21. (Sort of) Off Topic: Elizabeth Báthory

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This week, Max is going Off Topic to kick us into spooky season with the story of Elizabeth Bathory. Was she the most prolific serial killer in the history of the world? Did she really bathe in blood to preserve her youth and beauty? Is this perhaps a sexist ploy for men to take power? Who knows? (We think we do. We are, as always, very confident in our assertions.)
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“Elizabeth Báthory’s Blood Baths: Separating Myth from Reality” from Vamped
Elizabeth Báthory Wikipedia
Paintings of Nádasdy Ferenc and Elizabeth Báthory
“Elizabeth Báthory” on Encyclopedia Brittanica
“Elizabeth Bathory” for Biography.com
“Cambridge University academic's quest to clear Elizabeth Bathory's name” by Laurence Cawley for the BBC
“Countess Elizabeth Báthory: The True Story Of “Lady Dracula”” by Ann Foster - op ed
“Bathed in Blood” from Vault of Thoughts
“Vampire folklore by region” on Wikipedia
“Empress Maria Theresa & the 18th Century Vampire Panic” by Jenni Wiltz for Medium
“The bloody legend of Hungary’s serial killer countess” for National Geographic
“On this Day, in 1610: the gruesome crimes of Elizabeth Báthory were uncovered” from Kafkadesk

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21. (Sort of) Off Topic: Elizabeth Báthory

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“Elizabeth Báthory’s Blood Baths: Separating Myth from Reality” from Vamped
Elizabeth Báthory Wikipedia
Paintings of Nádasdy Ferenc and Elizabeth Báthory
“Elizabeth Báthory” on Encyclopedia Brittanica
“Elizabeth Bathory” for Biography.com
“Cambridge University academic's quest to clear Elizabeth Bathory's name” by Laurence Cawley for the BBC
“Countess Elizabeth Báthory: The True Story Of “Lady Dracula”” by Ann Foster - op ed
“Bathed in Blood” from Vault of Thoughts
“Vampire folklore by region” on Wikipedia
“Empress Maria Theresa & the 18th Century Vampire Panic” by Jenni Wiltz for Medium
“The bloody legend of Hungary’s serial killer countess” for National Geographic
“On this Day, in 1610: the gruesome crimes of Elizabeth Báthory were uncovered” from Kafkadesk

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158. We’re the Hero Twins (why is there only one bed in this cave?) 1:41:17

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Send us a text Hello and happy last-episode-before-summer-break! This week, Max is going to tell us a Mayan tale about two little scamps who learn the age-old lesson that ball IS life, and Janey is going to teach us to never trust Old Greg (but if you haven't learned that lesson by now, you might be doomed). We hope you enjoy! PS, we are taking the month of June (and possibly July) off! This is absolutely necessary for us to rest and recharge after Hurricane Twilight Puppet Musical devastated our mental cities (does this bit work?) If you want more episodes, consider joining the Patreon at the $7 level! We have a ton of very fun bonus episodes up and ready to binge-- plus you get access to the Discord! We love you, we'll miss you, and we thank you for listening! <3 Janey's Sources - The Soul Cages Celtic Fairy Tales retold by Neil Philip Free Text “The Soul Cages: A Fake Folktale” from Writing in Margins The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers by Jen Campbell Max's Sources - The Tricks of Hunahpú and Xbalanqué Full scan online of “The Enchanted Orchard, and other folktales of Central America” by Dorothy Sharp Carter Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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157. That's That Me Manchego (this princess has ADHD) 1:12:59

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Send us a text Hello and welcome back! On this week's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a helpful little mouse who can do it all, and Max is going to tell us about a woman who prioritizes her needs over work (god FORBID a woman do something for herself every once in a while). Enjoy! Janey's Sources - The Forest Bride Full free text Max's Sources - The Weaver Maiden and the Cowherd “Myths of the World” by Padraic Colum Summary of “The Cowherd and the Weaving Maid” variant Summary of “The Weaver and the Cow Herdsman,” Korean variant Summary of “The Legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl” variant Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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156. The Labyrinth was a Maze (Justice for Ariadne) 2:34:47

