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Now It's Ruined

Now It's Ruined

By: Kate Bridal and Larkin Harrington
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 Hello! We're Now It's Ruined, a podcast that reveals questionable facts about everyday objects, activities, and people in the hopes that you will never be able to truly enjoy them again. Hosts Kate Bridal and Larkin Harrington answer seemingly innocent questions like "Where did hammocks come from?" and "Who invented the chainsaw?" with distinctly unpleasant facts. We talk about the dark side of things we tend to take for granted and highlight the people who are often left out of the narrative. While we are a comedy podcast, we discuss some very disturbing and violent things, so listener discretion is always advised.© 2025 Now It's Ruined Social Sciences World
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  • Episode 22. Christmas 2025: Cannibals, Murder, and Deforestation

    Episode 22. Christmas 2025: Cannibals, Murder, and Deforestation
    Dec 17 2025
    It’s a Now It’s Ruined holiday special! Kate breaks the usual format to bring you three shorter Christmas-related ruins. She discusses a cannibalistic scarecrow, the murder-riddled true story behind Good King Wenceslas, and how the Vikings permanently deforested Iceland. Happy holidays!Special thanks to Elisa Hanssen, aka Elisa in Iceland, for helping us pronounce Icelandic words! Follow her on Instagram and TikTok.ReferencesHans Trapphttp://frenchmoments.eu/hans-trapp/#t-1702120300802https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-stories/25-days-of-christmas/hans-trapp-the-christmas-cannibal-scarecrow/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatinate_(region)https://www.britannica.com/event/Italian-Warshttps://www.ripleys.com/stories/hans-trappKing Wenceslashttps://genius.com/Christmas-songs-good-king-wenceslas-lyricshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenceslaus_I,_Duke_of_Bohemiahttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Wenceslas-I-prince-of-Bohemiahttps://www.umnews.org/en/news/the-real-story-behind-good-king-wenceslashttps://www.britannica.com/event/East-West-Schism-1054https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schismhttps://magicbohemia.com/drahomira-and-the-gateway-to-hell/Iceland, The Yule Lads, and the Vikingshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/before-the-yule-lads-evolved-into-icelandic-versions-santa-claus-they-terrorized-children-into-following-rules-180948162/https://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-europe/elves-and-dwarves-0017783https://adventures.is/blog/the-icelandic-yule-lads/?srsltid=AfmBOop5efv3ZPK06PA-xkZGzqpTLJWgJwkqF_fGGC5cThqPhaFSf2uVhttps://restless-viking.com/2019/12/05/icelandic-yule-lads/https://guidetoiceland.is/history-culture/history-of-icelandhttps://www.britannica.com/topic/Viking-peoplehttps://www.visitnorway.com/things-to-do/art-culture/vikings/https://www.rmg.co.uk/stories/maritime-history/viking-shipshttps://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278416524000369https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/little-known-role-slavery-viking-society-180975597/https://www.reddit.com/r/Norse/comments/1i6m4cg/what_were_blood_brothers_in_norse_society/https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harald-I-king-of-Norwayhttps://anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apaa.12102https://www.savingiceland.org/2017/08/icelands-troubled-environment/https://ohiostate.pressbooks.pub/sciencebitesvolume2/chapter/5-6-soil-erosion-in-iceland-reclaiming-a-fragile-environment/ If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Episode 21. Patreon Upcycle: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping

