Lorien and Katharine ask the question: How far would you go to avoid a difficult conversation with your spouse or disgruntled customer?

Sources:

• https://apple.news/ATYUaGTqbQ2-QC-0-fLXQnQ
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faked_death
• https://nypost.com/2023/01/04/author-allegedly-faked-suicide-to-promote-romance-novel-beyond-psychotic/
• https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/10/us/susan-meachen-romance-author-alive-death-cec/index.html
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2023/01/04/author-announces-susan-meachen-alive-years-after-apparent-suicide/10990200002/
• https://nypost.com/2023/01/16/author-who-faked-her-own-death-reveals-what-lead-her-to-lie/
• https://www.reddit.com/r/HobbyDrama/comments/con504/fiber_crafting_about_a_decade_ago_prominent/
• https://gizmodo.com/the-psychology-of-faking-your-own-death-1830022958
• https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/6/4/17424666/russian-journalist-who-faked-death-arkady-babchenko
• https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/inside-the-world-of-investigators-who-know-youve-faked-your-death

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”