Night Classy

Hayley covers the bandit who could never be captured alive and Kat presents a treasure hunting mystery from the deserts of New Mexico.   Night Classy | Linktree' Elmer McCurdy Sources: https://the-line-up.com/elmer-mccurdy-mummy-man https://www.ripleys.com/weird-news/elmer-mccurdy/ https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/books/where-s-elmer.html https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2018/07/elmer-mccurdy-traveling-corpse/ Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023

Kat covers an animal that was instrumental in two world wars: the carrier pigeon. Hayley follows it up with a lesson on some spooky stains that happened in the spooky little town of Bélmez, Spain.   Night Classy | Linktree Bélmez Faces Sources: Mayer, Gerhard. (2019). The Bélmez Faces: An Investigation of a Supposedly Strong Case.  https://medium.com/our-weird-wonderful-world/the-people-in-the-floor-ccc588d24826 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bélmez_Faces Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023

Hayley is back in her natural habitat as a list bitch. Delivering a list of syndromes named after cities. And Kat gives a highly topical and highly pink lesson on Barbie and her many controversies. Night Classy | Linktree City Syndromes Sources: https://ans-names.pitt.edu/ans/article/view/2019/2018 https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/programs/hack/jerusalem-syndrome/9349644#:~:text=For%20some%2C%20the%20religious%20significance,spotted%20in%20the%20holy%20city. https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-42626255 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_syndrome https://www.wired.com/2012/02/ff-jerusalemsyndrome/ https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023

Kat covers a creepy letter-writing campaign that rocked small town Ohio. Hayley covers the first documented female gang in London. https://linktr.ee/NightClassy Forty Elephants Sources: https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/remembering-forty-elephants-gang-cunning-brutality https://stmuscholars.org/who-says-a-woman-cant-be-gangsta-alice-diamond-and-the-forty-elephants/ https://thecrimewire.com/institutional/The-Most-Notorious-All-Women-Criminal-Gang-in-History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Elephants https://www.avclub.com/meet-the-female-shoplifting-gang-who-ruled-london-s-wes-1842528335 https://www.dannydutch.com/post/meet-the-forty-elephants-the-all-girl-gang-from-london https://www.theguardian.com/books/2010/dec/27/girl-gang-london-underworld https://www.thehumanexception.com/l/the-forty-elephants/ Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023

Would a teletubby lie? Obviously not. So, neither would the astronauts of Apollo 11. Hayley outlines the moon landing hoax conspiracy theory and exactly why anyone who believes it is stupid. Then, Kat tells the life story of iconic Irish witch, Biddy Early. https://linktr.ee/NightClassy Biddy Early sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biddy_Early https://www.irishamerica.com/2016/08/wild-irish-women-biddy-early-1798-1872-2/ https://www.spookyisles.com/biddy-early-ireland/ https://www.womensmuseumofireland.ie/exhibits/biddy-early Debunking Moon Landing Conspiracies Sources: https://theconversation.com/how-moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-began-and-why-they-persist-today-118643 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_landing_conspiracy_theories https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/moon-landing-conspiracy-theories-debunked https://www.spacecentre.nz/resources/faq/spaceflight/moon-hoax/shadows-parallel.html https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023

Summer break is here so we are releasing a double feature from Patreon! This episode features a Show & Tell and a Smart Alec. Enjoy stories of penis cannibalism, bad-at-job beheadings, and jaws meets the Loch Ness Monster.   Join Patreon and support the show here: https://www.patreon.com/nightclassy

Kat covers a mysterious and DEADLY disease nicknamed the laughing death. (No, it is not about being tickled.) Then Hayley has a PRIDE lesson for us! She'll be teaching us about a wrongfully demonized patient of the AIDS epidemic. Gaétan Dugas Sources: https://www.nature.com/articles/538428a https://macleans.ca/culture/movies/how-a-typo-created-a-scapegoat-for-the-aids-epidemic/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaëtan_Dugas https://www.vice.com/en/article/vb4mz9/how-one-young-gay-man-was-wrongfully-blamed-for-bringing-aids-to-the-us https://www.nature.com/articles/nature.2016.20877 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaëtan_Dugas  

Would you pay $10 for a skull reading? Hayley introduces us to the Buzzfeed personality test of the Victorian Era: phrenology! Hopefully your organ of murder isn’t too bulgy. Then, Kat tells the incredible life story of Karl M. Baer. An intersex man who underwent the world’s first gender affirming surgery, all while being a feminist icon and Jewish activist king.  https://linktr.ee/NightClassy Phrenology Sources: https://www.simplypsychology.org/phrenology.html https://www.yorku.ca/rsheese2/1010/gall.htm https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2013/feb/05/django-unchained-racist-science-phrenology https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/facing-a-bumpy-history-144497373/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR9x3KVmE48 https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/physiognomy-the-beautiful-pseudoscience/ https://www.redcross.org/about-us/who-we-are/history/clara-barton.html#:~:text=life%20and%20legacy-,Clarissa%20Harlowe%20Barton%2C%20known%20as%20Clara%2C%20is%20one%20of%20the,for%20the%20next%2023%20years. Karl M. Baer Sources:  https://www.makingqueerhistory.com/articles/2022/12/11/karl-m-baer https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2015-12-05/ty-article/.premium/the-first-sex-change-surgery-in-history/0000017f-f3fd-d5bd-a17f-f7ffa4970000?v=1687269610864 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_M._Baer https://isna.org/faq/what_is_intersex/  

https://linktr.ee/nightclassy Produced by Parasaur Studios © 2023 Plastic Surgery Sources: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/birth-plastic-surgery https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/reconstructing-face-america-liberating-face-and-soul-soldiers-through-innovations#:~:text=During%20World%20War%20II%2C%20surgeons,sense%20of%20pride%20and%20confidence. https://www.livescience.com/4555-world-prosthetic-egyptian-mummy-fake-toe.html https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17572582/ https://www.cnn.com/style/article/plastic-cosmetic-surgery-history-scn/index.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1174731/ https://www.plasticsurgery.org/documents/News/Statistics/2020/plastic-surgery-statistics-full-report-2020.pdf https://www.duchyhospital.co.uk/news/the-history-of-plastic-surgery?_its=JTdCJTIydmlkJTIyJTNBJTIyYWM5YThhZDEtNjYzYy00ZjU2LWEzNGEtOGI4ZDIwZTY2OTk1JTIyJTJDJTIyc3RhdGUlMjIlM0ElMjJybHR%2BMTY4NjY3Mjg1M35sYW5kfjJfNDE2M19zZW9fOWZkM2EyOWIxMjMwZDJlZDdkZDQxYTRkZmU2NTQ1NmUlMjIlMkMlMjJzaXRlSWQlMjIlM0EyNzglN0Q%3D https://theconversation.com/world-war-i-the-birth-of-plastic-surgery-and-modern-anaesthesia-106191#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20main%20techniques,at%20the%20site%20of%20implantation. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-surprising-history-and-future-of-boob-job-fever_b_5832524?ir=Australia https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17511491 https://www.freewomenwriters.org/2018/03/06/nose-mutilation-despicable-act-violence-women-south-asia/#:~:text=One%20such%20form%20of%20violence,rhinotomy%20or%20severe%20nose%20mutilation.&text=In%20South%20Asia%2C%20women%20are,of%20men%20in%20the%20family. https://magazine.med.miami.edu/a-zoom-boom-for-cosmetic-surgery/  

Hilma af Klint, the queen of abstract art, kept her creations hidden for years. She believed the world wasn't ready for her art. The hosts also discuss terrifying stories of people being buried alive and the inventions created to prevent such mishaps.