Show Notes
Why do we dress up for Halloween? From ancient Celtic traditions and medieval disguises to homemade ghost costumes, classic movie monsters, and modern superheroes, Halloween costumes have a fascinating history! Discover how costumes changed over hundreds of years and how old traditions helped shape the Halloween we celebrate today. It is our favorite Halloween month, and we are celebrating with another strange trip through history on the Mystery Kids Podcast!
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Before pumpkins became the stars of Halloween, people in Ireland were carving spooky faces into turnips! In this favorite Halloween month episode, we're uncovering the strange history of the original jack-o'-lantern, exploring the legend of Stingy Jack, meeting the real Ghost Turnip preserved in Ireland, and discovering how an old tradition crossed the ocean and became one of Halloween's most recognizable symbols. It's spooky history with a surprising twist! Happy Halloween from the Mystery Kids Podcast!
What happens when a photograph appears to capture a ghost? 👻 Long before Photoshop and AI, photographers were creating mysterious images that convinced people they had captured the supernatural. In this Halloween month episode of the Mystery Kids Podcast, we're exploring William Mumler's famous spirit photographs, the trial that challenged his claims, and the Cottingley fairy photographs that fooled even famous adults for decades. Discover the real stories behind these spooky pictures and learn why a photograph isn't always proof of what we think we're seeing. It's the perfect historical mystery for our favorite month of the year: Halloween month! Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!
Four hippos were brought to Pablo Escobar’s private estate in Colombia in the 1980s. After his death, the hippos were left behind, escaped into the surrounding waterways, and began multiplying. Today, their descendants have become one of the strangest invasive species stories in the world. 🦛 I tell the full story in this episode, from Escobar’s bizarre private zoo to the scientific problem Colombia is dealing with today.
What if Godzilla wasn't just a movie monster? For this Mystery Kids Podcast episode, we're having some fun imagining what it would actually take for a creature like Godzilla to exist. From the square cube law to the deep ocean, giant animals, mysterious underwater sounds, dinosaur footprints, and the real science behind discovering unknown species, we're turning one of the world's most famous monsters into a scientific mystery. Could an animal that enormous really survive?
Forest City in Malaysia was designed to become a futuristic city for hundreds of thousands of people, but a combination of changing regulations, China's property crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and other challenges left huge portions of the development dramatically under-occupied. The result was a surreal landscape of towering apartments, beautiful landscaping, and unusually quiet streets that earned it the nickname “Ghost City.” But Forest City isn't actually abandoned, and its story is changing as new residents, businesses, and government-backed economic plans begin bringing activity back. Birthday Shout Out Form Instagram Use Code MKP for Harbor & Sprout Become a Patron Or a Subscriber on Spotify!