68. ANIMALS: Oscar, the Cat Who Could Predict Death

<p>Oscar seemed like an ordinary kitten when he was adopted by Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation center in Providence, RI. But the staff and residents at Steere House quickly suspected Oscar had a unique ability. He seemed to be able to predict when someone was going to die. </p><p>Heads up, this episode is more speculative than usual. And it includes a lot of talk of death. Keep that in mind while listening. </p><p><i>Episode Source Material - Oscar</i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.hospitalclown.com/pdf%20files/Oscar-hospice-cat.pdf">A Day in the Life of Oscar the Cat</a></li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Making-Rounds-Oscar-Extraordinary-Ordinary-ebook/dp/B0034EJL72/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=">Making Rounds with Oscar: The Extraordinary Gift of an Ordinary Cat - Kindle edition by Dosa, David. Politics & Social Sciences Kindle eBooks @ Amazon.com.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624465/">Classic cases revisited: Oscar the cat and predicting death - PMC</a></li><li><a href="https://www.crossroadshospice.com/hospice-palliative-care-blog/2016/april/11/meet-oscar-the-cat-that-predicts-death-and-provides-comfort/">Meet Oscar, the Cat that Predicts Death and Provides Comfort</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/03/magazine/the-dying-algorithm.html">This Cat Sensed Death. What if Computers Could, Too? - The New York Times</a></li><li><a href="https://animals.howstuffworks.com/animal-facts/pet-sixth-sense.htm">Can animals predict death? | HowStuffWorks</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscar_(therapy_cat)">Oscar (therapy cat) - Wikipedia</a></li><li><a href="https://pets.webmd.com/cats/news/20070725/cats-sixth-sense-predicting-death">Cat's 'Sixth Sense': Predicting Death?</a></li></ul><p><i>General on Cats</i></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-brief-history-of-house-cats-158390681/">A Brief History of House Cats</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/domesticate