Macabre for Mortals

Welcome to another episode of Macabre for Mortals. I hope you all found the last episode informative. This episode is part two of a two-part series on Dissociative Identity Disorder, so if you have no listened to part one then please pause and give it a listen as it gives the back ground of the disorder as well as how the media accurately or rather inaccurately portrays it. This week I will be dis...

Hello and Welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre for Mortals. Thank you for your great response to the Parole series, it was great to get some good feedback on this series. As discussed last week I am going to be discussing Multiple personality disorders or how it is medically known as Dissociative identity disorder. I will be addressing what this is medically and how it is diagnosed, even thoug...

Hello and Welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre for mortals. I just wanted to first put out a big apology for not releasing an episode last week. Life unfortunately got the better of me an I seemed to run out of time for even just the smallest of tasks.3 This week I will be covering the most common myths around mirrors and where they possibly steamed from. I will also cover Bela Lugosi and his...

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of Macabre for Mortals. This is going to be the last instalment into the series on Parole. I am going to be touching on in this episode on possibly a few other cases where parole might or might not have worked. But I am doing this in order to make or not make the case for parole. I do believe that parole for certain crimes and if there has been adequate reh...

This week I am following up with success stories from people who have been paroled after crimes, and the lives that they have lead. I did want to give the two sides of the parole argument as I do believe that it is essential when making a case for it My only source this week is : https://pap.georgia.gov/office-communications-news-publications-and-events/success-stories Thank you for listening to a...

Hello and welcome to this week’s episode of macabre for mortals. I hope that you are all having a great week where ever you are in the world. I hope you all enjoyed the last episode giving the over view of parole and what it entails in a few different countries. I know that parole is a very contentious subject at the moment where I am living in Australia which I will touch on at the end of this ep...

Thank you for listening to Macabre for Mortals. This week we are covering all aspects of Parole. I will be covering the meaning of parole, what it means in different parts of the world and how the US justice system used parole today.

Thank you for listening to this episode of Macabre for Mortals. My sources are : Wikipedia, Pandora Boxed by Matthew Mcayeal on short kid stories.com, Pandora’s box : the changing aspects of a mythical symbol by Panofsky, Dora and Erwin

This week I am covering the tale of the Pied Piper. Most of us will remember this story from our childhoods, and while talking to a few of m y friends about it they remember the light version, but like every fairy tale or legend there is always a dark side to it. My sources are : Wikipedia "Pied Piper Revisited"By Sheila Harty The Pied Piper: A Handbook , Wolfgang Mieder Emigration theory - Ursula...

This week I am going to be covering the case of John Price. Not many people know the name of this victim, his name is a very generic common name but who he was and the awful things that happened to him gives it even more reason for him to be remembered. My sources this week were mainly news articles from seven news and ABC news and back ground of Aberdeen from aussietowns.com.au Next week I will b...

Hello and welcome to this week's episode of Macabre for Mortals. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas period and even thought celebrations are different this year I was happy to just spend it in a lovely quiet way.  This week I thought I would give you an episode with two different subjects. In the first half I am covering the History of the Western New years and some of the traditions and h...

Hello and welcome to this week's special of Macabre for Mortals. I wanted to give a little bit of a light episode, and a bit of a twist on this time of year. This episode will be covering some of the Christmas lore’s, creatures and myths. Sources where Wikipedia, National Geographic and The Smithsonian  I hope you have a fantastic Holiday however you celebrate it, and I look forward to gracin...

This is the final Episode in the Domestic Violence cases series. Preface to this series is that if you have been a victim of domestic violence or are currently experiencing it this could be distressing. But I am just trying to give everyone the information and tools to be able to identify and hopefully help cases of domestic violence. If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic Violence pl...

The next few episodes we are going to be delving into a few different cases which show the various ways domestic violence can be used against victims. Preface to this series is that if you have been a victim of domestic violence or are currently experiencing it this could be distressing. But I am just trying to give everyone the information and tools to be able to identify and hopefully help cases...

The next few episodes we are going to be delving into a few different cases which show the various ways domestic violence can be used against victims. Preface to this series is that if you have been a victim of domestic violence or are currently experiencing it this could be distressing. But I am just trying to give everyone the information and tools to be able to identify and hopefully help cases...

This episode covers the case of Sarah Spiers, Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon. Also known for being the victims of the Claremont Serial killer based out of Perth Western Australia. Sources include - Australian Story ABC November 2007, Hunt for a Killer: The Claremont murders Crime Investigation Australia, The Claremont Serial Killer Casefile true crime podcast. Thank you for listening to Macabre for...

This week we are rounding off the Execution series with the psychology of why humans find executions so morbidly fascinating. I am just going to give a preface to the episode by saying that this is of course a generalisation backed by research, but there will always be the anomalies out there that will deviate from the norm. Sources - Severed: A History of Heads Lost and Heads Found by Frances Lar...

Hello and welcome to this weeks episode of Macabre with mortals. I am your host Claudia and this week we will be covering three of the most used modern methods of execution. Execution by electrocution Execution by lethal injection Execution by firing squad Thank you for listening to another Episode of Macabre for mortals, if you like this podcast please subscribe for more content. Please join our...

Hi and welcome to this weeks episode of macabre for Mortals.  This week we will be covering historical executions including the Guillotine, hanging and decapitation. Sources  History Channel and History.com Britannica.com A handbook on Hanging by Charles Duff Thank you for listening to another Episode of Macabre for mortals, if you like this podcast please subscribe for more content. Ple...

Take a dive into four Ancient civilizations and the methods and reasons they used execution.  This is part one of a four part series so subscribe to listen to all four. Sources - Kerry Muhlestein, Brigham Young University, 2015, UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology, 2013 escholarship.org  www.chinahistoryforum.com , Punishment in Ancient Athens - Danielle S. Allen, edition of March 23, 2003 &...

This week we will be building on last weeks episode, so if you have not listened to that yet then pause this and go listen to episode 5. This week we will be discussing the subject of Munchausen syndrome by proxy. I will discuss what the symptoms are, what causes it and how common it is. I will then finish off the episode by covering a few cases surrounding this syndrome. Munchausen syndrome by pr...

This week we will be covering the mysterious disorder of Munchausen syndrome. Munchausen Syndrome is a factitious disorder in which a person repeatedly and deliberately acts as if he or she has a physical or mental illness when they are not really sick. However, the syndrome itself is considered a mental illness because it is often associated with severe emotional difficulties. Sources : http://ww...

This episode will cover four ghost stories of Brisbane. I would just like to mention that these ghost stories that I will be talking about today are quite recent and mainly linked to the time when White people took the land of Australia. I am ignorant to the stories from the Aboriginal people but I am going to do my research which will take a bit longer to cover, and I will do an episode in the fu...

Allison was born on the 1st July 1968 and was a loving mother to three daughters. She lived in Brisbane Australia, and on the 20th April 2012 her husband woke up at 6am to find she was not at home. Sources : Wikipeidia Malke crime notes Casefile podcast episode 65 The murder of Allison Baden-Clay by David Murray Thank you for listening to another Episode of Macabre for mortals, if you like this po...

In this episode we will be taking a look at some of the spooky goings on in Liverpool my home town. Since one story is not really enough to fill a whole episode, I decided to cover four of the most paranormal goings on in the city, and the history behind them. Each one of these stories is connected to myself in some way and I will anecdote these on the way. Sources - VisitLiverpool.com Tales of th...