Katharine gives Lorien (and you) a diversion from current events with an exploration of a decades-old cold case mystery.

Sources:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/isdal-woman

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

https://www.nzz.ch/english/new-leads-in-unsolved-1970-death-lead-to-nazi-allied-swiss-banker-ld.1741613

https://www.wvnstv.com/digital-desk/how-many-missing-persons-are-found-in-the-u-s-yearly/#:~:text=An%20NPR%20interview%20with%20Todd,of%20the%20year%20as%20unresolved.%E2%80%9D&text=This%20is%20much%20the%20same,persons%20cases%20are%20happening%20today.&text=2021%20saw%20the%20least%20ever,and%20less%20to%20worry%20about.

Lorien reminds Katharine that we're all just driving giant killing machines like it's no big deal.

Sources:

• https://newsroom.aaa.com/2021/03/heading-the-wrong-way-with-wrong-way-driving/
• https://www.satterleylaw.com/blog/why-do-people-drive-the-wrong-way/#:~:text=Alcohol impairment is the most,share of wrong-way drivers.
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong-way_driving
• https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/septemberoctober-2002/stop-youre-going-wrong-way
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrong-way_driving_warning
• https://govcomm.us/wrong-way-vehicle-detection-systems/
• https://www.insideedition.com/23522-what-to-do-if-a-wrong-way-driver-is-coming-your-way-to-avoid-a
• https://www.kbzk.com/news/local-news/2-dead-after-wrong-way-crash-on-i-90e-near-three-forks-sheriffs-office-says
• https://dailymontanan.com/2024/04/16/ratings-montana-worst-for-drunk-driving-fatalities/
• https://azdot.gov/about/transportation-safety/wrong-way-drivers
• https://www.mcmathlaw.com/blog/how-common-are-wrong-way-accidents/
• https://people.com/celebrity/impact-after-the-crash-shares-lessons-from-worst-drunk-driving-crash-in-history/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrollton_bus_collision
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/05/12/survivors-recall-deadliest-drunken-driving-crash/2154291/
• https://www.nnlawkc.com/blog/2017/10/what-should-you-do-when-someone-is-driving-the-wrong-way/
• https://www.ncsl.org/transportation/driving-in-the-right-direction-state-efforts-to-combat-wrong-way-driving
• https://www.ncsl.org/transportation/driving-in-the-right-direction-state-efforts-to-combat-wrong-way-driving
• https://kutv.com/news/local/us-40-at-a-standstill-after-crash-closes-eastbound-highway-in-summit-county

Come! We Fly!

Sources:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleus_Maleficarum

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4XFiHUQAs

- ​​https://www.britannica.com/topic/Malleus-maleficarum

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x5KesH3dzM

- https://www.law.berkeley.edu/research/the-robbins-collection/exhibitions/witch-trials-in-early-modern-europe-and-new-england/

- https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/history-of-witches

- https://www.thecollector.com/european-witch-hunting/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witchcraft

Lorien tells Katharine about the scariest thing that turn-of-the-20th century San Jose residents could conjure up: an eccentric, educated widow with too much money.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Winchester
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Mystery_House#San_Jose_house_renovation
• https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/disneys-haunted-mansion-and-more-winchester-mystery-houses-influence-on-pop-culture/
• https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/history/
• https://winchestermysteryhouse.com/timeline/
• https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/here-s-to-you-mrs-winchester-2608169.php
• https://www.scotsman.com/arts-and-culture/books/book-review-mrs-winchesters-gun-club-by-douglas-bruton-1407380
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-of-the-ooze/201801/the-winchester-mystery-house-and-other-haunted-places
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/out-of-the-ooze/201511/what-makes-a-house-feel-haunted
• https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/654998/when-harry-houdini-visited-winchester-mystery-house
• Buzzfeed Unsolved, Season 1 episode 3
• https://skepticalinquirer.org/2024/08/the-truth-about-sallie-winchester-and-the-mystery-house-that-never-was/
• https://skeptoid.com/episodes/4824
• https://www.legendsofamerica.com/winchester-mystery-house/
• https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/the-myth-of-the-winchester-mystery-house-16571653.php
• https://allthatsinteresting.com/sarah-winchester

Katharine dips into the world of cryptids to tell Lorien about a man-sized bird...creature...something?

