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It's another beautiful day here in the Nightmare Cottage, and the gals are...
Well, they're hot - temperature hot, mostly. Because it's summer, and neither recording spaces nor spooky haunted edifices in the woods are known for their air circulation or HVAC quality. Luckily, between "Code Orange" approaching full effect, big silly puppies who are doing their best impression of a chainsaw with legs, and allegedly "fat" nightmare kitties (I DEMAND A SECOND OPINION) on a treat hiatus - the girls have plenty to distract themselves with. Oh, and speaking of distractions - Today’s Topics!
Nym kicks us off with a look into Egypt's own Necronomicon - the horrifying "Book of the Dead"! ... Wait, you mean to tell me that it's NOT a necromantic tome?... It's not even a book?! Then what the hell is it? Nym's breakdown of the often misattributed funerary text also known as "The Book of Going Forth by Day” will answer this question, plus a few other ones about mummy stuff and Egyptian mythology along the way - Another win in the book for Edutainment!
Then, we boogie back with Nylene to the very eventful year of 1978, and learn that while the rest of the country was up to their collars in the height of the disco music craze, the town of Speedway Indiana was dealing with a certified Fast-Food Who-Done-it... well, kinda. I'm pretty sure by the end of her segment you'll have a pretty good idea who done it, but perhaps the real nightmare of discussion here is the terrors of "shoddy police work"... Again.
If that sounds like fun to you, why don'cha kick back inside under the nearest A/C vent and join us in spirit here at the Nightmare Cottage. And if it doesn’t sound like fun… Well, join us anyways and write it off on your taxes as a charitable deed or something, I dunno. Jeez, How did you even get here?
The Egyptian Book Of The Dead by Nym
Anubis weighing the heart of Ani.
Canopic jar with falcon head. ca. 712–664 B.C.
Canopic jar symbol of mummification protection.
Painted wooden canopic jars, 27th Dynasty (ca. 700 BCE) Image © Trustees of the British Museum. British Museum Salt Collection, EA 9562;EA 9563;EA 9564;EA 9565.
Hatnefer's heart scarab and gold chain (Image credit: Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Scarab Pectoral from Tutankhamun's Tomb, c. 1361-52 BC XIR68344 Scarab pectoral, from the tomb of Tutankhamun, in the Valley of the Kings at Thebes, c.1361-52 BC, New Kingdom (gold, lapis lazuli, amber et al) by Egyptian 18th Dynasty (c.1567-1320 BC); Egyptian National Museum, Cairo, Egypt; Egyptian, out of copyright. © Bridgeman Images
Heart Scarab 1069 BC - 747 BC
Drawing of Ammit Artist credit : https://www.redbubble.com/people/underheaven/shop
The Burger Chef Murders of Speedway, Indiana by Nylene
Victims of Burger Chef Murders - Newspaper Clipping
Victims of Burger Chef Murders - WRTV
The Burger Chef where the employees disappeared from.
The Burger Chef where the victims disappeared from.
Police found Jayne Friedt's car abandoned on West 16th Street. - WRTV Archives
The bodies of the four missing Burger Chef employees were found on Sunday, November 19, 1978. - WRTV Archives, Google Earth
"This is the knife that killed 1978 Burger Chef worker Jayne Friedt. The handle broke off with the blade lodged in her chest. Indiana State Police released this photo in 2018 in the hope that it might lead to a clue that would point to the killers."
Sketches of 2 people of interest that were seen around the area around the time of the disappearances.
Busts that were made based on the sketches of eyewitness accounts.
Newspaper Clipping reporting a possible suspect.
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