Ep 219 is loose! And it's a truly bizarre and sometimes disgusting story of a man with a huge appetite that got him into a fair amount of trouble.

Who was the mysterious Tarrare? Why could he eat literally anything? And was this the worst spying plan in history?

The secret ingredient is...a baby!

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Sources this week include: https://allthatsinteresting.com/tarrare

https://cvltnation.com/tarrare-man-ate-toddler/

https://www.wiltons.org.uk/news/155

https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/39074/pg39074-images.html , CURIOSITIES OF

MEDICAL EXPERIENCE.

https://web.archive.org/web/20090521072202/http://www.forteantimes.com/features/articles/260/the_cat_eaters.html

https://www.dailygrail.com/2020/01/forbidden-flesh-an-appetite-never-to-be-sated/

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Ep 218 is loose! And we have a bizarre mystery on our hands, with a man being very shifty in a hotel in the 1930s...

Who was the man in room 1046? Why did he have no luggage? And what IS the formal greeting for a potential crime boss?

The secret ingredient is...a president!

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Sources include

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Artemus_Ogletree

https://allthatsinteresting.com/room-1046-murder-roland-t-owen

https://www.ranker.com/list/room-1046-mystery/orrin-grey

https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2023/04/the-baffling-case-of-roland-t-owens-mysterious-death/

https://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanbergara/the-ogletree-murder-is-one-of-the-creepiest-unsolved-cases

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Ep 217 is loose and we have a woman accused of murder and - much worse - accused of being ugly!

Who was Nancy Farrer? Was she insane or a calculating killer? And can your head tell you how mirthful you really are?

The secret ingredient is...a skull!

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Sources this week include Murderpedia, Homicidal Insanity:The Case of Nancy Farrer in the American Journal of Psychiatry, The Lancet, The Life Public Service and Select Speeches of Rutherford B Hayes, Unknown Gendre History, collected writings on Phrenology, Craniology and the Edinburgh Phrenological Society

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