Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that is back after a wee bit of a break…&nbsp;
I&#8217;m your host this week, Shea. I&#8217;m Aaron, and this week I learned I should be doing my homework&#8230;
This week&#8217;s drink: Space Bloody Orange from Ace cidery 
Crazy Headlines of 2022
 May: Pecker Plants&nbsp;
Apparently, back in May, the Cambodian government asked people to stop picking a rare carnivorous plant and if the poaching continues this plant has a very real chance of going extinct. The reason behind the carnivorous bouquet is the flowers&#8217; unique appearance of male genitalia, Nepenthes holdenii also called the Penis Fly Trap. Cambodian environment ministry wrote on Facebook: “What they are doing is wrong and please don’t do it again in the future.
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“Thank you for loving natural resources, but don’t harvest them so they go to waste.”
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<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/penis-plants-cambodia-nepenthes-b2081969.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/penis-plants-cambodia-nepenthes-b2081969.html</a>
June: See ya later Alligator&nbsp;
The end of last June in a tiny town in southern Mexico, Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa sealed his nuptials to an alligator with a kiss. The age-old ritual in San Pedro Huamelula, now mixed with Catholic spirituality, involves dressing the alligator or caiman in a white wedding dress plus other colorful garments. &#8220;We ask nature for enough rain, for enough food, that we have fish in the river,&#8221; said Sosa.
The seven-year-old reptile, referred to as a little princess, is believed to be a deity representing mother earth, and her marriage to the local leader symbolizes the joining of humans with the divine.
As trumpets blared and drums provided a festive beat, locals carried the alligator bride in their arms through village streets as men fanned it with their hats.
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&#8220;It gives me so much happiness and makes me proud of my roots,&#8221; said Elia Edith Aguilar, known as the godmother who organized the wedding.
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She said that she feels privileged to be entrusted with carrying out the ceremony, and noted she spent a lot of time fretting over what the bride would wear.
&#8220;It&#8217;s a very beautiful tradition,&#8221; she added with a smile.
<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/mexican-mayor-weds-princess-alligator-in-age-old-tradition/">https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/mexican-mayor-weds-princess-alligator-in-age-old-tradition/</a>
July: I turned 35 and that sucks.&nbsp;
August: Captain Maryland
He wields a mallet, carries a crab-shaped shield and wears a belt of Old Bay. Some say he is quicker running sideways than forward and has a super pinch grip! It’s Captain Maryland!! Clark Rogers, “Defender of Maryland” and superhero in disguise, has always been fascinated by cosplay.
Ever since he was a young boy, he could be found at countless comic conventions, watching as his favorite television personalities strode by, capes billowing and costumes gleaming. As Rogers, a recently retired firefighter, grew older, he wished to create a superhero of his very own — one on a much smaller scale, dedicated to his beloved home state of Maryland.
Thus, Captain Maryland was born.
Every superhero needs an origin story, and Rogers explains that Captain Maryland gained his superhero powers after eating radioactive crabs from the Chesapeake Bay near the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant. The seafood gave him the powerful pinch of a crab, the ability to run sideways like a crab, and his bullet-proof crab-shaped shield.&nbsp;
Captain Maryland had a music video premiered in Ocean City and online on Aug. 24, National Maryland Day. Rogers cannot wait for more people to catch a glimpse of Captain Maryland doing what he does best, expressing pride for his home state.
<a href="https://patch.com/maryland/kensington/captain-marylands-fame-grows-faster-crabs-running-beach">https://patch.com/maryland/kensington/captain-marylands-fame-grows-faster-crabs-running-beach</a>
September: #SleepyChicken
Putting stupid shit in your body isn’t a new trend, just look at the tide pod challenge, but did you manage to catch last year&#8217;s bull shit, Nyquil Chicken? You heard correctly and I’m sure you can figure out the recipe… Chicken boiled in Nyquil. This Tik Tok trend caught on last year and by September the FDA needed to warn the public of the dangers of consuming said chicken. Tik Tok removed the offending videos and warned others of the danger of participating.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/news/fda-warns-against-tiktok-nyquil-chicken">https://www.foodnetwork.com/healthyeats/news/fda-warns-against-tiktok-nyquil-chicken</a>
October: BEES!!!
Last October a Longmeadow, MA, woman, in order to avoid eviction used bees to keep the police at bay. 55-year-old Rorie Susan Woods, pulled up to her home on Oct. 12 in an SUV with huge crates of bee hives. The Hampden County Sheriff’s Department, whose officers were there to evict Woods, said she ripped lids off the crates and made the bees very aggressive. She put on a professional beekeeper’s outfit to carry “a tower of bees” to the home’s front door. The bees stung several cops “and other innocent bystanders,” the sheriff’s office said. Woods faces four counts of assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon, three counts of assault by means of a dangerous weapon, and a charge of disorderly conduct. “I’m just thankful no one died because bee allergies are serious,” Robert Hoffman, chief deputy of the department’s Civil Process Office, said.
<a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/massachusetts-woman-bees-cops-eviction-1234614629/">https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/massachusetts-woman-bees-cops-eviction-1234614629/</a>
November: Methy Monks
In November an entire Thai Buddhist temple was left completely empty after all the monks failed a drug test. Four monks, including the abbot, tested positive for methamphetamine in the northern province of Phetchabun. In recent years, methamphetamine has become a major issue in Thailand and this was part of a national campaign to tackle drug trafficking.&nbsp;
<a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63792923">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63792923</a>
December: How to Ruin Christmas
A Florida man went on a destruction rampage after he was caught engaged in sexual activity with a dog. Chad Mason, 36, was caught by the resident of an apartment complex having sex with the animal. After being confronted, Mason became combative and erratic. He entered the Northwood Presbyterian Church and broke several potted plants. He also knocked over a nativity display before fleeing to another neighborhood.
Mason’s reign of terror continued as he destroyed a mailbox and attempted to steal a car.
Officers arrived on the scene and arrested him. He was taken to the Jail where he faces multiple charges, including lewd or lascivious exhibition, two counts of exposure of sexual organs, criminal mischief to a place of worship, and sexual activity involving animals.
<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/12/06/florida-man-busted-for-public-sex-with-dog-wrecking-church-nativity-scene/">https://nypost.com/2022/12/06/florida-man-busted-for-public-sex-with-dog-wrecking-church-nativity-scene/</a>
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We're back! It's a casual episode of Shea and Aaron reiviewing missed headlines from the hiatus and some chit chat. Enjoy!

Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that is back after a wee bit of a break…&nbsp; 
 
 
 
I'm your host this week, Shea. I'm Aaron, and this week I learned I should be doing my homework... 
 
 
 
This week's drink: Space Bloody Orange from Ace cidery  
 
 
 
Crazy Headlines of 2022 
 
 
 
May: Pecker Plants&nbsp; 
 
 
 
Apparently, back in May, the Cambodian government asked people to stop picking a rare carnivorous plant and if the poaching continues this plant has a very real chance of going extinct. The reason behind the carnivorous bouquet is the flowers' unique appearance of male genitalia, Nepenthes holdenii also called the Penis Fly Trap. Cambodian environment ministry wrote on Facebook: “What they are doing is wrong and please don’t do it again in the future. 
 
