Femmes Macabres

Femmes Macabres

A podcast about life's mysteries, oddities and of course, the macabre. Hosted by Stephanie Meloche and Erin Vance.

Episodes

  1. 28: Two Rings to Rule None at All (Part 2)

    11/03/2022

    28: Two Rings to Rule None at All (Part 2)

    In part two of Steph and Erin's series on weddings, the girls chat about the wedding industry in general, because what is more macabre than diet culture and capitalism? Episode Resources CURRIE, DAWN H. “‘Here Comes the Bride’ : The Making of a ‘Modern Traditional’ Wedding in Western Culture.” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, 1993, pp. 403–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41602301.  Fetner, Tina, and Melanie Heath. “Do Same-Sex and Straight Weddings Aspire to the Fairytale? Women’s Conformity and Resistance to Traditional Weddings.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 59, no. 4, 2016, pp. 721–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26340178.  Howard, Vicki. “A ‘Real Man’s Ring’: Gender and the Invention of Tradition.” Journal of Social History, vol. 36, no. 4, 2003, pp. 837–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3790353.

    1h 3m
  2. 27: Two Rings to Rule None at All (Part 1)

    11/03/2022

    27: Two Rings to Rule None at All (Part 1)

    Join Steph and Erin as they delve into the often curious history of wedding and engagement rings in the early twentieth century in the first of TWO BRAND NEW EPISODES! Episode Resources CURRIE, DAWN H. “‘Here Comes the Bride’ : The Making of a ‘Modern Traditional’ Wedding in Western Culture.” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, vol. 24, no. 3, 1993, pp. 403–21. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41602301. Fetner, Tina, and Melanie Heath. “Do Same-Sex and Straight Weddings Aspire to the Fairytale? Women’s Conformity and Resistance to Traditional Weddings.” Sociological Perspectives, vol. 59, no. 4, 2016, pp. 721–42. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/26340178. Howard, Vicki. “A ‘Real Man’s Ring’: Gender and the Invention of Tradition.” Journal of Social History, vol. 36, no. 4, 2003, pp. 837–56. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/3790353.

    48 min
  3. Episode 25: The Radium Dial Painters: Society of the Living Dead

    02/28/2021

    Episode 25: The Radium Dial Painters: Society of the Living Dead

    This week, the femmes discuss the discovery of radium and the harrowing story of the radium dial painters. SUPPORT US https://www.buymeacoffee.com/femmesmacabres FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA https://www.instagram.com/femmesmacabres/ https://www.facebook.com/femmesmacabres https://twitter.com/FemmesMacabres OUR WEBSITE https://www.femmesmacabres.com/episodes Music: Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. Allegro by Emmit Fenn is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Works Cited and Further Reading: Cengix, Mehtap. “The Radium Girls: Glowing Dials: Radium: Marie Curie: Pierre Curie: Mollie Maggia.” HOROBOX, 31 Mar. 2020, www.horobox.com/en/review-detail/american-radium-glowing-girls. Dean Pilcher, Lydia, director. Radium Girls. Cine Mosaic, 2018. Des Jardins, Julie. “Madame Curie's Passion.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Oct. 2011, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/madame-curies-passion-74183598/. Haley, Helena M. “Health Program for Radium Dial Workers.” AJN, American Journal of Nursing, vol. 45, no. 12, 1945, pp. 998–1001., doi:10.1097/00000446-194512000-00008. Moore, Kate. The Radium Girls: the Dark Story of America's Shining Women. Sourcebooks, Inc, 2018. Pool, Sandy. Undark: an Oratorio. Nightwood Editions, 2012. “Radium Cures.” The Museum of Quackery, www.museumofquackery.com/devices/radium.htm. “RADIUM PAINT TAKES ITS INVENTOR'S LIFE; Dr. Sabin A. Von Sochocky Ill a Long Time, Poisoned by Watch Dial Luminant. 13 BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS Death Due to Aplastic Anemia-- Women Workers Who Were Stricken Sued Company.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 15 Nov. 1928, www.nytimes.com/1928/11/15/archives/radium-paint-takes-its-inventors-life-dr-sabin-a-von-sochocky-ill-a.html. Sinclair, J. Michael. “Undark™ The Radioactive Paint.” DIEDFAMOUS, DIEDFAMOUS, 23 Jan. 2020, diedfamo.us/blog/2020/1/17/undark-the-radioactive-paint. Tasch, Barbara. “Marie Curie's Belongings Will Be Radioactive For Another 1,500 Years.” ScienceAlert, 31 Aug. 2015, www.sciencealert.com/these-personal-effects-of-marie-curie-will-be-radioactive-for-another-1-500-years. Wilcoxson, Samantha. Luminous: The Story of a Radium Girl. Amazon, 2020. Witman 07.20.2017, Sarah, et al. “When Undark Was Lethal: A New Look at the 'Radium Girls'.” Undark Magazine, 2 July 2020, undark.org/2017/07/20/radium-girls-book-review/.

