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Fascinum was the embodiment of the divine phallus! This ancient Roman religion used a winged penis to protect against the evil eye. Children would wear this symbol as a pendant or ring to protect them from the evil eye! The Divine phallus was represented throughout the Roman empire. Find us: linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sourc...

It's the week of Thanksgiving so we are taking you to Plymouth! It's not surprising it is haunted since there has been so much tragedy surrounding it! Learn about some of the famous haunts around "America's Hometown". Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: "Ghosts of Plymouth, Massachusetts" by Darcy H. Lee. Read this...

Who knew there were so many superstition surrounding shoes! These superstitious led to some bizarre traditions and trends in history! Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Sources: "We Did That?: Human Bloopers, Secret Histories, Medical Mysteries, Strange Superstitions, and Other Curiosities from Our Past" by Sophie Stirling...

The mystery of the Loretto Staircase built in the Loretto Chapel in 1879. The carpenter appeared out of nowhere with no materials. His name is unknown and the staircase he built defies physics! How did one man with basic carpenter tools build this marvel? Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Sources: https://indie88.com/the-...

The Rolling Hills Asylum was a former poorhouse. People who couldn't care for themselves were sent here to work on the self-sufficient farm. Rules were strict and accomodations were not good. Like with many facilities of its time there is a lot of negative energy trapped there. Learn about it's history and paranormal activity that surrounds the old building! Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Emai...

This trend is just absurd! The crackows is a long pointy shoe men wore in the 12th century in England. They got more exaggerated as time went on and became an extension of a man's ..um..most treasured item. It got so ridiculous they had to pass laws limiting how long they could be made! Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email me: thecousinsweird@gmail.com S...

Werewolf panic! Yes it was a thing. Women had witch trials and men got theirs with Werewolf trials. Come learn how to identify and cure someone of being a werewolf! Hey, maybe you are even one and didn't know it. Find out just in time for Halloween! Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: https://www.history.com/news/w...

I know we have talked about some bizarre medical practices in history …but the ones they thought would work for the Plague? They are the weirdest yet! This episode was recorded during a Facebook live. Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Sources: https://www.thecollector.com/the-black-death-medieval-cures/ https://historydai...

In the 80’s we had, new wave, jelly bracelets, cabbage patch kids, neon clothes, and Satanic Panic! A mass panic spread across our country, people were being accused and arrested for things when there was no evidence! Law enforcement, social workers, parents were all trying to look for signs of devil worshiping. Then there were people who were took advantage of the situation and preyed on peoples...

Crapulence is the perfect word for a hangover! We have been fermenting things and getting drunk for centuries, and for the same amount of time trying to treat the next days consequences of that drinking. Walk through history at some of the wild and bizarre ways we have tried to cut the Crapulence! Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Support us: Patreon.com/thecou...

Charlotte and Elenore went on a trip to Paris together in 1901. During their trip they traveled to Versailles where they had an adventure of a lifetime! During their visits they experience some sort of time loop or haunting. Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources : Music from Upbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbea...

Ever wonder where the saying "snake Oil salesman" came from? This terrible trend will tell you just that, much to Colleen's dismay! Find us Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Email us thecousinsweird@gmail.com Support us Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Sources: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/26/215761377/a-history-of-snake-oil-salesmen Quakery by Lydia Kang And Nate Pederson Music from Upbeat...

The Smurl Family's story is bizarre! The more we get into it the weirder it gets. It's one of haunting, famous paranormal investigators, demons, exorcisms, media and the church! Is it all a true story or an elaborate hoax? You decide! Find us Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: https://frightfind.com/smurl-haunting-house/ htt...

During the 5th-11th Centuries childbirth was the leading cause of death in women. Healers of this time used a mixture of rituals and religion rather than science to treat everything. Whether it was childbirth related, cramps or lack of menstruation they had a ritual that would help! Learn just a few of the bizarre ways they handled female "problems"! Find us Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us Pa...

Jack Parsons was a genius and we owe our space travel today because of his work….but his life was weird! Hold on to you butt because this episode has it all! Famous Scientist, Cult Leaders, Magic Rituals, Rocket Perpulsion, Sex Magic, Affairs, Conspiracies and more! Things definitely get weird! Find Us linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support Us patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email US thecousinsweird@gmail....

We may think this trend is weird, but we suppose its no different than those people who collect famous peoples toe nail clippings? Gladiators were like famous athletes of their time and boy did they sweat! People would pay big money for that viral man musk, some even thought it was an aphrodisiac! Find us linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us thecousinsweird@gma...

The Washaba Street Caves in Saint Paul Minnesotta have a strange and varied history. These caved had many uses from silca mining, mushroom farming, cheese aging, whiskey making and and even a safe haven for infamous gangsters in the 30s. With all that happened in these caves it is not surprise that they are haunted! Find us linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us...

This hair style started on accident, and just like most trends it started fairly simple then it got bigger abd bigger until you needed a wire cage to keep it up and you couldn't lay down to sleep! It reached such heights that woman's hair was being set ablaze from candle lit chandeliers! Find us Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sou...

This episode was recorded live in front of an audience at AnchorCon 2022 in Clayton NY! We talk about cryptids in Northern NY! Learn about the wild man, the Kinderhook Blob, The St. Lawrence Sea Serpent, and Champ the monster of Lake Champlain! Find us: Linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: Cryptids/cryptozoologist https://ww...

Ludwig II of Barvaria was an eccentric man starting at a young age! He lived his life in a dream world and once he had power he used his families wealth to build castles, and live in his own fairy tale! This episode is focuses on some bizarre history, his lavish lifestyle, and his mysterious death! Find us: linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: Patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird...

We had the opportunity to interview Suzie Renzie-Falge the executive director of the Flower Memorial Library in Watertown, NY. Suzie shared with us the history and the paranormal experiences that staff and patrons have witnessed! The library’s doors opened in 1905. It was paid for and designed by Emma Flower Taylor the daughter of Govenor Roswell Flower. Paranormal investigators have made contact...

Cocaine start off being medicinal, then corruption began after they realized it was addicted. People were adding it to products, and making lots of money! Our patreons get a bonus episode that go further into this! Find us: linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: Thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: Music from Upbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/dani...

What is worse, the paranormal activity that is said to happen in the Trans-Alleghany Lunatic Asylum, or its horrible dark history? Listen and find out for yourself! Find us: linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/trans-allegheny-lunatic-asylum/ Institutions for the Crazy, Criminal & Quarantined By J...

The medical minds of the past put two and two together and somehow came to the conclusion that Teething was the cause of all the infant death. They came up with some cures for teething that actually attributed to the death of infants. These trends are terrible! Find us: linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: patreon.com/thecousionsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: Music from Upbeat...

Otzi also known as the Iceman, was a natural mummy found in theTirolean Ötztal Alps frozen in time. The 5000 year old mummy is a scientific marvel! However being in contact with him could be fatal! In this episode learn about Otzi and the curse he carries! Find us: linktr.ee/thecousinsweird Support us: patreon.com/thecousinsweird Email us: thecousinsweird@gmail.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.or...