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Send us a text Hello and happy Part 2 of our Mythology episode! This week Max is going to tell us the story of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur! Get ready to rage! Max’s Sources - Theseus, Ariadne, the Minotaur, and the Labyrinth Diffen.com - “Labyrinth vs. Maze” Classical Kids’ summary of Theseus, Ariadne, and the Minotaur Greek Mythology: The myth of Theseus and the Minotaur Liverpool Museums, “Theseus and the Minotaur” Knossos Palace, “The Myth of Theseus and the Minotaur” The Metropolitan Museum, “Theseus, Hero of Athens” Epoch Magazine, “Theseus and Ariadne in Naxian Identity” Ancient Greece, “Theseus and the Minotaur” Theoi, “Ariadne” Cornell College, “Analysis of Ariadne and Theseus” The Guardian, “In love’s labyrinth” by Charlotte Higgins Myth Matters podcast, “Into the Labyrinth and the myth of Ariadne’s Thread” Full free text of Catullus 64 in English and Latin BONUS : Homeric Hymn to Demeter Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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155. Justice for Medea (everybody wants a hot goth girlfriend until…) 1:34:13

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Send us a text Hello! Our theme for the next two episodes is "mythology", and Janey is kicking us off with the Greek story of Jason and Medea. We're going to learn about the Argonaut-Boy Trip, how the gods screwed Medea over, and also discuss why we support women's wrongs. Hope you enjoy! Sources: The Voyage of Argo, Apollonius of Rhodes Medea by Euripedes (Full play) Ovid’s Metamorphoses Medea and Jason: The Backstory , from the Metropolitan Opera The Golden Fleece , from World History Encyclopedia Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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Send us a text Happy April Fools Day, Loca! https://youtu.be/2CLzjKXzwB0?si=sLl_8Muj59M_p3N2 Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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154. High Value Beans (here comes my story finger!) 1:30:14

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Send us a text Hello and welcome to the end of March! This week, Max is going to change the way we think about Jack and the Beanstalk, and Janey is going to tell us about a magical kidnapping! (Business as usual!) Janey's Sources - Jamie Freel and the Young Lady Full Story Max's Sources - Jack and the Beanstalk Andrew Lang's "The Red Fairy Book" Full free text of “Jack and the Beanstalk” from the Red Fairy Book Article on the variations and roots of Jack and the Beanstalk Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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153. Finn McCool and the Gang (and the OG Booktok girlie) 2:16:07

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Send us a text Happy St. Patrick's Day! This week we're telling Irish stories! Janey is going to tell us about a man who runs away to fairy land, and Max is going to tell us about a woman who does the same! We hope you enjoy! A note on spelling: Janey's story is about Finn McCool, which is how "Irish Folk and Fairy Tales" spells it. The traditional spelling is Fionn mac Cumhaill, but since we wanted to make the "Cool and the Gang" joke, we're sticking to the anglicized version. Janey's Sources - The Birth and Death of Oísin “Irish Folk and Fairy Tales” edited by J.K. Jackson YOUTUBE VIDEO : “The Story of Tír na nÓg” by Folk Survival P.J. Lynch Gallery illustrations “Tír na nÓg: The Story of Niamh and Oisín” by Terri Murphy Max's Sources - The Wooing of Becfola Full free text of “The Wooing of Becfola” by James Stephens Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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152. I Be Akimbo (Scrimbus Malfoy) 1:38:18

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Send us a text Welcome back to another episode! This week, Max is going to tell us about a man who can't stop touching rocks, and Janey is going to tell us about the dangers of picking flowers (don't do it, ladies! It's not worth it!) Enjoy! Janey's Sources - What Came of Picking Flowers Andrew Lang's "Grey Fairy Book" Full free story Max's Sources - The Touchstone "The World Treasury of Fairy Tales & Folklore: A Family Heirloom of Stories to Inspire & Entertain" by Rose Williamson, Joanna Gilar, and William Gray Full free text of “The Touchstone” by Robert Louis Stevenson Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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151. Your Tallest, Mustachioed Girlfriend (the most popular girl at the party) 2:27:17

