Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 31, and we’re starting the new year off with the insane murder of the DeFeo family in Amityville, Long Island, New York.

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Grimly Podcast!

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Discussions of murder by gunshot, discussions of domestic violence

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References:

History: The Amityville murders - https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/november-13/amityville-horror-true-story-defeo-family-murders

A&E TV: The Amityville Murders: Ronald DeFeo's Motive for Killing His Family Still Unclear - https://www.aetv.com/articles/amityville-murders-defeo

Medium: Ronald DeFeo and the True Amityville Horror - https://medium.com/new-york-voice/ronald-defeo-and-the-true-amityville-horror-da322cf29068

The New York Times: Surviving Son Held in Slayings Of 6 in His Family at L.I. Home (digitized version of the original 1974 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/15/archives/surviving-son-held-in-slayings-of-6-in-his-family-at-li-home-son.html

The New York Times: Slain Family Drugged, Police on L:I..Report (digitized version of the original 11/18/1974 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1974/11/18/archives/slain-family-drugged-police-on-li-report-motive-still-sought.html

The New York Times: Son, 24, is Guilty in Murder of Six (digitized version of the original 11/22/1975 article) - https://www.nytimes.com/1975/11/22/archives/son-24-is-guilty-in-murder-of-six-conviction-follows-longest-trial.html

Wikipedia: Caporegime - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caporegime

Widipedia: Ronald DeFeo Jr. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_DeFeo_Jr.

Biography: Ronald DeFeo Jr. - https://www.biography.com/crime/ronald-defeo

Hester Law Group: What is an Insanity Plea? - https://www.hesterlawgroup.com/blog/2022/january/what-is-an-insanity-plea-/

Brustein Law: New York 440 Motions - https://www.brusteinlaw.com/440-motions

Welcome back to Strange Snapshots! Today’s Snapshot will focus on tulpas, based on our main episode from last December about St. Nicholas!

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References:

Wikipedia: Tulpa - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa

JSTOR Daily: Where Tulpas Come From - https://daily.jstor.org/where-tulpas-come-from/

JSTOR Article: Tracking the Tulpa: Exploring the “Tibetan” Origins of a Contemporary Paranormal Idea - https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87?mag=where-tulpas-come-from&seq=1

Merriam Webster: Theosophy - https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/theosophy#:~:text=noun,by%20her%20follower%20Rudolf%20Steiner.

The Theosophical Society: Theosophy - https://www.theosophical.org/about/theosophy#:~:text=Theosophy%20promotes%20understanding%20and%20unity%20among%20people,Society%20has%20headquarters%20in%20Adyar%2C%20Chennai%2C%20India.

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2015.19.1.87?mag=where-tulpas-come-from&seq=3

Medium: The Power of the Mind: Creating Tulpas Through Meditation and Visualization - https://medium.com/illumination/the-power-of-the-mind-creating-tulpas-through-meditation-and-visualization-20e561e12ee9

WikiHow: How to Make Your Own Tulpa - https://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Tulpa

Supernatural Wiki: Hell House - https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Hell_House

Wikipedia: Slenderman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slender_Man

https://www.reddit.com/r/AMA/comments/12qrhr/i_have_a_sentient_tulpa_which_is_essentially/

Welcome back to Something Strange! It’s episode number 30 today, and we’ll be discussing the history of telling ghost stories at Christmas time! Charles Dickens, anyone?

**TRIGGER WARNINGS FOR THIS EPISODE**

Brief discussions of ancient rituals/human sacrifice

Stay tuned at the end of this episode to check out the trailer for Do You Dare? Podcast!

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References:

- History: How Ghost Stories Became a Christmas Tradition in Victorian England - https://www.history.com/articles/christmas-tradition-ghost-stories

- Nerdist: A Ghost Story for Christmas- Britain’s Scary Tradition - https://nerdist.com/article/ghost-story-for-christmas-m-r-james-mark-gatiss/

- The Carterhaugh School of Folklore and the Fantastic: 10 Spooky Ghost Stories for Christmas Time - https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/

- Wikipedia: A Christmas Carol - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Christmas_Carol

- Charles Dickens Museum: A Christmas Carol Synopsis - https://dickensmuseum.com/blogs/explore/a-christmas-carol-synopsis?srsltid=AfmBOop3tgxi8Ixl7Jbx-yT_FP_TrDn9cgjEmBlveLFTnoX75JC3mz5T

- Smithsonian Magazine: A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/plea-resurrect-christmas-tradition-telling-ghoststories-180967553/

- Britannica: Yule - https://www.britannica.com/topic/Yule-festival

- Interfaith America: Waiting for the Sun a Pagan Celebration of Yule - https://www.interfaithamerica.org/article/pagan-celebration-of-yule/