Episode 40 – Strange Southwest Superstitions
Summary: In this episode, Cody and Chris bring it on home, so to speak. Also literally: They discuss tales and superstitions from the Southwest. First, Cody dives into the strange occurrence known as The Marfa Lights, a paranormal light show that actually exists! Chris then discusses a world-wide superstition he grew up with in New Mexico: El Mal Ojo. Next, Cody pulls a new story out of his hiney, one about the history and superstition involving horseshoes. Chris’s last story is an urban legend involving a weird life-like mannequin with the world’s scariest fingernails. BS Weekly is about an city in Australia that wants to start a curfew...for cats. This Weeks drinks are Sideshow: The Charmer Shiraz, and Tractor Milk Mustachio Stout.<br> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bsp-the-idio-t-synchrasy-files/id1271588099" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a> <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=152948&refid=stpr" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a> <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Idyya5igdpxb6ahq7jk367nvtze?t%3DBSP:_The_Idio%255Bt%255Dsynchrasy_Files%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a> <a href="https://www.blubrry.com/bsp_the_idiotsynchrasy_files/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a><br> <br> Advisory: 0:00-0:13s<br> Intro: 0:13s-0:42s<br> Topic: 0:42s-3:08m<br> Drinks: 3:08m-5:35m<br> History: 5:35m-8:45m<br> Marfa Lights: 8:45m-16:55m<br> Promo: 16:55m-18:15m<br> Mal Ojo: 18:15m-25:35m<br> Horseshoes: 25:35m-32:51m<br> La Pascualita: 32:51m-37:50m<br> Promo: 37:50m-38:57m<br> Skeptic: 38:57m-43:50m<br> Believer: 43:50m-46:25m<br> BS Weekly: 46:25m-47:55m<br> Sign Off: 47:55m-48:39m<br> Outro Music: 48:39m-49:12m<br> <br> Original Music: “Berghain” by Monkey Warhol<br> <br> Links<br> <br> Old Wives Tales:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_wives%27_tale"> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_wives%27_tale</a><br> <br> Superstitions:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition"> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition</a><br> <br> Mal Ojo:<a href="http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp204-us14/2014/07/14/evil-eye-in-the-mexican-and-central-american-culture/"> http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp204-us14/2014/07/14/evil-eye-in-the-mexican-and-central-american-culture/</a><br> <br> Evil Eye:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye"> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye</a><br> <br> La Pascualita:<a href="https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-pascualita"> https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-pascualita</a><br> <br> Believer:<a href="https://www.livescience.com/40633-evil-eye.html"> https://www.livescience.com/40633-evil-eye.html</a><br> <br> BS Weekly:<a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/knox-council-cat-curfew-comes-under-fire-from-environmentalist/news-story/850f209ef5a9c15672e98f8b610d8c53"> https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/knox-council-cat-curfew-comes-under-fire-from-environmentalist/news-story/850f209ef5a9c15672e98f8b610d8c53</a>
