Episode 13: Brilliant Poet, Total F*ckface

Aug 2, 2018

Amanda and Sarah double down on the phenomenon known as the doppelgänger. Sarah goes in deep on Percy Bysshe Shelley, the prominent English Romantic poet who encountered his doppelgänger multiple times before his death. Amanda tells the short but extremely creepy account of Emilie Sagee, a teacher haunted by a double she couldn't see. Other subjects covered include eating hair, German terms for sex acts, and how much Lord Byron sucks.

Recommendations:

 

Sarah recommends the short story "The Fetch" by Robert Aickman, most easily found in the collection The Wine Dark Sea.

 

If you need a break from the macabre, Amanda recommends reading Where Am I Now? True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame by Mara Wilson.

 

Sources:

 

Atlas Obscura (Tracing the Development of the Doppelgänger)
History in an Hour (The Death of Percy Bysshe Shelley)
Martian Herald (9 Mystifying Cases of the Doppelganger Phenomenon)
Wikipedia - Percy Bysshe Shelley

Supernatural Magazine (The Myths and Possible Realities of Doppelgangers)

Vice (The Time When You're Most Likely to See Your Doppelgänger)

Cool Interesting Stuff (The Very Strange Case of Emilie Sagee)

 

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