232: Your Urban Legends L - Mold? Or GHOSTS?
Spirits: Mythology, Legends, & Folklore
Multitude
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2021
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Haunted woods, haunted schools, and creepy kids. We’re hitting all of the classics in this Urban Legends episode, including the return of a familiar figure...
Content Warning: This episode contains conversations about or mentions of child death (in proximity to a school), murder, childbirth, death, Covid-19, and insomnia.
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About Us
Spirits was created by Julia Schifini, Amanda McLoughlin and Eric Schneider. We are founding members of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production studio. Our music is "Danger Storm" by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Spirits Podcast, a boozy dive into mythology, legends, and folklore. |
| 0:04.4 | Every week we pour a drink and learn about a new story from around the world. |
| 0:07.9 | I'm Amanda. |
| 0:08.6 | And I'm Julia. |
| 0:09.6 | In this episode 232, your urban legends number 50. |
| 0:13.0 | And I'm glad Julia that it's a teaching moment that all of us can learn that L is the Roman |
| 0:16.8 | numeral for 50. |
| 0:17.7 | I only know that because I watched one Super Bowl one, so I'm like, what is L? |
| 0:22.0 | Why is this Super Bowl large? |
| 0:24.1 | I don't know. |
| 0:25.3 | Uh, loss? |
| 0:26.0 | Is that what L is for in sports? |
| 0:28.4 | No, it is not. |
| 0:29.6 | It is the Roman numeral for 50. |
| 0:32.3 | Well, you know, I bet that our new patron, Laura, knew that already and did not feel silly. |
| 0:36.6 | Like I did when I looked at the headline. |
| 0:38.1 | It was like, is that a type of why someone put an L there? |
| 0:40.4 | We're proud of you, Laura. |
| 0:41.4 | We are. |
| 0:42.0 | And we are proud of our supporting producer-level patrons, Alicia Allison, Ryan Debrahanna, |
| 0:46.3 | Jane Jessica Kinser, Jessica Stewart, Justin Keegan, Measel Kins, Liz Megan Linger, Megan |
| 0:50.7 | Moon, Philfresh Polly, Captain Jonathan Malachi, Cosmos, Sarah Scott, Skyla, and Zazie. |
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