Episode 243: The Dallas Cephalopod Conspiracy

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A mysterious cephalopod-headed statue appeared in Downtown Dallas park where Confederate War Memorial once stood, WFAA Channel 8 News: https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/local/cephalopod-statue-downtown-dallas-park-confederate-war-memorial-sarah-horton-cockrell-solomon/287-5de07db5-98d2-4575-adc4-fbdb78980166?fbclid=IwAR2S7RyR0HmZC9nPQt9Si89kwcMLN_U79DcA7SZ0osV_g7JgGuseDD2JugM

A Mysterious Cephalopod-Headed Statue Appears, Again, The Dallas Express: https://dallasexpress.com/city/a-mysterious-cephalopod-headed-statue-appears-again/

Bryan, John Neely (1810-1877), The Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/bryan-john-neely

City removes mysterious new statue from site of former Dallas Confederate memorial, Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/2021/12/13/mysterious-statue-appears-on-site-of-former-dallas-confederate-memorial/

Cockrell, Sarah Horton, The Texas State Historical Association Handbook of Texas: https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/cockrell-sarah-horton

Expert: Dallas Founder "Probably" Not A Cephalopod, Central Track: https://www.centraltrack.com/expert-dallas-founder-probably-not-a-cephalopod/

Mysterious humanoid sculpture vanishes from convention center tunnel just as suddenly as it appeared, The Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/arts-entertainment/visual-arts/2019/11/02/mysterious-humanoid-sculpture-vanishes-from-convention-center-tunnel-just-as-suddenly-as-it-appeared/

Mysterious Squid-Headed Statue Appears at Downtown Cemetery, D Magazine: https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2021/12/mysterious-squid-headed-statue-appears-at-downtown-cemetery/

Recording on the Sarah Horton Cockrell statute, Steve Monacelli Twitter Feed: https://twitter.com/stevanzetti/status/1470525225041342469

Science Says: Octopus Brains are Something More Than Human…, TOR: https://www.tor.com/2015/12/04/octopi-giant-brains-alien-genome/

Statue of Dallas Founder As A Cephalopod Quietly Removed, Central Track: https://www.centraltrack.com/statue-of-dallas-founder-as-a-cephalopod-quietly-removed/

The Great Dallas Cephalopod Statue Saga, Revisited, Central Track: https://www.centraltrack.com/the-great-dallas-cephalopod-statue-saga-revisited/

WAS CITY OF DALLAS FOUNDER JOHN NEELY BRYAN A CEPHALOPOD?, Central Track: https://www.centraltrack.com/was-city-of-dallas-founder-john-neely-bryan-a-cephalopod/

Was the founder of Dallas really buried in an unmarked grave at an Austin lunatic asylum?, Dallas Morning News: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018/08/02/was-the-founder-of-dallas-really-buried-in-an-unmarked-grave-at-an-austin-lunatic-asylum/

What are these mysterious statues that are popping up around Dallas?, 98.7 KLUV: https://www.audacy.com/987thespot/latest/what-are-these-mysterious-statues-around-dallas