The History of Freak Shows

For the season 3 finale, Morgan concludes the telling of the heinous crimes of the prolific serial killer, Jeffrey Dahmer. Citations: -Lionel Dahmer, A Father's Story (Out of Print) -Jeffrey Dahmer. (n.d.). In Federal Bureau of Investigation, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts (No. 7-MW-26057-Section 2). Retrieved June 19, 2024 https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer-part-03-of-20 -Masters, B. (2020). The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer [Print]. Hodder Paperbacks. -Norris, J. (1992). Jeffrey Dahmer [Book]. Constable Limited. -Rosewood, J. (2017). Jeffery Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism (The Serial Killer Books Book 1) [Audiobook]. -Sullivan, C. (2022, January 27). Jeffrey Dahmer Biography: The Cannibal Killer. Biographics. https://biographics.org/jeffrey-dahmer-biography-the-cannibal-killer/ -Inside Edition. (2018, November 27). Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer’s Chilling Jailhouse Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjYsxaBjBI -Jordan, J. (2022). Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes. Netflix.  https://www.netflix.com/watch/81408930?trackId=14170290 Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Morgan tells the first part of the story of one of the most notorious serial killers in history, Jeffrey Dahmer. Citations: -Lionel Dahmer, A Father's Story (Out of Print) -Dvorchak, R., & Holewa, L. (1992). Milwaukee Massacre: Jeffrey Dahmer and the Milwaukee Murders.[Kindle]. Dell Publishing. -Festival that Dahmer victim was planning to attend 6/18/78. (1978, June 17). Newspapers.com. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-festival-that-d/38114889/ -Jeffrey Dahmer. (n.d.). In Federal Bureau of Investigation, Freedom of Information and Privacy Acts (No. 7-MW-26057-Section 2). Retrieved June 19, 2024 https://vault.fbi.gov/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer/jeffrey-lionel-dahmer-part-03-of-19 -Jujjavarapu, A. (2024, May 23). Who Is Jeffrey Dahmer’s Brother David Dahmer & Where Is He Now? Yahoo. Retrieved June 19, 2024 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeffrey-dahmer-brother-david-dahmer-122616166.html -Masters, B. (2020). The Shrine of Jeffrey Dahmer [Print]. Hodder Paperbacks. -Norris, J. (1992). Jeffrey Dahmer [Book]. Constable Limited. -Rosewood, J. (2017). Jeffery Dahmer: A Terrifying True Story of Rape, Murder & Cannibalism (The Serial Killer Books Book 1) [Audiobook]. -Sullivan, C. (2022, January 27). Jeffrey Dahmer Biography: The Cannibal Killer. Biographics. https://biographics.org/jeffrey-dahmer-biography-the-cannibal-killer/ -The Tuscaloosa News - Google News Archive Search. (n.d.). https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=JTUdAAAAIBAJ&pg=6988,58204 -Why Jeffrey Dahmer Waited Almost a Decade After Killing His First Victim, Steven Hicks, Before Murdering Again. (2022, October 12). A&E. Retrieved June 19, 2024 https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/steven-hicks -Inside Edition. (2018, November 27). Inside the Mind of Jeffrey Dahmer: Serial Killer’s Chilling Jailhouse Interview https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWjYsxaBjBI -Jordan, J. (2022). Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes. Netflix.  https://www.netflix.com/watch/81408930?trackId=14170289 -What happened to Jeffery Dahmer's Army Career? Sarah Sicard https://www.militarytimes.com/off-duty/2022/09/28/what-happened-to-jeffrey-dahmers-army-career/ -Soldiers, sexual abuse – and the serial killer: The US military’s secret sexual assaults https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/soldiers-sexual-abuse-and-the-serial-killer-the-us-military-s-secret-sexual-assaults-8679271.html Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Ari tells Morgan the history of a past time of a bygone era, Freak Shows. Citations: -CIRCUS HISTORY: FREAK SHOWS AND SIDESHOWS, Kim Hart https://www.aaastateofplay.com/circus-history/ -Freak Shows in the United States (1840-1940), Combined sources article  https://disabilityhistory.org/2021/12/29/freak-shows-in-the-united-states-1840-1940/ -Freak Shows in the United States (1840-1940), Michael M Chemers https://www.britannica.com/art/freak-show Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Ari and Morgan share the different customs, rituals, and beliefs from around the world surrounding the one thing we all can't avoid, death. Citations: -5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Funeral Industry https://evermore.org/5-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-funeral-industry/ -HOW THE FUNERAL INDUSTRY HAS EVOLVED https://www.funeralwise.com/resources/funeral-industry/ Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Morgan tells Ari the story of the saddest, most pathetic serial killer in American History, Dennis Radar better known by his self appointed moniker, BTK. Citations: -Katherine Ramsland, Ph. D Confessions of a Serial Killer -FBI Records: The Vault https://vault.fbi.gov/dennis-rader/dennis-rader-part-01/view -Matthew Crawford, Dennis Rader, The BTK Killer: Psychology of a Psychopath https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/Profile-of-a-Serial-Killer-Part-5-Dennis-Rader-The-BTK-Killer -Michael Ruiz,Serial killer’s daughter confronts him behind bars over explosive diary entry that suggests she too was victim https://www.foxnews.com/us/serial-killers-daughter-confronts-him-behind-bars-over-explosive-diary-entry-suggests-she-too-victim -Scott A Bonn Ph. D,The Extreme Narcissism of Serial Killer BTK https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/202402/the-extreme-narcissism-of-serial-killer-btk -Scott A Bonn, Ph. D, Evolution of a Serial Killer: Dennis Rader, BTK https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/wicked-deeds/202202/evolution-serial-killer-dennis-rader-btk -Quote Catalog https://quotecatalog.com/quote/dennis-rader-those-three-dud-8abQ3Mp -Elena Nicoladu, Read The BTK Killer's Shocking Letters For Yourself https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/08/240763/btk-killer-letters-victims-mindhunter-season-2 -Netflix, Catching Killers, S2:E1 https://www.netflix.com/title/81264650 -American Psychiatric Association, Diagnostic and Stitistical Manual of Mental Disorders V Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Ari tells Morgan the story of the notorious English monarch, Henry VIII. Citations: -The Wadsworth Book of the Kings and Queens of Britain, Dr. G.S.P Freeman-Grenville.  -The Tudors: The Crown, The Dynasty, The Golden Age., Alison Weir -Henry VIII: King of England, Geoffrey R Elton, John S Morrill  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Henry-VIII-king-of-England Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Ari, and Morgan each dive deep in the history of Vampires, and the man, the myth, the legend who started the modern fasciation with the bloodsuckers, Vlad Tepes, better known as Vlad the Impaler. Citations: -Dracula Prince of Many Faces: His Life and Times, Radu R. Florescu & Raymond T. McNally -Vampire History https://www.history.com/topics/folklore/vampire-history -Inside The Bloody History Of Vampires, From Ruthless Rulers To Medical Mysteries, Kaleena Fraga https://allthatsinteresting.com/vampires -Lichtheim, Miriam (2006) [1976]. Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume Two: The New Kingdom. University of California Press. pp. 197–199. -Decomposing Bodies in the 1720s Gave Birth to the First Vampire Panic, Karina Wilson  https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/decomposing-bodies-1720s-gave-birth-first-vampire-panic-180976097/ -How vampire lore emerged from shadowy medical mysteries, Bella Isaacs-Thomas https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/how-vampire-lore-emerged-from-shadowy-medical-mysteries -The past stinks: a brief history of smells and social spaces, William Tullet https://theconversation.com/the-past-stinks-a-brief-history-of-smells-and-social-spaces-121383 -The Last American Vampire, Christopher Klein https://www.history.com/news/the-last-american-vampire Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Morgan tells Ari the story of the internet's favorite cryptid, Point Pleasant WV's very own Mothman! Citations: -An Ode to a Hometown Creature: Mothman of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, Gwen Mallow https://folklife.si.edu/magazine/mothman-point-pleasant-west-virginia -Mothman Festival https://www.mothmanfestival.com -Point Pleasant Register https://web.archive.org/web/20071011230219/http:/www.westva.net/mothman/1966-11-16.htm -Fabulous Creatures, Mythical Monsters, and Animal Power Symbols: A Handbook, Cassandra Eason https://books.google.com/books?id=s4AP30k4IFwC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PR15&hl=en&source=newbks_fb -From Disaster to Prevention, T. R. Witcher https://ascelibrary.org/doi/epdf/10.1061/ciegag.0001250 -American Society of Civil Engineers 1993-11: Vol 119 Iss 4 https://archive.org/details/sim_american-society-of-civil-engineers-collected-journals_1993-11_119_4/mode/2up -Gray Barker's Book of Bunk, John C. Sherwood https://skepticalinquirer.org/2002/05/gray-barkers-book-of-bunk/ -The Portsmouth Times, Claims in Disaster Denied https://news.google.ca/newspapers?id=cJ1eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MVMNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4537,3056163 -The Blackbird of Chernobyl: Was it a warning? Lauren Dillon https://www.historicmysteries.com/unexplained-mysteries/chornobyl-blackbird/35908/ Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Ari tells Morgan the story of America's first reported serial Killer, H.H. Homes, and his murderous reign during the 1885 Chicago World's Fair. Citations: -Devil In the White City, by Erik Larson -H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer, 2004 documentary now on Prime.  -H.H. Holmes American serial killer, John Philip Jenkins ⁠https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-H-Holmes⁠ Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina

This week Morgan tells Ari the story of the mysterious Men in Black of ufology lore. Citations: Justin Sablich https://www.history.com/news/men-in-black-real-origins -Men in Black" Captured on Surveillance Video Entering Sheraton Hotel in Niagara Falls - FindingUFO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVMEYaQiOBo -The Editors of Publications International, Ltd. https://science.howstuffworks.com/space/aliens-ufos/men-in-black.htm -The Coming of Saucers, Kenneth Arnorld and Raymond Palmer https://archive.org/details/TheComingOfTheSaucers/page/n5/mode/2up -CANADA: Strange lights spotted over the falls https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/canada-strange-lights-spotted-over-the-falls/article_cdbc1861-58cb-5b78-bc08-afb69913809c.html Credits: Modern Mythos Network intro and outro written and performed by Sean McNeilly Album art: Ben Harrison Hosts: Morgan Benek and Ari Graves Producer: Nick Kizina