Strange Realm - Ep. 135 - Oct. 26th, 2025

This week, we bring you a spine-tingling and skull-punching episode as we take a look at the weirdest and wildest news we can find, tackling topics such as: a Celtic trepanation device found in an Iron Age dig site in Poland, the truth behind the mummy's curse, evidence of ancient prehistoric South Americans visiting and hunting in Antarctica, and the newly-developed monstrosity of human embryo models that make real human blood cells. All of this and then, after the break, we continue our reading series as Frobisher reads more from "Beware of the Woods," by Tony Urban.

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Notes:
- Ancient human remains found in Antarctica
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/the-oldest-human-remains-in-antarctica-just-changed-what-scientists-thought-they-knew/ss-AA1OTxa5
- Lab-made embryo models produce real blood cells
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/oct/13/lab-grown-cells-replicate-early-development-human-heart
- Celtic trepantation tool found in Poland
https://www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/celtic-skull-trepanation-tool-discovered-in-mazovia/156223
- The real scoop on the Mummy's curse
https://www.davidcastleton.net/unlucky-mummy-curse-british-museum-titanic-amen-ra-egyptian/
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/23321/victims-king-tuts-curse
- Beware of the Woods
https://www.amazon.com/Beware-Woods-Stories-Unexplained-Encounters/dp/B0C63RJ77H

Intro music: "night drive" by bbrainz (slowed + reverb)
Outro music: "Curious Constellations" by SURGE
Background art: "The Time Machine" by Interesni Kazki (AEC)
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