Tasty Tasty Sin and the Unhappiest Place on Earth
In this episode Suzie looks into the Sin Eaters and Trevor visits Disneyland on its opening day.
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REFERENCES
The Sin Eaters
Sharia M 2017, ‘History’s Worst Job: Village Sin Eater’ http://omgfacts.com/historys-worst-job-village-sin-eater/
Valjak D 2018, ‘The Macabre Story of Sin-Eaters’ https://www.thevintagenews.com/2018/08/06/sin-eaters/
Zarrelli N 2017, ‘The Worst Freelance Gig in History Was Being the Village Sin Eater’ https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-worst-paid-freelance-gig-in-history-was-being-the-village-sin-eater
Disneyland’s Opening Day
Disneyland’s Disastrous Opening Day – History.com (17 July 2015)
10 Things to Know About Disneyland’s Opening Day in 1955 – Mickey Is Life (4 December 2018)
10 Things That Went Disastrously Wrong on Disneyland’s Opening Day – Mental Floss (17 July 2018)
Um, Disneyland’s Opening Day In 1955 Sounds Like It Was A Dystopian Hell – Buzz Feed (17 October 2017)
Tour The Legendary Danish Amusement Park That Inspired Disneyland – Business Insider Australia (4 December 2012)
Other stuff:
The word history in the opening theme has been extracted from…
History Never Repeats – Split Enz (1981)
History Repeating – Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey (1998)
Flame Trees – Cold Chisel (1984)
You’re History – Shakespeare’s Sister (1989)
Centuries – Fall Out Boy (2015)
Fade out – Mickey Mouse March – Andrew WK (2009)
All music used under fair use provisions.
