S3 E5. LAND PART V – Prehistoric Cannibalism 101

November 25, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

For as long as humans have existed, we have been eating other humans. This week, Carmella takes us on a tour of six Stone Age sites where evidence of survival cannibalism has been uncovered.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

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S3 E4. LAND PART IV – The Arduous March

November 18, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Another week, another famine. This episode, Alix looks at a modern case of famine-induced survival cannibalism in North Korea.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Abad-Santos, A. (2013). ‘North Koreans Reportedly Turn to Cannibalism Due to ‘Hidden Famine’’, The Altantic, 28 January. Available at: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/01/north-koreans-reportedly-turn-cannibalism-due-hidden-famine/319002/
Amnesty International. (2019). North Korea. Available at: https://www.amnesty.org.uk/issues/north-korea
AP News. (1998). ‘Cannibalism Reported in North Korea’, 15 April. Available at: https://apnews.com/article/91eb6e8608b6112887f498d971dde245
Asia News. (2013). ‘Rumors of cannibalism in North Korea, crushed by famine’, Asia News, 28 January. Available at: http://www.asianews.it/news-en/Rumors-of-cannibalism-in-North-Korea,-crushed-by-famine-26978.html
Associated Press. (1993). ‘Defector Cites Growing Unrest in North Korea’, August 24.
BBC News. (2021). ‘Kim Jong-un warns of North Korea crisis similar to deadly 90s famine’, 9 April. Available at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-56685356
Cho, J. et al. (2013). White Paper on Human Rights in North Korea. Seoul: Korea Institute for National Unification. Available at: https://www.kinu.or.kr/pyxis-api/1/digital-files/3aee4b98-d429-46d0-b040-eacfb69d968c
Collins, R. (2018). Denied from the start Human Rights at the Local Level in North Korea. Washington, DC: Committee for Human Rights in North Korea. Available at: https://www.hrnk.org/uploads/pdfs/Collins_Denied_FINALFINALFINAL_WEB.pdf
Columbia University Press. (n.d.) Famine in North Korea. Available at: http://cup.columbia.edu/book/famine-in-north-korea/9780231140003
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Fahy, S. (2012). ‘Mapping a hidden disaster’, Natural Hazards Observer, September, pp. 22-27. Available at: https://web.archive.org/web/20161128195312/https://hazdoc.colorado.edu/bitstream/handle/10590/5438/C024508.pdf?sequence=1
Fisher, M. (2013). ‘The Cannibals of North Korea’, Washington Post, 5 February. Available at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/02/05/the-cannibals-of-north-korea/
Howard-Hassmann, R. E. (2012). ‘State-Induced Famine and Penal Starvation in North Korea’, Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal, 7(2), pp. 147-165. Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol7/iss2/3/
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Irish Times. (1997). ‘Cannibalism in Korea, say exiles’, 2 October. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/cannibalism-in-korea-say-exiles-1.111938
Jackson, S. (2017). ‘Pleased to EAT you: World map of man-eaters reveals where cannibalism STILL exists today’, Daily Star, 14 February. Available at: https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/cannibals-north-korea-kim-jong-16984291
Kim, J. (2013). The family I lost in North Korea. And the family I gained. Available at: https://www.ted.com/talks/joseph_kim_the_family_i_lost_in_north_korea_and_the_family_i_gained
Kim, J. (2015). ‘Desperate times during the famine in North Korea’, TED Ideas, 3 June. Available at: https://ideas.ted.com/desperate-times-during-the-famine-in-north-korea/
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Namgung, J. (2019). ‘The Face of Famine in North Korea: Blindness, Cannibalism, and a Desire to Escape’, The Science Survey, 23 November. Available at: https://thesciencesurvey.com/news/2019/11/23/the-face-of-famine-in-north-korea-blindness-cannibalism-escape/
Nelson, S. C. (2013). ‘North Korea Cannibalism Fears Amid Reports Famine-Stricken Citizens ‘Forced To Dig Up Corpses & Eat Their Children’’, Huffington Post, 28 January. Available at: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/01/28/north-korea-cannibalism-north-korea-cannibalism-famine-corpses-eat-_n_2565100.html
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S3 E3. LAND PART III – The Narváez Expedition

