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Mad science, genetic manipulation, and BEES!?   It all began in 1922 with the birth of bright eyed baby boy Warwick Estevam Kerr, I guess it actually began 120 million years ago when bees first evolved, but 120 million years is a lot of history to cover in a single episode so we’ll skip ahead to Warwick The Son of scottish immigrants to the US and then to Brazil, he led a life mired in science He...

The enfield horror I've got a real treat for you this week one of my favorite cryptids. This was 1973 which as we get deeper in our episodes over time you might notice that number a lot because in my anecdotal research over the last few years that seems to be the one where a good chunk of the weirdness in the united states happens.  I’m talking bigfoots, So many Fucking UFOS Aliens Other random on...

Penguin Book of the Undead Peter Jackson's  Dead Alive I was half wrong about potatoes   Spirits of malice 1009-1018 AD Brandenburg Germany formerly Wasleman  Events Priest shows up, a bunch of people chillin in the cemetery, dying to get in Priest doesn’t recognize anyone, strange for 1010s because it wasn’t exactly a melting pot When he gets inside he sees some lady that recently died, she is te...

In this episode we catch up on what the whaler's are doing, how they plan to overcome hunger, thirst, madness, the elements and a the great whales that dog them themselves. Detailed notes and sources to come tomorrow 9/2/22

Whaleship Essex part 2 Intro Recap from last week on dragon ball Z/ quick mention that this is a 2?, 3? Parter One of the most famous maritime disasters that inspired moby dick Whaling was a lucrative business that kept the industrial revolution lubed up and bright 1819 the Essex took off from nantucket , mass, the whaling capital of the world, mostly with new crew.  Right from the get go faced ha...

In late 1819 the whaleship Essex set off for a routine whaling trip before getting attacked by a freak whale.  Sources:  In the heart of the sea cool pic of whales asleep Whaling industry spermaceti Wikis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex_(whaleship) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen_Chase https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm_whaling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_oil   Loose transcript:  ...

In this episode we look at Hawaii's night marchers, spirits that shepherd souls along the island at night, and we chat about unified paranormal theory. What a fun topic to look at, we're definitely gonna cover more on future shows!   Linkies: night marchers Night Marchers again Guess what More myths I didn't get to Some first hand accounts Monsters in hawaii Menehune Menehune Crypto Concerning hob...

Linkies: triskaidekaphobia Friday the 13th rooted in the bible Apollo 13  Why is friday the 13th unlucky stats Baldr, Hodr, Vali, Loki That bitch NERDS   Loose transcript With all that out of the way, why are we here today? That’s a little unintentionally existential. I just mean what are we talking about today. I’ll get existential on the hologram earth episode but that’ll be at another time. If...

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20th maine Joshy chamby chames ghosts of ny writings of chamberlain see page 896 quivering moustaches more sources I'm not a school child, MLA format can suck a fat one  anotha one google the gettysburg address Hey everybody, welcome back to another Thursday episode of nightmare now! Where we laugh about lurid lore and learn about lost languishing laments in layman’s terms and lay on the levity ta...

Anthropodermic Bibliopegy is the process of binding a book in human skin.  Today we talk the history, and notable examples of this ghoulish practice.    Sources:  "Thunder, Very Close, Rain, A.wav" by InspectorJ ( www.jshaw.co.uk ) of Freesound.org The Madman's Library KISS Blood Saddam's book club Anthropodermic book science Anthropodermic bibliography Narrative of the life of James Allen, alias...

https://www.nineteenthcenturydisability.org/items/show/39 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical) https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-water-tank-beneath-palais-garnier-paris-france https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdGhGX6z8BA&ab_channel=HistoryMatters https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k283653v.image.langFR https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/gaston-leroux/the-pha...

Book of undead penguins Wiki:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draugr Loose transcript: Hi everybody and welcome back to yet another episode of nightmare now. I’m the host, Erik Byrne and this is the show where we vacation vicariously to viking valhalla and venture vocally through voodoo, venom and the vacuum of space. Today let’s stay a little bit more grounded towards the first part of that phrase...

Men in black: A preliminary Report Wikis:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_in_black Images   Loose Script: The MIBs in Portsmouth Hey everyone, and welcome or welcome back to another episode of nightmare now, the show where we muse on the mysteries of the multiverse every week and cover macabre machinations and morbidities monthly. I’m your host, Erik Byrne and man do I have a freaky topic for y...

Sorry this one's out a bit late everyone, hope you enjoy some lighter fare this week!  Links: http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2010/12/117_78466.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/reallife-scoobydoo-villain-gets-four-months-for-haunting-a-castle-5344742.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo Loose Transcript: Hey Gang and welcome back to another Repisode Rof Rig...

Nightmarenow.com Transcript of the flight Mayday Documentary Wiki links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_Douglas_DC-10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Express_Flight_705 Suicide hotline: 800-273-8255 Loose episode transcript Hey everyone, welcome back to Nightmare now! The show where we cover all the mortifying mysteries of this material plane and more. Again I’m thrilled people are...

Drums Along the Congo Wiki links: Mokele-mbembe phantoms and monsters Sound effect credits:  https://freesound.org/people/IchBinJager/ https://freesound.org/people/jamesrodavidson/ https://freesound.org/people/nickerick03/ Loose Transcript: Wooo hooo Welcome back everybody, to Nightmare Now, I’m your Host Erik Byrne and if this is your first night terror with us, welcome aboard, please keep arms a...

Links: Atlantic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Liston https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burke_and_Hare_murders Loose Transcript: Hi everyone and welcome or welcome back to another episode of nightmare now. I’m the host, Erik Byrne. Today’s episode is gonna be another short one, lets say truncated or even amputated. It opens up a whole topic of medical horror like a bonesaw to an artery. I’d love...

Images Wiki Links: Cadaver synod Pope Formosus The Referenced article: The Cadaver Synod: Strangest Trial in History   Loose transcript: Hi everyone!  Welcome back to episode 2 of Nightmare now! The show where we make up the taglines as we go! We discuss all the horrible happenings of humanity and all the extreme eerieness of everything else.  I’m your host erik byrne but before we really get into...

  No Beast So Fierce Maneaters of Kumaon Images World Wildlife fund some cool tiger sense facts: 6x better night vision than us,0.2 to 65 kHz that can hear breathing, heartbeats or swallowing, Special whiskers to sense all kinds of stuff, Padded feet make them nearly silent while they walk. They’re like predator. Invisible silent and they’ll rip out your spine in one go. Wiki links: https://en.wik...

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