Sources from Episode 216

  1. Alderton, David. Understanding Your Cat: How to interpret what your cat is really telling you (Ryland Peters & Small, 2017). https://books.google.com/books?id=j084DwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

  2. Alexander, Dave. “Jim The Wonder Dog, Marshall, Missouri.” Legends of America. July 2021. https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mo-jimwonderdog

  3. Balding, Claire. Heroic Animals: 100 Amazing Creatures Great and Small (John Murray Press, 2020). https://books.google.com/books?id=-w4LEAAAQBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

  4. Bentley, G.E. Jr. “The Freaks of Learning.” Colby Quarterly, 18(2), June 1982. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2480&context=cq

  5. Bondeson, Jan. The Feejee Mermaid and Other Essays in Natural and Unnatural History (Cornell University Press, 1999). https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Feejee_Mermaid_and_Other_Essays_in_N.html?id=zsQAc_QlB5cC

  6. Del Greco, Al. “For The Record.” The Record. March 21, 1957. https://www.newspapers.com/image/490438675

  7. Duke, Paul. “‘Talking’ Horse Talk of Nation.” The Paris News. December 9, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/6635990

  8. Fate Magazine. Psychic Pets & Spirit Animals: True Stories from the Files of Fate Magazine (Llewellyn Publications, 1996). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Psychic_Pets_Spirit_Animals/95ntTQtgF4kC?gbpv=0

  9. “Fate of Tots ‘Foretold’ By Lady Wonder.” Des Moines Tribune. February 4, 1953. https://www.newspapers.com/image/323656190

  10. Garbett, Paul. “World Cup 2010: 10 things you didn't know about Paul the psychic octopus.” The Telegraph. July 7, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20140622175607/http:/www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/7877034/World-Cup-2010-10-things-you-didnt-know-about-Paul-the-psychic-octopus.html

  11. Grant, Jupiter. “The Bizarre Case of Gef, The Talking Mongoose.” Illumination. April 15, 2021. https://medium.com/illumination/the-bizarre-case-of-gef-the-talking-mongoose-df4c69131755

  12. Greene, David. Your incredible cat: Understanding the secret powers of your pet (Ivy Books, 1987). https://archive.org/details/yourincredibleca00davi

  13. Hartzman, Mark. “Lady Wonder: The Nostradamus of Horses.” Huffpost. April 19, 2017. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/lady-wonder-the-nostradamus-of-horses_b_58f3da4ce4b0156697225081

  14. Hartzman, Mark. “Words of Wisdom from History’s Most Scholarly Swine.” Weird Historian. May 17, 2017. https://www.weirdhistorian.com/words-of-wisdom-from-a-scholarly-swine/

  15. “Heart Attack Fatal to Lady Wonder.” The Times Dispatch. March 20, 1957. https://www.newspapers.com/image/828576259

  16. Heathcote-James, Emma. Psychic Pets: How Animal Intuition and Perception Has Changed Human Lives (John Blake, 2011). https://archive.org/embed/psychicpetshowan0000heat

  17. Holloway, Julian. “On the spaces and movement of monsters: The itinerant crossings of Gef the talking mongoose.” Cultural Geographies. April 22, 2016. https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/255/1/Final%20submitted%2016%203%2016.pdf

  18. “Jim, ‘the Wonder Dog’ Is Buried at Marshall.” The Sunday News and Tribune. March 21, 1937. https://www.newspapers.com/image/31051688

  19. “Jim the Wonder Dog Memorial Garden.” Roadside America. Accessed May 15, 2022. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/3603

  20. Josiffe, Christopher. Gef! The Strange Tale of an Extra-Special Talking Mongoose (MIT Press, 2021). https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gef/YbwPEAAAQBAJ

  21. Josiffe, Christopher. “Gef the Talking Mongoose.” Fortean Times. December 2010. https://sas-space.sas.ac.uk/3299/1/Josiffe-GefTheTalkingMongoose-ForteanTimes269.pdf

  22. Kelly, Kate. “Jim the Wonder Dog: Was He Psychic?” America Comes Alive! Accessed May 15, 2022. https://americacomesalive.com/jim-the-wonder-dog-was-he-psychic

  23. “Lady Wonder Becomes City’s Educated Horse.” The Times Dispatch. December 12, 1941. https://www.newspapers.com/image/828140134

