S2 E7. LAND PART V – Count Ugolino

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Did you know that there’s survival cannibalism in Dante’s Divine Comedy? And it’s based on a true story? This week, we look at the infamous ‘Cannibal Count’, Ugolino della Gherardesca.

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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

Alighieri, D. (1997). Divine Comedy, Longfellow’s Translation, Hell. Translated by H.W. Longfellow. Urbana, IL: Project Gutenberg. Available at: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1001/1001-h/1001-h.htm
Benigni, P. (2008). ‘Ugolino della Gherardesca: cronaca di una scoperta annunciata’, Archeologia Viva, 128, pp. 64-67. Available at: https://www.archeologiaviva.it/2976/ugolino-della-gherardesca-cronaca-di-una-scoperta-annunciata/
Bentley, R. (1864). ‘Count Ugolino of Pisa’, in Bentley, R. (ed.) Bentley’s Miscellany. London: Chapman and Hall; v. 55, pp. 173-178.
Casina Rosa, G. (2016). ‘Of starvation and cannibalism in Pisa’, At Home In Tuscany, 20 October. Available at: http://www.athomeintuscany.org/2016/10/20/starvation-cannibalism-pisa/
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2019). ‘Guelf and Ghibelline’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/event/Guelf-and-Ghibelline
Herzman, R.B. (1980). ‘Cannibalism and Communion in Inferno XXXIII’, Dante Studies, 98, pp. 53-78. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/40166287

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S2 E6. LAND PART IV – The Great 14th Century Famine

January 7, 2021Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Climate change, food shortages, calls for Scottish independence and plague on the doorstep… The 14th century was a very different time.

This week, Alix looks at the Great Famine that struck Northern Europe in the early 14th century.

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With thanks to Dr Wingard for invaluable research 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.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Aberth, J. (2010). From the Brink of the Apocalypse (2nd ed.). London: Routledge.
Bailey, M. (1997). Review of The Great Famine by William Chester Jordan. History, 82(267), p. 488. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/24423511
Brain. (2020). ‘The tale of Hansel and Gretel and the Great Famine of 1315-1317’, Fact Source, 8 June. Available at: https://thefactsource.com/the-tale-of-hansel-and-gretel-and-the-great-famine-of-1315-1317/
Carlin, M. and J.T. Rosenthal. (1998). Food and Eating in Medieval Europe. London: Hambledon Press.
Charnock, R.S. (1866). ‘Cannibalism in Europe’, Journal of the Anthropological Society of London, 4, pp. xxii-xxxi. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/3025368
Davidson Sorkin, A. (2016). ‘The Next Great Famine’, New Yorker, 3 January. Available at: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/01/11/the-next-great-famine
Davis, D.E. (1986). ‘Regulation of human population in northern France and adjacent lands in the Middle Ages’, Human Ecology, 14, pp. 245-267. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00889240
Fara, A. (2017). ‘Production of and Trade in Food Between the Kingdom of Hungary and Europe in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern Era (Thirteenth to Sixteenth Centuries)’, Hungarian Historical Review, 6(1), pp. 138-179. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26370717
Homewood, P. (2013). ‘The Great Famine Of 1315’, Not a Lot of People Know That, 27 January. Available at: https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-great-famine-of-1315/
Isaiah, 5:10-13, Holy Bible: New International Version.
Johnson, B. (2014). The Great Flood and Great Famine of 1314. Available at: https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/The-Great-Flood-Great-Famine-of-1314/
Jordan, W.C. (1996). The Great Famine. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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Kershaw, I. (1973). ‘The Great Famine and Agrarian Crisis in England 1315-1322’, Past & Present, 59, pp. 3-50. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/650378
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Lucas, H.S. (1930). ‘The Great European Famine of 1315, 1316, and 1317’, Speculum, 5(4), pp. 343-377. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/2848143
McMichael, A.J. (2012). ‘Insights from past millennia into climatic impacts on human health and survival’, PNAS, 109(13), pp. 4730-4737. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1120177109

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S2 E5. LAND PART III – The Flatters Expedition

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This week, we journey to the Sahara for a tale of railways, misadventure and betrayal in Colonial Algeria.

