The Wyrd Sisters The Wyrd Sisters Podcast
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Welcome to The Wyrd Sisters, a podcast for the morbidly curious. Featuring three crones trapped in the prematurely creaky bodies of twenty-something year olds, every fortnight we tell one another a disturbing tale linked by a single creepy theme. We cover everything from bizarre legends to harrowing true crimes. Please note this podcast contains mature content.
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36: Heists (I'm sad. You up?)
A storage container full of teddy bears, several getaway cars, and a taxidermy rat. What do these things have in common? They're all evidence in a series of heists and police reports warn shits about to get WYRD. We're talking crime this week. Organised crime. We're taking a break from everything grizzly and gory to bring you some wholesome content. As always, be sure to check the content warnings just in case.
Lockdown 5 has fallen over Melbourne, Aus and with the rest of the world still very much on fire, we think it is time for a well deserved break. So sit down, pour yourself a cup of tea (or something stronger) and relax with these tales three.
Mask up, get vaccinated when able, and save Halloween. We love you.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Brief mention of rape and suicide.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
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The 300 Million Yen Robbery
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery
https://www.news.com.au/world/japan-heist-remains-unsolved-44-years-on/news-story/4155fd5e0206d8a299a2948cdb1e68c7
https://moneyweek.com/363610/10-december-1968-the-300-million-yen-robbery
https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/unsolved-japans-three-hundred-million-yen-affair-b28ab3e66d73
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7885696/
https://www.vintag.es/2020/12/300-million-yen-robbery.html
https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/18/300-milion-yen/
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2177413/who-was-mysterious-motorcyclist-behind-infamous-japanese-heist
Beanie Baby Burglary
https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/four-charged-after-beanie-babies-heist/article_27020ad6-cd4c-554b-9039-5e58a3812058.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/04/23/beanie-baby-mania-goes-criminal/8baadce6-1a53-4e5d-b6a6-45d58b6e8925/
https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-beanie-babies/
https://apnews.com/article/8837e14bbd0083cc377bbd15de7f7d63
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66006/12-media-accounts-beanie-babies-hysteria-circa-1990s
Banksy's Anti-Heist
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4559961
https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/41743/1/banksy-girl-with-balloon-painting-pranks-sotherbys-london
https://www.wired.com/2006/11/banksy-infiltra/
http://www.woostercollective.com/post/a-wooster-exclusive-banksy-hits-new-yorks-most-famous-museums-all-of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPAT47fSvDw
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/2966c437-9ccf-4477-a30b-5dc751cafdf7
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310304/
https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/most-expensive-banksy-artworks-at-auctions/keep-it-spotless
Wall And Piece by Banksy (Book) -
35: Curious Critters (Crack For Kids)
Animals are the best people. Fight us if you disagree. You'll win, for we are pre-arthritic and collapse at the thought of having to perform a high school beep test, but we'll attempt to anyway. Today we discuss the marvellous menageries of Nazi-era Germany, the best helpers a war effort could ask for, and the high key human trash that live for exotic animal ownership. Please forgive our lengthy absence with this extra girthy episode of bizarre beasts 3
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, mentions of war, mentions of the Holocaust, violence against children, violence against animals.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
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34: Lacey's Mystery History Hour (What's Your Body Count?)
Cemeteries: the iconic first date site for goths and socially awkward weirdos the world round. What's not to love about secret bat treasure, burped up bodies, and vampire-obsessed mobs? Romance is in the air on Lacey's Mystery History Hour! Take a break and listen along as Lacey takes Tay and Laura on a trip down cemetery lane (Cue dated My Chemical Romance track), discussing statues rubbed raw by shameless single hands seeking husbands and some good old seventies satanic panic.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against animals.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources:
Highgate Cemetery:
HighgateCemetery.org
Wikipedia
Atlas Obscura
Wikipedia
The Guardian
My London
La Recoleta Cemetery:
Wikipedia
The Culture Trip
Atlas Obscura
Lonely Planet
Afar
Landing Panda
Pere Lachiase:
Wikipedia
Paris Info
The Culture Trip
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33: F***ed Film Facts (Banjo String Betrayal)
A return to casting (spells and pods alike) and a return to the roots that may have had a hand in making us wyrd - horror films watched way too early in our tender youth. Do you recall a time before morbid curiosity took hold, dear listener? We do - sort of. Thank you, questionable parenting skills, for your hand in shaping our deranged coven. This week Lacey, Tay and Laura bring you a restorative brew of whacked-out film lore - from actual on-screen deaths to the horrifying inspiration behind iconic 90s slashers.
Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against animals.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources:
Film Deaths:
Looper
IMBD
History Collective
Classic Movie Hub
The Guardian
Youtube
Ain't It Cool News
HowStuffWorks
Listverse
Hopes and Fears
Looper
The Sun
Bloody Disgusting
New York Times
Wikipedia
Shudder - Cursed Films
The Exorcist:
IMBD
Mental Floss
Wikipedia
Shudder - Cursed Films
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32: Boogeymen (The Girl Who Cried Tikolosh)
We’re back! Thank you for your patience and a thousand blessings upon your house. Now, pour yourself a delightful glass of curdled milk or blood (we won’t judge) and heed these warnings three! A South African sex pest, a beautiful murder bird wife, or a maniac with a hook for a hand might be lurking around the next corner! We’re talking boogeymen this week. Intruders that go bump in the night, judge your messy house, and then force-feed you baby food. A little lost? You’ll just have to listen. Segments: The Tikolosh, Schnabelperchten, and Cropsey with a Willem DaFoe appreciation interlude.
Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against disabled peoples, kidnapping.
The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.
Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato
Sources:
Tikolosh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdIwEg5niQ
‘Needle Implantation Ascribed to ‘Tikoloshe.’” The Lancet, Vol. 342 , No. 8882, 1993, pp. 1304.’
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/tokoloshe
Schnabelperchten:
· https://www.boneandsickle.com/tag/schnabelperchten/
· https://austrianadaptation.com/blog/perchten-austrias-wild-pagan-festival#:~:text=Perchten%20is%20an%20ancient%20pagan,through%20the%20centre%20of%20villages.&text=All%20up%20the%20costumes%20can,drumming%20in%20the%20village%20streets
· https://www.raurisertal.at/en/region/traditions-folk-customs/schnabelperchten/
· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MszCKZsGx44
Cropsey:
· https://allthatsinteresting.com/andre-rand-cropsey
· https://the-line-up.com/cropsey-monster-of-staten-island
· https://classicnewyorkhistory.com/history-of-willowbrook-and-the-terrifying-legend-of-cropsey/
· https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/14/nyregion/body-unearthed-on-si-is-that-of-missing-girl.html
· https://thoughtcatalog.com/steven-casale/2015/03/creepy-history-cropsey-the-monster-of-staten-island/ -
31: SCP 2.0 (The Friendship Breaker)
We are back with Secure Contain Protect round two. SCP in the secure UNIT! In this episode we bring you another three of our favourite frightening fictions from the OG online creative collective. Featuring SCP 2086, SCP 1875, and SCP 294. As always, we provide plenty of anecdotes to further enforce why the three of us may need special containment ourselves. Highlights include: the best drink known to man (spoilers, it's L&P), the first Wyrd Sisters discovered SCP: Tim Curry Teapot, and the fractured friendship of Lacey and Tay (will they learn to love again?).
Content Warnings: Child death, abduction, mentions of food, mentions of alcohol
SCP 2086 is written by Morgiepie
SCP 1875 is written by TheMadStork
SCP 294 is written by far2