Nov 26, 2020
Amanda and Sarah cover an unsolved case and another little f*cker. Amanda heads to Brazil for the Lead Masks Case, a 1966 incident where two men were found dead on a hill wearing lead masks, and very few clues as to why they were there or what killed them. Sarah heads to Russia to talk about the domovoi and the kikimora, a pair of house spirits familiar to Slavic folkloric beliefs. Other subjects covered include scat BINGO, Thanksgiving fatigue, and fetishizing fruitcake.
Recommendations:
Sarah recommends two books, The Christmas Chronicles by Nigel Slater and The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones. Amanda recommends two films, Prospect and Underwater.
Sources:
- Russian Folk Belief by Linda J. Ivanits
- Wikipedia/Kikimora
- New York Public Library (Kikimora, Domovoi, Baccoo, and Other Strange and Spooky Creatures)
- Russia Beyond (5 Slavic horror fairytales that shouldn’t be told at night)
- Ancient pages (Kikimora – Nightly Evil Female Spirit And Goddess Of Chickens In Slavic Beliefs)
- Ancient Origins (She Brings Bad News: The Scary Slavic Household Spirit Called Kikimora)
- Skeptoid (Solving the Lead Masks of Vintem Hill)
- Flying Saucer Review (March-April 1967)
- Anomalies
(1966, August 17: The Lead Masks Mystery)
- Mental Floss (The Bizarre Lead Mask Deaths of 1966)
- Wikimedia/Lead Masks Case
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