 2018. Why do scientists keep studying the same genes, why are Aussies still not eating enough fruit and veg, and what can we learn from the catastrophic 1918 flu pandemic?

Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war" - the first conflict involving entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, devoting all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price - the world itself would never be the same.These 36 riveting half-hour lectures cut through the tangle of historical data to uncover the patterns that make sense of complex events. Whereas most World War I narratives focus on the Western Front in France and Flanders, with its mazelike trenches, gas attacks, constant shelling, assaults "over the top" into withering machine gun fire, and duels of dog-fighting aviators in the sky, Professor Liulevicius also devotes great attention to other important arenas, including the Eastern Front, the Southern Fronts, the War at Sea, the Arab Revolt, the Communist Revolution, the Armenian Massacre, the Spanish Influenza, and more.Professor Liulevicius combines chronological and thematic approaches for a sweeping survey of World War I's many dimensions. He explores themes such as the surprising eagerness of all parties to plunge into mutual slaughter, the unexpected endurance of societies undergoing total war, the radically different hopes and hatreds that the war evoked, with remarkable contrasts between western and eastern Europe, the meanings that the different sides ascribed to the war, and the role of various ideologies in the war's course and conduct.

Touched off by a terrorist act in Bosnia and spreading all too quickly beyond the expectations of those who were involved, World War I was an unprecedented catastrophe with a ghastly cost. After this first "total war" - the first conflict involving entire societies mobilized to wage unrestrained war, devoting all their wealth, industries, institutions, and the lives of their citizens to win victory at any price - the world itself would never be the same.These 36 riveting half-hour lectures cut through the tangle of historical data to uncover the patterns that make sense of complex events. Whereas most World War I narratives focus on the Western Front in France and Flanders, with its mazelike trenches, gas attacks, constant shelling, assaults "over the top" into withering machine gun fire, and duels of dog-fighting aviators in the sky, Professor Liulevicius also devotes great attention to other important arenas, including the Eastern Front, the Southern Fronts, the War at Sea, the Arab Revolt, the Communist Revolution, the Armenian Massacre, the Spanish Influenza, and more.Professor Liulevicius combines chronological and thematic approaches for a sweeping survey of World War I's many dimensions. He explores themes such as the surprising eagerness of all parties to plunge into mutual slaughter, the unexpected endurance of societies undergoing total war, the radically different hopes and hatreds that the war evoked, with remarkable contrasts between western and eastern Europe, the meanings that the different sides ascribed to the war, and the role of various ideologies in the war's course and conduct.

In the midst of the 2019-2020 Coronavirus pandemic, the concept of “zoonotic” infections–and how previously unknown diseases can transfer from the animal kingdom to humans–is facing more attention than ever.  In this spirit, we present this encore lecture originally presented by Dr. Mindy Sampson in 2018. Dr. Sampson looks at the underlying features of a zoonotic disease. She then discusses how increasing globalization has interwoven with zoonoses to produce widespread outbreaks of Yellow fever, SARS, Nipah Virus, and Ebola virus disease. Among the most notable of the Zoonotic diseases of the last several decades is HIV, and she presents a fascinating review of how this retrovirus originated from primates and then spread around the world in only a relatively short period of time.  She also recounts the 1918 Spanish Influenza pandemic and the factors that led it to spread around the world in just a few months.

In 1918, more than fifty million people died in an outbreak of flu, which spread all over the world in the wake of the first World War. We hear eye-witness accounts of the worst pandemic of the twentieth century.PICTURE: An American policeman wearing a mask to protect himself from the outbreak of Spanish flu. (Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)