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Send us a text Welcome back, friend! On this episode, we're taking a break from talking to the invisible king to bring you two tales of women in love! Janey's going to introduce us to one of the best New Orleans folk legends around, and Max is going to tell us all about a woman who is cursed to be ugly, but may have a secret skill that will make her the most popular girl at the party... who knows? Enjoy! Janey's Sources - “Annie Christmas” “Her Stories: African American Folktales, Fairy Tales, and True Tales” retold by Virginia Hamilton, illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon Annie Christmas wikipedia Max's Sources - The Great Green Worm “Wonder Tales” edited and with an introduction by Marina Warner, translated by A. S. Byatt, illustrated by Sophie Herxheimer Full free text of “The Green Serpent” translated by James Robinson Planché Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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150. Flummoxed! (do you speak German?) 1:48:08

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Send us a text Hello and welcome to our very special LIVE episode! This week, we told our stories to all the lovely people on our Discord (and only had very minor awkward technical issues). If you love flummoxing fairies and swelling, this is the episode for you. (Also what's your deal? Why are those your two interests?) Janey's Sources - Long, Broad and Sharp Eyes “Czech Fairytales” by Karel Jarormir Erben and Bozena Nemcova Full free story Max's Sources - The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies “The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies” retold by Heather Forest, illustrated by Susan Gaber Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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149. A Garden of Heads (and an infestation of witches) 1:27:25

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Send us a text On today's episode, Janey is going to tell us about a woman with a deadly bush, and Max is going to give us some tips on how to get rid of uninvited guests! Enjoy! Janey's Sources - The Snow, The Crow, and the Blood Full free story Wikipedia entry on “The Grateful Dead” motif Max's Sources - The Horned Women " Fairy Tales of Ireland " by W. B. Yeats, illustrated by P. J. Lynch Full free text of “ The Horned Women ” by Lady Jane Francesca Wilde from “Ancient Legends, Mystic Charms & Superstitions of Ireland with Sketches of the Irish Past” Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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148. Bisect, Divide, Sunder ('twas I that set the house ablaze!) 1:50:15

23 weeks ago1:50:15

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Send us a text Hello and Happy New Year! We're starting 2025 off strong with Max's tale of the worst boy, and Janey's tale of the best boy! That's right, it's a BOY episode! We hope you enjoy! Janey's Sources - The Maiden in the Castle of Rosy Clouds “An Illustrated Treasury of Swedish Folk and Fairy Tales” illustrated by John Bauer Stop the Bleed Online Course (IMPORTANT) Max's Sources - Ivan Tsarevich, The Fire-Bird and the Gray Wolf “Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments,” illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova Full free text of “Ivan Tsarevich, The Fire-Bird, and the Gray Wolf” by Alexander Afanasyev, translated by Jeremiah Curtin Wikipedia article for Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf Wikipedia article for Igor Stravinsky’s ballet and opera, “The Firebird” Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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It: Chapter Goo (Holiday Re-Release!) 44:42

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Send us a text Hello and happy holidays! Today we're re-releasing a story Max told on episode 106, called "Boneless", from Robert D. San Souci's Short and Shivery . We hope you enjoy it as much as we do, and that you have a safe and restful holiday season! We'll see you next year! Love, Janey and Max Max's Sources - Boneless "Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales" by Robert D. San Souci "Boneless (folklore)" on Villains Wiki Free text of variant for "Boneless" Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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147. So Big, So Ugly (please tell Gerky to come outside) 1:21:26

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Send us a text Hello and happy almost-holidays, everyone! Today Janey we are so absolutely overwhelmed by our emotions today because Hans Christian Andersen decided to be mean to a baby. Then, Max is going to melt our cold, cold hearts with the true story behind Frosty the Snowman. We hope you enjoy the last episode of 2024!!! Janey's Sources - The Ugly Duckling Full free story Max's Sources - The Snow Child “Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments,” illustrated by Dinara Mirtalipova Full free text of original version from “Slavonic Fairy Tales” by John Teophilius Naaké Wiki article on “Snegurochka” (the snow maiden) Support the show Check out our books (and support local bookstores!) on our Bookshop.org affiliate account! Starting your own podcast with your very cool best friend? Try hosting on Buzzsprout (and get a $20 Amazon gift card!) Want more?? Visit our website! Join our Patreon! Shop the merch at TeePublic! If you liked these stories, let us know on our various socials! Instagram Tiktok Goodreads And email us at sortofthestory@gmail.com…

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146. Sufficiently Icked (wee-sa babies) 1:09:25

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