November 11, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

It’s 1527 and a Spanish expedition to Florida are on the hunt for safe harbour, immense riches, and somewhere to put all their horses. This is the story of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and the Narváez Expedition.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Cabeza de Vaca, A. N. (2002). Chronicle of the Narváez Expedition. Translated by F. Bandelier. London: Penguin.
‘Cabeza de Vaca, Alvar Núñez (1492?-1559?)’. (2021). Encyclopedia.com. Available at: https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/alvar-nunez-cabeza-de-vaca
Chipman, D. (2017). ‘Cabeza de Vaca, Álvar Núñez (ca. 1490–ca. 1559)’, Handbook of Texas, 28 July. Available at: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cabeza-de-vaca-lvar-nunez
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2021). ‘Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alvar-Nunez-Cabeza-de-Vaca
Florida Center for Instructional Technology. (2002). The Misadventures of Pánfilo de Narváez and Nuñez de Cabeza de Vaca. Available at: http://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/narvaez/narvaez1.htm
Jáuregui, C. A. (2016). ‘Going native, going home. Ethnographic empathy and the artifice of return in Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación’, Colonial Latin American Review, 25(2), pp. 175-199. Available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Carlos-Jauregui/publication/308096650_Going_native_going_home_Ethnographic_empathy_and_the_artifice_of_return_in_Cabeza_de_Vaca%27s_Relacion/links/5b79a3024585151fd1208561/Going-native-going-home-Ethnographic-empathy-and-the-artifice-of-return-in-Cabeza-de-Vacas-Relacion.pdf
Schnelle, R. (2001). ‘Soul-struck Soldier: Stepping Westward with Cabeza de Vaca’, Weber Studies, 19, pp. 74-81. Available at: https://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive%20C%20Vol.%2016.2-18.1/Vol.%2019.1/Schnelle.htm

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S3 E2. LAND PART II – The Irish Potato Famine

November 4, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

This week, Alix takes us on a tour of famine in Irish history, culminating in the infamous 19th century potato famine.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brantlinger, P. (2004). ‘The Famine’, Victorian Literature and Culture, 32(1), pp. 193-207. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25058660?seq=1
Carmody, P. (2009). ‘The story of starvation’, Irish Times, 30 May. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/the-story-of-starvation-1.774061
Connolly, J. (1997). ‘An Irishman’s Diary’, Irish Times, 23 September. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-irishman-s-diary-1.108966
Coogan, T. P. (2013). The Famine Plot. New York, NY: St. Martin’s Griffin.
Coste, M. (2020). ‘New RTE documentary finds evidence of cannibalism in Ireland during Great Famine’, Clé, 1 December. Available at: http://cle.ens-lyon.fr/anglais/key-story/01-12-20-great-famine-cannibalism
Dwyer, F. (2016). ‘A Famine Cover Up. Cannibalism in 1849…’, Irish History Podcast, 22 February. Available at: https://irishhistorypodcast.ie/a-famine-cover-up-cannibalism-in-1849/
ElleHaceElle. (2017). ‘Irish Famine and Cannibalism’, Breise! Breise! Extra! Extra!, 21 June. Available at: https://breisebreiseleighgoleire1969.wordpress.com/tag/did-the-irish-resort-to-cannibalism-during-the-famine/
Geography Department, University College Cork and Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. (n.d.). The Great Irish Famine Online. Available at: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/MapSeries/index.html?appid=8de2b863f4454cbf93387dacb5cb8412
Great Britain. UK Parliament. (n.d.). The Great Famine. Available at: https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/overview/the-great-famine/
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McGreevy, R. (2020). ‘Role of ‘survivor cannibalism’ during Great Famine detailed in new TV documentary’, Irish Times, 30 November. Available at: https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/role-of-survivor-cannibalism-during-great-famine-detailed-in-new-tv-documentary-1.4423323
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O’Brien, S. (2020). ‘Great Hunger documentary explores how Irish people turned to survivor cannibalism’, Irish Central, 30 November. Available at: https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/great-hunger-documentary-irish-people-cannibalism
Ó Gráda, C. (2013). Eating people is wrong: Famine’s darkest secret?. UCD Centre for Economic Research Working Paper Series No. WP13/02. Dublin: UCD School of Economics. Available at: https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/72202 
O’Sullivan, M. (2018). ‘Possible Cannibalism in Connemara during the Great Famine’, History at Galway, 3 February. Available at: https://historyatgalway.wordpress.com/2018/02/03/possible-cannibalism-in-connemara-during-the-great-famine/
Persaud, R. (2011). ‘It’s Not Everyone’s Idea Of A Wholesome Meal, But Over The Ages Human Flesh Has Been Eaten By Surprisingly Large Numbers Of People’, Independent, 23 October. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/history-common-cannibal-it-s-not-everyone-s-idea-wholesome-meal-over-ages-human-flesh-has-been-eaten-surprisingly-large-numbers-people-raj-persaud-reports-2322199.html
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S3 E1. LAND PART I – Alexander Pearce

October 31, 2021November 3, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Kicking Season 3 off with a bang, Carmella and Alix are back with the ‘maneater of Macquarie Harbour’ – Alexander Pearce.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

