Episode 40 – Strange Southwest Superstitions

In this episode, Cody and Chris bring it on home, so to speak. Also literally: They discuss tales and superstitions from the Southwest. First, Cody dives into the strange occurrence known as The Marfa Lights, a paranormal light show that actually exists! Chris then discusses a world-wide superstition he grew up with in New Mexico: El Mal Ojo. Next, Cody pulls a new story out of his hiney, one about the history and superstition involving horseshoes. Chris’s last story is an urban legend involving a weird life-like mannequin with the world’s scariest fingernails. BS Weekly is about an city in Australia that wants to start a curfew...for cats. This Weeks drinks are Sideshow: The Charmer Shiraz, and Tractor Milk Mustachio Stout.


Advisory: 0:00-0:13s
Intro: 0:13s-0:42s
Topic: 0:42s-3:08m
Drinks: 3:08m-5:35m
History: 5:35m-8:45m
Marfa Lights: 8:45m-16:55m
Promo: 16:55m-18:15m
Mal Ojo: 18:15m-25:35m
Horseshoes: 25:35m-32:51m
La Pascualita: 32:51m-37:50m
Promo: 37:50m-38:57m
Skeptic: 38:57m-43:50m
Believer: 43:50m-46:25m
BS Weekly: 46:25m-47:55m
Sign Off: 47:55m-48:39m
Outro Music: 48:39m-49:12m

Original Music: “Berghain” by Monkey Warhol

Links

Old Wives Tales: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_wives%27_tale

Superstitions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superstition

Mal Ojo: http://anthropology.msu.edu/anp204-us14/2014/07/14/evil-eye-in-the-mexican-and-central-american-culture/

Evil Eye: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye

La Pascualita: https://allthatsinteresting.com/la-pascualita

Believer: https://www.livescience.com/40633-evil-eye.html

BS Weekly: https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/outer-east/knox-council-cat-curfew-comes-under-fire-from-environmentalist/news-story/850f209ef5a9c15672e98f8b610d8c53