Historic Oddities

Hey Oddballs, we're back! We missed you. Thanks to an outpouring of love from our international fan base, we have recorded a bonus episode! Get ready for a game show, American Civil War slang style. (This episode like all of our others is family friendly. Please note, that in this episode we reference alcohol. If that is something your don't want your children to hear, feel free to sit this one out and we will see you next time!) 

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Citations for the episode:
Civil War slang and terms. Civil War Ancestral Trackers. (n.d.). https://www.ancestraltrackers.net/cw/terms-slang.htm 

Welcome back odd balls it's time for another episode! Today we explore the dangerously beautiful shade of Scheele's green! 

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Citations for this Episode:
Arsenic and new lace. Exhibit Addenda. (n.d.). https://exhibits.law.harvard.edu/arsenic-and-new-lace 

Kelleher, K. (2018, May 2). Scheele’s green, the color of fake foliage and death. The Paris Review. https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/05/02/scheeles-green-the-color-of-fake-foliage-and-death/ 

Magazine, S. (2017, April 3). Arsenic and old tastes made victorian wallpaper deadly. Smithsonian.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/victorian-wallpaper-got-its-gaudy-colors-poison-180962709/ 

Ruiz, A. (2019, July 16). Poisonous pigments: Scheele’s Green - Los Angeles Art College: Fine art: Concept art: Degrees: Community classes. Los Angeles Art College | Fine Art | Concept Art | Degrees | Community Classes. https://laafa.edu/poisonous-pigments-scheeles-green

Schmelder, B. (2023, April 13). Death on the doorstep: Arsenic in victorian wallpaper. Saint Louis Art Museum. https://www.slam.org/blog/arsenic-in-victorian-wallpaper/ 

Welcome back odd balls it's time for another episode! Today we dive into the interesting and odd life of Napoleon Bonaparte.

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Citations for this Episode:
Boyer, C., & Allen, J. P. (2018). Everything ancient Egypt. National Geographic.

Encyclopædia Britannica, inc. (n.d.). The Directory of Napoleon I. Encyclopædia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Napoleon-I/The-Directory

Funk & Wagnalls Co. (n.d.). Napoleon Bonaparte. In Funk & Wagnalls New Encyclopedia (Vol. 18, pp. 252–260).

Greenspan, J. (2019, April). 6 Things You Should Know About Napoleon. History.com. https://www.history.com/news/6-things-you-should-know-about-napoleon

Neese, J., Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, & Harriss, E. (2023, May 17). That one time Napoleon was attacked by rabbits. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/attacked-by-rabbits/ 

Hey, hey Oddballs it's the conclusion to our series on mummies! As promised it's entertainment time. So strap on those party hats, or your nicest fez and join DJ and Jamie for a quick, fun-filled bonus episode!
If you haven't listened to the first two episodes in this series, remember to go download and listen to those first. :)

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Citations for this Episode:
Blakemore, E. (2023, May 1). The gory history of Europe’s mummy-eating fad. History. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-eating-medical-cannibalism-gory-history?loggedin=true&rnd=1685362670580 

Mummy unwrapping parties of the victorian era - ripley’s believe it or not! (n.d.). https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/mummy-unwrapping-parties-of-the-victorian-era/ 

Nikolaidou, D. (2016, February 23). Victorian party people unrolled mummies for fun. Atlas Obscura. https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/victorian-party-people-unrolled-mummies-for-fun 

Welcome back odd balls it's time for part two of this three part series! Today we meet Mummy Brown.

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Citations for this Episode:
(Anna), C. M. (2021, January 8). Mummy brown. FSU Department of Art History. https://arthistory.fsu.edu/mummy-brown/ 

Bruce, L. R. (2022, October 31). The corpse on the canvas: The story of “mummy brown” paint. The corpse on the canvas: the story of “mummy brown” paint | Art UK. https://artuk.org/discover/stories/the-corpse-on-the-canvas-the-story-of-mummy-brown-paint 

Magazine, S. (2014, April 2). Ground up mummies were once an ingredient in paint. Smithsonian.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/ground-mummies-were-once-ingredient-paint-180950350/ 

Torres, L. (2013, October 31). A pigment from the depths: Index Magazine: Harvard Art Museums. Index Magazine | Harvard Art Museums. https://harvardartmuseums.org/article/a-pigment-from-the-depths 

Welcome to episode one! Today we talk about the odd history of eating mummies. Strap in oddballs, this is going to be a good one.

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Citations for this Episode:

Blakemore, E. (2023, May 1). The Gory History of Europe’s Mummy-eating fad.      History. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/mummy-eating-     medical-cannibalism-gory-history?loggedin=true&rnd=1685218293609

Dawson, W. R. (1927). Mummy As A Drug. Proceedings Of The Royal Society of Medicine, 1(1), 34–39.

Magazine, S. (2012, May 6). The Gruesome History of Eating Corpses as Medicine. Smithsonian.com. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-gruesome-history-of-eating-corpses-as-medicine-82360284/

Pace, M. M., & Huffman, T. (1998). Wrapped for eternity: The story of the Egyptian mummy. Peter Bedrick Books. 

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