‘Alexander Pearce’. (2021). Convict Records. Available at: https://convictrecords.com.au/convicts/pearce/alexander/128595
Bock, T. (1824). Alexander Pearce executed for murder, July 19 1824. [Pencil]. State Library of NSW, Sydney. Available at: https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/collection-items/alexander-pearce-executed-murder-july-19th-1824-thomas-bock
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Charleston, L.J. (2019). ‘’We ate each other one by one’: The gruesome story of Alexander Pearce the cannibal convict’, New Zealand Herald, 5 May. Available at: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/we-ate-each-other-one-by-one-the-gruesome-story-of-alexander-pearce-the-cannibal-convict/IZ7HKYWQD6PM6X67MX5EOWYMQ4/
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Stolze, D. (2014). ‘Skull of the executed murderer and cannibal Alexander Pearce’, Strange Remains, 11 February. Available at: https://strangeremains.com/2014/02/11/the-skull-of-executed-murderer-and-cannibal-alexander-pearce/
Thomas, M. (1999). ‘A Tale They Won’t Believe.’ Weddings Parties Anything. They Were Better Live. [Digital]. Melbourne: Mushroom Records Pty. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/track/1dLBPVqVNgK1NPvEsPLvjU
Wright, J. (2020). ‘The Fermanagh cannibal who lured his victims to the woods and banqueted on their flesh’, Sunday Life, 27 July. Available at: https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sunday-life/news/the-fermanagh-cannibal-who-lured-his-victims-to-the-woods-and-banqueted-on-their-flesh-39391450.html

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Season 3 Trailer

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Coming 31 October 2021: Season 3 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

Join Alix and Carmella for 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism across time and around the world.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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Season 2 Outtakes

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April Fool’s! We’re back for another round of outtakes from Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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S2 E13. SEA PART IV – Fun On Boats

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In our final episode of Season 2, Alix and Carmella offer a quick-fire selection of stories on the custom of the sea.

CREDITS

With thanks to Emily for transcription help.

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

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S2 E12. SEA PART III – The SS Dumaru

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The SS Dumaru is poorly-built, ugly, and crewed by “bad men of the sea”. When she’s requisitioned for the war effort by the US Navy, her run of bad luck becomes a sprint to disaster.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Adelaide Chronicle. (1918). ‘On the lone ocean’, Adelaide Chronicle, 30 November, p. 34. Available at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/87554536
Allen, G. (2012). ‘Human’ in Deutsch, J. and N. Murakhver (eds.) They Eat That?. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp. 100-108.
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Christy, C. (2020). ‘9 Shipwrecks Throughout History That Ended In Cannibalism’, Unspeakable Times, 4 February. Available at: https://www.ranker.com/list/shipwrecks-ended-in-cannibalism/chase-christy
Golden, F. and M. Tipton. (2002). ‘Necessities of sustained survival: water and food’ in Essentials of Sea Survival. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.
Guy, M. (2007). ‘Shipwreck survivors: three men in a boat’, Independent, 7 January. Available at: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/shipwreck-survivors-three-men-in-a-boat-430798.html
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S2 E11. SEA PART II – Charlesfort

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Religious turmoil. Espionage. Mutiny. Bad accents. This is the story of Charlesfort – an early French attempt to establish a colony in North America.

CREDITS

Written, hosted and produced by Alix Penn and Carmella Lowkis.

Theme music by Daniel Wackett. Find him on Twitter @ds_wack and Soundcloud as Daniel Wackett.

Logo by Riley. Find her on Twitter and Instagram @tallestfriend.

Casting Lots is part of the Morbid Audio Podcast Network. Network sting by Mikaela Moody. Find her on Bandcamp as mikaelamoody1.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Access Genealogy. (n.d.). The French Colony of Charlesfort. Available at: https://accessgenealogy.com/south-carolina/french-colony-of-charlesfort.htm
Bell, S.M. (2012). ‘France’s Lost Colony: One of ‘Em, Anyway’, je parle américain, 17 May. Available at: https://jeparleamericain.com/2012/05/17/frances-lost-colony-one-of-em-anyway/
Curry, K. (1928). ‘Jean Ribaut, His Personality and Achievements’, Florida Historical Society Quarterly, 7(2), pp. 159-163. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/30149685
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Jean Ribaut’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Jean-Ribaut
Florida Center for Instructional Technology. (2002). Jean Ribault Claims Florida for France. Available at: https://fcit.usf.edu/florida/lessons/ribault/ribault1.htm
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Quirion, K.R.T. (2020). ‘The Story of a Failed French Settlement in 16th Century North America: Charlesfort’, History is Now Magazine, 31 May. Available at: http://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2020/5/31/the-story-of-a-failed-french-settlement-in-16th-century-north-america-charlesfort#.X0kAP8hKjIU=
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