Jerry recently filled in for our friend, Beau, on our brother podcast, How the West Was F#cked. Although he is hardly a replacement for Beau, we hope you enjoy it!

The true story of the greatest archeological discovery in history and the rumors of a terrible ancient curse that swirled around the subsequent deaths of team members and tourists alike. Join us for this spooky season installment, HOWARD CARTER and the CURSE of the PHARAOHS!

Sources:

Brier, Bob. Tutankhamun and the Tomb That Changed the World. Oxford University Press, 15 Oct. 2022.

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Wilkinson, Toby. WORLD beneath the SANDS : Adventurers and Archaeologists in the Golden Age of Egyptology. S.L., Picador, 2020.

On this spooky season edition, join us for the Filipino legend of the Aswang, and the CIA agent who used it as psychological warfare!

Sources:

Clark, Jordan. “The Maximo Ramos Taxonomical Classifications of the Aswang • the ASWANG PROJECT.” THE ASWANG PROJECT, 1 Oct. 2023, www.aswangproject.com/ramos_aswang/.

Blum, William. Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions since World War II. London, Zed Books, 2014.

Boot, Max. The Road Not Taken: Edward Lansdale and the American Tragedy in Vietnam. Liveright Publishing, 9 Jan. 2018.

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Lansdale, Edward Geary. In the Midst of Wars: An American’s Mission to Southeast Asia. New York, Fordham University Press, 1991.

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