Narrated and executive produced by Aaron Mahnke, with Robin Miniter as Senior Producer, research and writing help from the Grim & Mild team, and audio production from Otis Gray. ———————— EPISODE SOURCES Recent News “Iowa Man devours key lime pie in 3 minutes to win pie eating contest in Key West,” HuffPo, https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ap-us-keys-pie-eating-contest_n_64a5902de4b030efa123ff96 “Venice's canals turn bright green; police investigate,” NPR, https://www.npr.org/2023/05/29/1178676824/green-venice-canal-italy “Aphids attack NYC. Clouds of aphids descended on NYC in June to the point when people sneezed, they sneezed bugs,” AP, https://apnews.com/article/new-york-gnats-404a0e7e699a6619c29c8a43462cdcd0 Old News “Aug 22, 564 CE: Loch Ness Monster Sighted.” National Geographic. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/loch-ness-monster-sighted/ “Loch Ness Monster.” History. April 28, 2023. https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/loch-ness-monster Plumb, Oisin. “Columba, Nessie, and the Deadly Loathsome Little Creatures.” UHI. October 5, 2018. https://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/institute-for-northern-studies/blogs--exhibitions/old-mimirs-well-articles/columba,-nessie,-and-the-deadly-loathsome-little-creatures/ “Aug 22, 564 CE: Loch Ness Monster Sighted.” National Geographic. https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/loch-ness-monster-sighted “River Ness.” About Inverness. https://www.aboutinverness.co.uk/inverness-attractions/river-ness.html “St. Columba and the Loch Ness Monster.” National Catholic Register. https://www.ncregister.com/blog/st-columba-and-the-loch-ness-monster “So Where is Loch Ness Exactly?” Visit Inverness Loch Ness. https://www.visitinvernesslochness.com/node/682 Harry Houdini. Biography. April 15, 2021. https://www.biography.com/celebrities/harry-houdini “Houdini Performs His Greatest Feat.” Mystic Stamp Company. https://info.mysticstamp.com/august_5_1926/ “August 5: Houdini Escapes the Coffin.” Jewish Currents. August 5, 2012. https://jewishcurrents.org/august-5-houdini-escapes-the-coffin “1868-2019: A Brief History of Traffic Lights.” Inclusive City Maker. https://www.inclusivecitymaker.com/1868-2019-a-brief-history-of-traffic-lights “A History of the Traffic Light and how it May Change Again!” Drive Safe Online. April 13, 2021. https://www.drivesafeonline.org/traffic-school/a-history-of-the-traffic-light-and-how-it-may-change-again/ “First Electric Traffic Signal Installed.” History. Accessed June 29, 2023. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-electric-traffic-signal-installed “Edvard Munch and his Paintings.” Edvard Munch. https://www.edvardmunch.org “Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” Recovered After Theft.” History. Accessed June 29, 2023. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-scream-recovered Evemy, Benjamin Blake. “Great Art Heists of History: The Twice-Stolen Scream.” Mutual Art. January 14, 2022. https://www.mutualart.com/Article/Great-Art-Heists-of-History--The-Twice-S/A4FD630ED12A6EF8 Our Big Story Cummings, Abraham. Immortality Proved By the Testimony of Sense, in Which Is Contemplated a Doctrine of Spectres, and the Existence of a Particular Spectre. Portland: J. L. Lovell, 1859. https://digitalmaine.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1098&context=books LiBrizzi, Marcus, and Dennis Boyd, Editors. The Nelly Butler Hauntings: A Documentary History. Machias: University of Maine, 2010. Norris, Curt. “Nelly Butler: America’s First Ghost.” New England. 11/13/2020. https://newengland.com/yankee/history/americas-first-ghost