 
 
 
“Thank you for loving natural resources, but don’t harvest them so they go to waste.” 
 
 
 
 
<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/penis-plants-cambodia-nepenthes-b2081969.html">https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/southeast-asia/penis-plants-cambodia-nepenthes-b2081969.html</a> 
 
 
 
June: See ya later Alligator&nbsp; 
 
 
 
The end of last June in a tiny town in southern Mexico, Mayor Victor Hugo Sosa sealed his nuptials to an alligator with a kiss. The age-old ritual in San Pedro Huamelula, now mixed with Catholic spirituality, involves dressing the alligator or caiman in a white wedding dress plus other colorful garments. "We ask nature for enough rain, for enough food, that we have fish in the river," said Sosa. 
 
 
 
The seven-year-old reptile, referred to as a little princess, is believed to be a deity representing mother earth, and her marriage to the local leader symbolizes the joining of humans with the divine. 
 
 
 
As trumpets blared and drums provided a festive beat, locals carried the alligator bride in their arms through village streets as men fanned it with their hats. 
 
 
 
 
"It gives me so much happiness and makes me proud of my roots," said Elia Edith Aguilar, known as the godmother who organized the wedding. 
 
 
 
 
She said that she feels privileged to be entrusted with carrying out the ceremony, and noted she spent a lot of time fretting over what the bride would wear. 
 
 
 
"It's a very beautiful tradition," she added with a smile. 
 
 
 
<a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/mexican-mayor-weds-princess-alligator-in-age-old-tradition/">https://nypost.com/2022/07/03/mexican-mayor-weds-princess-alligator-in-age-old-tradition/</a> 
 
 
 
July: I turned 35 and that sucks.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
August: Captain Maryland 
 
 
 
He wields a mallet, carries a crab-shaped shield and wears a belt of Old Bay. Some say he is quicker running sideways than forward and has a super pinch grip! It’s Captain Maryland!! Clark Rogers, “Defender of Maryland” and superhero in disguise, has always been fascinated by cosplay. 
 
 
 
Ever since he was a young boy, he could be found at countless comic conventions, watching as his favorite television personalities strode by, capes billowing and costumes gleaming. As Rogers, a recently retired firefighter, grew older, he wished to create a superhero of his very own — one on a much smaller scale, dedicated to his beloved home state of Maryland. 
 
 
 
Thus, Captain Maryland was born. 
 
 
 
Every superhero needs an origin story, and Rogers explains that Captain Maryland gained his superhero powers after eating radioactive crabs from the Chesapeake Bay near the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant. The seafood gave him the powerful pinch of a cra...

