Episode 207: Flesh & Blood (ad-free) (Patreon)

Our family and where we come from are often core elements of our identity. But as folklore and tragic real life events have made clear over the years, not everything is as simple as it would appear.

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Further Reading

1. “Ame Onna.” Yokai.com. Accessed March 18, 2022. https://yokai.com/ameonna.
2. Blacker, Carmen. “Supernatural Abductions in Japanese Folklore.” Asian Folklore Studies. Vol. 26, No. 2 (1967): pages 111-147, https://www-jstor-org.ezproxy.bpl.org/stable/1177730?seq=1.
3. “Changeling Legends from the British Isles.” University of Pittsburgh. Accessed March 20, 2022. https://sites.pitt.edu/~dash/britchange.html#Smith.
4. Cray, Ed. “Haitian Bogeyman.” Western Folklore. Vol. 24, No. 2 (Apr., 1965): pages120-121 https://www.jstor.org/stable/1498641.
5. Eberly, Susan Schoon. “Fairies and the Folklore of Disability: Changelings, Hybrids and the Solitary Fairy.” Folklore. Vol. 99, No. 1 (1988). Pages. 58-77, https://www.jstor.org/stable/1259568.
6. “El verdadero ‘Hombre del Saco.’” ABC Archivo. Accessed March 19, 2022. https://www.abc.es/archivo/abci-verdadero-hombre-saco-202009081809_noticia.html?ref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.es%2Farchivo%2Fabci-verdadero-hombre-saco-202009081809_noticia.html.
7. “Half-True Crime: Why the Stranger-Danger Panic of the '80s Took Hold and Refuses to Let Go.” Jezebel. October 28, 2020. https://jezebel.com/half-true-crime-why-the-stranger-danger-panic-of-the-8-1845430801.
8. “No Mystery.” The Crowley Signal. June 21, 1913. Page 2. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87485523/the-crowley-signal.
9. “Pastimes: The Strange Case of Bobby Dunbar.” Country Roads. February 22, 2021. https://countryroadsmagazine.com/art-and-culture/history/the-strange-case-of-bobby-dunbar.
10. Pickens, Cathy. True Crime Stories of Eastern North Carolina. Arcadia Publishing, 2020. Page 59. https://bit.ly/3ugwJ8z.
11. “Romanov family executed, ending a 300-year imperial dynasty.” History.com. January 13, 2021. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/romanov-family-executed.
12. “The Copper-Penis Owl WILL Get You!” Yale Daily News. October 21, 2011. https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2011/10/21/the-copper-penis-owl-will-get-you.
13. “The Disappearance of Bobby Dunbar.” History of Yesterday. August 5, 2020. https://historyofyesterday.com/the-disappearance-of-bobby-dunbar-8c061b5b7c9b.
14. “The Ghost of Bobby Dunbar.” This American Life. March 14, 2008. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/352/transcript.
15. “The Real Story Of The Fake Anastasia.” Refinery29. May 16, 2016. https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/05/110617/anna-anderson-anastasia-romanov-impostor.
16. “The Sack Man Cometh.” Eric Edwards Collected Works. November 17, 2013. https://ericwedwards.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/the-sack-man-cometh.
17. “The True Story of The Boy Who Vanished and Came Back as a New Child, 1912.” History Daily. Accessed March 20th, 2022. https://historydaily.org/the-bobby-dunbar-story.
18. “This notorious Christmas character is dividing a country.” National Geographic. December 6, 2018. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/black-pete-christmas-zwarte-piet-dutch.
19. “Walters Not Guilty (Thinks This Correspondent…).” The Yazoo Herald. May 8, 1913. Page 3. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17637377/the-yazoo-herald.
20. “Was he Bobby Dunbar?” The Times (Shreveport, LA). January 31, 2004. Page 15, https://www.newspapers.com/image/219960443/?terms=%22bobby%20dunbar%22&match=1.
21. “What is Capgras Syndrome?” Healthline. Accessed March 20, 2022. https://www.healthline.com/health/capgras-syndrome.
22. “Who Was Bobby Dunbar? A Century-Old Case Finally Solved.” History By Day. Accessed March 21, 2022. https://historybyday.com/human-stories/who-was-bobby-dunbar-a-century-old-case-finally-solved.
23. “Woman claiming to be Anastasia Romanov arrives in the U.S.” History.com. February 7, 2022. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anastasia-arrives-in-the-united-states.