    33 min
  4. Episode 19: Super Spooky Halloween Special

    10/30/2020

    Episode 19: Super Spooky Halloween Special

    OOooOooOooOooooOO... Welcome to another episode of Femmes Macabres... oooOOOooOoOOOoooo...  In honour of our favourite holiday, Steph and Erin decided to get into the Halloween spirit by writing their own spooky stories.  The scariest part?  They wrote their stories within 48 hours -- that's 2 days!  Listen as they discuss their lockdown Halloween plans and read you their stories. -------- Find us on Social Media: Facebook Twitter Instagram www.femmesmacabres.com -------- Music: Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Mermaid by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100671 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Alone with your Voices by Marc VD Meulen https://marcvdmeulen.com/royalty-free-horror-music/ Horror Ambience by ESN Productions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nD3Sp_saz4&fbclid=IwAR2890FsgYW6iXYhCW6iUwatW5EcjaXgNLAJ0eCzfAiD469SqVBi8idG2X8&ab_channel=ESNProductions

    50 min
  5. Episode 11: Mary Toft: Mother of Rabbits

    05/15/2020

    Episode 11: Mary Toft: Mother of Rabbits

    In the first episode of season two, Erin and Steph discuss Mary Toft, an 18th English woman famous for giving birth to rabbits. -------- Music: Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search Artist: http://incompetech.com/ -------- Sources: Harvey, Karen, director. Mary Toft: the Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits - History Undergraduate Taster Lecture. Youtube, University of Birmingham, 4 Feb. 2019.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaHIxLCYZR4 White, Edward. “An Extraordinary Delivery of Rabbits.” The Paris Review, 5 July 2016, www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/07/05/an-extraordinary-delivery-of-rabbits/. Karen Harvey, What Mary Toft Felt: Women’s Voices, Pain, Power and the Body, History Workshop Journal, Volume 80, Issue 1, Autumn 2015, Pages 33–51, https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbv029

    30 min
  6. Episode 4: Canada’s “Little Women:” The Exploitation of the Dionne Quints

    03/11/2020

    Episode 4: Canada’s “Little Women:” The Exploitation of the Dionne Quints

    In the first of TWO episodes this week, Erin tells Steph the devastating tale of the exploitation of the Dionne Quintuplets. --------  Music:  Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search Artist: http://incompetech.com/  &  The Coquette by United States Marine Band is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Courtesy of Youtube Audio Library  ---------  Sources:  Arnup, Katherine. "Raising the Dionne Quintuplets: Lessons for Modern Mothers." Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 1994, pp. 65-85. ProQuest, https://ucd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/docview/203551854?accountid=14507.  BBC. “The Dionne Quintuplets.” Witness History, BBC, 3 Jun, 2012. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00s5p44.  Committo, Mike. “#Canada150: How Ontario Exploited Five Little Northern Girls and Put North Bay on the Map.” Sudbury.com, Sudbury.com, 27 May 2017, www.sudbury.com/columns/canada150/canada150-how-ontario-exploited-five-little-northern-girls-and-put-north-bay-on-the-map-628196.  Dehli, Kari. "Fictions of the Scientific Imagination: Researching the Dionne Quintuplets." Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 1994, pp. 86-110. ProQuest, https://ucd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/docview/203531719?accountid=14507.  Depalma, Anthony. “3 Dionne Survivors Accept A $28 Million Settlement.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 7 Mar. 1998, www.nytimes.com/1998/03/07/world/3-dionne-survivors-accept-a-28-million-settlement.html.  McKay, Ian. "Why Tell this Parable? some Ethical Reflections on the Dionne Quintuplets." Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 1994, pp. 144-152. ProQuest, https://ucd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/docview/203551638?accountid=14507.  Miller, Sarah. The Miracle & Tragedy of the Dionne Quintuplets. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2019. Parker, Ian. “DARK SIDE OF THE FAMOUS FIVE.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 22 Oct. 2011, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/dark-side-of-the-famous-five-1538527.html.  Peter Handley, host. “MHC Heritage Diary- Episode 12- The Dionne Quintuplets.” Heritage Diary Podcast, North Bay Municipal Heritage Committee. 12 Aug, 2019. https://www.cityofnorthbay.ca/cityhall/department/planning-services/committees/municipal-heritage-committee/heritage-diary-podcast/mhc-heritage-diary-episode-12-the-dionne-quintuplets/  Soucy, Jean Yves, and Käthe Roth. Family Secrets: the Dionne Quintuplets' Own Story. Berkeley Books, 1997.  Wood, Shelley. “The Dionne Quintuplets as a Cautionary Tale for Kidfluencers.” Time, Time, 20 Mar. 2019, time.com/5555131/dionne-quintuplets-kidfluencers/.  Wright, Cynthia. "They were Five: The Dionne Quintuplets Revisited." Journal of Canadian Studies, vol. 29, no. 4, 1994, pp. 5-14. ProQuest, https://ucd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://search-proquest-com.ucd.idm.oclc.org/docview/203551979?accountid=14507.

