Hyperfocus: A Podcast for Chaotic Minds

11/02/2022

Which name do you prefer? 🪐
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10/02/2022

23/08/2021

Episode 29: The Mothman

What do you think? Is Mothman real??

Images:
1: An artist’s rendition of Mothman
2: The TNT Area “igloos”
3: The 2016 photos of Mothman
4: The Mothman Prophecies movie poster
5: The Mothman statue in Point Pleasant
6-8: The Mothman Festival

16/08/2021

Episode 28 - Famous Feuds

Images:
1. Adi and Rudolf Dassler
2. The Black Dinner
3. Othniel Marsh and Edward Cope

15/08/2021

Episode 27: The Mary’s Room Thought Experiment

What do you think? Did Mary learn anything new?

Images:
1. Philosopher Frank Jackson
2. Depiction of Mary’s Room

02/08/2021

Episode 26: the Not-So-Saintly St. Olga of Kiev

Images:
1. Painting of St. Olga
2. Painting of Igor - St. Olga husband
3. Painting of Igor’s death
4. Painting of one of Olga’s revenge moves

01/08/2021

Episode 25: The Centralia Fire and Ghost Town

Images:
1-2: Steam and fumes coming from cracks in the road
3: Centralia then and now
4: Warning sign
5: The Graffiti Highway (before it was covered)

27/07/2021

Yes this a day late. Yes we can blame it on Rachel never knowing what day it is.

19/07/2021

Episode 24: The Mysterious History of the Cecil Hotel

Images:
1. The Cecil Hotel
2. Richard Ramirez - the Night Stalker
3. Jack Unterweger
4. Elisa Lam
5. The water tanks above the Cecil Hotel where Elisa Liam’s body was found

19/07/2021

NEW EPISODE!!!! that’s all...

12/07/2021

Episode 23: The Chaotic and Scandalous Life of Mary Shelley

Images:
1. Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
2. Percy Bysshe Shelley
3. Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”
4. Portrayal of the funeral/burning of Percy Bysshe Shelley
5. A calcified heart, possibly Percy’s?

12/07/2021

Anotha one

05/07/2021

Episode 22: Mary Colter - the little-known architect of Grand Canyon National Park

Images:
1. Mary Colter
2. Hopi House
3. Hermit’s Rest
4. Lookout Studio
5. Desert View Watchtower

04/07/2021

Happy Fourth of July!!! Good news... we still have an episode for you tomorrow!

29/06/2021

Episode 21: Aimo Koivunen’s Meth-Fueled Frenzy

This one was…wild. Which part of his adventure was your favorite??

Images:
1. Aimo himself
2. An entrance to a German dugout (just imagine one with a door on it lol)
3. Pervitin
4. A German ad for Pervitin

29/06/2021

We did it! Episode 21 is now posted everywhere! The video, however, was part of the problem and is, unfortunately, unfixable so now vídeo this week (will still be available in audio only on YouTube)! Sorry!

28/06/2021

Bonus Minisode: Mistakes were made... also fun facts!

Images:
1. Technical difficulties
2. Tootsie Pops
3. Sense and Sensibilities
4. Cows

21/06/2021

Episode 20: Rasputin... the man, the myth, the legend

Images
1. Rasputin profile
2. Rasputin profile
3. The Romanov Family portrait
4. GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING
5. Rasputin’s death / autopsy photo

21/06/2021

Late again on this oops…but we are so close!!

16/06/2021

Episode 19b: The Stanford Prison Experiment Part 2

Images:
1. Zimbardo watching and waiting for the prison break
2. Prisoners forced to wash toilets by hand as punishment
3. More forced exercise
4. The priest who came to talk with the prisoners
5. The mock parole board
6. Christina Maslach, known for bringing an end to this experiment, pictured with Zimbardo

15/06/2021

Tbh Maddie made this graphic and sent it to me and I LOST MY MIND I LOVE IT SO MUCH 😂😂

14/06/2021

Episode 19: The Stanford Prison Experiment Part 1

Images:
1: The ad in the local newspaper seeking participants
2: The man, the myth, the legend(?) himself: Philip Zimbardo
3: Constructing the prison
4: The surprise arrests at the homes of the participants
5: A blindfolded prisoner, after being arrested
6: A guard in uniform
7: A prisoner in uniform
8: The chain the prisoners wore
9: The guards lining up prisoners for Count
10: Friends and family waiting to visit the prisoners @ Miami, Florida

14/06/2021

Only 2.5 hours until you get another episode!

