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Queers for Fears Queers for Fears
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Two queer best friends since toddlerhood talk about the scarier parts of life, death, and everything in between. They take their research seriously, but each other...not so much.
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Episode 69: Bug Years Don't Come in A Jar: Cicadas of 2024 and Locusts of 1874
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!In this episode, Ellie discusses 2024: The Year of the Cicada?! and Abby talks about 1874: The Year of the Locust. Tangents include, but are not limited to: how much you’d need to pay us to eat bugs, being alive in the 1870s, disgusting Bug Goo, the Ancient Greeps, our own insect horrors, and more! Which creature is scarier? The Locust or the Cicada? Find out on this episode of Queers for Fears! Content Warnings E...
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Episode 68: A Dangerous Crush
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!In this episode, Abby talks about Freda and Alice, two teenagers from Memphis, Tennessee living in the 19th century who fell in love and planned to marry. Unfortunately, it all went wrong and tragedy struck. Support the Show.
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Episode 67: An (Attempted) Snake Murder Part II
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!The exciting conclusion to part one. This episode dives in to the crime itself, the trial and a whole lot of wacky tangents along the way. Support the Show.
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Episode 66: An Attempted Snake Murder (Part I)
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!In Part One, Abby lays the foundation for another (attempted) snake murder in Alabama. She touches upon serpent handling and Pentecostal churches-a large part of this mystery. queersforfears.comPatreon: /queersforfearsSources: Wikipedia entries for Pentecostalism and Snake HandlingDocumentary Alabama Snake (2019) Bitter Southerner's article: The Pentecostal Serpenthttps://bittersoutherner.com/the-pentec...
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Episode 65: A Nice Day for a...Weed Wedding
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!You didn't think Abby would let Ellie get married and NOT talk about a wild wedding, did you!? This week, Abby talks about a wedding with 200 POUNDS of weed, the kind of wedding guests you DON'T want to show up and Michigan. Check out our website at www.queersforfears.com Support us on Patreon!Buy a t-shirt on our Website!Sources: The Atlantic: A Wedding Sting by Jeff Mayshhttps://www.theatlantic.com/po...
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Episode 64: A Perfect(?) Midwestern Kidnapping
Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode!Abby discusses a record setting 1972 kidnapping in Minnesota of a wealthy socialite Support the Show.
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