    Episode 21. Patreon Upcycle: The Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
    Dec 3 2025
    Kate dives into the Lindbergh Baby kidnapping, exploring the crime, evidence, and theories about who was involved. She and Larkin discuss whether they think the man convicted of the crime acted alone, if the kidnapping was an inside job, and whether Charles Lindbergh’s interest in eugenics motivated him to get rid of his sickly child. CW: Violence against childrenReferencesThe Baby Alice Thumb Guardhttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/lindbergh-kidnappinghttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/lindbergh-kidnapping/https://www.rutgers.edu/news/was-lindbergh-kidnapping-inside-jobhttps://www.geneticsandsociety.org/biopolitical-times/why-newest-lindbergh-baby-conspiracy-theory-isnt-all-out-there-disabilityhttps://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1405-clinderberghtestimonyhttps://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1404-amlinderberghtestimonyhttps://crimearchives.net/1935_hauptmann/html/1935-01-07_trial_gow.htmlhttps://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/lindberg_note.jpg/@@images/image/highhttps://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1389-#:~:text=Wilentz%20asked%20Lindbergh%20if%20he,a%20bizarre%20line%20of%20questioning.https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1726&context=lcphttps://famous-trials.com/hauptmann/1398-ransomhttps://www.bullionvault.com/gold-guide/gold-certificatehttps://www.washoeschools.net/cms/lib/NV01912265/Centricity/Domain/1116/Suspect%20Number%202%20Violet%20Sharpe.pdfhttps://dogs-in-history.blogspot.com/2024/03/dogs-in-charles-lindberghs-life.htmlhttps://www.criminalelement.com/how-the-tragic-death-of-violet-sharpe-inspired-a-classic-mystery/https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2004-15002-003https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=WIT19350202-01.2.18&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7ctxCO%7ctxTA--------0------https://www.agathachristie.com/news/2017/the-case-that-inspired-murder-on-the-orient-expresshttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Bruno-Hauptmannhttps://www.rutgers.edu/news/was-lindbergh-kidnapping-inside-jobhttps://www.the-sun.com/news/10801407/charles-lindbergh-baby-kidnapping-suspect/https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/was-wrong-person-executed-in-death-of-lindbergh-baby-ex-judges-book-and-dna-quest-raise-issues If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Episode 20. Nutrition and the Myth of Thanksgiving

    Episode 20. Nutrition and the Myth of Thanksgiving
    Nov 19 2025
    Need a break from your family this Thanksgiving? Come celebrate Now It’s Ruined-style! Larkin busts the idyllic myth of the first Thanksgiving before giving a rundown of how nutritional standards were shaped by the military-industrial complex and horrific experiments on Indigenous Canadian children. CW: Graphic Violence, Food Trauma, Medical TraumaIf you’d like to make a difference to people who are living with food insecurity, check out https://www.feedingamerica.org/ for opportunities to give back. ReferencesHistory of nutrition sciencehttps://www.bmj.com/content/bmj/361/bmj.k2392.full.pdfCanada’s shameful history of nutrition research on residential school children: The need for strong medical ethics in Aboriginal health researchNoni E MacDonald, Richard Stanwick, Andrew Lynkhttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3941673/The dark history of Canada's Food Guide: How experiments on Indigenous children shaped nutrition policy; Zoe Tennant 2021https://www.cbc.ca/radio/unreserved/how-food-in-canada-is-tied-to-land-language-community-and-colonization-1.5989764/the-dark-history-of-canada-s-food-guide-how-experiments-on-indigenous-children-shaped-nutrition-policy-1.5989785https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3787164/https://gladue.usask.ca/sites/gladue1.usask.ca/files/gladue/resource559-2d380424.pdfMilitary Influence on Modern American Nutritionhttps://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/01/historian-traces-militarys-influence-modern-american-nutritionHannah LeBlancThe Myths of the Thanksgiving Story and the Lasting Damage They ImbueClaire Bugos 2019https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/thanksgiving-myth-and-what-we-should-be-teaching-kids-180973655/https://wampanoagtribe-nsn.gov/wampanoag-historyhttps://plimoth.org/for-students/homework-help/who-are-the-wampanoaghttps://www.history.com/articles/squanto-pilgrims-help-plymouth-thanksgivinghttps://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/resources/Cranberry-Dayhttps://www.rd.com/article/history-of-thanksgiving/King Philip’s Warhttps://www.history.com/articles/king-philips-warhttps://www.history.com/articles/turkey-thanksgiving-mealNutritionhttps://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/vitamins/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20805686/https://www.britannica.com/science/aminehttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK216786/Nuremberg Codehttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-nuremberg-codeHungerplanhttps://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/news/hitler-s-hungerplanhttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34907689/ If you know something we can ruin, send the topic and a brief hint at how it's ruined to nowitsruined@gmail.com. Let us know if you'd like us to credit you if we choose your topic!Follow us on Patreon for updates, video episodes, and lots of fun bonus content (even for unpaid members). You can also follow us on YouTube and Instagram.You can also follow Kate and Larkin! Kate is on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. Larkin is on TikTok and Instagram. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
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    58 mins
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