Episode 73: The Hole That Won't Stay Filled // It's Raining Lizards! Hallelujah?

Patrice, Bartender Marleah, and Courtney drink Bourbon-Cranberry Cocktails and talk about substitution, the rich man's war, unconscious iguanas, and mystery pork.

The Hole That Won't Stay Filled //

In Newton, AL, everybody knows the story of Bill Sketoe's hanging and the hole that was dug under his feet - the hole that gets swept clean whenever you try to fill it. How much of that story is true, and what might the rest of the story be?

• Early Account of the Ghost of Sketoe's Hole, History Southeast
• Re: Bill Sketoe, Alabama in the Civil War Message Board
• The Ghost of Sketoe's Hole, Explore Southern History
• 1864: Bill Sketoe, Hole Haunt, ExecutedToday.com
• Substitutes (Civil War), NCPedia
• Civil War Conscription Laws, Library of Congress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E20yKz5KV6A&feature=emb_logo

Kathryn Tucker Windham tells the story of Bill Sketoe

It's Raining Lizards! Hallelujah? //

Florida is the flattest state in America. There are no dinosaur fossils in Florida. And weird stuff fall out of the sky in Florida.

• Watch for Falling Iguanas! Bomb Cyclone Drops Frozen Lizards
• Punta Gorda Golf Ball Rain
• The Weirdest Things That Fell From The Sky
• Mysterious object falling in the sky overnight over Florida
• Only in Florida does cocaine drop from the sky
• A Weird Florida Mystery: Frozen Pork Falling From the Sky
• What’s that falling from the Florida sky? It could be pork, poop — or worse

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EPISODE DRINK:

Bourbon Cranberry Cocktails

By Nancy Fuller on Food Network

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups fresh cranberries
• 1 cup orange juice 
• 1/3 cup sugar 
• 3 cinnamon sticks 
• 1 liter (about 4 cups) bourbon 
• Orange peels, for garnish 

PREPARATION

1. Combine the cranberries, orange juice, sugar and cinnamon sticks in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Bring to a simmer and cook, stirring, until the sugar dissolves and cranberries start to pop, about 5 minutes. Let cool completely, then combine with the bourbon in a pitcher.
2. To serve, pour into glasses over ice and garnish with an orange peel.

We did this with a cup less bourbon and still got stupid pretty fast, so beware if you try to do it full strength!

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