S4 E6. One last bite…

December 5, 2022Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

The time has come: it’s the final episode of Casting Lots. For real this time.

Join Alix and Carmella for all your remaining cannibalism questions answered, plus a bonus Arctic adventure involving an Italian airship and a very good dog.

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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 Ashley. 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

Filimonov, A. and R. Coalson. (2018). Cannibal Island: in 1933, nearly 5,000 died in one of Stalin’s most horrific labour camps. Available at: https://www.rferl.org/a/cannibal-island-in-1933-nearly-5-000-died-in-one-of-stalin-s-most-horrific-labor-camps/29341167.html

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S2 E1. ICE PART I – Sir John Franklin: The Prequel

December 3, 2020December 17, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

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.

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

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/
McCorristine, S. (2018). ‘The explorer’s body’, in The Spectral Arctic. London: UCL Press. Available at: https://doi.org/10.14324/111.9781787352452
Palin, M. (2018). Erebus: The Story of a Ship. London: Hutchinson.

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S1 E13. ICE PART IV – The Marten Hartwell Story

January 16, 2020November 21, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

In our final episode of the season, we take to the Arctic skies for the Marten Hartwell story.

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

Connors, S.T. (1973). ‘Marten Hartwell Story’. Stompin’ Tom Connors. To It and at It. [Digital]. Ontario: Stompin’ Tom Ltd. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/track/7cmxWi6JlsvWWqawkklNXw
Crawford, B. (2019). ‘Fifteen Canadian Stories: The Epic Tale Of Marten Hartwell’s Arctic Survival’, Ottawa Citizen, 10 April. Available at: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/marten-hartwell-an-epic-tale-of-arctic-survival
Gein, E. and B. Marriner. (1997). Cannibalism: The Last Taboo!. Rickmansworth: Senate.
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Metcalfe-Chenail, D. (2014). Polar Winds: A Century of Flying the North. Toronto: Dundurn.
New York Times. (1972). ‘Canadians Rescue Pilot of Plane Lost A Month in Arctic’, New York Times, 10 December, p.1. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1972/12/10/archives/canadians-rescue-pilot-of-plane-lost-a-month-in-arctic-canadians.html?_r=0
New York Times. (1973). ‘Bush Pilot Tells of Cannibalism’, New York Times, 2 March, p. 5. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/02/archives/bush-pilot-tells-of-cannibalism-stranded-in-arctic-he-had-eaten.html
Ottawa Citizen. (2018). Fifteen Canadian Stories: Marten Hartwell, Arctic Survivor. Available at: https://youtu.be/dhOslNyUaBE
Plimpton, G. (2004). As Told at the Explorers Club. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press.
Poling, J. (2007). Waking Nanabijou: Uncovering a Secret Past. Toronto: Dundurn.
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Register-Guard, Eugene. (1972). ‘Plane Crash Survivor Says Eskimo Boy ‘decided to die’’, Register-Guard, Eugene, 13 December, p. 7. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=K6lVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9-ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6427%2C3261513
Sydney Morning Herald. (1972). ‘Crash Pilots 31 Day Arctic Ordeal’, Sydney Morning Herald, 11 December, p.1. Available at: https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cPljAAAAIBAJ&sjid=A-UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6168%2C4662318
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S1 E12. ICE PART III – Douglas Mawson

January 9, 2020November 21, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

This episode, we’re heading south for a story of Antarctic disaster. Did Sir Douglas Mawson’s 1911 expedition end in survival cannibalism? Carmella unravels the cold case in a tale of overland hauling, extreme rationing, and all the unpleasant things that can happen to sled dogs.

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

Chalmers, S. (2007). ‘The icecap cannibal’, Daily Mail, 27 Oct. Available at: https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20071027/282235186299099
Day, D. (2013). Flaws in the Ice. London: Scribe.
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S1 E11. ICE PART II – Adolphus Greely

January 2, 2020November 21, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

‘Execution, mutiny, starvation, suicide and cannibalism’ – the story of Adolphus Greely and the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition has it all!

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

Greely, A. (1886). Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-1884 and the Attainment of Farthest North. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. Available at: https://archive.org/details/threeyearsofarct00greeuoft/page/n6 and https://archive.org/details/threeyearsofarct02gree/page/n6
The Greely Expedition. (2019). PBS, 5 February. Available at: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/greely/
Guttridge, L.F. (2006). Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The harrowing true story of the Greely expedition. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse.
Jampoler, A.C.A. (2010). ‘Disaster at Lady Franklin Bay’, Naval History Magazine, 24(4). Available at: https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2010/august/disaster-lady-franklin-bay
Kershner, K. (2013). ‘10 True Stories of Survival Cannibalism’, HowStuffWorks.com, 30 May. Available at: https://adventure.howstuffworks.com/survival/wilderness/10-true-stories-survival-cannibalism8.htm
‘Lady Franklin Bay Expedition’. (2019). Wikipedia. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Franklin_Bay_Expedition (Accessed 29 December 2019)
Miles, J. (2000). ‘”Ghosts of Cape Sabine: The Harrowing True Story of the Greely Expedition” by Leonard F. Guttridge’, Salon, 21 January. Available at: https://www.salon.com/2000/01/21/guttridge/
National Museum of American History. (2011). ‘A mysterious fork leads to the story of the infamous Greely Expedition’, O Say Can You See?, 4 November. Available at: https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2011/11/greely_expedition.html
New York Times. (1884). ‘The shame of the nation’, New York Times, 13 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1884/08/13/archives/the-shame-of-the-nation-dreadful-sufferings-in-the-camp-at-cape.html
New York Times. (1884). ‘Crazed by starvation’, New York Times, 16 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1884/08/16/archives/crazed-by-starvation-another-chapter-in-the-awful-story-of-cape.html
New York Times. (1884). ‘Horrors of Cape Sabine’, New York Times, 12 August. Available at: https://www.nytimes.com/1884/08/12/archives/horrors-of-cape-sabine-terrible-story-of-greelys-dreary-camp-brave.html
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S1 E10. ICE PART I – The Franklin Expedition

December 26, 2019November 21, 2020Casting Lots: A Survival Cannibalism Podcast Leave a comment

What happened to the Franklin Expedition? This episode, we’re headed up to the Arctic circle to investigate one of the greatest mysteries of the Victorian era.

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

Cavell, J. (2013). ‘Publishing Sir John Franklin’s fate: cannibalism, journalism, and the 1881 edition of Leopold McClintock’s “The voyage of the ‘Fox’ in the Arctic seas”’. Book History, 16, pp. 155-184. Available at: https://www.jstor.org/stable/42705784
Geiger, J.G. and O. Beattie. (2004). Frozen in Time: The Fate of the Franklin Expedition. London: Bloomsbury.
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Palin, M. (2018). Erebus: The Story of a Ship. London: Hutchinson.
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