Episode 065—Scared History 3: The Spoopening
With great power comes great spookability, or at least that's the excuse we're making for this week's SCARED HISTORY episode feat. Emperor Domitian's psychologically abusive Black Banquet and the Nigerian boarding school legend of Madame Koi Koi. We're so excited to be back y'all.
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SOURCES:
Black Banquet Story:
Linge, Malko. “Domitian, Misunderstanding in Cassius Dio's Books?” Roman Army Talk, 22 July 2006, https://www.romanarmytalk.com/rat/showthread.php?tid=6272.
Martyris, Nina. “The Lavish Roman Banquet: A Calculated Display of Debauchery and Power.” NPR, NPR, 20 May 2019, https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/05/20/712772285/the-lavish-roman-banquet-a-calculated-display-of-debauchery-and-power.
Perrottet, Tony. “The Dinner Party from Hell.” The Smart Set, 31 Aug. 2009, https://www.thesmartset.com/article08310901/.
Soth, Amelia. “A Roman Feast… of Death! - JSTOR DAILY.” JStor Daily, 17 Oct. 2019, https://daily.jstor.org/a-roman-feast-of-death/.
Madam Koi Koi Story:
Ajelourou, Anote. “Exploring Usman's One Thousand Folktales out of Nigeria.” The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News, 15 Oct. 2019, https://guardian.ng/art/exploring-usmans-one-thousand-folktales-out-of-nigeria/.
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, 23 Dec. 2021, https://education.gov.ng/.
“History & Organisational Structure.” Unity Schools Old Students Associations, https://usosa.ng/history-org-structure/.
“Madam Koi Koi.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 27 Nov. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madam_Koi_Koi.
CREDITS:
Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz
Animations: The Banditry Co.
SPONSORS: This season of Shared History is sponsored by RAYGUN, Herbiery Brewing & The Banditry Co.