Femmes Macabres

Femmes Macabres

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

  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 26: The Case of the Cottingley Fairies

    05/08/2021

    Episode 26: The Case of the Cottingley Fairies

    No, your eyes do not deceive you.  This IS a new episode of Femmes Macabres!  In this week's episode, Erin and Steph are dancing with the fairies!  Tune in to learn about the history of fairies and the most famous fairy hoax of all, the Cottingley Fairies. SUPPORT US  Buy us a coffee! FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA  Instagram Facebook  Twitter OUR WEBSITE  www.femmesmacabres.com 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/) SOURCES Branagan, Mark, and Stephen Jones. “A Professor Fell for a Hoax about Fairies - and His Life Was Shattered.” Irish Mirror, 15 Jan. 2017, www.irishmirror.ie/news/weird-news/curse-cottingley-fairies-how-professors-9626260. “Cottingley Fairies Fake Photos to Go under the Hammer.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 31 Mar. 2019, www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/mar/31/cottingley-fairies-fake-photos-go-under-the-hammer. Forsberg, Laura. “Nature's Invisibilia: The Victorian Microscope and the Miniature Fairy.” Victorian Studies, vol. 57, no. 4, 2015, pp. 638–666. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/10.2979/victorianstudies.57.4.03. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021. Hewitt, Alden. “The Fairy Lore of the Elizabethans.” The Elementary English Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 1934, pp. 1–29. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41380900. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021. Maher, FR. The Secret of the Cottingley Fairies. Amazon Publishing, 2017. Saunders, Michèle J. “A Small Trip Through Tooth Lore, or Where Did the Tooth Fairy Come From?” Generations: Journal of the American Society on Aging, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 16–18. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/26556210. Accessed 14 Apr. 2021.

    42 min
  4. 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
  5. Episode 24: A Victorian Death Extravaganza: Death & Mourning in the 19th Century

    01/30/2021

    Episode 24: A Victorian Death Extravaganza: Death & Mourning in the 19th Century

    Inspired by the research Steph did for her Halloween story, this week's episode of Femmes Macabres finds Steph and Erin reading through Victorian era newspapers for strange ways people died during the time period.  They also discuss the 19th century outlook on death and mourning and compare it to the death positive movement currently taking the world by storm thanks to organisations like the Order of the Good Death. Coming up next week on Femmes Macabres: how the radium girls inspired workplace health and safety reform. 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: Bradford, Adam. “Inspiring Death: Poe's Poetic Aesthetics, ‘Annabel Lee," and the Communities of Mourning in Nineteenth-Century America.” The Edgar Allan Poe Review, vol. 12, no. 1, 2011, pp. 72–100. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41506434. https://thebabydied.blogspot.com/ https://dying.lovetoknow.com/death-cultures-around-world/behind-victorian-mourning-veil-10-surprising-facts http://victorian-era.org/victorian-era-mourning-period.html https://www.history.co.uk/history-of-death/victorians-and-the-art-of-dying https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8DxI8Pn1Uw https://www.tchevalier.com/fallingangels/bckgrnd/mourning/ https://www.thecollector.com/post-mortem-photography/ https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/understanding-grief/201812/death-and-mourning-practices-in-the-victorian-age

    32 min
  6. Episode 23: How NOT to Ring in the New Year: The Egans' Murders of 1964

    01/02/2021

    Episode 23: How NOT to Ring in the New Year: The Egans' Murders of 1964

    In this week’s episode, Steph and Erin ring in the new year and discuss 2020, plans for Femmes Macabres in 2021, and talk murder as they investigate the mysterious murders of the Egan family gang in Watertown, New York on New Year's Eve 1964. Find us on: Facebook | Instagram | Twitter If you are interested in submitting work to Coven Editions' online literary magazine, deathcap, read their submission guidelines here. 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: Curry, Glenn. The Egan Murders, Trouble in the North Country, 5 May 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=my6MDbTSMoI. Dwyer, Brian. “Unsolved But Not Forgotten: Who Murdered the Egans?” Spectrum News, 4 Nov. 2014, www.spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/watertown/cold-cases/2015/01/15/unsolved-but-not-forgotten--who-murdered-the-egans- Shampine, Dave, and Daniel Boyer. The Jefferson County Egan Murders: Nightmare on New Year's Eve, 1964. The History Press, 2014.

    45 min
  7. Episode 21: Ask a Vampire

    11/28/2020

    Episode 21: Ask a Vampire

    This week, we learn all about vampires and how Steph convinced her students she is one. We had SO much fun with this episode- thank you for listening! Sources Backstein, Karen. “(Un)Safe Sex: Romancing the Vampire.” Cinéaste, vol. 35, no. 1, 2009, pp. 38–41. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/41690852. Accessed 24 Nov. 2020. https://www.livescience.com/40843-real-dracula-vlad-the-impaler.html https://serialkillershistory.wordpress.com/2017/12/20/the-true-story-of-elizabeth-bathory-the-blood-countess-2/ -------- 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/ --------

    56 min
  8. Episode 7: REALLY Close Encounters

    11/11/2020

    Episode 7: REALLY Close Encounters

    In this week's bonus episode, Erin & Steph discuss alien abductions, hypnosis, and a guest appearance by Steph’s aunt Daisy . -------- 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/ Sun Machine One by Loopop is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Sources: Jacobs, David Michael, and John E. Mack. Secret Life: Firsthand Documented Accounts of Ufo Abductions. Simon & Schuster, 1993. Thompson, Brian. “Recovered Trauma Memories and Hypnosis.” Mental Help Recovered Trauma Memories and Hypnosis Comments, American Addiction Centers, www.mentalhelp.net/blogs/recovered-trauma-memories-and-hypnosis/.

    35 min
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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
    26
  • Rating
    Explicit
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