    38 min

  7. 02/28/2020

    Episode 3: Death by Misadventure

    In this week's episode, Erin helps Steph celebrate her 27th birthday by discussing some myths surrounding the 27 Club and the strange disappearance of Richey Edwards.  Steph also reveals what her birthday tarot spread revealed about her year ahead. -------- Music: Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search Artist: http://incompetech.com/ & The Hunter by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://audionautix.com/ --------- Sources: Evon, Dan. “FACT CHECK: Did Several Musicians Die with White BIC Lighters in Their Pockets?” Snopes.com, www.snopes.com/fact-check/white-bic-lighter-deaths/. “How to Do a Birthday Tarot Or Oracle Spread.” Cauldrons and Cupcakes, 12 Sept. 2017, www.cauldronsandcupcakes.com/2017/09/13/how-to-do-a-birthday-tarot-or-oracle-spread/. Lehmann, R C. “The Birthday.” Public Domain Poetry, www.public-domain-poetry.com/r-c-lehmann/birthday-23664. “The Day Richey Edwards Disappeared.” Manic Street Preachers Missing Member | 2019, Penguin Random House, 30 Jan. 2019, www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2019/jan/withdrawn-traces-richey-edwards-day-of-disappearance/. Roberts, Sara Hawks, and Leon Noakes. Withdrawn Traces: Searching For the Truth About Richey Manic. Virgin Books, 2019.

    35 min

  8. 02/21/2020

    Episode 2: Let's Get Physic(al) Gardening!

    In this week's episode, Steph and Erin discuss the history of physic gardens, Jacob Bobart's contributions to botanancy, and the interesting lore and magic of mandrakes. --------- Music: Dark Hallway by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/?keywords=Hallway&Search=Search Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --------- Sources: Baker, Margaret. Discovering the Folklore of Plants. Shire Publications, 2008. Carter, Anthony John. “Myths and Mandrakes.” Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, vol. 96, no. 3, Mar. 2003, pp. 144–147, doi:10.1177/014107680309600312. Culpeper, Nicholas. Culpeper's Complete Herbal. Project Gutenberg , 2015. “Hildegard's Medieval Garden.” Hildegarden: a Hildegard-Inspired Modern Medicinal Medieval Garden., 13 Aug. 2018, healthyhildegard.com/hildegards-medieval-garden/. Penn Medicine. “The Physic Garden.” Pennsylvania Hospital History: Historical Timeline - The Physic Garden, www.uphs.upenn.edu/paharc/timeline/1751/tline9.html. Powell, Claire. The Meaning of Flowers. Jupiter Books, 1977. Robertson, John. “THE POISON GARDEN Website  .” THE POISON GARDEN Website, 2018, www.thepoisongarden.co.uk/. SEEBER, KARIN. “JACOB BOBART (1596–1680): FIRST KEEPER OF THE OXFORD PHYSIC GARDEN.” Garden History, vol. 41, no. 2, 2013, pp. 278–284. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24636233. Accessed 15 Feb. 2020. “Trees, Plants, and Flowers.” A Treasury of British Folklore: Maypoles, Mandrakes & Mistletoe, by Dee Dee. Chainey, National Trust Books, 2018, pp. 112–121. Walker, Timothy. “THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD BOTANIC GARDEN.” Australian Garden History, vol. 8, no. 5, 1997, pp. 18–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44179690. Accessed 16 Feb. 2020. Wawer, I. “Digitalis Lanata.” Digitalis Lanata - an Overview, www.sciencedirect.com/topics/pharmacology-toxicology-and-pharmaceutical-science/digitalis-lanata.

    21 min

  9. 02/08/2020

    Femmes Macabres (Podcast Trailer)

    Welcome to Femmes Macabres, a podcast about life's mysteries, oddities and of course, the macabre.  Hosted by Stephanie Meloche and Erin Vance.

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A podcast about life's mysteries, oddities and of course, the macabre. Hosted by Stephanie Meloche and Erin Vance.

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  • Creator
    Femmes Macabres
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2022
  • Episodes
    9
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Femmes Macabres
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