Join your Sirens as they dive into Anomalous Health Incidents, or better known as the Havana Syndrome. Also joining is Lisette Alvarez, creator of Stormfire Productions and the podcast Havana Syndrome, to educate us all more on this disputed medical condition.

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Link to Havana Syndrome, created by Stormfire Productions:

https://stormfireproductions.com/havana-syndrome/

Follow Stormfire Productions on instagram: @stormfireproductions

Links to Research:

https://time.com/6962399/havana-syndrome-russia-u-s/

https://www.gao.gov/blog/havana-syndrome-americans-affected-mysterious-symptoms-may-struggle-get-care

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havana_syndrome

Time to deep dive into some Slavic folklore and talk about the 'Purest Evil' grandma that you'd never want to meet: Baba Yaga!

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Links to Books:

‘Baba Yaga: The Ambiguous Mother and Witch of the Russian Folktale’ by Andreas Johns - https://books.google.com/books?id=yVN64AACjMAC&pg=PA8&source=gbs_toc_r&cad=3#v=onepage&q&f=false

Links to Research:

• https://www.worldhistory.org/Baba_Yaga/
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Slavic-religion
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilisa_the_Beautiful
• https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20221118-baba-yaga-the-greatest-wicked-witch-of-all
• https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/baba-yaga-confounding-crone-slavic-folklore-002836
• http://www.creativecountryside.com/blog/baba-yaga

The second part to our two-part deep dive of Homer's The Odyssey is here! This is a big one, filled with lots of twists and turns that finally lead our main character back home. Enjoy!

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Map of Journey: https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15906.png?v=1725269531-1681478901

Links to Research:

• ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson
• ‘The Greek Myths’ Vol. II by Robert Graves, co. 1955, 1960
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laestrygonians
• https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section1/
• https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=timelines
• https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15906.png?v=1725269531-1681478901
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicones
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Odyssey-epic-by-Homer

Do you also have Epic the Musical by Jorge Rivera-Herran's on repeat? Learn about the story of Odysseus and his men, including his family, in this deep dive of Homer's The Odyssey!

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Map of Journey: https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15906.png?v=1725269531-1681478901

Links to Research:

• ‘The Odyssey’ by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson
• ‘The Greek Myths’ Vol. II by Robert Graves, co. 1955, 1960
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laestrygonians
• https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/odyssey/section1/
• https://www2.classics.upenn.edu/myth/php/homer/index.php?page=timelines
• https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/15906.png?v=1725269531-1681478901
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicones
• https://www.britannica.com/topic/Odyssey-epic-by-Homer

Ever wondered what the Unseelie and Seelie Courts consists of? While there might be a hot fae on either side, we're certain that both will get a kick out of torturing you.

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Links to Research:

• https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/the-seelie-and-unseelie-courts/
• https://seasonofearth.com/seelie-vs-unseelie-fairy-courts/
• https://www.britannica.com/
• https://folklorescotland.com/

Happy New Year, listeners! Starting off the year with some cute and rather crazy (because, folklore logic) folktales, fables and facts on our furry little friends: foxes!

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FOX SPIRIT by Min Ding: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCQ6C03Ln5A&t=322s

Links to Research:

https://www.theoi.com/Ther/AlopexTeumesios.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadmus

https://www.britannica.com/topic/kitsune

https://yokai.com/kitsune/

https://sakura.co/blog/what-is-a-kitsune-japans-shapeshifter?srsltid=AfmBOooAARYZ0P5fUSOULs96qsRWhfpmQSfz-DpnfWCa09UPdQQN4TUJ

https://vampire_mythology.en-academic.com/307/Huli_Jing

https://academia.issendai.com/chinese-fox-stories.shtml

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumiho

https://pantheon.org/articles/k/kumiho.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Reynard-the-Fox-literary-character

https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/files/reynardlowresforblogpdf

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/664/aesops-fables/#:~:text=Written%20by%20a%20former%20Greek,teaching%20a%20moral%20or%20lesson.

https://aesopsfables.org/C18_aesops_fables_about_foxes.html#:~:text=There%20are%2028%20fables%20in,order%20based%20on%20their%20title.)

https://www.wildthingsfood.co.uk/news/10-facts-about-foxes-that-may-surprise-you/

Christmas was yesterday and we hope you were on the Nice list. If not, you were probably greeted by the meanest, scariest, most gruesome Christmas demon… KRAMPUS! Join your Story Sirens as they deep dive into the Santa's co-conspirator and all-around evil spirit, Krampus.

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Links to research:

http://www.rvakrampus.com/p/history.html

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Krampus

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/frau-perchta-christmas-witch-winter-goddess

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/krampus-could-come-you-holiday-season-180957438/

We all know about ol' Saint Nick - but do we know the true origins of how he came to be so beloved? Time to deep dive into Santa Claus' true origins... and some of his helpers, too!

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Poems and Stories:

Katherine Lee Bate’s poem “Goody Santa Claus on a Sleigh Ride - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Goody_Santa_Claus_on_a_Sleigh_Ride

Thomas Nast’s Santa Claus - 1881 - https://longislandwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/nast-cover.jpg and https://www.thedailymeal.com/img/gallery/jolly-facts-you-didnt-know-about-santa-claus/24_A_political_cartoonist_first_portrait_GettyEditorial.webp

Podcast Episode:

A Christmas in Pine Grove NOSLEEP BONUS episode - for purchase only!

Links to Research:

• https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas
• https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Nicholas
• https://explorethearchive.com/where-did-santa-claus-originate-from
• https://www.norsegarde.com/blogs/lore-and-mythology/odin-the-allfather?srsltid=AfmBOooj6lzlIf6feHP6_NM7fvkAIdXbOxp2JMvn-yddbc4nWdeNe7UT
• https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/history-of-christmas
• https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus
• https://www.sttammanylibrary.org/blogs/post/the-legend-of-santa-claus-part-1-the-origin-and-history-of-a-christmas-legend/#:~:text=The%20name%2C%20Santa%20Claus%2C%20was,minister%20for%20his%20three%20daughters.
• https://www.thoughtco.com/clement-clarke-moore-1773672#:~:text=Moore%20died%20in%20Newport%2C%20Rhode,accessed%20October%202%2C%202024).
• https://www.childrensmuseum.org/blog/why-does-santa-wear-red