Episode 126: Alien Mucus Soaker-Upper

Ghoul on Ghoul

Amanda and Sarah cover an unsolved case and another little f*cker. Amanda heads to Brazil for the Lead Masks Case, a 1966 incident where two men were found dead on a hill wearing lead masks, and very few clues as to why they were there or what killed them. Sarah heads to Russia to talk about the domovoi and the kikimora, a pair of house spirits familiar to Slavic folkloric beliefs. Other subjects covered include scat BINGO, Thanksgiving fatigue, and fetishizing fruitcake.

Recommendations:

Sarah recommends two books, The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater and The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Amanda recommends two films, Prospect and Underwater.

Sources:

• Russian Folk Belief by Linda J. Ivanits
• Wikipedia/Kikimora
• New York Public Library (Kikimora, Domovoi, Baccoo, and Other Strange and Spooky Creatures)
• Russia Beyond (5 Slavic horror fairytales that shouldn’t be told at night)
• Ancient pages (Kikimora – Nightly Evil Female Spirit And Goddess Of Chickens In Slavic Beliefs)
• Ancient Origins (She Brings Bad News: The Scary Slavic Household Spirit Called Kikimora)
• Skeptoid (Solving the Lead Masks of Vintem Hill)
• Flying Saucer Review (March-April 1967)
• Anomalies (1966, August 17: The Lead Masks Mystery)
• Mental Floss (The Bizarre Lead Mask Deaths of 1966)
• Wikimedia/Lead Masks Case

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