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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

Asher, M. (2007). Sands of Death. London: Phoenix.
Bernard, F. (1882). Deuxième Mission Flatters: historique et rapport rédigés au service central des affaires indigènes. Algiers: Adolphe Jourdan. Available at: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k503875m/f1.item
Garric, A. (n.d.). Paul Flatters. Available at: https://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=fr&n=flatters&p=paul
Heffernan, M. (1989). ‘The Limits of Utopia: Henri Duveyrier and the Exploration of the Sahara in the Nineteenth Century’, Geographical Journal, 155(3), pp. 342-352. Available at: https://doi.org/10.2307/635209
Jodra, S. (2004). Flatters. Available at: http://www.cosmovisions.com/Flatters.htm
Strachan, J. (2011). ‘Murder in the Desert: Soldiers, Settlers and the Flatters Expedition in the Politics and Historical Memory of European Colonial Algeria, 1830-1881’, H-France Review, 4, pp. 210-222. Available at: https://h-france.net/rude/vol4/strachan4/

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S2 E4. LAND PART II – Chinese Cannibalism 101

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Famine, war, siege and political upheaval: Alix takes us on a tour of almost 2,500 years of survival cannibalism history in China.

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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

A Grim Chronicle Of China’s Great Famine. (2012). NPR, 10 November. Available at: https://www.npr.org/2012/11/10/164732497/a-grim-chronicle-of-chinas-great-famine
Becker, J. (1996). Hungry Ghosts. New York, NY: The Free Press. Available at: https://archive.org/details/hungryghostsmaos00beck/
Bernstein, R. (1997). ‘Horror of a Hidden Chinese Famine’, New York Times, 5 February. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/05/books/horror-of-a-hidden-chinese-famine.html
Bianco, L. (2011). ‘Frank Dikötter, Mao’s Great Famine, The History of China’s most devastating catastrophe, 1958-62’, China Perspectives, 2011(2), pp. 74-75. Translated by N. Jayaram. Available at: https://doi.org/10.4000/chinaperspectives.5585
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Hindustan Times. (2016). ‘China suppresses horrific history of cannibalism’, Hindustan Times, 11 May. Available at: https://www.hindustantimes.com/world/china-suppresses-horrific-history-of-cannibalism/story-6hbxXBtvWf9LSIS0yaYlIM.html
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Huang, Z. (2016). ‘Charted: China’s Great Famine, according to Yang Jisheng, a journalist who lived through it’, Quartz, 10 March. Available at: https://qz.com/633457/charted-chinas-great-famine-according-to-yang-jisheng-a-journalist-who-lived-through-it/
Jisheng, Y. (2013). Tombstone. London: Penguin.
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S2 E3. LAND PART I – The Pacific War

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When Japanese supply lines to New Guinea get cut off, the troops are left to fend for themselves in the midst of World War II.

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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

Bradley, J. (2003). Flyboys. Boston, MA: Little, Brown.
Drea, E. et al. (2006). Researching Japanese war crimes records: introductory essays. [n.p.]: National Archives and Records Administration for the Nazi War Crimes and Japanese Imperial Government Records Interagency Working Group. Available at: https://www.archives.gov/files/iwg/japanese-war-crimes/introductory-essays.pdf
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Pacific War’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Pacific-War
Sayas, C. (2017). ‘Intro to Cannibalism in the Pacific’, Pacific Atrocities, 10 June. Available at: https://www.pacificatrocities.org/blog/cannibalism-in-the-pacific
Sharma, M.S. (2014). ‘Japanese ate Indian PoWs, used them as live targets in WWII’, The Times of India, 11 August. Available at: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Japanese-ate-Indian-PoWs-used-them-as-live-targets-in-WWII/articleshow/40017577.cms
Spencer, G. (1992). ‘Japan Hears of World War II Cannibalism A Half-Century Later’, Associated Press, 11 August. Available at: https://apnews.com/article/2e7e9a8dae17cc29862c4562b44c9225
Tanaka, Y. (1998). Hidden Horrors. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
UPI. (1992). ‘Documents claim cannibalism by Japanese World War II soldiers’, UPI, 10 August. Available at: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/10/Documents-claim-cannibalism-by-Japanese-World-War-II-soldiers/2568713419200/?ur3=1