Interesting If True - Episode 96: The Re-Re-Re-Launchening

Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that scares you with haunting facts, mostly.
I&#8217;m your host this week, Shea, and with me are:
I&#8217;m Aaron, and this week I learned that the downside of flipping houses is that nearly all hauntings take place in cheap, run-down, fixer-uppers… you’re probably gonna get slimed&#8230;
I&#8217;m Steve, and I’m not funny or prepared. &nbsp;But he did bring breakfast and beer so&#8230;
I&#8217;m Jenn and learned that Nightmare on Elm Street saved Newline Cinema allowing a plucky New Zealand director to bring us Lord of the Rings.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><a id="post-55722-_a3b5jfycpxb9"></a>This Week’s Beer</h3>
This week’s beer is from the back of Steve’s fridge. Though the back of his fridge is a magical land of stuff he won’t drink and I will.
Mountain Toucan &#8211; Horse &amp; Dragon Brewing Company
Style:Sour &#8211; Berliner Weisse
ABV:5.3%
Rating- Not enough data
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<li>Aaron- 7</li>
<li>Steve- 6</li>
<li>Shea- 8</li>
<li>Jenn- Is dying</li>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Haunting Haunts </h3>
As it gets closer and closer to Halloween you can feel it get spookier and spookier, or maybe it&#8217;s just because people are decorating. Either way, I love this time of year and I have been coming up with ideas for my Halloween costume this year, thinking of gluing a bunch of nickels to the back of an old shirt and going as nickel back, but I digress. This week as I was wading through the scarier side of the internet I found some lovely horrible stories on Haunted places that I thought I could bring to you today.
Because we normally start the show with a beer, I found it apt to start this story with a brewery. Savannah, Georgia is one of the most gorgeous cities in America. The Spanish moss drips off the live oaks and makes the whole city feel old and full of history, and probably ghosts. Even the streets and buildings seem like they have a story behind them, or ghosts hiding behind them. You see, Savannah is also one of the most haunted cities in America. Among the many ghost stories that fill the old buildings of Savannah, there are the ones that surround The Moon River Brewing Company.
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The Moon River Brewery started pouring pints in 1999. Originally built in 1821 by Charleston native Elazer Early, the City Hotel was the town&#8217;s first hotel and post office; it even housed a branch of the Bank of the United States. The City Hotel was an upscale establishment, however, the affluent clientele occasionally resorted to violence defending their Southern honor. Drawing in customers from the Yankee North, locals weren&#8217;t always friendly to City Hotel customers. In 1851 a man named Peter Wiltberger would buy this property. He would renovate it and even had a lion and lioness on display. Keep in mind that this was a live lion for attraction. The City Hotel guests would check out for the last time in 1864. This was just before the City Hotel would close down.
By the time Gen. Sherman reached Savannah during the Civil war, the city was mostly deserted and buildings were spared typical Union destruction. The City Hotel survived the Civil War and sat largely unused until the 1990s when it was renovated into the Moon River Brewing Company.
During its tenure, many fun events took place like during the spring of 1832, a feud broke out between an undesirable local, James Stark, and the city physician, Dr. Phillip Minis. Things escalated that August at the City Hotel. Stark was drinking heavily and spewing disparaging remarks against the doctor. Dr. Minus walked into the bar, saw Stark, and shot him. Later, Dr. Minus said he saw Stark reach for his gun first, and when he went to trial for murder, the jury quickly acquitted him. They were happy to see Stark gone &#8212; and every town needs a good doctor.
Another instance of extreme violence took place in November 1860; Mr. James Sinclair almost met his death at the City Hotel. A resident of New York City, he headed to Savannah, GA, in the hopes of finding work. Locals did not react kindly to the presence of a Yankee in their hotel, and they pressured Sinclair to leave. When he refused, he was drawn out of the hotel by a lynch mob, stripped, and beaten close to death.
Notably, the building was used as a hospital many times. Savannah has seen many yellow fever outbreaks over time. The brewery building was used as a hospital and housing for yellow fever victims. It is estimated hundreds of people, mostly children, died on the upper floors of the building during these outbreaks.
The building was passed from business to business for quite some time, as seems to happen to haunted buildings, before sitting empty for twenty years. The Moon River Brewing Company saw the potential of this historical building and decided to buy it and set up their business. Since purchasing the building the brewery and its patrons have seen their fair share of ghosts which has only added to the rumors of a haunting.
So it’s haunted, but by what?
Throughout the year, numerous groups come to Savannah for a chance to investigate the Moon River Brewing Company. Honestly, it is a very hard place to investigate. It is right beside the main street in Historic Savannah. With thin walls, it is very easy for noise to leak in from the outside.
The most active location in the Moon River Brewing Company seems to be the basement. There is a lot of misinformation about the basement area. One of these ‘facts’ is that slaves were commonly kept in the basement. There is no evidence to substantiate this claim. Regardless, many paranormal groups have ghostly encounters with an entity that is in the basement.
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Pic from Jenn, yes that Jenn!! She actually went there and was haunted!!
There is a ton of attraction to the basement of the MR Brewing Company. This is the most famous ghost’s home. The staff call this ghost Toby. You can see him in the basement. He likes to move through the shadowed areas of the lower level. Keep in mind that the basement is not off-limits and many encounters happen with Toby. People will go through the basement during tours as well. One person on a tour claimed that instantly her body went icy. However, it was only the right half of her body that was icy. The woman also stated that she was hearing voices and couldn’t understand what the voices were trying to say. When she was taken outside, she was back to normal like nothing ever happened. Many people believe that she was faking it, however, many other people who have come into the basement have reported the same feelings. Who is to say whether she was faking or if it was real?
There have been many reports of ghosts and shadows on the upper levels of the building. There is the Lady in White, people being pushed down the staircase, people being chased out, and all sorts of paranormal activity.
The fourth floor of the company seems to have dark energy. It is known that the top floor was used for a makeshift hospital and that many people had died from yellow fever. Many deaths occurred on this floor. Many people would lose their battle with yellow fever and die without mercy. “This is the energy that you will feel if you go on this floor.” Many people believe that the ghosts that are seen on this floor are those who were taken by yellow fever. The experience is from that how they died and suffered before they died.
There have been many events that can only be described by paranormal activity. There is just no logical explanation otherwise. Ghosts are messing with people at this brewery. The MRBC has a nice dining area, however, there is some unusual activity. One gentleman states that he had been on a date when his lady friend excused herself to use the bathroom. She would not return for nearly fifteen minutes. When she did return she was crying and shook up. She stated that the bathroom door wouldn’t let her out. The stall was locked and even with all her weight, she could not get it open. She would call out for help and beg to be let out and pushed one last time. The last time she pushed it opened right up. The waitress would see that the lady was upset and the young woman stated what happened. The waitress stated that the ghosts tend to hide in the bathroom and do that to guests and that she wasn’t the first one to experience that phenomenon.
Another couple was on a date and the lady jumped up and her face was white as snow. She stated that someone had grabbed her leg twice. She thought it was her date, but she saw that his hands were visible. She stated she could feel what she thought was a hand grabbing her thigh and leg. This is why many people steer clear of the dining area.
Both Ghost Hunters and Ghost Adventures have shot episodes in Moon River which has increased its popularity immensely. The ghost stories have been coming from the staff and patrons of this famous brewery for over ten years now which gives it a good history of hauntings and a reliable source of stories. Enough people who go there experience supernatural events that it has developed a reputation as one of the best places to go if you want to experience a haunting
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<li><a href="https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/moon-rivers-haunted-history">https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/moon-rivers-haunted-history</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-restaurants/moon-river-brewing-company/">https://ghostcitytours.com/savannah/haunted-places/haunted-restaurants/moon-river-brewing-company/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://nightlyspirits.com/the-haunted-moon-river-brewing-company-savannah/">https://nightlyspirits.com/the-haunted-moon-river-brewing-company-savannah/</a></li>
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There are more haunted spots and houses throughout the world, and whether they be haunted or hoaxed is hard to determine but what is easy to see is the fears and horrors the stories from these locations stir up. If you have any haunted places you would like to hear about leave us a message at&#8230;
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Jenn leads a discussion about the history of Nightmare on Elm Street history. It appears that the dream-based horror is based on the actual events of Mhong refugees dying mysteriously in their sleep after escaping the Khmer rouge. So, actual horror stories.
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<li><a href="https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death">https://www.history.com/news/nightmare-on-elm-street-real-inspiration-hmong-death</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Nightmare_on_Elm_Street</a></li>
<li><a href="https://horrorfilmhistory.com/wp/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-1984/">https://horrorfilmhistory.com/wp/a-nightmare-on-elm-street-1984/</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 class="wp-block-heading"><a id="post-55722-_4v5mjgu5p8ij"></a>Outro</h3>
I’m Shea, and this week I learned that alligators can live up to 100 years which is why there is an increased chance that they will see you later, but before we go I’d like to thank all our listeners, supporters, and my co-hosts.
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<description>Shea tells the haunting stories of a Moony Brewery, then Jenn tells patrons about the truly horrifying origin of Nightmare on Elm Street.</description>

Shea tells the haunting stories of a Moony Brewery, then Jenn tells patrons about the truly horrifying origin of Nightmare on Elm Street.

Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that scares you with haunting facts, mostly. 
 
 
 
I'm your host this week, Shea, and with me are: 
 
 
 
I'm Aaron, and this week I learned that the downside of flipping houses is that nearly all hauntings take place in cheap, run-down, fixer-uppers… you’re probably gonna get slimed... 
 
 
 
I'm Steve, and I’m not funny or prepared. &nbsp;But he did bring breakfast and beer so... 
 
 
 
I'm Jenn and learned that Nightmare on Elm Street saved Newline Cinema allowing a plucky New Zealand director to bring us Lord of the Rings. 
 
 
 
<a id="post-55722-_a3b5jfycpxb9"></a>This Week’s Beer 
 
 
 
This week’s beer is from the back of Steve’s fridge. Though the back of his fridge is a magical land of stuff he won’t drink and I will. 
 
 
 
Mountain Toucan - Horse &amp; Dragon Brewing Company 
 
 
 
Style:Sour - Berliner Weisse 
 
 
 
ABV:5.3% 
 
 
 
Rating- Not enough data 
 
 
 
* Aaron- 7* Steve- 6* Shea- 8* Jenn- Is dying 
 
 
 
Haunting Haunts 
 
 
 
As it gets closer and closer to Halloween you can feel it get spookier and spookier, or maybe it's just because people are decorating. Either way, I love this time of year and I have been coming up with ideas for my Halloween costume this year, thinking of gluing a bunch of nickels to the back of an old shirt and going as nickel back, but I digress. This week as I was wading through the scarier side of the internet I found some lovely horrible stories on Haunted places that I thought I could bring to you today. 
 
