Queers for Fears

Episode 78: Roop Kund and Mad Stones

Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869100/fan_mail/new] Oh my, Listeners.  It's been a hot minute.  Between some audio equipment failings, Ellie's Big Move and the school year hitting full speed we're, well, a bit behind to say the least.  On this week's episode, Ellie discusses the creepy and mysterious Roop Kund and tries to offer some explanation for all those bones.  Abby, meanwhile, talks about an old fashioned cure for rabies.  CW: Bones, decay, rabies, animal deaths. We're Drinking: The Everest & A Fall Mule Ellie's Sources:  Roopkund, the Frozen Mystery [https://vimeo.com/53057210], India Today [https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/uttarakhand-roopkund-skeleton-lake-mystery-solved-bones-9th-century-tribesmen-died-of-hail-storms-165083-2013-05-30], Encyclopedia Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Muhammad-ibn-Tughluq], Times of India [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/travel/destinations/the-mystery-behind-the-skeletons-of-roopkund-lake/articleshow/41691295.cms], Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology [https://www.shh.mpg.de/1438702/roopkund-lake-nayak], the Atlantic [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/08/roopkund-skeleton-lake/596416/], NatGeo [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/dna-study-deepens-mystery-lake-skeletons-roopkund], Business Insider [https://www.businessinsider.com/hundreds-of-bodies-himalayan-skeleton-lake-photos-2019-10], Nature Communications [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6702210/], the New Yorker [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/12/14/the-skeletons-at-the-lake] Abby's Sources: Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura Follow us on Social Media:  Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube: @queersforfearspodcast Twitter/X: @queersfearspod Email: podcastqueersforfears@gmail.com To support our show please subscribe, rate, and write reviews wherever you listen to our podcast.  If you’re feeling super generous you can buy us a beer here without any additional commitments, or you can support us on Patreon monthly and get access to all of our spooky, gay BONUS CONTENT.  🌈👻💀 Thanks for listening!  Stay queer! Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast]

Episode 77: Radioactive Quackery and an Amphibious Infant

Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869100/fan_mail/new] On this episode, Ellie takes us to her Chemistry class to learn about isotopes and radioactive "cures" for illness throughout the years. Then, Abby talks about an...interesting experiment on a poor innocent baby by some mad man who (incorrectly) assumed that babies were amphibious and couldn't drown.  Oh, you have follow up questions? Listen and find out what we're talking about! CW: Ellie: Medical trauma, illness, death, decay Abby: Animal cruelty, child abuse We're Drinking: Abby: Gin and juice Ellie: Water (she wasn't feeling well in this one, folks!  Poor thing!) Sources: Ellie: CDC [https://www.cdc.gov/radiation-health/about/health-effects-of-radiation.html], EPA [https://www.epa.gov/radiation/radionuclide-basics-radium], JAMA Dermatology [https://sci-hub.st/10.1001/jamadermatol.2017.2672], WSJ [https://web.archive.org/web/20170216124222/https://case.edu/affil/MeMA/MCA/11-20/1991-Nov.pdf], the Brooklyn Daily Eagle [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-dr-s-von-socho/3474048/], the BBC [https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-59703523], WaPo [https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/the-lethal-legacy-of-early-20th-century-radiation-quackery/2020/02/14/ed1fd724-37c9-11ea-bf30-ad313e4ec754_story.html] Abby: The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine by Thomas Morris Follow us on Social Media:  Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube: @queersforfearspodcast Twitter/X: @queersfearspod Email: podcastqueersforfears@gmail.com To support our show please subscribe, rate, and write reviews wherever you listen to our podcast.  If you’re feeling super generous you can buy us a beer here without any additional commitments, or you can support us on Patreon monthly and get access to all of our spooky, gay BONUS CONTENT.  🌈👻💀 Thanks for listening!  Stay queer! Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast]

