Episode Research Sources & References

Madame Strangeways: Sources & References

Here's a non-exhaustive list of all the books, papers, etc, that I reference in the podcast, especially in my paranormal deep dive episodes. 

Books

• Hallucinations — Dr. Oliver Sacks Ep 15
• The Amityville Horror — Jay Anson, 1977 Ep 19
• The Satan Cellar — Mike Warnke, 1972 Ep 19
• The Exorcist Effect — Joseph Laycock and Eric Harrelson Ep 22, Ep 27, Ep 35, Ep 39
• The Demonologist — Gerald Brittle, 1980 Ep 22, Ep 27
• Ghost Hunters — Ed and Lorraine Warren Ep 27
• House of Darkness, House of Light — Andrea Perron, 2011 (Referenced but deliberately excluded as a source) Ep 27
• Stories of the Forgotten, Volume 1: Infamous, Famous and Unremembered — J'aime Rubio Ep 27
• American Hauntings: The True Stories Behind Hollywood's Scariest Movies — From The Exorcist to The Conjuring — Joe Nickell Ep 27
• This House is Haunted — Guy Lyon Playfair Ep 35
• ESPs, Seers & Psychics — Milbourne Christopher (American illusionist; President of the Society of American Magicians) Ep 35
• The Enfield Poltergeist Tapes — Melvyn Willin (custodian of the Enfield Poltergeist tapes following the deaths of Maurice Grosse and Guy Lyon Playfair) Ep 35
• Will Storr vs. The Supernatural — Will Storr Ep 35
• The Haunted: One Family's Nightmare — Robert Curran, Janet Smurl, Jack Smurl, Lorraine Warren, and Ed Warren Ep 39, Ep 40
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (published as part of The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon) — Washington Irving, 1819 Ep 43

Academic Journals & Scientific Publications

• "Cinematic neurosis" study — Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 1975 (documenting psychological responses to The Exorcist) Ep 19
• Memory distortion and film research — Jeffrey Zacks (cited in The Exorcist Effect) Ep 27
• Definition of magic — William Swatos and Peter Kivisto Ep 44
• Alcoholic hallucinosis study — National Institutes of Health (NIH) Ep 52

Periodicals & Reference Publications

• The Skeptical Inquirer — Kenny Bettel and Joe Nickell (research on the Conjuring house and Arnold Estate) Ep 27, Ep 39
• Encyclopedia Britannica (Parsi/Zoroastrian history, Yaksha mythology) Ep 43, Ep 52

Documentaries & Television

• Nationwide (Enfield Poltergeist news documentary) — BBC, 1977 Ep 35
• Ghostbuster: The Real Thing — BBC, 1996 Ep 35
• The Enfield Poltergeist (documentary series) — Apple TV+, 2023 Ep 35

Primary Sources & Recorded Interviews

• Recorded interview with Ed Warren and Carolyn Perron, conducted by John Larrabee — All Saints Day, November 1, 1973 (available on YouTube) Ep 27
• WPC Carolyn Heeps police account (first-person police report of the Enfield Poltergeist) Ep 35
• Maurice Grosse audio recordings, 1977–1979 Ep 35
• Ed Warren audio recordings, 1978 & 1979 Ep 35

Websites & Blogs

• NESPR (New England Society for Psychic Research) — tonyspera.com (run by Tony Spera, the Warrens' son-in-law) Ep 22, Ep 27
• J'aime Rubio's blog — jaimerubiowriter.com (historical investigative journalism; Bathsheba Sherman research) Ep 27
• Zoroastrian Heritage Blog — K.E. Eduljee Ep 44
• Keep Talking Greece — keeptalkinggreece.com (cited for 2018 survey on Greek beliefs about the evil eye) Ep 44

Podcasts

• Witches — BBC Four / BBC Sounds Ep 44

Songs

• "Famine" — Sinéad O'Connor Ep 43