 
 
Because we normally start the show with a beer, I found it apt to start this story with a brewery. Savannah, Georgia is one of the most gorgeous cities in America. The Spanish moss drips off the live oaks and makes the whole city feel old and full of history, and probably ghosts. Even the streets and buildings seem like they have a story behind them, or ghosts hiding behind them. You see, Savannah is also one of the most haunted cities in America. Among the many ghost stories that fill the old buildings of Savannah, there are the ones that surround The Moon River Brewing Company. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
The Moon River Brewery started pouring pints in 1999. Originally built in 1821 by Charleston native Elazer Early, the City Hotel was the town's first hotel and post office; it even housed a branch of the Bank of the United States. The City Hotel was an upscale establishment, however, the affluent clientele occasionally resorted to violence defending their Southern honor. Drawing in customers from the Yankee North, locals weren't always friendly to City Hotel customers. In 1851 a man named Peter Wiltberger would buy this property. He would renovate it and even had a lion and lioness on display. Keep in mind that this was a live lion for attraction. The City Hotel guests would check out for the last time in 1864. This was just before the City Hotel would close down. 
 
 
 
By the time Gen. Sherman reached Savannah during the Civil war, the city was mostly deserted and buildings were spared typical Union destruction. The City Hotel survived the Civil War and sat largely unused until the 1990s when it was renovated into the Moon River Brewing Company. 
 
 
 
During its tenure, many fun events took place like during the spring of 1832, a feud broke out between an undesirable local, James Stark, and the city physician, Dr. Phillip Minis. Things escalated that August at the City Hotel. Stark was drinking heavily and spewing disparaging remarks against the doctor. Dr. Minus walked into the bar, saw Stark, and shot him. Later, Dr. Minus said he saw Stark reach for his gun first,...

Interesting If True - Episode 72: Haunting Haunts

Welcome to&nbsp;Interesting If True, the podcast that’s pretty sure you’re a witchy woman… yoo-hoo witchy woman…
It’s a written joke. About chocolate milk. Patrons will get it…
I’m your host this week, Aaron, and with me is Shea:
I’m Shea, and this week I learned that you can legally kill uninvited guests on your property in Texas but they wont let you get an abortion… This is weird because they are basically the same thing.
Single Fermented Belgian Golden Ale – Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV
Donated by Steve E
Style:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/styles/190/">Blonde Ale – Belgian</a>
<a href="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/top-styles/190/">Ranked #6</a>
<ul>
<li>ABV: 6.8%</li>
<li>Score: 88</li>
<li>Aaron- 9</li>
<li>Shea- 9</li>
</ul>
Thanks to long-time listener, Steve-E!
Seriously, if you’re Steve-E this is episode like… 400…
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Witchy Brewer</h3>
We talked about women being, historically speaking, the brewers of our species until very recent&nbsp;history. And we talked about sexist assholes assholing it up assholishly in print. This week, we’re talking about medieval brewing and why it makes you a witch. A brew witch. Not the origin of “brew wench” so, sadly, no corsets in the patron section, but lots of beer fun… if you’re a guy. So sign up for that… I guess.
A few weeks ago, 57 I think, we talked about sexism in brewing and at some point we talked about how brewing used to be “women’s work” but like… in the not-degrogitory way.
That is, until the industry was stolen from them wholesale by the patriarchy.
And I’m even kidding. I talked before about the fact that it happened, today I’m going to talk about one of the tools in the sexism-brewer’s tool belt: calling ladies witches!
So, for nearly 5500 years women have been brewing along just fine. Brewsters, as they would come to be known went from being the tribal matriarch, to the village’s sole source of water that didn’t make you shit yourself to death.
In the 1300’s the women of a home considered brewing one of their key house-hold duties. It was related to food, and therefore “women’s work”, ugh. Around this time they were also called Alewives, a common term for the women who also made beer for other households like Mr. and No-one Incel down the street.
By the 16 and 1700’s what was once for domestic consumption had become a consumer industry. Brewsters were often the center of the town, certainly the market, and it was steadily becoming a profitable position if done at scale.
With that realization came competition. And with competition came… “business practices” not all terrible… yet anyway.
Some of these practices were created by the women. Such as wearing ever-taller hats to stand out in the market. Or using broomsticks above the doorway to signal that a home was also an alehouse. Signs often included the image of large boiling cauldron, an indicator that beer was made therein. They used symbols like a 6-sided star to indicate the highest quality ale. And of course cats were a necessity to prevent the grains from being eaten by mice.
Hopefully, you’re starting to get what I’m laying down. If not, take a look at your phones… tell me Mother Louse there isn’t a bride of Satan, I dare you!
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Add to all of this, of course, that the church hates everything fun and booze makes people happy and want to fuck, and you’ve got a perfect recipe for accusing someone of being a&nbsp;witch!
Brewsters began inspiring the iconography of Dooms across Europe–a Doom is a traditional English term for a wall-painting, typically a fresco, of the Last Judgement usually depicting Christ sending people to heaven or their&nbsp;doom&nbsp;like the worst sorting hat ever.
Stories of public houses, or pubs, and the old, unwed, hunched over, cat ladies who ran many became a source of public interest and few sang their virtues.
Poet John Skelton presented disgusting images of rural drinking and drunkenness. Chaucer described alewives as harbingers of sin. And somehow, this was the fault of Brewsters, despite their production of beer being fundamental to society and the alcohol level and quality being pushed higher and higher by the demand of their not just parched, but now also frequently partying, patronage.
Then came the final nail in the coffin, women were making a ton of money at it, ran the industry, and seemingly didn’t need even just one penis to tell them what to do.
A writer for the German Beer Institute muses that:
<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">
In a culture where beer defines part of the national character, the question of who controls the brew is paramount. He who has his hand on the levers of power, also has his thumb in the people’s beer mug.
</blockquote>
So now Brewsters are witches and burning them is preferable to buying their beer.
Great.
Except that the Inquisitions were in high gear and knowing how to make stuff was bad enough, but to make stuff in a cauldron while in possession of a vagina was literally punishable by death.
Of course, I could just be prescribing capitalist sexism where there wasn’t any, right?
No. Of course not. Another major player in women losing their positions was simply what men thought they should be doing with their time. Babies. Babies is what they should be doing.
For example, in 1540 the city of Chester banned women between the ages of 14 and 40 from being alewives in hopes of moving the trade towards women outside of childbearing age.
So there ya go. If you want to take over an industry, use its imagery against it by likening the easiest targets to the devil and away you go.
But hey, at least only the ideologies were radioactive… I mean… until the 1950’s that is.
<ul>
<li>https://beerandbrewing.com/how-women-brewsters-saved-the-world/</li>
<li>https://bigthink.com/scotty-hendricks/the-dark-history-of-women-witches-and-beer</li>
<li>https://www.edgarallanpoets.com/in-the-middle-ages-women-were-accused-of-witchcraft-to-take-over-their-beer-business/?utm_source=pocket_mylist</li>
</ul>
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<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Coco Witches</h3>
A hotter, cholcolatier, witch… it’s hot chocolate. That’s the, thing, in this part of the show that the women make and are then burned at the stake for.
Because of religion.
Coco of various kinds has played a key role in many South American and Native American traditions, sure, but it took the Inquisition to turn it into a murdery affair.
Gastro Obsucra, which is a great site by the way, illustrates the trouble with a story I’ll summarize with the power of word smithing…
A young woman in Santiago de Guatemala, Mechora de los Reyes, falls preggers but alas is unwed and her lover is a non-committal tool-bag. So she consults a&nbsp;hechizera&nbsp;who can use their magic to turn pre-industrial sugar manufacturing hot coco—because the ye-oldies can ruin literally everything—into a love potion. He drinks the terrible, bitter, probably spiced, Swedish Chocolatierless, sludge down but instead of falling “subject to her will” the inquisition unexpectedly appears and tries her as a witch.
Sadly, not knowing the weight of a chocolate duck, her fate will forever be a mystery…
The imagined De los Reyes would have been one of many real women whom the Spanish colonial government in Latin America tried on charges of witchcraft—specifically, by practicing magic through the bewitchment of hot chocolate.
Apparently, it was common enough to require its own historically visible sub-clause. Who knew ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Martha Few, a Penn State history and gender studies professor of gender, religion, and medicine in colonial Latin America first spotted the trend.
<blockquote class="wp-block-quote">
“I just noticed in the Inquisition testimonies chocolate coming up quite a lot”
</blockquote>
As with brewing, cooking, and kitchen-chemistry in other areas chocolate making in Central American was the job of the women of the home or village. The&nbsp;Codex Tudela, an Aztec document produced after colonization, depicts the practice of pouring coco into a pot to mix and froth it.
It was, apparently, as common a drink as coffee is now or tea was… ever. Unfortunately, European fears about women mixing things were also as popular then as…. ever.
The traditions of women making coco and the fears of colonizers quickly butted heads “It also became this flashpoint between social conflicts that were racial and gender conflicts,” says Few.
The colonial governments cracked down on&nbsp;Brujeria, or witchcraft, based on these fears, then used those laws and superstitions to eliminate indigenous traditions as they’d done in some areas of Africa. Fortunately, in Latin America, many communities continued to practice in secret, saving their traditions from going the way of the dodo.
Preparing the drink was a long, multi-step process. Like beer there is a process of fermentation, but first the cacao beans needed to be harvested, roasted, ground, and mixed with water, spices, and often vanilla. The paste this formed was shaped and stored in blocks. Actually making the beverage meant scraping some of this paste into a cup and adding water until it reached the desired consistency. Not a lot of sorcery going on here.
Unlike other traditional practices, like shrooms, cacao wasn’t completely outlawed, instead the Spanish also took up the drink. “By the late 17th century, it’s for sale in the market,” says Few. “People are drinking it every day.” Priests drank chocolate while meeting the faithful, colonial hospitals stocked chocolate for it’s healing properties, and jerk-husbands expected it in the mornings or when arriving home.
Fears of magic were commonplace, especially during the inquisition. “Men would complain that women were bewitching them through food, and they were always suspicious of what they were served,” says Few, “There was burning at the stake and extreme violence used against native people,” still, despite their fears and extremes, men still refused to cook for themselves.
And no, that’s not just a jab at shitty husbands. Juan de Fuentes, a 33-year-old construction worker was having a hard time having a&nbsp;hard&nbsp;time, and also felt oddly compelled to make his wife morning coco… so he reported her to the Inquisition for bewitchment. The court ruled that his limp dick and breakfast in bed “cannot be a natural thing,” and sent her to jail.
Some women became infamous, like Maria de Santa Ines, became known as&nbsp;La Panecito, or The Pastry, for giving men bewitched chocolate pastries.
Records of these women are sparse at best. The Inquisition wasn’t big on record keeping, especially for mere women. But we do know that many died in jail or were executed. Often for little more than doing the jobs they were given, such as making coco. Other times for attempted sorcery, often in the form of trying to use coco to stop husbands from beating them, or unfaithful men from stepping out on them.
All in all, as with the Brewsters, the Chocolate Witches of Central and South America were really only ever guilty of doing what was needed of them well enough to intimidate a man.
<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Outro</h3>
I’m Aaron, and I’d like to thank all our listeners, supporters, and my co-host.
Find out more about the show, social links, and contact information at&nbsp;<a href="https://interestingiftrue.com/">InterestingIfTrue.com</a>.
Music for this episode was created by&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/TkBeWQc9NSc">Wayne Jones</a>&nbsp;and was used with permission.
The opinions, views, and nonsense expressed in this show are those of the hosts only and do not represent any other people, organizations, or lifeforms. All rights reserved, Interesting If True 2020.
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<description>Aaron explains why brewing makes him a witch. Then patrons hear about the magical nature of hot coco.</description>

