A storage container full of teddy bears, several getaway cars, and a taxidermy rat. What do these things have in common? They're all evidence in a series of heists and police reports warn shits about to get WYRD. We're talking crime this week. Organised crime. We're taking a break from everything grizzly and gory to bring you some wholesome content. As always, be sure to check the content warnings just in case. 

Lockdown 5 has fallen over Melbourne, Aus and with the rest of the world still very much on fire, we think it is time for a well deserved break. So sit down, pour yourself a cup of tea (or something stronger) and relax with these tales three. 

Mask up, get vaccinated when able, and save Halloween. We love you. 

Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras. 

Content Warnings: Brief mention of rape and suicide.

The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.

Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato

- - - Sources - - -

The 300 Million Yen Robbery

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_million_yen_robbery

https://www.news.com.au/world/japan-heist-remains-unsolved-44-years-on/news-story/4155fd5e0206d8a299a2948cdb1e68c7

https://moneyweek.com/363610/10-december-1968-the-300-million-yen-robbery

https://medium.com/of-misdeeds-and-mysteries/unsolved-japans-three-hundred-million-yen-affair-b28ab3e66d73

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7885696/

https://www.vintag.es/2020/12/300-million-yen-robbery.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/09/18/300-milion-yen/

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/2177413/who-was-mysterious-motorcyclist-behind-infamous-japanese-heist

Beanie Baby Burglary 

https://dailyjournalonline.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/four-charged-after-beanie-babies-heist/article_27020ad6-cd4c-554b-9039-5e58a3812058.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1998/04/23/beanie-baby-mania-goes-criminal/8baadce6-1a53-4e5d-b6a6-45d58b6e8925/

https://moneyinc.com/most-expensive-beanie-babies/

https://apnews.com/article/8837e14bbd0083cc377bbd15de7f7d63

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66006/12-media-accounts-beanie-babies-hysteria-circa-1990s

Banksy's Anti-Heist

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4559961

https://www.dazeddigital.com/art-photography/article/41743/1/banksy-girl-with-balloon-painting-pranks-sotherbys-london

https://www.wired.com/2006/11/banksy-infiltra/

http://www.woostercollective.com/post/a-wooster-exclusive-banksy-hits-new-yorks-most-famous-museums-all-of

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPAT47fSvDw

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/2966c437-9ccf-4477-a30b-5dc751cafdf7

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-story-behind-banksy-4310304/

https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/most-expensive-banksy-artworks-at-auctions/keep-it-spotless

Wall And Piece by Banksy (Book)

Animals are the best people. Fight us if you disagree. You'll win, for we are pre-arthritic and collapse at the thought of having to perform a high school beep test, but we'll attempt to anyway. Today we discuss the marvellous menageries of Nazi-era Germany, the best helpers a war effort could ask for, and the high key human trash that live for exotic animal ownership. Please forgive our lengthy absence with this extra girthy episode of bizarre beasts <3 

Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.

Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, mentions of war, mentions of the Holocaust, violence against children, violence against animals.

The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.

Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato

Sources: (will be updated shortly)

Cemeteries: the iconic first date site for goths and socially awkward weirdos the world round. What's not to love about secret bat treasure, burped up bodies, and vampire-obsessed mobs? Romance is in the air on Lacey's Mystery History Hour! Take a break and listen along as Lacey takes Tay and Laura on a trip down cemetery lane (Cue dated My Chemical Romance track), discussing statues rubbed raw by shameless single hands seeking husbands and some good old seventies satanic panic. 

Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.

Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against animals.

The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.

Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato

Sources:

Highgate Cemetery:

HighgateCemetery.org

Wikipedia

Atlas Obscura

Wikipedia

The Guardian

My London

La Recoleta Cemetery:

Wikipedia

The Culture Trip

Atlas Obscura

Lonely Planet

Afar

Landing Panda

Pere Lachiase:

Wikipedia

Paris Info

The Culture Trip

Atlas Obscura

A return to casting (spells and pods alike) and a return to the roots that may have had a hand in making us wyrd - horror films watched way too early in our tender youth. Do you recall a time before morbid curiosity took hold, dear listener? We do - sort of. Thank you, questionable parenting skills, for your hand in shaping our deranged coven. This week Lacey, Tay and Laura bring you a restorative brew of whacked-out film lore - from actual on-screen deaths to the horrifying inspiration behind iconic 90s slashers. 

Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.

Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against animals.

The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.

Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato

Sources:

Film Deaths:

• Looper
• IMBD
• History Collective
• Classic Movie Hub
• The Guardian
• Youtube
• Ain't It Cool News
• HowStuffWorks
• Listverse
• Hopes and Fears
• Looper
• The Sun
• Bloody Disgusting
• New York Times
• Wikipedia
• Shudder - Cursed Films 

The Exorcist:

• IMBD
• Mental Floss
• Wikipedia
• Shudder - Cursed Films 

Scream:

We’re back! Thank you for your patience and a thousand blessings upon your house. Now, pour yourself a delightful glass of curdled milk or blood (we won’t judge) and heed these warnings three! A South African sex pest, a beautiful murder bird wife, or a maniac with a hook for a hand might be lurking around the next corner! We’re talking boogeymen this week. Intruders that go bump in the night, judge your messy house, and then force-feed you baby food. A little lost? You’ll just have to listen. Segments: The Tikolosh, Schnabelperchten, and Cropsey with a Willem DaFoe appreciation interlude.

Content Warnings: Discussions of rape, gore, violence against children, violence against disabled peoples, kidnapping.

The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is written, recorded, and produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land: the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their elders past, present, and emerging.

Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato

Sources:

Tikolosh:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTdIwEg5niQ
• ‘Needle Implantation Ascribed to ‘Tikoloshe.’” The Lancet, Vol. 342 , No. 8882, 1993, pp. 1304.’
• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/tokoloshe  

Schnabelperchten:

· https://www.boneandsickle.com/tag/schnabelperchten/

· https://austrianadaptation.com/blog/perchten-austrias-wild-pagan-festival#:~:text=Perchten%20is%20an%20ancient%20pagan,through%20the%20centre%20of%20villages.&text=All%20up%20the%20costumes%20can,drumming%20in%20the%20village%20streets

· https://www.raurisertal.at/en/region/traditions-folk-customs/schnabelperchten/

· https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MszCKZsGx44

Cropsey:

· https://allthatsinteresting.com/andre-rand-cropsey

· https://the-line-up.com/cropsey-monster-of-staten-island

· https://classicnewyorkhistory.com/history-of-willowbrook-and-the-terrifying-legend-of-cropsey/

· https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/14/nyregion/body-unearthed-on-si-is-that-of-missing-girl.html

· https://thoughtcatalog.com/steven-casale/2015/03/creepy-history-cropsey-the-monster-of-staten-island/

We are back with Secure Contain Protect round two. SCP in the secure UNIT! In this episode we bring you another three of our favourite frightening fictions from the OG online creative collective. Featuring SCP 2086, SCP 1875, and SCP 294. As always, we provide plenty of anecdotes to further enforce why the three of us may need special containment ourselves. Highlights include: the best drink known to man (spoilers, it's L&P), the first Wyrd Sisters discovered SCP: Tim Curry Teapot, and the fractured friendship of Lacey and Tay (will they learn to love again?). 

Content Warnings: Child death, abduction, mentions of food, mentions of alcohol

SCP 2086 is written by Morgiepie
SCP 1875 is written by TheMadStork
SCP 294 is written by far2

Dirty, dirty topic repeaters. Or are we? We had agreed on this week’s theme to be Oceans 2.0 but, it’s more Oceans Adjacent 1.5? We cover lakes, experimental medicine, and floating cities. Whatever kind of plan we originally had for this episode, Poseidon has it now. Join us for some solid chats covering such topics as: a haunted skeleton lake, how to become Aquaman (kind of?), and why you should not book a cruise next winter. Or ever.

Visit www.wyrdsisterspodcast.com for all the extras.

Intro and outro music: Halloween Creep by Bruised via Envato Market

CONTENT WARNINGS: Death, descriptions of gore, burn injuries, brief discussions of suicide, human trafficking and rape, brief discussion of body weight, kidnapping, murder, medical procedure, brief descriptions of injured animals.

Information and sources: Businessinsider.com, wound research.com, Journal of Surgical Procedurevia NCBI.com, Vice, Reddit

Our episode this week starts with the rising of the sun (king) and ends with the waning of the moon (king). Sandwiched in the middle is a collection of botched beheadings and effed-up executions so grim you’ll be glad you’re a nobody. Episode 29 is all about Rotten Royals. Highlights include: the importance of bathing, the truth behind your favourite childhood movie, and why you should never meet your heroes. Our stories are so awful they’ll make you say “Yuck… I love it!”

Content warnings: medical procedure, discussions of gore, violence involving animals, executions, death, torture, suicide, homophobia

Sources: OMGfacts.com, Tidsskriftet.com, Britannica, Hekoten International Journal of Medical Humanities, Stanford healthcare.org,

A big round of applause for La who is joining us this week in Lacey’s absence. Y’all know when La is on the pod, things get gross. This week we celebrate all the weird and wonderful nightmare fuel in medical history. Some old school gross shit. From power tools to invasive parasites to pool noodles, we’ve got some seriously squeamish stories just for you. Remember, whenever in doubt: don’t put household objects, animals, or power tools inside yourself. Don’t be pre-nut stupid. Be post-nut smart. Send all of your love to Lacey who will be back with us soon. The Wyrd Sisters Podcast is produced on Wurundjeri land. We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land, the peoples of the Kulin Nation and pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging. Content warnings: non-consensual surgery, childbirth, pregnancy, miscarriage, infant death, parasites, weird sex shit, bestiality, gore Sources: MammaMia, Homa Khaleeli via The Guardian, The Principles of Midwifery by John Aitken, All That Is Interesting, Rain Noe via Core77, Mental Floss, Business Insider, The Pregnancy Zone, TOMO News US, Did You Know Facts?, NBC News, The Richest.com, Buzzfeed, Thomas Morris via new Scientist.com. Music: “Halloween Creep” by Bruised via Envato

Smell you later, 2020! Hello 2021! Welcome back, coven, to another year of wyrd and wonderful shit delivered to you personally by your three favourite witches. In this episode we go back to our roots and share three grisly tales of murder from our hometowns. From singed, silk pyjamas to grotty balaclavas to petrified pooches, you're in for a wild ride. Who said Aussie true crime was boring? Some drongo, probably. 

Tangent topics include: face tattoos, an astronomical medical fuck up, Christmas desserts.

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Sexual assault involving minors, Rape, Murder, Home Invasion, Abduction, Hit and Run.

Would you drink Laura’s blood cocktail? Sip the sweet nectar of Lacey’s swollen dry-shaved lumps? Tongue Tay’s eviscerated armpit? You might, if you’re the type to shimmy down chimneys in the dead of night to gain access to a stranger's home. We’re on to you, Fat Man. We know your ways. Come with us on the final episode of the hellish mess that has been 2020 - happy anniversary, coven! And pleasant holidays all round 💚💜🖤 

Content Warning: rape, murder, assault