The podcast where two sisters bring you one topic and two stories to educate you about people, places and things from throughout the world, throughout time, bringing you anything from pilots to cryptids. Sit back and enjoy the show.
In this weeks episode we cover fabulous female spies of the world wars; Noor Inayat Khan and Mathe Cnockeart. We discuss prison escapes, explosions and way too many books about spies.
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Sources:
Noor Inayat Khan: Spy Princess- The Life Of Noor Inayat Khan (by Shrabani Basu)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noor_Inayat_Khan#Early_years
https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/noor-inayat-khan
Marthe Cnockeart: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_Cnockaert
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/the-female-allied-spy.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/obituaries/marthe-mckenna-overlooked.html
8 Apr 2020
The Cryptid Episode
This week we talk about the creepy world of cryptids, with the ominous bloop and the terrifyingly relatable Banshee. We discuss oceanic phenomena, creatures from the depth and how David Attenborough dies.
Email us at: fancyafact@gmail.com
Sources:
The Bloop https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop)
https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html (https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/bloop.html)
https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bloop (https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Bloop)
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17423474-000-calls-from-the-deep/ (https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg17423474-000-calls-from-the-deep/)
https://www.urbo.com/content/this-is-what-actually-caused-that-underwater-bloop-sound/ (https://www.urbo.com/content/this-is-what-actually-caused-that-underwater-bloop-sound/)
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mystery-sound-mariana-trench (https://www.wired.co.uk/article/mystery-sound-mariana-trench)
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/arts/television/mermaids-the-body-found-on-animal-planet.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/26/arts/television/mermaids-the-body-found-on-animal-planet.html)
Banshee https://www.britannica.com/topic/banshee
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banshee
http://themanchestermirror.com/2017/06/19/the-beaufort-street-banshee-manchesters-cryptid/
https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/06/bizarre-encounters-with-real-banshees/
https://www.trueghosttales.com/
1 Apr 2020
The Pilot Episode
In this episode of Fancy a Fact, we cover the pilots James Doolittle and Amelia Earheart. We discuss crashing gliders, world records and yellow vehicles.
We apologise for our computer microphone grade audio- we'll try to fix it next episode :)
If you want to contact us about this episode, feel free to do so via email- fancyafact@gmail.com
Sources:
James Doolittle- https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/10-great-pilots-4026745/ (https://www.airspacemag.com/history-of-flight/10-great-pilots-4026745/)
https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-H-Doolittle (https://www.britannica.com/biography/James-H-Doolittle)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Doolittle)
https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/james-h-doolittle (https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/james-h-doolittle)
https://www.beachesmuseum.org/lt-james-h-doolittle-record-breaking-flight/ (https://www.beachesmuseum.org/lt-james-h-doolittle-record-breaking-flight/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolittle_Raid)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/jimmy-doolittle (https://allthatsinteresting.com/jimmy-doolittle)
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8103787/death-investigation-major-james-h/ (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8103787/death-investigation-major-james-h/)
Amelia Earheart- https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Earhart
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.biography.com/.amp/explorer/amelia-earhart
https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.nationalgeographic.com/distribution/public/amp/news/2017/07/amelia-earhart-disappearance-theories-spd
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