Aaron explains why brewing makes him a witch. Then patrons hear about the magical nature of hot coco.

Welcome to&nbsp;Interesting If True, the podcast that’s pretty sure you’re a witchy woman… yoo-hoo witchy woman… 
 
 
 
It’s a written joke. About chocolate milk. Patrons will get it… 
 
 
 
I’m your host this week, Aaron, and with me is Shea: 
 
 
 
I’m Shea, and this week I learned that you can legally kill uninvited guests on your property in Texas but they wont let you get an abortion… This is weird because they are basically the same thing. 
 
 
 
Single Fermented Belgian Golden Ale – Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV 
 
 
 
Donated by Steve E 
 
 
 
Style:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/styles/190/">Blonde Ale – Belgian</a> 
 
 
 
<a href="https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/top-styles/190/">Ranked #6</a> 
 
 
 
* ABV: 6.8%* Score: 88* Aaron- 9* Shea- 9 
 
 
 
Thanks to long-time listener, Steve-E! 
 
 
 
Seriously, if you’re Steve-E this is episode like… 400… 
 
 
 
Witchy Brewer 
 
 
 
We talked about women being, historically speaking, the brewers of our species until very recent&nbsp;history. And we talked about sexist assholes assholing it up assholishly in print. This week, we’re talking about medieval brewing and why it makes you a witch. A brew witch. Not the origin of “brew wench” so, sadly, no corsets in the patron section, but lots of beer fun… if you’re a guy. So sign up for that… I guess. 
 
 
 
A few weeks ago, 57 I think, we talked about sexism in brewing and at some point we talked about how brewing used to be “women’s work” but like… in the not-degrogitory way. 
 
 
 
That is, until the industry was stolen from them wholesale by the patriarchy. 
 
 
 
And I’m even kidding. I talked before about the fact that it happened, today I’m going to talk about one of the tools in the sexism-brewer’s tool belt: calling ladies witches! 
 
 
 
So, for nearly 5500 years women have been brewing along just fine. Brewsters, as they would come to be known went from being the tribal matriarch, to the village’s sole source of water that didn’t make you shit yourself to death. 
 
 
 
In the 1300’s the women of a home considered brewing one of their key house-hold duties. It was related to food, and therefore “women’s work”, ugh. Around this time they were also called Alewives, a common term for the women who also made beer for other households like Mr. and No-one Incel down the street. 
 
