Macabre for Mortals

Hello and Welcome to another episode of Macabre for mortals. I have written and recorded these episodes quite a few months in advance as I have a few tooth operations coming up and a busy three months coming up. So if I fail to address something huge that has happened in the world please forgive me. Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. If you have any questions or sug...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for mortals where I bring you stories of true crime and supernatural stories. I also try to bring some psychological insight on some of these as this is my academic background. This week I will be covering the Green River Killer. Gary Ridgeway. Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for mortals, I hope you found this episode informativ...

This episode I will be covering the subject of the Bermuda Triangle as it is something that haunted my dreams as a child and I would like to know more about the fascination that has captured everyone around the world. Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for mortals, I hope you have enjoyed this episode. Next time I will be covering another true crime subject. If you have any subj...

Thank you for listening to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. I would like to thank you for listening to todays episode and hope you join me for the next where I will be covering the mystery that is the Bermuda Triangle. If you have any questions or comments please email me at macabreformortals@gmail.com Please follow us on Instagram and facebook. My sources this week - Greenwood, James (1883...

Thank you for my special guest B for joining me this week and giving some light interjections. Please let me know if you enjoyed this episode. My references are - "A journey through hell's gate" . The Age . 29 October 2002. Retrieved 23 March 2011. · Collins, Paul. Hell's Gates: the terrible journey of Alexander Pearce, Van Dieman's Land Cannibal . South Yarra, 2002. ISBN 1-74064-083-7 · Sprod, Da...

My sources this week were – 1.  Mannila J, Järvinen T, Järvinen K, Tervonen J, Jarho P (March 2006). "Sublingual administration of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol/beta-cyclodextrin complex increases the bioavailability of Delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol in rabbits". Life Sciences. 78 (17): 1911–4.  2. Huestis MA (August 2007). "Human cannabinoid pharmacokinetics". Chemistry & Biodiversity. 3.Badowski ME (...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This week as I mentioned at the end of last weeks mini Macabre I will be doing a two part episode on drugs. I have chosen to first focus on Cannabis. This week I will be focusing on what cannabis is and what components act in our bodies and how it created the reactions it does. Then next week I will provide arguments for and against the...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This Episode will be slightly shorter than usual as this week in Brisbane we have been in a full lock down. I know this has been a reality for most of you for so long and honestly I think every single person no matter of your circumstances is amazing. This week I have had to home school my son, work, study and manage to run our house. Wh...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This is a special episode as it marks my one year anniversary of this podcast. For this episode I wanted to delve into a subject which I think was one of the most pioneering discoveries in the Criminal Investigation world. The discovery and use of finger prints. My sources this week where: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fingerprint James...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. I am sorry this episode is a few days late, I had a loss in my family and I needed to take the time to be present there. This weeks Sources were: Sharpless, BA (2016). "A clinician's guide to recurrent isolated sleep paralysis" . Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment . 12 : 1761–67. Jalal, Baland; Samir, Sherine W.; Hinton, Devon E. (20...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. I hope the last two episodes on Schizophrenia has been interesting and informative to everyone. This week I will be concluding the series on Schizophrenia and focusing on its victims. I will also finish off the list of famous people who have been successful by having great lives and careers while living with the disorder. My sources this...

Hello and welcome to the 40th Episode of Macabre for mortals. This is a big mile stone for me to reach, I did not think I would get this far and to be honest it has been a pleasure. I have loved researching all the information and I feel like I have learned more through this podcast. So thank you listeners for letting me speak to you week after week. This week I will be continuing with Part two of...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for mortals. I hope that the last months lighter episodes has given everyone a break and also some different subjects to sink you teeth into. As promised this week I will be starting my next three part series on Schizophrenia and all the facets of the disorder. Of course I can only cover so much and this is just an introduction and if you would like...

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre for mortals. I hope that you enjoyed last weeks episode on Werewolves. I have to apologise for the week gap in between the last two episodes. As I have said I have a head study month the month of June and everything just seemed to catch up with me, but I am back on schedule now and looking forward to the next few months of continuous episodes. Thi...

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of macabre for murder. I hope last weeks episode was a little different to the normal true crime episodes and that it gave you some enlightening information on the case of Shaun. This week I will be delving into another subject, that of werewolves. Since I was young the lore of vampires and werewolves has fascinated me. I have read many fantasy and sci-fi fi...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. Thank you for all the lovely comments that I have received in regards to my last few series. It is really encouraging to read such great responses. I was a bit unsure about what true crime I was going to cover this week. I would like to cover a serial killer but I am trying to find a way to cover the crimes with having the victims still...

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre for Mortals. As mentioned on Last weeks episode I will be covering the second part of the Greek Myths. You can listen to either part in any order as I do not think there is any parts that lead on to others. Thank you to everyone for their great feed back on the last series, I really appreciate it and it is really encouraging to hear after lots of...

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre for mortals. As you can hopefully hear I am feeling so much better this week and I have finally got my voice back and I feel almost back to normal. This week I am going to be concluding my episode on post traumatic stress disorder and I am going to focus of victims who experience the disorder and the research that has been carried out into this. J...

Hello and Welcome to another Episode of Macabre for Mortals. This is part two of the three-part series on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As we learned from the first episode, there are lots of ways for PTSD to emerge and also a lot of ways the symptoms can develop. As with most disorders there is not a one size fits all diagnosis. This is mostly down to our new invested interest in the field of m...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This week and the next few weeks I will be covering the topic of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. This is an important topic that I feel has been around for millennia, albeit under different diagnosable names, but has been brought into the forefront of media since the conflict in Vietnam and the Iraq War, and more people are taking it ser...

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Macabre for Mortals. I am going to be covering a much lighter topic this week after the last three heavy episodes about NPD. I am so pleased about the feedback that I have received for the series. I am going to be covering some Greek myths today and the history behind them. In secondary school (or high school to my international listeners) I was fortunat...

Hello and welcome back to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. This is the last episode in the three-part series on Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I hope that you have been enjoying the series and have been getting a lot of information out of it. This is the part of the series were I will be focusing on the victims of NPD, these people can be so affected by the type of abuse this personalit...

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Macabre for mortals. I hope that you all enjoyed the first episode with the introduction to Narcissistic Personality Disorder. I would usually have feedback on how the series is going but I am recording these episodes one after each other because I have the luxury of have the time today. In the last episode I will have more of a clear picture of what you...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. As promised this week I am starting the series on Narcissistic Personality disorder. I know this is a very contentious topic, a lot like Dissociative Identity disorder, so I am hoping that this series can shed some light on the disorder and dispel some myths as well. My sources this week where: Adair V https://adairv.com/2013/01/30/in-se...

Hello and welcome to another episode of Macabre for mortals. This week I will be covering the slightly lighter topic of fairies. Going into the myths and legends of them and also covering a few cases where fairies have been blamed. I just want to apologise that this episode is a little late. Here in Brisbane, we went into a snap lockdown and the last week of school for my son got cut short and hav...