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S2 E2. ICE PART II – The Crash of the Skyhawk

December 10, 2020December 17, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

A horrific crash-landing over the Rocky Mountains leaves two young survivors stranded in the snow.

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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

Brandon Sun. (1979). ‘Air crash survivor recounts ordeal’, Brandon Sun, 1 June, p.1. Available at: https://newspaperarchive.com/brandon-sun-jun-01-1979-p-1/
Cessna. (n.d.). Cessna Skyhawk. Available at: https://cessna.txtav.com/en/piston/cessna-skyhawk
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Eisler, D. (1979). ‘We had to eat him and we did’, Maclean’s, 11 June. Available at: https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1979/6/11/we-had-to-eat-him-and-we-did
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Lawrence Journal-World. (1979). ‘Pair walk away from crash site’, Lawrence Journal-World, 26 May, p.11. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=R5YyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=SucFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6763%2C5697679
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Tam, L. (2019). ‘Cannibal crash survivors, 10-year-old gives birth to twins and China blanks Soviet sit-down request: headlines from 40 years ago’, South China Morning Post, 6 June. Available at: https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3013453/cannibal-crash-survivors-10-year-old-gives-birth-twins-and
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S2 E1. ICE PART I – Sir John Franklin: The Prequel

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While Sir John Franklin is best known for his infamous lost expedition to find the Northwest Passage, it wasn’t his only trip to the Arctic that ended in survival cannibalism.

In the first episode of Season 2, we head to the Coppermine River for Sir John Franklin: The Prequel.

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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

Baker, R. (2012). ‘Up the Coppermine without a paddle’, The Royal Society, 11 April. Available at: https://blogs.royalsociety.org/history-of-science/2012/04/11/up-the-coppermine/
Burant, J. (1987). ‘Hood, Robert’, in Dictionary of Canadian Biography. (Volume 6). Toronto: University of Toronto/Université Laval. Available at: http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/hood_robert_6E.html
Dewhirst, J. (2015). The Franklin Coppermine Expedition, North East Canada, 1899-22. Available at: http://www.britainssmallwars.co.uk/the-franklin-coppermine-expedition-north-east-canada-1819-22.html
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Sir George Back’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Back
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Sir John Franklin’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Franklin
Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. (2020). ‘Sir John Richardson’, in Encyclopaedia Britannica Online. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Richardson-Scottish-surgeon-and-explorer
Franklin, J. (1823). Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22. London: J. Murray. Available at: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.c106106342
John Grey Centre. (n.d.). John Hepburn: Arctic Explorer, 1794–1861 or 1864. Available at: https://www.johngraycentre.org/people/adventurers-and-explorers/john-hepburn-arctic-explorer-1794-1861-or-1864/
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Palin, M. (2018). Erebus: The Story of a Ship. London: Hutchinson.

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Season 2 Trailer

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Coming next week: Season 2 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

Join hosts Alix and Carmella for 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism history, starting with a very familiar name…

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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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Trick or Treat?

October 31, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Season 2 of Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast is on the way!

Join hosts Alix and Carmella in 13 new episodes of survival cannibalism history, coming December 2020.

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 1 Outtakes

April 1, 2020October 31, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

Have a laugh on us this April Fool’s! Alix and Carmella present the Season 1 Outtakes from Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast.

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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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