 
 
By the 16 and 1700’s what was once for domestic consumption had become a consumer industry. Brewsters were often the center of the town, certainly the market, and it was steadily becoming a profitable position if done at scale. 
 
 
 
With that realization came competition. And with competition came… “business practices” not all terrible… yet anyway. 
 
 
 
Some of these practices were created by the women. Such as wearing ever-taller hats to stand out in the market. Or using broomsticks above the doorway to signal that a home was also an alehouse. Signs often included the image of large boiling cauldron, an indicator that beer was made therein. They used symbols like a 6-sided star to indicate the highest quality ale. And of course cats were a necessity to prevent the grains from being eaten by mice. 
 
 
 
Hopefully, you’re starting to get what I’m laying down. If not, take a look at your phones… tell me Mother Louse there isn’t a bride of Satan, I dare you! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Add to all of this, of course, that the church hates everything fun and booze makes people happy and want to fuck, and you’ve got a perfect recipe for accusing someone of being a&nbsp;witch!

Interesting If True - Episode 63: Brewing Hot Coco!

Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that’s very pleased indeed to welcome you into 2021.
I&#8217;m your host this week, Aaron, and with me are the ghosts of 2020-podcastings past.
Unfortunately, 2020, like a gross rash, just keeps coming back and our year-end plan found itself in the dumpster-fire burning alongside all our other hopes, dreams, and aspirations for the year.
So send Shea and Jenn—who we thought were getting better, and Jim—who, insofar as I know, is getting better… all your funniest “get well soon”’s. Preferably in the form of 5-star reviews wherever you get your podcasts.
And since I recorded this intro a daring 24 hours before air-date, Steve’s probably fallen down and broken his tilapia or something, so him too. Seriously, the iTunes be barron.
But still, we won’t let 2020 win dammit!
So, befitting a scrambled dash to save a failed recording at the end of a failure of a year, I give you all the content that failed to become a podcast with this Best of 2020 Bloopers episode!
<h3>Let’s Do Shots!</h3>
<div>KFC has a new shot that’s coming to bars near-ish you!</div>
<div></div>
<div>There’s been a growing trend for stock-tails, using broth in cocktails, over the last couple of years. “Bartenders are stirring and shaking animal stock and bone broth into cocktails served warm and chilled to add a new savory element to seasonal drinking,” according to a feature from Liquor.com on the trendy drink.</div>
<div></div>
<div>KFC cooked up three varieties of this new kind of drink: the Gravy Mary, Southern Twist and Fingerlickin’ Sour, with the tagline “Gravy so good you can drink it.”</div>
<div></div>
<div>“Our fans repeatedly express their love for our gravy, which always sparks ideas within the team. We know our gravy is good enough to drink – so with &#8216;stock-tails&#8217; being a real hit at the moment, what better ingredient to take them to the next level?” Marion Racine, marketing manager at KFC UK &amp; Ireland, told The Independent.</div>
<div></div>
<div>Ingredients:</div>
<ul>
<li>20ml KFC Gravy</li>
<li>50ml vodka (optional)</li>
<li>90ml tomato juice</li>
<li>1 tsp horseradish cream</li>
<li>20ml worcester sauce</li>
<li>15ml lemon juice</li>
<li>Hot sauce</li>
<li>Paprika, celery salt, pepper</li>
<li>Highball glass</li>
<li>Ice</li>
<li>Celery</li>
<li>KFC Popcorn Chicken</li>
</ul>
<div>Method:</div>
<ol>
<li>Put paprika, celery salt horseradish, hot sauce &amp; Worcester sauce in a cocktail mixer.</li>
<li>Add vodka (optional), lemon juice, tomato juice &amp; KFC Gravy.</li>
<li>Throw cocktail between two mixers.</li>
<li>Pour over ice into a highball.</li>
<li>Garnish with celery &amp; KFC popcorn chicken.</li>
</ol>
<div></div>
<div>Recipes for the other two cocktails can be found on Youtube.</div>
<div></div>
<div>So yeah. Basically, this is why America is the way it is&#8230;</div>
<h3><a id="post-54703-_k7315pcjnp69"></a>Mid-Show Bumper</h3>
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<h3>Snake wine</h3>
Weird drinks aren&#8217;t cleverly named are they?
Pinyin is a Vietnamese alcoholic beverage produced by infusing whole snakes in rice wine or grain alcohol. The drink was first recorded to have been consumed in China during the Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1040–770 BC) and is considered an important curative. The snakes, preferably venomous ones, are not usually preserved for their meat but to have their &#8220;essence&#8221; and snake venom dissolved in the liquor. Luckily bottles don&#8217;t bite, so the snake venom poses no real threat to the drinker. It is denatured by the ethanol and is thereby inactive and just to be safe it would be denatured by stomach acid also. Which is why being poisoned and being envenomed are different things.
You can get this, typically, one of two ways. Steeped, which is to say that a snake, perhaps snakes, are put in the bottle and left for a long while. Often including medial herbs. Or you can get it mixed, which is literally a shot of a given booze, which a juiced snake &#8211; as in literally putting a snake in a juicer.
Snake wine is widely believed to improve health and virility. There are similar drinks made with geckos or sea horses rather than snakes. Due to its high alcohol percentage its traditionally drunk in shot glasses. Braver drinkers may eat certain parts of the snake, such as the gallbladder, eyeballs and the stomach &#8211; because hey, why not.
Before I got though, this one while cringe worthy on the surface isn&#8217;t so odd. You can get scorpion shots in Vegas after all&#8230;
<h3><a id="post-54703-_4v5mjgu5p8ij"></a>Outro</h3>
I’m Aaron, and I’d like to thank all our listeners, supporters, and my co-hosts.
Find out more about the show, social links, and contact information at <a href="http://www.interestingiftrue.com">InterestingIfTrue.com</a>.
Music for this episode was created by <a href="https://youtu.be/TkBeWQc9NSc">Wayne Jones</a> and was used with permission.
The opinions, views, and nonsense expressed in this show are those of the hosts only and do not represent any other people, organizations, or lifeforms. 
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<description>Let's take a look back at 2020... not because we want to but because it's curse nessisitated it. Let's all jsut be glad it's over...</description>

Let's take a look back at 2020... not because we want to but because it's curse nessisitated it. Let's all jsut be glad it's over...

Welcome to Interesting If True, the podcast that’s very pleased indeed to welcome you into 2021. 
 
I'm your host this week, Aaron, and with me are the ghosts of 2020-podcastings past. 
 
Unfortunately, 2020, like a gross rash, just keeps coming back and our year-end plan found itself in the dumpster-fire burning alongside all our other hopes, dreams, and aspirations for the year. 
 
So send Shea and Jenn—who we thought were getting better, and Jim—who, insofar as I know, is getting better… all your funniest “get well soon”’s. Preferably in the form of 5-star reviews wherever you get your podcasts. 
 
