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Hello! This week we're celebrating spring's triumphant return with Max's story about what can only be described as "some sort of lake yeti" discovering the convenience of Lyft, and Janey's tale of a King in desperate need of an HR department.

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Janey’s Sources - The Useless Wagoner

• LOCATION: Hungary
• “Fairy Tales of Eastern Europe”, collected and retold by Neil Philip, Illustrated by Larry Wilkes.
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Max’s Sources - White Thang

• LOCATION: Alabama
• “Monsters of the South” by Jessica Freeburg and Natalie Fowler
• “Cryptids of the South: The White Thang of Alabama”

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Cowabunga, everybody! This week, Janey is going to tell us about a disloyal knight with a surprising secret, and Max is going to tell us an alien invasion story that teaches us all a powerful lesson (don't trust a man just because he says he's a doctor...) Enjoy!

Janey's Sources: Bradamante

• LOCATION: France
• Not One Damsel in Distress: World Folktales for Strong Girls by Jane Yolen, illustrated by Susan Guevara.
• @DwarfismHistory on Instagram
• "The Story Of 'Orlando Furioso’" NPR. February 2009.
• “Orlando Furioso, Canto IV” on Yesterweird
• Bradamante on Wikipedia
• Ruggiero on Wikipedia
• “The Road to Middle Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien Created a New Mythology” by Tom Shippey

Max’s Sources - The Tale of Flying Saucers

• LOCATION: California
• “American Folkore and Legends”, John J. and Potter Marcatante

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Hello and happy spoooOOOOookyy March! This week, we're bringing out our scariest Irish tales to impress Andi and Feliz, the hosts of the "You Two Scare Me" podcast! First, Max is going to break the glass ceiling of headless horsePEOPLE, and then Janey's going to remind us all of the most important rule of horror: children. are. scary.

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Sources:

• Check out the You Two Scare Me Podcast!
• Listen to their episode on The Irish Banshee

Janey’s Sources - The Case of the Leannabh Sidhe

• LOCATION: England
• Fearsome Fairies: Haunted Tales of the Fae, edited by Elizabeth Dearnley

Max’s Sources - The Dullahan

• LOCATION: Ireland
• Full free text of “The Good Woman”
• “The Dullahan” by Ghost City Tours
• “The Headless Horseman” by Irish Myths
• “The Dullahan” by The Irish Place

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