25 - Bodies found in Trees

This week's episode tackles the ever cheery topic of bodies found in trees while we try our hands at soap carving.

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[This episode was recorded via Skype due to lockdown]

Sources:

Bothwell:

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/14/melissa-joy-dietzel-dead-bizarre-suicide-riddle-after-body-of-american-tourist-found-30ft-up-sydney-tree_n_1275897.html

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2100499/Melissa-Joy-Dietzel-Decomposing-body-woman-30ft-tree-Sydney-missing-US-tourist.html

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/the-illness-that-dogged-a-family-and-drove-young-mima-to-a-terrible-end-20120214-1t3vu.html

Rhea:

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/04/victorian-urban-legends-bodies-in-trees/

http://www.strangehistory.net/2015/10/18/real-tree-trunk-deaths/

http://www.strangehistory.net/2011/07/08/the-midsummer-oak-and-its-skeletons/

Nina:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Who_put_Bella_in_the_Wych_Elm%3F

https://crimereads.com/who-put-bella-in-the-wych-elm/

https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/revealed-after-75-years-face-14329271