Professional Weirdo Podcast
Where I research strange stories and tell them to you. Because, let’s face it, I’m gonna research this anyway and blurt it to someone, might as well be a willing audience. Some of these stories might get dark, morbid, murdery…. so listener discretion is advised.
Professional Weirdo Podcast
Episode 4 - Lost in the Piles
Don’t we all hoard something a little? I have a footlocker of Pez dispensers. 34 potted plants. A SMALL suitcase of stickers. For this episode I'll tell you stories to inspire spring cleaning.
Song recs for this episode are on the Professional Weirdo Podcast Spotify music playlist:
- The Recluse, Cursive
- Collector, Here We Go Magic
- Wondrous Place, Drug Store Romeos
Sources:
- https://lithub.com/10-famous-book-hoarders/
- https://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/mental-disorders/5-famous-hoarding-cases.htm
- https://ecobear.co/knowledge-center/a-look-inside-the-world-of-famous-hoarders/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers#:~:text=Homer%20Lusk%20Collyer%20(November%206,bizarre%20natures%20and%20compulsive%20hoarding.
- https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23071/7-famous-hoarders
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collyer_brothers#:~:text=Homer%20Lusk%20Collyer%20(November%206,bizarre%20natures%20and%20compulsive%20hoarding.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Wood
- https://www.ranker.com/list/historical-figures-with-enormous-collections/melissa-sartore
- https://historycollection.com/these-famous-hoarders-from-history-could-have-had-entire-tlc-shows-about-their-lives/
- https://historycollection.com/these-famous-hoarders-from-history-could-have-had-entire-tlc-shows-about-their-lives/
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Kennedy_Miller
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stutz_Motor_Car_Company
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Ewing_Bouvier_Beale
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/everything-was-fake-but-her-wealth-4621153/
Sound mixing performed by Brother Jay from The Rule of Scary podcast - check that out if you’re a horror movie fan! And hey! Thank you for listening to my stories. Keep it weird out there.
To find song recommendations for this podcast, check out the Spotify Professional Weird playlist
Email me at professionalweirdopodcast@gmail.com