Episode 76: Man-Eating Tsavo Lions and The Darker History of Watermelon

Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869100/fan_mail/new] On this episode, Ellie discusses the pair of Tsavo Lions who ate "very few humans" (very few is in the eye of the beholder, we suppose!) as well as their post mortem fate.  Once again, the real fear is colonialism here on QFF.  We know what we're about.  Then, Abby discusses one of her favorite summer fruits, the watermelon.  She discusses some true history, stereotypes associated with watermelons and some folklore surrounding them.  Tangents include but are not limited to:  Kovu from Lion King 2, Abby's staunch opinion on eggs, the perfect fruit salad, and many more. We're drinking... Abby's Segment: Watermelon Spike Agua Fresca with a Tajin rim Ellie's Segment: Content Warnings for this episode: Ellie's segment: Humans eaten by lions, humans killing lions, colonialism, and racism. Abby's Segment: poison, accidental deaths, and racism Sources: Ellie's Segment: Field Museum [https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/tsavo-lions], Atlas Obscura [https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/tsavo-man-eaters-lions], Carnegie Museum of Natural History [https://mammals.carnegiemnh.org/childs-frick-abyssinian-expedition/uganda-railway/#:~:text=Built%20by%20the%20British%20government,eastern%20shore%20of%20Lake%20Victoria.], UC Santa Cruz [https://news.ucsc.edu/2009/11/3316.html], Smithsonian Magazine [https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/man-eaters-of-tsavo-11614317/], Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man-eaters_of_Tsavo] (for a recap of the book), AAAS [https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/756002] Abby's Segment: How Watermelons became a Racist Trope by: William R. Black in The Atlantic, Wikipedia entry on watermelons, NPR [https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/19/407949182/saving-the-sweetest-watermelon-the-south-has-ever-known], Bradford Watermelons [https://bradfordwatermelons.com/product-category/watermelons/], Today  [https://www.today.com/food/news/watermelons-exploding-foaming-rcna100186] Follow us on Social Media:  Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube: @queersforfearspodcast Twitter/X: @queersfearspod Email: podcastqueersforfears@gmail.com To support our show please subscribe, rate, and write reviews wherever you listen to our podcast.  If you’re feeling super generous you can buy us a beer here [http://buymeacoffee.com/podcastquej]without any additional commitments, or you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast] monthly and get access to all of our spooky, gay BONUS CONTENT.  🌈👻💀 Thanks for listening!  Stay queer! Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast]

Episode 75: Wood Island Lighthouse and Plane Accidents

Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869100/fan_mail/new] **there were some tech issues in this episode, so please bear with us regarding the sound quality/echo!** In this episode, we celebrate our annual Besties Trip! We're going to Maine, everybody!  In preparation for the trip, Abby discusses the Wood Island Lighthouse's real life horrifying terrors and rumored paranormal events and secrets. She tops it off with a wholesome story about a dog we don't deserve. Then, Ellie drags (it's an aviation joke, do you get it?) the mood down by talking about some horrifying plane crashes (right before we get onto our flight to Maine, but go off, queen) caused by hubris  and not following Aviation Rules, which we assume is a real thing and not something we just made up for the description.  Content Warnings:  Abby's Segment: murder, suicide, ghosts Ellie: plane accidents, death, death of children We're drinking: Abby's Cocktail: Blueberry Gimlet Ellie's Cocktail: The Aviation Abby's Sources: The Wood Island Lighthouse website at woodislandlighthouse.org, an article by Jeremy D'Entremont on the website newenglandlighthouses.net; an article from the Portland Press Herald called New England Ghost Project visits Wood Island Lighthouse by Amy Robinson  and of course, Wikipedia. Ellie's Sources: Aerotime, NASA, Popular Mechanics, Business Insider, Reddit, The New York Times, and the LA Times Follow us on Social Media:  Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and Youtube: @queersforfearspodcast Twitter/X: @queersfearspod Email: podcastqueersforfears@gmail.com To support our show please subscribe, rate, and write reviews wherever you listen to our podcast.  If you’re feeling super generous you can buy us a beer here [http://buymeacoffee.com/podcastquej]without any additional commitments, or you can support us on Patreon [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast] monthly and get access to all of our spooky and gay BONUS CONTENT.  🌈👻💀 Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast]

Episode 74: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon and The Hat Man

Send a message an d let us know what you think of this episode! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1869100/fan_mail/new] In this episode, Abby talks about the Mas Gasser of Mattoon. In 1944 a string of strange attacks hit Mattoon Illinois. The town was full of panic. Then, Ellie tells us about The Hat Man.  Cw: abby: assault, breaking and entering, gas, mysterious illness Ellie: sleep paralysis, disordered sleep Support the show [https://www.patreon.com/queersforfearspodcast]