192: The 2025 Gift Guide - A Very Dark History Holiday Special
Summary
Host Bailey Sarian presents a holiday gift guide featuring bizarre historical items and stories. Suggestions include baby cages, ambergris, Ouija boards, and a butter churn used to trap a witch. She also covers Nero’s sinking boat, the Annabelle doll legend, yogurt enemas, and Ronald Reagan’s cowboy persona.
Topics discussed
Intro and Dark History Gift Guide Overview
Gift Idea: Vintage Baby Cages
Gift Idea: Ambergris (Whale Vomit Perfume)
Gift Idea: The History of the Ouija Board
Sponsors: Indeed and Gruens
Gift Idea: Chippendales History
Gift Idea: The Otter Man Legend
Gift Idea: Nero's Sinking Boat for Agrippina
Gift Idea: The Annabelle Doll Story
Gift Idea: Dr. Kellogg's Yogurt Enemas
Gift Idea: Joan Wright and the Butter Churn Witch
Gift Idea: Ronald Reagan's Cowboy Persona
Outro and Final Thoughts
M&M's Popped Caramel Ad
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