Episode 2 - Halloween & The Refrigerators With Arms

On this episode we talk about HALLOWEEN! Well, for a little while anyway. We always seem to jump from topic to topic. Hear about the real-life Candy Man as well as the refrigerators with arms on the coast of California.

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Produced by Peter Woodward III

Welcome back! And Happy Halloween, everybody! Hope you are all keeping it spooky.

Throwback Halloween Costumes from the Strange Woods guys

Say 'yes' to Trick-or-Treat, and 'no' to drugs!

A quick Google search showed that the big scary drug threat this year for Halloween was rainbow fentanyl, which is fentanyl disguised as rainbow-colored candy similar to Smarties or Sweet Tarts. Fentanyl is a potent and dangerous synthetic opioid that has been making bigger and wider appearances in the last few years causing all manner of mayhem. Happily, we cannot find any documented instances of accidental ingestion of fentanyl this year.

Here are a few articles to confirm:

https://www.wtvy.com/2022/10/14/houston-county-sheriffs-office-threat-rainbow-fentanyl-halloween/

https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/there-were-zero-reported-cases-of-fentanyl-in-candy-over-halloween-weekend-32820314

Candy Man

The real life Candy Man, Ronald Clark O’Bryan killed his son on Halloween 1974 to collect on an insurance payout. He gave his own child and four other kids cyanide in Pixy Stix with his kid being the only fatality. What a POS.

https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/the-man-who-killed-halloween

Slenderman

Slenderman is a long, tall creeper without a face that stalks, abducts, impersonates little kids. He started as a fictional creation on creepypasta and has continued to build a following. There have even been murders attributed to his “followers” wanting to please him. Slenderman is an example of what Jonathan was discussing about tulpas, a thought, idea, or creation that can essentially be given life through belief.

https://people.howstuffworks.com/tulpas-idea-that-thoughts-can-come-alive.htm

Black-eyed Kids

Different theories exist about black-eyed children or black-eyed kids: aliens trying to return home, demons, vampires, etc. But whatever the theory, they basically look like kiddos, and they try to get into your personal space and unleash havoc. Sense of dread, nosebleeds, and power outages are just a few of the things that seem to accompany their presence. Spooooky stuff.

https://www.tbsnews.net/splash/legend-black-eyed-children-55705

Haunted Highway

This is the “haunted highway” where Jonathan’s dad had his paranormal experience with the police car that wasn’t there.

It’s extremely narrow and deserted. And apparently haunted.

Spoooooky Memories

Peter's Trip to Roswell and Antelope Canyon

Our First Listener story!

Shout out and thanks so much to Stephanie for giving us our very first listener experience story! Haunted bathrooms…yikes. Does that mean instead of ‘boo’, the ghosts say “Poooooo”…? No? Okay.

Mouse Wars

Our contenders: Fievel from An American Tail, the mouse from Mouse Hunt, and the title character from Stuart Little. Overwhelmingly, Fievel is the most gangster of all the mouse heroes. First generation immigrant, fights cats to get home to his family, and that hat is rad: yep. Definitely beats out annoying rodent and white privilege mouse.

And because you deserve it, the Elephant Seal aka The Refrigerator with Arms in all its horned-up majesty...

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