Jan 3, 2019
Amanda and Sarah ring in the New Year with cryptids, cults, and cool witch ladies. Sarah gives some love to the Italian epiphany folk heroine, La Befana, then moves on to the fascinating Old Christmas traditions of the Outer Banks and the myth of Old Buck. Amanda parties like it's New Year's Eve 1999 with a look back at the chaos and cults of Y2K and Project Megiddo. Other subjects covered include New Year's resolutions, Sarah's magical sighting, wild cows, and Richard Gere orgasms.
Recommendations:
Sarah recommends the Amazon Prime series adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock. Amanda recommends the nonfiction book The Witch of Lime Street: Séance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World.
Sources:
A JOURNEY AROUND THE FIGURE OF THE BEFANA
Stuff You Missed in History Class: Krampus (and Friends) Part 1
"Constructing the Outer Banks: Land Use, Management, and
Meaning in the Creation of an American Place."
Encyclopedia of North Carolina: Old Christmas
In Search of Old Buck: Old Christmas on the Outer Banks
Inc. (The Day the World Didn't End)
Cult Education Institute (Couple sent to jail for taking girls to Mexico as part of Y2K cult)
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