Boozed and Confused dives into the topics you never knew existed. Join us every Monday to drink & discuss all things paranormal, conspiracy, mystery, and just plain weird.
Episodes
Sep 20, 2021
Sep 20, 2021
31 min
Saying Facebook has had issues over the years would be an understatement. Recent headlines have reported Apple has been contemplating removing Facebook from its app store over human trafficking concerns. This week we dive into Facebook's unchecked human trafficking problems.
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This week's booze of choice: Water, because we're old and can't hang
Sources:
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/06/facebook-is-a-hub-of-sex-trafficking-recruitment-in-the-us-report-says/
- https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-sex-trafficking-online-recruitment-report/
- https://www.traffickinginstitute.org/2020-federal-human-trafficking-report/
- https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/816194
- https://fightthenewdrug.org/how-sex-traffickers-use-social-media-to-contact-recruit-and-sell-children-for-sex/
- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-06-25/facebook-must-face-claims-linked-to-sex-trafficking-judge-says
- https://appleinsider.com/articles/21/09/17/apple-threatened-to-pull-facebook-from-the-app-store-over-human-trafficking
- https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50228549
- https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-didnt-fix-systems-that-allowed-cartels-traffickers-repeat-behavior-docs-show-1629976
Sep 13, 2021
Sep 13, 2021
42 min
It's spooky season, friends. Writers have been creating horror stories for as long as language has existed. Where did they get the inspiration for some of the creepiest horror stories written? Join Matt and Carolanne this week to talk about some modern horror stories inspired by true & creepy events.
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This week's booze of choice: A Chicago Handshake & Smithwicks
Sources:
- https://listverse.com/2021/06/28/10-classic-horror-stories-inspired-by-true-events/
Sep 6, 2021
Sep 6, 2021
28 min
We understand clearly today that consuming too much sugar can lead to tooth decay and create cavities, but it wasn't always so obvious in modern history. In the 1940s, patients of Vipeholm Hospital in Lund, Sweden were subject to human experimentation (funded by the confectionary industry) to learn about the effects of sugar on teeth. Join Matt and Carolanne this week to talk about the unethical Vipeholm Experiments.
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This week's booze of choice: Guinness and Sam Adams Oktoberfest
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Aug 30, 2021
Aug 30, 2021
1hr 8 min
From biblical readings to some chickens in Leeds, doomsday predictions are as old as time and vary in different levels of bizarre. Join Matt and Carolanne this week to talk about some doomsday predictions of the past, present, and future.
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This week's booze of choice: Hornitos Tequila Selzer & Smithwicks
This week's promo: Campfire Classics (https://www.campfireclassicspodcast.com/)
Sources:
- https://allpoetry.com/the-hollow-men
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_dates_predicted_for_apocalyptic_events
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_Seventy_Weeks
- http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/1198-storming-the-ark.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_far_future
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
49 min
Asbestos has been a known health issue for decades, especially for the workers who work in the mines worldwide. Even as health issues were coming to light in the 50s and 60s from the medical community, workers were often left in the dark about the health dangers due to information suppression by the companies and government agencies that owned and regulated the mines. This week, Matt and Carolanne dive into the tragedy of Wittenoom, a small mining town considered "Australia's Chernobyl" because of the long-lasting effects asbestos has left for the residents.
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This week's booze of choice: Makers Mark & The Finnish Long Drink
Sources:
- https://www.asbestos.com/mesothelioma/worldwide/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestos
- https://www.pennmedicine.org/cancer/types-of-cancer/mesothelioma/prognosis
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittenoom,_Western_Australia
- https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/atoms/files/wittenoom_transcript.pdf
- https://www.australianasbestosnetwork.org.au/asbestos-history/asbestos-wittenoom/closure-wittenoom/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44816907
- https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/mar/21/final-wittenoom-residents-to-be-forced-out-of-asbestos-ridden-mining-town
- https://www.asbestos.com/jobsites/libby/
Aug 17, 2021
Aug 17, 2021
42 min
One of the most peculiar and mysterious parts of Jack the Ripper is the thousands of letters the authorities received claiming to be written by the killer himself. Join Matt and Carolanne this week as they follow up last week's episode by discussing the 4 most strange and potentially authentic letters from the Jack the Ripper case.
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This week's booze of choice: New Glarus Spotted Cow
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Horrocks_Openshaw#Jack_the_Ripper
Aug 9, 2021
Aug 9, 2021
35 min
Jack the Ripper isn't the first, but he's one of the most infamous serial killers known in modern history. Join Matt and Carolanne this week as they dive into the murders of Jack the Ripper, 133 years later.
Warning: Graphic descriptions of violence are included in today's episode.
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This week's booze of choice: Stone Tangerine Express Hazy IPA & Revolution Brewing Sun Crusher
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Aug 2, 2021
Aug 2, 2021
36 min
The Bermuda Triangle has been credited with the deaths and disappearances of over 8000 lives since the mid 1800s; at least 50 ships and 20 planes have disappeared in the Triangle. Join Matt and Carolanne this week as they dive into some of the most famous mysteries around the Bermuda Triangle and some possible explanations behind them.
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This week's booze of choice: Water.
Sources:
- https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-bermuda-triangle-myths-mysteries-disappearances-vanishes#in-1941-a-navy-ship-called-the-uss-proteus-was-carrying-58-passengers-and-a-cargo-of-ore-from-st-thomas-to-the-east-coast-when-it-suddenly-vanished-in-the-bermuda-triangle-one-month-later-its-sister-ship-the-uss-nereus-disappeared-with-61-people-along-the-same-route-6
- https://www.marineinsight.com/maritime-history/5-famous-mysterious-stories-of-the-bermuda-triangle/
- https://www.travelchannel.com/interests/haunted/articles/the-mysteries-of-the-bermuda-triangle
Jul 26, 2021
Jul 26, 2021
41 min
Are you a witch or are you a fairy, or are you the wife of Michael Cleary?
Bridget Cleary, born Bridget Boland, is considered to be the last "witch" burned alive in Ireland. Believed to be abducted by fairies and replaced with a changeling, Bridget was murdered by her husband Michael in 1895. Join Matt and Carolanne this week as they dive into the sad and peculiar death of Bridget Cleary.
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This week's booze of choice: Jameson
Sources:
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget_Cleary
- https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/bridget-cleary-last-witch-burned-in-ireland
- https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-story-of-the-last-witch-burned-alive-in-ireland-1.2880691
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/539793/bizarre-death-bridget-cleary-irish-fairy-wife
- https://www.libraryireland.com/articles/Burning-Bridget-Cleary/index.php
Jul 19, 2021
Jul 19, 2021
52 min
George and Jennie Sodder lived in Fayetteville, West Virginia, with their 10 children (with one son away in the military). On the night before Christmas in 1945, the family goes to sleep but a fire breaks out around 1AM. Four of the children escape with their parents, but the other five children are nowhere to be found. The fire destroys the house but an investigation finds no traces of the missing children; their "deaths" are ruled due to fire or suffocation. Decades go by and George and Jennie continued to search for their missing children, believing them to have been kidnapped rather than perishing in the fire. Join Matt and Carolanne this week to talk about the Sodder children disappearance.
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This week's booze of choice: Stone Tangerine IPA and Stone Buenaveza
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