Sources:

- https://www.mothmanfestival.com/

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothman

- https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Bridge

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXHrSFzCH8I

- https://allthatsinteresting.com/history-uncovered/mothman

- https://www.chicagotribune.com/2017/07/29/column-chicagos-mothman-stories-are-good-paranormal-entertainment/

- https://hangar1publishing.com/blogs/cryptids/mothman-ohare?srsltid=AfmBOoo-pLew7fnTdIiUpxeqDySzFkxiQXi2ukOyHSPC6FhtzyDOJ--M

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mothman_Prophecies

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional_UFO_hypothesis

- https://www.mothmanmuseum.com/

- https://alexandriaghosts.com/mothman-the-harbinger-of-doom/

Lorien tells Katharine about a real-life doctor who neglected to take the Hippocratic Oath.

Sources:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal_Lecter
• https://www.latintimes.com/thomas-harris-silence-lambs-author-reveals-hannibal-lecter-was-inspired-real-life-129778
• https://pastebin.com/fuJ70Z0W
• https://www.biography.com/crime/real-life-hannibal-lecter-alfredo-balli-trevino#
• https://www.thetimes.com/article/unmasked-doctor-who-was-real-life-hannibal-lecter-m67hzfp5svq
• https://www.biography.com/crime/real-life-hannibal-lecter-alfredo-balli-trevino#
• https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/27/ukcrime
• https://metro.co.uk/2024/03/10/cannibals-brother-says-killer-sibling-will-never-show-remorse-horrific-crimes-20436207/#:~:text=Robert Maudsley has been locked,of maximum security Wakefield Prison.
• https://www.islandecho.co.uk/serial-killer-robert-maudsley-aka-hannibal-the-cannibal/
• https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/hannibal-cannibal-robert-maudsleys-grim-32213159
• https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/brain-eater-killer-robert-maudsley-14888774
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issei_Sagawa
• https://ew.com/article/1991/03/29/playing-hannibal-lecter/
• https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/oct/13/an-old-friend-for-dinner-why-were-not-scared-of-hannibal-lecter-any-more
• https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/201603/our-enduring-love-affair-with-dr-hannibal-lecter

Happy October! Katharine kicks off a month of spooky topics with a haunted (?) wine cabinet.

"October", Robert Frost: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53084/october-56d23212a5b72

Sources:

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk

- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dybbuk_box

- https://genius.com/Kevin-mannis-description-of-the-dibbuk-dybbuk-box-for-ebay-annotated

- https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/haunted-dibbuk-won-on-ebay-causes-bad-luck

- https://newsletter.truman.edu/article.asp?id=7586

- https://skepticalinquirer.org/exclusive/the-dibbuk-box/

- https://www.latimes.com/la-ca-urban-legend-jewish-scroll-cabinet-t-20040725-story.html

- https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/the-possession-jeffrey-dean-morgan-horror-movie-retrospective

- Paranormal Witness, Season 2, Episode 1: “The Dibbuk Box”

Lorien just wants surgeons to be perfect. Is that so much to ask?

Sources:

• https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article290163534.html
• https://www.kcci.com/article/andrea-irwin-iowa-woman-zoll-heart-monitor-lawsuit/61617551
• https://hub.jhu.edu/2016/05/03/medical-errors-third-leading-cause-of-death/
• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/leading-causes-of-death.htm
• https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db492-tables.pdf#4
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3963345/
• https://baltimoretimes-online.com/living-well/health/2024/05/10/johns-hopkins-study-points-to-medical-errors-as-americas-third-leading-cause-of-death
• https://news.unchealthcare.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/1159/2020/10/TimeOutDocumentationMay2010.pdf
• https://www.who.int/teams/integrated-health-services/patient-safety/research/safe-surgery/tool-and-resources
• https://www.aorn.org/article/wrong-surgeries-up-26--in-2023
• https://globalnews.ca/news/10732577/florida-surgeon-removed-liver-spleen-dr-shaknovsky/
• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-surgeon-mistakenly-removes-patients-liver-instead-spleen-causi-rcna169614
• https://patientidnow.org/
• https://www.statnews.com/2022/06/22/national-patient-id-essential-patient-safety/
• https://psnet.ahrq.gov/web-mm/patient-identification-errors-systems-challenge#:~:text=Of 503 healthcare executives across,standard of 8-10%.
• https://www.taylor.com/blog/12-simple-ways-to-ensure-positive-patient-identification
• https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primer/wrong-site-wrong-procedure-and-wrong-patient-surgery
• https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/news-and-articles/bulletin/2023/june-2023-volume-108-issue-6/study-analyzes-wrong-site-surgery-data-in-medical-malpractice-complaints/
• https://www.phillymalpracticelawyer.com/blog/patient-mix-causes-medical-malpractice-death/
• https://healthjournalism.org/blog/2023/07/medical-errors-are-the-third-leading-cause-of-death-and-other-statistics-you-should-question/
• https://www.puffnstuff.com.au/no-medical-errors-arent-3rd-top-cause-of-us-deaths/70045