Welcome back to Something Strange! Today we continue our holiday season specials with the legend of the talking animals! Have you ever heard of the legend of how animals gain the power of speech on Christmas Eve? Listen on to learn more!

Click here to listen to the music referenced in this episode:

• Orientis Partibus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn--eGxF8p4
• The Friendly Beasts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A2ypZcRD1w

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Animal abuse, murder, death.

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References:

• Mental Floss Article: Talk is Sheep: Behind the Christmas Eve Myth that animals speak at Midnight: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/72843/how-talking-animals-became-christmas-legend

• Wikipedia article on: THe Night the Animals Talked: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_the_Animals_Talked

• The Krakow Post: https://www.krakowpost.com/18439/2017/12/polish-animals-talk-christmas

• Lancaster Farming News: https://www.lancasterfarming.com/country-life/family/how-familiar-are-you-with-these-christmas-legends/article_9f6e8062-173c-5b45-b069-c16c32992e9a.html

Welcome back to Something Strange, and happy holidays to all our listeners! Today we’ll be about the history of the Big Man himself, Jolly Old St. Nicholas!

Click here to listen to Dan Smith’s reading of “The Night Before Christmas.”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJON57sU_nc

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Mentions of forced sex work, child death, mutilation of a corpse, cannibalism

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Resources:

• ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas: https://poets.org/poem/visit-st-nicholas

• St. Nicholas - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Nicholas

• Saint Nicholas - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas#

• Who is St. Nicholas? - St. Nicholas Center: https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas

• Lycia et Pamphylia - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycia_et_Pamphylia

• St. Nicholas Church, Demre - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nicholas_Church,_Demre

• Historiae Ecclesiasticae Tripartitae Epitome - Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiae_Ecclesiasticae_Tripartitae_Epitome

• St. Nicholas Day - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Saint-Nicholas-Day

• Santa Clause - History.com: https://www.history.com/topics/christmas/santa-claus

• Santa Clause - Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Santa-Claus

Hello again, strangers! Have you ever listened or watched back over a recording or video you've made, only to hear something... extra? Well, you may want to tune on in for this one. Come along with us as we discuss the history of recoring ghostly voices!

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Resources:

• Wiki article- Electronic Voice Phenomenon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_voice_phenomenon

• The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/hearing-ghost-voices-relies-on-pseudoscience-and-fallibility-of-human-perception-48160

• The Atlantic Article: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/11/the-broken-technology-of-ghost-hunting/50662

• The Story of a Milwaukee bar’s haunted radio: https://www.npr.org/2023/10/31/1209763231/the-story-of-a-milwaukee-bars-haunted-radio