And since I recorded this intro a daring 24 hours before air-date, Steve’s probably fallen down and broken his tilapia or something, so him too. Seriously, the iTunes be barron. 
 
But still, we won’t let 2020 win dammit! 
 
So, befitting a scrambled dash to save a failed recording at the end of a failure of a year, I give you all the content that failed to become a podcast with this Best of 2020 Bloopers episode! 
 
Let’s Do Shots! 
 
KFC has a new shot that’s coming to bars near-ish you! 
 
 
 
There’s been a growing trend for stock-tails, using broth in cocktails, over the last couple of years. “Bartenders are stirring and shaking animal stock and bone broth into cocktails served warm and chilled to add a new savory element to seasonal drinking,” according to a feature from Liquor.com on the trendy drink. 
 
 
 
KFC cooked up three varieties of this new kind of drink: the Gravy Mary, Southern Twist and Fingerlickin’ Sour, with the tagline “Gravy so good you can drink it.” 
 
 
 
“Our fans repeatedly express their love for our gravy, which always sparks ideas within the team. We know our gravy is good enough to drink – so with 'stock-tails' being a real hit at the moment, what better ingredient to take them to the next level?” Marion Racine, marketing manager at KFC UK &amp; Ireland, told The Independent. 
 
 
 
Ingredients: 
 
 
 * 20ml KFC Gravy 
 * 50ml vodka (optional) 
 * 90ml tomato juice 
 * 1 tsp horseradish cream 
 * 20ml worcester sauce 
 * 15ml lemon juice 
 * Hot sauce 
 * Paprika, celery salt, pepper 
 * Highball glass 
 * Ice 
 * Celery 
 * KFC Popcorn Chicken 
 
 
Method: 
 
 
 * Put paprika, celery salt horseradish, hot sauce &amp; Worcester sauce in a cocktail mixer. 
 * Add vodka (optional), lemon juice, tomato juice &amp; KFC Gravy. 
 * Throw cocktail between two mixers. 
 * Pour over ice into a highball. 
 * Garnish with celery &amp; KFC popcorn chicken. 
 
 
 
 
Recipes for the other two cocktails can be found on Youtube. 
 
 
 
So yeah. Basically, this is why America is the way it is... 
 
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Interesting If True - Episode 35: 2020 Toaster Shakings

Welcome to Interesting If True, the show that’s finally angered someone with the power to strike us down…
I’m your host… ish, this week Aaron and with me is the turkey I’m prepping for Thanksgiving. The rest of the hosts are all off in the world in varying degrees of unwell. And yes, there’s some ‘rona, but also some not ‘rona. So if you’re thankful for the laughs this show provides stop by facebook.com/interestiniftrue and wish Jenn, Jim, or Shea well, I’m sure they’d appreciate it. Jokes and plees for sympathy likes aside, being sick sucks but as far as we know everyone is doing well and will be back to regale you with strange and silly stories shortly.
And with that, let’s go to the archive, Jenn;
You can never be too rich or too thin, right?
So, since many of us who briefly cared no longer do, let’s talk about diets and how silly and useless they are. Also some crazy and potentially dangerous a few in years past were.
Weird diets are by no means ONLY a thing of the past of course. I’m not talking about the vegan lifestyle, gluten-free (whether needed or not) or the no processed/no sugar thing. Just a few current ones by people we’ve heard of: There’s the Master Cleanse (which is a diet consisting entirely of tea, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper) used by Beyonce, Demi Moore and singer Ashanti (to name a few). Trump-buddy and Mr. Super Bowl Tom Brady created his own diet the TB12 (1 guess what the TB stands for) that peddles baseless and weird claims such as “the “right foods” are “alkalizing” and “anti-inflammatory.” Alkaline foods lower his pH level, he writes, which can help with a range of ailments, from boosting low energy to preventing bone fractures.” Which is&#8230;not true. (It’s not technically an unhealthy diet, he’s just making up shit about what it does.)
Finally, the really adorable and charming actor from Parks &amp; Rec who was swallowed whole somewhere in another Galaxy by this new White Man(™) conservative evangelical, Chris Pratt touts the benefits of the Daniel Fast, a biblical based ‘wellness based’ program. To keep it simple, it’s a 21 day restrictive fast and 40 days overall, was developed by mega-church pastor Rick Warren, and involves lots and lots of prayer.
Ok, so now that we’ve discussed that weird diets are obviously a thing of the present, let’s discuss some of those of the past that crank up the weirdness to 11 and a half:
In the 1920’s cigarette brand Lucky Strikes created one of the most famous early advertising taglines: “Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet.”
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“Light a Lucky Strike when you are tempted to eat between meals. They satisfy the craving for sweets and rich pastries. That’s why thousands now reducing (dieting) smoke them constantly.” – Lucky Strike ad, 1928 
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And don’t think this was only focused on the ladies and a slim figure only. Nope, it also promised to keep men strong, fit and athletic!
Please note health promise at the bottom the advert
So moving forward just slightly in time but probably not really in healthiness, let’s discuss the diet craze of the 40’s-early 70s: SPEED! And boy was it prevalent.
If the name Susanna McBee doesn’t ring a bell, she was an undercover journalist who helped bring to public attention to just how many mama’s had little helpers. She published a piece in 1969 that detailed exactly how easy it was to keep an amphetamine addiction going strong. From Smithsonian Magazine online: “Susanna McBee walked into the office of a doctor she’d never met before, submitted to a three-minute physical, and walked out with hundreds of colorful amphetamine pills. Then she went to another—and another—and another. At every doctor’s office, she was prescribed diet pills containing the potent stimulant, sometimes handed to her by doctors before she’d even spoken a word.”
A quick bit of history: Benzadrine, one of the most popular brands, had been used since the 30s for assorted issues just as sinus congestion (No joke, it was a cotton ball soaked in the drug and inhaled through an inhaler. You didn’t need a prescription to get a Benzedrine inhaler, and some patients soon realized that they enjoyed the inhaler’s stimulant effects more than a clear nose. They started prying open the inhaler, taking out the cotton, and either eating or injecting the drug.) and nerves, alertness and PTSD for World War II soldiers. Of course PTSD had yet to be coined as a term yet, instead it was referred to as “combat fatigue”.
The US of course weren’t the only country to hype up their soldiers and then assign goofy euphemisms. Germany gave their troops meth and called it an “alertness aid”. Japanese kamikaze pilots also juiced themselves up before their final mission.
So anyway, an unexpected side effect turned out to be a substantial decrease in appetite. So after the war ended and the men came home, their women took up the Benzadrine banner and wives had never been slimmer and kitchens had never been cleaner.
Smith, Kline &amp; French, the company who produced Benzadrine, hired scientist Charles Ivy to determine the effects for this as a potential diet aid. Considering how Ivy was the scientist who introduced and headed the program to keep the troops supplied with the pick me ups, unsurprisingly he concluded that amphetamine was 100% safe for weight loss. SKF went on to diversify its amphetamine business, peddling the drugs for both weight loss and depression for decades.
Finally, my own personal favorite of the ye olde timey weight loss plans! It’s something of a buddy system, so that’s always more encouraging. It starts with a pill&#8230;containing a tapeworm egg! Once it hatches the idea is that it eats part of whatever the person ingests, helping you to both lose weight and not worry about pesky calorie counting.
We have the Victorians to thank for this particular parasitic plan. They of the whale bone corsets and the ideal “perfect 16in waist”. Seeing as that is physically impossible without fashionable torture devices, it’s not surprising they turned to… let’s say unconventional methods.
This particular stradegy still exists today, at least as an IDEA. There are many legends of early Hollywood starlets using this method to keep the pesky pounds off (side note: I remember an episode of the old E channels show Hollywood Babylon discussing an early actress who, while taking a bath, was shocked to notice the worms slithering out of her into the water), but for the most part they are unable to verified or outright exaggerations. There are also persistent rumors today of Mexican clinics who, for a couple of thousand dollars, will give you a “full tapeworm treatment”. These claims are dubious at best, plus a visit to few countries with loosey-goosey water purifications and food safety laws would do pretty much the same thing.
So it turns out the tapeworm trend may have been more urban legend than actuality. And of course, the creepy little critter isn’t in your tummy just taking a few bites of your meals, it is actually absorbing necessary nutrients and other things that you actually need.
To finish this up with some fun facts, as infestations by tapeworms are actually a real thing, here are some historical methods that were used to cleanse the host. (Effectiveness not guaranteed.)Per Snopes: “Tapeworms are hard to get rid of. They had the person starve himself for days. Then they set a bowl of hot milk in front of the person. He had to keep his mouth open. After a while the tapeworm began to come up his throat ’cause he smelled the milk. They kept moving the bowl further away until the tapeworm was completely out. <img decoding="async" width="600" height="424" class="wp-image-54608" src="https://cdn.interestingiftrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/word-image-10.jpeg" srcset="//www.interestingiftrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/word-image-10.jpeg 600w, //www.interestingiftrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/word-image-10-150x106.jpeg 150w, //www.interestingiftrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/word-image-10-320x226.jpeg 320w, //www.interestingiftrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/word-image-10-400x284.jpeg 400w, //www.interestingiftrue.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/word-image-10-480x339.jpeg 480w" sizes="(min-width: 1280px) 386px, (min-width: 822px) calc(50vw - 80px), (min-width: 652px) calc(50vw - 52px), (min-width: 482px) calc(100vw - 80px), calc(100vw - 40px)" />
Other versions of how to draw out a tapeworm include placing milk, cookies, and a hammer near the afflicted person’s anus for a few nights and letting the tapeworm gorge himself into complacency on the treats. Once this has been accomplished, the cookie is withheld. When the worm comes all the way out to demand, “Where’s my cookie?,” whoever is stuck with worm-watching duty that night bashes it with the hammer. An alternative vermifuge calls for 29 steaks and a hammer: The patient eats a steak for 29 days in row, then fasts on the 30th day. The worm becomes closely acquainted with the hammer when it emerges to demand its T-bone.”
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<description>It's the Thanksgiving episode and we're thankful for you! First Jenn helps you lose those holiday pounds then Aaron takes up arms against a horde of large, non-turkey, birds!</description>

