Caustic Soda

In today’s episode, Toren, Joe, and Kevin are joined by Chris “Stewie” Stewart for a look at the spiritual remains of the dearly departed: Ghosts! We talk about The Brown Lady of Raynham Hall, Puzzlingly Terrified Ghost Hunters, and Peter Jackson’s first big effects movie and more! OoOOoOOOOooOOOOoOoooOOOOOoooOOOOOooooOOoOOoOOOOOOoOOoOOOOooOOOOoOooOooOOOooOoo OOOooOooooOoooOoooOooOOoOoOooOOoOoOooOoooOOOoOOOOo! Music: ”Space Ghosts” by The Darkest of the Hillside ThicketsImagesLinksQuirky Mind Stuff — Richard Wiseman’s Blog What’s The Harm – Ghosts Rachel’s MiracleVideos

Deadly toys discussed include Steven’s Model Dockyard Locomotive, Slip ‘n’ Slide, lawn darts, Cabbage Patch Snack Time doll, the Gilbert Atomic Energy Lab, Flubber, Silly String, Koba Kick, Hang Ten Mini-Hammock, Bucky Balls, Water Balz, Aquadots and more! Music: ”The Toy Trumpet” by Raymond ScottCHARITY DE JOUR: British Toy & Hobby Association - http://www.btha.co.uk/ Established in 1944 to raise safety standards of practice in the toy industry, from safety in design to manufacturing of the products. ImagesLinksEpic Toy FailVideos 

Sit! Lie down! Roll over! Now sacrifice your face for our safety! Good boy! In this episode of Caustic Soda, Joe, Kevin, and Toren fetch the weird and the gross about man’s best friend: the domestic dog. We’ve got dog-on-human and human-on-dog weirdness for you, plus our favorite dogs in pop culture! Music: ”Ill Barkio” by Spike JonezImagesLinksStar Wars Inspired Museum Exhibition ‘SANDSTORM’ by Chris Woods Life Magazine images of Shavka and Brodyaga Judy (dog) Videos

Live from VCON 37 in Surrey BC, the regular nerds talk about life in the post-apocalyptic wasteland with the help of Hugo Award-winning author and Science Fiction Hall of Fame inductee Connie Willis and Nebula Award-winning science fiction author and astrophysicist Gregory Benford. Plus the lesser of two evils: Life after a nuclear armageddon or the biblical apocalypse? Music: ”When the Saints Go Marching In” by Louis ArmstrongImagesLinksConnieWillis.net Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford Blackout by Connie Willis Apocalypse Now? A 2012 Survival Guide 20 Necessary Post-Apocalypse Skills Wasteland Weekend Tales from the Wasteland The Road — John Hillcoats diaryVideos

Sorry we’re late. We had trouble getting this episode over the border! This week involves animals, drugs, and even drugs in animals! Kevin, Toren, and Joe are joined by the mysterious “Agent Smith” to take a look at the ups and downs — let’s face it mostly downs — of smuggling! Music: ”Caravan” by David GrisamImages 

Brigham Young University faculty member Stuart Parker helps us discern Mormon doctrine from folklore as we discuss Joseph Smith’s assassination, the Mountain Meadows massacre, retroactive baptism, polygamy and racism in both the mainstream and splinter Mormon groups. Plus suggestions from the Quorum of Twelve on how to break your masturbation habit, and the Church of Latter Day Saints in film and TV. Music: ”Tarred & Feathered” by The Darkest of the Hillside ThicketsImagesVideosCharity: http://www.mormonabuse.com/

Joe, Toren and Kevin are joined by Dr. Jenna to talk about not just the bubonic, but all things yersinia pestis-y: Bubonic, septicemic, and pneumonic plagues! We discuss the three “great” plagues of history as well as modern occurrences and outbreaks and even some pestilence-laden movies. Music: ”Please God No” by The Darkest of the Hillside ThicketsImages Charity: Doctors without Borders

Follow ups, listener mail and updates on spina bifida, screech, cannibalism, running amok, cyclopea, parasitic barnacles, snake venom party drug, mesoamerican shrunken heads, drunk driving decapitation, Wesley Warren Jr’s scrotal lymphodema, plus more! Music: ”Spina Bifida” by Toren Atkinson (after The Beatles)ImagesLinkshttp://absencecomic.com/CharityWorld Wildlife Federation – Sharks Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus Association of Canada

Panji, door, spike, tiger, and whip traps, military applications and those more… “personal”. From Vietnam to Hollywood to video games, Kevin, Toren, and Joe take a caustic look at booby traps! Plus: booby traps in the recent news! Music: ”Execute Operation: Get the Hell Out of Here” by The Darkest of the Hillside ThicketsImagesLinksVietnam War Booby TrapsVideos

Mortsafes, Chinese Corpse Brides, and stealing corpses for profit — Kevin, Toren, and Joe look at the creepy world of the body snatcher! Music: ”All Of Me” by Frank SinatraImagesVideos

Dr Rob returns to explain post-partum psychosis, Capgras delusion, Fregoli delusion, alien hand syndrome, wendigo psychosis, koro syndrome, Paris syndrome, reduplicative paramnesia, Alice in Wonderland syndrome, plus loads of pop culture. Music:  ”I’m Losing My Mind Over You” by Al DexterImagesVideos  Charity Canadian Mental Health Association

Toren, Joe and Kevin discuss Leopard Boy, “Baby Hospital”, Peter The Wild Boy, the Wild Child of Champagne, Tarzan and more children raised by animals — or raised as animals by people we’re declaring worse than animals. Music: ”Ain’t A Fit Night Out For Man Nor Beast” by Noble Sissle and His OrchestraImagesVideos

Our first entry in the “Evil Dames in History” series has the hosts separating mact from fyth on the supposed “blood countess” Elizabeth Bathory. Includes star kicking and other tortures she inflicted on her servants, plus her trial, death and legacy! Music: ”Super Mario Theme” performed on harpsichord by Lord Vinheteiro. Used with permission. Visit http://jinglesevinhetas.com.br/Images 

Mister Doctor Greg Bole – B.Sc. (Biology) and Ph.D. (Evolution and Ecology) – joins us to talk about sibling rivalry in the animal kingdom, which of course includes that most savage and destructive animal – homo sapiens. Includes siblicide, porbeagle ovophagy, adelphophagi, polyembryoni in parasitoid wasps, and the Dassler brothers, Karla Homolka & the Han sisters. All this plus news & pop culture including the Game of Thrones analysis you didn’t ask for. Music: ”Anything You Can Do” by Bing Crosby & The Andrews SistersImagesVideos 

Robin Thompson is back for part two of our look at zomb…b… braaains… braaaaaaainsssss…. Music:  ”Abercrombie Had A Zombie” by Fats WallerLinks: http://www.indiegogo.com/zworlddetroit http://fortzombie.com/ Images