HEYYOOOOOOOO! This BONUS episode is a quick short while we're on hiatus that covers historical, folklore, and/or magical & mystical ritual mutilation, the practice of divination via human organs or deformities, monstrous births, abominable omens, & reading the future through "teratascopy" (or the interpretation of prophecies through the reading of meat malformations and metamorphosis through mutation.) IT'S EXTRA GROSS, EXTRA WEIRD, & UTTERLY DISGUSTING! Plus a quick insight into the modern (-ish) myths of the "comprachicos" or "child buyers", high society and royal freakshows, the brujo familiars known as "imbunche", India's despicable "chelas" & the making of un- fortunate, disfigured "rat children". Is there a connection between these extreme ritualistic & criminal body mods all throughout history from different cultures? This is definitely one of the much more far out there and theoretical topics which currently plague Mike's mind. Give it a listen then be sure to tune back in next week when the fellas embark on a dark American expedition hidden from the history books!

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Ft. music from the album "New York. Addis. London." by Mulatu Astatke and "Vibes From The Tribes" by Yesterday's New Quintet

SOURCES:

https://www.etymonline.com/word/teratoscopy#:~:text=Entries%20linking%20to%20teratoscopy&text=and%20meaning%20"marvel%2C%20monster%2C,sign%2C%20wonder%2C%20monster."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprachicos

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbunche

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rats_of_Shah_Dola

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teratology

https://wehd.com/94/Teratoscopy.html

*Google image search for "TERATOMAS" at your own risk

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This episode the boys are covering the C.I.A.'s control of Candy Jones, MKULTRA, Project: MONARCH, mind control, & Michael Jackson. Say whaaaat? There's actually quite a bit of connective tissue...BELIEVE IT...OR NOT! Also, a whole lotta drug talk! All this plus "What's Weird This Week?" where we cover YET ANOTHER incident of fast food instigated assault, some black market narcotic stock tips, and a Musky old "ratzi"! Give it a listen and get CONFROSTIGATED!

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Opening/closing theme: "Ghost Town" by Aves, also featuring "Little Green Bags" (Instrumental Version) and "Enigma" by Enya or some shit

SOURCES :

https://www.amazon.com/Control-Candy-Jones-Donald-Bain/dp/1522839100

https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/cold-fries-case-236901

https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/frontline-against-fentanyl *

*"Worm" (don't ask)

https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025/1/21/musk-accused-of-giving-nazi-salute-during-trump-inauguration-celebrations

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SWEET DREAMS EVERYBODY! This week we're talking about sleep paralysis and it's connections to alien abduction, witchcraft, and demonology (amongst other things...DIRTY things!) That's right, there's a weird as hell sexual component to this mysterious sleepy brain glitch and the fellas get IN. TO. IT! What the hell is up with sleep paralysis? Give this episode a listen and find out all about it. AND NO! We won't be talking about our dreams the whole time, we really ZAZZED this one up for ya folks! ENJOY!

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Opening/closing theme: "Ghost Town" by Aves, also ft. "Budos Rising" by The Budos Band

SOURCES:

*https://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/crack/counselor-crack-275694

*https://x.com/Kazi5isAlive/status/1875915662474010907

*https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4361477

*https://www.burlingtonnews.net/abductionflourescents.html

*https://moneymorning.com/2012/02/22/why-chimps-throw-poop-and-17-other-examples-of-government-waste/

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