It's the Thanksgiving episode and we're thankful for you! First Jenn helps you lose those holiday pounds then Aaron takes up arms against a horde of large, non-turkey, birds!

Welcome to Interesting If True, the show that’s finally angered someone with the power to strike us down… 
 
I’m your host… ish, this week Aaron and with me is the turkey I’m prepping for Thanksgiving. The rest of the hosts are all off in the world in varying degrees of unwell. And yes, there’s some ‘rona, but also some not ‘rona. So if you’re thankful for the laughs this show provides stop by facebook.com/interestiniftrue and wish Jenn, Jim, or Shea well, I’m sure they’d appreciate it. Jokes and plees for sympathy likes aside, being sick sucks but as far as we know everyone is doing well and will be back to regale you with strange and silly stories shortly. 
 
And with that, let’s go to the archive, Jenn; 
 
You can never be too rich or too thin, right? 
 
So, since many of us who briefly cared no longer do, let’s talk about diets and how silly and useless they are. Also some crazy and potentially dangerous a few in years past were. 
 
Weird diets are by no means ONLY a thing of the past of course. I’m not talking about the vegan lifestyle, gluten-free (whether needed or not) or the no processed/no sugar thing. Just a few current ones by people we’ve heard of: There’s the Master Cleanse (which is a diet consisting entirely of tea, lemon juice, maple syrup and cayenne pepper) used by Beyonce, Demi Moore and singer Ashanti (to name a few). Trump-buddy and Mr. Super Bowl Tom Brady created his own diet the TB12 (1 guess what the TB stands for) that peddles baseless and weird claims such as “the “right foods” are “alkalizing” and “anti-inflammatory.” Alkaline foods lower his pH level, he writes, which can help with a range of ailments, from boosting low energy to preventing bone fractures.” Which is...not true. (It’s not technically an unhealthy diet, he’s just making up shit about what it does.) 
 
Finally, the really adorable and charming actor from Parks &amp; Rec who was swallowed whole somewhere in another Galaxy by this new White Man() conservative evangelical, Chris Pratt touts the benefits of the Daniel Fast, a biblical based ‘wellness based’ program. To keep it simple, it’s a 21 day restrictive fast and 40 days overall, was developed by mega-church pastor Rick Warren, and involves lots and lots of prayer. 
 
Ok, so now that we’ve discussed that weird diets are obviously a thing of the present, let’s discuss some of those of the past that crank up the weirdness to 11 and a half: 
 
In the 1920’s cigarette brand Lucky Strikes created one of the most famous early advertising taglines: “Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet.” 
 
 
 
“Light a Lucky Strike when you are tempted to eat between meals. They satisfy the craving for sweets and rich pastries. That’s why thousands now reducing (dieting) smoke them constantly.” – Lucky Strike ad, 1928 
 
 
 
And don’t think this was only focused on the ladies and a slim figure only. Nope, it also promised to keep men strong, fit and athletic! 
 
Please note health promise at the bottom the advert 
 
So moving forward just slightly in time but probably not really in healthiness, let’s discuss the diet craze of the 40’s-early 70s: SPEED! And boy was it prevalent. 
 
If the name Susanna McBee doesn’t ring a bell, she was an undercover journalist who helped bring to public attention to just how many mama’s had little helpers. She published a piece in 1969 that detailed exactly how easy it was to keep an amphetamine addiction going strong. From Smithsonian Magazine online: “Susanna McBee walked into the office of a doctor she’d never met before, submitted to a three-minute physical, and walked out with hundreds of colorful amphetamine pills. Then she went to another—and another—and another. At every doctor’s office, she was prescribed diet pills containing the potent stimulant, sometimes handed to her by doctors before she’d even spoken a wo...

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