Episode 23: Life-Size Dolls
Join us aboard the “Spooky Train” again this week as Hannah regales us with some seriously creepy stories about dolls. You will hear about Alma Mahler, the “muse” and her many lovers. One of which was so smitten as to create a doll in her likeness… Well almost in her likeness. You will hear the twisted tale of Carl Tanzler and his unrequited love and subsequent abuse of a corpse. To add to the fun, you will hear about two men and their “real” life sex doll wives. As an added bonus, we talk about Furbies and you will learn about Hannah’s wishes for the after life.
As for astrology, well 9/20 will be a good day to cleanse your crystals as we welcome the Harvest Moon in Pisces. It will also be a good day as Mercury in Libra will be trine with Jupiter in Aquarius. We love trines! This particular transit brings optimism and good news and is a great time to make plans, perhaps to go on a vacation.
Food Pairing: Cuban food in honor of Elena! Hannah didn’t take a single picture of food while she was in Cuba, but beer is cheaper (and cleaner) than water, so rest assured that she did drink many, many Bucaneros.
I guess your other option could be chicken…
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Episode 23 References
Wikipedia
Crime Reads
Atlas Obscura
“Morbid Monday: The Macabre Romance of a Man and a Mummy”
Bird in Flight
“In Bed with Death: A Story of a Man Who Lived with the Body of His Loved One for Seven Years”
Ranker
“The Crazy Story of Carl Tanzler and His Messed Up Relationship with a Corpse”
The Atlantic
“Married to a Doll: Why One Man Advocates Synthetic Love”
cnet
Lad Bible
“Bodybuilder Divorces His Sex Doll Wife and Moves on with Someone New”
