BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast

BSP: Believer Skeptic Podcast


Episode 67 – Don’t Be A Typhoid Mary!

March 30, 2020

We hope everyone is staying safe out there! For this episode, we decided to focus on other pandemics - screw you, Covid! - that had paranormal consequences. First, Cody talks about people who’ve gotten freakishly sick after paranormal encounters. This story has throwbacks to four past episodes: Men in Black, Shadow Men, Slenderman, and Black-Eyed Kids! Then, Chris talks about Poveglia Island, a secluded island where people with the Bubonic Plague were shipped without mercy (naturally, it’s super haunted after so much ickiness). Next, Cody dives into Waverly Hills Sanitorium, a “hospital” where people with tuberculosis were sent. A lot of cruelty there happened - in the name of research - and disgruntled ghosts still walk the place. Finally, Chris shares the true story of Typhoid Mary, a cook who refused to stop working, and ended up infecting a ton of people. Her ghost is said to still walk the earth! Drinks this week are peach lemonade and Shock Top white ale.


Advisory: 0:00s-0:12s
Intro music: 0:12s-0:34s
Topic: 0:34s-3:49m
Drinks: 3:49m-4:46m
History: 4:46m-10:34m
Paranormal Illness: 10:34m-17:13m
Poveglia Island: 17:13m-22:51m
Waverly Hill Sanitorium: 22:51m-29:55m
Typhoid Mary: 29:55m-36:44m
Skeptic 36:44m-39:19m
Believer: 39:19m-41:44m
Creep of the Week: 41:44m-46:18m
Sign Off: 46:18m-47:26m
Outro Music: 47:26m-47:39m

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Links:

History-
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323221
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trepanning
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/32042/corn-flakes-were-invented-part-anti-masturbation-crusade

Paranormal Illness-
http://paranormalacademy.co.uk/our-blog/can-paranormal-activity-make-you-sick/
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2017/08/illness-and-the-world-of-the-supernatural/

Black Death/Poveglia Island-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Death
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2015/03/the-evil-island-of-italy/

Waverly Hills Sanitorium-
https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/waverlytb

 Typhoid Mary:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoid_fever
https://allthatsinteresting.com/typhoid-mary