70 – Find a Hobby – Bizarre Mass Gatherings

About the Episode

Abraham Lincoln, giant phallic statues, and Frozen Dead Guys. What do they all have in common? Big groups of people REALLY like them. And this is episode is about those groups of people.

This week, Colin and Sierra take turns clicking the seatbelt and telling the stories of some of the most interesting global gatherings. Join us as we discuss the REAL identity of a Secret Santa, Green Day’s newest single, and how to properly store your late grandfather’s body.

Subjects Covered

Weird Clubs • Weird Mass Gatherings • Festival of the Steel Phalus • Flora-Bama Mullet Toss • World Santa Claus Congress • Frozen Dead Guy Days • Association of Lincoln Presenters (ALP) • Lin-Con • Green Day • Kawasaki, Japan • Kanayama Shrine • Frozen Dead Guy Days cancelled 2023 • Amakusa, Japan • Japanese traditions • Glico Bisco Biscuit • Association of Lincoln Presenters Conference 2017 • Secret Santas • Abraham Lincoln • Mary Lincoln • Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling • Trygve Bauge • Nederland, Colorado • Amanda MacDonald • Sarah Martin • Great Outdoors Colorado • Camp Nelson •

Sources

• The Culture Trip - How to Celebrate Kanamara Matsuri
• Glico - World Santa Claus Congress
• Wikipedia - Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling & Wake
• Wikipedia - American Civil War Reenactment
• The Culture Trip - Unusual Festivals from Around the World
• Ok Whatever - Weird Conventions of America
• Lincoln Presenters - 2017 Conference (LinCon)
• Wikipedia - Town Crier
• Visit Glouchester - Cheese Rolling in Gloucester
• Wikipedia - Frozen Dead Guy Days
• Frozen Dead Guy Days - Frozen Dead Guy Days on Ice 2023
• Town of Nederland - Frozen Dead Guy Days Press Release
• Town of Nederland - Letter to Sarah Martin and Amanda MacDonald (March 29, 2022)
• CBS News - End of Frozen Dead Guy Days