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Episode 248: Black Cats, Black Death & Mind Control
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- Let's Get Haunted
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- Feb 18, 2026
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- 5787
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Summary
For thousands of years, humans have been obsessed with cats. Did humans domesticate cats? Or did something inside cats domesticate us? This episode we’re talking ancient Egypt, witch trials, plague hysteria, brain parasites, and even ancient aliens. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 HOOK & INTRO 00:01:38 ANCIENT EGYPTIAN CAT WORSHIP 00:12:16 BETTER HELP AD 00:13:50 CAT MUMMIES 00:28:00 CAT GODDESSES SEKHMET & BASTET 00:43:55 THE BLACK DEATH AND CATS IN THE MIDDLE AGES 00:56:30 WITCHES AND CATS 01:00:40 TOXOPLASMOSIS AND EFFECTS 01:12:00 PEOPLE WITH TOXOPLASMOSIS RATED HOTTER 01:17:00 ANCIENT ALIENS (YES, REALLY) 01:30:00 SECRET PASSWORD AND DONOR SHOUTOUTS! THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED!! Find out more about this week’s advertisers below! Betterhelp- Sign up and get 10% off at https://BetterHelp.com/gethaunted #ad READ & LISTEN TO NAT’S BOOK! Amazon Kindle https://a.co/78hzQn9 Spotify Audiobook http://bit.ly/44DuQ90 *CHECK OUT ALY’S SOLO PODCAST!*: https://instagram.com/frightsizepod Other Important Stuff: Join the Patreon today! https://patreon.com/letsgethaunted LGH Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/letsgethaunted Buy Our Merch: https://www.letsgethaunted.com Check out the photo dump for this week’s episode: https://www.instagram.com/letsgethaunted Send us fan mail: PO BOX 1658 Camarillo, CA 93011 Send us your listener stories: www.letsethaunted.com *SPECIAL THANKS TO RYAN FOR HELP WITH EDITING~ SLAY* —— SOURCES: [1]https://medium.com/illumination-curated/did-pope-gregory-ixs-hatred-of-cats-lead-to-the-black-death-327d163adfb2 [2]BUBASTIS, CITY OF THE CAT GODDESS BAST (Part III) [3] https://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/ancient-cultures/ancient-egypt/ancient-animal-mummies-found-in-egypt/ [4] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306987720300311 [5] https://peerj.com…