  24. “Lady Wonder Goes To Last Roundup.” The Times Dispatch. March 21, 1957. https://www.newspapers.com/image/828576295

  25. Liberman, Mark. “Trigger warning: Talking animals.” Language Log. December 24, 2015. https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=23017

  26. Lieber, Leslie. “‘Lady’ The Literary Horse.” St. Louis Globe-Democrat. May 4, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/573935284

  27. “The Life of a Wonder Dog.” Jim the Wonder Dog. Accessed May 15, 2022. https://www.jimthewonderdog.org/about

  28. Lohmann, Bill. “Deep in Suburban Henrico, a Pet Cemetery With a Long History.” NBC Washington. February 22, 2021. https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/deep-in-suburban-henrico-a-pet-cemetery-with-a-long-history/2581563

  29. Meier, Allison. “Uncanny Images from an Investigation into Gef, a 1930s Talking Mongoose.” Hyperallergic. November 23, 2017. https://hyperallergic.com/411197/uncanny-images-from-an-investigation-into-the-case-of-gef-a-talking-mongoose

  30. Plumb, Christopher. The Georgian Menagerie: Exotic Animals in Eighteenth-Century London (I.B. Tauris, 2015). https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Georgian_Menagerie/D6WmDwAAQBAJ

  31. Potter, Simon. “Auntie’s early bloomers.” The Independent. April 10, 2022. https://www.newspapers.com/image/831864089

  32. Pratt, Sara E. “Benchmarks: March 17, 1944: The most recent eruption of Mount Vesuvius.” Earth. March 15, 2016. https://www.earthmagazine.org/article/benchmarks-march-17-1944-most-recent-eruption-mount-vesuvius

  33. “Richmond Talking Horse Plays Detective In Search For Missing Rhode Island Lad.” The Daily News Leader. December 8, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/315991716

  34. Rowton, Frederic. The Female Poets of Great Britain: Chronologically Arranged, with Copious Selections and Critical Remarks (Baird, 1848). https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Female_Poets_of_Great_Britain/NyU-AQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0

  35. Schneider, Caitlin. “The Story of Lady Wonder, the Psychic Horse.” Mental Floss. June 6, 2016. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81063/story-lady-wonder-psychic-horse

  36. Shire, Emily. “The Amazing Tale of Paul the Psychic Octopus: Germany’s World Cup Soothsayer.” Daily Beast. April 14, 2017. https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-amazing-tale-of-paul-the-psychic-octopus-germanys-world-cup-soothsayer

  37. Smyth, Richard. English History: Strange But True (The History Press, 2014). https://books.google.com/books?id=LiPVAwAAQBAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s

  38. Sterbenz, Christina. “A 'Psychic' Octopus Named Paul Correctly Predicted Matches During The 2010 World Cup.” Business Insider. June 17, 2014. https://www.businessinsider.com/octopus-paul-world-cup-google-doodle-2014-6

  39. “Talking Horse Says Missing Girl Can Be Found in Maine.” Times Colonist. May 1, 1953. https://www.newspapers.com/image/506783558

  40. “The ‘Talking Mongoose’ on the Isle of Man and the Excitement He Caused.” St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 13, 1936. https://www.newspapers.com/image/139085795

  41. Talley, Rhea. “Add to Your List of Interesting Professions About Town The Art of Soothsaying; They Say It’s Profitable, Too.” Richmond Times-Dispatch. July 10, 1938. https://www.newspapers.com/image/827980076

  42. Terhune, Albert Payson. “Jim: Another ‘Wonder Dog.’” The Daily Herald. October 3, 1937. https://www.newspapers.com/image/6056105

  43. “‘Tip’ From ‘Lady,’ Wonder Horse, Helped Find Body of Boy Missing Since 1951.” The Times Dispatch. December 6, 1952. https://www.newspapers.com/image/828363127

  44. Tracy, Don. “Reporters Look in Awe As Wonder Horse ‘Talks.’” The Oklahoma News. April 30, 1930. https://www.newspapers.com/image/594891477

  45. Wilson, John L. “The tragedy of Samuel Bisset.” Perthshire Diary. April 26, 1721. http://www.perthshirediary.com/html/day0426.html