14/06/2021

Only 3.5 more hours until you get episode 18 😂😂

07/06/2021

Episode 18: Alice in Wonderland Syndrome

1 - A drawing from the original Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Children’s book depicting macrosomatognosia.
2- Other illustrations from Lewis Carroll’s children’s book depicting other similar symptoms of AIWS.
3- Portrait photograph of Lewis Carroll, author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

06/06/2021

Get pumped... we got anotha one

05/06/2021

Team George or Team Uranus?? 🪐☄️

31/05/2021

Episode 17: The Denver Airport Conspiracy

What do you think? Is part or all of this conspiracy true?

Images:
1: The outside of the Denver International Airport
2: The dedication stone
3-7: The murals in the order that we discussed them, as well as a closeup of the letter from a child in Auschwitz (image 6)
8: Blue Mustang aka Blucifer
9: The DIA runways...do you see it?

30/05/2021

It’s that time of the week, folks! Tune in for another episode courtesy of your favorite host, Rachel!

24/05/2021

Billy Hull’s Tiki Hut Swingers Palace and as a 1970s Pl***oy Mansion wannabe in Chattanooga, TN. It was demolished in 2017, but its memories live on.

Pictures:
1. Front facade of the tiki hut from 1972
2. Owner Billy Hull (left) and his wife Gloria (right) standing on the two bridges over the bunny ear canals.
3. Ruins of the front facade from the 2000s
4. Ruins of the famous pl***oy bunny pool in the main room of Hull’s tiki hut swinger’s palace
5. Ruins of the 70s living room with mirrored walls, red rugs and a large fireplace.
6. Ruins of the back patio bar next to a massive sauna and whirlpool bath.
7. Ruins of the master bedroom also complete with mirrored walls and a closed-circuit TV system.

All images come from
https://www.google.com/amp/s/abandonedsoutheast.com/2016/03/27/swingers-palace/amp/

20/05/2021

Get excited for a special bonus episode!! Tune in to your podcast platform of choice tomorrow, Friday 5/21, at 7am EST!

19/05/2021

Episode 15: Coffin Birth, Chicken P**p Prison, Packing Peanuts, and Cooping...Goodbye, Lauren!

Oops...we forgot to post this yesterday! But I t’s a big one packed full with wild information!

Which story was your favorite?

Images:
1. Khuk Khi Kai (Chicken P**p Prison) in Thailand
2. The sign and chicken statue now indicating it as a tourist attraction??
3. The inside of the prison now
4. Lush’s (definitely edible) packing peanuts
5. A political cartoon about copping and forced voting
6. An 1846 painting by George Caleb Bingham showing voters, many of whom are drunk, at a polling place
7. Edgar Allan Poe, who is believed to have died as a victim of cooping
8. GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING
9&10. Archeological proof of coffin births

17/05/2021

It’s Lauren’s last episode! Be there or be 🟥

10/05/2021

Episode 14: The Walkie Talkie “Death Ray” Skyscraper
..also known as the “fryscraper” or “the walkie scorchie” because it reflected light SO BRIGHT that it could actually set things on fire, melt cars, and fry eggs! Check out our latest episode to hear about the perils of Raphael Vañoly’s London skyscraper.

Fun fact: the tower is named the Walkie Talkie because of its shape... do you think it looks like a walkie talkie?

Images:
1. The Walkie Talkie Tower in central London
2. A crowd of onlookers watching the death ray fry an egg
3. The light of the fryscraper, in all its glory
4. A car that was partially melted by the ray of light
5. The Walkie Talkie fitted with its sunshade
6. A diagram explaining why the death ray exists
7. Location of the death ray

10/05/2021

This one goes out to all our new listeners who came from tiktok...and all of our other listeners. See you at 7am!

04/05/2021

Episode 13: Elizabeth Bathory, the Blood Countess It’s a wild old timey crimey today!

Images:
1: Elizabeth Bathory
2: The remains of her castle
3: A statue of Bathory near her castle
4: A painting depicting Bathory observing torture

03/05/2021

ITS HAPPENING!!! Who’s excited??

26/04/2021

Episode 12: Pepsi “Number Fever”

In today’s episode, Lauren and Rachel talk about the marketing strategy turned scandal, a series of mistakes made by Pepsi Co. that led to protests, riots, and lawsuits in the Philippines in the 90’s.

Images:
1. Pepsi Number Fever logo
2. “Boycott Pepsi” protest against the company
3. Another anti-Pepsi protest
4. The aftermath of a bomb that was thrown amidst the rioting
5. A Manila Times article about the situation
6. Another protest of 349ers

26/04/2021

Only 9 more hours! Episode 12 comes out tomorrow morning!

19/04/2021

Well it’s not but...I just couldn’t help myself